Gertrude Elizabeth Nye Dorry (1908–2004) was an American linguist, author and Peace Corps Educator.
Gertrude Nye Dorry | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1908 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | October 25, 2004 Wareham, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Education | University of Michigan (PhD), University of New Hampshire (BA) |
| Spouse | Mohammad B. Dorry |
| Scientific career | |
| Thesis | The Phonemes and Morphemes of Modern Persian: A Descriptive Study (1955) |
Nye was raised in the United States. She spent much of her adult life in Iran. Early in her life she was a school teacher in New Hampshire. Later while at the University of Michigan she met a man from Iran, and after their marriage they moved to Iran in 1955. She was Peace Corps Project Manager for Iran from 1966-1969.
She received the Iranian Royal Book of the Year Award from Shah of Iran for writing English teaching books for Iranian students.[1][2][3][4]
Books edit
- Games for second language learning, McGraw-Hill, 1966
References edit
- ^ "Paid Notice: Deaths NYE, DORRY, GERTRUDE (Published 2004)". The New York Times. 28 October 2004.
- ^ "Gertrude Dorry, farm girl, teacher, intrepid chronicler of exotic lands". archive.boston.com.
- ^ "Gertrude E. Nye-Dorry". Chapman, Cole & Gleason Funeral Homes.
- ^ "Gertrude Nye-Dorry - Obituary". www.legacy.com.