By Robert D. McFadden Ruth Johnson Colvin, who founded what became one of the world’s largest organizations of volunteers tutoring basic language skills to functionally illiterate peoples in ...

FILE - President George W. Bush, right, bestows the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Ruth Johnson Colvin, from Syracuse, N.Y., during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington ...

Our dear Mom, Ruth Johnson, of West Hartford, passed away on Thursday, November 14, 2024, at the age of 98, one month short of age 99. She is now reunited with her beloved husband Harold who ...

Ruth Johnson Colvin, the extraordinary woman who started a literacy organization in her basement that turned into the global movement called Literacy Volunteers of America, has died at 107.

Ruth Johnson Colvin, Who Founded Literacy Volunteers of America, Has Died at 107 SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Ruth Johnson Colvin, who founded Literacy Volunteers of America, was inducted into the ...

Ruth Bertha Johnson nee Klein, 98, of Elmhurst. Beloved wife of the late Robert W.; loving mother of the late Linda; devoted sister of Edward (Dorothy) Klein; cherished aunt of Donna (Terry ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Ruth Johnson Colvin, who founded Literacy Volunteers of America, was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame and received the nation’s highest civilian award ...