Newel Lewis Perry, blind from age 8, graduated from the University of Calif. in 1896 with a degree in mathematics, and received his Ph.D. from the University of Munich, Bavaria in 1901. In 1906 he co-founded the New York Association for the Blind (Lighthouse), and Outlook for the Blind. From 1934 to 1953, he served as president for California Council for the Blind. Perry organized a movement of social reform for the blind by securing legal and constitutional rights to end employment discrimination and to establish a model for public assistance to the blind, while encouraging them to become self-supporting and independent. In 1912, he married his UC classmate, Lillie Unna Kalman.
From the description of Newel Lewis Perry papers, 1892-1966. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 716158208
