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 1898 - 1975 (76 years)
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| Name |
Harold Albert Vonachen [1] |
| Birth |
9 Dec 1898 |
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Male |
| Death |
Feb 1975 |
Peoria, Illinois  |
| Person ID |
I53533 |
Cecilie Family |
| Last Modified |
24 Nov 2004 |
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| Event Map |
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| Notes |
Return To Work Center
founded by Dr. Harold Vonachen |
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| Return to Work Center |
The Return to Work Center at IPMR had its origins 60 years ago. As the outcome of World War II became clear, Dr. Harold Vonachen, the medical director of Caterpillar Tractor, knew that Caterpillar was going to need to bring disabled veterans back into its workforce if CAT was to meet post war production demand.
Dr. Vonachen, spearheaded the "Peoria Plan for Rehabilitation" a comprehensive, community-based model for physical, emotional and vocational rehabilitation. When the concept for IPMR was formulated in the late 1940's, Dr. Vonachen was a member of the IPMR Board of Directors. He brought the concepts of vocational rehab to the forefront and made workplace training a key component of IPMR when it formally incorporated in 1950.
Over the decades, IPMR vocational staff worked with polio patients, trauma victims and school-age children with impairments, to optimize their abilities in the work place. A rehabilitation engineering department was formalized in 1971.
Web: ( ) (http://www.ipmr.org/Return%20to%20Work%20Center/return_to_work_center.htm) |
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| For more information see the Our Folk - Hart family Web Site |
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