Malcolm Joseph Norwood Tribute in CFV Newsletter and Vitae

By Bill Stark

A Leader is Gone

Dr. Malcolm Norwood, former chief of the Captioning and Adaptation Branch of the Department of Education, died of a heart attack on March 23, 1989. Mac was known throughout the world of deaf education as the "father" of closed captioning. His leadership from the early 1960s when the criteria and technology for 16mm captioning was developed, until the advent of Line 21 captioning for television broadcasting, was invariably enthusiastic, energetic, and innovative. Mac was proof of the adage, "Where there's a will, there's a way." Mac held a Ph.D degree as an educator, but above all he was a loving husband, father, and friend. (Captioned Films/Videos for the Deaf Newsletter, April, 1989.)

Vitae

Permanent address:

8307 Donoghue Drive
New Carrollton, Maryland, 20784

Date of birth:

March 16, 1927

Place of birth:

Hartford, Connecticut

Secondary education:

American School for the Deaf
West Hartford, Connecticut, 1943

Collegiate institutions attended:

Gallaudet College, Washington, DC
1943-49 B.A. 1949

University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT
1954-57 M.Ed. 1958

University of Maryland, College Park, MD
1972-76 Ph.D. 1976

Major: Curriculum-Educational Technology

Experience

Chief, Media Services and Captioned Films Branch, Bureau of Education for the Handicapped, U.S. Office of Education, Washington, D.C., 1971-1988.

Assistant Chief, Media Services and Captioned Films Branch, Bureau of Education for the Handicapped, U.S. Office of Education, Washington, D.C., 1966-1971.

Program Specialist, Captioned Films for the Deaf, U.S. Office of Education, Washington, D.C., 1960-1966.

Director of Curriculum and Supervising Teacher, Intermediate and Advanced Department, West Virginia School for the Deaf, Romney, West Virginia, 1954-1960.

Teacher, West Virginia School for the Deaf, Romney, West Virginia, 1952-1954.

Teacher, American School for the Deaf, West Hartford, Connecticut, 1950-1952.

Teacher, Texas School for the Deaf, Austin, Texas, 1949-1950.

Professional Publications

"The Second Decade." American Annals of the Deaf, 1968, 114 (5), 824-828.

"Looking Forward With Media Services and Captioned Films." Proceedings of Convention of American Instructors of the Deaf, June 1969, 147-149.

"The Involvement of Deaf Persons in Services to the Deaf." Proceedings of International Congress on Education of the Deaf, Stockholm, Sweden, 1970.

"Audio Visual Communication and the Education of the Deaf in the United States." Proceedings of International Congress on Education of the Deaf, Stockholm, Sweden, 1970.

"We Have a Job To Do." Keynote address, National Conference on Television for the Hearing Impaired, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1971.

"Media, Its Role in the Education of the Deaf in the United States." Paper presented at World Federation of the Deaf, Paris, France, 1971.

"New Horizons." Improving Human Performance: A Research Quarterly, 1972, 1 (3), 5-7.

"Present and Future Developments." Paper presented at the Conference of Executives of American Schools for the Deaf, Toronto, 1972.

"The World of Deafness—As Viewed by an Insider." Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Buffalo, New York, 1972.

"Total Opportunity." Paper presented to meeting of State Teachers of Hearing Impaired, Hartford, Connecticut, 1972.

"Media Horizons." Paper presented at Convention of American Instructors for the Deaf, Indianapolis, 1973.

"Are We Losing the Media Game?" Paper presented at meeting of Conference of Executives of American Schools for the Deaf, Tucson, Arizona, 1974.

"A Look Into the Future of Technology and the Education of the Handicapped." Paper presented at the Convention of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology with Paul Andereck, Atlantic City, N.J., 1974.

"Future Trends." American Annals of the Deaf, 1974, 119 (5), 619-623.

"Instructional Technology: Its Emerging Role in the Education of the Handicapped." Paper presented at the Symposium of Applied Learning Systems Curriculum Requirements, American University, Washington, D.C., 1975.

"The Government as a Change Agent: The Federal Perspective." Paper presented at the Convention of American Instructors for the Deaf, Greensboro, North Carolina, 1975.

"Television, Instructional Media and Learning." Paper presented at the VII World Federation of the Deaf, Washington, D.C., August 1975.

"Media and Technology: It's Impact Educationally and Socially on the Deaf in the United States." Paper presented at the International Congress on the Education of the Deaf, Tokyo, Japan, 1975.

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