Title:

Michael Pachovas papers, 1969-2016

Creator/Contributor:

Pachovas, Michael, creator, creator.

Contains correspondence, posters, and subject files.

Date:

1969 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca

Pachovas, Michael -- Archives

University of California, Berkeley. -- Physically Disabled Students Program.

Center for Independent Living.

University of California, Berkeley. -- Physically Disabled Students Residence Program.

Disabled Prisoners' Program.

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Michael Pachovas papers, BANC MSS 2016/233, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

Gift of of Susan Ferreyra 2016.

In English.

Michael Pachovas was born on June 17, 1948. He grew up in Crown Point, Indiana, He attended Indiana University from 1966-1968 before joining the Peace Corps. Soom after arriving in Ethiopia in 1969 he broke his neck and became a paraplegic. In 1971 he moved to Berkeley, where he became a leader in the Physically Disabled Students Program and the Disabled Students Union at the University of California,. Berkeley. He received a bachelor's degree in psychology in 1976. Pachovas was a director at the Center for Independent Living, as well as a couselor and later the executive director of the California Disabled Prisoners' Program, 1975-1983. Among his many community activities Pachovos was a member of the City of Berkeley Commission on Disability, and the AC Transit Advisory Board. He was an integral participant in the campaign to pass Berkeley Measure E, a special tax to fund emergency services for the disabled. He participated in the Disabled American Freedom Ride from San Francisco to Washington, D.C. in 1981. Pachovas died in Berkeley on July 5, 2016.

Forms part of: Disability Rights and Independent Living Movement collection.

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English

BANC MSS 2016/233 oversize folder 1

BANC MSS 2016/233

BANC MSS 2016/233

Origin:

California

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.