WASHINGTON, DC – Thursday, January 14, 2010 –AG Bell today named Inez K. Janger as the 2010 recipient of its prestigious Honors of the Association Award, which is given to individuals who have demonstrated dedication to, and sustained efforts toward, the mission of AG Bell. Past recipients include former AG Bell President Kathleen Sussman, Mildred Oberkotter, Dr. Stephen Epstein, Helen Beebe, Doreen Pollack, Bruce A. Goldstein, Esq., and Ken Levinson, among others.

Janger and her husband, Allen, have been actively involved with AG Bell for more than 30 years – since their youngest son, Michael, was born profoundly deaf. She was first elected to the AG Bell Board of Directors by a membership vote in 1992. In 2000, she was chair of what was then known as the Parent Section and then served on the board as president-elect, president from 2002-2004, and immediate past president, leaving the board in 2008.

Among Janger’s many accomplishments on behalf of AG Bell include the founding of the AG Bell New York Chapter; the strategic analysis, restructuring and streamlining of AG Bell’s membership and chapter operations; the merger of Auditory-Verbal International which is today known as the AG Bell Academy for Listening and Spoken Language; and she lead the design and development of AG Bell’s acclaimed Parent Advocacy Training program that has provided more than 700 parents with the resources to guide their children’s public education. The PAT program is being relaunched this summer at the AG Bell 2010 Biennial Convention….read on..

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