Kenneth Wooden

Kenneth Wooden

Friday, October 18th, 1935 - Monday, July 3rd, 2023
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  1. Definitions

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  5. Data Integrity

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3.Reasons the Company Collects Personal Information

Company collects your Personal Information because it helps deliver a superior online experience, gives you convenient access to the Site for browsing, and allows key features of the Site to function properly. In order to better provide you with this superior level of customer service, our Site collects two types of information (referred to in this policy as "Personal Information") about our visitors: Personally Identifiable Information and Non-Personally Identifiable Information. In addition, your Personal Information helps Company keep you informed about the latest announcements, special offers, and events that you might like to hear about.

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Company may contract with third-party service providers to assist it in better understanding its Site Users. These service providers are not permitted to use the Non-Personally Identifiable Information collected on Company’s behalf except to help it conduct and improve its business.

When you access the Site from a computer, mobile phone, or other device, Company may collect Non-Personally Identifiable Information, which does not identify individual users, to analyze trends, to administer the site, to track users’ movements around the site and to gather demographic information about the user base as a whole. Company will not use the information collected to market directly to that person.

Company keeps track of some of the actions you take on the Site such as member profiles and pages you view. Even if you do not provide certain information, Company may obtain it from you profile or the pages of its Site that you visit. Company may retain the details of connections or transactions you make on the Site.

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While using the Site, you may provide text, files, images, photos, videos, location data, or any other materials (collectively “Content”) to Company by uploading, posting, or publishing the Content on the Site. Frequently, Content you place on the Site will contain a picture of your face. Company may retain the details of connections or transactions you make on the Site.

Where applicable, when you interact with other Users on the Site, you may provide other information about yourself, such as political or topical views, religious affiliation, or marital status. Any information in a public forum is accessible by anyone, including people who are not members of the Site. Please be aware they may share information you give them with other Users you may not know. They may also share the information outside the Site without your prior approval. Company does not have control over the actions of its Users and accepts no responsibility or liability for their actions. Please keep this fact in mind when using the Site, and use care when disclosing Personal Information to other Users of the Site.

Company may also collect information from ads you click on when using the Site. Company may also keep track of links you click on in e-mails you receive from Company. This is done to increase the relevancy of the ads you see.

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Company uses the information you are required to provide to become a User in order to insure you are over the age of thirteen (13). THE SITE IS NOT MEANT TO BE USED BY ANYONE UNDER THE AGE OF THIRTEEN (13). If you are under thirteen, please do not attempt to register with the Site or send Company any Personal Information. Company may also use your age information to be sure you receive an age appropriate experience while using the Site.

Company will use the information it collects to provide, without limitation, services and features to you and facilitate payment for any Donations between Campaign Organizers and Donors and provide information to Campaign Organizers and Campaign beneficiaries. Company will also use the information to measure and improve the Site, and to provide you with customer support.

Company may contact you with new or updated products or services, designs, routes, surveys, or other related announcements from time to time. You may opt-out of all communications except essential updates. Company may include Content in the e-mails sent to you.

Certain software applications and applets transmit data to Company. Company may not make a formal disclosure if it believes its collection of and use of the information is the obvious purpose of the Site or its related application. If it is not obvious that Company is collecting or using such information, it will disclose its collection to you the first time you provide the information.

Company may use the information collected to prevent potential illegal activities. Company may also use a variety of methods to detect and address anomalous activity and screen content to prevent abuse.

Company may use your information to serve you personalized advertising. Company does not share your information with advertisers without your consent. Company allows advertisers to choose the characteristics of Users who will see their advertisements. Company may use any of the Non-Personally Identifiable Information it has collected in any fashion to select the appropriate audience. Company will not tell the advertiser who you are as part of this process. When you interact with an advertisement there is a possibility that you may receive a cookie from the advertiser.

7. How Company Shares Your Information

Company shares your Personal Information with third parties when it believes you have permitted such sharing, that it is reasonably necessary to offer services, or when legally required to do so. Company will not share your Personally Identifiable Information with third parties in a way that it thinks violates your privacy. The following non-exhaustive list contains examples of how Company shares or could share your information:

  1. If Site allows you to invite a friend to join the Site or become a User, and you choose to do so, the invitation will contain information that will allow your friend to identify you. The invitation may contain information about other Users your friend might know.

