The Braille Monitor
Vol. 42, No. 1
January/February,
1999
Barbara Pierce, Editor
Published in inkprint, in Braille, and on cassette by
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Contents
Vol. 42, No. 1 January/February, 1999
In
Memoriam
Eulogy
by Marc Maurer
Kenneth
Jernigan: the Monument and the Man
by Marc Maurer
Kenneth
Jernigan, 71, Advocate for the Blind
by Richard Severo
The
Jernigan Family Remembers
by Mary Ellen Jernigan
My
Brother, My Friend
by Lloyd Jernigan
The Early Years
Federation
Leader Appointed Director of Iowa Commission for the Blind
by Jacobus tenBroek
Profile
of a Trailblazer
by Anthony Mannino
Elected Officials
Remember
President William Clinton
Senator Paul Sarbanes
Congressman Robert Ehrlich, Jr
Congressman Elijah Cummings
Public Officials
Assess the Man
Suzanne Mitchell
Frank Kurt Cylke
Fredric K. Schroeder, Ph.D.
Voices from Around the World
Reflections
on the Life of a Valued Friend and Colleague
by Euclid J. Herie
Dr.
Jernigan Will Always Be With Us
by Pedro Zurita
Jonathan Mosen
Norbert Mueller
Allan Dodds
Sir John Wilson
Thailand
Speaks
by Pecharat Techavachara
Enrique Elissalde
Hans Cohn
Kua Cheng Hock
Colin Low
Friends in the Business Community Speak
Raymond Kurzweil, Ph.D.
David Pillischer
Private Organizations Speak
Jean Dyon Norris
Susan J. Spungin, Ed.D.
Tuck Tinsley, Ed.D.
Lawrence F. Campbell
Gerald M. Kass
Mass Mail Friends Say Thank You
The Students Speak
Jim Portillo
Jay Wolf
Mariyam Cementwala
Words from Colleagues Old and New
Peggy Elliott
A Hero Among Us
by Michael Baillif
Convention Reflections
by Stephen O. Benson
Thomas Bickford
Donald C. Capps
Dr. Kenneth Jernigan: My Teacher, My Mentor, My Friend
by Nell Cardwell Carney
Of Grammar Lessons and Gold Tie Chains
by Marsha Dye
Paul and Joan Flynn
Mary Ellen Gabias
James Gashel
Deborah Kendrick
Catherine Kudlick
Larry A. McKeever
Through the Hands of Such as These
by James H. Omvig
Barbara Pierce
Ruth Hazel Staley
Making It Count
by Barbara Walker
The
Fifth Generation Remembers
by Nicolas Stockton
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Copyright� 1999 National Federation of the Blind