The First-Day-of-Issue Dedication Ceremony for the Robert Panara Two-Ounce Forever Stamp will take place in RIT's Panara Theatre in LBJ Hall.

The Postal Service's 16th stamp in the Distinguished Americans series honors Robert Panara (1920-2014), an influential teacher and a pioneer in the field of Deaf Studies. He inspired generations of students with his powerful use of American Sign Language to convey works of literature. At age 10, Panara was profoundly deafened after contracting spinal meningitis, which damaged his auditory nerves.

[source: NTID News page, 2017-Mar-20]