  2. Certain information you provide to Company may be shared by using the Site’s search function. This allows other Users to locate your profile and it allows new Users to find people they know on the Site.

  3. Company provides some public information to search engines. This information allows search engines to locate the Site. It also allows people to locate you on the Site using a major search engine. This does not mean all information you post on the Site may be accessed using a search engine.

  4. There are also times when Company may make certain Personal Information about you available to strategic partners or third parties. These companies may help Company process information, render services to you, manage and enhance customer data, provide customer service, assess your interest in products and services, or conduct research or satisfaction surveys. Without such information being made available, it would be difficult for you to use Company's Site and services.

  5. Company may also share Personal Information when it has a good faith belief it is necessary to prevent fraud or other illegal activity, to prevent imminent bodily harm, or to protect itself and you from people violating the Terms and Conditions of the Site. This may include sharing information with other companies, lawyers, and courts or other government entities.

  6. Company may disclose information pursuant to subpoenas, court orders, or other requests (including criminal and civil matters) if it has a good faith belief that the law requires such a response. This may include requests from jurisdictions outside of the United States if Company has a good faith belief that the response is required by law under the local laws in that jurisdiction, is applicable to users from that jurisdiction, and is consistent with generally accepted international standards.

  7. Company may disclose analyzed data in the form of purchasing trends or statistical data. No Personally Identifiable Information will be attached to this disclosure.

8. Business or Asset Transfer or Sale

Company may be sold, sell or buy businesses or assets of businesses, or merge with another business. In such transactions, Personal Information generally is one of the transferred business assets. Also, in the event that Company, a line of business of Company, or substantially all the assets of Company are transferred, Personal Information may well be one of the transferred assets. Company will make a reasonable effort to provide notice on the Site, and to notify you via e-mail to the most recent e-mail address that you have provided of any such change in ownership or control of your personal information.

9. Miscellaneous

  1. Privacy of Children

    YOU MUST BE EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS OR OLDER TO ACCESS THE SITE OR USE ITS SERVICES. IF YOU ARE UNDER EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE, YOU ARE NOT PERMITTED TO ACCESS ANY OF COMPANY’S SERVICES FOR ANY REASON. DUE TO THE AGE RESTRICTIONS FOR USE OF COMPANY’S SITE AND SERVICES, NO INFORMATION OBTAINED BY COMPANY FALLS WITHIN THE CHILDREN’S ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT OF 1998 AND IS NOT MONITORED AS DOING SO.

    Protecting children’s privacy is especially important to Company. Company does not knowingly collect Personal Information from children under 13, but because some information is collected electronically, it can appear to be the Personal Information of someone over the age of 13, and will be treated as such by this Policy. If a child under 13 submits Personal Information and Company learns that Personal Information pertains to a child under 13, it will attempt to delete the information as soon as possible. It is Company’s policy to comply with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 and all other applicable laws. Therefore, Company restricts the Site and all other provided services to persons 18 years or older.

  2. Agreement with Policy and Continued Use of Site

    Unless stated otherwise, Company’s current Policy applies to all information that Company has about you, your account, and access to the Site. By using the Site, you consent to this Policy and having your Personal Information and data transferred and processed as described.

Obituary

Kenneth Wooden: Child Advocate, Author, Investigative Reporter (1935–2023)

Kenneth Wooden, 87, of Bolton VT and Kissimmee FL, passed away during a majestic sunset in Colchester VT on July 3, 2023, surrounded by his loving family, following a fiercely valiant 22-year battle with prostate cancer. Born October 18, 1935 in Burlington NJ, Ken overcame a childhood of poverty, severe learning disabilities and a speech impediment to become his family’s first college graduate, a celebrated writer, educator, speaker, investigative reporter, TV news producer, and world-renowned child advocate. Ken credited his amazing wife, editor, and lifelong partner Martha for making all his successes possible.

A proud veteran of the U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division, Ken lived his life with zeal, reveling in the company of his large and adoring family, as well as thousands of friends from all walks of life. His many passions included his County Donegal Irish heritage, American history, the poetry of Carl Sandburg and Robert Frost, the New York Yankees, restoring antiques, Italian opera, winemaking, playing pinochle, cultivating flowers, Mediterranean cooking, entertaining in his “Kenny’s Irish Pub” woodshed, and most especially “polishing the jewel” – gardening, mowing, and landscaping the breathtaking acreage of his remote cabin property nestled within Camel’s Hump State Park.

