Golladay, Loy

Born in Virginia; deaf at age 8 from spinal meningitis. Graduated the West Virginia School for the Deaf, then entered Gallaudet College at only age 15, graduating 1934. Taught at the West Virginia School 1934-1941. Master's from Gallaudet, 1942, then taught at the American School for the Deaf for 20 years. Second master's (1957) from the University of Hartford and honorary doctorate (1981) from Gallaudet. Founding faculty member at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, 1969 til retirement in 1984. Writer of poetry and biographical sketches; winner of several prizes for poetry; some poems collected in book A is for Alice. Noted leader in the deaf community. Retired from the National Technical Institute for the Deaf in 1984. Died at Manchester, CT from complications of Alzheimer's disease.