http://exhibits.library.stonybrook.edu/mfp/files/original/7bee5e2afa4d4f6bcf93699130965cc9.pdf b4920c7410662fcab8139c7e3b7a7b78 PDF Text Text 73 SB:0hlmf February 12, 1973 Mr. Robert F. Brownell, Director of Admissions Phillips Exeter Academy Exeter, New Hampshire Jr. Re: Ivor Muroff Dear Mr. Brownell, I have known Ivor Muroff since he was an infant, as his father since his father was a child, and his mother since I her courtship days. The parents married and settled in TOpeka where Mhlwin Muroof trained in psychotherapy and psychoanalysis. know Ivor's deafness was a crushing awareness for intelligent after determining that the best schooling and training parents, was available in St. Louis and in New York, they left Tepeka for St. Louis, established a home and office, and encouraged Ivor to and obtain the training he would need to overcome his handicap and the education he would need to mature. In addition to schooling and med— ical care, they afforded Ivor the acculturation of travel, sports, hobbies, and pets. When faced with the decision of verbalwaural speech training or manual-visual, the parents encouraged and Ivor labored and mastered the more difficult verbal—aural speech-«- an accomplishment which we watched with amazement. Between 1962 and 1966 we were neighbors in St. Louis, where I developed a research laboratory in experimental psychiatry at the Washington University School of Medicine. In that close association, my family came to know and love Ivor. his earliest awareness, Ivor demonstrated an extraordinary intelligence, a dedication to repetitive effort and patience with drudgery. Throughout he exhibited humor, laughter and a warm spitit. His efforts reflected his excellent intellectual endowment and in discussions of scholastic subjects, I found him From and well motivated. He has frequently played alert;\ nthusiastic, chess w ;h me, and early showed an aggressive spirit and a desire to win. ilnitially his game was untutored and unplanned, but in the and has matured last fewéyears his game relentless one. to a methodical, aggressive, Despite his handicaps, he is alert and participates actively in social gatherings. Even in the presence of adults, he exhibits a desire and willingness to participate and to be involved. �-continued— has travelled widely and is conversant with many and political issues. He is a careful and warm handler of animals and is an enthusiastic reader. Aside from the initial difficulties in communication, he males friends easily and social He ' establishes contact readily. is ambitious and has learned that to overcome his handicap he must work ever so much harder than many more fbrtunste than he. His application to Exeter is the result of an awareness, through his cousin, that Exeter holds s special promise for excellence and a novel opportunity to improve his abilities. He He will make a fine student and should get along with his peers and teachers. I would rate him as an outstanding candidate and anticipate his continuation in graduate education. February 12, 1973 Fifi of Professor Psychiatry Max � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Correspondence Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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