Re: Presentation of Migel Medal to Dr. Bliss
- From: "Mike and Lori Castner" <mandlcastner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 18:27:55 -0800
Amen to everything you have said, Linda.
The optacon changed my life!
Lori Castner
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From: "Linda Gehres" <ljgehres@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 6:15 PM
Subject: Presentation of Migel Medal to Dr. Bliss
> Hi all,
>
> It was a privilege and a pleasure to be at the California Transcribers and
> Educators of the Visually Handicapped 2007 Convention breakfast yesterday
> to
> witness the presentation of the Migel Medal to Dr. Bliss, lovingly called
> "Mr. Optacon" by many with whom he shook hands after the breakfast. He
> gave
> a brilliant speech to the presenters and audience thanking American
> Foundation for the Blind and summarizing his stellar career, what led him
> to
> be involved in creating tactile equipment, how he met and partnered with
> Dr.
> John Linvill in creating the Optacon, the creation of TSI, ... it was all
> very moving. Of course, I'd never met Dr. Bliss before, but his warmth,
> humor and humility were indeed very much evident in his speech. As I
> shook
> his hand, I explained that I have three Optacons, wasn't able to use it a
> whole lot in my career as a service rep but use one of them almost daily
> now, and that due to my having one, I almost never need anyone to read me
> anything. He said he so thoroughly enjoyed meeting people like me who
> still
> use the Optacon. I can't say it as eloquently as many of you on this list
> can, but for all of us, Dr. Jim Bliss, thank you, thank you, thank you a
> million times over for all the ways you've enhanced our lives and for all
> the doors you've helped to open.
>
> Linda Gehres
>
>
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