[nagdu] Dr. Bolotin book

Angie Matney leadinglabbie at mpmail.net
Tue Jan 27 05:15:48 UTC 2009


Hi Linda and all,

This book is available for download from the NLS pilot web site, for those who have access to that service.

Angie

On Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:08:10 -0800, lindagwizdak at peoplepc.com wrote:

>Hi Rebecca,

>I think the NFB would have given Doctor Bolotin the feeling of not being 
>alone.

>I think he wore himself to death - literally - with having to work much 
>harder than the sighted doctor had to in those days. I really enjoyed the 
>book and so did my Mom, a retired RN.  You will see what I mean about his 
>wearing himself out once you read the book.

>I read the print copy with my magnifying glases - hopefully it is availible 
>on tape or through something like BOOKSHARE. I read the review of the book 
>in a Braille Monitor last year, forget which issue.

>Linda and Landon
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M (IT)" <REBECCA.PICKRELL at ngc.com>
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>Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 7:06 AM
>Subject: Re: [nagdu] National Federation of the Blind to Award $50,000 in 
>2009


>> So how would the NFB have helped him?
>> This does sound like a neat book.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of lindagwizdak at peoplepc.com
>> Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 6:00 PM
>> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] National Federation of the Blind to Award $50,000
>> in 2009
>>
>> Hi Rebecca,
>> Dr. Boletin worked himself to death for basically two reasons:  Fighting
>> the neverending uphill battle to be a doctor because he was blind, and
>> he also was a Type 1 personality and was too much of a perfectionist -
>> he didn't want anyone's help.  Poor guy, but he did it! (smile!)
>>
>> Linda and Landon
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M. (TASCSD)" <REBECCA.PICKRELL at ngc.com>
>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 10:07 AM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] National Federation of the Blind to Award $50,000
>> in
>> 2009
>>
>>
>>> Linda,
>>> Thank you for posting this, you reminded me that I do want to read
>>> this book.
>>> Why do you say that he had to work himself to death and wouldn't have
>>> had to had their been an NFB? He did his thing before anybody had
>>> anything in terms of pentions or state help.
>>> Other than his blindness, how is this a unique story?
>>> If you want, we can talk off list.
>>> I'm reading this mostly because I like biographies, and I think
>>> medicine is interesting along with history.
>>> Would like to know your thoughts though this is probably a topic best
>>> done off list.
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>> Behalf Of lindagwizdak at peoplepc.com
>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2009 3:05 PM
>>> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] National Federation of the Blind to Award $50,000
>>
>>> in 2009
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>> I read the story of Doctor Bolotin.  He was a great man and he
>>> literally worked himself to death - something he wouldn't have had to
>>> do if there was an NFB back then to help him!
>>>
>>> Linda and Landon
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
>>> To: <david.andrews at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2009 8:59 PM
>>> Subject: [nagdu] National Federation of the Blind to Award $50,000 in
>>> 2009
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>>>>
>>>> CONTACT:
>>>>
>>>> Chris Danielsen
>>>>
>>>> Director of Public Relations
>>>>
>>>> National Federation of the Blind
>>>>
>>>> (410) 659-9314, extension 2330
>>>>
>>>> (410) 262-1281 (Cell)
>>>>
>>>> cdanielsen at nfb.org
>>>>
>>>> National Federation of the Blind Announces Dr. Jacob Bolotin Awards
>>>>
>>>> National Federation of the Blind to Award $50,000 in 2009
>>>>
>>>> Baltimore, Maryland (January 7, 2009): The National Federation of the
>>
>>>> Blind today announced that applications are now being accepted for
>>>> the
>>>
>>>> 2009 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 2009 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, 2009.  Individuals or organizations
>>> are
>>>> encouraged to apply on behalf of themselves or others.  The award
>>>> recipients will be announced at the 2009 National Federation of the
>>>> Blind
>>> Convention
>>>> in Detroit.  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
>>>> .  Proceeds from book sales will also benefit the award program.  For
>>> more
>>>> information or to fill out the online application, please visit
>>>> www.nfb.org.
>>>>
>>>> ###
>>>>
>>>> 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:
>>>> www.nfb.org.
>>>>
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