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DIVISION ON VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS HALL OF FAME DVI
is proud to present a compiled list of previous award winners. Past
recipients of the CEC-DVI Distinguished Service Award include:
1984 Natalie Barraga 1985 Charles Woodcock 1986 Marjorie Ward 1987 Anne Corn 1988 Ralph Peabody 1989 Berthold Lowenfeld 1990 Sam Ashcroft 1991 Dean Tuttle 1992 Evelyn Rex 1993 Virginia Sowell 1994 Randall Harley 1995 Kay Ferrell 1996 Herb Miller 1997 Alan Koenig 1998 Rosanne Silberman 1999 Bob Brasher 2000 Mary Jean Sanspree 2001 Susan Spungin 2002 Lou Alonso 2003 Philip Hatlen 2004 Kevin Lessard 2005 Lou Tutt 2006 Stuart Wittenstein 2007 Donna McNear 2008 L. Penny Rosenblum 2009 Cay Holbrook 2010 David Ross Past
recipients of the CEC-DVI Outstanding Dissertation of the Year Award
include: 1992
Elizabeth Erwin 1993
KC Dignan 1994
Stuart Wittenstein 1995
Madeline Milian-Perrone 1996
Carol Allman 1997
L. Penny Rosenblum 1998
Linda Mamer 2000
Ellyn Ross 2001
Sheila Amato 2003 Grace Lappin 2008 Derrick Smith 2009 Stacy Kelly 2010 Sinikka Smothers Past
recipients of the CEC-DVI Exemplary Advocate Award include: 1991
President Jimmy Carter 1996
Joan Baker 1998
Richard Umsted 2000
Mark Goodkin 2001
Abraham Nemeth 2003 Nancy Safer 2004 Dr. Sy Hoffman 2005 Dr. Mimi Berman and Marvin Sandler 2006 Charles Freeman 2007 Pete Stabnick 2008 Peter Sullivan and Neal Kuniansky 2010 American Printing House for the Blind Past
recipients of the CEC-DVI Teacher of the Year Award Teacher of the Year Award include:
2003 Judy
Cernkovich
2004 Bonnie Lawrence 2005 Keely Hipp 2006 Susan Osterhaus 2007 Sheila Amato 2008 Cindy Mock 2009 Barbara Johnson 2010 Sinikka Smothers Past
recipients of the CEC-DVI Student of the Year Award include: 1991
Julia Ashley 1994
Terry Pastel 1996
L. Penny Rosenblum 1997 Chad Simmons Past
recipients of the Virginia M. Sowell Student of the Year Award include:
1998
Susan Adams 1999
Amy Edmonds 2000
Sheila Amato 2003 Derrick Smith 2004 Shelley Rhodes 2005 Effie Laman 2006 Carol Evans 2008 Susie Thomas 2009 Stacy Kelly The Virginia M. Sowell Student of the Year
Award
The Virginia M. Sowell
Student of the Year Award is in honor of Dr. Virginia Murray Sowell.
Her devotion to teaching students with visual impairments began in 1955
with the creation of a new program within the San Antonio Independent School
District. Her commitment and extra
time devoted to the program made it a success.
Dr. Sowell attended summer school at the University of Minnesota, the
University of Texas, and San Francisco State University to pursue studies in
visual impairment and orientation and mobility. After earning her Ph.D. in
special education at the University of Texas at Austin, Dr. Sowell accepted a
position at Texas Tech University. Her
clear vision and dynamic energy created and developed a program in visual
impairments at Texas Tech that is recognized internationally as a cutting edge
model. Dr. Sowell trained
professionals to improve the lives of individuals with visual impairments in the
nation and beyond. She had a strong
commitment to training quality teachers and O&M specialists.
She took a personal interest in all of her students, tailored programs to
meet each student’s needs, and continued to stay in contact with former
students long after they finished their training.
Her lifetime contributions to the profession mattered to countless
numbers of children and adults with visual impairments. The Virginia Murray Sowell Center for Research and Education in Visual Impairment was created in January 1998 as a way to continue her work in perpetuity. |