[il-talk] FW: Dave Andrews Lifetime achievement award

[Connie Davis]

This article was in a DEED (Department of Employment and
Economic Development) newsletter. Congratulation to 
Dave Andrews.  Notice the prominent mention of the NFB.


Andrews Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

David Andrews, chief technology officer for State Services
for the Blind, received the 2010 C. Stanley Potter
Lifetime 
Achievement Award from the International Association of
Audio Information Services (IAAIS). He was recognized
during 
the group's conference in Dallas on June 3-6.

The award recognized Andrew's work in furthering the
mission of IAAIS. The group supports services that make
printed 
information available in audio formats to those who cannot
read conventional print because of disabilities or health 
conditions.

Andrews has worked at SSB for the past 14 years, first as
director of the communication center and more recently as 
chief technology officer and director of the adaptive and
assistive technology unit.  In addition, he is a mailing
list and 
site administrator at the National Federation of the
Blind. 

Prior to joining SSB, he held a variety of positions that
supported information access for disabled people. He has
worked 
at the National Federation of the Blind's International
Braille and Technology Center, the New Jersey Library for
the Blind 
and Handicapped, and the Audio-Reader Network at the
University of Kansas.

The award was named for Stan Potter, a Minnesotan who was
the longtime director of State Services for the Blind. 
Potter is best known for establishing Radio Talking Book,
the first radio reading service in the country when it was

created in Minnesota in 1969.




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