Initial Signers (1979)

* Organizational affiliation for identification purposes only.

Alan Abeson, Ed.D.
Council for Exceptional Children
Reston, VA

Dennis L. Adams, Executive Director
Clatsop Co. Developmental Training Center
Astoria, OR

Joyce Albin, Director
Specialized Training Program
Eugene, OR

Gene Allison, Superintendent
YAMHILL County Education Service District
McMinnville, OR

Tony Appolloni, Ph.D.
Santa Rosa, CA

Jack Archen
Rochester, NY

Maureen Armstrong
Syracuse, NY

Peggy Azbill
Division for Mental Retardation
Frankfort, KY

Hope S. Bagger
New York, NY

Patricia Baird
YAMHILL County Education Service District
McMinnville, OR

Frank E. Ball, Executive Director
Indiana Association for Retarded Citizens
Indianapolis, IN

Pauline Balla
Syracuse, NY

Sandy Balsiger, Executive Director
Klamath Work Activity Center
Klamath Falls, OR

Ellen Barnes, Ph.D.
Center on Human Policy
Syracuse, NY

Dan Bartlette
North Canton, OH

Elmer Beckett, President
Goodwill Industries of Oregon
Portland, OR

Allan I. Bergman, Executive Director
S.F. Aid for Retarded Citizens
San Francisco, CA

Daniel Berrigan, S.J.
New York, NY

Philip Berrigan
Baltimore, MD

Hank Bersani, Jr.
Division of Special Education and Rehabilitation
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY

Henry A. Beyer, Esquire, Associate Professor
Center for Law and Health Sciences
Boston University School of Law
Boston, MA

Douglas Biklen, Ph.D., Director
Center on Human Policy
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY

Stephen R. Bing, Esquire
Massachusetts Advocacy Center
Boston, MA

Burton Blatt, Ed.D., Dean
School of Education
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY

Robert C. Bogdan, Ph.D., Professor
Division of Special Education and Rehabilitation
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY

Frank A. Borreca, Ed.D., Director
Association for Retarded Citizens
Houston, TX

Jan Bosch
YAMHILL County Education Service District
McMinnville, OR

David Braddock, Ph.D.
Austin, TX

Joan Bradley
Alvord-Taylor Houses, Inc.
Eugene, OR

Madeline Bragar, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Lesley College
Cambridge, MA

Benjamin Braginsky, Ph.D.
Institute for Human Development
Fairfield University
Fairfield, CT

Dorothea Braginsky, Ph.D.
Institute for Human Development
Fairfield, CT

Robin L. Brandt
Salem, OR

Al Brightman, Ph.D.
Cambridge, MA

Steve Brischetto, Staff Attorney
ODDAC
Portland, OR

William Bronston, M.D.
California Health Department
Sacramento, CA

Sharon Brooks
Syracuse, NY

Kathy Brown
Syracuse, NY

Lou Brown, Ph.D.
Department of Studies in Behavioral Disabilities
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI

Marilyn Brown
Syracuse, NY

Marilyn Brown
YAMHILL County Education Service District
McMinnville, OR

Robert Brown
Johnston City, NY

Roland H. Brown, Program Manager
Clatsop County Developmental Training Center
Astoria, OR

Myrna Brumage
St. Vincent de Paul Rehabilitation Services of Oregon, Inc.
Portland, OR

Judy Butler
The Association for the Severely Handicapped
Seattle, WA

Katherine Butler, Ph.D., Director
Division of Special Education and Rehabilitation
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY

Jan Cantrell
YAMHILL County Education Services District
McMinnville, OR

Donna Caldwell
Clay, NY

John Campfield
Syracuse, NY

Judi Chamberlin
Somerville, MA

Rita Charron, Executive Director
Programs for Mentally Retarded
Lansing, MI 48910

Pamela Chasse
Neward, NY

Carolyn Mercer Cherington, Ph.D., Director
Social Planning Services
Watertown, MA

