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PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA CHANGING LIVES, BUILDING FUTURES 2010 ANNUAL REPORT 

2010 ANNUAL REPORT 

Changing 

Lives, 

Building 

Futures.

ON THE COVER: 

Army veteran Eric Lorence, Operation Enduring Freedom

2010 ANNUAL REPORT 

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Lives, 

Building 

Futures.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT 5 

VETERANS BENEFITS 6 

CHESTER LEVEL 8 

ERIC LORENCE 10 

GOVERNMENT RELATIONS 12 

RON HOSKINS 14 

RESEARCH AND EDUCATION 16 

DR. STEPHEN WAXMAN 18 

DR. RORY COOPER 20 

VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION 22 

ALFRED HARRISON 24 

SAVIKA WILLIAMS 26 

KEVIN KROGH 28 

SPORTS AND RECREATION 30 

JOSEPH BEIMFOHR 32 

ARCHITECTURE 34 

MEDICAL SERVICES AND HEALTH POLICY 38 

OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL 44 

PVA PUBLICATIONS 46 

WE SHOULD NOT FORGET THE WOUNDED 48 

FINANCIAL REPORTS 50 

PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA SUPPORTERS 56 

PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA DIRECTORY 68

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PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA | 2010 ANNUAL REPORT

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE 

Dear Friend, 

Thank you for taking the time to read this annual report—a year in the life of Paralyzed Veterans 

of America. 

Perhaps you are one of those wonderful people I meet across the nation who will ask me, 

“How can I support our veterans?” 

Whether it’s the school janitor from my hometown of Woodward, Oklahoma, or the CEO of a 

multibillion dollar company in the Big Apple, my answer to this question is the same: Please make 

it your mission to help empower the lives of paralyzed veterans and their families. Give these brave 

men and women a helping hand to lead full, independent, and productive lives. 

Help us ensure that those who have worn the uniform and have been seriously injured have all they need to 

fully live the lives they deserve—and receive what they need most: care, benefits, and jobs. 

Let’s focus on just one of those needs: jobs. The national unemployment rate for veterans with severe 

disabilities is a shocking 85 percent. Paralyzed Veterans aims to turn this appalling statistic around—and, 

through our vocational rehabilitation program, as you will see in the pages of this report, we are helping 

our veterans get a fair shot at the American Dream, a good job at a good company. 

My pledge to you is that Paralyzed Veterans of America will always be here to help empower our heroes 

with disabilities—not just to live, but to live with dignity, enjoying the things they fought for: freedom and 

independence. 

We’ll do this by fighting for and securing quality VA health care and ample benefits and by helping them 

get back into life through adaptive sports. We’ll strive to make progress on the ground-breaking Americans 

with Disabilities Act to make America more barrier-free for wheelchair users. And we’ll invest in the 

development of new treatments and cures for paralysis. With your support, we will do all 

of these things free of charge for all veterans with disabilities and their families. 

So as you read this annual report please take a minute to think about the unique challenges paralyzed 

veterans face every day—imagine how hard it would be to do all the things you now take for granted… 

if you were in a wheelchair. 

Thank you for helping us change lives and build brighter futures for America’s paralyzed veterans. 

Sincerely, 

Bill Lawson 

Paralyzed Veterans of America National President 

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VETERANS BENEFITS 

“ Our 83 national service 

officers work through ALS 

organizations and other 

community resources to identify 

veterans with Lou Gehrig’s 

disease, and offer assistance 

by filing for benefits, filing 

appeals, and advocating on their 

behalf within the Department 

of Veterans Affairs. In many 

instances, actions by our service 

officers have resulted 

in substantial monetary awards 

for these veterans.” 

SHERMAN GILLUMS, JR. 

Acting Associate Executive Director 

 

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In the past two years, Paralyzed 

Veterans’ Veterans Benefits 

Department has reached out to 

more than 4,000 ALS veterans 

and helped them receive more 

than $250 million in annual and 

retroactive entitlements as well 

as ancillary benefits. 


Extending 

Assistance 

in the Most 

Needed 

of Times 

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VETERANS BENEFITS | CHESTER LEVEL | AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS | NAVY 

Lisa Level vividly remembers the day she knew something 

was seriously wrong with her husband, Chester. 

(In August 2009) Chester had been helping a friend roof 

a house. He came home, and I said, “You look like you 

had a stroke.” He was stammering, just not himself. So I 

took him to the hospital. 

At the hospital, doctors confirmed what the Levels had 

suspected for a while: the 55-year-old Oklahoma City truck 

driver and veteran of the U.S. Navy had amyotrophic lateral 

sclerosis (ALS), more commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s 

disease. 

The doctor said, “Everything looks like he has Lou 

Gehrig’s.” He kept Chester in the hospital and did 

a needle test where he stuck his face, arm, and legs. 

That was when they confirmed it was Lou Gehrig’s. 

In the year or so since he was diagnosed with ALS, Chester 

has gotten progressively worse. 

He’s got muscle deterioration. He’s choking on his food. You 

can’t understand him when he’s talking. And he sleeps an 

awful lot. He’s not able to be as active as he used to be. He 

loses his balance when he walks. But the neurologist told me 

to let him stay as active as he can. 

ALS, a progressive degenerative neurological disease, 

disproportionately affects veterans. Some studies show 

that veterans are twice as likely as those who never served 

in the military to get the disease. ALS is a deadly disease. 

Except in rare instances, it is fatal. 

Two years ago the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) began 

compensating veterans with ALS who had served at least 90 

days, and since then Paralyzed Veterans has contacted more 

than 4,000 ALS veterans or their families to ensure they know 

about the ruling and to assist with claims. 

Since the onset of this aggressive disease, the Levels have 

also had to confront red tape at VA, a difficult and painful 

fight—until Shawn Tracy, a Paralyzed Veterans’ national 

service officer, and Regina Presley, senior secretary, in 

Oklahoma City, began to assist them. 

I can’t really emphasize how much help Shawn has been. 

Shawn is a paraplegic himself; he has a heart of gold. 

I never would have gotten my husband’s speech device 

without him. Shawn kept on them at the VA: He said, 

“This patient needs this device now because I’m listening to 

this patient, and I can barely understand him.” 

Shawn has intervened on a lot of things. Without him we 

would have had no idea how to get started. He helped 

me get a housing grant so we could have a bedroom and 

bathroom added on to the house. The old part of the 

house was so tiny we couldn’t get the wheelchair through. 

The grant was for $67,000. It makes it possible for Chester 

to maneuver around. 

Shawn helped us get a grant for a car with a lift. We took 

the passenger seat out and put a turning chair in there. 

Between the lift, the seat, and the installation, the cost was 

$18,000. The VA gave us a grant to pay for it, but they 

kept putting it off and putting it off. Shawn went and 

talked to someone in the VA, and it was taken care of after 

that. 

But the Levels’ struggles were not over; a VA doctor interpreted 

Chester’s reaction to a medication as incompetence. 

The medicine tired Chester and made him 

groggy. But declaring him incompetent meant Lisa could 

not readily access her husband’s veterans benefit funds. 

It also meant that she had to go to a VA facility anytime 

she wanted to spend some of his money on him, even on 

such items as clothing. It took six months before she was 

able to get the declaration overturned with the assistance 

of Shawn, who wrote a letter on the Levels’ behalf, clearly 

outlining the situation and the doctor’s error. 

The letter had the desired impact. The doctor’s declaration 

was reversed. 

Shawn and Regina are very fine people. They have helped 

me a lot. I wouldn’t have known what to do. I love them 

and they’ve been real helpful to me. If I need anything they 

help me get it. If I had to give them a grade, I’d give them 

an A+. 


Charting a 

New Course 

to Recovery 

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They helped me find adaptive 

housing and an adaptive 

vehicle, not to mention new “benefits from the VA. 

VETERANS BENEFITS | ERIC LORENCE | T7 INCOMPLETE PARAPLEGIC | ARMY 

I spent the first four years of my career in the Marine 

Corps. Then I went to college. I joined the Army in 2002 

after college. In October 2009 I was deployed 

to Afghanistan. 

Capt. Eric Lorence was stationed in Kandahar, where he 

was training Afghani soldiers. On March 12, 2010, he was 

on patrol when his truck hit a roadside bomb containing 

about 300 pounds of explosives. The explosion partially 

severed his spine. 

It killed my gunner. My buddy got his face smashed in. 

I remember waking up and I knew my back was broken. 

I don’t remember anything after that. I woke up at Walter 

Reed. 

Following a few weeks at Walter Reed Army Medical 

Center in Washington, DC, Eric was flown to the VA 

medical center in Minneapolis. 

Even though he was months away from being discharged 

from the Army, Paralyzed Veterans immediately began 

helping Eric maneuver the difficult terrain of the Department 

of Veterans Affairs and to receive the benefits to 

which he is entitled. 

I got to Minnesota on the 7th of April. A couple 

of days later Paralyzed Veterans was assisting 

me with benefits. 

When I got to the spinal cord injury (SCI) center in 

Minneapolis, the only function I had was to wiggle my 

toes. Through extensive rehabilitative therapy and 

determination, I was able to regain 60 percent of function 

in my left leg and 30 percent of function in my right leg. 

Because I am an incomplete paraplegic, I am now to the 

point where I can ambulate with a walker; however, I 

cannot go to the restroom on my own and rely on a “selfcath” 

and bowel program. 

With Eric focusing on recovery, Paralyzed Veterans 

focused on his benefits. Jason Stephenson, a Paralyzed 

Veterans’ benefits professional in Minnesota, said Eric 

wasn’t aware that, although still on active duty, there were 

benefits to which he was entitled, including having adaptive 

equipment added to two vehicles and going through hand 

control training—all provided by VA. 

Jason acted as the liaison with VA, working directly with 

the chief of prosthetics to ensure that both vehicles 

were adapted in a timely fashion. Jason, along with Tami 

Anderson, national service officer, also informed Eric of 

his eligibility for a specially adapted housing grant and 

assisted with filing the papers and follow-up to ensure 

that he received it. 

They helped me obtain the adaptive housing grant. The 

grant pays $63,000 and will help me do the modifications 

for my house—install hand railings, build a ramp, and 

things like that. Jason did all the paperwork and helped 

me file for the grant. I didn’t have to do anything. PVA just 

stepped in and helped me. 

Paralyzed Veterans is very, very knowledgeable. If I have 

any questions about benefits and they don’t know the 

answer, they are very helpful in tracking it down. They 

follow up with me. They are very proactive. 

I plan to get involved with them and help other veterans 

out as much as they’ve helped me out. 


GOVERNMENT RELATIONS 

“ Paralyzed veterans are among 

the lowest-income veterans. 

They rely on Social Security 

and veteran pensions. They 

are also probably the highestend 

users of the VA health-care 

systems. Copayments presented 

a significant financial burden 

for them. We saw this as a real 

problem affecting the quality of 

life of our members. As a result 

of this newly enacted law, they 

may not be able to eat steaks, 

but they won’t have to skip 

meals.” 

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PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA | 2010 ANNUAL REPORT 

DOUG VOLLMER 

Associate Executive Director 

Government Relations

Seriously disabled veterans have 

the highest rate of unemployment 

among former members of the 

armed forces. Many of them live 

right at or below the poverty line. 

Paralyzed Veterans continually 

explores ways to ease their 

financial burdens, and legislation 

fought for by our Government 

Relations Department and passed 

in 2010 will go a long way toward 

achieving that goal. 


Enhancing 

Quality of 

Life through 

Legislative 

Victories 

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VETERANS BENEFITS | RON HOSKINS | T1–12 PARAPLEGIC | ARMY 

Many of the nation’s paralyzed veterans live on the fringes 

of poverty. They struggle to survive on Social Security 

income and veterans pension checks. Each month some 

must make difficult financial choices, such as either 

paying the rent or buying badly needed medication. Such 

was the case for Ron Hoskins, a 60-year-old veteran who 

lives in Parkesburg, Pennsylvania. 

I use the VA for all my health care. I was spending $100 to 

$120 a month easily just for copays and to see the doctor. 

It was $15 (copayment) for each medication. To see a 

specialist was $50 more. If you failed to pay your copay, 

the government would automatically take it out of your 

Social Security. 

In recent months, however, life has become a little easier 

for Ron and many Paralyzed Veterans’ members with 

the May 2010 passage of a law eliminating medical 

copayments for catastrophically disabled veterans. The 

Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act 

of 2010, among other things, prohibits the Department 

of Veterans Affairs from requiring copayments for VA 

medical care or medication, and applies to veterans 

whose disabilities are not service connected. 

Paralyzed Veterans worked with allies in both chambers of 

Congress for more than five years to get this bill passed. 

In addition to leaning heavily on Members of Congress, 

our leaders took a grassroots approach, enlisting our 

34 chapters around the country and encouraging our 

members to make sure Congress heard their voices 

as well. 

For years, most disabled veterans whose injuries or 

ailments had no direct connection to their years in military 

service spent on average more than $100 monthly on 

copayments for medication and other direct health-care 

benefits. For the most severely injured, who require 

dozens of medications and multiple monthly visits to VA 

medical centers, annual health-care expenses sometimes 

climbed as high as $1,000. 

As Paralyzed Veterans had anticipated, the new law 

had an immediate and significant positive impact on 

approximately 10,000 veterans, like Ron. 

Before this law I was barely able to make ends meet. I’d buy 

fewer groceries and drive less. I’d skip meals. 

The nature of his disability makes it impossible for Ron 

to hold a job. 

After I was injured, it was me against the world for awhile. 

I went back to school and got my associate’s degree in 

mechanical design. I tried to go to work but my body 

wouldn’t let me. 

I am paralyzed from the waist down. My body is slowly 

deteriorating. I have severe tendonitis in both shoulders 

and a rotator cuff tear in my right shoulder. I have a tear 

in the tendon of the bicep that hooks the bicep to the 

shoulder bone. It snapped. I have bone spurs all over 

the place. I have osteoporosis and arthritis. I have had 

two kidney stone operations. Now I can’t take any of 

the calcium to keep up my bone structure because the 

medicine that would help me build bone strength could 

cause kidney stones. I’ve got a lot wrong with me. 

My only income is my Social Security check that pays me 

$1,737 a month. My rent alone is $1,000 a month. 

Having the cash formerly used for copayments back in his 

pocket has improved Hoskins’ life in many ways, including 

having enough to keep groceries in the house and even to 

spoil his grandkids with occasional gifts. 

I always chose medicine over food. Skipping a meal here 

and there and not eating right is not good. 

Until this law I did not have the ability to put any money 

aside for my grandsons for Christmas. It was difficult. 

Those days were hard, monetarily hard. I didn’t feel like I 

was measuring up for my grandkids. I felt I was letting them 

down and my son, too. 

It’s a relief mentally that I am able to do something for them 

now. My mood is better in that respect. My middle grandson 

plays football. He’s in the 10th grade on the junior varsity 

team. I was recently able to get him the cleats he needed. 

If it wasn’t for Paralyzed Veterans of America, I don’t 

know where I’d be right now. I’m just so glad I don’t have 

to make copays anymore. 


RESEARCH AND EDUCATION 

“ Ten to 15 years ago I couldn’t 

talk to a lay audience and use 

the word ‘cure.’ Now I can 

confidently use the word ‘cure.’” 

STEPHEN WAXMAN, MD, PHD 

Director, Paralyzed Veterans of America 

Center for Neuroscience & Regeneration 

Research at Yale University 

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For decades, Paralyzed Veterans 

has been funding the search for a 

medical breakthrough that was once 

considered science fiction: reversing 

damage to the spinal cord. 


Funding 

Research That 

Strengthens 

Hope 

Until recently, the prevailing wisdom in the medical 

community held that paralysis from spinal cord injury or 

disease (SCI/D) was irreversible and functional restoration 

was impossible. But doctors Stephen Waxman and Jeffery 

Kocsis at Yale University are leading a multi-disciplinary 

team of neurologists and neuroscientists who are 

challenging that thinking and paving the way for a major 

medical breakthrough. 

These groundbreaking studies are being supported 

by funding from Paralyzed Veterans of America at the 

Center for Neuroscience and Regeneration Research, 

a collaboration among Paralyzed Veterans, Yale University, 

and the Department of Veterans Affairs. Waxman and 

Kocsis are the director and associate director, respectively, 

of the Yale Center. 

Reversing paralysis caused by spinal cord injury has been a 

priority of Paralyzed Veterans since its founding more than 

60 years ago, and we have provided more than 

$4 million to the Yale Center for such research. 

