[Md-sligo] FW: Tribute: Donald Galloway, advocate of rights of disabled, dies at 73

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-----Original Message-----
From: Kenney, John 
Sent: Friday, November 04, 2011 3:13 PM
To: #HHS.ALL
Subject: Tribute: Donald Galloway,advocate of rights of disabled, dies
at 73






Many of us worked with June Galloway and many of us had the good fortune
of meeting her husband, Don.  Below is a lovely tribute to Don and his
pioneering work in the disability rights arena.  Don passed on October
13th. 

Jay
 
John J. Kenney, Ph.D.
Chief, Aging & Disability Services
Montgomery County Department of Health & Human Services 240-777-4577
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Greene, Nancy (DGS) 
Sent: Friday, November 04, 2011 2:06 PM
To: Klem, Bonnie; Kenney, John
Subject: FW: Donald Galloway, advocate of rights of disabled, dies at 73

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-----Original Message-----
From: Charles Crawford [mailto:ccrawford at starpower.net] 
Sent: Friday, November 04, 2011 2:02 PM
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Subject: FW: Donald Galloway, advocate of rights of disabled, dies at 73


>Hi NCAC members and friends,


         I saw the following tribute to Don Galloway upon his passing 
and thought I would share it with you since Don was a pretty active 
guy.  I thank Jamal Mazrui for sharing the information originally.

--  Charlie Crawford.

Original message...

>Donald Galloway, advocate of rights of disabled, dies at 73
>
>By Adam Bernstein, Published: November 1
>
>Donald Galloway, 73, a civil rights advocate for minorities with 
>disabilities who won a lawsuit against the D.C. government for the 
>right of the blind to serve on juries, died Oct. 3 in a hospice in 
>Santa Barbara, Calif.
>
>He had metastatic prostate cancer, said his wife, June Galloway. The 
>Galloways lived in the District and were visiting family in California 
>when Donald Galloway died.
>
>Mr. Galloway, who had been legally blind since an accident in 
>childhood, had an eclectic career. He was a folk singer as a young man,

>earned a master's degree in social work, and, in 1978, became the Peace

>Corps's country director in Jamaica.
>
>He retired in 2009 from the D.C. Department of Consumer and Regulatory 
>Affairs as program coordinator for the American With Disabilities Act. 
>He joined that department after serving from 1987 to 1998 as manager of

>the disability affairs branch of the D.C. Department of Housing and 
>Community Development.
>
>In 1991, he showed up at D.C. Superior Court after receiving a summons 
>to serve on a jury and said he was turned away when he arrived with a 
>guide dog. He was told a blind person would be unable to observe the 
>demeanor of witnesses and read through troves of evidence, if required.

>He sued the District government.
>
>"I don't have to see a gun," Mr. Galloway said at the time. "I could 
>feel the gun or have someone describe it to me. They are making the 
>assumption that I can't perceive or make judgments."
>
>In 1993, U.S. District Judge Joyce Hens Green ruled that blind people 
>could not be automatically excluded from a jury. She said exceptions 
>could be made on an individual basis, especially involving cases where 
>jurors must evaluate loads of documents.
>
>Donald Galloway was born March 21, 1938, in Washington and raised in 
>Annapolis. At 13, he was injured in one eye with a bow and arrow while 
>playing. Because of improper treatment, his wife said, nerve damage 
>affected the other eye and led to complete blindness by age 16.
>
>He attended the Maryland School for the Blind and completed high school

>in Los Angeles, where his family moved. He was a 1967 graduate of 
>California State University at Los Angeles and in 1969 received a 
>master's degree in social work from California State University at San 
>Diego.
>
>In the mid-1970s, Mr. Galloway worked in Berkeley, Calif., as director 
>of peer counseling at the Center for Independent Living, which 
>encouraged self-sufficiency among the disabled.
>
>He later was executive director of the Governor's Council on the 
>Handicapped in Denver, followed by an appointment from 1978 to 1980 as 
>Peace Corps director in Jamaica. His wife said he was the first blind 
>country director, but a Peace Corps spokeswoman said she could not 
>confirm that from the organization's records.
>
>Mr. Galloway was subsequently turned down for an administrative job 
>with the Foreign Service because of his blindness. He sued and reached 
>a financial settlement with the government, his wife said. He went on 
>to direct the Center for Independent Living in Washington.
>
>Mr. Galloway served in leadership roles on many commissions and panels 
>on disability rights. As a volunteer, he had spent the last 15 years as

>president of the National Federation of the Blind's Washington 
>affiliate.
>
>His first marriage, to Julia Townes, ended in divorce. Survivors 
>include his wife of 45 years, June Williams Galloway of Washington; a 
>son from his first marriage, Kevin Galloway of San Marino, Calif.; two 
>children from his second marriage, Makini Galloway of Maui, Hawaii, and

>Ade Galloway of Philadelphia; two sisters; four brothers; and six 
>grandchildren.