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1 | https://tinyurl.com/deaf-docs | @dropdown | See also: | http://tinyurl.com/deaf-profs | https://tinyurl.com/gally-firsts | https://twu.edu/dsc | http://firstsearch.oclc.org/fsip?dbname=WorldCatDissertations | @ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | ABC's 1960 survey: He found only five profoundly deaf people in the US with doctoral degrees, link in next column: | https://archive.org/details/Gallaudet_OTG_Vol12_No44/mode/2up?q=years | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Searching: Use Ctrl-H to search for a name or phrase. | See also: | http://tinyurl.com/deaf-docs-honorary | https://tinyurl.com/deaf-docs-jds | https://archive.org/details/deafpersonsinart00lang | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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5 | This list is intended to be chronological, as a follow-up to Rosalyn Gannon's list in Deaf Heritage, 1981 (in Appendix B) -----> | https://tinyurl.com/deaf-heritage-docs | Book ---> | https://archive.org/details/deafheritagenarr0000gann/mode/2up | https://tinyurl.com/silence-of-the-spheres | https://infoguides.rit.edu/c.php?g=671504&p=4811146 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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7 | Type | Name (Last, First) | Year | Source | Major / Specialty | University | Notes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Bonnet, Charles (Doctor of Laws degree) | 1743 | Law | University of Geneva (#1) (Switzerland) | <=== First deaf person in the world to earn a doctoral degree of any type | Deaf since age 7: | https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015032834494&view=1up&seq=49&q1=1743 | https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89083850602&view=1up&seq=5 | https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Monthly_Magazine_Or_British_Register/dboRAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Charles+Bonnet%22+%22doctor+of+laws%22+1743&pg=PA454&printsec=frontcover | https://www.academia.edu/18037642/Charles_Bonnet_His_Life_and_His_Syndrome | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | PhD | 1 | Moore, Gideon E., PhD | 1869 | Deaf Heritage list | Heidelberg University (#1) (Germany) | <=== First deaf person in the world to earn a doctor of philosophy degree. First (signing) deaf person in the world to earn a doctoral degree of any type (a student from the United States, studying in Germany). | (hard of hearing) | https://archive.org/details/thesilentworld-v1no1-july1871/page/9/mode/2up | Pp. 207-8: | https://gaislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/americanannals%3A97?solr_nav%5Bid%5D=e4d67fcaa3783f4715c1&solr_nav%5Bpage%5D=0&solr_nav%5Boffset%5D=0#page/1/mode/1up | Pp. 193-4: | https://gaislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/americanannals%3A8075?solr_nav%5Bid%5D=cb34066e3284db4dfdc0&solr_nav%5Bpage%5D=0&solr_nav%5Boffset%5D=1#page/1/mode/1up | Page xxvi: | https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015032834494&view=1up&seq=30&q1=Gideon | Note: Anders Gustaf Ekeberg achieved a master's ("magister") degree in 1788. See: https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=16798 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | PhD | 2 | Auer von Welsbach, Carl, PhD | 1882 | Auer von Welsbach Museum | Heidelberg University (#2) (Germany) | (hard of hearing) | http://www.auer-von-welsbach-museum.at/en/freiherr-auer-von-welsbach-4/biography | P. 157: | https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015032834494&view=1up&seq=195&q1=Gideon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | PhD | 3 | Scott, Charlotte Angas, PhD | 1885 | Bryn Mawr College Annual Report | University of London (#1) (UK) | <=== First deaf female in the world to earn a doctoral degree of any type. First British woman (whether deaf or hearing) to earn a doctorate of any type (second European woman) (hard of hearing as doctoral student) | http://tinyurl.com/charlotte-angas-scott-deaf | https://sites.google.com/view/le-kiosque-de-flaubert/feuille-de-cailloux/feuilles-de-cailloux-2020-2021/european-section-terminale/maths-in-history/charlotte-angas-scott | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | MD | 1 | Nicolle, Charles Jules Henri, MD | 1893 | dpiap.org | Pasteur Institute (#1) (France) | <=== First deaf person to become a Nobel laureate (1928) (deaf in one ear, hard of hearing in one ear) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | PhD | 4 | Canfield, Dorothea Frances, PhD (Dorothy Canfield Fisher) | 1904 | Dissertation Abstracts | French | Columbia University (#1) | <=== First deaf person overall to earn a doctoral degree of any type in the U.S. First deaf person in the U.S. to earn a doctoral degree from an