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The Honorable Wilma Newhoudt-Druchen, a Gallaudet alumna who in 1999 became the first deaf woman to be elected to the South African Parliament, has been selected as Gallaudet University's Visionary Leader for November in recognition of her extensive advocacy efforts for both the deaf and...

Title President 2007-2009 Education Ph.D., Syracuse University,1972 M.A., Hunter College, 1963 B.A., Gallaudet University, 1953 Short Biography The life story of Robert R. Davila, Gallaudet University's ninth president, is quintessentially American. Born to poor but loving parents, both from Mexico and both workers in the...

The following are diplomas granted to Gallaudet University graduate and undergraduate students and signed by United States President Ronald Reagan, who was president from 1981 until 1989. Diplomas were also signed by Edward C. Merrill, Jr., president of Gallaudet, from 1969 until 1983. The next...

The following are diplomas granted to Gallaudet University graduate and undergraduate students and signed by United States President Ulysses S. Grant who was president from 1869 until 1877. Grant was the first U.S. President to sign the college's diplomas and on June 30, 1870, he...

In 1864, Congress passed a bill authorizing the institution, known as the Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind, to establish the National College for the Deaf and Dumb which would provide college-level instruction and confer college degrees. On...

Deaf President Now (DPN) was the result of many individuals standing up and saying, "I do not, we do not accept degraded status-yes, we require-that others accept this in us as well." Roger Wilkins, Pulitzer prize-winning journalist and long time advocate for the rights of...

The following events offer a wide array of choices to celebrate the rich legacy of the past 150 years of Gallaudet University's history. September Visionary Leader: Jack Gannon September 10-Sesquicentennial Lecture Series: Andrew Solomon, 12:30-1:45 p.m., Kellogg Conference Hotel, Swindells Auditorium September 12-President Alan Hurwitz's...

In 1856, Amos Kendall, a postmaster general during two presidential administrations, donated two acres of his estate in northeast Washington, D.C. to establish a school and housing for 12 deaf and six blind students. The following year, Kendall persuaded Congress to incorporate the new school,...