Myles Friedman Obituary

FRIEDMAN, Myles COLUMBIA - Graveside services of thanksgiving for the life of Myles Ivan Friedman, University of South Carolina Distinguished Professor Emeritus, will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Monday, September 17, 2007, at Antioch Church Cemetery, located on Dave Jenkins Road off Highway 215, Blair, SC, near Shelton. Following the interment, the family will receive friends at Feasterville Boarding House nearby. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials be made to the Myles and Betty Distinguished Chair in Instructional Research, Development Office, USC, 604 Byrnes Building, Columbia, SC 20208; or to Glenforest School, 1831 Airport Blvd., Cayce, SC 29033. Dr. Friedman died peacefully on Sunday, September 16, 2007, after a period of declining health. Son of the late Max Edward and Ethel Goldman Friedman, he was born April 5, 1924, in Chicago, IL. He served as a meteorologist in the US Army Air Force during World War II and owned a successful construction business in Chicago. Due to World War II, Dr. Friedman never completed high school, but his passion for education compelled him to bypass college and enter the prestigious University of Chicago by examination where he completed Masters and Ph.D. programs in the School of Education. He held professorships at Northwestern University, UC Berkeley, and the University of South Carolina where he was awarded the E. Smythe Gambrell Chair as distinguished professor. Dr. Friedman was a consultant to the US Office of Education, is listed in Who's Who in America, and made significant contributions to education at the University and to the state of South Carolina. Professor Friedman authored twelve scholarly books and numerous articles. With colleagues Dr. Marvin Efron and Dr. John King, he founded the Institute for Evidence Based Decision Making in Education, which has contributed to improvements in the field of education nationally. Survivors include his wife, Betty McDowell Friedman; two sons, Gregg Allen Korbon and his wife Kathryn, and Myles I. (Mike) Friedman, Jr.; one sister, Blossom Krawcheck and her husband Saul; two grandchildren, Matthew and Lyn Korbon; and nieces and nephews. POPE FUNERAL HOME OF WINNSBORO (800-676-2411) is serving the Friedman family. Visit our guestbook at www.charleston.net/deaths.