Contents
Foreword - I. King Jordan
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part One: The Search for a New President
1. Remembering 170 Years of Oppression
2. From Kendall Green to the Work World and Back to My Alma Mater
3. Setting the Presidential Precedent: 1864–1983
4. My Initial Years on the Board of Trustees (1981–1986)
5. Laying the Foundation for the Search
6. Starting the Engines: The Search Begins
7. Narrowing Down the Pool
8. The Interviews
9. Selecting the President amid Mounting Public Pressure
Part Two: The Week the World Heard Gallaudet
1. The Finale that Never Was a Finale: March 5–6
2. Monday, March 7
3. Tuesday, March 8
4. Wednesday, March 9
5. Thursday, March 10
6. Friday, March 11
7. Saturday, March 12
8. Sunday, March 13
9. Monday, March 14
Epilogue
Supplemental Materials
Notable Quotes about DPN
Controlling Our Destiny: An Unpublished Paper
Cast of Characters
Deaf President Now! A Ballad-Robert F. Panara
You Have to Be Deaf to Understand - Willard J. Madsen
The Dr. Edward C. Merrill Jr. Papers
Bibliography
About the Author