{"id":21525,"date":"2013-01-22T01:32:14","date_gmt":"2013-01-22T06:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=21525"},"modified":"2013-01-22T02:20:26","modified_gmt":"2013-01-22T07:20:26","slug":"victor-galloway-first-deaf-superintendent-of-the-texas-school-for-the-deaf-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2013\/01\/22\/victor-galloway-first-deaf-superintendent-of-the-texas-school-for-the-deaf-dies\/","title":{"rendered":"Victor Galloway, first deaf superintendent of the Texas School for the Deaf, dies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Victor Galloway, first deaf superintendent of the Texas School for the Deaf, dies<\/strong><\/p>\n

January 17, 2013<\/p>\n

Sign the Obituary guest book for Victor Galloway<\/p>\n

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By Asher Price<\/p>\n

American-Statesman Staff<\/p>\n

Victor Galloway, the first deaf superintendent of the Texas School for the Deaf, died on Wednesday in Austin at the age of 84.<\/p>\n

He had suffered from Alzheimer\u2019s disease.<\/p>\n

Having already built a career as a distinguished educator, Galloway took the reins of the Texas School for the Deaf in 1981. At the time, the school was in turmoil: The previous superintendent had been accused of not promoting deaf employees and some employees said the school\u2019s staff was inadequately trained in sign language.<\/p>\n

Galloway\u2019s appointment \u201cwas indicative of the whole empowerment of deaf people that was occurring at that time,\u201d said current superintendent Claire Bugen. \u201cThere was the realization they were capable of holding these kinds of executive positions.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the kids it was \u2018Wow, here\u2019s somebody just like me in the highest position in my school.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Galloway, who was born in Georgia, became deaf following a bout with colitis, an inflammation of the intestines, when he was 10 months old.<\/p>\n

Following a career as a chemist at the U.S. Naval Ordnance Laboratory, and for Lockheed Aircraft Corp., he decided to become an educator.<\/p>\n

He earned his doctorate from the University of Arizona in educational rehabilitation and educational administration in 1972, and came to Texas after leading a school for the deaf in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n

At the Texas School for the Deaf, he introduced sign language programs for students and their families, including bilingual sign language education for Spanish-speaking families, as part of an effort to break down barriers between the deaf and the hearing.<\/p>\n

The hearing, ought to \u201clearn how to communicate (with the deaf) and understand that the deaf are very much like themselves,\u201d Galloway told the Statesman in 1981.<\/p>\n

An avid sportsman who had devised his own system of communication with his football and basketball teammates in high school, he also expanded the school\u2019s athletic programs.<\/p>\n

In 1984 and \u201885 three houseparents at the school were convicted of sex crimes against students. For failure to report child abuse at the school, Galloway in 1984 was placed on the equivalent of six months\u2019 probation and fined $200. He had pleaded no contest to the charge.<\/p>\n

The school\u2019s governing board continued to support him, however.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I have any deaf grandchildren, I hope Vic Galloway is still here to teach them,\u201d Avril Thompson, a board member at the time told the Statesman in 1984.<\/p>\n

He left the school in 1986 to lead the National Center on Deafness in California.<\/p>\n

Galloway is survived by his wife Marilyn, a daughter, and four grandchildren.<\/p>\n

SOURCE:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.statesman.com\/news\/news\/victor-galloway-first-deaf-superintendent-of-the-t\/nTzd5\/<\/p>\n

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