DONALD

About the Book

DONALD is a dedication to a truly fascinating, retarded gentleman from my home-town, Alta, Iowa. Alta is situated in the northwest section of the state in a predominately farming and livestock-producing area.

In the early 1940´s, when I first met Donald, there were no developmental nor training programs available to those unfortunate souls so afflicted. Society was neither prepared, nor equipped, to treat and assist families with members plagued by these profound deficiencies.

DONALD relates the community’s adoption of Donald as a citizen, friend and human being.

About the Author

Lowell Lichtenberg was born in Storm Lake, Iowa, in 1934, youngest of three sons born to Roy and Edna. He attended, and graduated from, Alta High School, class of 1952. He attended Iowa State Teachers College prior to his draft by the U.S. Army He was discharged in 1957 from the 39th Infantry battle group, 4th Army Division. Lowell accepted a position with The Oregonian, Portland and Oregon’s largest daily newspaper in 1959. He became a district manager for OPS Blue Shield in 1968. In 1974 he joined the Marsh McLennan Companies, Portland office. He advanced to Head of Office for its William M. Mercer company, serving in that capacity until retiring in 1997.