Neuhaus Education Center was founded in 1980 by a group of parents and teachers who were interested in bringing effective Orton-Gillingham-based reading instruction to Houston. They had just organized the Houston Branch of the Orton Society (currently the International Dyslexia Association) as a way of gathering information about appropriate instruction for their dyslexic students. Founders.jpgMarilyn Beckwith, Fredda Parker, Virginia Noel, Nancy Collie, Betty Neuhaus, Virginia McFarland, and Founding Director Lenox (Hutcheson) Reed laid the foundation for Neuhaus Education Center. As serious and determined teachers and parents, they each played an important role in establishing the legal, financial, and educational foundations for the center.