Ivy League institution (hard of hearing) | https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofmidw0000unse/page/196/mode/2up | https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t3mw2mj11&view=1up&seq=26 | https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015004266493&view=1up&seq=9 | https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044096992839&view=1up&seq=169 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | DDS | 1 | Andree, George Gregor William, DDS | 1908 | Proceedings of the Board of Regents (1906-1910) | University of Michigan (#1) | Pasteur Institute (#1) (France) | <=== First deaf person to earn a DDS degree. First graduate of Gallaudet College to earn a doctoral degree of any type (hard of hearing) | https://archive.org/details/gu_buffandblue19341011/page/n15/mode/2up?q=Andree | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | PhD | 5 | Conn, Harold Joel, PhD | 1911 | Dissertation Abstracts | Cornell University (#1) | https://twu.edu/dsc/conni.htm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | DDS | 2 | Ringnell, Bernhard Ernest, DDS | 1911 | The Iowa Alumnus: Alumni Register Number, 1847-1911 | University of Iowa (#1) College of Dentistry (#1) | https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015032834494&view=1up&seq=116&q1=Bernhard%20Ernest%20Ringnell | https://www.google.com/books/edition/Alumni_Register/4rnOAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Bernhard+ernest+ringnell&pg=PA238&printsec=frontcover | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/203611669/ernest-bernard-ringnell | https://gaislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/alumnicards%3A3944 | https://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/islandora/object/ui%3Adentistry_666 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | PhD | 6 | Best, Harry F., PhD | 1914 | Dissertation Abstracts | Columbia University (#2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | DDS | 3 | Nies, Edwin W., DDS | 1914 | Deaf Heritage list | University of Pennsylvania (#1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | Dr. phil. nat. | 1 | Edinger, Tilly, Dr. phil. nat. (1922?) | 1921 | WorldCat | University of Frankfurt am Main (#1) (Germany) | https://twu.edu/dsc/edingeri.htm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | PhD | 7 | Benedict, Ruth Fulton, PhD | 1923 | Dissertation Abstracts | Columbia University (#3) | https://twu.edu/dsc/benedicti.htm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | PhD | 8 | Wilson, David Hawxhurst, PhD | 1931 | Dissertation Abstracts | Harvard University (#1) | <=== First congenitally deaf person in the world to earn an academic (i.e., non-professional), doctoral degree (signing or not signing); and first congenitally deaf person to earn an academic, doctoral degree in the United States (signing or not signing) | https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.185136/page/n333/mode/2up?q=hawxhurst | https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Volta_Review/x5IyAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22david+h+wilson%22+deaf&pg=PA140&printsec=frontcover | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | Lavaud, Suzanne (doctor of letters) | 1932 | Silent Worker, June 1950 | Université de Paris (La Sorbonne) (#1) (France) | <=== First deaf person in France to earn a doctoral degree | https://archive.org/details/TheSilentWorker0210June1950/page/n11/mode/2up?q=Lavaud | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | PhD | 9 | Breunig, Henry Latham, PhD | 1938 | Deaf Heritage list | Johns Hopkins University, The (#1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | PhD | 10 | Pitcher, Bernard L., PhD | 1939 | sussexdeafhistory.org.uk | Imperial College (UK) (#1) | <=== First congenitally deaf person in the United Kingdom to earn a PhD degree | https://web.archive.org/web/20120905121254/http://www.sussexdeafhistory.org.uk/page_id__62_path__0p34p.aspx | http://www.maryharehistory.org.uk/articles/firsts.html | http://web.archive.org/web/20170325201027/http://www.sussexdeafhistory.org.uk:80/page_id__62.aspx?path=0p34p | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | PhD | 11 | Witte, Horst, PhD | 1940 | University of Munich library | University of Munich (#1) (Germany) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | PhD | 12 | Cornforth, John, PhD | 1941 | ndfresearch.com | University of Oxford (#1) St. Catherine's College (#1) (UK) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
27 | MD | 2 | Steinback, Howard L., MD | 1943 | Deaf Heritage list | St. Louis University (#1) | <=== First deaf person (and first congenitally deaf person) to earn a Medical Doctor (M.D.) degree in the United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
