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[Ed Meskys]

I am puzzled. We have made errors in choosing successors. Dr. Jernigan chose 
Ralph Sanders as his heir apparent before he stepped down for a year due to 
illness. Then he came back next election, but saw to it that Ralph had a 
spot on the board as Immediate Past President. It wasn't until later that 
Ralph's flaws became apparent. Soon after this he was national rep to the NH 
state convention, and spent much of the convention drunk, and trying to make 
a pass at our member Donna Maglin. Still he IS part of our history.

It is years since I looked at a publication called something like The Blind 
Who Lead the Blind. Around the time of the Civil War Dr. ten Broek had 
stepped down for a while and we had three different presidents. Are they 
still listed? One was John Taylor, whom Dr. Jernigan later appointed to 
succeed him as head of the Iowa Commission. Unfortunately Taylor did not 
work out, and we had to work to get him replaced. I imagine he is no longer 
on the list of past presidents. It is almost 20 years since I read WALKING 
ALONE AND MARCHING TOGETHER, and do not remember whether these were 
mentioned. Did any of them give banquet speeches? I noted in WA&MT that 
Sanders's banquet speech was not included, and was told that this was 
because it did not cover new ground or really advance our cause.

Ed Meskys