THE 1999 SAMUEL T. ORTON AWARD PRESENTED TO HOWARD GARDNER.

The article discusses the 1999 Samuel T. Orton award presented to Howard Gardner, John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs professor of Cognition and Education in the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, Massachusetts at the 50th anniversary celebration of the International Dyslexia Association in Chicago. A MacArthur Foundation Fellow, psychologist, learning theorist, author of 18 books and several articles on psychology and the science of mind, has devoted his life to work in neuropsychology, developmental psychology, and educational reform. Dr. Gardner is best known for his book, "Frames of the Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences (1983)," for which he earned the American Psychological Association's National Psychology Award for Excellence in the Media. Dr. Gardner appears to have recognized connections between dyslexia and multiple intelligences at least 15 years or so before he wrote "Frames of Mind" and the many related books that followed. His ideas have influenced progressive educators across the disciplines and throughout the world.