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Moments of truth : Robert R. Davila, the story of a deaf leader / Harry G. Lang, Oscar P. Cohen, Joseph E. Fischgrund.

Title
Moments of truth : Robert R. Davila, the story of a deaf leader / Harry G. Lang, Oscar P. Cohen, Joseph E. Fischgrund.
Author
Lang, Harry G.
Publication
Rochester, N.Y. : RIT Press, c2007.

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Additional Authors
  • Cohen, Oscar P.
  • Fischgrund, Joseph E.
Description
xiv, 225 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Summary
Summarizes a series of defining experiences that enabled Davila to rise to the pinnacle of his profession as an educator.
Uniform Title
Project Muse UPCC books
Subject
  • Davila, Robert R., 1932-
  • Hispanic Americans > Biography
  • Deaf > United States > Biography
  • Teachers of the deaf > United States > Biography
  • Hispanic Americans > United States > Biography
Genre/Form
Biographies
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-214) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
A sense of loss -- Waking up in silence -- Out of the barrio -- A rough start -- Bedazzled -- Breaking down barriers -- Syracuse -- Giving back to the profession -- Blessed and tormented -- Deaf president now -- Momento de verdad -- Assistant secretary! -- The second firestorm -- Fiercely the product of both cultures -- Return to White Plains -- The NTID years.
ISBN
  • 9781933360263 (pbk.)
  • 1933360267 (pbk.)
  • 9781933360300 (hardcover)
  • 1933360305 (hardcover)
LCCN
^^2007029841
OCLC
  • 159822092
  • SCSB-11404691
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library