Who was the first Deaf chair of the Board of Trustees at Gallaudet
Philip Bravin
What year was the Deaf President Now student protest at Gallaudet.
March 1988
When was Gallaudet University established
The university,
established by an act of Congress in 1864 to serve the deaf
First Deaf teacher in America. Co-Founded America's first school for the Deaf with Gallaudet.
Laurent Clerc (frenchman) - born hearing became Deaf after he fell into a fire (name sign was based on a scar). Studied and then taught at the Royal Institute of the Deaf
learned Sign Language from Laurent Clerc
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet (born 1787) at the Royal Institute for the Deaf in Paris.
learned Sign Language from Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
Alice Cogswell (born 1805) became Deaf through an illness. Gallaudet's neighbor, his inspiration for learning sign language
Founder of the Silent News, first Deaf newspaper
Julius Wiggins (started the paper in 1969
First Deaf major baseball player - creating the hand signals that are still used in baseball today. first player to be entered in the American Athletic Association for the Deaf’s Hall of Fame.
William Elsworth “Dummy” Hoy (born in 1862) Deaf from an illness
female deaf poet and journalist in the late 19th century into the early 20th century
Laura C. Redden Searing (born in 1839 and died in 1923 and became deaf at the age of 11)
founded Girl Scouts of the
USA
Juliette Gordon Low (1860–1927) - (she experienced several ear injuries
resulting in almost total hearing loss that affected her for the
remainder of her life)
the first African American to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree from Gallaudet
Andrew Foster (born 1925) - aka Gallaudet of Africa - established 32 schools for the deaf in 13 African nations. deaf from spinal meningitis.
who pioneered Deaf education in France and started a school for Deaf children. He collected and organized the signs that Deaf people were already using in France, and developed teaching and learning methods.