Here's something of interest to the history buffs and techies out there.

Steve


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Date: Thu, 01 Apr 1999 11:05:22 +500
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Subject: Congrats to T.V. Raman !! (Forward From [log in to unmask])



Raman is a leader in access programming for people with disabilities.  His
many friends here will want to contact him and congratulate him for this
significant honor!
Norman Coombs


 For Immediate Release:

Raman nominated for Computerworld Smithsonian Award
Washington, D.C. (March 15, 1999)---

Raman's Emacspeak will become part of the Permanent Research Collection on

 Information Technology at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American
 History on Monday, April 12th when the 1999 Information Technology
 Innovation Collection is formally presented to the Institution. "The
 Laureates in this year's Collection are utilizing new information age tools
 to extend the benefits of technology to society" said Dan Morrow, Executive
 Director of the Computerworld Smithsonian Awards Program. Nominated by ,
 President of SAP America, Inc., in the Business & Related Services category,
 Raman's work is part of a collection that includes over 470 of the year's
 most innovative applications of technology from 42 states and 22
 countries. At Raman, Fluent eyes-free access to daily computing tasks opens
 the wealth of information on the Internet to visually impaired users. "The
 primary source material submitted by Raman will enrich the National Museum
 of American History's growing collection on the history of information
 technology, and contribute significantly to the museum's on-going efforts to
 chronicle the Information Age" said Spencer R. Crew, Director of the
 National Museum of American History. The museum is part of the Smithsonian
 Institution, founded in 1846, which is a complex of 16 museums, 7 research
 facilities and the National Zoo. Case Studies from the 1999 Collection will
 be available at http://innovate.si.edu, the official Internet Site of the
 Computerworld Smithsonian Program, where the entire collection is available
 to scholars, researchers and the general public worldwide. Each year, the
 Computerworld Smithsonian Chairmen's Committee nominates individuals who use
 information technology to improve society for inclusion in the Smithsonian's
 National IT Innovation Collection. Founded in 1989, the Computerworld
 Smithsonian Program searches for and recognizes individuals who have
 demonstrated vision and leadership as they strive to use information
 technology in innovative ways across ten categories: Business and Related
 Services; Education and Academia; Environment, Energy and Agriculture;
 Finance, Insurance and Real Estate; Government and Non-Profit Organizations;
 Manufacturing; Media, Arts and Entertainment; Medicine; Science; and
 Transportation. For further information please contact: Shahaeda
 Abbas/Simone Ross Computerworld Smithsonian Awards 617.357.1977, Valeska
 Hilbig/Melinda Machado National Museum of American History 202.357.3129


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