James Sorenson

Gallaudet Receives
$5 Millions Donation

By Jacqueline L. Salmon, Washington Post Staff Writer

Inventor James Lee Sorenson developed a videophone for the deaf, which has fueled demand for Gallaudet-trained American Sign Language interpreters. (Kevin Clark -- The Washington Post)

Gallaudet University, the 140-year-old school for the deaf in Northeast Washington, announced yesterday that it has received a $5 million donation from a Utah inventor and his family -- the second-largest private donation in the school's history

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