[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 136 (Thursday, October 26, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1945-E1946]
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                        HONORING DR. DEAN TUTTLE

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                           HON. BOB SCHAFFER

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 26, 2000

  Mr. SCHAFFER. Mr. Speaker, Today I rise to recognize before the House 
the accomplishments of Dr. Dean Tuttle of Greeley, Colorado. At a 
ceremony in Madison Square Garden this evening, Dr. Tuttle will be 
presented the American Foundation for the Blind's 2000 Migel 
Professional Award. The award is the AFB's highest honor. The Migel 
Medal was established in 1937 by the late M.C. Migel, the American 
Foundation for the Blind's first chairman, to honor volunteers and 
professionals whose dedication and achievements have significantly 
improved the lives of people who are blind or visually impaired. Each 
year, only two

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people of such high character are presented the Migel Medal.
  Dr. Tuttle is a retired Special Education professor at the University 
of Northern Colorado. He has written extensively on visual impairment. 
For the past nine years, he has consulted the Hadley School for the 
blind on its curriculum planning and evaluation. He holds masters 
degrees from San Francisco State College and Columbia University 
Teachers College in Special Education. Dr. Tuttle earned his Ph.D. from 
the University of California, Berkeley, and San Francisco State 
University in Educational Psychology. Dr. Tuttle's writings and 
lectures consistently inspire young teachers entering the fields of 
education and rehabilitation for the blind to do all they can to make 
life better for the visually impaired.
  The American Foundation for the Blind is a national nonprofit 
organization whose mission is to eliminate the inequities faced by the 
ten million Americans who are blind or visually impaired. This is an 
organization to which Helen Keller devoted forty years of her life, and 
it is no surprise that this wonderful organization is now honoring one 
of our country's most dedicated educators. Dr. Dean Tuttle selflessly 
devotes his time to benefit the blind and visually impaired, and it is 
with great pride that I stand here today to speak to his vast 
achievement and success.

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