Paralyzed Veterans has been absolutely essential to 

research on spinal cord injury,” Waxman said. “It is 

largely a testament to the organization that the idea of a 

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DR. STEPHEN WAXMAN | DIRECTOR | CENTER FOR NEUROSCIENCE & REGENERATION RESEARCH AT YALE UNIVERSITY 

cure for spinal cord injury has been transformed from an 

impossibility into an achievable goal. Paralyzed Veterans 

has been a major player in this remarkable transformation. 

Ten to 15 years ago I couldn’t talk to a lay audience and 

use the word “cure.” Now I can confidently use the word 

“cure.” Nobody can give you a firm timeline. But things 

have changed in important ways. 

Research teams led by Waxman and Kocsis have 

discovered that injury to the protective coating of nerve 

cells is a major contributor to paralysis in the aftermath of 

a spinal cord injury. They are now investigating ways to 

restore nerve function in areas where this protective layer 

has been bruised or stripped altogether. For example, they 

are exploring the ability of transplanted cells to produce new 

myelin insulation, which will facilitate conduction along spinal 

cord axons after injury. The researchers have discovered 

that some nerve fibers remodel themselves after the loss 

of the insulation. They insert tiny molecular batteries called 

“sodium channels” in their membranes so they can convey 

information even in the absence of insulating myelin. 

Many people with SCI/D suffer chronic pain, and pain 

studies are another focus at the Yale Center. Scientists 

have discovered a protein molecule, NaV1.7, that is a 

major contributor to pain after injury to the nervous system. 

Individuals genetically predisposed to mutations that 

cause NaV1.7 to be overactive suffer from severe chronic 

pain. This happens even when there is no painful stimulus. 

Scientists are now working to develop medications that 

will turn off NaV1.7. They hope this will result in new, more 

effective medications for pain after spinal cord and nerve 

injury. 

We can now target the culprit cells and molecules in a very 

precise, very specific way. We have a set of techniques that 

15 years ago were unimaginable or considered science 

fiction, and this is important because if you want to make a 

new medication, we can use these new methods to act in a 

very precise way on specific target molecules. 

Recent discoveries at the Yale Center are also challenging 

the assumption that tissue in the central nervous system 

is incapable of regeneration. One discovery stems from an 

observation that some nerve cells survive at the site of injury. 

Yale researchers report that this is true even in patients with 

no function below the injury. These surviving nerve cells are 

bruised, however, and are at risk of dying through a process 

called “secondary injury.” Saving these cells is crucial to 

restoring function, so researchers at the Yale Center are 

dissecting the molecules that cause secondary injury in the 

hope of learning how they can inhibit these molecules and 

thus ensure survival of at-risk nerve cells. 

Researchers have also been studying glial cells, whose 

functions include providing support for nerve cells. Glial 

cells outnumber nerve cells 10 to 1 and play nutritive and 

cleaning roles. 

It is known that a glial scar forms and interferes with 

regeneration of nerve cells following a spinal cord injury. 

This scar is therefore thought to hamper recovery. So 

scientists at the Yale Center are testing the hypothesis that 

inhibiting the development of the glial scar may provide a 

way to facilitate regeneration that will improve functional 

recovery. 

A great deal of this work has made possible by Paralyzed 

Veterans’ 21 years of funding and support, celebrated in 

2009 when a new research wing was opened. 

Paralyzed Veterans of America is a wonderful and unique 

group. In addition to the financial support they provide for 

research at Yale and the grants provided to other scientists 

through their Research and Education Foundations, 

they have been pioneers in terms of legislative work and 

advocacy. They’ve been a beacon of support for people 

with disabilities in general. We are immensely proud of our 

partnership with Paralyzed Veterans of America. 


Improving 

Quality of 

Life through 

Technology 

DR. RORY COOPER | DIRECTOR | HUMAN ENGINEERING RESEARCH LABORATORIES 

Within the next five years, wheelchair users with severely 

limited hand function, as occurs in high-level spinal cord 

injury, will be able to quickly and more easily perform tasks 

that most of us take for granted: getting dressed, cooking 

dinner, putting away dishes, grocery shopping. Thanks 

to a futuristic robotic wheelchair known as “PerMMA,” 

individuals who have struggled with the simple activities 

of everyday living will become more independent and 

empowered. 

PerMMA, Personal Mobility and Manipulation Appliance, 

is an electric-powered wheelchair with robotic arms that 

can be manipulated by the user or remotely through 

the Internet. It enables people with mobility and upper 

extremity disabilities to perform tasks that ordinarily 

require the assistance of others. Popular Science 

magazine recently named PerMMA one of the 10 most 

promising robots. 

The wheelchair is the brainchild of researchers at HERL, 

the Human Engineering Research Laboratories, which has 

been supported by Paralyzed Veterans since its inception. 

HERL is a joint program of the University of Pittsburgh and 

the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Rehabilitation 

Research and Development Service. Dr. Rory Cooper, 

director of HERL and Paralyzed Veterans’ member, says 

the wheelchair will enable users to be more independent. 

The objective of PerMMA is to combine manipulation and 

mobility assistance with perception and decision making 

wherever a person goes. PerMMA combines mobility, 

bimanual robotic manipulation, machine perception, 

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“ 

Federal funds are often very 

restrictive. Paralyzed Veterans 

funding allows us to complement 

federal funds in order to 

accomplish research goals. 

path planning, controls, and user interface. No 

devices of this nature currently exist. For many people 

with disabilities, essential tasks, such as dressing, 

shopping, and food preparation, require the assistance 

of an attendant. PerMMA aims to address these needs, 

thus reducing or eliminating the need for caregiver 

assistance. 

For nearly two decades, with substantial funding 

from the Paralyzed Veterans of America Research 

Foundation, HERL has developed an array of 

assistive technologies that have improved the lives 

of thousands of disabled veterans with disabilities 

and other people with disabilities. 

Cooper credits Paralyzed Veterans, which has provided 

funding of $450,000 in the past five years alone, for 

much of the program’s success. In fact, 

in 2010 Paralyzed Veterans received the University 

of Pittsburgh’s Philanthropist Award. 

We’ve had a great relationship for nearly 20 years now. 

Federal funds are often very restrictive. Paralyzed 

Veterans funding allows us to complement federal funds 

in order to accomplish research goals. The impact of 

this research is probably as large as any in the country or 

the world. 

Indeed, HERL is a world-renowned leader in research 

and development for increasing mobility and function for 

people with disabilities. 

PerMMA is just one of scores of mobility devices that 

scientists at HERL have developed. HERL currently 

has about 50 ongoing studies, at least six patents 

in review, and is the recipient of several technology 

transfer grants. Cooper stresses the role Paralyzed 

Veterans has played in making these accomplishments 

possible, beginning with launching his career in assistive 

technology. 

Paralyzed Veterans of America provided funding 

for my pilot research projects. Now they are helping 

me launch other people’s careers and have been very 

helpful in supporting young undergrads and postdocs. 

I would be willing to bet that our research has affected 

nearly every member of Paralyzed Veterans through 

improvements in wheelchairs through ergonomics 

and training professionals to fit people for ultralight 

wheelchairs. 

Cooper, who was injured while in the Army, added 

that Paralyzed Veterans members are very supportive 

and are a key reason for the success of HERL’s research 

projects. 

A lot of members participate in our research projects. We 

have had between 200 and 300 participate this year. 

A lot of them not only participate but help guide us in 

what our research topics should be. So we actively solicit 

ideas from them and their families. 

We’re very focused on improving the long-term health 

and quality of life of paralyzed veterans. We’ve also 

helped VA set policy for prosthetics in recreation, 

wheelchair, and other technology. I would argue that 

HERL has touched everybody that uses a wheelchair in 

the United States. 


The unemployment rate among veterans 

with severe disabilities is 85 percent. 

Paralyzed Veterans is the only veterans 

service organization with a vocational 

rehabilitation program, and we are 

responding to demand for these services 

with the addition of two new vocational 

rehabilitation centers each year: in 2010 in 

Augusta, Georgia, and in Boston, bringing 

the total number of our centers to six. 

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VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION 

To date, Paralyzed Veterans’ 

vocational centers have assisted 

795 veterans with education, 

training, internships, and job 

placement. Since the establishment 

of the first center, 124 previously 

unemployed veterans have been 

placed in jobs with average salaries 

of $38,000 per year. 


Returning 

Veterans 

to the 

Workforce 

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“ 

I’m a member of 

all the 

veterans organizations... 

Paralyzed Veterans by far 

is the 

best organization I’ve seen... 

as far as being an advocate for 

veterans. 

VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION | ALFRED HARRISON | MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS | AIR FORCE 

In the 13 years since he was first diagnosed with multiple 

sclerosis (MS), U.S. Air Force veteran Alfred Harrison has 

learned to cope with pain as a constant companion. MS 

is a degenerative disease that affects the brain and spinal 

cord, leading to diminished use of extremities, paralysis, 

and pain. 

I have learned not to complain about it, but I am 

in pain all the time. When I have an episode, it feels 

like someone is stabbing me in the spine and I’m being 

electrocuted at the same time. Then I have this sensation 

in my legs and it feels like my feet are on fire. 

I’m usually down for two to three weeks. I ambulate with 

a cane, but I need a wheelchair to go long distances. 

Aquatic therapy and acupuncture have helped the pain 

and, motivated by the expenses of his youngest child’s 

college education, Alfred wanted to go back to work. 

A part-time, unpaid minister, he hasn’t held a paying 

job in years. And he knew that going back to work in this 

economy would be difficult. So he turned to Paralyzed 

Veterans. 

Joan Haskins, the vocational rehabilitation counselor 

for job placement in Long Beach, was in contact with me 

every single day. I was always sending her jobs and telling 

her I needed Schedule A forms. I would email the positions 

I was interested in to her and within a matter of hours 

she would have the Schedule A letters back to me. She 

is really good at what she does. She’s very attentive and 

very meticulous about following up to ensure that you get 

a position or get a job. 

In less than three months of working with Joan, Alfred 

landed a job as a supply tech at an Air Force commissary. 

They are great advocates, Paralyzed Veterans. 

I don’t know how many vets I have sent to them. I’m 

a member of all the veterans organizations but in my 

opinion Paralyzed Veterans by far is the best organization 

I’ve seen out of all them as far as being an advocate 

for veterans. 


Helping 


Move 

Forward 

in Life

SAVIKA WILLIAMS | T-11 | ARMY 

Not all service-connected injuries occur in combat. 

Some occur during service in foreign theaters during what 

would seem to be routine experiences. 

While serving as a logistics specialist in Korea in 2002, 

Savika Williams went to an emergency room with severe 

stomach pains. She was examined and given a shot for the 

pain, and waited to be discharged. 

It was getting late. I said I needed to go home and they 

told me I had to wait to be discharged. I got up to use 

the bathroom and just fell on the floor. I couldn’t walk; I 

couldn’t use the bathroom. They really don’t know what 

happened. 

Her spinal cord injury is classified as T-11. The exact 

diagnosis is still unknown. All Savika knows is that her 

military career and hopes for a college education ended at 

that moment. 

Basically when I was 18 (the military) was the only option 

I had because I had no money for college. 

No matter where or how a spinal cord injury is incurred, 

Paralyzed Veterans ensures that our veterans injured in 

service to our country receive all the benefits to which they 

are entitled. 

Savika received care at the Augusta Spinal Cord Injury 

Center, where she met one of Paralyzed Veterans’ top 

service officers, the late Chuck Izzett, and others who 

quickly made sure she knew she was not alone. 

Everybody came to me and I am really thankful for that. I 

didn’t have to leave the hospital. Chuck was making sure 

I was getting everything, telling me I was eligible for ‘this, 

this, and this.’ Everything was really, really smooth. 

Chuck explained to Savika her eligibility for adaptive 

equipment, hand controls for automobile, adaptive housing, 

clothing; as she says “the whole nine yards.” Chuck made 

sure all necessary paperwork was filed and followed up to 

ensure VA granted her benefits in a timely manner. 

He helped me out with a lot of stuff. Everyone was 

absolutely helpful. 

Chuck helped secure a $50,000 specially adapted 

housing grant, which Savika used as a downpayment on 

a home in Groveton, Georgia—one that is 100 percent 

wheelchair accessible—where she is raising her daughter, 

Daija, and hoping one day to get her education. 

I can’t sit up for too long and can’t stand for too long, but I 

want to go to school and be a role model for my daughter, 

so she can see I’m doing it, too. 

Savika wants to study psychology, and says she would 

“love to” use that degree in counseling for people with 

disabilities. Paralyzed Veterans will continue to assist 

her with VA claims and benefits and help her achieve 

all her goals. 

I want to go to school and 

be a role model for my 

daughter, so she can see 

“I’m doing it, too. 


Steering 


toward 

New Paths 

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KEVIN KROGH | DOUBLE AMPUTEE | AIR FORCE 

A March 2007 car accident ended Kevin Krogh’s 

ambitions for a career in the Air Force. He suffered 

broken bones in the upper and lower body and is now 

a double amputee above the knees. 

I couldn’t believe it happened. I couldn’t imagine a future 

for myself. I had no idea what I was going to do. I just 

hated my life and didn’t know what I was going to do. 

But after a year, through physical therapy, sheer 

determination, and his prosthetic legs, Kevin was able 

to walk again. 

I can walk. I can run. I can swim. I can do everything I 

want to do. It’s helping me tremendously. I run a couple 

of times a week. I use my walking legs every day. I ride 

bikes a lot, too. When I started walking on my own, the 

injured soldiers started to look up to me and I felt I had 

a good future. 

Kevin is now enrolled in college and has 12 credits under 

his belt. He’s not sure what he wants to study but is 

reasonably certain he wants to work with young people, 

perhaps as a counselor. 

Though he is not paralyzed, Kevin is receiving help in 

his search for full-time employment from the Paralyzed 

Veterans Vocational Rehabilitation Center in San Antonio. 

Paralyzed Veterans is devoted to advancing the interests 

of all seriously wounded veterans who face an extremely 

competitive job market after discharge from the military. 

Vocational rehabilitation job counselors help them prepare 

for the workplace, assisting with résumé development, 

making contacts with hiring managers in the communities 

in which they live, and connecting them to the right 

job opportunities. 

Keisha Wright, vocational rehabilitation counselor in San 

Antonio, has been helping Kevin shape his future through 

counseling and by exposing him to career options he’d 

never considered. Kevin is one of about 80 veterans in 

Keisha’s caseload. In the past two years, she’s helped 

more than a dozen find gainful employment. 

Keisha helped to place Kevin in a volunteer counselor 

position at a Boys and Girls Club so he can explore 

his interests in counseling and working with young 

people. There’s a good chance this will turn into 

a full-time position. 

Paralyzed Veterans has been able to assist me in finding 

help when I needed to go back to school. It has helped me 

find a college and financial aid. It’s helping me find contacts 

around my hometown for jobs. 

“ 

I couldn’t believe it 

happened. I couldn’t 

imagine a future for myself. 


SPORTS AND RECREATION 

“ We want to provide the newly 

injured with an opportunity to 

participate in an activity, to have a 

successful outing that they can carry 

over into mainstream society.” 

ANDY KRIEGER 

Director, Sports and Recreation 

Building physical and mental strength 

An active, sporting lifestyle is often considered lost 

forever after spinal cord injury. Paralyzed Veterans’ 

Sports and Recreation program to helps our members 

and all veterans with a disability get back into life. 

The National Veterans Wheelchair Games, Bass Tour, 

Trapshoot Circuit, Billiards Circuit, Bowling Circuit, 

adaptive scuba, and the new PVA Racing Team 

demonstrate the many and varied activities in which 

they can participate, and often may act as a springboard 

to other more physically challenging sports, such as 

kayaking, rock climbing, and rugby. 

Sports have therapeutic benefits on physical, mental, 

and social well-being. In addition, people with spinal 

cord injury are prone to secondary conditions that 

can be very serious, such as bladder infections, and 

they can be more prone to depression. Sports and 

recreational activities can help alleviate these. 

For the newly injured veteran, adjustment can be 

difficult, but participation in sports has been proven to 

play a positive role in the transition to life with paralysis. 

Paralyzed Veterans’ Sports and Recreation program 

continues its outreach to veterans of Operation Enduring 

Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF). We 

offer support and information about our programs, 

starting while service members not yet separated from 

the military are recovering at Walter Reed Army Medical 

Center and the National Naval Medical Center. We offer 

support and information about our programs, starting 

even as service members are recovering at Walter 

Reed Army Medical Center and the National Naval 

Medical Center, as well as at VA medical centers and 

DOD hospitals. Our 34 chapters play a significant role 

in raising awareness of our programs and outreach to 

paralyzed veterans in their communities. 

Also in 2010 Paralyzed Veterans took 15 individuals 

who were recuperating at Walter Reed to Florida for a 

week of offshore fishing. The activity gets them to begin 

to focus on what they can accomplish going forward. 

