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Leadership Spotlight

by Dr. Yvonne Howze

The Leadership Spotlight will feature one of the Superintendents of the forty-seven member schools of the Council of Schools for the Blind (COSB) in each issue of Howe's Now.

Who: Louis Anthony Mazzoli
Superintendent Ohio School for the Blind Columbus, Ohio

Professional Accolades:

• Doctor of Education in Special Education and Educational
• Administration University of Pittsburgh. 1973
• Executive Director of Special Education and Community
• Resources Columbus Public Schools 1992-1997
• Commissioner and Assistant Commissioner, Ohio Department of
• Mental Health, Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 1974
• to 76; 1983 to 1985
• Author of Identifying Preschool Handicapped Children for Ohio
• Head Start

Volunteer Work:

• Franklin County Educational Council, Chairperson
• Cities in Schools, Board of Directors
• Grant Medical Center Infant Mortality Project Advisory Board

Honors:

• Ohio Best Practices Award, 1997
• Ohio Best of the Best Award, 1997
• International Educational Counsel to Poland, 1997

Philosophy of Education:

We should be willing to go the extra step beyond and into unchartered waters so that our students can receive the appropriate services that will make them independent in society.

Favorite Leadership Quote:

"Life is either a daring adventure or nothing."- Helen Keller

Vol 5 No. 1 February 1999 contents

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