Laurent Clerc Award Explained

The Laurent Clerc Award is an annual honor bestowed by Gallaudet University's Alumni Association to recognize a deaf person for "his or her outstanding contributions to society," and specifically to honor their achievements in the interest of deaf people. It is named for Laurent Clerc (1785-1869). It has been given to notable scientists and inventors, such as deaf scientist Robert Weitbrecht, to honor his contributions in developing the teleprinter and an acoustic coupler for the early computer modem. It is awarded by Gallaudet University's Alumni Association through its Laurent Clerc Cultural Fund.

Recipients

2020 Ernest Elmer Hairston
2019 Nancy Rourke
2018 Drago Renteria
2017 Michelle A. Banks
2016 Nyle Lorenzo DiMarco
2015 Stephen C. Baldwin
2014 Alfred Sonnenstrahl
2013 Ann Silver
2012 Charles C. Baird
2011 Allison Schlesinger-Sepulveda, founder of National Center for Deaf Advocacy
2010 Barbara Kannapell
2009 Scott DeLoach
(2008: No award)
2007 Roy "Ed" Bosson and Nathie L. Marbury
2006 Gertrude Scott Galloway
(2005: No award)
2004 Carol Padden and Tom L. Humphries
2003 Kevin Nolan, Sr.
2002 Berta Foster
2001 Frank Lala
2000 Ben Soukup
1999 Sam Rittenberg
1998 Alexander "Sandy" Ewan
1997 Marvin J. Marshall
1996 Ausma Smits
1995 Earnest I. Okwara
1994 Albert Couthen
1993 Gilbert C. Eastman
1992 John B. Davis
1991 Otto B. Berg
1990 Leo M. Jacobs
1989 Jack R. Gannon
1988 Ernest Marshall
1987 Charley E. Whisman
1986 William J. Marra and Willard Shorter
1985 William T. Griffing and Florence B. Crammatte
1984 Jess M. Smith
1983 Gordon L. Allen
1982 Alan B. Crammatte
1981 Byron B. Burnes
1980 Frederick C. Schreiber
1979 Frank B. Sullivan
(1977 & 1978: No award)
1976 Robert G. Sanderson
1975 Frank R. Turk^[1]
1974 Benjamin M. Schowe, Sr.
1973 James N. Orman
(1972: No award)
1971 Robert H. Weitbrecht
1970 David Peikoff

External links

Laurent Clerc Award at Gallaudet University

Notes and References

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