Getting out in a boat, participating with other individuals 

in wheelchairs, and starting to realize their abilities builds 

confidence that they can use going forward in their daily 

lives and getting back into society. 

In addition, 19 OEF/OIF veterans participated in 

the NVWG, cosponsored with the Department of 

Veterans Affairs. With competition in 17 events for all 

levels of ability, the NVWG offers the newly injured the 

opportunity to feel the thrill of competition, a sense of 

accomplishment, and a renewed faith in their abilities. 

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Showing veterans with spinal 

cord injury the possibilities 

life still holds for sports and 

recreation, and encouraging 

them to be active is the objective 

of all Paralyzed Veterans’ sports 

and recreation programs. 


Improving 

Health 

through 

Sports 

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“ 

Being partnered with 

Paralyzed Veterans 

has made me more 

competitive and a 

better cyclist. 

JOSEPH BEIMFOHR | DOUBLE AMPUTEE | ARMY 

In 2005 Staff Sgt. Joseph Beimfohr and his unit from the 

2nd Battalion 34th Armor Regiment in Iraq were patrolling 

when they came upon some wires linked to multiple 

improvised explosive devices, or IEDs. They managed to 

disarm several devices, but as they attempted to trace 

the wires to a possible hiding place of insurgents, one of 

the soldiers walked into the “kill zone” and the insurgents 

detonated the explosives; he was killed instantly. Beimfohr 

lost his right leg and half of his left. He was immediately 

flown to Germany. 

I stayed there for a couple of days. Then I came to Walter 

Reed. I was in a medically induced coma for eight days. The 

first thing that came to my mind when I woke up was that I 

was lucky to be alive. When I passed out, I didn’t know if I 

was going to wake up or die. I was so severely injured. I was 

in rehab for a year. I spent three months in the hospital and 

the other nine months I was going through therapy. 

Before the explosion, the 33-year-old Beimfohr had been 

very athletic. He’d tried a variety of sports: cycling, which 

hadn’t particularly excited him, and baseball, which by 

his own admission, he wasn’t good at. Mostly he loved 

playing soccer. After being injured he began to think 

about cycling again. 

It wasn’t until I got out of the Army that I started thinking 

about handcycling. I was focused on my therapy. I got 

involved with handcycling through an organization 

for people with disabilities. I wanted to be more 

competitive, and so I linked up with Paralyzed Veterans. 

I’ve been racing ever since. 

The Paralyzed Veterans Racing Team is a new 

handcycling program developed not just for recreation, 

but to emphasize exercise and fitness as a focus for our 

members and other veterans with catastrophic injuries. 

I may do three or four races over three or four days. Our 

season is year-round. We race all over the country. Being 

partnered with Paralyzed Veterans has made me more 

competitive and a better cyclist. The level of people we 

compete with is the best in the country. 

The members of the team train 60 to 80 miles a week. 

Races range from 7 to 14 miles and up to 38 miles for a 

road race. Beimfohr said he loves the sport for what it does 

for his psyche and his health, having been diagnosed with 

diabetes a few years ago. 

I take my insulin shot one time a week if that. All that 

exercise helps keep the diabetes in check. That’s the thing 

with guys in wheelchairs: if they are not active they can gain 

weight really quickly. There’s a ton of problems that comes 

with that, so we’ve got to do something. Paralyzed Veterans 

has been great. They sponsor a lot of different wheelchair 

adaptive sports, and I think they’re doing a great job. 


ARCHITECTURE 

“ Our goal is to make all aspects of 

our nation barrier free for those 

who have served and sacrificed, 

America’s paralyzed veterans, 

as well as for all people with 

disabilities.” 

MARK LICHTER 

Director 

Architecture 

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When collaborating with the 

Department of Veterans Affairs, 

we keep only one question 

in mind: What’s in the best 

interest of the patient? 


Leading 

the Way in 

SCI Facility 

Design 

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Meditation 

Outdoor Dining 

Activity Zone 

Roof Garden 

Entry Plaza 

Resident Gardens 

Outdoor therapy areas are vital to rehabilitation and 

improved patient outcomes—particularly for spinal cord 

injured individuals, whose stays at an SCI center average 

between 40 and 60 days. These spaces not only provide 

opportunities for recreational activity, outdoor space for 

physical therapy, and inviting gathering places for visiting 

families, but also offer opportunities for patients to engage 

themselves, such as tending plants or growing vegetables, 

and relieve the tedium. 

Paralyzed Veterans’ architects work directly with 

representatives from the Department of Veterans Affairs 

on issues relating to the renovation and construction of 

spinal cord injury centers, and help write VA guidelines for 

building these centers. Paralyzed Veterans has also been 

a strong advocate for outdoor space improvements at VA 

SCI centers and additional options to motivate patients to 

get outside. 

In part because of this advocacy, VA is currently building or 

renovating a record number of outdoor therapy areas at new 

or existing spinal cord injury centers. These recreation areas 

will be more elaborate, some with sports amenities, family 

areas, and extensive natural gardens. Many will have space 

for patients to engage in horticulture therapy. 

Paralyzed Veterans is the only veterans service organization 

with a staff of professional architects, and their expertise 

is essential for the successful design and construction of 

all aspects of an SCI center. “The basis of our advocacy 

is simple: what’s in the best interest of the patient?” Mark 

Lichter, director of Architecture, said. 

These outdoor areas provide a much needed respite from 

being in the hospital. “It helps the patients psychologically,” 

he added. “In one project, VA is working on different kinds of 

outdoor space, like a meditation garden. In another they are 

thinking about building an amphitheater. These spaces are 

really expanding in their roles.” 

In Tampa, VA is rebuilding the outdoor yard to better 

accommodate the needs of patients and make it more 

usable. With limited accessibility, little shade, and 

recreational features that were not being used, it was 

time for a makeover. The new courtyard design features a 

basketball half court, more shade trees and green areas, 

and canopies. Architects from Paralyzed Veterans, as part 

of the design committee, pushed for these features. 

“We are the only ones assessing real-life situations and 

sending that information back to VA,” Lichter noted. “We 

use lessons learned from the design and construction of 

facilities, as well as conduct post-occupancy evaluations 

one to two years after a new facility has been occupied. 

We are really the only patient advocates at the table when 

a design team plans a new SCI center. 

“SCI veterans will spend so much time in and out of these 

facilities. By advocating for them, it really has an important 

impact on the rest of their lives.” 


MEDICAL SERVICES 

AND HEALTH POLICY 

“ Although primary and hospital 

care has grown significantly in 

recent years, VA extended care 

and long-term-care programs have 

not. Veterans have been put at 

risk by these shortages and often 

have no alternative other than 

institutional care.” 

LANA MCKENZIE 


 

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Last year our Medical Services 

team made 38 site visits. They 

checked out every VA-operated 

SCI center, many long-termcare 

facilities, and some 

outpatient SCI clinics. 


Improving Care at 

VA Facilities and 

Expanding Care 

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older in long-term-care facilities is projected to balloon 

by more than 1.2 million in the next two years. 

MEDICAL SERVICES AND HEALTH POLICY 

LONG-TERM-CARE NEEDS 

The number of veterans with spinal cord injury or disease 

(SCI/D) is soaring thanks in part to medical advances and 

care that make near-normal life expectancy possible. But 

the increasing life expectancy raises another set of issues. 

“At the same time, secondary complications in these 

veterans are very complex and costly to VA, and VA is not 

prepared to address that,” Lana McKenzie, associate 

executive director of Medical Services and Health Policy, 

said. “Future needs will be for more long-term-care facilities 

so that these veterans are not relegated to veterans’ 

homes or nursing homes where they cannot receive the 

specialized care they need.” 

The enrollment of all veterans who are 85 years and older 

in long-term-care facilities is projected to balloon by more 

than 1.2 million in the next two years. These veterans, 

particularly those with spinal cord injuries, represent a 

steadily growing demand for VA long-term care. 

Our Medical Services team is watching these numbers 

closely and is leading the campaign for more longterm-care 

facilities to address the needs of this growing 

population. Last year our Medical Services team made 38 

site visits. They checked out every VA-operated SCI center, 

many long-term-care facilities, and some outpatient SCI 

clinics, investigating such things as staffing shortages that 

lead to delays in care. 

These visits are fact-finding and problem-solving tours. 

But they are also part of a strategy on the part of Paralyzed 

Veterans to push for more long-term care facilities and 

additional SCI centers to address this growing need. 

“Although primary and hospital care has grown significantly 

in recent years, VA extended-care and long-term-care 

programs have not,” McKenzie said. “Veterans have been 

put at risk by these shortages and often have no alternative 

other than institutional care. 

“With our continued oversight and advocacy we hope to 

end these shortages and ensure our SCI/D veterans who 

need long-term care a place within the VA system where 

they can get the specialty care they need from people 

trained in spinal cord medicine.” 

NURSE-PATIENT RATIOS 

Persistent advocacy over the past several years by our 

Medical Sciences staff paid off in 2010 with a change 

in how the Department of Veterans Affairs calculates 

its nurse-patient ratio. Using data it collected monthly, 

Medical Services was able to demonstrate the inequity 

in the formula and propose a new ratio to increase 

bedside nurse staffing. 

Not all nurses in a VA medical center work directly with 

patients. For years, nursing personnel, such as administrators, 

supervisors, and mangers, have been factored 

into this ratio. But now the calculation is based strictly on 

patient needs and the number of bedside nurses. The 

new formula will significantly improve the quality of care for 

veterans seeking care in spinal cord units. “Advocating for 

an increase in the number of staff and increased quality go 

hand in hand,” McKenzie said. 

A low percentage of registered nurses increases the risk 

for SCI/D veterans to have secondary complications, such 

as urinary tract infections, pneumonia, shock, or upper 

gastrointestinal bleeding. It also increases the probability of 

lengthier hospital stays. 

“SCI/D patients are prone to all of these adverse outcomes 

because of the catastrophic nature of their condition,” 

McKenzie said. “A 50 percent RN staff in the SCI/D service 

is crucial in promoting optimal outcomes. This nursing 

shortage is manifested in the fact that VA facilities have 

begun to restrict admissions to SCI/D wards. Reports of 

bed consolidations or closures have been received due to 

nursing shortages. Such situations create a severe compromise 

of patient safety and continue to stress the need to 

enhance the nurse recruitment and retention programs.” 


Championing 

Quality Health 

Care for Veterans 

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etween life and death. 

MEDICAL SERVICES AND HEALTH POLICY 

Individuals with spinal cord injury are vulnerable to infections 

and secondary ailments. They require a heightened level of 

care from medical professionals who have been trained in 

dealing with their specific needs. Without access to these 

specialists, paralyzed veterans face life-threatening risks. 

Nearly 200 paralyzed veterans in Hawaii, Guam, and Samoa 

find themselves in this situation. With no spinal cord unit in 

the VA medical center in Honolulu, they must travel up to 

2,200 miles for their annual screenings, a six-hour plane ride 

that often taxes their strength and can affect their health. 

Many of these veterans, discouraged by the difficult, 

lengthy travel, postpone evaluations, and many do not 

go at all—oftentimes a costly decision. The annual 

evaluation is essential for monitoring health and 

diagnosing and preventing secondary complications, 

such as urinary tract infections, chronic pain, pressure 

ulcers, and heart problems. 

“When you get to the SCI center, you’re an inpatient. (The 

specialists) all come to you at one time and complete their 

treatment before discharging you,” said Hen-Min Hiu. 

“The downside to Palo Alto (the closest VA SCI center) 

is you go in for your annual and they might find some 

problem and you may end up staying for weeks. At least in 

Hawaii I would still be near my family, my home.” 

In response to this situation, our Medical Services team is 

consulting with VA about ways to raise the level of care for 

SCI individuals throughout the Pacific. In 2010, Medical 

Services conducted a fact-finding and education tour 

at Tripler Army Base and the Pacific Islands Health Care 

System, where these veterans receive routine care. The 

tour revealed a lack of specialized caregivers, as well as a 

clinic not ideally designed for the wheelchair user. Paralyzed 

Veterans made recommendations for improved accessibility 

and is working out details with VA for training at the SCI 

center in Palo Alto, California, for the staff at the VA medical 

center as well as Tripler. 

Said Warren Dastrup, who lives in Kauai, “The care 

I get at the SCI center at Palo Alto is every bit as good 

as the care I received at the Rehabilitation Institute of 

Chicago. To have that level of care close to home would 

be wonderful.” 

An SCI-trained staff can mean the difference between 

life and death. For example, autonomic dysreflexia (AD), 

characterized by increased blood pressure, intense 

headache, profuse sweating, and flushing of the skin, 

is often unrecognized by clinicians inexperienced 

in SCI medicine, and this can have life-threatening 

consequences. “We, unfortunately, have already seen this 

in two cases in the area,” said Lana McKenzie, associate 

executive director, Medical Services and Health Policy. “A 

veteran showed up at the emergency room complaining of 

severe headache and was told to wait. He went into shock 

and is now fighting for his life. 

“We are working as hard as possible to ensure this does not 

happen again.” 

Medical Services is aggressively advocating for VA to put 

in place a full complement of physicians and nurses with 

training and experience specific to SCI/D. Once in place, 

the need for these veterans to take lengthy—and often 

painful—annual trips to California will be eliminated. 


Ensuring Veterans Get 

Their Day in Court 

Since the passage of the Veterans Judicial Review Act in 

1988, Paralyzed Veterans has recognized the importance 

of employing experienced lawyers to represent its members 

and other veterans before the federal courts having 

jurisdiction over claims for veterans benefits. The U.S. 

Supreme Court, which is one such court, issued a decision 

in March 2011 in a case in which we participated for years 

as an amicus or “friend of the court.” 

Henderson v. Shinseki examined whether equitable tolling, 

essentially a legal concept allowing a case to go forward, 

as a matter of fairness, after a deadline has been missed, 

should apply when veterans file late appeals, often as a 

result of a disability, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans 

Claims (Veterans Court). 

Korean War veteran David Henderson, who had been 

diagnosed with a service-connected psychiatric disability, 

sought additional benefits from the Department of Veterans 

Affairs as his health deteriorated, but he was denied. In 

2005, he unknowingly filed a late appeal with the Veterans 

Court—his disability prevented him from understanding the 

deadline. Citing to Supreme Court precedent, the Veterans 

Court found that no exceptions could be made to a late 

appeal and dismissed Mr. Henderson’s appeal. The ruling 

meant that veterans who are hospitalized or psychiatrically 

disabled must act within the specified time period, even if VA 

took years to decide their claims. It also meant that veterans 

who rely upon VA for help or who misdirect their appeal 

documents to VA may lose the right to appeal if VA does not 

forward the documents to the court in time. 

Henderson appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 

Federal Circuit, but that court upheld the Veterans Court 

decision. Mr. Henderson then sought and received review 

by the U.S. Supreme Court. Paralyzed Veterans filed amicus 

briefs in support of Mr. Henderson throughout these appeals. 

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The Supreme Court’s decision in 

the case of Korean War veteran 

David Henderson was a victory for 

all veterans with disabilities. 

OFFICE OF 

GENERAL COUNSEL 

In a victory for all veterans with disabilities, in March 

2011, the Supreme Court held that procedures in cases 

involving veterans’ disabilities were different from ordinary 

civil litigation and warranted different treatment because 

Congress did not intend that strict rules regarding 

deadlines and their harsh consequences apply to an 

appeal to a specialized court created to review VA 

decisions denying benefits. The Supreme Court’s holding 

and analysis of the law tracked many of the arguments 

made by Paralyzed Veterans in its amicus brief. 

Mr. Henderson passed away just before the Supreme 

Court heard his case, but the substitution of his wife before 

the Court permitted the Court to issue this important 

precedential decision. 

“Paralyzed Veterans of America can be proud of its 

commitment to continue to play a major role in the 

development of this area of the law and the resulting 

benefits to all veterans,” said Bill Mailander, Paralyzed 

Veterans’ general counsel. 

PROVIDING PRO BONO REPRESENTATION 

The rights of veterans in all spheres are the bedrock of 

our work at Paralyzed Veterans. We play a leading role 

in the Veterans Consortium Pro Bono Program, which 

recruits, trains, and mentors volunteer lawyers who agree 

to represent veterans free of charge at the Veterans Court. 

Mr. Henderson was represented at the initial appellate 

stages by a Consortium attorney, who then passed 

the representation to more senior lawyers in that firm’s 

Supreme Court litigation group. 

