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News from the 2003 Playing for Keeps Conference

Tribute to Fred Rogers

Sadly, scheduled keynote speaker Fred Rogers of Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood passed away several days before the opening of the conference. A tribute to the life and work of Fred Rogers, featuring his personal friends Jerome and Dorothy Singer and Ruth Rothstein, was presented at the end of the conference.

Read comments by Playing for Keeps Executive Director Susan J. Oliver and Yale University Professor Marlene Schwartz.


Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play.

--Heraclitus, Greek philosopher


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