I. King Jordan

male, 66 years old
deaf, gallaudetuniversity, American university and college president, Deaf President Now
I. King Jordan (b. June 16, 1943) made history in 1988 when he became the first deaf president of Gallaudet University, the world's only university...
Jane Fernandes

Jane Fernandes

female, 53 years old
deaf, gallaudetuniversity, hearing impairment, Jane Kelleher Fernandes, provost, crisis management
UNC Asheville as Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs in July 2008. As an academic leader and educator of national prominence, her...
Edward Miner Gallaudet

Edward Miner Gallaudet

male, deceased (1917)
trinity college, deaf, gallaudetuniversity, American School For The Deaf
Edward Miner Gallaudet (February 5, 1837- September 26, 1917), son of Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, was a famous early educator of the deaf in...
Thomas Gallaudet

Thomas Gallaudet

male, deceased (1902)
Anglican, Saint, deaf mutes, Deaf-mutes, trinity college, Educator…gallaudetuniversity, Gallaudet College
Thomas Gallaudet (June 3 1822 - August 27 1902), an American Episcopal priest, was born in Hartford, Connecticut. His father, Thomas Hopkins...
William Stokoe

William Stokoe

male, deceased (2000)
Deaf community, gallaudetuniversity, american sign language, deaf, American, Scholar
Dr. William C. Stokoe, Jr. (1919 - 2000) was a scholar who researched American Sign Language (ASL) extensively while he worked at Gallaudet...

Clayton Valli

male
American, ASL poetry, University of Nevada, Reno, gallaudetuniversity, Union Institute, deaf…university of rochester, M.A. in Linguistics from Gallaudet University
Clayton Valli (d. March 7 2003) was the author of numerous articles and books on linguistics and on American Sign Language poetry. He gave...
Robert R. Davila

Robert R. Davila

male
American university and college president, Unity for Gallaudet Movement, Dr. Robert Davila, hard of hearing, gallaudetuniversity, deaf…B.A. in Education at Gallaudet University, Syracuse University
Dr. Robert Davila is currently the interim and ninth president of Gallaudet University, the world's only university in which all programs and...
Andrew Foster

Andrew Foster

male, deceased (1987)
Educator, deaf, American, gallaudetuniversity
Andrew Foster (1925 - 1987), born in Ensley, Alabama, was the first African-American graduate of Gallaudet University. Foster got a Master's Degree...
Amos Kendall

Amos Kendall

male, deceased (1869)
from Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Francis P. Blair, Dartmouth College, American, Washington Globe, gallaudetuniversity
Amos Kendall was an American politician who served as U.S. Postmaster General under Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren. Many historians regard...
Phyllis Frelich

Phyllis Frelich

female, 65 years old
child of a lesser god, From North Dakota, Broadway theatre, Tony Award, North Dakota School for the Deaf, ER actor…gallaudetuniversity
Phyllis Frelich (born February 29, 1944 in Devils Lake, North Dakota), is, along with Marlee Matlin and Linda Bove, one of the three most noted...