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From:  Freeh,Jessica <JFreeh at nfb.org>
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Subject: [Nfbf-l] National Federation of the  Blind Announces Dr. Jacob 
Bolotin Awards


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CONTACT: 

Chris  Danielsen 

Director of Public  Relations 

National Federation of the  Blind 

(410) 659-9314, extension  2330 

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National  Federation of the Blind Announces Dr. Jacob Bolotin  Awards 



National Federation of the Blind  to Award $50,000 in 2010 


<?xml:namespace  prefix = st1 ns = 
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Baltimore,  Maryland (October 7, 2009): The National Federation of 
the Blind today  announced that applications are now being accepted for the 
2010 Dr. Jacob  Bolotin Award Program. Each year the National Federation of 
the Blind presents  cash awards to individuals and organizations that have 
made outstanding  contributions toward achieving the full integration of the 
blind into society  on a basis of equality. 


Dr. Jacob Bolotin was a  blind physician who lived and practiced in Chicago 
in the early twentieth  century. He was widely known and respected in 
Chicago and throughout the  Midwest during his career, which spanned the period 
from 1912 until his  untimely death at the age of thirty-six in 1924. He was 
particularly  recognized for his expertise on diseases of the heart and 
lungs. Bolotin used  his many public speaking engagements to advocate for the 
employment of the  blind and their full integration into  society. 


Dr. Marc Maurer, President of the  National Federation of the Blind, said: 
"Dr. Jacob Bolotin was a pioneer who  overcame low expectations and 
discrimination to become a renowned member of  the medical profession without the 
benefit of the support services and civil  rights protections available to 
blind people today. He was also a fierce  advocate for greater opportunity for 
the blind in his time, and doubtless  would have been a leader in the 
organized blind movement had he lived to see  it come into being. The Jacob 
Bolotin Award Program celebrates his pioneering  spirit by recognizing and 
supporting outstanding programs, technologies, and  individual efforts that promote 
independence and opportunity for blind  Americans." 


Recipients of the 2010 Dr. Jacob  Bolotin Awards will be determined by the 
Dr. Jacob Bolotin Award Committee of  the National Federation of the Blind. 
Online applications are due by April 15,  2010. Individuals or organizations 
are encouraged to apply on behalf of  themselves or others. The award 
recipients will be announced at the 2010  National Federation of the Blind 
Convention in Dallas. A total of $50,000 will  be distributed to the award 
recipients. 


The Jacob  Bolotin Award Program is funded through the generosity of Dr. 
Bolotin's nephew  and niece, Alfred and Rosalind Pearlman. In addition to 
establishing the  Alfred and Rosalind Pearlman Trust to endow the awards, the 
late Mrs. Pearlman  also wrote The Blind Doctor: The Jacob Bolotin Story. The 
book has been  published by Blue Point Books and can be ordered directly 
from the publisher  at _www.bluepointbooks.com_ 
(http://www.bluepointbooks.com/) . Proceeds from book sales will also  benefit the award program. For more 
information or to fill out the online  application, please visit 
<_http://www.nfb.org/>www.nfb.org_ (http://www.nfb.org/>www.nfb.org) . 



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About  the National Federation of the Blind 

With more than 50,000  members, the National Federation of the Blind is the 
largest and most  influential membership organization of blind people in 
the United States. The  NFB improves blind people's lives through advocacy, 
education, research,  technology, and programs encouraging independence and 
self-confidence. It is  the leading force in the blindness field today and the 
voice of the nation's  blind. In January 2004 the NFB opened the National 
Federation of the Blind  Jernigan Institute, the first research and training 
center in the United  States for the blind led by the blind. Please visit 
our Web site: <_http://www.nfb.org/>www.nfb.org_ 
(http://www.nfb.org/>www.nfb.org) . 

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