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Dr. Anne Elizabeth Fowler, developmental psychologist, psycholinguist, and reading specialist was a gifted researcher and inspired teacher. A senior research scientist at Haskins Laboratories in New Haven, Connecticut, she conducted developmental studies of language and reading acquisition, and pursued her passion for helping teachers improve the effectiveness of reading instruction. She passed away on March 27, 2004, after a long courageous battle with cancer.
Anne Fowler, who lived in Madison, Connecticut, was born in Dedham, Massachusetts, on April 15, 1953. She grew up in Pembroke, New Hampshire, a daughter of the late Charles and Katherine (O'Donnell) Fowler. Anne began her undergraduate education at Connecticut College, transferred to Rice University in Houston, Texas, and graduated in 1975 with a dual major in Russian and linguistics. She earned a master's degree in linguistics from Yale University in 1977. There, Professor Alvin Liberman introduced her to Haskins Laboratories, and she met her future husband, Michael Schmidt, now a professor of physics at Yale. In the meantime, Anne's interests had...