James C. Clements, M.D.
Georgia Retardation Center
Atlanta, GA

Henry Cobb, Ph.D.
President’s Committee on Mental Retardation
Washington, DC

Audrey Coccia
Philadelphia, PA

Julius S. Cohen, Ph.D., Acting Director
Institute for the Study of Mental Retardation and Related Disabilities
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

Jane Conoley, Ph.D., Professor
Department of Educational Psychology
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY

Sonja J. Cooper, Ed.D., Assistant Professor
College of New Rochelle
New Rochelle, NY

Joseph Coppolino, Ed.D., Commissioner
MR-DDS
State of Arkansas

Dr. Thomas Cottle
Brookline, MA

Joanne Crawford
Liverpool, NY

Allen Crocker, M.D., Director
Developmental Evaluation Clinic
Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Boston, MA

Earl H. Cunerd, Executive Director
United Cerebral Palsy Association
New York, NY

Joseph Cunningham, Ph.D., Professor
George Peabody College
Nashville, TN

David G. Dabro
Deansboro, NY

Liz Davis, Director of Services
Tualatin Valley Workshop
Aloha, OR

Shirley Dean
Omaha, NE

John P. Delaney, Ed.D., Director
Woodbridge St. School
Woodbridge, NJ

Bob Deway
YAMHILL County Education Service District
McMinnville, OR

Sondra Diamond
Philadelphia, PA

Becky Diehnel
YAMILL County Education Service District
McMinnville, OR

Suzanne Dillard
Oregon Developmental Disabilities Advocacy Center
Portland, OR

Eliot J. Dober, Executive Director
Office of Protection and Advocacy for Handicapped and Developmentally Disabled
Persons
State of Connecticut
Hartford, CT

Katie Dolan, Executive Director
Troubleshooters
Seattle, WA

Paul R. Dolan
One-to-One
New York, NY

Kenneth Donaldson
York, PA

John Doris, Ph.D.
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY

Judith Drescher, Executive Director
Columbia Gorge Rehabilitation Center
Hood River, OR

Margo Drivas
Pearl Buck Center Inc.
Eugene, OR

Ann Dudley
YAMHILL County Education Service District
McMinnville, OR

Frances J. Dupree, Executive Director
Skyline Center Inc.
Clinton, IA

John Durand
Minnesota Diversified Industries
St. Paul, MN

Gunnar Dybwad, Ph.D.
The Florence Heller Graduate School
Brandeis University
Waltham, MA

Rosemary Dybwad, Ph.D.
The Florence Heller Graduate School
Brandeis University
Waltham, MA

Deborah E. Elentuch
Syracuse, NY

Eleanor Elkin
Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA

Jane T. Elliott, Director
The Port City Developmental Center
Portland, OR

James Ellis, Esquire
University of New Mexico
School of Law
Albuquerque, NM

Richard Ellison, Esquire
College of Law
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY

Lawrence S. Elswit, Esquire
HEW Office for Civil Rights
Boston, MA

Bruce J. Ennis, Esquire
ACLU Legal Director
New York, NY

Gail Ensher, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Division of Special Education and Rehabilitation
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY

Beatrice Etter
Fayetteville, NY

Mabel E. Evans, Director
Sunshine Opportunity Center
Sweet Home, OR

Karen Fauls
Oneida, NY

Ira L. Fisher
Syracuse, NY

Ken Foshein, Director
Clackamas Challenge Center
Oregon City, OR

Patrick Fraynor
Syracuse, NY

H.D. Bud Fredericks, Research Professor
Teaching Research Infant and Child Center
Monmouth, OR

Mark Friedman
Office of the Special Master
Pennsylvania

Mary Fry
YAMHILL County Education Service District
McMinnville, OR

Mary A. Fryer
Corwallis, OR

Joseph A. Gaynier
Syracuse, NY

Charles Galloway, Ph.D.
Sacramento, CA

Arnold Gangnes, AIA
Seattle, WA

Robert Gearheart
Walkerton, IN

Sheldon R. Gelman, Ph.D.
Department of Sociology
Penn State University
University Park, PA

