T. Alan Hurwitz
10th President of Gallaudet University
In office
January 1, 2010 – December 31, 2015
Preceded byRobert R. Davila
Succeeded byRoberta Cordano
Personal details
Born (1942-09-17) September 17, 1942

Dr. T. Alan Hurwitz (born September 17, 1942) is an American educator who served as the tenth President of Gallaudet University from 2010 to 2015.[1] He is the first person born deaf, and first Jew, to hold this position.[2] Previously, he served as President of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf and Vice President and Dean of Rochester Institute of Technology. He served in a variety of other roles for most of NTID's 40-year history.

Hurwitz attended the Central Institute for the Deaf.[3]

Dr. Hurwitz started at NTID in 1970 as an educational specialist in RIT's College of Engineering after working for McDonnell Douglas Corp. since 1965. He subsequently held a number of progressively more responsible positions, including Support Department Chair for Engineering and Computer Science Programs, Director for NTID Support Services, Associate Dean for Educational Support Services Programs, Associate Vice President for NTID Outreach and External Affairs, and Associate Dean for Student Affairs.

Dr. Hurwitz has been active in a variety of professional and deafness-related organizations and serves on a number of boards of organizations serving deaf persons, including the Rochester School for the Deaf and the National Captioning Institute. He is a former president of the National Association of the Deaf (NAD), and has traveled and lectured extensively nationally and internationally.

He earned a B.S. in electrical engineering from Washington University in St. Louis, an M.S. in electrical engineering from St. Louis University, and an Ed.D. in curriculum and teaching from the University of Rochester.

On October 18, 2009, Dr. Hurwitz was selected as the 10th president of Gallaudet University. He took office on January 1, 2010.[4]

Hurwitz retired on December 31, 2015, with Roberta Cordano succeeding him as the eleventh president of Gallaudet University.

Dr. Hurwitz was born profoundly deaf, to deaf parents.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Dr.T. Alan Hurwitz - Gallaudet University". Archived from the original on 2013-03-29. Retrieved 2013-03-01.
  2. ↑ "New Gallaudet President Bridges Deaf, Jewish Worlds". 8 April 2010.
  3. ↑ "Getting to Know... Alan Hurwitz", Jewish Deaf Community Center News, December 3, 2010, January 2011 / Tevet 5771, Issue No. 108. Accessed December 8, 2019. "An expert lip-reader, Hurwitz is a 1965 graduate from Central Institute for the Deaf in St. Louis where he spent a decade learning to talk as a child."
  4. ↑ de Vise, Daniel (2009-10-18), "Gallaudet University names new president", The Washington Post, ISSN 0190-8286, retrieved 2009-10-19
  5. ↑ "Deaf Person of the Month".
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