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Perkins School for the Blind Annual Report 2002


CAPTION ON INSIDE FRONT COVER: All of us at Perkins School for the Blind are pleased to share with you another successful year.

MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN AND THE PRESIDENT:

The Perkins School for the Blind 2002 Annual Report documents the close of an eventful year and provides a moment for us to reflect on our accomplishments and to prepare for the challenges ahead. Perkins continues to help 40,000 people in Massachusetts, New England and around the globe lead rich and independent lives in the face of physical obstacles. Our dedicated teachers and professional staff work with courage, wisdom and passion. They never stop learning, growing and giving.

It is because of this remarkable spirit and dedication that our aspirations become a reality. Despite all of the wonderful strides we have made, this represents only a fraction of what we would like to accomplish.

The most significant event this past year was the retirement of Kevin J. Lessard who served Perkins for 35 years. Kevin's career as teacher, counselor, and mentor prepared him well for his 18 years as Director of the school. Kevin's vision and energy have enabled Perkins to strengthen our core campus programs in Massachusetts. His commitment to the worldwide community of people who are blind has enriched our educational outreach to students and teachers throughout the United States and overseas. Kevin's many contributions to Perkins extend from creating our infant and toddler program, to initiating outreach programs for our elderly blind population, to the development of the Hilton/Perkins Program. These initiatives will be a constant reminder of Kevin's leadership in shaping the mission of Perkins today and for the future.

We are grateful for the invaluable efforts of all who support Perkins in so many ways.
Thank you for giving, sharing and working so effectively to ensure Perkins' success.

Steven M. Rothstein,President
C. Richard Carlson, Chairman


HIGHLIGHTS 2002

Perkins Horticulture Therapy Center: 
The capital campaign for Perkins new Horticulture Therapy Center is still going strong with $1.4 million raised. Construction of the $2 million Center began last year and is scheduled to open this fall. Thank you to everyone who has contributed to making expanded horticulture therapy a reality for Perkins students.

Marla Runyan Greets Parents: 
As the first official Ambassador of Perkins, Olympic runner Marla Runyan addressed over 360 parents and professionals at Perkins 19th Annual Conference for families of infants, toddlers and preschoolers who are blind or have low vision. Runyan, who grew up with a degenerative eye disease, earned a masters degree and competes internationally. She is a great inspiration to these families who are helping their children grow to their greatest potential.

Building Programs for Children in China:
China has the world's largest blind population, but until recently had no preschools for blind children and no schools at all for multi-handicapped blind children. After four years of planning with the Hilton/Perkins Program, six schools for the blind are now serving as model sites for China's first preschool. These schools are also hosting the first programs for multihandicapped blind students. Perkins staff is working with Chinese agencies to open 60 additional programs throughout the country.

Fine Arts Festival: 
For an entire month at the Mall at Chestnut Hill, art by Perkins students hung on museum-quality displays, their quilts were suspended from ceilings, and students gave musical concerts. Perkins Fine Arts Festival offered an unprecedented opportunity for Perkins students to celebrate their talent and to share their accomplishments with such a large and appreciative general public.


www.Perkins.org: 
Perkins new Web site opened to great success.  Designed to accommodate Web users who are blind, have low vision or are sighted, www.Perkins.org meets the Web Accessibility Initiative guidelines and received accolades from trade magazines, The Boston Globe and the general public. Over 3,000 users visit the site each month, and Perkins is currently developing phase two, which will nearly double the current content.

Training Future Leaders: 
A partnership between Perkins and the University of Massachusetts Boston (UMass Boston) has created New England's only graduate program for educators of people who are blind. Perkins staff helped develop the curriculum; students attend classes at the UMass Boston campus; and Perkins serves as a site for internships. Perkins and UMass Boston are developing a distance-learning component to address the dire shortage of teachers, not just in the Boston area, but across New England.

Braille & Talking Book Library Authors' Brunch:
Perkins hosted its first Authors' Brunch for patrons of Perkins Braille & Talking Book Library and the general public. Three notable local authors, Robert Parker (Spenser and Jesse Stone novels), Michael Palmer (nine New York Times best-selling medical thrillers) and Barbara Neely (Blanche White mysteries) spoke to the crowd about the importance of reading for everyone, including people who read braille and recorded books. Especially in this time of decreased funding for our library, it was heartening to come together and recognize the importance of library services for everyone.


SECTION CAPTION: Promise
SECTION QUOTE: "Monica is so proud of her work. She has learned what she can do, and I have learned what she will be capable of in the future."~ Marcelia Garcia, mother of Monica, a student in Perkins Deafblind Program

Independence means different things to different people. To some Perkins graduates, it is attending college. To others, it is living in group homes and working in supported work environments. On-the-job experience helps students at all levels know the expectations of the workplace and understand that they can succeed, whatever their next steps may be. At Perkins, in addition to the vocational placements of students in the Deafblind and Secondary Programs, our Outreach Program, which provides support services to Massachusetts kids in public schools who are blind or have low vision, runs a summer employment program for teenagers. Vision problems, as Perkins students and clients well know, do not need to be obstacles to success in the world of work.

SECTION CAPTION: Determination
SECTION QUOTE: "I am learning everything. Not just the music. This is my first time with an orchestra so I'm learning how to find my way on stage as well. I think blind people take more precautions than others and prepare more thoroughly for everything." ~ YeguŽ BadiguŽ, graduating senior from Perkins Secondary Program

From a house without electricity in the African country of Chad to attending Perkins School for the Blind, performing piano with the Cambridge Symphony Orchestra and earning an honorable mention in the Concerto Competition for High School Students from the Boston Symphony Orchestra, YeguŽ's journey is far from typical. Yet his determination, accomplishments and the joy of his success are similar to the successes that 185 Perkins on-campus students achieve daily. Whether it's a young child first learning that a raised bump on a piece of paper has meaning that will grow into braille words, or a teenager recently arrived from public school navigating a computer and the web through voice translation systems,

Perkins students in every program, every day, are reaching beyond expectations.


SECTION CAPTION: Collaboration
SECTION QUOTE:  "Working with other teachers at Perkins has helped us with knowledge and practical experience that we can bring to the community. We have a different vision and will be able to do more when we return home." ~ Marilene Silva, a teacher from Brazil studying for a year in Perkins Educational Leadership Program

Teacher training is a cornerstone of strengthening services and bringing hope to children who are deafblind in the developing world and has helped create a brighter future for these underserved children. In 1989 when the Hilton/Perkins Program was established, only four schools served deafblind children in all of Latin America. Now there are 36 schools and agencies in 15 countries, four university programs to educate teachers of deafblind children, and numerous parent groups and professional associations. Perkins international success extends well beyond Latin America. In sub-Sahara Africa, where there was one program for deafblind children in 1989, there are now 27. In Central and Eastern Europe where 10 teachers served 40 children, now over 60 teachers in 16 schools serve multitudes. In Poland alone, 150 deafblind kids receive services. In Asia, our work has expanded to 39 sites in 7 countries, including national projects in China and the Philipines.

