Paul W. Zimmerman
Paul W. Zimmerman graduated Kokomo High School in 1941 with a full scholarship to Herron School of Art at Indiana University. Earning his Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1946, he received…
Read MoreYung Wing
Born in southern China, Yung Wing attended missionary schools starting at age seven. At 13, he entered Morrison School led by Connecticut minister S. R. Brown. When Brown left China…
Read MorePatricia Kingsley Ritter
Patricia Kingsley Ritter was a graduate of the University of Iowa. She attended Yale Divinity School and received her master’s degree from the Yale School of Education. Activist In 1936,…
Read MoreHenry Perkins
A Hartford native, Henry Perkins was a graduate of Hartford Public High School (1892), Yale (1896), and Columbia (1899). Educator After completing a Sloane Fellowship at Yale (1901-02), he began…
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Rev. John James McCook was an Episcopal minister, college professor, and social reformer. The Fighting McCooks John James McCook was born in New Lisbon, Ohio, the youngest in a family…
Read MoreCharles S. Hastings
After earning his PhD from Yale (1873), Charles S. Hastings studied in Germany and France. Professor In 1876, he joined the newly-established Johns Hopkins University as an associate. Eight years…
Read MoreAnnie Warburton Goodrich
Born in New Jersey, Annie Warburton Goodrich’s family first moved to Hartford when she was 8 years old. Six years later, they moved to England and later, France. The family…
Read MoreThomas Hopkins Gallaudet
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet is recognized as the father of deaf education in the United States. He earned undergraduate and graduate degrees from Yale University. After graduating from Andover Theological Seminary,…
Read MoreSophia Fowler Gallaudet
Sophia Fowler was born deaf at a time when there were no schools for the deaf in America and only three in the world. In 1817, her father learned that…
Read MoreEdward Miner Gallaudet
Edward Miner Gallaudet was the son of Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, founder of the American School for the Deaf, and Sophia Fowler, one of his early pupils. After graduating from Hartford…
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