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3 unusual facts about Gallaudet University


Ben Bahan

Later he attended Gallaudet University where he received his bachelor’s degree in Biology in 1978.

Chuck Noll

Here, Saint Vincent returns to college football in a game against Gallaudet University.

Sophia Fowler Gallaudet

As the founding matron of the school that became Gallaudet University, she played an important role in deaf history, even playing a key role in lobbying Congressmen in the effort to establish Gallaudet (then the "National Deaf-Mute College").


Albert Berg

After leaving the Indiana Institution for the Deaf, Berg enrolled at the "Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb" (later renamed Gallaudet University), run by Edward Miner Gallaudet in Washington, D.C. He was a halfback and captain of the football team at Gallaudet.

Deaf education in Kenya

Andrew Foster, a deaf Black missionary is was the first Black graduate of Gallaudet University arrived in Africa in 1957 and greatly expanded the state of deaf education throughout the continent by building thirty-one schools for the deaf, the first of which is located in Ghana.

Frank Bowe

The example he and COED set was not lost on the students at Gallaudet University across town when, in March, 1988, they launched the Deaf President Now protest.

NoMa

It is home to several important historic structures including the Woodward & Lothrop Service Warehouse (on the National Register of Historic Places), the Uline Arena, St. Aloysius Church, Gonzaga College High School, Gallaudet University and the Government Printing Office.

Phyllis Frelich

She attended North Dakota School for the Deaf, graduating in 1962, and then went on to study at Gallaudet College (now known as Gallaudet University), a school for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.

William Kennard

He has received many honors and awards for his accomplishments, including honorary degrees from Howard University, Gallaudet University and Long Island University and awards from the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, the Easter Seals Foundation, and the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce.


see also

Manually coded English

R. Orin Cornett, who developed Cued Speech in 1966 at Gallaudet University, sought to combat poor reading skills among deaf college students by providing deaf children with a solid linguistic background.