SECTION CAPTION: Reliability
SECTION QUOTE: "I know from my work at Perkins Braille & Talking Book Library that many patrons are elders who are adjusting to losing their sight. I understand firsthand when they tell me about their fear of emptiness and isolation if they didn't have our library to help them read." ~ Anne Donna, Perkins graduate and Patron Services Specialist at Perkins Braille & Talking Book Library

Despite State budget cuts, Perkins is determined to continue providing quality services through Perkins Braille & Talking Book Library (BTBL) to the 17,000 people who do not have the luxury of patronizing a local library, bookstore or newspaper stand. Perkins BTBL patrons themselves are similarly determined; they contributed $35,000 to a recently established library fund. But the success story is not over. More than weathering the budget storm, Perkins BTBL, which currently serves only 10% of the eligible population, hopes to find ways to reach thousands more people throughout New England who have no access to braille books or unabridged books on tape. Reading connects people to the world. Perkins Braille & Talking Book Library is doing all it can to keep that connection alive.


 
SECTION CAPTION:  Dedication
SECTION QUOTE: "When I started volunteering, I couldn't believe everybody's dedication. There is joy over every child's every change. This is so profound in a world where the most vulnerable are often left behind." ~ Ruth Reddington, one of the 40 volunteers in Perkins Infant/Toddler Program

Perkins success is built on the foundation of people reaching out to others. In 1829, our founders championed the radical idea of educating people who are blind. Today, thousands of thoughtful members of the public are continuing that tradition. Some come to Perkins through volunteering. They help children in the Infant/Toddler Program, while parents attend support groups. They help Preschool students on field trips and Lower School kids in gym class. They read textbooks to high school students and the mail to Perkins staff who are blind. They build equipment in the Assistive Device Center and repair tape machines for Perkins Braille & Talking Book Library. Other members of the public offer job training to our students. A stunning 30,000 people contribute financially.
Their impact is immense. Perkins depends on the public and hopes you will continue helping to bring independence, joy and success to so many. With your help, there is so much more we can do.

 

SUMMARY OF PROGRAMS & REGISTRATION FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2002:

Off-Campus Program Participation:
Hilton/Perkins Program = 10,000
Outreach Services= 626
Infant /Toddler Services = 434
Preschool Community Services = 57
Community Living Services = 6

On-Campus Program Participation:
Secondary Services = 71
Deafblind Program = 54
Lower School Services = 51
Preschool Services = 9

Additional Service Participation:
Perkins Braille & Talking Book Library = 16,132
Howe Press = 8,000
Parent and Family Services = 1,000
Outreach Training/Workshops = 775
Low Vision Service = 436
New England Center for Deafblind = 397
Volunteer Services = 243
Diagnostic Evaluation Services = 88
Educational Leadership Program = 9
 

FINANCIAL SUMMARY FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2002:

Resources (in dollars):
Tuition = 27,059,726
Non-operating Investment Income = 4,195,711
Sale of Materials for the Blind = 3,420,410
Private Grants & Resources = 2,405,191
Other Non-operating Resources = 1,901,621
Library Services = 1,633,910
*Annual Donations = 1,202,353
Net Released from Restriction = 1,151,938
Government Grants & Resources = 1,095,437
Income from Outside Trusts = 270,674
Total = $44,336,971

*$2,067,172 Gifts and Bequests were also received
in FY 2002 for non-operating purposes.

Resources Chart:
Tuition = 61.0%
Income from Outside Trusts= 0.6% 
Government Grants & Resources = 2.5% 
Net Assets Released from Restrictions = 2.6%
Annual Donations = 2.7%
Library Services = 3.7%
Other Non-operating Resources = 4.3%
Private Grants & Resources = 5.4%
Sale of Materials for the Blind = 7.7%
Non-operating Investment Income = 9.5%


 
Expenses (in dollars):
Education = 20,305,877
Employee Benefits = 6,864,602
Special Departments = 5,186,530
Administration = 3,550,212
Buildings & Grounds = 3,548,298
Depreciation = 3,401,344
Household & Food Services = 1,280,108
Interest = 200,000
Total = $44,336,971

Expenses Chart:
Education = 45.8%
Interest = 0.4%
Household & Food Services = 2.9%
Depreciation = 7.7%
Buildings & Grounds = 8.0%
Administration = 8.0%
Special Departments = 11.7%
Employee Benefits = 15.5%


THE PERKINS FAMILY:
Without the generosity of donors, corporations and staff, Perkins would not be able to help so many people from infants to elders reach beyond expectations. Thank you for all of your dedication and support. Thank you for being an essential part of our family.


TOTAL GIFTS & GRANTS RECEIVED IN FY 2002 (in dollars):

Foundations, Corporations & Businesses = 2,657,748
Individuals = 1,174,768
Trusts = 978,988
Gift Annuities & Bequests = 415,778
Total = $5,227,282

Gifts & Grants Received in FY 2002 Chart:

Foundations, Corporations & Businesses = 50.8%
Gift Annuities & Bequests = 8%
Trusts =18.7%
Individuals = 22.5%


VISIONARY SOCIETY:
Perkins relies on gifts to the Annual Fund to balance its operating budget and ensure that available resources are put to use where they are needed most. We are, therefore, especially grateful to those members of the Perkins family who contribute every year and are recognized as leadership donors.

1829 Circle:
Mr. Paul D. Alizio
Anonymous
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Amory
Mrs. Wesley Brown
Mr. and Mrs. C. Richard Carlson
Mr. John F. Cogan, Jr.
Mrs. Gladys Copeland
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas DiBenedetto
Mr. and Mrs. Amos Hostetter, Jr.
Ms. Jennifer M. Huntington
Mr. and Mrs. William E. James
Mr. and Mrs. Abdul Jomaa
Mr. William J. Joyce
Mrs. Esther B. Kahn
Mr. Peter G. Kaufmann
Mr. Anthony L. Rinaldi
Mrs. Henry B. Roberts
Miss Marcy A. Scott
Samuel Gridley Howe Circle:
Mr. Robert E. Allen
Mrs. Jane B. Cook
Ms. Waltrud Lampe
Mr. Jerry Perl
Ms. Mattina R. Proctor
Lange Rice Charitable
Lead Annuity Trust
Mr. Philip W. Rosenkrantz
Mrs. Helen G. Scott
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Steiner
Mrs. Corrine Waring

