ID
1397
Nationality
American
Occupation
Broker
Financial consultant
Activist
Summary
Deafened at age 8 by spinal meningitis; graduated the Minnesota School for the deaf; B.A. (1895) from Gallaudet College. Head of his own investment and realty firm in Duluth, Minnesota; one-time state vocational rehabilitation officer for Michigan. President of the Minnesota Association of the Deaf, the Michigan Association of the Deaf, the National Association of the Deaf (1913-1917), and the Gallaudet College Alumni Association. Married to Petra Fandrem.
References
Sands of Time, p.119-126; Gallaudet Encyclopedia, vol.2 p.75-77; Representative Deaf Persons [first edition], p.112-114; Representative Deaf Persons [second edition], p.128-130; Peeps into the Deaf World, p.250.
Dates
25 May 1872-11 January 1946