National Industries for the Blind (NIB), the nation’s largest employment resource for people who are blind, recognizes 3M’s significant impact on the employment of people who are blind with its highest honor, the R.B. Irwin Award.
The award honors 3M’s longstanding commitment to creating employment opportunities for people who are blind. 3M is the second organization, and the first corporation, to receive the Irwin Award. The award is named for Dr. Robert B. Irwin, executive director of the American Foundation for the Blind in the 1930s and a member of the team who worked toward the formation of NIB.