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St. Louis native named head of National Technical Institute for the Deaf
BUCKLEY'S BEST: St. Louis native Gerard Buckley, an alumnus of the Rochester Institute of Technology's National Technical Institute for the Deaf, will become the school's first graduate to serve as its president.
Buckley, 54, will take over leadership of the institute on Jan. 1.
Bill Destler, president of the Rochester Institute of Technology, announced Buckley's appointment, which includes being named VP and dean at Rochester. Destler said the appointment followed a year-long search by a committee of students, faculty and staff.
Buckley has more than 30 years of experience in higher education, including more than 20 at the institute for the deaf as chairman of the Department of Educational Outreach, associate dean for Student Services and his current position as assistant VP for College Advancement.
He began school there in 1974 and graduated in 1978 with a bachelor's degree in Social Work. He also has a master's degree in Social Work from the University of Missouri-Columbia and a doctorate in Special Education from the University of Kansas.
"I am honored to have been selected as NTID's president and appreciative of President Destler's confidence," Buckley said in a news release today. "RIT/NTID has enriched the lives of thousands of deaf and hard-of-hearing students and I am excited about the opportunity to work with and for the students, faculty, staff and alumni ... "
Buckley's wife, Judy, is a sign language interpreter. The couple has three children: Jennifer, a graduate of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf who recently received her doctorate in Veterinary Sciences; Timothy, a music education teacher in Monticello, N.Y.; and Ryan, a fourth-year student in the Biomedical Sciences program at Rochester Institute of Technology.
Buckley will become the sixth CEO in the 45-year history of the deaf institute. He is the third deaf person to be named head of the school.
The school has 1,521 students and more than 1,300 of them are deaf or hard-of-hearing. Others are hearing students enrolled in interpreting or deaf education programs. Rochester has 17,000 students.
BUCKLEY'S BEST: St. Louis native Gerard Buckley, an alumnus of the Rochester Institute of Technology's National Technical Institute for the Deaf, will become the school's first graduate to serve as its president.
Buckley, 54, will take over leadership of the institute on Jan. 1.
Bill Destler, president of the Rochester Institute of Technology, announced Buckley's appointment, which includes being named VP and dean at Rochester. Destler said the appointment followed a year-long search by a committee of students, faculty and staff.
Buckley has more than 30 years of experience in higher education, including more than 20 at the institute for the deaf as chairman of the Department of Educational Outreach, associate dean for Student Services and his current position as assistant VP for College Advancement.
He began school there in 1974 and graduated in 1978 with a bachelor's degree in Social Work. He also has a master's degree in Social Work from the University of Missouri-Columbia and a doctorate in Special Education from the University of Kansas.
"I am honored to have been selected as NTID's president and appreciative of President Destler's confidence," Buckley said in a news release today. "RIT/NTID has enriched the lives of thousands of deaf and hard-of-hearing students and I am excited about the opportunity to work with and for the students, faculty, staff and alumni ... "
Buckley's wife, Judy, is a sign language interpreter. The couple has three children: Jennifer, a graduate of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf who recently received her doctorate in Veterinary Sciences; Timothy, a music education teacher in Monticello, N.Y.; and Ryan, a fourth-year student in the Biomedical Sciences program at Rochester Institute of Technology.
Buckley will become the sixth CEO in the 45-year history of the deaf institute. He is the third deaf person to be named head of the school.
The school has 1,521 students and more than 1,300 of them are deaf or hard-of-hearing. Others are hearing students enrolled in interpreting or deaf education programs. Rochester has 17,000 students.
