Hassell, Jerry

Born at Oklahoma City; deaf at age 2 from spinal meningitis; 1/8 Indian through both parents. Attended the Oklahoma School for the Deaf 1934-1938 and graduated the Texas School for the Deaf 1946; B.A. from Gallaudet College (1951) and M.A. from University of Texas. Teacher at the Texas School for 30 years. Co-founder, with Walter Kelley and Tony McGregor, of the Intertribal Deaf Council in 1994.