Helen Keller/Anne Sullivan Circle:
Mr. Robert Amory III
Anonymous (2)
Mrs. George A. Aspacher
Mr. David G. Baird, Jr.
Mrs. C. K. Baxter
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Bennett, Jr.
Mr. Charles E. Benson, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Bianchi
Mr. Edward L. Bigelow, Jr.
Mr. Fred Bigony
Mr. Geoffrey A. Brown, Jr.
Mrs. Emily S. Byrd
Mrs. Florence C. Chesterton
Mr. and Mrs. Frederic M. Clifford
Miss Ellen E. Conlon
Mr. John M. Corcoran
Mr.Prescott C. Crafts, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Darling
Walter and Mariette Demuth
Mr. and Mrs. Dana Djerf
Mr. and Mrs. George C. Dyment
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Edwards
Mrs. Isabel M. Elon-Wachenheimer
Mrs. Lucy Everts
Mrs. Leo J. Feuer
Ms. Victoria Fremont
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L.V. French
Mrs. Marc Friedlaender
Mrs. Annette G. Gardner
Mr. Marcel P. Gaudreau
Mr. Anoop Ghanwani
Janice and Robin Goldsmith
Mr. and Mrs. Eric R. Haartz
Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Hagopian
Miss Cynthia Hallowell
Mrs. Henry M. Halvorson
Ms. Elisabeth Harper
Ms. Katharine A. Heberton
Mr. Daniel Hertzler
Mr. Joseph C. Honan
Mr. and Mrs. Harry R. Hoyt
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hubbs
Ms. Sheila Kennedy
Mrs. Melvin Kent
Ms. Carolyn F. Kiess
Mr. Donald J. Kranz
Ms. Pauline F. Krull
Mr. Dana Lake
Ms. Celia Lebow
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Levitt
Mr. and Mrs. William A. Lowell
Mrs. Arthur T. Lyman, Jr.
Mrs. Carla E. Lynton
Mr. and Mrs. David Lynton
Mr. and Mrs. Eric D. Lynton
Dr. Peter Martelly
Mr. and Mrs. John McQuade
Mr. John F. Mimnaugh
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest H. Monrad
Dr. and Mrs. William Moomaw
Mr. and Mrs. David W. Murray
Mr. Howard Musoff
Mr. and Mrs. H. Gilman Nichols, Jr.
Mr. Robert A. Norcross
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Oedel
Ms. Grace M. Otis
Mr. and Mrs. Endicott Peabody, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Erik K. Pfau
Ms. Mary Pinheiro
Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. J. Platt
Mrs. Richard Prouty
Mr. Michael P. Quercio
Ms. Gail Radley
Mr. and Mrs. Einar P. Robsham
Mr. John Roessner, III
Mr. and Mrs. H. Gunther Rudenberg
Ms. Susan M. Russinovich
Schoolbell Foundation
Mr. Mark Schwartz and Dr. Bettina Katz
Mrs. Gertrude F. Shelley
Mrs. Jeanette Sinisi
Mrs. Molly G. Stiller
Mr. Paul Stuka
Mr. Gerard B. Townsend
Mrs. Mary Truslow
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Valentine
Mrs. Francis Van Buren
Udo and Irmel Van Meeteren
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Vinciullo
Ms. Helen E. Walkup
Mrs. Ralph B. Williams
Mr. and Mrs. Dudley H. Willis
Mrs. Jean W. Wilson
Mr. Matthew B. Winthrop
The Rev. and Mrs. Brinton W.
Woodward, Jr.
Ms. Joan M. Youngman

Champions Circle:
Mr. Michael W. Abel
Mrs. Mary S. Abele
Mr. John W. Agren
Geeta B. Aiyer and Kamesh Aiyer
Ms. May J. Anderson
Mr. Benjamin B. Baker
Ms. Shirley E. Baker
Mrs. W. T. Bennett, Jr.
Ms. Joan Bentinck-Smith
Mr. John F. Biagiotti
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Blancke
Mr. and Mrs. Paul D. Blandford
Dr. Kurt Bloch
Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Boit
Mrs. John F. Bradley
Mr. Roger G. Brand
Mr. and Mrs. Billy H. Burdine
Mr. Eric G. Burns
Mr. Leonard Caruso
Mr. Charles Cheever
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Y. Chu
Mr. John S. Cleary
Mrs. Joan G. Coe
Mr. Herbert Corkin
Mr. and Mrs. John I. Curtin
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher J. DeLorey
Mrs. Carolyn Dodo
Ms. Rose M. Donabed
Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Doran
Ms. Dorothy Dow
Mrs. Carroll Dwight
Mrs. Mae E. Eagleson
Ms. Barbara B. Ebert
Ms. Celia M. Echave
Ms. Lorraine Figelski
Mr. William R. Fitz
Mrs. Alice A. Foley
Ms. Natalie E. Fossati
Mr. Reinhard Frank
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Furlong
Mr. and Mrs. George M. Galvin
Mr. and Mrs. Albert K. Gayzagian
Mr. George Gelt
Ms. Mary E. Ginzler-Ruelius
Mr. Francis X. Hall
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hanis
Mrs. Rosamond F. Hanlon
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hedges, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Howard H. Hiatt
Ms. Dorothy P. Hill
Mr. Arthur R. Hilsinger
Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Holway
Mr. Wilbur Hooven
Mrs. June Hubbard
Mrs. Muriel Hurovitz
Miss Dorothy Jenney
Mrs. Wanda C. Jennings
Mr. Alfred J. Kahn
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Kahn
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald G. Karp
Mr. Peter L. Kelley and
Ms. Karen Duggan
Ms. Mary Kelly
Mr. and Mrs. Seth A. Klarman
Mr. Michael Kolligian III
Ms. Ann M. Lacy
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel W. Lambert
Ms. Rebecca J. Leong
Mr. Ralph Lovejoy
Emil W. Lundgren
Mr. Henry Lyman
Mr. Edward F. MacNichol, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacek Makowski
Arpie Maksoudian-Highas
Mrs. Linnea Stenquist McAllister
Mrs. Margaret H. McRory
Ms. Lois M. Monge
Mrs. Henry Morss
Mrs. Mary E. Mullen
Mrs. Nancy V. Nesbit
Mrs. John T. Nichols
Mr. Dan F. Nugent, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert L. Odmark
Mr. Lewis H. Parks
Mr. Oliver Pesch
Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Quickel, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. George C. Rand, Jr.
Mr. Roger Reiser
Mr. Howard M. Reisman
Ms. J. Elisabeth Rice
Mrs. Edward Richardson, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Riley
Ms. Emily Roth and
Mr. Gregory Yannekis
Mr. Olgo A. Russo and
Ms. Blair Cruickshank
Mr. and Mrs. Jeswald W. Salacuse
Mr. A. H. Sandwen
Miss Harriett Schluter
Mr. John B. Schnapp
Mr. Roger Shattuck
Miss Helen Sherwin
Mr. Theodore Shoolman
Dr. and Mrs. Merrill I. Skolnik
Mr. Paul L. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert L. Steward, Jr.
Dr. George W. Stewart
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Sutton
Ms. Virginia Taub
Mr. Harold J. Taylor
Mr. George B. Thomas, Jr.
Mr. Edmund Thompson
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Thompson
Mr. and Mrs. William N. Thorndike, Jr.
Miss Elizabeth M. Toomajian
Mrs. Louise G. Tyler
Mrs. Neil Van Sloun
Mr. Charles G. Warner
Mr. Roland L. Watkins
Mr. LeRoy Weber, Jr.
Ms. Barbara Weedon
Ms. Priscilla C. Whipple
Mr. and Mrs. George M. Wolfe
 