Each year the Consortium trains between 200 and 

250 lawyers who are interested in learning more about 

veterans’ issues and who wish to represent veterans in 

this federal court. To date, more than 3,000 veterans have 

been helped by volunteer lawyers. Paralyzed Veterans’ 

attorneys have mentored hundreds of these volunteer 

lawyers, and we are proud of our nearly 20-year history 

with the Pro Bono Program, which since its founding has 

provided more than $55 million in legal services for the men 

and women who have given so much in the service of our 

country. 

LEVERAGING THE NATIONWIDE LEGAL COMMUNITY 

The Veterans Court is not the only place attorneys can assist 

veterans. Paralyzed Veterans has found that the private 

bar across the country has shown a tremendous interest 

in helping veterans obtain their VA benefits. Many lawyers 

who would like to help, though, have found a lack of readily 

available training that they need to effectively represent 

veterans. In an effort to make training widely available 

and the learning experience easier and more accessible, 

Paralyzed Veterans’ Office of General Counsel is developing 

a web-based series of training materials for pro bono 

lawyers who want to represent veterans before VA. 

“We’re going to develop training materials that are easy 

and convenient to use,” Mailander said. “The legal 

community is very interested in this training. I expect it to be 

online within the next year.” 

Paralyzed Veterans’ attorneys has been active in providing 

veterans law for the legal community many years, and 

these web-based materials are simply the newest effort 

to meet the community’s needs for more accessible 

programs. For example, Paralyzed Veterans has a training 

DVD available through the American Bar Association. 

This DVD, made in conjunction with the law firm Howrey, 

provides pro bono counsel with the necessary information 

to receive accreditation from VA so that they may represent 

veterans before the agency. Paralyzed Veterans is the only 

veterans service organization that creates and provides 

this kind of training, which we consider critical to ensuring 

that all veterans have access to representation. 


PVA PUBLICATIONS 

Richard Hoover, editor of PN and Sports ‘N Spokes, 

is a U.S. Air Force pilot and Vietnam veteran. A member 

of Paralyzed Veterans since the early 1970s, he served 

as Paralyzed Veterans’ president from 1984–1986. 

After longtime editor Cliff Crase passed away in 2007, 

Mr. Hoover was asked to step in as acting editor and 

in 2009, he accepted the position full time. In this 

Q&A he shares his views on and vision for Paralyzed 

Veterans’ publications. 

As a long-time member of Paralyzed Veterans 

receiving PN (a member benefit), and now the editor, 

what strikes you as the one constant over the years? 

The one constant theme of PN, formerly Paraplegia 

News, since its inception has been the effort to 

provide information of value to the members of 

Paralyzed Veterans of America. Despite the evolution 

of the magazine since its beginning in the 1940s as a 

mimeographed group of pages stapled together to the 

sophisticated, graphic-intensive publication that we have 

today, the consistent thrust of articles has been to provide 

information to Paralyzed Veterans’ members that makes 

life easier for them. It is important to remember that 

despite the broad range of material in the magazine— 

from architectural design to the latest information 

on veterans benefits—PN is the official publication 

of Paralyzed Veterans of America. Each issue has an 

editorial from the president, which permits him to stay in 

touch with the members of the organization and inform 

them of his and the organization’s priorities and areas 

of interest. So it is not surprising that our focus in PN is 

primarily on paralyzed veterans. 

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Sex & the Single Guy 

Finding a lasting relationship 

“Mature” Athletes and Sports 

The Golden Age Games go on 

Restoring Function After SCI/D 

International conference report 

31 PM Page 001 

How are PN and Sports ’N Spokes growing and 

changing to keep up not only with changing 

technologies but with the changing demographics 

of our membership, serving both the older veteran as 

well as younger veterans of recent service? 

The staff of PN and its sister publication Sports ’N Spokes 

recognize the changing demographics of our membership 

and paralyzed veterans in general. While differences in 

the members in their 20s and those in their 60s may make 

creating the magazine articles challenging, it is no different 

from serving veterans and the disabled population from 

WWII, Korea, Vietnam, and now the Gulf conflict periods 

simultaneously. The one significant change is that with 

the work Paralyzed Veterans has done in the area of 

accessibility, we see all people with disabilities demanding 

greater access to activities that were only dreamed of 

in the 1940s, ’50s, and ’60s. Consequently, we have 

increased our focus in both magazines in reporting on new 

technologies available to all demographic segments of our 

readership. This is one of the reasons we see an increase in 

activities, such as hunting, fishing, water skiing, etc., and 

our advertisers provide information on the availability of 

new developments to aid in those activities. 

PN and Sports ’N Spokes serve the entire spinal 

cord injury and dysfunction (SCI/D) communities, 

but many people may not know that. What aspects 

of both magazines would be most of interest to 

nonveterans with SCI/D? 

Despite the focus on veterans in PN, most of the material 

in each edition—whether dealing with air travel, 

accessibility law, financial advice, etc.—is valuable 

whether or not a person is a veteran. While PN was 

created for paralyzed veterans, we realized early on that 

many of the issues that were of interest to veterans were 

also of interest to all people with disabilities—whether 

dealing with air travel, accessibility law, health care, 

financial advice, and so on. Sports ’N Spokes was founded 

with a broader vision toward the SCI/D community 

throughout the world. 

ADDRESS LABEL 

Anecdotally, what types of things do people say they 

enjoy most about the magazines? 

Two of the areas of significant interest that recently 

generated responses above normal were challenges in air 

travel for people with a disability, and the availability 

of nonformulary medications from the Department 

of Veterans Affairs for veterans needing unique drugs. 

Normally, the responses from readers are to thank us 

for providing information that was not otherwise 

available to them. 

What can readers expect from PN and Sports ’N 

Spokes in the years ahead? 

Both publications are undergoing continual change. 

We are currently working to update the titles and content 

of some of the sections that are included in each edition 

of PN. We are hopeful that we can develop a section on 

national legislation affecting veterans and others with 

disabilities. We are working on redesigning the cover and 

content of Sports ’N Spokes this year also. Last year we 

developed an Internet version of Sports ’N Spokes. The 

site is widely followed throughout the world because 

it has a unique ability to allow content to be translated 

into over 40 languages. We will be working on the same 

capability for PN this coming year. The latest technology 

we are looking at is making the publications available on 

some of the smaller electronic devices, such as the iPad and 

the more sophisticated cell phones. Electronic media are 

very important and the most widely used communication 

device of the younger generation. It does necessitate a 

change in writing approach because the Internet is more 

graphic intensive and less textual in nature. That is a talent 

we at PVA Publications are developing as we become more 

familiar and comfortable with new media. 


We Should 

Not Forget 

about the 

Wounded 

MARK T. PITZEN | JMC AMMUNITION LAR | AFSBN-FT. STEWART, GA 

Mark Pitzen says he wants to do whatever he can do to 

make sure our injured troops who return home are not 

forgotten, which is why he been a supporter of Paralyzed 

Veterans of America for the past 20 years. 

As an ammunition logistics assistance representative 

(LAR), Pitzen provides support services to our troops 

on the battlefield by ensuring that the ammunition 

used both in training and war-fighting environments 

functions properly. 

Pitzen says that working so closely with soldiers and other 

military personnel on the front lines made him realize what 

our soldiers and all service members go through and 

endure, and he wanted to find a way to give back. 

Working with soldiers firsthand in a combat environment 

really opened my eyes to all that they do every day to 

protect our freedoms. They make the ultimate sacrifice— 

putting their lives on the line, which people tend to forget 

once these soldiers return home injured. 

Pitzen, a former Peace Corps volunteer, has worked for 

the past 10 years as a Joint Munitions Command LAR 

assigned to the Armed Forces Support Battalion at Ft. 

Stewart, Georgia. Previously, he was a quality assurance 

specialist-ammunition surveillance stationed at various 

locations for 23 years. As a DOD civilian, his position 

currently requires him to deploy with the Army every six 

months to Southwest Asia. To date, he has completed nine 

consecutive deployments. 

People see the news, which often focuses on those who are 

killed in the line of duty, but we should not forget about 

the wounded who come back home and are not only 

physically injured, but emotionally and mentally injured 

as well. 

Donating to Paralyzed Veterans is Mark Pitzen’s way of 

remembering the injured and making sure they get the 

support and help that they need. 

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FINANCIAL REPORTS 

Dear Loyal Supporters, 

Perhaps in no year in recent memory has “loyal” more accurately described you. 

Everywhere around us we see the signs of the economic downturn, and, sadly, paralyzed veterans are some 

of the hardest hit. We thank you for continuing to remember our veterans and support them with your 

gifts. Indeed, we had a record year for donations in 2010, while most nonprofits struggled. We realize 

that such overwhelming support is the result of your appreciation of our mission to help our nation’s 

catastrophically injured veterans, and your confidence allows us to continue to serve our nation’s heroes 

from the moment they return home throughout their lifetimes. 

You can be assured that we recognize the significance of each and every gift, especially in the current 

economy. We respect the trust you have placed in us to use that gift responsibly. We continually strive 

to invest every possible cent in programs that benefit our nation’s paralyzed veterans, and I am proud to 

report 72 cents of every dollar we receive goes to our programs. 

Let me emphasize the importance of fiscal responsibility. Paralyzed Veterans of America has a long 

history of good stewardship. We have a strong system of internal controls, supported by an active board 

of directors and a very thorough external audit team. In addition, very much like a public company, 

Paralyzed Veterans has an audit committee that oversees its accounting and financial reporting processes. 

It is my responsibility, and one I take very seriously, to maintain a strict system of controls to ensure the 

reliability of our financial reporting. As a result of these procedures and our commitment to limit overhead 

and fundraising costs, Paralyzed Veterans has for years been recognized as a good steward by the Better 

Business Bureau and Independent Charities of America. 

I submit the following financial statements for your review. And, again, thank you for supporting our work 

to improve the lives and help build futures for our nation’s paralyzed vets. 

Sincerely, 

John D. Ring 

Chief Financial Officer 


Paralyzed Veterans of America 

2010 2009 

REVENUES 

Contributions 150,671,516 137,736,502 

Other 1,612,627 2,172,080 

Total revenue 152,284,143 139,908,582 

EXPENSES 

Program expenses 

Veterans and disability services 20,705,881 19.2% 19,692,048 19.4% 

Public education 71,887,373 66.5% 66,987,883 66.0% 

Advocacy 2,764,612 2.6% 2,803,053 2.8% 

Sports and recreation 2,418,206 2.2% 2,263,936 2.2% 

Research, consumer and professional education 2,946,701 2.7% 3,207,513 3.2% 

Chapter and community outreach 7,363,418 6.8% 6,509,244 6.4% 

Total program expenses 108,086,191 100.0% 101,463,677 100.0% 

General and administrative 8,963,819 6,370,102 

Fundraising 35,250,129 32,155,174 

Total expenses 152,300,139 139,988,953 

NONOPERATING ITEMS 

Investment income 4,241,806 719,154 

Total income from nonoperating items 4,241,806 719,154 

NET ASSETS 

Increase in net assets 4,225,810 638,783 

Net assets, beginning of year 32,557,643 31,918,860 

Net assets, end of year 36,783,453 32,557,643 

FINANCIAL RATIOS 

Program expenses 

Veterans and disability services to total expenses 13.7% 14.1% 

Public education to total expenses 47.2% 47.9% 

Advocacy to total expenses 1.8% 2.0% 

Sports and recreation total expenses 1.6% 1.6% 

Research, consumer and professional education to total expenses 1.9% 2.3% 

Chapter and community outreach to total expenses 4.8% 4.5% 

Total program service expenses to total expenses 71.0% 72.5% 

General and administrative expenses 5.9% 4.5% 

Fundraising expenses to total expenses 23.1% 23.0% 

100.0% 100.0% 

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PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA | 2010 ANNUAL REPORT 

For the years ending September 30

Research Foundation 

2010 2009 

REVENUES 

Contributions from Paralyzed Veterans of America 992,395 955,275 

Contributions-other 376,598 345,329 

Interest income 3,186 21,587 

Total revenue 1,372,179 1,322,191 

EXPENSES 

Grants 1,135,250 1,540,605 

Returned unused grants from prior years - (90,315) 

Program services 

258,649 154,847 

($232,395 and $135,275, respectively donated by Paralyzed Veterans of America) 

General and administrative 3,430 1,811 

Total expenses 1,397,329 1,606,948 

NET ASSETS 

Decrease in net assets (25,150) (284,757) 

Net assets, beginning of year 721,559 1,006,316 

Net assets, end of year 696,409 721,559 

For the years ending September 30 


Education Foundation 

2010 2009 

REVENUES 

Contributions from Paralyzed Veterans of America 203,487 141,702 

Contributions-other 187,124 176,571 

Interest income 256 1,172 

Total revenue 390,867 319,445 

EXPENSES 

Grants 196,328 266,078 

Returned unused grants from prior years - (649) 

Program services 

159,095 99,573 

($153,487 and $91,702, respectively, donated by Paralyzed Veterans of America) 


Total expenses 358,308 366,786 

NET ASSETS 

Increase (decrease) in net assets 32,559 (47,341) 

Net assets, beginning of year 12,578 59,919 

Net assets, end of year 45,137 12,578 


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Outdoor Recreation Heritage Fund 

2010 2009 

REVENUES 

Contributions from Paralyzed Veterans of America 56,925 - 

Contributions 324,785 267,411 

Interest income 22,890 11,862 

Total revenue 404,600 279,273 

EXPENSES 

Sports and recreation 

1,536,161 291,270 

($56,925 and none, respectively, donated by Paralyzed Veterans of America) 


Fundraising 18,975 - 

Total expenses 1,579,443 313,270 

NET ASSETS 

Decrease in net assets (1,174,843) (33,997) 

Net assets, beginning of year 1,526,285 1,560,282 

Net assets, end of year 351,442 1,526,285 



DONORS 

Thank you, supporters, for the 

commitment you have made to our 

nation’s heroes. Your generosity 

enables us to make a positive 

impact on the lives of veterans 

and all people with disabilities. 

For more than 60 years Paralyzed 

Veterans of America has been 

committed, and will remain 

committed, to accountability 

and ethical practices, and we are 

extremely pleased to have been 

recognized as good stewards by 

the Better Business Bureau and the 

Independent Charities of America. 

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Changing Lives, Building 

Futures—with Your Help 


Paralyzed 


Of America 

Supporters 

Each contribution to Paralyzed Veterans helps us serve 

veterans and others with spinal cord injury or dysfunction. 

Because of space limitations, we are able to recognize only 

those from whom we received cumulative gifts of $1,000 or 

more during fiscal year 2010. We thank all of our donors for 

their support. 

Paralyzed Veterans has been diligent in its efforts to ensure the 

proper recognition of donors during fiscal year 2010 (October 

1, 2009–September 30, 2010). We apologize if we have made 

any mistakes. Should you find an error or an omission, please 

notify the Development, Marketing and Communications 

Department at (800) 424-8200, ext. 600. Thank you for your 

understanding. 

$500,000 and more 

Roy & Dorothy Hansen 

A. Houghton – In 

memory of R. 

Houghton, USAF 

Fritz Krauth 

Steven Untereiner 

$100,000–$499,999 

Agility Defense and 

Government Services 

(DGS) 

Mrs. Alberta L. Bluemle 

Mrs. Lois M. Buckspan 

C.O.D.E./Activision 

Blizzard/Bobby Kotick 

Mr. Wesley S. Carnrick 

Mr. Donald Damen 

Mrs. Marianne Elower 

Mr. Edward J. Flynn 

Miss Evelyn Jessup 

LTC Arvo Kannisto (Ret.) 

Mrs. Eunice Loving 

Gary Michelson, MD 

Mr. & Mrs. Clayton 

S. Quimbach 

Mrs. Victoria M. 

Regan, in memory 

of husband, Lt. Col. 

John F. Regan, USA, 

and brother, Sgt. 

Andrew J. Kierein, 

USAF 

Mr. Richard L. Shanley 

TriWest Healthcare 

Alliance 

$50,000–$99,999 

Allergan 

CDR George D. 

Anderson (Ret.) 

CAPT R. Henry 

Bodenbender, MD 

Teion Brown 

Roy Burress 

Col. & Mrs. Daniel 

D. Draper 

Health Net Federal 

Services 

Mr. & Mrs. Anthony 

F. Immormino 

Kim & Harold Louie 

Family Foundation 

Zella McClure 

Mrs. Ruth Mohaupt 

Stebbins Family Fund 

Roselle A. Walker 

$25,000–$49,999 

Lt. Col. Ernest C. Allnutt 

Altria 

Astra Tech, Inc. 

Jill Atterbury 

Mrs. Lorraine Beaulieu 

Charles Demarzo Trust 

The DeGasperis Family 

Firstgiving, Inc. 

