A. W. Douglas earned a B.S. in Education at the University of South Carolina in 1938 and a M. A in Education of the Deaf (Normal Training Department) from Gallaudet College in 1941. He completed additional graduate work at the University of Connecticut, New Britain Tachers College, and The University of Texas.
During WWII, Doughlas worked as an acoustic expert with the U.S. Army providing therapy to soldiers deafened during the war.
Before coming to Austin,Douglas was a teacher at the Austine School for the Deaf in Brattleboro, VT. as well as both a teacher and a Principal of the Advanced Department at the American School for the Deaf in Hartford, CT.
He joined the Texas School for the Deaf (TSD) family in 1950 as a Curriculum Director. At the same time, he was also a lecturer in the Department of Educational Psychology, College of Education at the University of Texas, supervising practice teachers in the training center for teachers of the deaf, most of whom did their internship at TSD.
Later in his tenure at TSD, beginning in 1963, Douglas also taught couses at the University of Texas and summer sessions at Western Reserve, as well as Texas Women's College where he taught History, Education, and Guidance of the Deaf.
He was chosen as Acting Superintendent of TSD from July to November 1954 then appointed as Superintendent until his resignation in June, 1972. He went on to become Chief Consultant for Special Education at the Texas Education Agency (TEA). He then became Chief Consultant on Deaf Education under the new superintendent until his death.
During WWII, Doughlas worked as an acoustic expert with the U.S. Army providing therapy to soldiers deafened during the war.
Before coming to Austin,Douglas was a teacher at the Austine School for the Deaf in Brattleboro, VT. as well as both a teacher and a Principal of the Advanced Department at the American School for the Deaf in Hartford, CT.
He joined the Texas School for the Deaf (TSD) family in 1950 as a Curriculum Director. At the same time, he was also a lecturer in the Department of Educational Psychology, College of Education at the University of Texas, supervising practice teachers in the training center for teachers of the deaf, most of whom did their internship at TSD.
Later in his tenure at TSD, beginning in 1963, Douglas also taught couses at the University of Texas and summer sessions at Western Reserve, as well as Texas Women's College where he taught History, Education, and Guidance of the Deaf.
He was chosen as Acting Superintendent of TSD from July to November 1954 then appointed as Superintendent until his resignation in June, 1972. He went on to become Chief Consultant for Special Education at the Texas Education Agency (TEA). He then became Chief Consultant on Deaf Education under the new superintendent until his death.
A. W. Douglas earned a B.S. in Education at the University of South Carolina in 1938 and a M. A in Education of the Deaf (Normal Training Department) from Gallaudet College in 1941. He completed additional graduate work at the University of Connecticut, New Britain Tachers College, and The University of Texas.
During WWII, Doughlas worked as an acoustic expert with the U.S. Army providing therapy to soldiers deafened during the war.
Before coming to Austin,Douglas was a teacher at the Austine School for the Deaf in Brattleboro, VT. as well as both a teacher and a Principal of the Advanced Department at the American School for the Deaf in Hartford, CT.
He joined the Texas School for the Deaf (TSD) family in 1950 as a Curriculum Director. At the same time, he was also a lecturer in the Department of Educational Psychology, College of Education at the University of Texas, supervising practice teachers in the training center for teachers of the deaf, most of whom did their internship at TSD.
Later in his tenure at TSD, beginning in 1963, Douglas also taught couses at the University of Texas and summer sessions at Western Reserve, as well as Texas Women's College where he taught History, Education, and Guidance of the Deaf.
He was chosen as Acting Superintendent of TSD from July to November 1954 then appointed as Superintendent until his resignation in June, 1972. He went on to become Chief Consultant for Special Education at the Texas Education Agency (TEA). He then became Chief Consultant on Deaf Education under the new superintendent until his death.
During WWII, Doughlas worked as an acoustic expert with the U.S. Army providing therapy to soldiers deafened during the war.
Before coming to Austin,Douglas was a teacher at the Austine School for the Deaf in Brattleboro, VT. as well as both a teacher and a Principal of the Advanced Department at the American School for the Deaf in Hartford, CT.
He joined the Texas School for the Deaf (TSD) family in 1950 as a Curriculum Director. At the same time, he was also a lecturer in the Department of Educational Psychology, College of Education at the University of Texas, supervising practice teachers in the training center for teachers of the deaf, most of whom did their internship at TSD.
Later in his tenure at TSD, beginning in 1963, Douglas also taught couses at the University of Texas and summer sessions at Western Reserve, as well as Texas Women's College where he taught History, Education, and Guidance of the Deaf.
He was chosen as Acting Superintendent of TSD from July to November 1954 then appointed as Superintendent until his resignation in June, 1972. He went on to become Chief Consultant for Special Education at the Texas Education Agency (TEA). He then became Chief Consultant on Deaf Education under the new superintendent until his death.
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