A two-term president of the National Assn. of the Deaf, he was a former longtime teacher and administrator at the California School for the Deaf in Riverside.
Lawrence R. Newman | 1925-2011
Photo: Lawrence R. Newman always stressed the importance of education in the lives of deaf children and fought for the right of deaf students to be educated using sign language. He was chosen California Teacher of the Year by the state Department of Education in 1969
