Michal Jan Ozmin, EIDD Vice-President Finance and a representative of IDD Ireland, died in his native Warsaw 23 January 2011 at the age of 70.

Three of us have had the privilege of serving with Michal on the EIDD Executive Committee since 2003. He was one of the strongest personalities we have ever met and the greatest friend one could hope to have.

With his passion for the DfA cause combined with a strong critical sense, he was a tremendous asset for EIDD. We, and the whole EIDD organisation, miss him sorely, but the memory of the man will remain an everlasting inspiration.

Michal’s name now lives on in our Michal Ozmin Design for All Archive and Research Centre in Cieszyn, Poland, inaugurated 4 December 2010 in the presence of the man himself.

 

Finn Petrén              Avril Accolla                 Pete Kercher

President                 Vice-President              Ambassador