Jennings Randolph Dies at 96
PHOTO/CAPTION: Senator Jennings Randolph
Jennings Randolph Dies at 96
by James Gashel
On Friday, May 8, Jennings Randolph died in a nursing home in St. Louis, Missouri,
where he had lived for approximately ten years. In the history of American politics,
Senator Randolph may be remembered best for serving the people of West Virginia as a
member of the House of Representatives from 1933 to 1947 and later as a Senator from 1958
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Information Needed:
Ann Boyd, an active Federationist and 1996 Distinguished Educator of Blind Children
Award recipient, writes to inquire whether anyone knows where she could purchase a
gold-filled pin or charm representing a Perkins Brailler. The National Braille Association
in Rochester, New York, used to carry these items, but the organization seems to have
moved or closed. If you can give Ann information on this subject, contact her at 6602
NFB Awards for 1998
National Federation of the Blind Awards
for 1998
From the Editor: National Federation of the Blind
awards are not bestowed lightly. If an appropriate recipient does not emerge from the pool
of candidates for a particular award, it is simply not presented. At this year's
convention five presentations were made. Here is the way it happened:
[PHOTO/CAPTION: Dr. Jernigan
presents the Distinguished Service Award to Michael Marucci]
The Distinguished Service Award
Bureaucracy and the Individual
Bureaucracy and the Individual:
The Plan for Rehabilitation in the Twenty-first Century
by Fredric K. Schroeder, Ph.D.
From the Editor: On Wednesday morning, July 8,
Dr. Fredric Schroeder, Commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Administration of the
U.S. Department of Education, delivered his annual address to the National Federation of
the Blind. This is what he said:
Thank you, President Maurer. I'd like to begin by
Continuing Saga of Kernel Books
[PHOTO/CAPTION: Kenneth Jernigan]
The Continuing Saga of the Kernel Books
by Kenneth Jernigan
During the 1990's the Kernel Books have been at
the very heart of our program of public education, and 1998 is no exception. This year, as
in the past, we are publishing two new volumes. The first will be available at this
convention, and the second will be released this fall.
Today, as on previous occasions, I want to give
Supporting Congressional Programs
[PHOTO/CAPTION: Congresswoman Kay
Granger]
Supporting Programs that Enhance
Opportunity:
A View from Congress
by Kay Granger
Thursday afternoon, July 9, Congresswoman Kay
Granger addressed the Convention. She is a compelling speaker, and it was clear that she
impressed her audience and was impressed by what she observed of the National Federation
of the Blind. President Maurer introduced her with the following words:
Congresswoman Kay Granger, who is a Member of
Scholarship Class of 1998
The Scholarship Class of 1998
From the Editor: Twenty-six men and women from
Vermont to California arrived at the Hyatt Regency DFW as members of the National
Federation of the Blind scholarship class of 1998. Not counting their expense-paid trips
to the convention, this year the class divided $88,000 in scholarship awards, which were
made at the close of the Thursday, July 9, banquet. This year's class is a remarkable
The Search for Anonymity
PHOTO/CAPTION: President Marc
Maurer]
The Search for Anonymity
An Address Delivered by Marc Maurer
President of the National Federation of the Blind
July 9, 1998
Ideas expressing new understanding of reality
inevitably, if they are to be accepted, undergo a process of internalization. To
paraphrase the naturalist Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz, every great truth goes through
three stages. First it is claimed that the idea conflicts with recognized truth and is
Attending Conventions
[PHOTO/CAPTION: Deane Blazie]
Attending Conventions:Deane Blazie Makes
a Statement
From the Editor: In a field as comparatively
small and inbred as the blindness field, a number of producers and vendors seem to
struggle over the question of identification with one or other of the consumer groups. Not
surprisingly, loyal members of each group would like to believe that their favorite
suppliers agree with them about the various issues on which the NFB and ACB frequently
disagree.
Convention Miniatures
Convention Miniatures
Blind Science Students Needed:
Brian Buhrow, who chairs the NFB Research and
Development Committee, recently wrote to say that Arizona State University is conducting
research to determine the feasibility of using rapid-prototyping techniques to provide
instructional materials to blind students completing post-secondary courses in the
sciences. Rapid prototyping is a technique for producing three-dimensional scale models of