GREENHOUSE CAPITAL CAMPAIGN:
Looking back on fiscal year 2002, we would like to thank all involved in The Greenhouse Campaign. With the generous lead grant from the Directors of the Thomas Anthony Pappas Charitable Foundation, Inc., and the Bessie Pappas Charitable Foundation, Inc., we launched this ambitious campaign to construct a new greenhouse and teaching center for our horticulture therapy program. Approximately $1.4 million dollars toward our goal of $2 million dollars has been raised. At the completion of the Campaign in the fall of 2003, we will be celebrating a grand opening for our many donors. Along with our sincere appreciation of all gifts both large and small, we have listed our donors of $1,000 and above.

Anonymous
Mr. John W. Agren
Mr. and Mrs. Maxwell Bardeen
Mr. Vito Bertolino
Bushrod H. Campbell & Adah F. Hall Charity Fund
Mrs. Emily S. Byrd
Mr. Henry J. Camosse
Chapman Waterproofing Co.
Mr. and Mrs. Frederic M. Clifford
Mrs. Jane B. Cook
Copeland Family Foundation, Inc.
Walter and Mariette Demuth
Dickerson & Reilly
Mr. and Mrs. Dana Djerf
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Edwards
Mrs. Isabel M. Elon-Wachenheimer
Frederick A. Bailey Trust
Walter Henry Freygang Foundation
Mrs. Annette G. Gardner
General Service Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Eric R. Haartz
Miss Cynthia Hallowell
Hellenic Women's Club, Inc.
Ms. Jennifer M. Huntington
Mr. and Mrs. William E. James
George Frederick Jewett Foundation
Mr. Peter G. Kaufmann
Ms. Carolyn F. Kiess
Mr. Dana Lake
Lions Club of Lexington, Inc.
Mrs. Carla E. Lynton
Mr. and Mrs. David Lynton
Mr. and Mrs. Eric D. Lynton
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest H. Monrad
The Bessie Pappas Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Thomas Anthony Pappas Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Pierce
Ms. Mary Pinheiro
Ms. Gail Radley
Mr. Anthony L. Rinaldi
N. Sacca & Sons
Richard Saltonstall Charitable Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Valentine
Udo and Irmel Van Meeteren
Mrs. Mary B. Wakefield
Weezie Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Wells, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Williams
The Ralph and Margaret Williams Fund at the Boston Foundation
 

Photo Caption: View of glass greenhouse section of Perkins new Horticulture Center


CORPORATIONS, FOUNDATIONS & ORGANIZATIONS:
Corporate, foundation and organization support is important to Perkins for both unrestricted and restricted uses. These important funds strengthen our programs and provide for a variety of Perkins initiatives.

Acadia Management Co, Inc.
Anonymous
John W. Alden Trust
Anaren Microwave, Inc.
Susan A. and Donald P. Babson
Charitable Foundation
A.W. Baldwin Charitable
Foundation, Inc.
Frederick A. Bailey Trust
Bank Of America Securities
Bank of New Hampshire
George K. Baum Foundation
Bethesda Lodge, No. 30 I.O.O.F.
Boston Center for Blind Children
The Boston Foundation
Bushrod H. Campbell & Adah F. Hall Charity Fund
Sara Campbell, LTD.
Chapman Waterproofing Co.
The Charles River Ventures
Charitable Fund at the Boston Foundation
Naomi and Nehemiah Cohen Foundation
Community Foundation for S.E. Michigan: Roberts Family Fund
Copeland Family Foundation, Inc.
Demoulas Foundation
Disola Development
Eaton Foundation
Excess Electrical Co. Inc.
Fidelity Investments Foundations
FleetBoston Financial Foundation
Walter Henry Freygang Foundation
Ira S. & Anna Galkin Charitable Trust
General Service Foundation
The Grousbeck Family Foundation
Hanover Lions Club
Harcourt General Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Harvey Industries
Hellenic Women's Club, Inc.
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
The Roy A. Hunt Foundation
George Frederick Jewett Foundation
Jewish Community Foundation of Metrowest
The Seth A. & Beth S. Klarman Foundation
Lachaise Foundation
The Joan and Theodore Levitt Family Fund at the Boston Foundation
Lexington Lions Club
Agnes M. Lindsay Trust
Loomis, Sayles & Co.
Martin Salomon Morton & Gustel Schreiber Morton Foundation
New England Plastics Corporation
Oswald Family Foundation
Thomas Anthony Pappas Charitable Foundation, Inc.
The Maurice Pechet Foundation
Pinewood Acres Childrens Charity, Inc.
Plymouth Lions Club
Andrew W. Preston Charity Fund
Putnam Investments, Inc
Rare Coins of New Hampshire
L.W. Robbins Associates
Richard Saltonstall Charitable Foundation
Sanders Fund, Inc.
Sawyer Charitable Foundation
Sholley Foundation
Slade Gorton & Co., Inc.
The Gerard B. Townsend Charitable Fund at the Boston Foundation
The Ralph and Margaret Williams Fund at the Boston Foundation
Weezie Foundation
 
MATCHING GIFT COMPANIES:
Donors who work for a company or business with a matching gift program can double or triple their contributions to Perkins. This year, the following companies matched gifts their employees made to the Perkins School for the Blind.

ADC Foundation
Aetna Foundation, Inc.
American Express
American International Group, Inc.
BankBoston
BD Matching Gifts Program
BP Amoco
Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation, Inc.
BTM Capital Corporation
COMPAQ Computer Corporation
Computer Associates International, Inc.
Davey Tree
The Dow Chemical Company Foundation
The Duke Energy Foundation
Fidelity Investments Foundations
Fiduciary Trust Company
FleetBoston Financial Foundation
FM Global Foundation
General RE Corporation
Harvard University
Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
Houghton Mifflin Company
IBM Corporation
John Hancock Financial Services, Inc.
Johnson & Johnson
The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
Massachusetts Financial Services Company
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co.
Merck Company Foundation Matching Gift Program
Microsoft Matching Gifts Program
Millipore Foundation
Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.
MMC
National Grid
New England Business Service
Nokia
Pfizer Foundation Matching Gifts Program
Philip Morris Companies, Inc.
The Pioneer Group, Inc.
Pitney Bowes
Polaroid Fund
Saint Gobain Corporation
Sempra Energy
The Stanley Works
State Street Global Advisors
Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation
The Gillette Company
Thomson Corporation
The Times Mirror Foundation
Velcro USA Inc.
Verizon
Wachovia


VOCATIONAL PLACEMENTS: 
We gratefully acknowledge the following local businesses for providing job training to Perkins students.