Ken and Martha first visited Vermont in the summer of 1970, and were instantly smitten with the beauty of the Green Mountains, the serenity of a culture in tune with nature, and the honesty, grit, and generosity of its residents. In 1974, they bought the historic Honey Hollow Camp in Bolton, and spent summers and holidays there for a decade before moving to Vermont year-round, dividing their time between camp and their longtime residence in the heart of Shelburne Village.

As the author of multiple juvenile-justice books, including the Pulitzer-nominated Weeping in the Playtime of Others, which exposed corruption within America’s juvenile prison system, Ken delivered expert testimony to the United States Congress on 16 occasions and contributed groundbreaking child-welfare reporting to dozens of major media outlets, including The New York Times, CBS' “60 Minutes,” Reader's Digest, and The Chicago Sun Times. He took special pride in his role as lead investigator on "Sins of the Fathers", a 1988 NBC Nightly News story which was the first-ever nationally broadcast report on the Roman Catholic Church's systemic coverup of rampant child abuse committed by its clergy.

Ken researched, wrote and created the “Child Lures Prevention” education program, which teaches youngsters safety strategies to protect against abuse. Through this program – continuously published without philanthropic or public sector support for 40+ years – Ken helped safeguard generations of children and families around the world, earning scores of accolades including an Emmy Award, US Dept. of Justice Award for Public Service, American Legion Public Spirit Award, and his favorite, the Giraffe Award – “for sticking one’s neck out.”

Ken was a remarkable fighter possessed of undying determination. Whether fighting for justice for children, fighting a speeding ticket all the way to the Vermont Supreme Court, or bravely fighting his cruelly tenacious cancer, he always maintained his resolve, positivity and good humor. To symbolize his determination, at the age of 75 he got his first tattoo: the word “NUTS” on his right forearm, a reference to Brigadier General Anthony C. McAuliffe’s famous 1944 response to the Nazis demanding the U.S.A. surrender at the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. Ken loved showing his tattoo whenever he met someone new, always giving an impromptu history lesson, and urging them to join him in declaring “NUTS!” to all life’s setbacks.

A romantic and poet until the end, when all treatment options for battling his cancer were depleted, Ken took the opportunity to pen a poignant farewell Christmas letter to his friends and loved ones, closing with the words, “As I now realize – and accept – that my ‘Sun’ is setting, there is no fear, only joy for life and the chance it gave this poor Depression kid of the 1930s. It’s been a creative, exciting journey with no regrets. With a big smile, I wish you one and all the best in life. Cherish it, and continue to enjoy its many wonderful gifts. I love you…”

Ken is survived by his loving wife of 65 years, Martha Braun Wooden, adoring children Grace Gilbert-Davis (Essex Junction, VT), Rosemary Webb (Hinesburg, VT), Jennifer Mitchell (Williston, VT), and John Allen Wooden (Studio City, CA), in-laws Jeff Davis, Scott Webb, Carl Mitchell, Anna Liza Bella and Tess Barbach, grandchildren Calvin & Sarah Gilbert, Sophia & Preston Webb, Chase & Grant Mitchell, Simone & Ward Wooden, and great-grandson Finn Gilbert. He is predeceased by his mother Grace Theresa Ward, father Edward F. Wooden, and brothers Carl, Edward, and Richard Wooden.

For friends wishing to celebrate Ken’s remarkable life, the family invites you to walk amongst the noble stone walls, burbling streams and rolling meadows of his cherished Honey Hollow, and remember Ken as you knew him, there within the “sublime tapestry of nature” where his gentle spirit will linger forever.

Ken’s Favorite Quote:

"I want to be thoroughly used up when I die, for the harder I work, the more I live. Life is no 'brief candle' to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it onto future generations." – George Bernard Shaw

An informal Celebration of Life for family and close friends will be held at Ken and Martha’s beloved Honey Hollow Camp from 2-4 pm on July 22, 2023. Condolences and memories may be shared by visiting www.awrfh.com. In lieu of flower arrangements, please direct donations to Holly’s House Child & Adult Victim Advocacy Center, P.O. Box 4125, Evansville, Indiana 47724.
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    An informal Celebration of Life for family and close friends will be held at Ken and Martha’s beloved Honey Hollow Camp from 2-4 pm on July 22, 2023.