28 | DPhil | 1 | Ollerenshaw, Kathleen (Timpson), DPhil (achieved without thesis) | 1945 | ox.ac.uk | University of Oxford (#2) (UK) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | PhD | 13 | Vier, Marion Corson, PhD | 1948 | Deaf Heritage list | University of Colorado (#1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | PhD | 14 | Lillie, Robert Jones, PhD | 1949 | Deaf Heritage list | University of Maryland, College Park (#1) | https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/newportri/name/robert-lillie-obituary?pid=194511203 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
31 | PhD | 15 | Kidd, Donald J., PhD | 1951 | Dissertation Abstracts | University of Toronto (#1) (Canada) | <=== First deaf person to earn a doctoral degree in Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
32 | PhD | 16 | Ballantyne, Donald L., PhD | 1952 | Deaf Heritage list | Catholic University of America (#1) | https://digitalarchive.rit.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/1850/18728/NTIDFocus-1981-WIN.pdf?sequence=1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
33 | DDS | 4 | Marsters, James C., DDS | 1952 | Deaf Heritage list | New York University (#1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
34 | PhD | 17 | Hawkins, William Bruce, Jr., PhD | 1954 | Deaf Heritage list | Princeton University (#1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
35 | JD | 1 | Myers, Lowell J., JD | 1956 | Deaf Heritage list | University of Illinois at Chicago (#1) John Marshall Law School (#1) | <=== First deaf person to earn a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree. (Note: The first deaf attorney to earn a law degree of any type was Roger O'Kelley, who earned a Bachelor of Laws, LL.B., degree from Yale University in 1912 (see: http://tinyurl.com/deaf-jds). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
36 | MD | 3 | Fine, Peter J., MD | 1961 | Deaf American | University of Pennsylvania (hearing level change post-medical school) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
37 | MD | 4 | Price, Ralphael M., MD | 1962 | Deaf Heritage list | Thomas Jefferson University (#1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
38 | MD | 5 | Weinberger, Myron, MD | 1963 | Deaf Heritage list | Indiana University (#1) School of Medicine (#1) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5afh5PoA70 | https://medicine.iu.edu/blogs/alumni/2018-distinguished-alumni-award-recipient-myron-weinberger-md63 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
39 | PhD | 18 | Thompson, Richard Earle, PhD | 1964 | Deaf Heritage list | Boston University (#1) | http://archive.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2003/10/03/richard_thompson_to_deaf_community_a_guiding_spirit/ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
40 | PhD | 19 | Mayes, Thomas A., PhD | 1965 | Deaf Heritage list | Michigan State University (#1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
41 | JD | 2 | Shea, Gerald, JD | 1967 | columbia.edu | Columbia University (#4) School of Law (#1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
42 | PhD | 20 | Stibick, Jeffrey Nelson Lee, PhD | 1967 | Deaf Heritage list | Catholic University of America (#2) | https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/washingtonpost/name/jeffrey-stibick-obituary?pid=184110382 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
43 | PhD | 21 | Basch, Jay Justin, PhD | 1968 | Dissertation Abstracts | Chemistry | Temple University (#1) | <=== First congenitally deaf person in the world to earn an academic, doctoral degree (signing) | https://psdalumni.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/JayBasch.pdf | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
44 | PhD | 22 | Guertin, Ralph Francis, PhD | 1969 | Deaf Heritage list | Yale University (#1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
45 | EdD | 1 | Phillips, Richard Martin, EdD | 1969 | Deaf Heritage list | University of Maryland, College Park (#2) | <=== First deaf person to earn a Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) degree; first deaf Gallaudet College undergraduate alumnus to earn a doctoral degree requiring a dissertation (see Andree, above). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
46 | EdD | 2 | Marshall, William James Aloysius, EdD | 1970 | Deaf Heritage list | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (#1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
47 | PhD | 23 | Schowe, Ben Marshall, Jr., PhD | 1970 | Deaf Heritage list | Ohio State University, The (#1) | <=== First deaf Gallaudet College undergraduate alumnus to earn a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
48 | PhD | 23 | Sharpless, Nansie Sue, PhD | 1970 | Deaf Heritage list | Wayne State University (#1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
