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Dr. Ronald C. Schultz
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Born in Lockport, New York, March 17, 1946, Ronald Schultz grew up in Niagara County in Western New York State near Niagara Falls and Buffalo. He attended elementary and junior high school at Barker Central School and graduated from high school at Wilson Central School in 1964. Ron attended Niagara County Community College, the State University of New York at Buffalo, and Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Indiana before having a car accident that resulted in spinal cord injury in December 1968. He was at the New York State Rehabilitation Hospital at West Haverstaw in 1971 participating in a research study when he met and married Linda Jewel DeSenso from Brooklyn at the rehab center December 18, 1971. After their wedding, Ron and Linda moved to Florida where they lived in Orlando, Tampa and Gainesville. They currently reside in Ocala, Florida in the heart of North Central Florida's thoroughbred horse country where Ron assists in the operation of his brother's Ocala-based business and is working on another book.
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| Graduate and Undergraduate Degrees and Study |
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Graduate Certificate in Gerontology, University of Florida, Gainesville, 1990
Doctorate Degree in Medical Sociology, University of Florida, 1989
Master of Arts Degree in Sociology, University of South Florida, Tampa, 1981
Graduate Study in Clinical Psychology, Florida Technological University, Orlando, 1974-1976
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology, Florida Technological University, Orlando, 1974
Undergraduate Study in Foreign Languages and Psychology, State University of New York at Buffalo, 1966-1967, 1968, 1970
Undergraduate Study in Psychology, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana, 1967-1968
Undergadate Study in Foreign Languages, Niagara County Community College, Niagara Falls, New York, 1964-1966
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Outstanding Graduate Student Research on Aging Award, Students for the Advancement of Gerontological Education, University of Florida, April 1989.
President Award, Students for the Advancement of Gerontological Education, University of Florida, April 1988
Presidential Recognition Award, University of Forida, March 1987
Heroic Individual Award, University of Florida, November 1985
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Schultz, Ronald C., Ph.D. "Wheelchair Seat Belt Safety," Circuit Breakers, Autumn 2008, 43.
Schultz, Ronald C,, Ph,D. "Safety and Consumer Awareness," Circuit Breakers, June 2007, 24, 37.
Schultz, Ronald C., Ph.D. "Partners in Progress," The Project, Fall 2006, 6-8.
Schultz, Ronald C., Ph.D. Looking Upward: Facing and Looking Beyond Spinal Cord Injury. Baltimore: PublishAmerica, 2006.
Schultz, Ronald C., Ph.D. "Growing Up In the Early Days of Wolcottsville," Der Brief, January-February 2002, 1, 3-7.
Schultz, Ronald Carl, Ph.D. (Editor). Brief History of the Family of Richard John Henry Schultz and Myrtle (nee Peters) Schultz of Niagara County, New York, Second Edition. Gainesville, Florida: Ronald C. Schultz, 1995.
Schultz, Ronald Carl, Ph.D. Career Marginality: Characteristics and Employment Situation of Registered Nurses Who Work in Long-Term Care Facilities and Hospitals. Ann Arbor: UMI, 1990.
Schultz, Ronald C., M.A. "Purpose in Life Among Spinal Cord Injured Males." Journal of Applied Rehabilitation Counseling 16 (Summer 1985): 45-47, 51.
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| Spinal Cord Injury Organizations - Past/Present Membership, Subscription, Affiliation |
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American Paralysis Association, Springfield, New Jersey
Christopher Reeve Foundation, Short Hills, New Jersey
Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, Miami, Florida
National Spinal Cord Injury Associaton, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Paralysis Society of America, Washington, DC
Paralyzed Veterans of America, Washington, DC
Spinal Cord Society, Fergus Falls, Minnesota |
Active University Alumni Association Memberships
University of Florida Alumni Association, Gainesville
University of South Florida Alumni Association, Tampa
University of Central Florida Alumni Association, Orlando
Historical Society Lifetime Membership
Historical Society of North German Settlements in Western New York (HSNGSWNY)
Niagara Falls, New York
HSWGSWNY's bi-monthly newsletter, Der Brief, has subscribers in 22 states and two
foreign countries.
Church Affiliations
Trinity Luheran Church
Ocala, Florida
Zion Luthern Church
Gasport, New York
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