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Robert Davila
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Early Childhood
• Born hearing on July 19, 1932
• Parents were from Mexico, and worked in the fields and orchards of Southern California
• Spanish was his first language
• Became deaf at age 8 from a severe case of spinal meningitis
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Childhood
• Went to California School for the Deaf
• Learned English and ASL
• Worked hard• First person in family
to finish high school• Graduated with
honors
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Gallaudet University
• Graduated class of 1953 (same year he married his wife, Donna Lou Ekstrom)– 2 sons, Brian and Brent
• Wanted to become a teacher
• Worked at New York School for the Deaf
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Awards
• First deaf person ever elected president of:
– Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf – Council on Education of the Deaf – Conference of Educational Administrators of
the Deaf
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Extended Education
• Ph. D at Syracuse University in Educational Technology and Curriculum Development
• Became a full time teacher at GU
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Facts
• Became President of Gallaudet University on January 1, 2007.
• Supervised elementary schools for the deaf
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Facts cont.
• holds honorary degrees from Gallaudet, RIT, Stonehill College, and Hunter College.
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Sources
• http://library.rit.edu/depts/archives/deafhistory/davila.htm
• http://aaweb.gallaudet.edu/About_Gallaudet/History_of_the_University/Presidents/Davila_Robert.html
• http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0842/is_n2_v15/ai_8201155/