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Therapeutic
Alliances Inc.
-and-
The Mount Sinai Medical Center
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
New York City
September 26, 1998
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Susan Pollack Feldman awards
Robert Shapley 1st Prize for 'Longest Distance Traveled to the ERGYS Gathering' (Opihikao,
Hawaii, to NY, NY)). |
ERGYS
Enthusiasts at New York's Inter-Continental Hotel. On the left is Charleene Frazier, the
ERGYS - REGYS Program Coordinator at MICC in Chevy Chase, MD. In the center is TAI
advisory board member Connie Leber with her charming and well-behaved children Abbie and
Dustin. (Not pictured: the 265 Beanie Babies that also made the trip.) |
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| In the front row are Daniel Gove of
Byram, Connecticut, and Jeff Silverman of Randallstown, Maryland. Between them in the back
row is Trudy Roles from Kernan Hospital in Baltimore. We gave Dan the 'Seasoned Traveler' award for his mastery of
the New York City mass transit system!
Revelers at the Gathering found themselves stopping in
mid-sentence upon seeing Jeff Silverman's bulging quadriceps and hamstrings muscles (built
by REGYS!?). Jeff was demure when asked if his gluteal muscles were equally as impressive. |
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Bob Shapley's dominance
at the awards ceremony was impressive. Here Sharon Cook presents him with one of his three
awards, this one for 'Most Idyllic ERGYS Setting.' We are thinking of having the next
ERGYS Gathering at Bob's house, which happens to be on a beach on Hawaii's big island.
It's a harsh environment for the ERGYS, but not bad at all for the human spirit. |
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TAI president James Schorey (left) visits
with our good friends Jeff and Teresa Pinkow. Jeff and Teresa are tireless advocates of
SCI research, and they've been great "ERGYS Enthusiasts" to boot. Kudos to Jeff
for his generosity with his time and his cigars! |
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TAI
advisory board members Eric Levin and Susan Steele are seen here debating which of them is
the bigger VIP. In the end they rose above their egos and decided it was Gene Leber, a TAI
advisory board member who has mentored both of them through the years. |
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