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[LEAD PHOTO/DESCRIPTION: Three people are pictured in academic regalia

The Braille Monitor

May, 2002

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NFB President

Marc Maurer, RSA Commissioner Joanne Wilson, and Menlo College President James

Waddell

On

April 15, 2002, Menlo College honored Joanne Wilson, Commissioner of the Rehabilitation

Services Administration, U.S. Department of Education. During the morning the

institution sponsored a disability rights seminar in honor of the occasion.

Presenters were Fredric Schroeder, Past Commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services

Administration; Marc Maurer, NFB President; Chris Jones, Vice President of Windows

Clients for Microsoft; and Curtis Chong, NFB Director of Technology. The degree

ceremony took place following a luncheon and program. Commissioner Wilson herself

spoke at 1:00 p.m. on the topic of "Reaching Greater Heights." The

ceremony awarding her the Doctor of Humane Letters then took place, followed

by a reception. A number of Federation leaders from across the country attended

the day's events.

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