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sellers lonnie

Posted at 03:09pm
I am so saddened and will cherish the memories of times spent with Ken.
Lonnie Sellers

William Carrigan

Posted at 02:20pm
I never met Ken Wooden sadly, but I wrote up the following tribute to him as part of the celebration of his alma mater's 100th anniversary. I wish that I had met him for many reasons, several of which are evident by reading below.

“A Diamond in the Rough”
Sidney Kessler on Ken Wooden (’62)

Memory #10 of 100

Today’s Project 100 entry is on Ken Wooden, one of the most important alumni in the history of Glassboro State College and Rowan University. I made contact with him earlier this year, but he was in the midst of a battle with cancer that claimed his life on July 3, 2023. While we never got to do a formal interview, I did learn that he greatly valued his time at Glassboro State and the mentorship provided to him by Sidney Kessler. Ken’s accomplishments and influence were such that I knew that I must find a way to include his story in Project 100 despite his passing. With the help of his family members who have reviewed this entry, I have been able to do so. The biographical section that follows is long, and yet I could have included so much more. In addition to the voluminous public records available on Ken, I was fortunate to have some personal accounts as well, including an excerpt from Ken’s own memoir and a lengthy account from Sidney Kessler who discussed his former student at length in his unpublished memoir (which astute readers will remember formed the basis of Memory #6). In fact, it was from Dr. Kessler’s work that I originally learned that Ken had attended Glassboro State and studied history.

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Kenneth Wooden was born on October 18, 1935, and he grew up in a working-class neighborhood in a row house in Burlington, New Jersey. He lived with his mother, father, and three brothers and graduated from Burlington City High School in 1954. He then joined the United States Army and served in the Korean War in the 101st Airborne. His mother died in 1956 while he was stationed in Korea. After he finished serving in the war, he married his girlfriend, Martha Braun, with whom he later had three daughters and one son.

Around the same time, and through the support of his wife who was a registered nurse, he began to study history and education at Glassboro State Teacher’s College. In his junior year, he was President of the social studies club, Current Affairs in Education (C.A.F.E.), during one of that club’s most active and productive periods. That year, through the leadership of Harold Wilson and new faculty member Marius Livingston, the Social Studies Department and C.A.F.E. organized not only its traditional Election Week activities but sponsored an all-day event entitled: “The World Crisis of the Sixties, A Symposium on Problems in Four Regions of the World.” The Department estimated attendance at this major event at 1300, including students, faculty, alumni, and community members from southern New Jersey. Ken Wooden was one of the panelists responding to the address by Dr. C. Edward Beeby, New Zealand ambassador to France, entitled “The Commonwealth Concept – Nationalism’s Solution?” Ken was joined on the panel by several others, including Raymond E. Jones of British Consulate General in Philadelphia and Satish D. Kelelkar, Head of the Department of Information for the Embassy of India. Other major addresses during the day included: “The Middle East in Transition” by Dr. Abdul Majid Abbass, Visiting Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at American University, “Europe and the Problem of Germany,” by Dr. Hans Reimer, Education Chairman for West Germany, and “The Role of the New China” by Dr. Theodore Hsi-en, Chairman of the Department of Asiatic Studies at the University of Southern California.

After Ken graduated in 1962, he took a position teaching history. During this time, however, he had the good fortune to be aided in his desire to do work that might have a broader impact and involve the research skills he had learned at Glassboro State. In making this transition, he had the great fortune to be aided by one of America’s most famous people (read on to find out who!).

It is hard to summarize Ken’s accomplishments after he left teaching. Here are just some of the highlights. In any event, he left teaching and, after working for members of Congress, became a freelance investigative reporter. He published for a wide variety of newspapers while also holding various other positions from time to time, including serving as the Executive Director of the Institute for Advanced Politics in Princeton, New Jersey. In that capacity, in 1972, he wrote an op-ed for the New York Times entitled “Jersey and the Prisoners of Innocence,” which exposed how much lack of education and literacy correlated with imprisonment. He noted that most prisoners read at a third-grade level and that 90% of juveniles placed in prisons, reform schools, and punitive juvenile facilities had committed no criminal offense. This editorial ended up being the beginning of a multi-year research project that saw Ken visit juvenile facilities in 32 states, culminating with the 1976 publication of Weeping in the Playtime of Others: America’s Incarcerated Children, which was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.

