Gil eastman autobiography for kids
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Eastman was born in Middletown, CT on September 12, He graduated from the American School for the Deaf in Hartford, CT in He entered Gallaudet.
Gil Eastman TimelineGILBERT CHARLES EASTMAN
Prepared by Gary Wait, Archivist, American School for the Deaf
Born: 12 September 1934 in Middletown, Conn.
Entered ASD: September 1937, as student # 3719.
Activities at ASD:
Jan/Feb.
1952 attended Gallaudet Student Institute at Gallaudet Coll.
Member of Student Association Board (1951)
Participated in Gallaudet Day Ceremonies, 7 Dec. 1951
Member Clerc Literary Society
Won prize for original story, “King Edward’s Secret Wall”,
December 1950
1949/50, 1950/51 Reported “Boys’ News” for American Era.
Graduated, ASD: 13 June 1952.
Entered Gallaudet College: September 1952
Elected to Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities, 1957.
Graduated from Gallaudet College (A.B.
in art), 1957.
Married June Russi (ASD # 3846), a professional actress [date?]
1957-1992: Founder of, and Instructor in, Gallaudet College’s Drama Dept.;
from 1963 as Dept. Chairman.
1963, earned an A.M.
in drama from Catholic Univ. in Washington
