I am glad to have read this press release about Tim Cordes. I had an
opportunity to meet him at an ACB convention last summer when ACB awarded
him a scholarship. Great guy. If any of you were at the convention, you'd
remember his as one of the recipients who did a presentation on Thursday
morning.
Take care.
Mike
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-----Original Message-----
From: Kelly Ford <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sunday, May 17, 1998 10:27 PM
Subject: Blind man follows his dream on path leading to medical school
>>Published Sunday, May 17, 1998, in the Kansas City Star
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>>Blind man follows his dream on path leading to medical school
>>Valedictorian from Notre Dame hopes to one day do research.
>>
>>
>>The Associated Press
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>>SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Timothy Cordes earned straight A's as a biochemistry
>>major at Notre Dame and is giving the valedictory address at commencement
>>today. Then he embarks on a seven-year course of study at the University
of
>>Wisconsin Medical School.
>>
>>Cordes is thought to be only the second totally blind person ever accepted
>>by an American school of medicine.
>>
>>Cordes was born with limited vision because of a genetic condition called
>>Leber's disease, and he was completely blind by age 14.
>>
>>Relatives and professors say he considers his blindness an inconvenience,
>>not a disability.
>>
>>"I went to class and studied hard and hung out some, just like everybody
>>else in college, and my hard work paid off," said Cordes, from Cedar
Falls,
>>Iowa.
>>
>>"It doesn't do you any good to be overly proud. It's great to know your
>>strengths and to know what you can do. But when you overestimate, that's
>>when you get into trouble."
>>
>>Cordes studied new antibiotics in the laboratory of Professor Paul
>>Helquist.
>>
>>"He is the brightest student with whom I have worked during 24 years of
>>university teaching," Helquist said.
>>
>>Although Cordes graduated with a 3.991 average, the University of
Wisconsin
>>was the only school that accepted him out of the eight he sent
>>applications.
>>
>>"It's never fun to get rejected," Cordes said.
>>
>>Cordes has dreamed of doing research since he was 12 and has no desire to
>>practice medicine.
>>
>>"I love science. It's what I do. It's how I think," he said. NewsHound is
a
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