From Social Security Administration, Death Master File, December 2007

Name: John S Kishpaugh
Birth Date: 30 May 1929
Death Date: 29 October 1998
Issuing State: Pennsylvania
Residence at Death: Coppell,Dallas,Texas 75019
SSN: 162-22-6550



From the Harrisburg Patriot News, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania dated November
11, 1998, Page B-2:

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Carrollton, Texas - John "Jack" Kishpaugh, 69, of Carrollton, a pioneer
in the field of assistive technology for disabled people, died Oct. 29 in
Dallas Veterans Hospital.

Kishpaugh, formerly of Hershey, Pa., was the founder and director emeritus
of the Center for Computer Assistance to the Disabled and a retired Army
Reserve lieutenant colonel.

He became a quadriplegic in 1971 when his spinal cord was severed in a
swimming-pool diving accident.

"He was told by physicians that he would only live a few years after his
accident," said his brother, the Rev. Howard Kispaugh of Hershey, a retired
Episcopal priest and former rector of All Saints Church, Hershey.

"He painstakingly learned to operate a typewriter and calculator [with an
oral device]. His foundation teaches people to be independent."

The Rev. Kispaugh said his brother, "did a lot in getting the American
Disabilities Act started."

"It was quite a tragic thing that happened to him, but he made a very
good adaptation to his paralysis," said his sister, Dr. Marjorie Pool of
Mechanicsburg, a retired pediatrician. "It did not affect his mind."

A native of Pittsburgh, he graduated from Greenbrier Military Academy,
Lewisburg, W. Va., in 1948 and attended Babson Institute of Business,
Boston, Mass.

He was a Pennsylvania Army National Guard veteran of the Korean War and an
Army Reserve veteran of the Vietnam War. In Vietnam, he was a Ranger and
intelligence officer with the 101st Airborne Division.

He earned a bachelor's and master's degrees in business administration at
California Western University.

In 1967, he joined Allis-Chalmers Corp. as western regional manager in
its Mining and Construction Equipment Group. While with Allis-Chalmers,
he suffered the catastrophic injury that changed the direction of his life.

He became an executive search specialist for a national recruiting firm. In
1977, he recognized the potential of the personal computer and attended
night courses, during which he became aware of computer applications for
handicapped people.

In 1980, he designed and built the first Mobile Computer Skills Evaluation
Unit. The unit is used to identify and evaluate aptitude for learning
marketable computer skills and to provide computer training for severely
handicapped, homebound individuals.

In 1981, he received national recognition in Johns Hopkins' first national
search for personal computer application to aid the handicapped people. His
entry was a regional first-place winner and national award winner.

Kishpaugh founded and chartered the Center for Computer Assistance to the
Disabled in 1982. The nonprofit organization's mission is to enhance the
quality of life and employment options of disabled people through modified
personal computers, adaptive devices and custom software.

Until his retirement in January 1997, he administered the program from a
customized wheelchair and from his bed, operating an elaborate environmental
control center that allowed him to write, communicate and monitor home
activities.

His entry in the Smithsonian Institution's Computer World Competition
received national recognition. That entry, titled "Innovative Applications for
Computer Technology," is part of the Smithsonian's American History Section.

He was the only quadriplegic certified as a personnel consultant by the
National Association of Personnel Consultants, for his role in influencing
employment possibilities for disabled people with large and small
employers. He wrote more than 100 published articles on disability issues.

He was a member of St. Ann Catholic Church, Coppell.

Surviving in addition to his brother and sister are his wife, Beverly
Kishpaugh; two sons, John Jr. of Plano and Cory of Tyler; three daughters,
Jane Gunter and Ann Mechler, both of Richardson, and Mary Gilbert of Houston;
another sister, Dorothy Baum of Los Angeles, Calif.; another brother,
William Jr. of Phoenix, Ariz.; and 11 grandchildren.

Private memorial services were held Nov. 2 in the Catholic Renewal Center,
Fort Worth. Burial will be this spring in Dallas.

His body was donated to the University of Texas for research.

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