AER Lawrence Blaha Award Winners

Plaque

Accession Number: 2007.33.95

Description: Walnut plaque with black enameled molded trim; main plate at top is two pieces, black over gold, secured by screws with sunburst washers; engraved in plate, "Lawrence E. Blaha/MEMORIAL AWARD/ASSOCIATION FOR EDUCATION AND REHABILITATION/OF THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED/ORIENTATION AND MOBILITY DIVISION"; grid is routed into lower 2/3 of plaque, framing four columns of nine individual plates listing award winners, grid is enameled in black, plates are black and gold; 1968 Lawrence E. Blaha Posthumously 1969 Richard E. Hoover MD. 1972 W.G. Debetaz [sic] 1973 Stanley Suterko 1975 Russell C. Williams 1977 Donald Blasch 1979 John D. Malamazain [Malamazian] 1981 John R. Eichorn ED.D. 1983 Leicester W. Farmer 1984 C. Warren Bledsoe 1986 Walter G. Olenek 1988 Richard L. Welsh, Ph.D. 1990 Hugo Vigoroso 1992 1994 Berdell H. (Pete) Wurzburger 1996 William Wiener 1998 Bruce B. Blasch 2000 Gala Saber Brooks 2002 Billie Louise "Beezie" Bentzen 2004 Dona Sauerburger 2006 Steve La Grow

Height: 21.75

Width: 15

Depth: 1

Date Made: ca. 1969

Collection: AER O&M Division C. Warren Bledsoe Archives

History/Provenance: AER O&M Division C. Warren Bledsoe Archives

Credit Line: Gift of Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired

Subjects: Mobility & Orientation Awards

Dimension Notes: overall

Material: Wood, brass

Updated: 09/01/2016