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This month's entire Braille Monitor is devoted to remembering and
celebrating the life and work of Dr. Kenneth Jernigan. Here is
the table of contents from the issue.
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
Mary Ellen Jernigan
My Brother, My Friend
by Lloyd Jernigan
Marie Antoinette Cobb
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 Dyer
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
Recipes
Prayer
David Andrews
David Andrews, dandrews@visi.com
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