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It is tempting to resort to the vocabulary of eulogy to describe Bill Stokoe: brilliant,
passionate, courageous however, such words are powerless after all to capture the essence of this complex man. No biographer can tell
a life fully and accurately, but I
hope I have succeeded in telling enough about Bill Stokoe to enable others to knowat least a little betterof the rich, full, and productive life that he has lived.
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Photographs
on the cover, frontispiece, and pages 40 and 79 courtesy of Gallaudet University Archives. Photographs on pages 1,
24, 58, 131, and top of 161 courtesy of William C. Stokoe. Photographs on page 6
reprinted from The Dictionary of AmericanSign Language by Stokoe, Casterline, and Croneberg (pp. xx, xxi. Photograph on page 101 courtesy of Robbin Battison.
Photograph on bottom of page 161
by Chun Louie, courtesy of Gallaudet University Photography Services.
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