Saturday, November 8, 2008

Gallaudet Teacher Dies

The founder and first chairman of Gallaudet University's religion department has died. Eugene McVicker was 84-years-old. The retired Lutheran minister was the youngest son of deaf parents and spent many years working on behalf of the deaf. He served as Gallaudet’s chaplain for a time and remained religion department chairman for nearly 30 years. He lectured using both ASL and spoken English.