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Biography of george veditz
George Veditz
American deaf educator
George William Veditz (August 13, &#; March 12, ) was an American educator, filmmaker, and activist who served as the seventh President of the National Association of the Deaf from to He is remembered as one of the most ardent and visible advocates of American Sign Language (ASL) and was one of the first people to film ASL.
His film "Preservation of the Sign Language" was added to the National Film Registry in [1][2]
Early life
George William Veditz was born in Baltimore to German immigrant parents.
He was enrolled at Zion School, a bilingual school, at age five. He became fluent in both German and English before losing his hearing at age eight due to scarlet fever. After initially being educated by a private instructor, he entered the Maryland School for the Deaf in From to he attended the National Deaf-Mute College (now Gallaudet University), graduating as class valedictorian.[3]