49 | EdD | 2 | Stewart, Larry Gene, EdD | 1970 | Deaf Heritage list | University of Arizona (#1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
50 | JD | 3 | Chatoff, Michael A., JD (Admitted to Bar of US Supreme Court) | 1971 | Deaf Heritage list | Brooklyn Law School (#1) | <=== First deaf person admitted to the Bar of US Supreme Court | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
51 | PhD | 25 | Doyle, Thomas Daniel, PhD | 1971 | Deaf Heritage list | George Washington University (#1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
52 | EdD | 4 | Johnson, Richard K., EdD | 1971 | Deaf Heritage list | University of Arizona (#2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
53 | PhD | 25 | Pachciarz, Judith Ann, PhD (See also: 1983) | 1971 | Deaf Heritage list | Saint Louis University (#1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
54 | EdD | 4 | Vescovi, Geno Michael, EdD | 1971 | Deaf Heritage list | University of Arizona (#2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
55 | MD | 6 | Berlin, Jodi, MD | 1972 | AMPHL-Facebook | New York University School of Law (hearing level change post-law school) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
56 | PhD | 27 | Bushnaq, Suleiman M., PhD | 1972 | Catholic U. library | Catholic University of America (#3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
57 | PhD | 27 | Cerf, Vinton Gray, PhD | 1972 | Dissertation Abstracts | University of California, Los Angeles (#1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
58 | PhD | 27 | Davila, Robert R., PhD | 1972 | Deaf Heritage list | Syracuse University (#1) | <=== First profoundly deaf graduate of a state school for the deaf to obtain a doctoral degree, Class of 1948, California School for the Deaf; First Deaf Hispanic to earn a doctoral degree | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
59 | EdD | 6 | Galloway, Victor H., EdD | 1972 | Deaf Heritage list | University of Arizona (#4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
60 | PhD | 27 | Gustason, Gerilee, PhD | 1972 | Deaf Heritage list | University of Southern California (#1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
61 | MD | 6 | Hammerschlag, Paul E., MD | 1972 | Deaf Heritage list | Yeshiva University (#1), Albert Einstein College of Medicine (#1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
62 | PhD | 27 | Jensema, Carl John, PhD | 1972 | Deaf Heritage list | University of Washington (#1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
63 | PhD | 27 | Kapp, Leon Neal, PhD | 1972 | Deaf Heritage list | University of Rochester (#1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
64 | EdD | 6 | Mba, Peter Okoro, EdD | 1972 | Deaf Heritage list | University of Tennessee, Knoxville (#1) | <=== First deaf person from Africa to obtain a doctoral degree | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
65 | EdD | 6 | Propp, George, EdD | 1972 | Deaf Heritage list | University of Nebraska - Lincoln (#1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
66 | PhD | 27 | Stinson, Michael Stewart, PhD | 1972 | Deaf Heritage list | University of Michigan (#2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
67 | PhD | 27 | Watson, Douglas, PhD | 1972 | Deaf Heritage list | Florida State University (#1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
68 | DDS | 5 | Weiner, Michael, DDS | 1972 | Deaf Heritage list | Temple University (#2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
69 | EdD | 9 | Corson, Harvey J., EdD | 1973 | Deaf Heritage list | University of Cincinnati (#1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
70 | PhD | 35 | Jordan, Irving King, Jr., PhD | 1973 | Deaf Heritage list | University of Tennessee, Knoxville (#2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
71 | PhD | 35 | Liebman, Jeffrey Mark, PhD | 1973 | Deaf Heritage list | University of California, Los Angeles (#2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
72 | PhD | 35 | Mead, Richard Harlow, PhD | 1973 | Deaf Heritage list | Harvard University (#2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
73 | PhD | 35 | Nomeland, Ronald E., PhD | 1973 | Deaf Heritage list | Instructional Technology | Syracuse University (#2) (my dissertation can be found in Dissertation Abstracts) | <=== First congenitally deaf person who completed studies at a residential school for the deaf to earn a PhD degree, Minnesota School for the Deaf, 1942-1954. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
74 | DDS | 6 | Snyder, James G, DDS | 1973 | Deaf Heritage list | University of Iowa (#2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
75 | PhD | 35 | Sussman, Allen Edwin, PhD | 1973 | Deaf Heritage list | New York University (#2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