Fred & Jean Allegretti 

Foundation 

Mrs. Ann Gilbreth 

HP 

William & Blanca Hubbell 

Independent 

Technology 

Invacare Corporation 

Iowa Chapter PVA 

J & J Independence 

Technologies 

John & Kathryn Jones 

Mr. Walter Kieckhefer 

Mr. Emanuel Kirschner 

Mr. & Mrs. Paul 

Kormendy 

Mr. Stephens Krenzer 

Ms. Millicent H. Maroon 

Mr. Harry E. Michelson 

Ms. Elaine P. Miles 

Mrs. Esther Moore 

New England 

Chapter PVA 

Permobil 

Mr. Phil Pitchford 

QTC Medical Services 

Reynolds Packaging 

Group 

Mrs. Robert F. Rick 

The ROHO Group 

SAIC 

Edith Schmuckler 

Mrs. Violet M. Schultz 

Ms. Kathleen E. 

Shoenberger 

Ms. Stephanie Simeone 

Gordon Sorensen 

Russell & Jeanette 

Swain through 

the Community 

Foundation of Greater 

Winter Haven 

UPS 

VSE Corporation 

Mrs. Leosia Wentink 

Donna Willcutt 

Xerox Foundation 

$10,000–$24,999 

Acorda 

AM General LC 

American Roll-On 

Roll-Off Carrier, LLC 

American Shipping & 

Logistics Group, Inc. 

ARINC 

AT&T 

Col. & Mrs. Donovan M. 

Beadle (Ret) 

Best Buy 

Better Home Plastics 

Corp. 

Mr. & Mrs. John Bollinger 

C. Baker Consulting, Inc. 

Mr. George D. Casgrain, 

Jr. 

Mr. Craig T. Chindemi 

Clark Cares Foundation 

Mrs. Janet K. Colle 

Coloplast 

Sir Sean & Lady 

Connery, Mr. & Mrs. 

James Baron and the 

Friends of Scotland 

CDR George D. 

Craigmile, USNR (Ret.) 

Antoinette S. Crawford 

Fund 

Mr. David Cutler 

Deloitte 

Mark & Susan Dowis 

Mr. & Mrs. David A. 

Fanning, in memory of 

Mrs. Lucille Farrlow 

Flora F. Morrell 

Charitable Trust 

Frank M. Ewing 

Foundation 

Mr. & Mrs. Ragnar 

Franzen 

Freedom Motors 

USA, Inc. 

Mrs. Eustolia Gould 

Mr. Douglas G. Gray 

Ms. Gretchen S. Hill 

Orrin Ingram 

Jasam Foundation 

Fund B 

Johnson & Johnson 

Health Care 

Systems, Inc. 

Keystone Chapter PVA 

Ms. Mary E. Kilbourn 

Lincoln Property 

Company 

Mark Dunning 

Industry, Inc. 

Microsoft US Public 

Sector Services 

Mid-America 

Chapter PVA 

Midwest Direct Mailers 

Minnesota Chapter PVA 

Valerie Naify 

Nevada Chapter PVA 

Orchestrate Technology 

Petty Family Foundation 

Pfeiffer Family 

Foundation 

Pfizer, Inc. 

Carol B. Phelon 

Frances D. Phillips 

Poker Players Alliance 

Lorraine Qualter 

Reynolds American 

Mrs. Fimie Richie 

Robison International, Inc. 

Rochester Medical 

Corporation 

Rollx Vans 

Rosemary Nairne Trust 

Dr. Robert Rupp 

Mr. Leonard Snyder 

Sprint 

Margaret Stidworthy 

The Thomas & Mary 

Ann Tizzio Foundation 

Total Medical Solutions 

Ms. Herta Antoinette 

Weber 

Mrs. Charlotte Wehrman 

Mark & Cynthia 

Wolfendale 

$5,000–$9,999 

3M 

Ms. Elaine J. Aguilar 

Albert J. & Susan E. Rot 

Foundation 

Arlington County Police 

Association of the 

United States Army 

Nancy Banks III 

Beneficial Designs Inc. 

Beverly Vaith Charitable 

Lead Unitrust 

BiRite Foodservice 

Distributors 

Blank Rome, LLP 

Boehringer-Ingelheim 

Boyle Transportation 

Patricia Brumley 

Buckeye Chapter PVA 

Cal-Diego Chapter PVA 

California Chapter PVA 

Mr. Arturo Garza Cantu 

Central Florida 

Chapter PVA 

Mr. & Mrs. Kamlesh 

Chainani 

Mr. & Mrs. David 

Cockayne, in memory 

of Lucille Farrlow 

Command Strategies 

Mr. John G. Corwin 

Cypress International 

The Davee Foundation 

Mrs. Frances 

Desrochers 

Miss Kathleen Dewhirst 

Astrid Ellis 

First Support 

Services, Inc. 

Fleishman-Hillard 

International 

Communications 

Fraternal Order of 

Eagles & So. Omaha 

Aerie #154 

Gregg & Kari Garza 

Genentech (Roche) 

Mr. Rachford Harris 

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Hermie & Elliott Sadler 

Foundation 

Mrs. Florence 

E. Hutchens 

Idirect Government 

Technologies 

Institute for Defense 

& Business 

Jacquelyn & 

Steven Istvan 

JJG Foundation 

KAI Cutlery USA Ltd. 

Dr. John L. Keener 

Ms. Edith Keeney 

Mr. Kenneth D. Kelly 

Patricia J. Kiely 

Mrs. Suzanne Kiely 

Mr. Henry L. King 

James M. Kiser 

Casey Kobylinski, D.C. 

Mrs. Elizabeth Koster 

Andrew & Nichole 

Krieger 

Therese M. Kuban 

Ladies Auxiliary VFW 

Lake Group Media 

Lamb Weston 

Mrs. Mildred E. Lane 

Robert E. Lee 

Charles Liebman 

Linemark Printing 

Mr. Harry M. Main 

Mr. John Manigan 

Mr. Logan Martin 

Mrs. Juanita May 

McCain Foods USA, Inc. 

Michigan Chapter PVA 

Mid-South Chapter PVA 

Military to Medicine 

Ms. LaVern M. Mills 

National Air Cargo 

N’Genuity 

Northrop Grumman 

Northwest Chapter PVA 

Oregon Chapter PVA 

Overseas Corporation 

Paradysz Matera 

Robert E. Peary, Jr. 

Perdue Farms 

Poker Gives Foundation, 

(Jan Fisher, Linda 

Johnson, & Mr. & 

Mrs. Mike Sexton) 

Quantum Foods, LLC 

Quickie (a division 

of Sunrise Medical) 

Ms. Ann M. Reid 

Ms. Helen M. Reinsch 

John D. & Mary 

Ann Remick 

Richard C. Devereaux 

Foundation 

Roger & Sharon 

Rienstra 

Mr. & Mrs. John D. Ring 

Mr. Bob Rishel 

Mrs. Barbara Roddy 

Mr. & Mrs. Bo Rollins 

Lois Rutledge 

Mrs. Vera Sadler 

Sandra Atlas-Bass 

& Edythe & Sol 

G. Atlas Fund 

Mr. & Mrs. Sherwood 

Schwartz 

Shasta Sales, Inc. 

Frances Shatalsky 

Mace & Jan Siegel 

Ms. Michelle 

Renee Simpson 

Mr. & Mrs. Mark D. 

Slaughter, in memory 

of Mrs. Lucille Farrlow 

Jim Smith 

Mr. Carlos Soler 

Southeastern 

Chapter PVA 

Mr. Otto C. Specht 

Mr. & Mrs. Louis 

E. Spitzfaden 

Stanley Tools 

Ms. Patricia Drueding 

Stokes 

Strategic Analysis 

Stroz Friedberg 

Target MarkeTeam 

Toyota 

Susan Tucker 

Mr. & Mrs. Dimitrios 

James Vellonakis 

Vinson & Elkins, LLP 

VT Systems 

Walmart 

Ms. Michelle Waters 

Mr. Richard L. White 

Wisconsin Chapter PVA 

$1,000– $4,999 

21 st Century Scientific 

ABC Home Medical 

Mrs. Mary R. Able 

Ms. Vivian Acree 

Action Mailers Inc. 

The Adam J. Weissman 

Foundation 

Ms. Clarellen Adams 

Mr. Dennis Adams 

Garry Adams 

Mr. & Mrs. Gil Adams 

Janice Adams 

Mr. John Adams 

Mr. Roger Adams 

Ms. Margie Ake 

Akin, Gump, Strauss, 

Hauer & Feld, LLP 

Betty Akins 

The Alben F. Bates 

& Clara G. Bates 

Foundation 

Mr. Norman Albert 

Richard Alcedo 

Samuel Aldridge 

Christopher Gordon 

Aleshire 

Peggy Alexander 

Alexander & Grace 

Rogers Marvin 

Foundation 

Alfred E. Mann 

Foundation 

Harry B. Allen 

Mr. J. F. Allen 

Mr. William H. Alley 

Rick & Lois Alliss 

Ms. Rosa Almeida 

Art & Judy Alsos 

Michael Alsos 

Mr. Gary Altobello 

Yara Alves 

Mr. Gary Ambulia 

American Legion 

Hollywood Post #43 

American Legion Post 

#19 

American Legion Post 

#576 

American Legion Riders 

Post #852 

American Legion 

Thomas O. Cyr Post 

#147 

Ms. Gail L. Ammon 

Grace A. Andersen 

Ms. Anita Anderson 

Mr. Gary E. Andrews 

Mary Andrews Haag 

Animal Hospital 

of Syracuse 

Ms. Sharon K. Ansiel 

Ms. Ana Carolina Aragon 

Patricia & Caroline 

Arakelian 

Argo Medical 

Technologies, Ltd. 

Ms. Frances Armitage 

Mrs. Mary Ann Arnold 

Ricardo & Bonnie Artigas 

Mr. Gary Ashford 

James R. Ashlock 

Aspen Seating 

& Ride Designs 

Myra Asplundh 

Juanita Atkins 

Mr. & Mrs. Nolan 

B. Aughenbaugh 

Troy Austin 

Avery Biomedical 

Devices, Inc. 

Mr. Edmund Aylward 

George R. Aylward 

Ms. Nancy Ayotte USAF 

(Ret.) 

Ms. Ethel Babb 

Regan S. Bailey 

Mr. Robert G. Bailey 

Mr. Robert Baker 

Gwendolyn Balino 

Mr. John Ballantyne 

Mr. Cyril G. Barbaccia 

James P. & Cheryl 

L. Barber 

Bard Medical Division 

Marie D. Barfield 

Ms. Pamela J. Barger 

Ms. Virginia Barnes 

Ms. Patrizia Barone 

Ms. Jana Bartlit 

Bob Barton 

William Bauer 

Ms. Debra K. Baugh 

Mr. William R. Baumel 

Bay Area & Western 

PVA Chapter 

Cebella Beach 

Ms. Darlene Bearden 

Mr. David J. Beck 

Mrs. Lelia S. Beck 

Mr. Melvin Bedrick 

Carolyn Behnke 

Mr. Joseph Beimford 

Mrs. Ruth S. Bell 

Ms. Erma B. Bennett 

Mr. Ned W. Bennett 

Mr. & Mrs. Michael 

D. Berendt 

Mr. Joseph Beres 

Mr. Thomas Berger 

Linda Berkeley 

Ms. Kay Ann Bernasek 

Harold Bernthal 

Berryman Estate 

Bill Berssenbruegge 

Mr. Neal R. Bertram 

Joan B. Best 

Betty Corradini 

Endowment Fund 

Betty Englestad 

Family Foundation 

Ms. Marjorie S. Bickler 

Greg Biffle 

Mr. Irving Bird 

Pat Birdwell 

Donald & Helen Bischoff 

Violette Bishara 

Carmelita Blackburn 

Mr. Frank Blake 

Mr. James Blancett 

Ms. Anita M. Blanchard 

Mildred L. Blanchette 

Elaine Blank 

Mr. William T. Blaszak 

Mr. Christop Blatchford 


Ms. Barbara J. Blohn 

Blue Chip/Vista 

Medical, Ltd. 

Ms. Nancy Bluhm 

Mrs. Mary Jo Bobbe 

Ronald A. Bode 

Brian Boevers 

Mary Boomsma 

Myra E. Boswell 

Marty Bouckhuyt 

Mr. Roy L. Bouque 

Mr. Ray Bowen 

Mr. Warren F. Bowland 

Mr. Charles E. Boyd 

BR McCaffrey 

Associates, LLC 

Hank Bragan 

Leo Branton 

Mrs. Mary Charlotte 

Brawley 

Mr. James R. Brehm 

George Brennan 

Mr. Robert Brennan 

Mr. Roger Brett 

Christopher Brisson 

Ms. Marianne J. Brito 

Michael & Lori Brotherton 

Ms. Yvonne Brouillette 

Ms. Alice Brown 

Anne Brown 

Ms. Priscilla Brown 

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas 

Brown 

Mr. Rory Bruer 

Miss Karen Bruinooge 

Mr. Charles M. Brunet 

Bruno Independent 

Living Aids 

Elizabeth A. Bryan 

Mr. Lester Buch 

Ms. Rose Buckarma 

Bud & Barbara Reahard 

Fund 

Budweiser 

Mr. Robert C. Buehler 

Pearl J. Bumgarner 

Ms. Lynda Lee Burch 

Charlie & Mary Burman 

Berlin Burns 

Ms. Harriet K. Burnstein 

Mr. Robert E. Byrnes III 

Frank R. Cady 

Mr. Michael J. Calandra 

Pauline Calevas 

Mr. Richard Callaway 

William B. Cambridge 

Ms. Helen 

Cammisa-Parks 

Ms. Bridget T. Campbell 

David Campbell 

Marilyn H. Campbell 

Dr. & Mrs. William 

J. Canady 

Ms. Lorna Canfield 

Mr. & Mrs. Sam Cann 

Betty L. Cannon 

Robert A. Cannon 

Adam Capriotti 

Ms. Sheila Carey 

Mr. Jerry Carney 

Carolina Growler 

Carolinas Healthcare 

Mr. Daniel B. Carroll 

Cars 4 Causes 

Ms. Peggy Carter 

Ms. Amanda J. Carver 

Casne Engineering, Inc. 

Mr. & Mrs. Bennie 

D. Cassara 

Mrs. Trinidad P. 

Cassidey 

Cattaraugus Region 

Community Foundation 

Mrs. Sarah M. Cavallin 

Celleration 

Ceres Foundation, Inc. 

Mr. Stephen Cerri 

Betty Jean Chance 

Mrs. Jane F. Chapman 

Ms. Jean Chapman 

Charity Gift Certificates 

Lorraine Charpentier 

Chattanooga 

Christian Community 

Foundation 

Check Point Software 

Technologies 

Dr. & Mrs. Brandon 

Chenault 

Mr. Brett Cherry 

C. W. Chong 

Terry & Naomi 

Christensen 

Ms. Ella Christian 

Mr. Cliff Clark 

David H. Clark 

Mr. James M. Clark 

Mr. Robert L. Clark 

Ellen S. Clasen 

Mrs. Aurora Clawson 

Mrs. Suzanne Clemens 

Cliff & Deborah White 

Family Fund 

Coca-Cola 

Mr. Thomas W. Cochrane 

E. L. Coffey 

Mr. & Mrs. Mace 

T. Coleman, Jr. 

Ms. Mary L. Coleman 

Kathleen M. Colica 

Mr. Thomas Collins, Sr. 

Colonial Chapter PVA 

Colours Wheelchairs 

Comfort Company 

Kenneth & Virginia 

Conatser 

Mr. Jack Congrove 

Mr. John J. Conniff 

Mrs. Anne Connors 

Mr. Robert Conrad 

Mr. Brian C. Cook 

Hunter Cook 

John & Nicole Cook 

Mr. William C. Coon 

Ms. Cindy Cooper 

Mrs. Elizabeth B. Cooper 

Norton Cooper 

Dr. & Mrs. Rory Cooper 

Hisako Coox 

Georgeanna Coppes 

Robert L. Corcoran 

Mr. Richard Corey 

Pelayo Correa 

Mr. & Mrs. John 

G. Corwin 

Ms. Carolyn Costello 

Rene Costleigh 

Coston 

Mr. Michael Couch 

Dr. Christopher Coughlin 

Ms. Micheline Courard 

Gerald & Linda Courvelle 

Mr. William Coutts 

Mr. Peter A. Cowan 

Dr. C. W. Cowles 

Eilene Craig 

Mr. Jackson Craig 

Jenny Craig 

Marjorie A. Cramer 

Mr. John D. Crane 

Donald W. Crockett 

Mrs. Dorothy Crooks 

Mrs. Norman Cross 

Tony & Vera B. Crusco 

Mr. Fred W. Culver 

Mr. Allan Curry 

Mrs. Billie E. Curry 

Robert Custer 

Cytomedix 

Margaret Daley 

Mrs. Flora Dallagassa 

Rae D’Amato 

Damco 

Cdr. Michael Danenberg 

Alice C. Daniel 


Daniel 

Mrs. Kenneth Dart 

Data Management, Inc. 