Arsenal Mall
Barnes and Noble
Belmont Car Wash
Belmont Savings Bank
Bentley College
Bikes Not Bombs: Earn a Bike Program
Boston Scientific
Braille & Talking Book Library
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Days Hotel
Department of Environmental Protection
Drumlin Farm
Great Cuts
Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates
Howe Press
Ionics
Lesley University
Mahoney's Garden Centers
Minihane's Florist
Mount Auburn Cemetery
Mount Auburn Club
Mount Auburn Hospital
Museum of Science
National Association of Parents of the Visually Impaired (NAPVI)
National Braille Press
New England Baptist Hospital
Noah's Farm
Old Country Buffet
Old Navy
Perkins Assistive Device Center
Perkins Storeroom
A. Russo & Sons
Star Market
Super Stop & Shop
Tufts University
VHB
Watertown Savings Bank
Wilson Farms
 

THE THOMAS H. PERKINS SOCIETY:
The Thomas H. Perkins Society was established to help ensure Perkins future and thereby perpetuate the good work of Thomas H. Perkins for future generations to come. Through bequests and other types of specially planned gifts, the members of the Thomas H. Perkins Society will provide substantial support to Perkins and, depending upon the type of gift, will provide for their own future as well.

Helen Anders
James E. and Rosamond W. Barber
Douglas H. Barker
Norman and Joyce Beane
Edgar Bernard
Vito Bertolino
Benjamin Beyea
B.E. Brooks
Natalea G. Brown
Deborah and C. Richard Carlson
Charles and Johanna Chandler
John A. Chandler
Prescott C. Crafts, Jr.
Evelyn Crossman
C.E. Dufresne
Lucy Everts
Mason and Helen Merriman Fernald
Mr. and Mrs. Milton A. Fine
Paul S. Goodof
Harold Grasse
William K. Hargreaves
Abraham Hases
Frank M. Hilliard
James Murray Howe
Jennifer M. Huntington
Muriel Hurovitz
Emilie K. Jacobs
Wallace H. Kountze
Waltrud Lampe
Richard C. Lord
Adah M. Marker
Francis H. Markey
Mildred Hall Mason
Maurice J. McCarthy
Eileen Queenan McGrath
Emma Mae Miller
Nancy J. Moore
Marian Mosteller
Peter Philips
M.G. Pothier
Frances A. Sagan
Marcy Ann Scott
Dr. Richard M. Shiff
Johannes and Julia Solleveld
Nicholas U. Sommerfeld
Elaine and Harold Sorenson
Jana Susat
Anne TenBrook
Marilyn L. Thorpe
Irene M. Thompson
William and Geneva Thorndike
Charles Utchen
Charles G. Warner
Dorothy G. Wilcox
The Rev. and Mrs. Brinton W. Woodward, Jr.
Albert S. Wynot


BEQUESTS:
Remembering Perkins in your will is a personal legacy to ensure that future generations of children and elders who are blind, deafblind and multihandicapped blind achieve their greatest potential and live independently with dignity. We honor the memory of the following men and women whose bequests were received during the past year.

Gennaro Acampora
Marjorie Acomb
Barbara Day Adams
Helen May Austin
Flora N. Beggs
Evelyn and Samuel Bennett
Anna Berger
Charles H. Bradford
B. Evelyn Brooks
Anne L. Buchsbaum
John C. Campbell
James F. Duggan
Cynthia E. Foster
Ada B. Friedman
Selma Gordon
Emily Grutzbach
John A. Herrick
Kathryn Keay
M. Elizabeth Kilburn
Newvart Matthewson
Elizabeth L. Merrill
Jane S. Ostiguy
Mildred Pennell
Janet Perkins
Jean Progin
Eleanor M. Purseglove
Lena C. Rapp
Cornelia K. Ryan
Edward L. Ryan
Harry Sandler Trust
Frances Salmon
James C. Thompson
Ruth E. Underhill
Katherine D. Walker
Doris McVoy Williams
Jean Wilson

 
THE PERKINS ENDOWMENT:
The gifts and bequests of Perkins friends make it possible for the School to sustain the excellent quality of service that has become the Perkins hallmark over the past 173 years.

While a few foundations and government grants enable Perkins to initiate new programs, the consistent support of donors makes possible our daily academic, residential and home-based programs.

You can make a bequest to Perkins School for the Blind by creating a new will, adding a codicil to your current will, designating Perkins as a beneficiary of your retirement plan, or including Perkins in your revocable trust or other estate plan.

The following language may be used for an outright gift by will.

Specific dollar amount for unrestricted use: 

I give (________________) dollars to the Perkins School for the Blind, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 

Percentage amount for unrestricted use:
I give (__________) percent of the residue of my estate to the Perkins School for the
Blind, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

These examples may be tailored to best suit your interests. For more information please contact the Treasurer of the Corporation as follows:

Mr. Charles C. J. Platt, Treasurer
Planned Giving Office
Perkins School for the Blind
175 North Beacon Street
Watertown, Massachusetts 02472
(617) 972-7284

PERKINS STAFF:
We would like to acknowledge the following staff, employed in June 2002, for their tremendous contribution to Perkins.

