ASU remembers

   

Frederick Allen Staley

Professor of Environmental Education - 1970 to 2003

   

  

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June 14, 2006

Frederick Allen Staley, 64, of Phoenix, AZ died suddenly, June 14, 2006. He was born on June 3, 1942 in Pontiac, Michigan to Francis and Elizazbeth Staley. He has lived in Phoenix for over 35 years and worked as a professor of Environmental Education at Arizona State University. Fred came to ASU in 1970 from Michigan State University. Early on he participated in and then led for nearly 3 decades, the excursions to Camp Tontozona, where students in Science Education spent 3 days in outdoor/environmental education. Many students report back that, aside from student teaching, those 3 days were the most important and memorable experiences they had in their teacher education coursework at ASU. Fred cared deeply about teacher education, and was a leader in our community across campus, directing the Faculty of Teacher Education for several years. He was a key member in the design and development of TEAMS, an innovative teacher education program for mathematics and science with a middle-school focus. He retired in 2003. He was a 27 year member of the Sun Fairies, a teacher's group at ASU. He was for many years involved with science education on the Hopi Indian reservation. He is survived by his wife, Becky, daughters; Rebecca Campagna, Jennifer Richter, Stephanie Mielke and Gillian Staley, sister, Lois Barnes (Gordon), brother, James E. Staley and 5 grandchildren.