Rare partly-printed DS as president, one page, 17.25 x 13.25, January 18, 1981. President Carter appoints Paul R. Meyer, of Illinois, as "a Member of the President's Council on Spinal Cord Injury." Signed boldly at the conclusion in black felt tip by Jimmy Carter, and countersigned by Secretary of State Edmund S. Muskie. The lower left corner retains the original large white wafer seal. Nicely triple-matted and framed to an overall size of 24.25 x 20.25. In very fine condition. Oversized presidential commissions from Jimmy Carter are seldom offered at auction.
Considered by most to be the founding father in the development of trauma and acute spinal cord injury centers in the United States, Dr. Paul R. Meyer, Jr. founded the first and largest acute spine trauma center in Chicago Illinois in 1972. He has been recognized by the United States government, sponsored at the National Institute on Disability Rehabilitation Research, and recognized as one of the model spinal cord injury units in the United States.
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