Gallaudet U. Names a New Leader

Gallaudet University has named T. Alan Hurwitz, president of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, as its president, The Washington Post reported Sunday. He will replace Robert Davila, whose term ends in December. The appointment of Mr. Hurwitz, who is deaf, was free of the controversy that swept Gallaudet at the appointment of previous leaders, who either were not deaf or had not learned American Sign Language as children.