Ken Oerter still remembers the day he fell ill with the mysterious sickness that was rampaging across the country, killing children and forcing families to isolate in their homes.
He grew dizzy and weak just before he passed out on the playground of his country school near Reynolds in September 1945. Eight-year-old Ken was eventually loaded into the family car and driven over bumpy back roads to a hospital in Omaha where his parents received the grim news: he had polio, an incurable disease known to cause paralysis or even death.
For Oerter, now 83, and others of his generation, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has brought back memories of the fear and heartbreak caused by polio.Â
alliantgroup Welcomes Former IRS Small Business Commissioner Eric Hylton as Firm s Newest National Director
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HOUSTON, May 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ alliantgroup is proud to announce the addition of Eric Hylton as the tax and management consulting firm s National Director of Compliance. Hylton comes to alliantgroup from the Internal Revenue Service where he spent 30 years culminating in his appointment as Commissioner of the Small Business and Self-Employed Division.
Hylton held several prominent positions at the IRS, including serving as Deputy of the Criminal Investigation Division and as CI s head of International Operations. He will use his years of experience at the IRS to assist alliantgroup s clients as an ambassador for U.S. small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) and in helping others become tax compliant.
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