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Vision Awards on 27 June, 2009 at the 36th annual Vision Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills, California, USA.
The Vision Awards are presented annually to organizations and individuals who have exhibited exceptional “sight, foresight and insight” for the benefit and advancement of humankind while also enriching the lives of people with visual impairments.
The awards program is administered by www.visionawards.org an organization dedicated to raising awareness of retinitis pigmentosa and ending degenerative blindness. RP International was founded in 1974 by Helen Harris, after she lost her sight to retinitis pigmentosa and learned that her two sons also had the genetically-transmitted disease.
Vision Honorees
Jim Walton, Jillian Michaels, Lawrence Bender, Diane Ladd, Kim Moses, Ian Sander,Dr. Shalesh Kaushal, MD, Professor Pete Coffey,Stephen Nemeth, Matthew Weiner, Shonda Rhimes, Wyck Godfrey, Greg Mooradian, Mark Morgan, Guy Oseary,Tom Wilkinson,John Ottman, Grant Nieporte, Glenn Kessler,Todd A. Kessler ,Daniel Zelman
Television Honorees
Damages, Grey's Anatomy, Mad Men, Two and A Half Men, Recount
Theatre Vision Honorees
Benjamin Button, Inglorious Basterds, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, Seven Pounds, Twilight, Valkyrie