DAV Chapter #64 

Mr. Henry B. 

Davenport III 

Mr. & Mrs. Johnny 

Davenport 

Nona Davenport 

David Altman Foundation 

Mrs. Barbara Davis 

Mr. Bruce D. 

Davis Trustee 

Mr. Harold Davis 

Mr. Kent R. Davis 

Ms. MaryAlice Davis 

Mr. Ralph Davis 

Mrs. Ruth G. Davis 

Teresa Davis 

Mr. Vincent R. Davis 

James P. Dawes 

Peggy J. Dawkins 

Mr. Don Dayre 

Dayspring Ministries 

Ms. Pamela De Prez 

Richard & Patricia Deary 

Mr. Robert A. Debaun 

Sandi J. DeFrancesco 

Mr. John Del Greco, Jr. 

Nina DelCampo 

Mrs. Edith K. Demmert 

Demos Medical Publisher 

Mr. & Mrs. Deneke 

Department of 

Veterans Affairs, Office 

of Research 

& Development 

Paul D’Errico 

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph 

& Charlotte Desarla 

Rebecca Sue 

H. DeShazo CLU 

Mr. Marc Desmarais 

Mr. Louis DeVore 

Dr. Frank G. 

Diegmann, DVM 

Ms. Deborah F. Dietrich 

Mr. Charles Digisi 

Ms. Katherine Dillon 

Jan Dils 

Mr. Tyre H. Dinwiddie 

Lorraine A. DiPaolo 

Disabled American 


Disabled American 

Veterans – Chapter 11 

Camille Dixon 

Mr. William H. Dockery 

Ms. Joyce B. Doheny 

Larry Donaboo 

Mr. H. Martin Donahoe 

Ms. Nancy Donahue 

Mr. Jeffrey Donlay 

Patrick Donley 

Mr. Harry C. Doolittle 

Mr. & Mrs. Geoffrey 

Douglass 

Dr. Shaun Dowd, DMD 


Elia Downey 

DP Clinical, Inc. 

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Mr. Mark Dragna 

Mrs. Helen G. Drake 

Mr. Gustav Dreyer 

William & Rose Dreyer 

Mr. Arthur E. Duble 

Mr. Mark Dugger 

Mr. Michael Dumont 

Mr. Allan Duncan 

Ms. Mary C. Duque 

Mr. Richard Duran 

Mr. Jon W. Dvornick 

Dorothy Dweck 

Jean M. Dyczko 

Lois W. Dyk 

Ms. Linda Dziedzic 

Ms. Rosemary C. Ebell 

Betty Eberle 

Mr. Ralph Eck 

Miss Mary F. Edwards 

Roger D. Edwards 

Ms. Joan E. Ehman 

Robert & LaDonna 

Eichenberg 

Elaine F. Stern 


Mrs. Eva P. Elkins 

Sandra Elkins 

Ms. Dorothea K. Ellefson 

Mr. & Mrs. Rich Elliott 

Mrs. Roselyn Elliott 

Ms. Ruth Ellis 

Rose Ellison 

Emerald City 

Landscaping 

Mrs. Frederick J. 

Emmenegger 

Enemeez (Alliance 

Laboratories) 

Mrs. Judy Eng 

Mr. Ernest 

J. Engebretson 

Ms. Geraldine L. Engle 

Ms. Phyllis Engle 

Mary & James Enright 

Chalmers L. 

Ensminger, MD 

Ergolet 

Mr. Paul A. Erle 

Mr. Daniel J. Ernst, Jr. 

Ethel Kennedy 

Foundation 

Ms. Gloria Evans 

Mr. Stephen M. Evans 

Ms. Nancy Evens 

Ms. Betty L. Ezell 

Mr. Milton Ezell 

Farrington 

Transportation 

Fannie Mae Foundation 

William Farr 

Mr. John Farrell 

Leeann Farrell 

The Farrell Huber 

Post 116 

Ms. Bettie G. Fassett 

Melissa Faulkner 

Ms. Danah Fayman 

Richard M. Feldman 

Reinhard Fick 

James & Roxie Fields 

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Quantum 

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Mr. Thomas Witkop 

Joyce Witte 

Michael Witte 

Mr. Roy Wittmann 

Wolf Creek Charitable 

Foundation 

Jeanne A. Wolling 

Helen Wood 

Monica Wood 

Shannon Wood 

Mr. William Wood 

Heather Woods 

Ms. Francine Wooldridge 

Mrs. Alice K. Wright 

Mr. Dean Wright 

Ms. Patricia Wright 

Mr. Robert Wright 

Vernon & Rosalind 

Wright 

Jerold & Joyce Wulf 

Francis J. Wunderlich 

Wyndham Vacation 

Ownership 

Mr. James 

B. Wyngaarden 

Annie Yang 

Muriel Yanovitch 

Mr. Steve Yantzer 

Marvin & Margaret Yost 

Ms. Sara Young 

Terri D. Zavaleta 

Mr. Charles K. Zear 

Zia Chapter PVA 

Charlene Ziegenfuss 

Mr. Xavier Zielinski 

Mrs. Ted Ziomek 

Zsolt & Mary Rumy 


Mr. Thomas 

Zurschmiede 

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We are pleased to recognize the members of the Paralyzed 

Veterans of America’s Legacy Circle, individuals who have 

included Paralyzed Veterans in their estate plans through a 

future bequest, a charitable gift annuity, a charitable trust, or 

one of many other types of deferred gift arrangements. Listed 

below are those individuals who have granted us permission 

to publicize their names. 

Legacy 

Circle 

Members 

Emma Abramo 

Joel Adamchick 

Almeda Belle Adams 

Donald Adams 

Ms. Mary H. Adelman 

Mr. George Akins 

Mr. Rodney Alexander 

Lt. Col. James 

M. Alfonte (Ret.) 

Mary Allardyce 

Dewey Allen 

Mrs. Rhoda Allison 

Lt. Col. Ernest 

C. Allnutt, Jr. 

Art & Judy L. Alsos 

Mr. Rolando Alvarez 

Mr. James S. Ambrose 

CMDR George 

D. Anderson (Ret.) 

Ruth Anderson 

Mr. William Anderson 

Mr. Roy C. Andrews 

Ms. Tasha Angel 

Mr. Justo 

Molina Aponte 

Ms. Diana Arias 

Mr. William F. Arndt 

Mr. Melvin L. Atchison 

Mr. Erik Augle 

Donna Babnick 

Mrs. Mildred H. Bailey 

Mr. & Mrs. Nathan Baker 

Mr. Robert J. Baker 

Ms. Ruby Baker 

Mr. Walter L. Bamber 

Mr. Leon Brett Bannister 

Mr. & Mrs. David Barnard 

Mr. & Mrs. Marvin 

M. Barofsky 

Ms. Norma M. Barry 

Freida Bartley 

Mary Bates 

Mr. Dwayne Bauer 

Herman Bauer 

Helen Baumgaertel 

Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Baus 

COL & Mrs. Donovan 

M. Beadle (Ret.) 

Mr. & Mrs. Donald Beatty 

Mrs. Lorraine Beaulieu 

Mrs. Mary E. Bechtel 

Ms. Marlene Becker 

Sylvia Becker 

Ms. Emily A. Beedle 

Emily Bell 

Edith H. Bendix 

Mr. Charles Bengston 

Mr. Michael Bergstrom 

Jean L. Berman 

Mrs. Barbara Bernard 

Mr. Roger Bernhardt 

Roger L. Berry 

Mrs. Anna Bilgri 

Ms. Candy 

Bird-Robinson 

Fern Bitker 

Ms. Lorelei Blessing 

Mr. Darrell Blizzard 

Mrs. Alberta L. Bluemle 

Ms. Avelina 

Bodegraven 

CAPT R. Henry 

Bodenbender, MD 

Elyn Bohme 

Mr. Robert Bohner 

Hilda E. Boland 


Bollinger 

Fae Bonham 

Dorthy Bornemann 

Mr. Ronnie Bosley 

Dona Bosque 

Mrs. Betty Bosse 

Mr. R. H. Boultinghous 

Juanita F. Bowman 

Mr. Carl B. Boyce 

Mary Bradley 

Mr. William E. Brannen 

Mr. Philip E. Bray 

Mr. David L. Briggity, Sr. 

Ms. Alice Brigham 

Ms. Penny Brightman 

Mary Brink 

Charlene L. Briscoe 

Ms. Erma Brooks 

Bishop Ernst Brown 

Mr. Elnaam Brown 

Ms. Frances Brown 

Geraldine Brown 

Mrs. Minnie Brown 

Richard Brown 

Jean Bruner 

Mrs. J. Brunick 

Kenneth Brunken 

Mrs. Lois M. Buckspan 

Mrs. Elizabeth 

P. Buechner 

Ms. Kate Bulsara 

Mr. Wilbur Burkett II 

Geneva P. Burt 

Verlie Burt 

BettyLou Burton 

Mr. Patrick J. Bush 

Mr. Dennis A. Butler 

Mr. Marion Butler, Jr. 

Katie Buzbee 

Ms. Ann Marie Caddy 

Edward Caldwell 

Ms. Priya Campbell 

Tabitha Cannon 

Joseph Caproni 

James Michael Caputo 

Ms. Donna M. Carlson 

Mr. Wesley S. Carnrick 

Mr. Philip Carroll 

Mrs. Rose Carroll 

Col. Howard Carter, Jr. 

Ms. Peggy Carter 

Mr. Refugio I. Carvajel 

Mr. Edward J. Casey 

Anton P. Casgrande 

Mary Louise Chaffee 

Ms. Martha Chalfant 

Charnelle Champine 

Mary K. Charles 

Ms. Sras Cheam 

Ms. Margaret 

A. Chengson 

Mr. Terry Chenoweth 

Virginia Chisolm 

Wilma Chromcik 

Mr. Dick Chubiz 

Ms. Marguerite Clark 

Ms. Ann Claunch 

Mr. Ronald Clement 

Mrs. Sylvia Clemetson 

Mr. Ollie Clemons 

Mrs. Debra Cohen 

Dr. Berwin A. Cole 

Mr. Timothy Coleman 

Mr. & Mrs. Henry 

W. Colling 

Mrs. Janet F. Collins 

Mrs. Stella P. Collins 

Mr. William T. Collins 

Mr. Virgil Compton 

Mr. Robert Conover 

Bruce J. Constable 

Mr. Sidney Cook 

Grace Ruth Cooper 

Mr. Ralph L. Cooper 

Dr. & Mrs. Rory Cooper 

Ms. Virginia R. Cooper 

Mr. Frank Cordaro 

Robert Cornsilk 

Ms. Elizabeth Corradini 

Laura Cosa 

CMDR George D. 

Craigmile, USNR, (Ret.) 

Gail Crawford 

Ms. Christine 

H. Crockett 

John H. Crosby 

Ms. Carmen Cunel 

Mr. Walt Curylo 

Ms. Lauren Dahl 

Geneieve Dallas 

Leopold D’Andrea 

Mr. & Mrs. Rick 

Danielson 

Mr. & Mrs. Fletcher Darby 

Mr. Herbert W. Darley 

Mr. Max L. Darling 

Mr. James A. Davis 

Miss Jinny Davis 

Mr. Marty Davis 

Camelia De Rogatis 

Ms. Melinda S. Dedman 

Ms. Sharon Deems 

Ms. Genevieve Deering 

George S. DeHesus 

Mrs. Johnnie D. Denton 

John Devine 

Ms. Marguerite DeWitt 

Margot DeYoung 

Mr. Andrew Diak 

Mr. Jerry L. Dick 

Betty Dietrich 

Dr. Dwight Dixon 

Mrs. Martha Dolle 

Mr. Brett Doney 

Ms. Hilda J. Dorsey 


Mrs. P.J. Dragseth 

Col. & Mrs. Daniel 

D. Draper 

Mr. Skip Dreps 

Mrs. Jessie S. Duerr 

Delores Duffy 

Mr. William H. Duke 

Mr. John Dukes 

Ms. Mildred L. Dunbar 

Ms. Pearl Dunker 

Frank & Janice Dunn 

Mr. Ruben M. Duran 

Mr. Samuel Dwyer 

Gloria Eakin 

Mr. Steven Edwards 

Mr. Robert J. Ehmke 

Elaine Morhardt 


Paul Elkin 

Laura Ellington 

Mrs. Grace Elliott 

Mrs. Marianne Elower 

Mr. & Mrs. Jerry B. Ennis 

Mr. Stanley Epstein 

Mr. Frank F. Espinoza 

Erma Evans 

Ms. Marjorie Evans 

Mr. & Mrs. Donald Faint 

Genevieve Falisivac 

Ethelyn Falk 

Ms. Sue J. Fann 

Mr. & Mrs. David 

Fanning 

Mrs. Lucille Farrlow 

Mr. William F. Favorite 

Mr. Ronald R. Feczko 

Marjorie Fegles 

Mr. Adolphus Felder 

Ms. Carol Festerling 

L. D. Fiene 

Mrs. James Finbraaten 

Darrel Findlay 

Ms. Ann Becker Finein 

Mr. Michael Finney 


Ms. Barbara Ann 

Fitzgerald 

Mr. Tom Fjerstad 

Edgar & Helene Fleck 

Mrs. Richard A. Fling 

Mr. Chris Flores, Jr. 

Mr. Charles Flowers 

Mr. Edward J. Flynn 

Mr. Gerald Ford 

Earl & Virginia Forsman 

Mr. Kenneth A. Frailey 

Dona M. Franklin 

Mr. & Mrs. Ragnar 

Franzen 

Frederick Reuter Trust 

Nancy Fredericksen 

Mrs. Eve Fredrick 

Ms. Phyllis Freedman 

Mr. Erwin F. Fric 

Ms. Anne Frickel 

Ms. Esther I. Frontczak 

Mr. Joseph Fudge 

Ms. Carol A. Fuller 

Mrs. Margaret Gaffney 

Mr. Ted Galusha 

Mrs. Margaret J. Gannon 

Mr. Brent Gardina 

Mr. Fred Gardner 

Ms. Marie Garon 

Mr. L. Garrison 

Ms. Dolores R. Garza 

Rodger Gellhaus 

Mr. Daniel Gendreau 

Orpha Gentile 

Ms. Bettifae Gentry 

Ms. Sally J. Gentry 

Mr. Leo George, Sr. 

William H. George 

Mr. Eugene German 

Harlyn Gerritsen 

Mrs. Mila Gibson 

Ms. Ann Gilbreth 

Lina Giletti 

Angelita Gillespie 

Sherman Gillums, Jr. 

Dorothy Gioga 

Mrs. Jean Giordano 

Ernst Girardi 

Mrs. Margaret 

A. Gladman 

Mr. Robert Glass 

Dorothy Goiny 

Florence Goldblatt 

Mr. Ruben Goldbort 

Ms. Charlene Gouge 

Ms. Betty J. Gould 

Mrs. Eustolia Gould 

Milford P. Grabow 

Grace Johnson 

Charitable Remainder 

Trust 

Ms. Reba Joan Granger 

Mr. H. Cheatham 

Granville 

Mr. Douglas G. Gray 

Elva Gray 

Mr. James Gray 

Frances J. Greany 

Mrs. Millie R. Grecenuk 

Charles B. Green 

Bertram Greene 

Butler F. Greer 

Mr. Kim Griffith 

Marion K. Griffith 

Mr. Charles Grimes 

Mr. James Grindlinger 

Mr. Charles E. Grisim 

Eleanor Gronowski 

Ms. Harriet Grothstuck 

Mrs. Dorothy Gruver 

Mr. John R. Guerette 

Bernard Guild 

Mr. Leodius Gwynn 

Charles C. Haag 

Ms. Audra P. Halbert 

Mr. John Hale 

Terese F. Hallett 

Ms. Esther Halter 

Abraham Hankin 

Blair Hankins 

Roy & Dottie Hansen 

Evelyn A. Harman 

Mr. Randall Lee Harmon 

Mrs. Chris Harrell 

Ms. Shirley J. Harrell 

Ms. Jeanne Harris 

William A. Harris 

Ms. Jane D. Hartfelder 

Evelyn Hartman 

Ms. Florence Harvey 

Mr. James Harvey 

Mrs. Loretta Hatcher 

Michael & Jeanine 

D. Hautzinger 

Mrs. Grace Hawk 

Cora Hawley 

Mr. Fred Hayden 

Mr. William Hayden 

Clara Healy 

Ms. Vena Hefner 

Bradley P. Heinrich 

Mrs. Fay Held 

Helen Kane 

Sylvester Trust 

Katie Barrett Helton 

Mr. Leland Henderson 

Mr. Tom Hendrickson 

Mrs. Muriel I. Hennessey 

Mr. Paul D. Herrera 

Mr. Jack Hershey 

Laura Hewitt 

Mrs. Reta R. Hibler 

Mr. Frank W. Higgins 

Ms. Helen L. Highlen 

Mr. Curtis B. Higley 

Ms. Gretchen S. Hill 

Mr. James G. Hill 

Mr. Robert Hill 

Ms. Connie Hins 

Mr. Charles Hiward, Jr. 

