Academics

The Laurent Clerc Cultural Fund (LCCF) Amos Kendall Award is presented to a deaf person in recognition of notable excellence in a professional field not related to deafness.

Previous recipients are:

  • 2020: Judith A. Pachciarz, M.D, Ph.D (CA)
  • 2019: Steven L. Rattner, D.D.S. (MD)
  • 2018: Jacqueline S Roth, ’76 (NY)
  • 2017: Leah B. Katz-Hernandez, ’10 (DC)
  • 2016: Melody Tsai Stein, E-’96 and Russell J. Stein, ’95 (CA)
  • 2015: Lori Ann Voelker Kober, ’90 (SD)
  • 2014: Richard Lindsay Macomber, Jr., ’95 (IN)
  • 2013: Frank P. Hochman (CA)
  • 2012: Curtis Pride (FL)
  • 2011: Claudia Gordon (DC)
  • 2010: Charles Wildbank (NY)
  • 2009: No Award
  • 2008: James R. Macfadden, ’62 (MD)
  • 2007: No Award
  • 2006: Ann Marie “Jade” Bryan (NY)
  • 2005: No Award
  • 2004: Gary Klingensmith (PA)
  • 2003: Henry Kisor (IL)
  • 2002: No Award
  • 2001: Richard Dysart (CA)
  • 2000: Connie Briscoe (DC)
  • 1999: Danny Delcambre (WA)
  • 1998: Mark S. Fisher, ’81 (CA)
  • 1997: Dr. Vinton G. Cerf (VA)
  • 1996: Albert J. Hlibok (NY)
  • 1995: No Award
  • 1994: Vladimir Galchenko (Russia)
  • 1993: No Award
  • 1992: Roberto Wirth, E ’74 (Italy)
  • 1991: Donald H. Bradford, ’49 (NM)
  • 1990: J. Sterling White, ’59 (NC)
  • 1989: John Yeh, ’71 (MD)
  • 1988: William Sparks (NC)
  • 1987: Robert J. Welsh (UT)
  • 1986: Phyllis A. Frelich, ’67 (CA)
  • 1985: Wilbur J. Ruge, ’48 (KS)
  • 1984: Jean K. Cordano, ’51 (WI)
  • 1983: Edwin J. Parks, ’57 (MD)
  • 1982: John D. Randolph, ’45 (MD) and Kelly H. Stevens, ’20 (TX)
  • 1981: Regina O. Hughes, ’18 (DC)
  • 1980: Wilson H. Grabill, ’34 (MD)
  • 1979: Donald L. Ballantyne (NY)

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