Linda Glenn, Assistant Commissioner for Retardation Services
Department of Mental Health
Boston, MA

Marc Gold, Ph.D.
Austin, TX

I. Ignacy Goldberg, Ph.D.
Teachers College
Columbia University
New York, NY

Ed Goldman, Ph.D.
Citrus Heights, CA
Herbert Goldstein, Ph.D.
New York University
New York, NY

Robert Goodfellow
Seguin Community Services
Syracuse, NY

Mary Goodwin, M.D.
Cooperstown, NY

Sol Gordon, Ph.D.
Professor of Child and Family Studies
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY

Ben Granger, Ph.D.
School of Social Work
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN

Lauri Grant
N. Syracuse, NY

Emil Graziani, Executive Director
Garten Foundation
Salem, OR

Karen Green, R.N.
Omaha, NE

Pelagia Hrya
Syracuse, NY

Dan Guevara
SPARC Enterprises, Inc.
Grants Pass, OR

Emma Guilarte, Advocacy Coordinator
Leon Association for Retarded Citizens
Tallahassee, FL

Dennis E. Haggerty, Esquire
Philadelphia, PA

Vera Halcro
YAMHILL County Education Service District
McMinnville, OR

Carol Halliday
Zurich, Switzerland

John Halstead, Executive Director
Opportunity Center of Central Oregon
Redmond, OR

Chris Hansen, Esquire
New York Civil Liberties Union
New York, NY

Carole Hayes
Center on Human Policy
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY

Marjorie Head
Syracuse, NY

Judith Heumann
Center for Independent Living
Berkeley, CA

Wade Hitzing, Ph.D.
CASS
Omaha, NE

Jennifer Holvoet, Coordinator
State-wide Inservice Project for Teachers of the Severely Handicapped
Department of Special Education
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS

Jennifer Howse, Associate Commissioner
Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
New York, NY

Indiana Association for Retarded Citizens
Indianapolis, IN

Helen Ingram
Liverpool, NY

Charles Inlander, Developmental Disabilities Professional
Washington, DC

Paul Jameson, Esquire
Wellesley, MA

Kathy Johnston, Director
Mid-Valley Training Center
McMinnville, OR

Mary Ann Jones
Dewitt, NY

Maura A. Jones, Executive Director
ARC of Cass County
Fargo, ND

Marc T. Kane, Executive Director
Star of Hope Activity Center Inc.
North Bend, OR

James P. Kelly
Pittsburgh, PA

Marjorie Kelley
Waukesha, WI

Gail Kennedy, President
CEC Chapter 817
Reston, VA

Barten King, Director
Salem Rehabilitation Facility
Salem, OR

Louis Klahn, President
Benton Association for Retarded Citizens

Nancy Klein
College of Education
Cleveland State University
Cleveland, OH

Andrea Knight
Glencoe, IL

Peter Knoblock, Ph.D., Professor
Division of Special Education and Rehabilitation
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY

Caryl Knudsen, Administrative Director
Edwards Center Inc.
Aloha, OR

Richard Koch, M.D., Director
Child Development Division of Children’s Hospital
Los Angeles, CA

Max Korn, Director
Rights Now
Social Planning Services
Watertown, MA

Fred Krause
President’s Committee on Mental Retardation
Washington, DC

Robert Kugel, M.D., V.P. for Medical Affairs
Georgetown University Community Health Plan
Washington, DC

Ira Kanter, Staff Advocate
ODDAC
Portland, OR

Colleen Lackley
Syracuse, NY

Hugh Lafave, M.D., Director
Psychiatric Services Branch
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

Lesley Lannan
Center on Human Policy
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY

Larry Larsen
Baltimore, MD

Judy Larson
YAMHILL County Education Service District
McMinnville, OR

Frank Laski, Esquire
Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA

Joseph Leavey, Executive Director
Communities for People
Boston, MA

Jerry Leismer, Deputy Master
Plymouth Case
Mt. Clemens, MI

Brian R. Lensink, Assistant Director
Department of Economic Security
Phoenix, AZ

Liz Lindley, Executive Director
The Association for the Severely Handicapped
Seattle, WA

