Katie has asked what the Sidney Dorros Memorial Award is for: Established in
1994, it annually recognizes an individual who has done outstanding work in
a local Parkinson support group. Sid organized the first Parkinson support
group in the U.S., the Parkinsonian Society of Greater Washington, in 1977.
The prize is $5,000 donated by the National Parkinson Foundation. Sid was a
member of their Board of Directors at the time of his death. The person is
selected from a group of applicants submitted nationally by a committee made
up of myself and two others, usually previous winners. There will be an
award ceremony in Joan's home town, Chillicothe, Illinois, on June 9 (Sid's
birthday). I imagine she will make a speech - most winners do! I have the
great privilege of presenting the award, and I will probably make some kind
of speech, too.
I apologize for not making it clearer when I announced this year's award
winner. While Sid was a pioneer in the support group movement, as an
experimental patient for many years at NIH, and the author of the first book
written about what it is like to live with Parkinson's, I sometimes forget
that not everyone knows that.
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Date: Friday, May 25, 2001 3:10 PM
Subject: Dorros Award
Ms Dorros and Janet,
you might explain what the award is for, who gives the award, what
the criteria for getting the award are, and who selects the recipient. And,
most importantly, what does she receive, if any thing, from getting the
award. Is there an award ceremony? Is she going to have to give a speech?
I do not know this and it is not in your e-mail. I do not intend to diminish
the award in any way for Joan B. Snyder by asking these questions.
Congratulations to Ms. Snyder for being selected to receive this
(unknown, mystery) award. I would give it to her, whatever it is, based
solely upon her essay, "Beautiful'" which appeared on this list recently. I
wouldn't even have to look at all that other stuff she does. Katie
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