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Gertrude Nye Dorry

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Gertrude Nye Dorry
Born1908
DiedOctober 25, 2004
Wareham, Massachusetts, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Michigan (PhD), University of New Hampshire (BA)
SpouseMohammad B. Dorry
Scientific career
ThesisThe Phonemes and Morphemes of Modern Persian: A Descriptive Study (1955)

Gertrude Elizabeth Nye Dorry (1908–2004) was an American linguist, author and Peace Corps Educator.

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

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  • Games for second language learning, McGraw-Hill, 1966

References

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  1. ^ "Paid Notice: Deaths NYE, DORRY, GERTRUDE (Published 2004)". The New York Times. 28 October 2004.
  2. ^ "Gertrude Dorry, farm girl, teacher, intrepid chronicler of exotic lands". archive.boston.com.
  3. ^ "Gertrude E. Nye-Dorry". Chapman, Cole & Gleason Funeral Homes.
  4. ^ "Gertrude Nye-Dorry - Obituary". www.legacy.com.