PRINCETON-Fred A. Horowitz of Livingston has been named board chair for the New Jersey Unit of Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic (RFB&D), a Princeton-based unit of the national nonprofit which is the nation's educational library serving people who cannot effectively read standard print because of a visual impairment, dyslexia or other physical disability.

Horowitz has volunteered with the unit since 2003, recording Mathematics and Science texts and has served on its board since 2006. He retired after working more than 34 years for ExxonMobil Corporation in a variety of managerial positions. He holds a Master's Degree in Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology and serves on Stevens Alumni Association executive board.

The New Jersey Unit board provides guidance and assistance to the unit's executive director and RFB&D's national organization, primarily in the areas of fund raising, marketing, community outreach, strategic planning, public relations and volunteer recruitment. The unit was founded in 1957 and for 50 years its volunteers have recorded texts for RFB&D's national library housed in Princeton and provided educational outreach services for New Jersey schools since 1999.