Gerard Lobrosco, Director
Oregon Developmental Disabilities
Advocacy Center
Portland, OR

Bertine Loop
CASS
Omaha, NE

Al MacDonald, Director
Florence Opportunity Center
Florence, OR

Venetia Magnuson, Executive Director
Residential Centers of Columbia Co.
St. Helens, OR

Margaret Mahoney
Fulton, NY

Horace Mann, Ph.D., Professor
SUNY Buffalo
Buffalo, NY

Roger Manus, Esquire, Managing Attorney
Carolina Legal Assistance for Mental Health
Morganton, NC

Harry Maples
Syracuse, NY

Elizabeth McAllister
Baltimore, MD

Diana McCourt
New York, NY

Malacky McCourt
New York, NY

John McGee, Ph.D.
CASS
Omaha, NE

Brian McLand, Chairman
Advisory Council on Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
Albany, NY

David McNayr, Executive Director
Rockwest Training Company, Inc.
Salem, OR

John McGuire
Special Education in Administration Program
Syracuse, NY

Allen R. Menefee
President’s Committee on Mental Retardation
Washington, DC

Frank Menolascino, M.D.
Omaha, NE

Jerome Miller
National Center on Institutions and Alternatives
Washington, DC

Sharon Miller
Syracuse, NY

Barbara Mezener
Clay, NY

Lotte Moise
Fort Bragg, CA

Mary Moleski
Syracuse, NY

Bill Morgan
Syracuse, NY

Carla Morgan
Chester Springs, PA

Hugo Moser, M.D., Director
John F. Kennedy Institute
Baltimore, MD

Margaret O. Murray, President
United Cerebral Palsy Association
New York, NY

Tom Nerney
Connecticut ARC
Hartford, CT

Edward Newman, Ph.D., Director
Developmental Disabilities Center
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA

Bengt Nirje
Uppsala Landstings Omsorgestyrelse
Uppsala, Sweden

Dolores Norley-van Dyk, Member
Presidents Committee on Mental Retardation
Washington, DC

Judy Norton
Binghamton, NY

Conrad Ober, Executive Director
Diversified Production Systems
Eugene, OR

Betty O’Berry
Georgia Advocacy Office
Atlanta, GA

John O’Brien
Atlanta, GA

Jay M. O’Connor, Executive Director
Sunrise Enterprises
Roseburg, OR

Nancy Monz Oeink
Fayetteville, NY

Spencer A. Olson, Jr.
Anna Mental Health Developmental Center
Anna, IL

Edward M. Opton, Esquire
San Francisco, CA

Lynn Ontiveros
YAMHILL County Executive Service District
McMinnville, OR

Elaine Ostroff
Massachusetts College of Art
Arts and Human Services Project
Boston, MA

Joseph Pairo, Jr.
Trenton, NJ

Pan Am Corporation
Northampton County/Lehigh County
Bethlehem, PA

Ruth Patrick
Syracuse, NY

Paul Pearson, M.D., Director
Meyer Children’s Rehabilitation Institute
University of NE Medical Center
Omaha, NE

Robert Perske
Darien, CT

Elizabeth Pieper
Scotia, NY

Barbara A. Place, Executive Director
MERE Center
Gresham, OR

Mort Posner, Executive Director
FREE
Wantagh, NY

Shirley Potter, Executive Director
People’s Learning Center
Monmouth, OR

Gilbert Palladino
Clinton, NY

Sheila Kanger
Brewerton, NY

Jim Ranson, Director
Shangri La, Inc. Work Activity Center
Salem, OR

Ruth-Ann Rasbold
Early Childhood Specialist
Special Education Division
Pago Pago, America Samoa

Joyce Raus
Syracuse, NY

Irving Rereustein, Ed.D.
Office of Employee Services
Office of the Special Master
State of Pennsylvania

Edward Roberts, Director
State of California
Department of Rehabilitation
Sacramento, CA

