Edmund Lyon Memorial Lectureship Series Past Speakers

Donald Ballantyne, Ph.D., was born in China in 1922 and became deaf shortly after birth due to medical complications. After graduating from Princeton University in 1945, Ballantyne wished to continue his education and enrolled as a graduate student at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. During this time Ballantyne worked as a laboratory assistant in chemistry at Gallaudet College. He went on to receive his master's degree from Gallaudet in 1948 and his doctorate in 1952. Ballantyne joined the New York Medical Center in 1954, where he was a professor of Experimental Surgery and the Director of Microsurgical Research and Training Laboratories in the Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery. As the first presenter of the Edmund Lyon Memorial Lecture series, Ballantyne presented "The Young Deaf Professional at Work: The Start of the Career."