Robert Panara Explained
Robert F. Panara |
Birth Date: | 8 July 1920 |
Occupation: | Educator, Poet |
Robert F. Panara (8 July 1920 - 20 July 2014) was a poet, a professor and a co-founder of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) and the National Theater of the Deaf.[1] Panara is considered to be a pioneer in deaf culture studies in the United States.
Life
Panara was born in 1920 in The Bronx of New York City, and lost his hearing as a child from spinal meningitis.[2] After high school, he attended and graduated from Gallaudet College (now Gallaudet University).[3]
He went on to teach at Gallaudet College, before moving to the Rochester Institute of Technology where he helped found the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID).[4] [5]
Panara was very interested in the theater and developed some of the first plays for deaf actors and audiences. He was instrumental in founding the National Theater of the Deaf in connection with the American School for the Deaf.
Poetry
Panara was a poet, and his collected poems were published in 1997.[6] [7]
Legacy
In 1987 the Rochester Institute of Technology named its performing arts theater after him,[8] and established a scholarship fund in his name.
In 2017 the United States Postal Service issued a stamp in its Distinguished Americans series honoring Robert Panara.
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Notes and References
- News: Associated Press (AP) . Deaf educator and pioneer Robert Panara dies at 94 . 22 July 2014 . The State . South Carolina . https://web.archive.org/web/20140726065848/http://www.thestate.com/2014/07/22/3577864/deaf-educator-and-pioneer-robert.html . 26 July 2014 . dead . dmy-all .
- Obituary: Robert Panara . 2 August 2014 . The Economist . https://web.archive.org/web/20140801071937/http://www.economist.com/news/obituary/21610179-robert-panara-poet-and-pioneer-deaf-studies-died-july-20th-aged-94-robert-panara . 1 August 2014 . live.
- News: Langer . Emily . 23 July 2014 . Robert Panara, writer, poet, professor and pioneer of deaf studies, dies at 94 . The Washington Post .
- News: Advisers are Named for Deaf Institute . 5 December 1965 . The New York Times . subscription .
- NTID was established by an act of Congress in 1965 and is part of the Rochester Institute of Technology.
- Book: Panara, Robert F. . 1997 . On His Deafness and Other Melodies Unheard . Rochester, New York . Deaf Life Press . 978-0-9634016-5-6 .
- News: Baadke . Michael . 17 March 2017 . Meet Robert Panara, the latest subject of a Distinguished Americans stamp . Linn's Stamp News . https://web.archive.org/web/20170317222450/http://www.linns.com/news/us-stamps-postal-history/2017/march/robert-panara-distinguished-americans-stamp-united-states-postal-service.html . 17 March 2017 . live.
- News: Goodman . James . 22 July 2014 . Panara both inspired and popularized deaf culture . Democrat and Chronicle . https://web.archive.org/web/20210127052456/https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2014/07/21/panara-inspired-popularized-deaf-culture/12973419/ . 27 January 2021 . live . dmy-all .