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Wings of Freedom Award to be presented to Alice M. Post
News Release: Louisville, Kentucky, October 10, 2000
American Printing House for the Blind Wings of Freedom Award to be presented to Alice M. Post for exemplary service to the field of blindness
Alice M. Post, of Springfield, Illinois, has been selected as this year's recipient of the American Printing House for the Blind (APH) Wings of Freedom Award. Ms. Post has been manager of the Illinois Instructional Materials Center since 1980. She has served as an APH Ex Officio Trustee, representing the Illinois Board of Education, for nearly twenty years and has assisted APH as a member of the Publications Advisory Committee and numerous other committees.
Ms. Post will receive her award at a ceremony and banquet that will be held on Friday evening, October 13, during the annual meeting of APH Ex Officio Trustees in Louisville. Nearly 400 Ex Offico Trustees* and special guests* will attend this year's meeting.
The APH Wings of Freedom Award is given on an as-deserved basis, to a person who has done something outstanding or provided exemplary leadership in service to education or rehabilitation in the field of blindness and has made an impact on the field over a long period of time. It has been given only six times previously.
Ms. Post has a Master of Arts in Counseling from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, and a Bachelor of Music in Public School Music and Voice from Macmurray College, Jacksonville, Illinois. She also attended Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois, Julliard School of Music, New York, New York, University of Illinois, Champaign, and Lincolnland College, Springfield, Illinois.
She is a member and contributor to various professional organizations: NAPVI, IPVI, AER, CEC, ICFB, DVH, AIRCVH, CTEVH, Illinois Vision Leadership Council, and Illinois Inter Agency Group.
Among her recent awards and honors are the Illinois Association for Education of the Blind and Visually Impaired Distinguished Service Award, 1998, YWCA Women of Excellence, 1999, and Illinois Council for the Blind Victor Buttram Award, 1999.
Ms. Post, a speaker and presenter for professional meetings and conventions, is also a vocalist and comedienne for various other groups.
*EX OFFICIO TRUSTEES, SPECIAL GUESTS, AND THE ANNUAL MEETING:
In 1879, the U. S. Congress passed the Act to Promote the Education of the Blind. This act set up a system to provide free schoolbooks and other materials for blind students and named the American Printing House for the Blind as the national central source of these educational materials. The system through which these specialized materials are distributed is known as the Federal Quota Program. American Printing House for the Blind Ex Officio Trustees are responsible for overseeing the implementation of this program in the various states and regions they represent. The Ex Officio Trustees come to Louisville each year for the Annual Meeting during which they provide insight to APH staff and exchange information about developments in the field of blindness. "Special guests" such as parents, teachers, and administrators and other educators involved with the field of blindness may also attend this meeting.
Contact Roberta Williams, Public Relations Specialist, for more information. Telephone: 1 -800-223-1839 or (502) 895-2405; e-mail: rwilliams@aph.org