Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind

Dr. William J. McClure - Honorary Staff Member

Education

• 3rd generation of a family of deaf educators.
• Gallaudet professor and Principal, Kendall School for the Deaf (1946-1950).
• Assistant Superintendent of the Tennessee School for the Deaf (1950-51).
• Superintendent of the Tennessee School for the Deaf (1951-1957).
• President at the Indiana School for the Deaf (1957-1967).
• President at the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind (1967-1982).
• Three honorary doctorates from Flagler College (1982), Gallaudet University (1982), and 1958 Westminster College (MO) (1958)
• Consulting committee to editor and publisher, Dictionary of Idioms for the Deaf (1964-65)
• Joint Committee of Administration of the American Annual of the Deaf (1958-1982), Chairman from 1968-1982.
• The McClure Center at FSDB is named after him.

Community Service

• Member of NAD and FAD
• Flagler College Board of Trustees (1971-1989)
• Member, Conference of Executives, American School for the Deaf
• FAD Award for Outstanding Leadership (1971)
• Member of FRID, certificate (1973- 1988)
• Governor's Committee Member on the Handicapped (1975-1982)