Today, six years ago (can it really be that long?) I lost my great friend, who was a great boon in the education and physics fields, Dr. Kent D. Lawson, originator of Eduction. Rest in peace, Dr. Lawson.
Kent DeLance Lawson, PhD, died Feb. 24, 2009, in Oneonta, N.Y. He was born on Feb. 17, 1921 in Binghamton, N.Y. Kent was a graduate of Cornell University and received his PhD in physics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He taught physics at Bennington College, Bennington, Vt., for 11 years from 1954 to 1965. He then taught at SUNY, Oneonta for 26 years, retiring in 1991 as Distinguished Teaching Professor, Emeritus. While at SUNY, Dr Lawson was the first faculty member to receive the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, the first person to be designated Distinguished Teaching Professor and was later recognized as Outstanding Educator of America. Over the years, Dr. Lawson developed an innovative course in creative thought which he named EDUX.
