Alan Hurwitz
T. Alan Hurwitz | |
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President of Gallaudet University | |
In office January 1, 2010 – December 31, 2015 | |
Preceded by | Robert R. Davila |
Succeeded by | Roberta Cordano |
Personal details | |
Born | September 17, 1942 |
T. Alan Hurwitz (born September 17, 1942) is an American educator who served as the tenth President of
Hurwitz attended the Central Institute for the Deaf.[3]
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.
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 Saint Louis University, and an Ed.D. in curriculum and teaching from the University of Rochester.
On October 18, 2009, 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.
Hurwitz was born profoundly deaf, to deaf parents.[5]
References
- ^ "Dr.T. Alan Hurwitz - Gallaudet University". Archived from the original on 2013-03-29. Retrieved 2013-03-01.
- ^ "New Gallaudet President Bridges Deaf, Jewish Worlds". 8 April 2010.
- ^ "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."
- ISSN 0190-8286, retrieved 2009-10-19
- ^ "Deaf Person of the Month".