• Foreword
  • I. King Jordan
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction

Part One: The Search for a New President

  • Remembering 170 Years of Oppression
  • From Kendall Green to the Work World and Back to My Alma Mater
  • Setting the Presidential Precedent: 1864–1983
  • My Initial Years on the Board of Trustees (1981–1986)
  • Laying the Foundation for the Search
  • Starting the Engines: The Search Begins
  • Narrowing Down the Pool
  • The Interviews
  • Selecting the President amid Mounting Public Pressure

Part Two: The Week the World Heard Gallaudet

  • The Finale that Never Was a Finale: March 5–6
  • Monday, March 7
  • Tuesday, March 8
  • Wednesday, March 9
  • Thursday, March 10
  • Friday, March 11
  • Saturday, March 12
  • Sunday, March 13
  • Monday, March 14

Back Matter

  • Epilogue
  • Supplemental Materials
  • Notable Quotes about DPN
  • Controlling Our Destiny: An Unpublished Paper
  • Cast of Characters
  • Deaf President Now! A Ballad
    by Robert F. Panara 188
  • You Have to Be Deaf to Understand
    by Willard J. Madsen
  • The Dr. Edward C. Merrill Jr. Papers
  • Bibliography
  • About the Author
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