[Nfbmo] Gary Wunder New Job

[Roger]

Congrats Gary!!!  You'll be great at your new job!!!

Sincerely,
Roger

On Jul 6, 2010, at 1:27 AM, "Eugene Coulter"  
<escoulter at centurytel.net> wrote:

> Listers find below a rough draft of a press regarding some neat news  
> regarding our State President. I am sending it out in rough form as  
> I thought everyone on the list would want to know the information.
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> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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> CONTACT:
> Eugene Coulter, Director of Public Relations
> National Federation of the Blind of Missouri
> (573) 474-3226
> (573) 268-7864 (Cell)
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> COLUMBIA MAN NAMED EDITOR OF NATION'S MOST PRESTIGIOUS PUBLICATION  
> DEALING WITH BLINDNESS ISSUES
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> Dallas, Texas July 5, 2010
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> Gary L. Wunder, 55, of Columbia was named Editor of The Braille  
> Monitor which is the monthly publication of the National Federation  
> of the Blind) NFB).  The magazine is distributed electronically and  
> inkprint to the 50,000 members of the NFB and interested  
> professionals and is widely considered the leading voice in    
> matters dealing with the day to day lives of the nation's blind and  
> visually impaired.
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> "This is quite a change in direction for me, but I look forward to  
> the new challenge," Wunder remarked. Previously Wunder had been  
> employed by the University of Missouri Hospital and Clinics for over  
> thirty years as a computer/annalist supervisor.
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> Wunder is also currently President of the Missouri affiliate of the  
> NFB (NFB-MO). He also has previously served as a national officer of  
> the NFB.
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> About the National Federation of the Blind of Missouri
>
> The National Federation of the Blind of Missouri has been actively  
> involved in bettering the lives of blind persons for nearly forty  
> years with eight chapters throughout the state.  The NFB-MO both  
> advocates for blind persons and educates both sighted and blind  
> persons about the capabilities of Blind and Visually Impaired  
> Missourians. Nationally, 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
> he 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.
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