Judi -- thought you would like this....
Jan
<< From: Diane Wiessinger <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: a name game
When I went to my first LLLI conference in 1987, I rode in an elevator alone
with Chele Marmet. I didn't say a word - just grinned at her all the way to
the lobby. Through that whole conference, I felt as if I was moving among
rock stars - Kittie Frantz, William Sears, Chele, Paul Fleiss, Jay Gordon -
these people I had heard about for years were real!
Now, when I talk to newcomers in the field and a prominent name comes up, as
often as not I'm met with a blank stare. And I have to wonder: can one
really know a field - maybe especially a young one - without knowing the
names and approximate contributions of its rock stars? Should you be able
to get a PhD in biology without knowing Watson and Crick?
My husband has a 2-year-old interest in bonsai, and acknowledges that one
*could* develop reasonable skill with it just by reading the basic books and
applying the knowledge oneself. But he can see that the fine-tuning, the
little tricks, the subtleties that will someday (he hopes) make him truly
skilled will come from the experts in the field. If he didn't know the name
Valvanis, he says, he'd be acknowledging that he didn't know the bonsai
community and literature of his own country, and that he therefore very
likely had limited flexibility in his bonsai skills, and a limited ability
to find help if he needed it.
Many of breastfeeding's rock stars, like many of the bonsai experts, aren't
widely published. That doesn't mean they haven't been critically important
contributors to the field. So knowing their names implies that you have
explored the field through more than just mainstream printed materials.
Here's a name game to play with yourself. Some of the names below are
probably way too obscure. And I'm sure I've missed names that really need
to be here.
James Akre Lisa Amir Susan Ludington-Hoe
G Ardran Alan Lucas Kathleen Auerbach Chele Marmet
Allan Cunningham James McKenna Sarah Danner Paula Meier
M De Carvalho Maureen Minchin Edward Cerutti
Nancy Mohrbacher Katherine Dettwyler Marianne Neifert
Chloe Fisher Jack Newman Kittie Frantz Niles Newton
Lawrence Gartner Frank Oski Mavis Gunther Gabrielle Palmer
Thomas Hale Jan Riordan Peter Hartmann Katherine Dewey
William & Martha Sears Alison Hazelbaker JoAnn Scott
Jane Heinig Linda Smith Kay Hoover Julie Stock
Kathleen Huggins Lennart Righard Tine Thevenin
John Kennell Penny Van Esterick Sheila Kitzinger
Marsha Walker Marshall Klaus Anne-Marie Widstrom
Michael Latham Barbara Wilson-Clay Judith Lauwers
Candace Woessner Ruth Lawrence Michael Woolridge
Alan Lucas Marian Tompson Sarah Amin
Heck, we could also add names like Ferber, and Ezzo.
If you'd like to help me refine this, adding or deleting where appropriate,
it might be a list to send to IBLCE, with a suggestion that a name or two be
pulled for use on the exam, to help evaluate a candidate's involvement in
breastfeeding beyond having read the basic books...
Diane Wiessinger, >>
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