Anne Carlsen interpretive panel to be unveiled

An interpretive panel highlighting the life of Dr. Anne Carlsen, the namesake of Anne Carlsen Center for Children, will be unveiled at 4 p.m., Monday, Sept. 12 at the eastbound rest area four miles west of Jamestown on Interstate 94. The public is invited to attend.

The panel is a project completed by Richard Splitter, Springfield, Mo., who is vice chairperson of the ACCC Foundation Board. His mother, Margaret, was a life-long friend of Carlsen’s.

Splitter said he hopes the panel will draw attention to the remarkable person Carlsen was. “I’m thrilled that her story, her life, is going to be shared with people who may not otherwise know about her,” he said.

Carlsen, who died in December 2002, spent her career in Jamestown educating people with disabilities and challenging society to look beyond physical disabilities to realize a person’s potential. She was born without fully-developed arms and legs but despite her physical disability became a renowned advocate, winning many awards including the Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award.