Joseph Wiedenmayer was a a U.S. diplomat. He cured at Trudeau Sanatorium in 1952, and he became an artist studying at the Saranac Lake Rehabilitation Guild.
Suffolk County News, September 5, 1968
Retired Foreign Service Officer Joseph Wiedenmayer has written a new, useful booklet. Listen, Please!, which gives specific suggestions to improve understanding between hard of hearing persons and their friends.
Mr. Wiedenmayer has propounded many helpful do's and don'ts in his brief, easy-to-read publication. And his suggestions are based upon his own experience.
Despite his life long hearing loss, he overcame his handicap. He became and international economist and a career diplomat, serving for some 22 years at U.S. Embassies and Consultates in Australia, Brazil, Italy, Spain, Thailand, Uruguay and in Washington, D. C.
After retiring from the foreign Service in 1945, he was appointed Special Assistant to the non-profit Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf, with headquarters in Washington. He has also won many high honors for his efforts to aid those with hearing handicaps, including a People-to-People program citation.
He recently received a citation from the Royal National Institute for the Deaf, London, for his service in advancement of deaf children throughout the world and was named Honorary President of the Middle East Association for the Deaf.
Mr. Wiedenmayer is donating the net profit from the sale of Listen, Please!, which he published, for the benefit of qualified profoundly deaf students.
Copies of Listen, Please! may be obtained for 50 cents in coin. The address is “L. P. Booklet”, Dept. SVNY98-D, P. O. Box 28112, Washington, D. C. 20005.
Sources:
- Diplomat cures at Saranac Lake in 1952, Maury Thompson, Meduim.com
