Irving King Jordan (born June 16, 1943) is an American educator who became the first deaf president of Gallaudet University in 1988 after the Deaf President Now protest.

Jordan earned his master's degree and his doctorate in psychology at the University of Tennessee

Irving King Jordan was 8th President of Gallaudet University in office from March 13, 1988, to December 31, 2006.

Jordan is a native of Glen Riddle, Pennsylvania, a small town near Philadelphia. After graduating from high school, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served four years. An automobile accident left him profoundly deaf at age 21.

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