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Danielsen <BR> <BR>Director of Public
Relations <BR> <BR>National Federation of the Blind <BR>(410)
659-9314, extension 2330 <BR>(410) 262-1281(Cell) <BR><<A
title="mailto:cdanielsen@nfb.org>cdanielsen@nfb.org?"
href="mailto:cdanielsen@nfb.org%3Ecdanielsen@nfb.org?">mailto:cdanielsen@nfb.org>cdanielsen@nfb.org</A> <BR> <BR>National
Federation of the Blind Awards $50,000 <BR> <BR> <BR>Second
Annual Dr. Jacob Bolotin Awards Presented at 2009
Convention <BR> <BR>Baltimore, Maryland (July 13, 2009): The
National Federation of the Blind presented $50,000 in 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. The second annual Dr. Jacob Bolotin Awards honored eight innovators
in the blindness field at the National Federation of the Blind annual
convention in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Detroit on Wednesday, July
8. <BR> <BR> <BR>Awards in the amount of $10,000 were given to
Opportunities Unlimited for the Blind and Diane Croft. A joint award of
$10,000 was also given to the National Organization of Parents of Blind
Children (NOPBC) and the National Association to Promote the Use of Braille
(NAPUB) for their Braille Readers Are Leaders contest. Abe Nemeth, John Andrew
English, the Princeton Braillists, and the American Action Fund for Blind
Children and Adults were each awarded $5,000. <BR> <BR> <BR>Dr.
Jacob Bolotin––the namesake of the award program––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. <BR> <BR> <BR>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. The
National Federation of the Blind is proud to honor the memory and spirit of
Dr. Bolotin by recognizing and financially supporting those who=2 0are doing
exceptional work to help achieve the shared dream of Dr. Bolotin and the
National Federation of the Blind––a society where the blind are treated as
productive, independent, and equal citizens.” <BR> <BR> <BR>The
Dr. Jacob Bolotin Award Program is funded through the generosity of Dr.
Bolotin’s nephew and niece, Alfred and Rosalind Perlman. The late Mrs. Perlman
established the Alfred and Rosalind Perlman Trust to endow the award. Income
from the trust is distributed to the National Federation of the Blind and the
Santa Barbara Foundation for the purpose of administering the Dr. Jacob
Bolotin Award Program. Mrs. Perlman also wrote The Blind Doctor: The Jacob
Bolotin Story. The book was published by Blue Point Books and is available
through the National Federation of the Blind. A portion of the proceeds from
book sales will also benefit the award program. For more information about the
Dr. Jacob Bolotin Award Program, including more information about this year’s
winners, as well as eligibility criteria and application procedures, visit
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