Milton H. and Ray Ohringer have been long-time benefactors of scholarship opportunities for Deaf Jewish students at the National Technical Institute of the Deaf (NTID) in Rochester, NY. Over the past ten years, Ohringers has provided funding to make it possible for Deaf and hard of hearing students to continue their education. More recently, the Ohringers committed to creating the Judean Endowment Fund for Jewish Deaf Students to enable both international and domestic Jewish Deaf students to attend NTID or one of the six other colleges of the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT).
“The Ohringers have done so much for me and other Jewish Deaf students on campus” says Vicki Durzieh, a fourth-year information technology student and member of RIT’s Deaf Hillel group, “This scholarship lets us know how important we are to the Ohringers. Having someone believe in you that much really makes you want to succeed even more!” (Milton died unexpectedly on October 3rd at the age of 86 in Florida.)
