Athlete Kent Waldrep, Injury Leading to Advocacy, Dies at 67
In 1982, with growing fame in disability circles after traveling to the Soviet Union and returning to Texas to establish the short-lived International Spinal Cord Research Foundation, he was appointed by President Ronald Reagan to the National Council of the Disabled. Mr. Waldrep eventually became vice-chairman of the council, a federal agency that evaluates laws …
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