Ken wasn’t done. He was nominated for a second Pulitzer Prize for his next big project. “Untold Horrors – The Children of Jonestown” was his seven-part series for the Chicago Sun-Times on the deaths of nearly three hundred children at Jonestown, the remote headquarters of the cult led by American Jim Jones in Guyana. The series was carried in newspapers all over the United States, and, in 1980, Ken expanded his reporting and published a book on the subject called The Children of Jonestown.

During his time as a freelance reporter, one of his major sources of his income was speaking for honorariums at various colleges and universities, over 150 in the end. During these trips, he conducted research with incarcerated child rapists and child murderers. After a lecture at Indiana State University, one of the audience members, a police chief, offered to show him some materials that had been confiscated during a recent arrest of a child pornographer. There came across a magazine for pedophiles with a section entitled “The Lure of the Month.” That month’s lure happened to be soap crayons, which Ken had recently purchased for his own daughters. From that moment on, he dedicated himself to helping identify the danger of child pedophiles and their “lures.” Among the many writings he produced on this subject were the article “How Sexual Predators Lure Our Children” in Reader’s Digest and the book Think First & Stay Safe Parent Guide, published by Child Lures Prevention, a foundation that he founded and which he continued to run as President Emeritus with his daughters until his recent passing.

Throughout all of this time, Ken had been regularly appearing both on television and before Congress to testify about the dangers posed to children. In 1981, the popular radio host and best-selling author Studs Terkel, whose interviews inspired Project 100, wrote that “I think Ken Wooden is the most perceptive and compassionate chronicler of the dilemma of the troubled young in our society. He impressed me in his personal odyssey and his reflection as much as any guest I’d ever had on my radio programs.” 60 Minutes and 20/20 were among the most important television shows that featured his research. The appearance that probably had the greatest impact was when he appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show in 1988. After his appearance, the show was flooded with calls requesting materials related to Ken’s Work. At 4:23pm alone, over 1,000 people attempted to call, overwhelming the normally sound network of the popular show.

This entry would never end if I truly chronicled all of Ken’s work for child safety, but let me end by simply listing some of the awards he won, including an Emmy (from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for “Smart Choices/Safe Kids: A Child Lures Prevention Town Hall”), the Kenneth David Kaunda Award for Humanism (the United Nations), the Juvenile Justice Award (The White House in conjunction with The Children’s Express), and a special award for “Distinguished Contributions to the Cause of Child Advocacy”( by the American Psychological Association). According to his family, Ken’s favorite award was the Giraffe Heroes Award for “sticking one’s neck out.” Glassboro State College has honored him twice, naming him a Distinguished Alumnus in 1979 and then awarding him an Honorary Doctorate of Humanities in 1982.

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Excerpt from Kenneth Wooden’s Memoir “Undying Determination”

My brother, Carl, (whom everyone called Skip) and I were the two youngest in a family of four boys. Growing up in the little river town of Burlington, New Jersey during the Great Depression of the 1930’s, Skip became my mentor and best friend. We shared the same bed in a small second story row house. Many nights Skip would tell me endless stories about history and current events and ask me probing questions my teachers didn’t brother to ask a kid whose IQ was 78. Questions like, “Who is our President?” “FDR.” “Who is our Vice President?” I don’t know.” “It’s Harry Truman.” Which President crossed the Delaware not far from our town? George Washington. “Where is Canada? England, Korea?” – “I don’t know.” I’ll show you on a world map.” And on and on….Where is….? Who is?......When?...... Why?....How?” Endless questions in that dark little bedroom. Skip was my best teacher - save Miss Hazel Holland who painstakingly corrected an embarrassing and crippling speech impediment I suffered with until 7th Grade. Up until age 12, I was mimicked and bullied with the nickname, “too, four, tick, yake, yenny,” (2468kenny) but I was never belittled like that by my brother. Looking back with fond memories, on those early years, I remember my brother as a gifted teacher who had an intellectual presence and a very keen mind. On an unforgettable day that changed my life forever, Skip took me to the Burlington City Public Library. I was seven and Skip was ten as he led me up winding iron stairs to where old books designed for research purposes were kept from the general public. Books so old they could not be checked out. He pointed to a book entitled, The History of Burlington and informed me that our Dad’s uncle, William E. Schermerhorn, had written that book on the shelf before my very eyes! I was mesmerized and couldn’t take my eyes off it: Nor, could I forget that we had a family member who wrote a book, kept in a special place within our city’s library, a historical landmark chartered by the King of England, in 1675. Though I could barely read and never checked out any books, I would still visit the library and just stare at my grand uncle’s published work. When I was older, serving newspapers, I’d glance at the old stone stairs leading up to the stately, white double doors of our library on Union Street and feel a sense of tremendous family pride. I still do. Fifty years later, I donated and placed on the shelves of that same library, three copies of my own published books.

