Video Interviews
(Listed Alphabetically by Interviewee) |
Pete Benner, Executive Director, American Federation of State,
County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), Council 6. |
Milt Conrath, Dakota County Administrator, speaks of his early years in the field. |
Luther Granquist, with Anne Henry, both of the Minnesota Disability Law Center, served as plaintiff counsel in the Welsch case. |
Anne Henry of the Minnesota Disability Law Center, worked with Luther Granquist on the Welsch case. |
Miriam Karlins, former official of the Department of Public Welfare, worked with medical director, David Vail, to eliminate dehumanizing practices in state institutions. |
Bruce Johnson headed an interagency task force on state hospital closings. |
John Johnson, institutionalized from the age of 5 to age 60, now lives independently and works at an area restaurant. |
Geri Joseph, reporter for the Minneapolis Morning Tribune, did a series of articles on the institutions in 1948 and 1950. |
Len Levine, served as
Commissioner of the Department of Human Services and worked on the transition to state operated community services. |
Toni Lippert speaks of her work at the Metropolitan Council as the regional planner for developmental disabilities. |
Sam Newlund, Minneapolis Star Tribune reporter, with photographer Earl Seubert produced an expose in the 1960s about conditions at Faribault State Hospital. |
Al Quie, former Minnesota Governor, reminisces about the 1956 Legislative Commission and his years of service in Congress, and discusses the future of special education. |
Maynard Reynolds, former Chair, University of Minnesota Dept. of Special Education, speaks of his role with an interim legislative commission to study the needs and problems in Special Education. |
John Rynders, Professor,
University of Minnesota, describes the innovative Project EDGE on Down Syndrome he directed. |
Jerry Walsh, first executive director of Arc Minnesota, described the major reasons they succeeded in gaining additional funds for staffing at institutions. |
Eleanor Welsch, mother of Patty Welsch, whose parents filed the landmark federal suit over lack of care at Cambridge State Hospital. |
Molly Woerhlin, past President of
Arc Minnesota |
Lyle Wray served as the first court appointed monitor for the Welsch case. |
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Cambridge State Hospital Videos
Courtesy Roger Anderson |
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