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June Lyday Orton 1898–1977

June Lyday Orton 1898–1977 With the death of June Lyday Orton on March 12, 1977, the Orton Society has lost its primary founder and first leader. June Frances Lyday was born on August 3, 1898, in Newton, Iowa. She was elected to membership in Phi Beta Kappa at Vassar College from which she was graduated, at age 19, summa curn laude, in 1918. From Smith College School for Social Work she received the degree of M.S.S. as a member of its 198 JUNE LYDAY ORTON, 1899-1977 first class in 1919. Subsequently she did graduate work at the State Univer- sity of Iowa, at the Merrill Palmer Institute in Detroit, Michigan, and at Columbia University. She was chosen by Dr. Samuel T. Orton to be chief of psychiatric social service in the new Department of Psychiatry which he organized in 1919 at the University of Iowa, and at the Iowa Psychopathic Hospital. There she participated in the planning and carrying out of one of the country's first programs of rural, mobile, multidisciplinary mental hygiene clinics. Dr. Orton's interest in 14 of the children referred because of reading retardation to the first of these clinics in January, 1925, began his study of the problem of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Annals of Dyslexia Springer Journals

June Lyday Orton 1898–1977

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Annals of Dyslexia , Volume 27 (1): 6 – Jan 1, 1977
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Springer Journals
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1977 the Orton Society, Inc
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0736-9387
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1934-7243
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10.1007/BF02653459
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With the death of June Lyday Orton on March 12, 1977, the Orton Society has lost its primary founder and first leader. June Frances Lyday was born on August 3, 1898, in Newton, Iowa. She was elected to membership in Phi Beta Kappa at Vassar College from which she was graduated, at age 19, summa curn laude, in 1918. From Smith College School for Social Work she received the degree of M.S.S. as a member of its 198 JUNE LYDAY ORTON, 1899-1977 first class in 1919. Subsequently she did graduate work at the State Univer- sity of Iowa, at the Merrill Palmer Institute in Detroit, Michigan, and at Columbia University. She was chosen by Dr. Samuel T. Orton to be chief of psychiatric social service in the new Department of Psychiatry which he organized in 1919 at the University of Iowa, and at the Iowa Psychopathic Hospital. There she participated in the planning and carrying out of one of the country's first programs of rural, mobile, multidisciplinary mental hygiene clinics. Dr. Orton's interest in 14 of the children referred because of reading retardation to the first of these clinics in January, 1925, began his study of the problem of

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Published: Jan 1, 1977

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