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California Council of the Blind Hall of Fame

For significant contributions and sustained effort toward the attainment of the goals of the organized blind movement

{Platelet 1}

November 1996
Dr. Newel L. Perry
Educator and Mathematician
1873 – 1961

{Platelet 2}

November 1996
Dr. Jacobus tenBroek
Professor and Constitutional Law Scholar
1911 – 1968

{Platelet 3}

November 1996
Robert W. Campbell
Educator
1909 – 1991

{Platelet 4}

November 1996
Perry Sundquist
Social Worker and Public Administrator
1904 – 1987

{Platelet 5}

November 1996
Ernest Crowley
Attorney and Legislator
1896 – 1952

{Platelet 6}

November 1996
Anthony Mannino
Administrator
1907 – 1976

{Platelet 7}

November 1996
George Fogarty
Counselor
1910 – 2003

{Platelet 8}

November 1996
Dorothy Glass
Businesswoman
1897 – 1988

{Platelet 9}

November 1996
Juliet Esterly
Teacher
1912 – 2001

{Platelet 10}

November 1996
Dr. Isabelle L. D. Grant
Educator
1896 – 1977

{Platelet 11}

April 1997
Allen Jenkins
Administrator and Advocate
1922 – 2002

{Platelet 12}

April 1997
Ysidro Urena
Advocate and Businessman
1929 – 2000

{Platelet 13}

April 1997
Ferne Fitzpatrick
Administrative Assistant
1913 – 2000

{Platelet 14}

April 1997
Raymond Henderson
Attorney
1881 – 1945

{Platelet 15}

April 1997
Irene McConnell
Counselor
19?? – 1999

{Platelet 16}

April 1998
Henry M. Bindt
1901 – 1960

{Platelet 17}

April 1998
John Hebner
Insurance Broker
1914 – 1972

{Platelet 18}

April 1998
Harriet Fielding
Businesswoman and writer
1910 – 1997

{Platelet 19}

April 1998
Donald H. Wilkinson
Judge
1914 – 1997

{Platelet 20}

April 1998
Norma Schecter
Braille Transcriber
1919 – 2007

{Platelet 21}

April 1999
Ione B. Miller
Businesswoman
1920 – 1993

{Platelet 22}

April 1999
Byrdyna E. Goodart
Businesswoman
1911 – 1998

{Platelet 23}

April 1999
Margaret Noah Nickerson
Teacher of the Deaf-Blind
1918 – 2004

{Platelet 24}

May 2000
Leslie B. Schlingheyde
Attorney
1893 – 1956

{Platelet 25}

April 2001
Mack W. Riley
Teacher and Writer
1938 – 2001

{Platelet 26}

May 2002
Manuel Urena
Administrator
1932 –

{Platelet 27}

May 2002
John di Francesco
Musician and Teacher
1919 -2005

{Platelet 28}

April 2003
Catherine Skivers
Businesswoman and Advocate
1925 –

{Platelet 29}

April 2004
Alfred Gil
Teacher and Counselor
1932 –

{Platelet 30}

April 2005
Lynda Bardis
Advocate and Administrator
1942 –

{Platelet 31}

April 2006
Winifred Downing
Teacher and Editor
1925-

{Platelet 32}

April 2007
Elmer Chapson
Counselor and Advocate
1925 –

{Platelet 33}

April 2007
Frank Silva
Advocate and Organizer
1918 –

{Platelet 34}

October 2007
John Lopez
Musician and Statesman
1930 –

{Platelet 35}

October 2007
Ahmad Rahman
Advocate and Community Leader
1942 – 2007

{platelet 36}

April 2008
Elmer Leger
Parent and Volunteer
1904 – 1983