Katie Ott
Founding father of the Nemeth Code, Abraham Nemeth recently passed away at age 94. He was known for innovating the Braille code for math, but is remembered by close friends and family for his humor, his abilities as a musician, a psychologist, a mathematician, an inventor and computer scientist along with being a religious scholar. The RCPD would like to pay respects to Dr. Nemeth and the work he did for the blind and visually impaired community.
Director of the RCPD, Michael Hudson commemorates, "For decades Spartan’s who use Braille and pursue mathematics and scientific work have used Dr. Nemeth’s Braille code. In the mid 1990’s I had a chance to speak with him personally as one of our students was struggling with elements of mathematics. Dr. Nemeth’s pointed advice helped that student finish a challenging course knowing from that conversation that blindness did not need to stop one from reaching goals so long as one was willing to persist at the challenge. Abraham Nemeth was indeed an icon and having the chance to speak with him was akin to speaking with Louis Braille himself. These icons in the field of blindness were common people who did not quit in the face of adversity and in doing so used their talents to become exceptional. Let that be a lesson to all of us as we work diligently to pursue our dreams and exceed expectations."
Read more in the tribute Abraham Nemeth featured in the New York Times.