Ms. Helen Hnatow 

Mrs. Martha Morgan 

Hoess 

Mr. James E. Holiday 

Mrs. Lora G. 

Hollandsworth 

Frank Holley 

Mrs. Mary V. 

Urann Hollidge 

Betty Holmes 

Mrs. Virginia A. Hoover 

Mrs. Harry Hopper 

Ruth A. Horne 

Mrs. A. Houghton, 

in memory of R. 

Houghton, USAF 

Mr. Arnold L. Hougland, 

Sr. 

Mr. Roscoe Hovatter III 

Mr. Gordon Howe 

Mrs. Hazel Howse 

Zabelle Hudoyan 

Tom & Rachel Huff 

Ms. Bessie Hughes 

Mrs. Rosalind 

Humphrey 

Mr. Leonard Hunick 

Mrs. Florence 

E. Hutchens 

Mr. Edward P. Hutchison 

Mr. Charles R. Hyde 

Don & Eileen Hyslop 

Imholte Family Trust 

Mr. & Mrs. Anthony 

F. Immormino 

Susie Imthurn 

Mr. David Isaacs 

Mr. Edward Ivy 

Mrs. Sylvia Jackson 

Mr. Michael Jacoby 

Bernard Jaffee 

Mr. Edward 

T. Jakubowski 

Helen S. Jarvis 

Mr. Alfred Jay 

Mr. Gerald Jeffers 

Ms. Josephine Jeffra 

Althea Jennings 

Edna Jessen 

Miss Evelyn Jessup 

Ms. Virginia Johnson 

Mr. Charles D. Jones 

Mr. Robert Jones 

Mr. & Mrs. Brian Jones 

Mr. Johnnie Jordan 

Mr. Richard F. Jost 

Edna Joynes 

Mr. George Jurkowski, Jr. 

Mr. Chris Kading 

B. Kaminski 

Ms. Dorothy Kamisky 

LTC Arvo W. Kannisto, 

USA (Ret.) 

Mr. Gerhard Kather 

COL George Kawanami 

Mr. Charles T. Kay 

Joanne M. Keen 

Dr. John L. Keener 

Lavern Kelch 

LCD & Mrs. K. D. 

Kelly USNR (Ret.) 

Walter J. Kelly 

Mr. James Kennedy 

Mr. T. R. Kenny 

Mr. Alvin Kerr 

Jack Kerry 

Ms. Suzanne Kiely 

Mr. William Kinzer 

Mr. Charles Kipp 

Mr. Emanuel Kirschner 

Mr. Alan Kishpaugh 

Mozelle Klaus 

Mrs. Dolores Klausner 

Joseph Kloida 

Anna Klotter 

Mr. Stephen A. Knapp 

Mr. Douglas Knight 

Ms. Holly Koester 

Alberta Koffman 

Charles Kolter 

Mrs. Marion A. Koper 

Koper Family Trust 

Mr. Daryl Kordus 

Mr. & Mrs. Paul 

Kormendy 

Ms. Caren Korsower 

Mrs. Elizabeth Koster 

Albert & Magaly Kovach 

Winfred Krasue 

Mrs. Pauline E. Kraut 

Mr. Fritz Krauth 

Nickolaus Krea 

Mr. Stephens Krenzer 

Mr. August Krieser 

Evelyn A. Krueger 

Mr. Stanley Kruger 

Bobby Kuchinski 

Ms. Dorothy Kurian 

Tish LaBar 

Ms. Cirela 

LaCampuengan 

Ms. Colleen LaGuardia 

Delta Lamberton 

Mrs. Maria A. Lane 

Mr. Mildred E. Lane 

Kathrine Lechleitner 

Mr. James Ledridge 

Jacqueline A. Lee 

Mr. Joseph Lee, Jr. 

Mr. Patrick Leffler 

Ms. Betty Lehman 

Mr. James Leipski 

Jean R. Lemberg 

Mr. Thomas W. Lemmer 

Ms. Clarice Letterman 

Mr. Edwin S. Levey 

Arthur H. Levinson 

Vera Levy 

Sgt. Jack Lewis, 

USAF (Ret.) 

Mr. Monroe Lewis 

Mr. Thomas Liebe 

Ms. Lilah D. Lind 

Joe & Jeannie Lindell 

Mr. Charles J. Lindsey 

Wayne B. Lingle 

Mr. & Mrs. Richard 

Haughton Livesey III 

Mr. Robert F. Long 

Mr. Robert Loos 

Mr. William B. Lopez 

Lt. Col. James L. 

Louden, USAF (Ret.) 

Irene Loveland 

Mrs. Eunice Loving 

Ruth M. Lucas 

Ms. Gertrude Lund 

Robert Lusk 

Mr. Hugh MacArdle 

Mr. Roderick MacDonald 

Mr. John MacDonough 

Ms. Kathleen 

M. MacLeod 

Magnes Family Trust 

Mr. Edward Mahan 

Lillian Maiorino 

Col. & Mrs. Russell 

W. Mank, (Ret.) 

Thomas Kim Mannering 

Mr. & Mrs. Gordon 

H. Mansfield 

Mr. Vernon Mapes 

Mr. Menelaos D. Maras 

Ms. Jane Marcella 

Frieda March 

Mr. Harold R. Marcus 

Mr. Donald H. Marfleet 

Ms. Frances Marks 

Mr. Joe Markwalter 

Mrs. Millicent Maroon 

Mr. Eugenio Marrufo 

George Marshall 

Capt. David P. Martin, 

USNR (Ret.) 

Mr. Douglas Martin 

Mrs. Joy L. Martin 

Mrs. Margie Martin 

Mr. Armando Martinez 

Mr. Raul Martinez 

Mr. Steve Martinez 

Mary Rohm Pearson 


Mr. Thurman L. Mason 

Mrs. Sallie Mattox 

Mrs. Juanita May 

Mrs. Sallie Mayfield 

Mr. John Mazzoni 

John McCaulay 

Mr. William McClure 

Mr. William McCormack 

Mr. Gary McDermott 

Mr. William McEwan 

Mary C. McFeely 

Doris McGinty 

Jeanne McGrady 

Mr. E. L. McInnis 

Mr. Richard S. McKee 

Carol McKenzie 

Mr. Larry McKinley 

Ms. Mary McPherson 

Mr. Louis Mehler 

Emory Mellon 

Ms. Beatriz Mendoza 

Mr. Riza P. Mesigil 

Mrs. Mellie M. Meyer 

Mr. & Mrs. Jack Michaels 

COL Harry E. Michelson 

Ms. Elaine P. Miles 

George Miller 

Mr. John Miller, Jr. 

Mr. Michael Miller 

Mr. Ronald Miller 

Rose Miller 

Miller Family 

Mr. Robert Milleville 

Stella F. Mills 

Mr. Dennis Minnifield 

Mrs. Ruth Mohaupt 

Mr. Peter Montevago 

Elizabeth Moore 

Mrs. Esther Moore 

Mr. James Moore 

Ms. Margaret Moore 

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Andrew Morgovic 

Mr. Jerome Moriarty 

Mr. Roger Mortis 

Mr. Edward Mulcahy 

Mr. Angelo Mulle 

Elizabeth Munson 

Mr. Danny Murphy 

Mr. Timothy Murray 

Ruth Myers 

Mr. Lewis J. Nan 

Wilma M. Nason 

Ms. LaFrieda Nattas 

Ms. Jeanne Neel 

Ms. Anneliese M. Nelson 

Gwendolyn Nelson 

Mrs. Helen H. Nelsen 

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Nelson 

Mr. J. Nichols 

Mr. Ron Nichols 

Virginia B. Nickson 

Mr. Alvin Nielsen 

Eleanor H. Nielsen 

Mr. Giles Norris 

Louise M. Novak 

Mr. Stanley Obbish 

Mr. Fergus O’Connor 

Ms. Margery O’Dea 

Yvonne O’Gorman 

Marion O’Grady 

Mr. Stephen Olah, Jr. 

Mrs. Alma C. Olson 

Mr. Clifford L. Olson 

Mr. M. Eric Olson 

Mr. Stanley G. Olson 

Ms. Audrey D. Oney 

Mr. Robert Onion 

Mrs. Theo E. Openshaw 

Mrs. Helen B. O’Roarke 

Ruby Owen 

Joseph Paff 

Ms. Elizabeth Pansegrau 

Mrs. S. Samuel Paradiso 

Ms. Alice Parker 

Ms. Barbara Parker 

Mrs. Geraldine Parker 

Mrs. Mary Ann Parker 

Mr. Paul Partridge 

Mr. Antonio Pascual 

Richard E. Paull 

Grant Perl 

Theresa Perl 

Mr. Leo Perry, Jr. 

Mr. Harold Peterson 

Pauline Philips 

Mr. Robert W. Phillips 

Edmund Piasecki 

Ms. Sandra Pichette 

Mr. Richard Pierce 

Mrs. Joan & Gino 

Pieroni 

Ms. Anna Pietryka 

Ms. Ollie M. Pine 

Mr. Lawrence 

E. Pittman 

Mr. James Plite 

Ms. Helen Plough 

Mr. Donald Plunkett 

Mr. Melvin Port 

Ruth Pouliot 

Mrs. Emily B. Powell 

Mr. & Mrs. Robert 

E. Powell 

Mr. Riva W. Powers 

Glenfield C. Prescod 

Lynn Price 

Auguste J. Primm 

Mrs. Jane Pryke 

Mr. Rickey Pryor 

Mr. Marvin Pulliam 

Andrew Jackson 

Putnam 

Mrs. Carol J. Quimbach 

Ms. Aspasia Radoumis 

Mr. Leslie Rappuhn 

Margaret Rath 

Rebecca Sue J. 

DeShazo Charitable 

Lead Trust 

Ms. Virginia L. Reeves 

Mrs. Victoria M. Regan, 

in memory of husband 

Lt. Col. John F. Regan, 

USA, and brother Sgt. 

Andrew J. Kierein, 

USAF 

Benjamin Reifer 

Dean Reisner 

Harry Rendel 

Mr. Jon Renna 

Mr. James Renzi 

Mrs. Leota Rettan 

Mrs. Barbara Rice 

Mr. Emmett J. Richards 

Mr. Bernie Richardson 

Mr. Ivenhoe T. Richey II 

Mrs. Claude Richie 

Mr. Raymond Richter 

Col. & Mrs. Robert Rick, 

(Ret.) 

Ms. Lynette Riggs 

Mr. James L. Riley 

Mrs. Clara M. Roach 

Orville C. Robbins 

Ms. Bessie Robinson 

Mr. S. Robinson 

Shirley Rodden 

Mr. Robert D. Rodkey 

Mr. Raul S. Rodriguez, Sr. 

Mr. Rex A. Roe 

Ron & Nancy Garret 

Charitable Remainder 

Trust 

Mrs. Henrietta Rosen 

Edwin Rosenthal 

Mrs. Sophia Ross 

Mr. Stuart Ross 

Jeannine Rossi 

Mr. Paul G. Rossi 

Lizzi Rothenstreich 

Alice Roush 

Dr. Robert Rupp 

Margaret A. Rutledge 

Mrs. Vera A. Sadler 

Alice Sahlin 

Ms. Amelia 

Gertrude Saltes 

Winnie Sanders 

Ms. E. S. Sandike 

Ms. Helen Saracco 

Ms. Kelly Saxton 

Beatrice Schaff 

Ms. Kay Schattie 

Dorothy Schenke 

Clarence R. Scherner 

Ms. Janis Schluckebier 

Edith Schmuckler 

Mr. George Schon 

Ms. Donna 

M. Schroeder 

Mrs. Eileen Schroeder 

Lola Schug 

Mrs. Violet M. Schultz 

Mr. Roger Schulz 

Mr. Patrick 

Schwabenbauer 

Ms. Nancy Schwanke 

Muriel Schwartz 

Ms. Cora Scotten 

Mr. Archie Searles, Jr. 

Nancy L. Seavey 

Mr. Raymond Seeley 

Mr. David Seidel 

Mrs. Sandra Sellers 

A. Marie Seltz 

Ralph Semprevio 

Mrs. William C. Seneshen 

William Severs 


Mrs. Edward Shapiro 

Mr. Mikhail Shapiro 

Mr. Sidney L. Shapiro 

Mr. Dorris Shaw 

Mr. Emerson Shaw 

Esther Sheaffer 

Ms. Lois Shell 

Mr. Marvin Shelton, Jr. 

Olga R. Shen 

Ruby E. Shepard 

Ms. Sheri H. Sheridan 

Ms. Lynne Sherwood 

Kathe Shields 

Yolande Shirek 

Mrs. Kathleen 

E. Shoenberger 

Jeanette Sills 

Ms. Edna Skelton 

Sophia Skibinski 

Mr. Donald Skidmore 

Blanche Slivka 

Ms. Mary L. Smay 

Mr. Bernard Smith 

Ms. Corine R. Smith 

Mr. George Smith 

Hugh Smith 

Mr. James Smith 

Louise Chapitel Smith 

Norma C. Smith 

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Smyth 

Mr. Edwin M. Sneed, Jr. 

Hattie Snider 

Mr. Stanoslaw 

J. Snieszko 

Mr. Earl Snyder 

Mr. Kent R. Snyder 

Irene Soderquist 

Mr. Carlos Soler 

Marino Sonzogni 

Mr. Gordon Sorensen 

Mr. Gustave Sorenson 

Mr. James Sosa 

Melvin Spachman 

Mr. Otto C. Specht 

Mrs. Geraldine 

E. Spencer 

Mr. & Mrs. Louis 

E. Spitzfaden 

Leona Irene 

Spoonamore 

Mr. Dan J. Spotts 

Vivian G. Sprague 

Mr. Robert P. Staab 

Mr. & Mrs. Paul Stanford 

Ralph Stanford 

Mr. John G. Staudt 

Ms. Agnes Steinorth 

Ms. Natalia Stern 

Mrs. Marjorie E. Stevens 

Mrs. Margaret L. Stewart 

Mr. Delmont 

B. Stockmann 

Mr. Samuel Stornelli, Sr. 

Helen Snyder Streets 

Mr. Frank E. Sugg 

Norma Sugg 

Mr. David L. Sweet 

Ruth E. Swim 

Mrs. Belle Sylvestre 

Ms. Susanne 

Szczepanik 

Elizabeth Taylor 

Elyette M. Taylor 


R. Taylor 

Remus H. Taylor 

Ann Terrazas 

Mr. & Mrs. Brian 

Terwilliger 

Evangeline E. Tharp 

Jean Theis 

Mr. E. B. Thomas 

Mr. Wallace J. Thomas 

Mr. Robert L. Thompson 

Kathryn Thornton 

Bernice Tikunoff 

Dorothy Timmons 

Mr. & Mrs. Hubert 

Tomlinson 

Mrs. Lois Toomey 

Mr. Steven Towle 

Mr. Homer Townsend, Jr. 

James Frank Triplett 

Nancy Lou Trombi 

James Tunny, Jr. 

Mr. Buryl Tymms 

Ms. Zora L. Unser 

Mrs. Elsie E. Upson 

Mr. William J. Urban 

Ms. Consuelo 

Garica Vacquez 

Mr. Frank Van Wagner 

Mr. & Mrs. Roger 

Van Winkle 

Frances Vanderveer 

Ms. Edith Vanluchene 

Mr. Stephen Varney 

Mr. Douglas Veitch 

Mr. A. Mike Vellinga 

Henry J. Verner 

Mr. William A. Veverka 

Helen & John Vojtke 

Mr. Edward Volinski 

Arlynne Vollmuth 

Mr. Mel Von Soosten 

Grace A. Wagener 

Mrs. Elaine C. Wagner 

Eloise Walker 

Mrs. Herb Walker 

Mr. Paul Walker 

Ms. Roselle A. Walker 

Ms. Ruth S. Ward 

Ms. Mary A. Warner 

Ms. Audrey M. Wasser 

M. Sgt. Kenneth 

Weas, (Ret.) 

