INTERSTATE ASSOCIATION OF THE DEAF
NOVEMBER 11, 2006
IAD BOARD/OFFICERS
WISH YOU ALL
HAVE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING
WITH YOUR FAMILY
Washington Adventist Hospital after being in a coma
since early Saturday morning.
Sandy was born on 29 May 1940 in Washington, DC.
He joined the International Typographers Union (ITU) where
he worked at the Washington Post, New York Times, and finally at the
Government Printing Office (GPO)
where he retired in 1996. While at GPO, he established
the Gallaudet University Bison
Booster Club. Upon his retirement, he “un-retired” and
worked full-time as the Executive Director for the Booster Club.
He “re-retired” in 2002.
While at Gallaudet, he was loved and respected by the
student body and the community.
His work with the Bison Booster Club resulted in the bleachers
at the Hotchkiss Football Field, the running track, the
prestigious Hall of Fame room at the Gallaudet Field House, as
well with numerous contributions to the Gallaudet Athletic Department
including the growing membership of the Bison Booster Club.
His proudest achievement  was the installation of
the hardwood floor in the Field House.
Sandy was a member of the National Association of the Deaf,
the Maryland Association of the Deaf, the University of Maryland’s
Terrapin Club as well as being involved with numerous activities and
organizations for the deaf. In particular, he was very involved with
the National Captioning Institute in the early 1980s where he was part of
the group that broke through the barrier to begin closed-captioning on
television including a massive protest against Columbia Broadcasting
System (CBS). He also was a past-President of the
Metropolitan Washington Association for the Deaf (MWAD).
He was one of the few individuals within the deaf community to be
conferred with honorary memberships in the
Kappa Gamma and the Alpha Sigma Pi Fraternities at Gallaudet.
This prestigious privilege is usually reserved for any male president of
Gallaudet or the spouse of a female president.
Sandy loved sports, whether it was televised or being at
a sporting event, his heart and blood was always excited when there was
one in progress. In addition to being a fan of
sports, he was the head coach for the MWAD basketball team, a
basketball assistant coach, and a baseball head coach at the Model
Secondary School for the Deaf (MSSD). He was
also the team manager for the District of Columbia Club for the Deaf
(DCCD) men’s basketball team when they won their first and only
American Athletic Association for the Deaf (AAAD) championship in 1965.
He was an extremely loyal season ticket holder with the Washington
Redskins along with the University of Maryland’s football and men’s and
women’s basketball programs. He was able to attend the NCAA Final Four
games where the University of Maryland’s Men’s
Basketball team won their first-ever national championship in 2001
at Atlanta, Georgia. He was very happy to have watched the women’s
team win their first-ever national championship in 2006 at Boston,
Massachusetts on television.
Another love of his was baseball. He was a die-hard Boston Red Sox fan.
After years of frustration in seeing the Curse of the Bambino plague the
Red Sox, he was full of joy when the team won its first World Series after
84 years. He was a die-hard Washington Senators
fan until they moved to Texas. He was very thrilled with baseball’s return
to Washington with the Washington Nationals.
In August 2006, Sandy traveled for the first time outside of the
48 states of the United States for a much-deserved vacation in Hawai’i and
experiencing paradise. This trip was a very wonderful one for him and
Teddy. He could not stop talking about his trip after his return.
The family wants to thank everyone who has shown their support to them
in their time of  sadness but they know that Sandy will love it if his
passing was seen as a celebration of his life as he lived it to the fullest
possible.
Sandy is survived by his wife, Teddy and his two children,
Karl and Darlene.

Further information on a memorial service will be announced soon.
Condolences can be sent via e-mail by clicking on Sandy's Terrapin Yard
(sandysturtleyard@yahoo.com) or via snail mail to:
5019 Odessa Road
College Park, Maryland 20740-1127


TEDDY AND FAMILIES,  YOU ALL ARE IN IAD'S PRAYER
Sandy and Teddy at Pearl Harbor on
Oahu, Hawai’i – August 2006
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