Teaching Through Modality Strengths: Concepts and Practices

Walter Burke Barbe was an educator, publisher, and editor. He was born on October 30, 1926 in Miami, Florida. He served in the U. S. Army, 1944-1946. His career included editor-in-chief of Highlights for Children magazine from 1971 to 1989; editor of the Zaneer-Bloser Publishing Company, which was owned by Highlights; and president and publisher of Modern Learning Press. He published textbooks and books on education one of which was Psychology and Education of the Gifted (1965). He was a founding member of the International Reading Association. He had a distinguished career in higher education as professor and department chair of special education at Kent State University, adjunct professor in Human Services at Ohio State University and Sergeis Gambal Distinguished Professor at Keystone College in Pennsylvania. He retired in 1992. He published 11 books and more than 200 professional journal articles. After he retired in 1992, he, along with Kurt Reed, wrote two books on the local history of Wayne County in Pennsylvania, The History of Wayne County, Pennsylvania and The Glass Industry in Wayne County, Pennsylvania. His awards and honors included the International Reading Association's Distinguished Service Award (1992) and the School Study Council of Ohio Award in Recognition of Dedication to Education. Walter B. Barbe died on October 15, 2020 at his home in Pennsylvania, at the age of 93.