Lynne A. Chisholm

(1952-2015)

RC34 President from 1998 to 2002

 lynne chisholm

In memoriam

by Helena Helve, Ngai Ngan-pun , Jim Côté and Ani Wierenga

Lynne was President of RC34 from 1998 to 2002, and Vice-President for Europe from 1994 to 1998. She passed away peacefully on March 1, 2015, comforted by her husband of some 35 years, Dieter. Her memorial service was held on March 14, 2015, in Walddorf Germany, and was well attended by colleagues, friends, and family.Lynne was born on March 9, 1952, in Birmingham, England. She studied in England (Hons. B.A. Sheffield), Canada (M.A., Victoria, BC), and then back in England, earning her doctorate in Sociology at the University of London (supervised by Basil Bernstein).

n 2004, she took a position at the University of Innsbruck as Chair of Education of the Generations. In 2006, she founded the Research Centre Education – Generation – CV, and from 2005 to 2008 directed the Institute of Education Sciences. Her many visiting professorships took her to places like Copenhagen and Oslo.

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