Legendary Award
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This award reaches into the past to acknowledge an organization or individual who has demonstrated extraordinary focus on the ability and not the disability...yet were under acknowledged for the contribution. |
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Presented by: The World Ability Federation, John Chmela and Bill Smith
Winner: James Levoy Sorenson
Received by: James LeVoy Sorenson, accepted for him by son, James Lee Sorenson, CEO, Sorenson Media
About James LeVoy Sorenson
James LeVoy Sorenson is legendary for his long career inventing and producing ingenious medical devices, including the world’s first computerized heart monitor.
Among Sorenson’s many other groundbreaking healthcare innovations are the first disposable paper surgical mask and the first blood-recycling system for operating rooms and trauma procedures. Dozens of Sorenson’s medical inventions resolve persistent healthcare delivery problems and are ubiquitous in the industry today.
Sorenson Media’s Video Relay Service is a free national videophone communication and translation service for the deaf and hard-of-hearing that enables them to converse with the hearing world in American Sign Language, their native language.