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National Federation of the Blind Announces Dr. Jacob Bolotin Awards

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

Baltimore, Maryland (December 4, 2013): The National Federation of the 
Blind today announced that applications are now being accepted for the 
2014 Dr. Jacob Bolotin Award Program.  Each year the National 
Federation of the Blind presents cash awards to individuals and 
organizations that have demonstrated exemplary leadership and 
extraordinary accomplishments in improving the lives of blind people in 
the United States.

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.  Our previous winners 
have been a distinguished group and we look forward to honoring more 
trailblazers this year.”

Recipients of the 2014 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 March 31, 2014.  Individuals or 
organizations are encouraged to apply on behalf of themselves or 
others.  The award recipients will be announced at the 2014 National 
Federation of the Blind Convention in Orlando.

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 is 
available through the National Federation of the Blind.  For more 
information or to fill out the online application, please visit www.nfb.org.

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