Lisa Aboyan
Susan Abu-Jaber
Million Adhanom
Vee Agahigian
Patricia Ahern
Kristen Alberich
Joan Alden-Stone
Alexander Aleman
Mary-Jo Alexander
Monica Alexander
Emilia Allain
Barbara Allegro
Elizabeth Allen
Renee Allen
Monica Allon
Rebecca Alukonis
Viriato Amado
Fariba Amirparviz
Ben Andersen
Tanya Argiroyska
Edmund Arnold
Jill Arnold
Priam Augustin
Elaine Au-Yeung
Peter Avery
Meghan Aycock
Heather Bachman
Barbara Baker
James Baker
Peggy Balmaseda
Barbara Bamel
Ann Barber
Andrea Barkus
Cafer Barkus
Martin Baronas
Avery Barrett
Matthew Barrett
Rita Barsoumain
Caroline Bartucca
Geneva Bass
Gloria Bass
Ashley Bastholm
Patricia Bastiani
Leda Baymus
Ropin Baymus
Joe Bayne
Gregory Bean
Sheila Bean
Helen Beauchemin
Paul Beauchemin
Judi Beltis
Ivon Benjamin
Carol Benoit
Donna Bent
Vicky Berg
Shelly Bergeron
Veronika Bernstein
Michael Bertolami
Deborah Bethel
Barbara Birge
Jonathan Blake
Bruce Blakeslee
Keith Bocock
Carol Bogue
Abigail Borden
Barbara Borger
Sandy Boris-Berkowitz
Melissa Boucher
Christine Bourdreau
Renee Boutin
Sally Boyd
Ellen Branfman
Elizabeth Breadon
Mara Bresnahan
Wendy Bridgeo
John Brockway
Karen Brody
Eric Brooks
Kenneth Brown
Shirleen Brown
Tanya Brown
Shawn Bruhl
Lorriane Bruns
Jessie Bryant
Jill Buchanan
John Buchanan
Susan Buckley
Wendy Buckley
Kathy Bull
Alanna Burke
Donald Burns
Paul Burns
Jainaba Burton-Sundman
Andrea Button
Shawn Byrne
Jason Caira
Molly Campbell
Judith Cannon
Wendy Cannon
Colleen Canty
Judd Carlisle
Erica Carlson
Kristin Carlson
Margie Carney
Catherine Carpenter
Mary Carpenter
Winifred Carroll
Doni-Lynn Carter
Beth Caruso
Linda Caruso
Marybeth Caruso
John Casey
Janet Cason
Michael Cataruzolo
Dan Caterino
Ronald Caterino
Maria Centeio
Priscilla Chapin
Kim Charlson
Bethany Chase
Antonieta Chisari
Jeanette Christenson
Roseann Ciesla
Mary E. Clark
Mary Jane Clark
Katherine Clear
Margaret Cleary
Emma Coax
Timothy Cohen
Mary Colbert
Amy Collins
Linda Collins
Michael Collins
Michael Collins, Jr.
Mark Colt
Kim Colvin
Kenneth Condon
Ashley Conley
Daniel Connelly
Molly Conroy
Jessica Conte
Cynthia Coon
Arthur Cormier
Jeanne Cormier
Amy Cornellier
William Corrigall
Kelly Cote
Alicia Cotton
David Coulter
Andrea Covelli
Dawn Crist
Allen Crocker
Carol Crook
Kathleen Croy
Linda Cummings
Charlotte Cushman
Joy Czochanski
Linde D'Andrea
Joseph D'Ottavio
Donna D'Amore
R. Davenport
Emily Davidson
Steve Davies
Elizabeth Dean
Susan DeCaluwe
William Decaneas
Nurka Delic
Krystal Demaine
Catherine Demille
Andrea Denis
Laurie Denno
Avo Derderian
Susan Descarage
Carly Desmond
Manuel Diaz
Santa Diaz
Mary Diaz-Cespedes
Alice Diener
Anna Dilello
Jean DiLorenzo
Richard DiNapoli
Paul Dipietro
Paul Doerr
David Doherty
John Donahue
Pauline Donoghue
Anne Donna
Laura Douglass
Maria Douglass
Anna Dourian
David Dourian
Patricia Downer
Lois Downing
Kimberly Drake
Tamara Drew
Norma Drissel
Julie Dubanowitz
Donna Duggan-Edwards
Cheryl Dunn
Ken Durand
Jeffrey Durney
Christine Dwyer
Maura Dygon
James Earl
Howard Easter
John Eaves
Bill Edgar
Sue Edwards
Lynne Eisenburg
Kimberly Emrick Kittredge
Cynthia Essex
Orville Estwick
Michael Evangelist
Mara Evans
Tracy Evans-Luiselli
Cathy Fair
Vicki Fallis
Erin Falzone
Richard Falzone
Christopher Feeley
Magaret Feldman
Carolyn Fertig
Dina Fione
Denise Fitzgerald
Ryan Fitzpatrick
Susan Flashman
Carol Fleming
Josephine Fletcher
Jennine Flick
Amy Flores
John Flynn
Kathleen Foley
Patrick Ford
Claire Forrest
Steve Fox
Sarah Franco
Lynne Frank
Harriet Franklin
Katie Fraser
Ed Freeman
Sandra Friedman
Peter Fusco
Joanna Gammon
Andrea Garewski
Elaine Gaughan
Paul Gavan
Terie Geary
Lindsay Gehrke
Ari Gennetian
Jennette Gennetian
Kamila Ghabrial
Alfredo Giambarella
Graciela Giambarella
Maureen Gibbons
Shane Gibson
Crista Gicklhorn
Elizabeth Gifford
Thomas Gilbert
Maryann Girardi
Deborah Gleason
Brenson Glover
Bill Gobbi
Rachel Goldman
Elizabeth Gompels
Anita Goncalves
Tamara Gooch
Dianna Good
George Goodwin
Vincent Gookin
Kelly Gormly
Margaret Grant
Mia Gray
Kiley Griffin
Roza Grigorian
Felice Grippo
Amy Grove
William Guanci
Grace Guggina
Dana Guthrie
Melissa Guthrie
Robert Guthrie
Cheryl Hagan-Aruda
Thomas Hall
Kimberly Hanna-O'Sullivan
Carolyn Hannon
Joshua Hanson
Sharon Harrington
Arnie Harris
Heidi Harris
Natasha Harrison
Kevin Hartigan
Robert Hastie
Marie Heaton
Ronald Heaton
Anne Henry
Rosemary Henry-Webson
Kelsey Hereinga
Karen Hern
Kathy Heydt
Mary Allison Hobden
Becky Hoffman
Betty Holbrook
Francene Holm
Yvonne Holmes-Harewood
Fran Honan
Jonathan Horton
Cheryl Hovsepian
Laurel Hudson
Theresa Hughes
Binnie Hundley
David Hurwood
Thomas Hyde
Sanford Hyson
Anthony Ippolito
Lisa Jacobs
Priscilla James
Jean Jean-Baptiste
Marissa Jenkins
Esther Jennison
Carlene Johnson
Keri Johnson
John Julian
Lucie Kafka
Marcy Kammer
Paula Kandarian
Thomasa Karabaly
Arjuna Karunaratna
Joan Katz
Nurhan Kaya
Solair Kaya
Martin Keady
Karen Keeler
Allison Keith
Debra Kelly
Dorothy Kelly
Jean Kelly
Pauline Kelly
Scott Kelly
Kelly Kelm
Kevin Kempton
Meghan Kennedy
Derm Keohane
Katherine Kerr
Allison Kessler
Jacqueline Ketchedjian
Gerri Kiddie
Crystal King
Katherine King
Maureen Kingston
William Kirtley
Philip Kliger
Amy Koellner
Alexandra Kontes
