From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. To be blind is not miserable, bind messable to bear is miserable. John milton wrote that. 285 Million People live with visual impairment. In recent years, there have been breakthroughs in our understanding and treatment of blindness. Sanford greenberg lost his vision at the age of 19. He is chairman of the board of governors of john hopkins Eye Institute and joins me today to talk about his experience and mission to and blindness. Also joining me, jean bennett, steven schwartz, eberhart ofnner, and carla shatz Stanford University and once again, eric kandel a Nobel Laureate and a Howard Hughes medical investigator. Toegan with my friend eric give me an overview of our subject tonight. The last program we did was approaches to deafness. Tonight we are going to consider lines miss. As is the case with deafness, blindness is not a life threatening situation but it is disabling. In some ways it is more disabling than deafness because
From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. To be blind is not miserable, not to be able to bear blindness is miserable. John milton wrote that. 285 Million People live with visual impairment. In recent years, there have been breakthroughs in our understanding and treatment of blindness. Sanford greenberg lost his vision at the age of 19. He is chairman of the board of governors of john hopkins Eye Institute and joins me today to talk about his experience and mission to and blindness. Also joining me, jean bennett, steven schwartz, eberhart zrenner, and carla shatz of Stanford University and once again, eric kandel a Nobel Laureate and a Howard Hughes medical investigator. I began with my friend eric to give me an overview of our subject tonight. The last program we did was approaches to deafness. Tonight we are going to consider new approaches to the problem of blindness. As is the case with deafness, blindness is not a life threatening situation but it is disabling. In s
The size of tb dinners, no seconds. By 9 00 every evening, i was hungry again and had to go to churchs chicken. By our senior year, dr. Glasser was glad to see the class of 1979 leave his school, but not without one more fight. Dr. Laster had invited a civil rights leader of National Stature to be our commencement beaker. We told him his choice was not acceptable. To us, the speaker was too mainstream, and i now realize i am out on a limb with john. So in 1979, our baccalaureate was louis farrakhan, and our Commencement Speaker was the leader of the revolutionary movement in zimbabwe. Me, the four years was transformational. I told you my freshman year gpa was 1. 8. By sophomore year, something had awakened within me. I found who i was here. I became comfortable in my own skin and proud of my own skin color. In the fall some master of my sophomore year, sitting in room 217 of what was then thurman hall, now llc, and realizing there was nothing left for me to do but study. I wanted to g
Leader of the revolutionary movement in zimbabwe. Me, the four years was transformational. I told you my freshman year gpa was 1. 8. By sophomore year, something had awakened within me. I found who i was here. I became comfortable in my own skin and proud of my own skin color. In the fall some master of my sophomore year, sitting in room 217 of what was then thurman hall, now llc, and realizing there was nothing left for me to do but study. I wanted to go to law school and be prepared to answer a call to service. My gpa went from 1. 8 23 point zero. Spring semester sophomore year, 3. 5. Year fourter, junior point zero. Spring semester junior year, 4. 0. Year, fourer senior point zero. Spring semester senior year, 4. 0. I left morehouse on fire and went to Columbia Law School and received a job offer from almost every wall street firm i interviewed with. I am proud of my private sector achievements. I am proud to have been the first africanamerican partner one of the most profitable law