[nagdu] Dr. Bolotin book

Wed Jan 28 23:36:34 UTC 2009

Thanks, Wayne.  I'll have to see what I get if I Google "blind doctor in 
Wisconsin"!

Today, on the bus, the driver was trying to tell me something about a local 
guide dog user.  She said it was a yellow Lab but didn't know the dog's name 
or any discription of the blind person.  So that conversation got nowhere! 
(grin!)  The driver is a nice person.

Linda and Landon
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <wcmerritt at gmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 7:39 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Dr. Bolotin book

>I remember reading a story last spring of a young man who graduated
> from a Wisconsin medical school with his MD. I remember he had a guide
> dog named Electra, but I don't remember his name. Typical response
> from someone in the public, right? Grin. You can probably find
> something on him from a Net search. He's had several stories appear
> about him in the last few years.
>
> Wayne
>
> On 1/27/09, lindagwizdak at peoplepc.com <lindagwizdak at peoplepc.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> Well, warm fuzzies aside, if NFB existed and the ADA existed in Doctor
>> Bolotin's time, and also the technology we enjoy today, it would have 
>> made
>> the doctor's life easier! (smile!) And, maybe he'd have a much longer 
>> life
>> than he had.
>>
>> What a guy!!! You'll enjoy the book.  Does anyone know about any modern 
>> day
>> blind people becoming doctors?  The book made me curious about blind 
>> people
>> becoming doctors.  I know about blind people becoming psychologists, but
>> have they been able to become MDs?  What kinds of challenges are they 
>> facing
>> in our modern times with the NFB, technology, and attitudes of the
>> non-blind?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Linda and Landon
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M (IT)" <REBECCA.PICKRELL at ngc.com>
>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 6:42 AM
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Dr. Bolotin book
>>
>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>> Behalf Of lindagwizdak at peoplepc.com
>>> Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 7:08 PM
>>> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>>> 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
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M (IT)" <REBECCA.PICKRELL at ngc.com>
>>> To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
>>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>> 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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