Marguerite Kore
Paula Kosior
Kimberly Kozak
Barry Kran
Deborah Krause
Shannon Krause
Kirsten Kull
Laura Laats
Michael Labonte
Carmelo Laboy-Vincente
Matthew Lacortiglia
Jeffrey Lafata
Charlene Laferrera
Nicole Laffan
Diane Lamagna
Crista Lambert
Kristen Lane
Ellen Lang
Jaimi Lard
Fiona Larosa-Waters
Erin LaVallee
Ami Leberman
Donna LeBlanc
Jason Leigh
Kristyn Leigh
Joseph Lemieux
Barbara Leone
Brynn Leslie
Dorothy Leslie
Kevin Lessard
Dennis Levesque
Natalie Levesque
Diana Liacos
Erica Lilley
Susan Lind-Sinanian
Andrea Lison
Michael Logerfo
Dennis Lolli
Ellen Long
Anne Lunghi
Carla Lupi
Darcy Lynch
Sarah MacDowell
Christine Mackin
Allan MacLean
June MacMillan
Stephan Magliozzi
Martha Majors
Shawn Malcomson
Robert Mancuso
Abigail Mara
Mildred Mariano
John Marinilli
Primo Martin
Lisa Anne Martino
Caterina Masciari
Santo Masciari
Barbara Mason
Particia Mason
Sarah Masoner
Lori McCall
Patrick McCall
Charles McCarthy
Mary McCarthy
Norma McCormack
Cheryl McDade
Kelly McElroy
Susanne McFarlin
Brendan McGee
Betsy McGinnity
Beverly McKenzie
Patricia McLaughlin
Megan McNamara
Tim McNaugher-Chance
Karol McNaught-O'Laughlin
James McNiff
Ryan McNulty
Sarah McPhillips
Frank Mead
Nancy Megna
Lesa Mehl
Larry Melander
Zabel Melkonian
Jessica Merkin
Jeffery Migliozzi
Barbara Miles
Thomas Miller
Jason Mills
Anne Mingolelli
Domingas Miranda
Vasilios Momtsios
Marie Montas
Marcia Moore
Eilene Morange
Gregg Morava
Ann Moruzzi
Anderson Mottley
Jennifer Motyka
Nancy Muldrew
Charlotte Mullaney
Kishma Mulley
Claire Mulvaney
Karen Murphy
Leon Murphy
Michael Murphy
Tammy Murphy
Tara Murphy
Angela Muscetta-Smith
Kelly Myers
Scott Myers
Tanya Myers
Sherri Myers-McElroy
Marion Myhre
Christian Nelson
Jeanne Newell
Denise Nichols
Joyce Nichols
Brenda Nicolas
Scott Nilsen
Barbara Nixon
Linda Nogueira
Paul Nogueira
Rachael Noyes
Suzanne Oates
Elizabeth O'Brien
Jennifer O'Brien
Maureen O'Brien
Cindy O'Connell
Kimberly O'Donnell
Elizabeth O'Gara
Dane O'Hara
Laura O'Keefe
Sarah Owens
Katy Palm
Cheryl Papas
Rachael Parker
Elizabeth Parkhurst
Amy Paro
Anita Patel
Minal Patel
Shelley Patterson
Mary Pavlus
Icilda Peart
Florence Peck
Michael Pecorella
Mark Pennington
Janette Peracchio
Harold Perkins
Steve Perreault
Jodi Peters
Mary Peters
Lillian Peterson
Robert Peterson
Gregory Philip
Emily Phillips
Binn-Tu Pierre
Amanda Pietrowski
Elizabeth Pike
Charles Pimlott
Jocelyn Plasse
Jose Pleitez
Christine Plunkett
Marilyn Poindexter
Carrie Polimeno
Tracey Polimeno
David Ponte
Linda Porelle
Elizabeth Porter
Jennifer Potter
George Powell
Molly Powers
Larry Pratt
Helen Pride
Melinda Quigley
Patricia Racheotes
Julie Rangel
Mindy Raville
Barry Reilly
Christine Reilly
Julie Reynolds
Kris Reynolds
Marianne Riggio
Justine Rines
Nicole Ristuccia
Jose Rivera
Deirdre Roach
Sharon Roberts
Jacqueline Rodrigues
Winston Roderiquez
Patricia Roos
Kristen Roper
Vera Rosati
Ann Ross
Patricia Rossetti
Linda Rossman
Valentina Rost
Charles Roth
Linda Roth
Elizabeth Rousseau
Rosalind Rowley
Vincent Russo
Kate Rutherford
Oris Ryan
Pamela Ryan
Shawn Ryan
Patricia Salvo
Mary Salvucci
Belkis Sanchez,
Kevin Sanderson
Zabel Santourian
Anya Savadyan
Suren Savadyan
Isabelle Sawicki
Laurie Sawin
Ida Scarlett
Christina Schachne
William Schmitt
Myra Schrode
Madeline Schulman
Lauren Schweifel
Marcy Scott
Betsey Sennott
Tunnu Sepetu
Janice Seymour-Ford
Maqsuda Shaikh-Alam
Susan Shannon
Debra Sharpe
Jeff Sheldon
Deborah Shih
Thomas Shippie
Dorothy Shore
Jacey Shumaker
Jeanette Silberstein
Ruth Silverstien
Phillip Simpson
Yue-Ting Siu
Alexandra Smith
Alicia Smith
Daniel Smith
Deborah Smith
Melina Smith
Michael Smith
Michele Smith
Peter Smith
Rachel Smith
Tricia Smith
Aguinaldo Soares
Arawalous Soghomonian
Jorge Solenzal
Margarita Solis
Tammy Spiro
Janet Spitz
Jennifer Starrett
Carol Staula
Robert Steele
Sharon Stelzer
Eric Stengel
Ricardo Stengel
Catherine Stenmon
Ellen Stephenson
Kevin Still
Jevens Strachan
Sally Stuckey
Anne Sullivan
James Sullivan
P. J. Sullivan
Susan Summersby
Aaron Sutton
Aric Sutton
Tara Sweeney
Brenda Syniuta
John Tacchi
Mary Talbot
Kelly Taranto
Varjini Tazian
Edward Teehan
Elizabeth Templeton
Mark Templeton
Holly Thiebaud
Lee-Anne Thoms
Trisha Ticktin
Rocky Tomascoff
Barbara Torchetti
Juan Torres
Elizabeth Torrey
Mary Trainor
Beth Traubert
James Travaglia
Josephine Travaglia
Alan Traynor
Meredith Trigge
Adele Trytko
Ursula Turano
Sharon Turner
Georgianne Tyrance
Chris Underwood
William Utley
Svetlana Valevski
Melissa Van Ham
Margaret Vasquez
Virginia Vedilago
Francisco Velez
Maryse Velney
William Vigna
Pamela Villarroel
DeVann Vincent
Vicki Vogt
Marie Vollemans
Karen Walicki
Shenayah Walker
Brian Wallace
Deirdre Walsh
Susan Walsh
Harriet Ward
Noel Warner
Courtney Warren
Stephen Waterhouse
Kathryn Webb
Walton Webson
Jessica Weinburg
Terri Werner
Margaret Westerlund
Ellen White
Miranda Whitmore
Andrai Whitted
Virginia Whitted
Meredith Whitten
Carolyn Widen
Aidan Wilkie
Genevieve Willett
Nora Williams
Darrell Willimas
Carolyn Willwerth
Jennifer Wilsey
Kara Wilson
Kelly Wilson
Vicki Wilson
Walter Wilson
James Witmer
Catherine Woodland
Natalie Worley
Darick Wright
Sheila Wynter
Jacqueline Yeaw
Mary Zatta
Edy Zepeda
Diane Zuck