Diane Roelandt, Administrator
Mid-Valley Group Home
McMinnville, OR

Lyle T. Romer, Administrative Director
Bonney Center
Corvallis, OR

Philip Roos, Ph.D., Executive Director
National Association for Retarded Citizens
Arlington, TX

David Rosen, Associate Administrator
Program Development and Support System
Department of Mental Health
Lansing, MI

Karen Ross, Social Worker
Goodwill Industries of Oregon
Salem, OR

Susan Russell, Director
Nova Enterprises
Pendelton, OR

Janice E. Ryan, RSM
Trinity College
Burlington, VT

Millie Ryan, Director
Columbia Work Activity Center
St. Helens, OR

Daniel Sage, Ph.D.
Division of Special Education and Rehabilitation
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY

Wayne Sailor, Ph.D., Professor
Department of Special Education
San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA

Erling M. Sannes, Vice-President
North Dakota ARC
Bismarck, ND

Seymour Sarason, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
Yale University
New Haven, CT

Margaret Schuflen
Baldwinsville, NY

Karl Schmeidler
Alexandria, VA

Hillery Schneiderman
Center on Human Policy
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY

Bernice Schultz
Center on Human Policy
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY

Kathy Schwaninger, Executive Director
Willowbrook Review Panel
New York, NY

Richard Scobie, Ph.D., Executive Director
Unitarian Universalist Service Committee
Boston, MA

Josephine B. Scro
Center on Human Policy
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY

Michael Sedlock, Manager
Ron Wilson Center for Effective Living
Monmouth, OR

Charles Seevers, Ph.D., Director
Aux-Chandelles ARC
Bristol, IN

Edward Skarnulis, Instructor
Department of Family Practice
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, NE

Patty Smith, Coordinator
Pilot Parents
GO ARC
Omaha, NE

Roger Smeath
Rochester, NY

C. Soper
Liverpool, NY

Aloysius J. Soenneker, ACSW, Executive Director
Association for Retarded Citizens
Salem, OR

Jim Spence, Program Manager
Willamette Valley Rehabilitation Center
Lebannon, OR

Deborah Spitalnik
DD Center, Temple University
Philadelphia, PA

Peyton Stafford, Director
Oregon Industries for the Blind
Work Activity Center
Commission for the Blind
Portland, OR

Nonda Stone
College of Education
University of Oregon
Eugene, OR

Shirley Stone
Memphis, NY

Robert Stuva, Executive Director
Portland Habilitation Center
Portland, OR

Pat Seeland
Syracuse, NY

Jean Tadlock
Binghamton, NY

Alison A. Taylor
Staff Advocate

Steven Taylor, Ph.D.
Center on Human Policy
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY

Miriam Thompson, Executive Director
Advocates for Children
Long Island City, NY

Harold C. Thorin, Executive Director
Goodwill Industries of Lane Co.
Eugene, OR

Ronald S. Torner
TALL Project
Kansas City, MO

Ann Turnbull, Ed.D.
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC

H. Rutherford Turnbull, III, Esquire
Institute of Government
Chapel Hill, NC

Jean Vanier
L’Arche
Oise, France

Charles L. Waesh
N. Syracuse, NY

Sandra Wess, Director
LARC Opportunity Center
Albany, OR

Marilyn R. Wessels
Schenectady, NY
Bill West
Denver ARC
Denver, CO

Harry F. Wilkinson, Executive Director
National ARC
New York, NY

Susan E. Winborne, Director
Developmental Disabilities Services
Western Tidewater Community Mental Health and Retardation Services Board
Suffolk, VA

James F. Winschel, Ph.D., Professor and Associate Dean
School of Education
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY

Wolf Wolfensberger, Ph.D., Professor
Special Education and Rehabilitation
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY

Nancy Zollers
Public Interest Law Center of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA

Lisa Zoptad
YAMHILL County Education Service District
McMinnville, OR

Harvey D. Zuckerberg, Executive Director
Michigan ARC
Lansing, MI