[nagdu] Dr. Bolotin book

Tue Jan 27 14:42:31 UTC 2009

Thank you Linda. 
I do plan to read this book. 
Not sure I agree with you about NFB providing the warm fuzzies which
would have allowed him to live longer, but if you like, we can talk more
after I get a shot at the book. 

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Subject: [nagdu] Dr. Bolotin book

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
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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.
>
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> Behalf Of lindagwizdak at peoplepc.com
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> 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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