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Originally Posted by Griff

Pete and I went to a memorial service Saturday for her uncle Don Peterson. While there, the curator of Gallaudet's historical exhibits asked us if we wanted to go down to the University to see the installation on the Gallaudet 11. Turns out Uncle Don is kind of a big deal down there. He was the first deaf professor employed there, teaching chemistry for many years but also a volunteer for the Navy and NASA during the space race.



How cool is that? Very cool indeed.

quoted and edited for my own benefit.

as it happens, ElderSon attended Gallaudet for a couple years. It was a very memorable time for him. He later transferred to Rochester Institute of Technology.

edited to add that the edit of the original youtube link did not produce a viable video link

[Griff]

Here you go.