Dr. I. King Jordan
Born Irving King Jordan and raised in the small Philadelphia suburb, Glen Riddle, I. King Jordan, Ph.D., is arguably one of the most influential people in changing the conventions formerly known about and by deaf culture. Dr. Jordan was not born deaf, but was injured in a motorcycle accident that left him near death and deaf when he was 21 years of age. At that time, Dr. Jordan was serving in the United States Navy and was consequently discharged and decided to pursue his early postsecondary education at Gallaudet University in Washington D.C., where he returned to make the biggest difference the institution or the United States has ever seen.
I. King Jordan achieved his undergraduate degree in psychology from Gallaudet University in 1970. He went on to attend the University of Tennessee where he achieved his Master's Degree in 1971 and his Doctorate of Philosophy in 1973. "Upon earning his doctorate, he joined the Gallaudet faculty as a teacher in the......
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