BOARD OF TRUSTEES & OFFICERS OF THE CORPORATION:

Officers of the Corporation:
Chairman - C. Richard Carlson
Vice Chairs - Mrs. Linda DiBenedetto & Dudley H. Willis
Secretary - Charles A. Cheever
Treasurer - Charles C. J. Platt

Honorary Trustees:
Roland M. Achin
Mrs. Mason Fernald
John Lowell
Nicholas U. Sommerfeld


Board of Trustees:
C. Richard Carlson**
Frederic M. Clifford**
Mrs. Linda DiBenedetto**
William J. Edwards
Brenda J. Furlong
Albert Gayzagian**
Loretta Warner Holway
Janet Burrows James
William A. Lowell
Andrea Lamp Peabody
Dudley H. Willis
The Rev. Brinton W. Woodward, Jr.

*As of November 4, 2002
** Appointed by the Governor
of the Commonwealth


Members of the Corporation:
Mr. Roland M. Achin
Mr. Anthony Ackerman
Mr. John Airasian
Arnold W. Alexander, Esq.
Jacqueline L. Allen, Esq.
Ms. Nandita Bakhshi
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Bardeen
Mrs. Paul Bauguss
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Bennett, Jr.
Mr. Philip Bianchi
Ms. Nathalie H. Bonsal
Mrs. Anne Bryant
Mr. Christopher Cabot
Mr. Samuel Cabot, III
Mr. and Mrs. C. Richard Carlson
Mr. and Mrs. Ansel B. Chaplin
Mr. Charles Cheever
Mrs. Sarita B. Choate
Mr. and Mrs. Frederic M. Clifford
Robert Cordy, Esq.
Mr. David Crohan
Mr. Harry H. Crosby and
Mrs. Mary Alice Brennan-Crosby
Mrs. Betsy Z. Demirjian
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas DiBenedetto
Dr. Robert B. Downes
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Edwards
Dr. John R. Eichorn
Mr. Lawrence G. Eliot
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Ellis
Mrs. Sydney Feldman
Mr. and Mrs. Mason Fernald
Mr. William R. Fitz
Mr. and Mrs. Albert K. Gayzagian
Mr. Paul S. Goodof
Mrs. Janice Goldsmith
Rabbi Earl Grollman
Ms. Cynthia Hallowell
Mr. Rudman J. Ham
Mr. Charles T. Haydock
Mr. William T. Heisler
Mrs. J. S. Hemphill
Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Holway
Mr. Nelson D. Hooe, Jr.
Mr. Amos Hostetter, Jr.
The Rev. and Mrs. Francis A. Hubbard
Ms. Jennifer M. Huntington
Mrs. D. Thomas Huntoon
Mr. Thomas B. Irwin **
Mrs. Emilie K. Jacobs
Mr. and Mrs. William E. James
Mr. Eric H. Jostrom
Mrs. Gregory Khachadoorian
Mr. George H. Kidder
Mr. Owen B. Kiernan
Mr. Ernest V. Klein
Mrs. Cynthia Lessard
Mr. David W. Lewis, Jr.
Mr. Peter B. Loring
Dr. Frederick H. Lovejoy, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. William A. Lowell
Miss Lydia W. Lyman
Judge John S. MacDougall, Jr.
Mrs. Putnam McDowell
Mr. John F. McNamara
Mr. Walter E. Mercer
Ms. Corey Merriman
Mr. Winthrop G. Minot
Mr. Edward J. Mitton
Mrs. G. Monks
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest H. Monrad
Ms. Pauline Moor
Mrs. Sharmin Mossavar-Rahmani
Mr. and Mrs. H. Gilman Nichols, Jr.
Mr. Nicholas Nixon
Mr. and Mrs. Endicott Peabody, Jr.
Mr. Roland F. Pease
Mr. Jerry Perl
Mr. George L. Pew
Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. J. Platt
Mrs. Eliot T. Putnam**
Mr. Eliot T. Putnam, Jr.
Mr. Kevin Quinlan
Ms. Vicki A. Rellas
Ms. J. Elisabeth Rice
Mr. John Richards
Mr. George W. Siguler
Mr. Benjamin F. Smith
Mr. Robert J. Smithdas
Nicholas U. Sommerfeld
Honorable and Mrs. George Sprague
Mr. James E. Thompson
Mrs. Benjamin Thorndike
Mr. William N. Thorndike, Jr.
Mr. Melvin Wesley
Mr. and Mrs. John Wiggins
Mrs. Ralph B. Williams
Mr. and Mrs. Dudley H. Willis
Rosemary Wilson, Esq.
The Rev. and Mrs. Brinton W. Woodward, Jr.

*As of June 30, 2002
** deceased


CAPTIONS:

Cover: Monica Garcia, Deafblind Program
Highlights 2002: Jemmakai Marshall, Deafblind Program; Marla Runyan, Perkins Ambassador and Tom Miller, Supervisor Preschool & Infant/Toddler Programs; student and teacher in China; a quilt made by Lower School students; writer Robert Parker and a fan.
Faces of Success:
Promise: Monica Garcia, Deafblind Program student, in the Mt. Auburn Cemetery Greenhouse.
Determination:Yegue Badigue, Secondary Program student, at the piano.
Collaboration:Educational Leadership Program particiapants, Kamrun Nahar (seated right), a teacher from Bangladesh, and Marilene Silva (standing left), a teacher from Brazil, working with Perkins Preschool staff, Elizabeth Dean (seated left) and Norma Drissel (standing right).
Reliability: Anne Donna (reading braille) and Roz Rowley (listening to a talking book), Perkins graduates, staff members and patrons of Perkins Braille & Talking Book Library.
Dedication: Ruth Reddington (foreground) and Dorothy Murphy (background) volunteers in the Infant/Toddler Program with Nicholas Keane (foreground) and Alaynia Avant
(background).

Design: Nieshoff Design, Lexington, MA 
Photography: Marnie Crawford Samuelson, Boston Picture Group, Inc. 
Additional photography: pp. 1-3, 19, 28 Perkins Photo Library 
Printing: Champagne/Lafayette Communications

Photo caption: The Perkins Brailler, manufactured for the last 50 years at Perkins and now also assembled in Brazil, England, India and South Africa, is considered the pen and pencil for people who are blind.


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