|
1903 |
Born on August 7th in
Belleville,
Kansas |
|
1922 |
Graduated from the High
School in Olathe, Kansas.
|
|
1927-1928 |
Assistant Instructor of
English at the University of Kansas. |
|
1928 |
Received a B.A. degree
in English from the University of Kansas. |
|
1928-1934 |
Became a faculty member
of Gallaudet College
and taught English and history. |
|
1930 |
Received a M.A. degree
in Political Science from The George Washington University. |
|
1931 |
Received a M.A. degree
from Gallaudet College. |
|
1934-1940 |
Promoted to Assistant
Professor of English and history. |
|
1940 |
Received a Ph.D. degree
in Political Science. |
|
1940-1947 |
Assistant Editor of the
American Annals of the Deaf. |
|
1940-1953 |
Promoted to Professor of
English and history at
Gallaudet
College.
|
1941-1971
|
Held workshops for
teachers of the deaf in approximately 100 schools and universities in the
United States. |
|
1948-1968 |
Editor of the
American Annals of the Deaf. |
|
1953-1967 |
Professor of history and
political science. |
1959
|
Project Director for
"Guide Lines for the Establishment of Rehabilitation Facilities for the
Deaf." |
|
1959 |
Received a special Merit
Key Award from the Kappa Gamma Fraternity. |
1960
|
Project Director for
"Workshop on Identification of Researchable Vocational Rehabilitation
Problems of the Deaf." |
1960-1965
|
Member of the Board of
Directors of "dsh Abstracts" published by Deafness Speech and Hearing
Publications, Inc. |
|
1961 |
Coordinator for
"Workshops for Catholic Personnel for the Deaf." |
|
1961 |
Coordinator for
"Workshop for Episcopal Workers for the Deaf." |
1961
|
Received Edward Allen
Fay Award at the Conference of Executives of American Schools for the
Deaf. |
|
1962 |
Received a degree of
Doctor of Humane Letters from Gallaudet College. |
|
1963 |
Project Director for
"Workshop for Lutherans on Deafness and Rehabilitation." |
|
1963 |
Executive Secretary of
the "International Congress on Education of the Deaf" held in Washington,
D.C. |
|
1963 |
Received "The Man of the
Year" Award from the Alpha Sigma Pi Fraternity. |
|
1964 |
Received the Kappa Gamma
Alumni Centennial Award. |
1967
|
Attended the Fifth World
Congress of the "World Federation of the Deaf" held in Warsaw, Poland.
|
|
1967-1971 |
Professor of government
at Gallaudet College. |
1970
|
Attended the
"International Congress on Education of the Deaf" held in Stockholm,
Sweden. |
|
1970-1971 |
Acting Dean of the
Graduate School, Gallaudet College. |
1971
|
Attended the Sixth World
Congress of the "World Federation of the Deaf" held in Paris, France. |
|
1971 |
Died on July 31, in
Paris, France while attending the WFD Congress. |