Category Archives: Tidbits

California (Fremont) Heritage Hall of Fame

California (Fremont) Heritage Hall of Fame California School for the Deaf (Fremont) announced some people as inductees for it’s first-ever Heritage Hall of Fame induction ceremony. The ceremony was held during the homecoming weekend last week, and 26 inductees were … Continue reading

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More honors

Dear Fabulous 57ers: It is never too late to announce the honors bestowed upon our classmates during the NAD conference last July. We are proud and thrilled that Virginia Luke and Ronald Hirano were awarded at NAD’s Senior Citizens Luncheon … Continue reading

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Jack R. Hathway

Jack Hathway who was with Class of 1957 for a year in his preparatory year is now at Columbus Colony Elderly Care. Because of lack of communication in some places where he was placed in Wisconsin, his wife, Ann Marie, … Continue reading

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One More–Karin (Scribner) Polzin

Karin Joan Polzin, Deaf daughter of Marlys and Robert “Bob” Scribner also graduated from Gallaudet with a BA in 1988 and a MA in 1992. Karin got her second MA in Guidance Counseling in 2005. She is presently employed at … Continue reading

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THE TALLY

May 24, 2010 1957 Classmates We are very happy to share a newsworthy note from Al and Sally Pimentel with you. They have a hearing daughter, Carolyn, who received her Master’s at Gallaudet in 1981. She graduated with School Psychology … Continue reading

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CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS

May 18, 2010 Class of 1957 CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS The other day we emailed reporting Judy (Diot) Pfau was the first child of Class of 1957 classmates to be graduated from Gallaudet. We were wrong, and we want to apology … Continue reading

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J. T. Jacobs

John and Judith Jacobs were in town (Washington, DC) for few days recently. They were here to attend graduation event at Gallaudet and witnessed their son’s (William) big day on Friday, May 14. William, heartfelt congratulations to you from Class … Continue reading

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Death of Leland Sherman Robertston

Classmates: We were notified of the death of Sherman Robertson who was one of seven students from Alabama School of the Deaf attending Gallaudet College in the fall of 1952. We believe Sherman left Gallaudet at the end of 1952-53 … Continue reading

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Death Notice–Betty Johnson Battle

With deep regrets, we have learned about the death of our dear classmate, Betty (Johnson) Battle, on January 24, 2010. Betty passed away a day after her birthday, and she came to Gallaudet College in fall of 1952 from Alabama … Continue reading

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10th Biennial Conference of DSA

The 10th biennial conference of DSA came out a success with tentatively reported 2000 plus attendees. A contingent of 17 Class of 1957 classmates attended the conference, and we had an opportunity to get together while dining at Paris Hotel … Continue reading

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