Ms. Herta Antoinette 

Weber 

Mrs. Charlotte Wehrman 

Mrs. Loma J. Weiss 

Mrs. Robert B. Welch 

Mrs. Leosia S. Wentink 

Ms. Rose K. West 

Ms. Doris Westcott 

Mr. William J. Wester 

Mrs. Margaret 

L. Westphal 


Wheaton 

Mr. Allen Henry White, Jr. 

Christine White 

Mr. Richard White 

Ms. Juanita Whitham 

Mr. James Whiting 

Ms. Diane Widzinski 

Mary Wiesner 

Ms. Rhoda Wilcox 

Ms. Debbie Wiley 

Mr. Merl Wilhelm 

Claire Williams 

Mrs. Joseph E. Williams 

Mrs. Kenneth Williams 

Mable Williams 

Mr. Willie Wilson 

Kay Wingate 

Ms. Janie Wise 

Elaine R. Witmer 

Mrs. Doris Witt 

Mr. Robert Wittig 

Ruth I. Wood 

Mr. Ralph Woodridge 

Mr. Marshall Worthington 

Mr. John Wright 

Juanita Wright 

India L. Wyatt 

Kazuo & Shizuko 

Yamakawa 

Richard Yasdick 

Mr. Richard Yogananda 

Mr. Charles Otis Young 

Mr. J. W. Zalenski 

Mr. Frederick W. Zolper 

Mrs. Della J. Zuelke 


PATRIOT 

SOCIETY 

During fiscal year 2010 the following people responded to an invitation from Paralyzed Veterans of America to join 

its Patriot Society. 

The Patriot Society is a group of individuals who go above and beyond to support Paralyzed Veterans of America. 

For more information, please contact Catherine Tavarozzo at (800) 424-8200, ext. 660. 

Ms. Elaine J. Aguilar 

Dr. & Mrs. Ara A. Ayanian 

Gwendolyn Balino 

Mr. Cyril G. Barbaccia 

Frances P. Behrman 

Mary Boomsma 

Mr. Ray Bowen 

Fr. Michelangelo Cimino 

Mr. Richard Corey 

Miss Constance Crocker 

Ms. Micheline Courard 

Miss Mary F. Edwards 

Bill Exworthy 

George Fenton 

Gregg & Kari Garza 

L. M. & Floren & Lambert Giessinger 

Glickenhaus Foundation 

Ms. Elizabeth Greene 

Joe D. Guerriero 

Mr. Donald C. Hafer 

Ms. Stephanie Hall 

Ms. Gloria Hall-White 

William & Virginia Hamilton 

Mrs. Joanne Hart & Mr. R. M. Hart 

Ms. Eleanor Haynes 

Delmar Hoffmeier 

Maj. James Hogan (Ret.) 

Allen Hutchison 

Harold & Patsy Jackson 

Ms. Katharine Jones 

David & Sylvana Kay 

Mr. Ronald C. Knecht, Jr. 

Mr. John W. Langley 

Richard Melbye 

Mr. Aloysius J. Merges 

Messenger Construction 

Mr. Adam Metts 

Dr. Daniel B. Michael 

Mr. George W. Newton 

Ms. Dorothy Nielson 

Ms. Gayle N. Olsen 

Carla Opel 

Mary Lou Palmer 

Neil Parille 

Mr. Mike Pfannebecker 

Mr. Gerald E. Pitsch 

Mr. Frank Reed 

Ms. Helen M. Reinsch 

Nancy & Ray Retzlaff 

Mr. Bennett Ross 

Deidre J. Russell, MD 

Sisterhood of Holy Nativity 

Miss Charlene Ng Tang 

Milanne & Mildred Tolson 

Mike Tymowicz 

Frances R. Wellman 

Mr. Steve Yantzer 

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Mission: ABLE: 

1 Great Year 

Microsoft and the platinum-selling recording group O.A.R. are two household name brands to sign up for Paralyzed 

Veterans of America’s Mission: ABLE campaign, which kicked off a year ago. 

The campaign is a full-on effort by Paralyzed Veterans to enlist every single citizen, community, and company to help 

our heroes help themselves—to ensure that those who have worn the uniform and have been seriously injured have 

what they need to fully live the lives they deserve and receive what they need most: care, benefits, and jobs. 

Microsoft made Paralyzed Veterans the focus of its website on Veterans Day and O.A.R. donated the proceeds of 

its fan-cowritten song, “Light Switch Sky” to the organization. The popular band also recorded a special television 

and radio public service announcement campaign for Paralyzed Veterans, getting the message about our work 

out to millions. 

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Make it your mission to help empower the lives of paralyzed veterans and their families. Give these brave men 

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for full details. 


PARALYZED 

VETERANS 

OF AMERICA 

DIRECTORY 

2011 PVA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 

Bill Lawson 

National President 

Albert F. Kovach, Jr. 

Senior Vice President 

Laura M. Ellington, MS, CRC 

Vice President 

Eduardo Oyola-Rivera 


Ken Weas 


Craig Enenbach 

Treasurer 

Frank J. Rigo 

Secretary 

Gene A. Crayton 

Immediate Past National President 

2010 AWARDS 

Speedy Award, Member 

Kenneth C. Huber (posthumously) 

Keith W. Wingfield 

Speedy Award, Nonmember 

Vincent R. Hentz, MD 

President’s Award 

Cal-Diego Chapter 

John M. Price Most Improved 

Chapter 

Mid-South Chapter 

John M. Price Most 

Outstanding Chapter 

Cal-Diego Chapter 

Dwain Taylor Award for 

Volunteer Service, member 

Joseph Romagnano 

Dwain Taylor Award for 

Volunteer Service, Non member 

Barbara Biesboer 

Membership Development Award 

Buckeye Chapter 

Chapter Sports and Recreation 

Award 

Buckeye Chapter 

Bob Webb Excellence In a 

Newsletter Award 

Mid-America Chapter 

Most Outstanding Website Award 

Mountain States Chapter 

Chapter Volunteer Service Award 

North Central Chapter 

Patriot Award 

Bobby Kotick 

CEO/Activision Blizzard 

Corporate Patriot Award 

Richard Brooks 

Vice President, Americas/Asia Pacific 

Operations, Commodity Service and 

Support, Agility Defense and Government 

Services 

Host Chapter Award 

Florida Chapter 

Cliff Crase Award For 

Professionalism 

Jerry L. Dugan 

Richard Fuller Outstanding 

Achievement Award for 

Government Relations 

Frank Anderson 

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NATIONAL SERVICE OFFICE LOCATIONS 

VA Regional Office 

Montgomery, AL 


North Little Rock, AR 


Phoenix, AZ 

VA SCI Center 

Long Beach, CA 

Vocational Rehabilitation 

Office 

Long Beach, CA 


Los Angeles, CA 


Sacramento, CA 

VA SCI Center 

Palo Alto, CA 


San Diego, CA 


Denver, CO 


Washington, DC 

VA Medical & Regional 

Office Center 

Wilmington, DE 

VA SCI Center 

Miami, FL 

VA Health Care Center 

Orlando, FL 


St. Petersburg, FL 

VA SCI Center 

Tampa, FL 

VA SCI Center 

Augusta, GA 


Office 

Augusta, GA 


Decatur, GA 


Chicago, IL 

VA SCI Center 

Hines, IL 


Indianapolis, IN 


Des Moines, IA 


Office Center 

Wichita, KS 


Louisville, KY 


New Orleans, LA 


Office Center 

Augusta, ME 


Baltimore, MD 


Boston, MA 


Office 

West Roxbury, MA 


Detroit, MI 


St. Paul, MN 

VA SCI Center 

Minneapolis, MN 


Office 

Minneapolis, MN 


Jackson, MS 

VA Medical Center 

Kansas City, MO 


St. Louis, MO 


Lincoln, NE 

VA Benefits Office 

Las Vegas, NV 


Newark, NJ 


Albuquerque, NM 

VA SCI Center 

Bronx, NY 


Buffalo, NY 


New York, NY 

PVA Benefits Office 

Syracuse, NY 


Winston-Salem, NC 


Cleveland, OH 

VA SCI Center 

Cleveland, OH 


Muskogee, OK 

VA Medical Center 

Oklahoma, OK 


Portland, OR 


Philadelphia, PA 


Pittsburgh, PA 


San Juan, PR 


Columbia, SC 


Office Center 

Sioux Falls, SD 

VA SCI Center 

Memphis, TN 


Nashville, TN 

VA SCI Center 

Dallas, TX 

VA SCI Center 

Houston, TX 


Houston, TX 

VA SCI Center 

San Antonio, TX 


Office 

San Antonio, TX 


Waco, TX 

VA SCI Center 

Hampton, VA 

VA SCI Center 

Richmond, VA 


Office 

Richmond, VA 


Roanoke, VA 


Seattle, WA 

VA SCI Center 

Seattle, WA 


Huntington, WV 


Milwaukee, WI 

APPELLATE & LEGAL 

SERVICES OFFICES 

Appellate Services Office VA 

Board of Veterans’ Appeals 


Veterans Appeals Litigation 

Office, U.S. Court of 

Appeals for Veterans Claims 


MEDICAL SERVICES OFFICE 

Paralyzed Veterans’ 

National Headquarters 



NATIONAL OFFICE EXECUTIVE STAFF 

Homer S. Townsend, Jr. 

Executive Director 

John D. Ring 

Chief Financial Officer 

William S. Mailander 

General Counsel 

Mark C. Dowis 

Associate Executive Director of 

Development, Marketing, & Communications 

Sherman Gillums, Jr. 

Acting Associate Executive 

Director of Veterans Benefits 

Lana McKenzie 

Associate Executive Director of Medical 

Services and Health Policy 

Douglas K. Vollmer 


of Government Relations 

Douglas Beckley 

Director, Membership & Volunteer Program 

Vivian Beyda 

Director of Special Projects 

Carl Blake 

National Legislation Director 

Fred Cowell 

Acting Director of Research, Education, 

and Practice Guidelines 

Mark Daley 

Director of Communications 

Gwen P. Davis 

Director of Meeting Services 

Karen Davis-Moore 

Director of Human Resources 

Jane Eakins 

Director of Corporate & Cause Marketing 

Michael P. Horan 

Deputy General Counsel 

Cathy Jenkins 

Director of Direct Marketing 

Brian Jones 

Director of Individual Giving 

Richard P. Kalafus 

Controller 

Andy Krieger 

Director of Sports and Recreation 

Nichole Krieger 

Senior Director, Direct and Corporate 

Marketing 

Mark Lichter 

Director of Architecture 

Maureen A. McCloskey 

National Advocacy Director 

Frederick J. Mullen 

Director of Appellate Services 

William D. Rollins, Jr. 

Director of Planning, Policy & Procedures 

for Veterans Benefits 

Leslie Zupan 

Director of the Office of Information 

Technology 

APPOINTEES 

Richard Hoover 

Editor, PVA Publications 

Joseph Romagnano 

Chairman, Judicial Committee 

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2010 CHAPTER BOARD OF DIRECTORS 

Gordon Moye 

President 

Arizona 

Davis Celestine 

National Director 


Bill Kokendoffer 

President 


Larry Dodson 


Southeastern 

Art Hardy, Sr. 


Arizona 

Stanley D. Brown 

President & National Director 

Gateway 

Ivenhoe T. Richey 



David Fowler 


Texas 

Richard Kratt 

President 


Rand Squier 

President 

Great Plains 

Truman A. Suttle 


Mid-South 

Scott Hemple 

President 

Vaughan 

David Hollingshead 



Tamara Lawter 


Great Plains 

Thomas R. Fjerstad, PRP 


Minnesota 

Charles B. Willis 

President 

Virginia Mid-Atlantic 

Joseph M. Romagnano 


Bayou Gulf States 

Jon R. Schneider 

President 

Iowa 

James W. Sack 


Mountain States 

Raymond Kenney, Jr. 


Virginia Mid-Atlantic 

Carl Harris 


Buckeye 

Kenneth E. Lloyd 


Iowa 

Mike Stern 


Nevada 

Randy L. Pleva, Sr. 

President 

West Virginia 

James Miller 

President 

Cal-Diego 

Richard Simers 

President 

Kentucky-Indiana 

Craig C. Cascella 


New England 

Darrell Carrell 


West Virginia 

Jim Russell 


Cal-Diego 

Richard Eisert 


Kentucky-Indiana 

Michael Olson 


North Central 

Phillip E. Rosenberg 

President 

Wisconsin 

Arthur F. Lyles 


California 

Frederick J. Tregaskes 

President 

Keystone 

David Zurfluh 

President 

Northwest 

Jack W. Stone 


Wisconsin 

Steve Kirk 


Central Florida 

James E. Riemer 


Keystone 

Gary R. Pearson 


Northwest 

Chris Ewer 

President 

Zia 

Ronald P. Hoskins, Sr. 


Colonial 

Eric Payton 

President 

Lone Star 

Anthony Marx 

President 

Oregon 

Kevin Dailey 


Zia 

Charles Rivenburgh 

President 

Florida 

Steven Ray 


Lone Star 

Terry Brown 


Oregon 

Charles O. Brown 


Florida 

Kevin G. Elya 

President 

Michigan 

James Torres 


Puerto Rico 

Wayne Webber 

President 


David Peck 


Michigan 

David E. Vaughn 

President 

Southeastern 


PHOTO CREDITS 

Cover: Eric Lorence. Photo by Sara Jorde. 

Page 2: Photo by © istockphoto/carlofranco. 

Page 4: Paralyzed Veterans of America President 

Bill Lawson. Photo by Ben Myers. 

Page 7: Photo by © istockphoto/DNY59. 

Page 8: Chester and Lisa Level. Photo by Joseph Mills. 

Page 10–11: Eric Lorence. Photo by Sara Jorde. 

Page 13: Lee Page, Paralyzed Veterans’ associate director, 

Advocacy, and Fred Crowell, Paralyzed Veterans’ 

associate director, Health Policy. Photo by Bill 

Fitz-Patrick. 

Page 14: Ron Hoskins. Photo by Jim Darling. 

Page 17: Spinal cord white matter from an MS patient 

showing infiltration of immune cells (green) into 

areas of demyelination. Red indicates myelin; blue 

indicates neurons.Photo by Bill Fitz-Patrick 

Page 18: Stephen Waxman, MD, PhD. 

Photo by Bill Fitz-Patrick. 

Page 20: Rory Cooper, PhD. Photo courtesy of HERL. 

Page 22: George Evans. Photo by Al Rendon. 

Page 24–25: Alfred Harrison. Photo by Madeleine Tilin. 

Pages 26–27: Savika Williams and daughter. 

Photo by Amy Kilpatrick. 

Pages 28–29: Kevin Krogh. Photo by Al Rendon. 

Page 31: Tim Ramos, 30th National Veterans Wheelchair 

Games. Photo by Mark Cowan. 

Pages 32–33: Joseph Beimfohr. Photo by Jim Darling. 

Page 35–36: Denver VA Medical Center replacement 

hospital project. Drawings by Skidmore, 

Owens and Merrill Architects, Chicago. 

Page 37: Dallas VA Medical Center. Drawing by Page 

Southerland Page, LLP 

Page 39: Photo courtesy Charlie Norwood VA 

Medical Center. 

Page 40: Lewis Kalesnik. Photo by Matt Campbell. 

Page 42: Warren Dastrup. Photo by Dianne Reynolds. 

Page 44: Photo by © istockphoto/aluxum. 

Page 45: David Henderson. Photo courtesy 

Henderson family. 

Page 46: Richard Hoover. Photo by Heidi Zsupnik. 

Page 48: Mark Pitzen. Photo courtesy Mark Pitzen. 

Page 52: Chris Sullivan and Vocational Rehabilitation 

Counselor Keisha Wright. Photo by Al Rendon. 

Page 55: Paralyzed Veterans’ Senior Vice President 

Al Kovach and Chris Sullivan. Photo by Bill 

Fitz-Patrick. 

Page 57: Kids Day, 30th National Veterans Wheelchair 

Games. Photo by Bill Fitz-Patrick. 

Page 58: Service Officer Raul Acosta and Roberto Cruz. 

Photo by Mark Cowan. 

Page 61: Cal-Diego chapter members meet with Senator 

Barbara Boxer. Photo by Mike Lynaugh. 

Page 62: Andrew Pike. Photo by Chris Ennis. 

Page 70: Alan Babin. Photo by Mark Cowan. 

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801 Eighteenth Street, NW 

Washington, DC 20006 

www.pva.org 

PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA CHANGING LIVES, BUILDING FUTURES 2010 ANNUAL REPORT

Changing Lives, Building Futures. - Paralyzed Veterans of America

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