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Gallaudet University.
The AP reports that protests of Hurwitz are unlikely. He is well-known in the deaf community.
Dr. T. Alan Hurwitz (pictured) has been appointed by the Board of Trustees as Gallaudet University’s tenth president. The announcement was made by Dr. Benjamin Soukup, chair of the Board of Trustees, on October 18 before an overflow crowd in the University’s Swindells Auditorium.
Hurwitz currently serves as president of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID), one of eight colleges within the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), and vice president and dean of RIT. He has worked at NTID/RIT since 1970, first as an instructor in RIT’s College of Engineering and, subsequently, as an NTID professor, department chair, dean, and the college’s president. Throughout his career he has been active in a variety of professional organizations, including serving as president of both the National Association of the Deaf and the World Organization of Jewish Deaf.
“In Dr. Alan Hurwitz the Board of Trustees has chosen a leader for Gallaudet who possesses an extensive and distinguished track record in the field of higher education for deaf and hard of hearing persons,” said Soukup. “This expertise, along with his commitment to Gallaudet’s unique mission and strategic plan, ensures that he is the right person to lead the University as it seeks to attract and educate students from a variety of educational and communication backgrounds.”
Hurwitz, who will take office in January, succeeds Dr. Robert Davila, the University’s president since 2007.
From Gallaudet University. The AP reports that protests of Hurwitz are unlikely. He is well-known in the deaf community.