From Sidney Kessler’s Unpublished Memoir

The memory of individual students faded unless they were outstanding… I initiated a seminar on Roosevelt’s New Deal. This consisted of a small group of history majors who would work on a senior research project as a preparation for a Master of Arts thesis. Ken Wooden enrolled and impressed me. Ken was older than most of his peers. He had the broken nose of a boxer, a high-pitched voice and an eagerness to learn that belied his looks. A judge gave him a choice: go to jail for car theft or join the army. Ken chose the latter and fought in Korea. He talked freely about how his high school sweetheart waited, helped him finish high school, and married him. It was clear then that Ken was semi-literate. He kept a dictionary by his side. Ken had a long commute to college and worked at night. I arranged my spare time so that we could do research together in the library. One of the highlights of the course was a class trip to the Roosevelt home in Hyde Park, New York. By chance, Mrs. Roosevelt was giving a foreign dignitary a guided tour. In a casual remark, I turned to Ken and said: “You know, Ken, no one has written much about Louis Howe, FDR’s press secretary who helped his political career in New York. If he were not elected Governor, he would not have been nominated for the Presidency in 1932. Besides, there is Mrs. Roosevelt and maybe you could write to her.” Ken nodded in agreement.

When Ken graduated, his mother cried for joy as my mother had done for me. Mrs. Wooden worked in textiles mills at the age of 11. Ken’s father was a laborer in chemical plants. Each had lost a father to industrial accidents, on a painting scaffold and anthracite mine. I was proud to be their son’s teacher. Waves of freshmen became seniors and left college. Twenty years went by until I heard the name Kenneth Wooden again. Walter Cronkite was praising Ken for his testimony to a congressional committee discussing abused children. I almost fell out of my chair. Was this MY Kenny? I contacted the college alumni and soon I was visiting Ken in his home. I learned that after he had graduated, he taught history for a time, and, through contacts, worked for Congressmen, and became a successful investigative reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times. In that capacity, he wrote an expose of the wretched treatment of runaway children in the nation’s institutions. Many of them served as human guinea pigs for drug companies. Ken was able to initiate reforms in several states. His book, Weeping in the Playtime of Others, was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. His report to Congress that I saw concerned the 1978 tragedy of Jonestown, where 276 children were murdered in an act of cult genocide….

After months of writing to former Governors, Congressmen, school superintendents, journalists, and celebrities… my nomination was accepted and the great day arrived… On my recommendation, Kenny Wooden, a high school dropout and reformed car thief, was about to receive the honorary degree of Doctor of Humanity from Glassboro State College….

“Kenny,” I asked after the honorary doctorate was awarded, “who would have dreamed you would be so successful? Who gets the credit?”

“You do!” he replied while I gasped. “You told me to contact Mrs. Roosevelt about Louis Howe. She was impressed by my research as you were, and she guided me.” Kenny then inscribed his first book, Weeping, “To Sid Kessler. Thanks for a great course during my education at Glassboro.” He inscribed his second book, Children of Jonestown, to my children, Perry and Sybil.

RS

Retha & Jim Sellers

Posted at 11:02am
Ken enjoyed life and made the world a better place because he was in it. He was one of a kind! His friendship was very special to us, and we will miss him greatly.

Jim & Retha Sellers
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Alan Welch

Posted at 06:11pm
I was privileged to meet Ken at a family gathering at Honey Hollow, where he welcomed me with joy and jocularity. The treasure of that place will be a lasting legacy for his family.

But more importantly, Ken's legacy as an incredibly caring man, who lived a remarkable life committing his intellect, strength and compassion to helping those least able to protect themselves. He bravely shed a bright light where few seemed willing. We should all aspire to so positively impacting our fellow travelers and making our society a better place as he did.
JK

Jacqueline Kemple Kemple

Posted at 02:09pm
Ken was a jewel of a man. We greatly enjoyed his jokes poolside and yearly St
Patty's Day party. Rest in peace. Jackie Kemple
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