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Welcome to the Alumni Portal of the Overbrook School for the Blind website. Here you will be able to find important information on the Alumni Association, our annual Alumni Weekend and Overbrook's Distinguished Alumni Award. Be sure to bookmark this page and check back as additional updates.


 

2020 Distinguished Alumni Nominations

Dear Alumni Member:

Overbrook’s Board of Trustees is soliciting nominations for the 2020 Distinguished Alumni Award. This is the only award that the Board gives out on a yearly basis.

Please consider nominating a person you know who meets the criteria for the award. Anyone who has attended Overbrook School for the Blind is eligible. The person could have attended through elementary school and graduated from a different high school. Having a diploma or certificate from Overbrook is not a requirement.

Criteria on which the nominee will be chosen are as follows:

The nominee shall have shown unusual success and achievement in his/her chosen career; an/or

The nominee shall have shown unusual courage, persistence or imagination in overcoming multiple physical or cognitive handicaps and/or

The nominee shall have made a significant contribution to society on a local, state, national or international level; and/or

The nominee shall have made a significant non-monetary contribution to Overbrook School for the Blind or the lives of the students of Overbrook School, or the disabled generally.

Please know that the nominee must meet one or more of the above. Nominations may be made by submitting a nominating letter with supporting material (such as a resume) to the Board of Trustees, in care of Todd Reeves, Executive Director, Overbrook School for the Blind, 6333 Malvern Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19151 no later than Friday, April 17,

2020.

The Distinguished Alumni Award will be presented at the Graduation Ceremony on Thursday, June 11, 2020 at 9:30 A.M. in the Overbrook Auditorium.

Sincerely yours,

Todd Reeves

For the Nominations Committee


 

Marilyn Warburton Lutter (March 21, 1938 to November 29, 2018)


The Overbrook Community was saddened to receive news of Marilyn Lutter's passing. Her obituary and service information can be found here.

A memorial service and a gathering of family and friends will be held at the Church of the Pilgrims located at 2201 P St NW, Washington, DC, at 10 am on Saturday January 5, 2019. Donations in memory of Marilyn Lutter may be made to the DC Council of the Blind (DCCB) by sending a check payable to DCCB to: DC Council of the Blind (DCCB) C/O Freddie Peaco, President 2025 Taylor Street, NE Washington, DC 20018


Alumni Board

 

President: Donald Dunn

 

Vice President: Bill Newman

 

Recording Secretary: Rebecca Ilniski

 

Corresponding Secretary: Rich Patterson

 

Treasurer: Mike Patterson


Alumni Representative to the Board of Trustees: Lyle Sine

Board Members: Leah Mullaly, Nanci Sumner, Vivian Williams, Brian Bauer, Daisy Morgan, and John Luttenberger.


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