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Former Gallaudet President Jordan's ghost writer revealed for the first time

PRESS RELEASE : Saturday, February 8, 2020, 9:00 pm Eastern Time, including important new material in the Revised Second Addendum Originally issued: Saturday, August 28, 2010, 1:22 pm ET Former Gallaudet President Jordan's ghost writer revealed for the first time David Armstrong has retired from Gallaudet Long-time Gallaudet staff member David Armstrong has retired from Gallaudet. This transcript of a radio interview with Armstrong mentions that he retired recently from Gallaudet: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129155123 This information has been verified with the administration. Currently, the position of Executive Director of Gallaudet University Press is open and a replacement is not being sought. Armstrong, as the “Executive Director of the Gallaudet University Press and External Affairs,” had been serving in an expanded capacity, including acting as editor of Sign Language Studies and as Executive Director of Gallaudet U

Shock Waves in the North American Deaf Community — Student Protest Leader Carl DuPree Killed by Gallaudet Campus Police, November 9, 1990

Re-Release : Saturday, February 8, 2020, 6:45 pm ET Original press release: Monday, September 24, 2012, 3:13 pm ET Shock Waves in the North American Deaf Community — Student Protest Leader Carl DuPree Killed by Gallaudet Campus Police, November 9, 1990 Gallaudet Vice President shifts blame, unjustly making scapegoat out of Deaf professor (Washington, DC) Chronology and synopsis of events: Carl DuPree , an undergraduate student at Gallaudet University in Washington, DC, had made several unsuccessful attempts to pass a remedial English course prior to the Spring semester in 1990. The normal practice at the time was for the English Language Program (ELP) coordinator to be listed as the instructor in the schedule for all English 50 classes, as is what happened in this case. DuPree signed up for English 50 for the Spring of 1990 under Marcia Bordman (MB), because MB was the coordinator of the English Language Program. MB then assigned DuPree to attend Carl Schroeder’s class. On A