76 | PhD | 35 | Tetteh-Ocloo, Seth Lawrence, PhD | 1973 | Deaf Heritage list | Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (#1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
77 | EdD | 10 | Freeman, Jerome Warren, EdD | 1974 | Deaf Heritage list | University of Tennessee, Knoxville (#3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
78 | EdD | 10 | Preston, William, EdD | 1974 | Deaf Heritage list | University of Rochester (#2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
79 | EdD | 10 | Sanderson, Robert Gordon, EdD | 1974 | Deaf Heritage list | Brigham Young University (#1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
80 | EdD | 13 | Fleischer, Lawrence Raymond, EdD | 1975 | Deaf Heritage list | Brigham Young University (#2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
81 | EdD | 13 | Golden, Emanuel, EdD | 1975 | Deaf Heritage list | Walden University (#1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
82 | DPH | 1 | Goldstein, Inge F, DPH | 1975 | Deaf Heritage list | Columbia University (#5) | <=== First deaf person to earn a Doctor of Public Health (D.P.H.) degree | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
83 | PhD | 41 | Johnson, Verner Carl, PhD | 1975 | Deaf Heritage list | University of Tennessee, Knoxville (#4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
84 | PhD | Simmons. Robert, MT, PhD | 1975 | Neuroanatomy | University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa) | <=== First Deaf person in South Africa to earn a PhD in Neuroanatomy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
85 | PhD | 41 | Okuda, Chuzo, PhD | 1975 | Deaf Heritage list | Pennsylvania State University (#1) | <=== First Deaf person from Japan / Deaf Japanese to earn a PhD | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
86 | PhD | 43 | Bowe, Frank George, PhD | 1976 | Deaf Heritage list | New York University (#3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
87 | PhD | 43 | Christiansen, John Barton, PhD | 1976 | Dissertation Abstracts | University of California, Riverside (#1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
88 | PhD | 43 | Harris, Robert Ira, PhD | 1976 | Deaf Heritage list | New York University (#3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
89 | MD | 8 | Hochman, Frank P., MD | 1976 | Deaf Heritage list | Rutgers University (#1) New Jersey Medical School (#1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
90 | EdD | 15 | Miller, Lucille Vida, EdD | 1976 | Dissertation Abstracts | Brigham Young University (#3) | <=== First deaf woman to earn a Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) degree (April 1976) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
91 | EdD | 15 | Miller, Betty Gloria, EdD | 1976 | Deaf Heritage list | Pennsylvania State University (#2) | <=== First deaf Gallaudet College alumna to earn a doctoral degree (August 1976) (hard of hearing as a doctoral student) | https://archive.org/details/sim_a-deaf-american-monograph_1971-06_23_10/page/23/mode/1up | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
92 | PhD | 43 | Moore, Michael Lee, PhD | 1976 | Deaf Heritage list | University of North Texas (#1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
93 | PhD | 43 | Norwood, Malcolm Joseph, PhD | 1976 | Deaf Heritage list | University of Maryland, College Park (#3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
94 | PhD | 43 | Schroedel, John G., PhD | 1976 | Deaf Heritage list | New York University (#3) | <=== Graduated with distinction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
95 | PhD | 43 | Wax, Tovah "Teena" M., PhD | 1976 | Dissertation Abstracts | Univerity of Delaware (#1) | <=== First congenitally deaf woman to earn a PhD degree | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
96 | PhD | 50 | Bohrman, Jeffrey Stephen, PhD | 1977 | Dissertation Abstracts | University of the Pacific (#1) | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vRZPXUgGx8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
97 | PhD | 50 | Humphries, Tom, PhD | 1977 | WorldCat/Project/Deaf Heritage list | Union Institute and University (#1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
98 | PhD | 50 | James, David Michael, PhD | 1977 | Dissertation Abstracts | University of Chicago, The (#1) | <=== First hard of hearing Black person to earn a PhD degree | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
99 | MD | 9 | Kavic, Thomas Adam, MD | 1977 | Deaf Heritage list | University of Pittsburgh (#1) University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (#1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
100 | JD | 4 | Mather, Robert, JD | 1977 | Deaf Heritage list | DePaul University (#1) College of Law (#1) | <=== First congenitally deaf person to earn a JD degree |