Dyslexia Series-Disabled Legend Sylvia Law

Sylvia A. Law is the Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor of Law, Medicine and Psychiatry and the Co-Director of the Arthur Garfield Hays Civil Liberties Program at New York University School of Law.

Sylvia Law was born in Minnesota in 1942 and attended public schools in Minnesota, South Dakota and Montana. Sylvia Law earned her B.A. (1964) from Antioch University, and her J.D. (1968) from New York University School of Law.

For 3 decades, Sylvia Law has been one of the nation's leading scholars in the fields of health law, women's rights, poverty, and constitutional law. Sylvia Law has played a major role in dozens of civil rights cases before the U.S. Supreme Court and in lower state and federal courts, and has testified before Congress and state legislatures on a range of issues. In 1984, Sylvia Law became the first lawyer in the United States selected as a MacArthur Prize Fellow. Sylvia Law has been active in the Society of American Law Teachers, served as president of the organization from 1988-1990 and was honored by the organization as Law Teacher of the Year in 2001. In 2004, Prof. Law was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Sylvia Law lives in New York City, Woodstock, New York and Kailua, Hawaii. Sylvia's son, Benjamin Ensminger-Law was born in 1977 and is a banker in New York City.

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Dyslexia Series-Disabled Legend James Duke

James Henry "Red" Duke, Jr. was born in 1928. James is a trauma surgeon and professor at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. James has been working on-site since 1972.

James Duke attended Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas where he served as a yell leader. James Duke was the first person to deliver the poem "The Last Corps Trip" publicly.

James Duke has had years of achievement in the field of medicine. James Duke was instrumental in introducing Memorial Hermann's "Life Flight" and bringing a Level 1 Trauma Unit to Houston, Texas, both of which was first for Texas and Southeast Texas, respectively. Outside of Texas, he is probably most famous for running a nationally syndicated television spot called "Dr. James Duke's Health Reports", which aired for 15 years.

The spot educated millions about various health-related topics, a different subject for each day. James Duke well-recognized for his distinctive Southern accent, ever-present large mustache and "Duke-isms" (like his popular segment sign-off "For your health!").

James Duke was also the surgeon that attended to the wounds of Texas Governor John Connally, who was shot at the same time John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963.

Recently, the University of Texas Medical School at Houston Department of Surgery sponsored a scholarship fund in honor of Dr. "Red" Duke, aimed towards students wishing to research and train in the field of trauma.

James Duke is also noted outside of the medical community. Not only did he attain the rank of Eagle Scout, but the Boy Scouts of America honored him with the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award.

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