Re: Presentation of Migel Medal to Dr. Bliss
- From: Winifred Downing <wmdowning@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2007 21:39:15 -0800
I, too, had the pleasure of attending that meeting, and LInda's description
is excellent. I did know Jim well when I taught in the Optacon program in
the 70's, and he was a truly wonderful person then and remains so
now. Joan, his wife, was a VI teacher f or many years, and it was great
to see her, too.
At 06:15 PM 3/5/2007 -0800, you wrote:
>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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