e/Walt Dawson

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has gloss	eng: Walter "Walt" Dawson (born April 26, 1982 in Portland, Oregon) is an Alzheimers disease activist. He is the son of British immigrant Cecil Dawson and Oregon native Clara Dawson. As a young boy, Dawson captured the attention of America’s leaders and national media by undertaking a letter writing campaign on behalf of his father and other sufferers of Alzheimers. In 1992, Dawson became a national spokesperson for the Alzheimers Association. In this role, Dawson traveled to Washington, D.C. several times to testify before the United States Senate and House of Representative committees about his familys experiences. While in Washington, Dawson was granted access to several senior legislators and public officials including President Bill Clinton and Vice-President Al Gore. Soon afterwards, NBC, CBS and Nickelodeon picked up the story of Dawsons campaign on behalf of his father and other sufferers of Alzheimers disease. They covered the Dawson family and their struggle for health care reform over numerous programs, gaining national exposure for the issues that mattered to sufferers of the disease and their families.
lexicalization	eng: Walt Dawson
instance of	c/People from Portland, Oregon