Vic Gladstone

Vic retired in August 2012 after more than fifteen years of experience as chief staff officer for audiology at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), where he was responsible for all audiology activities as well as ASHA’s certification, academic accreditation, and ethics areas. ASHA is the national professional, scientific, and credentialing association for nearly 200,000 members and affiliates. These include audiologists, speech-language pathologists, audiology and speech-language pathology support personnel, and students. Prior to serving on the staff at ASHA, Vic was a professor (now emeritus) and director of audiology in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Towson University since 1970. He was selected for the Danforth Associate Program in recognition of outstanding college teaching and nominated for the Beltone Distinguished Teaching Award in Audiology.

In 1968 Vic earned his B.S. in Speech Pathology and Audiology and his M.S. the following year in Audiology from Penn State. He completed his formal education when he received his Ph.D. in 1977 in the field of Audiology from the University of Maryland. His volunteer activities include serving on HHD’s Alumni Society Board. He holds the rank of chapter president of the Central Maryland chapter of the Penn State Alumni Association, for which he also edits the newsletter and serves as photographer. He takes particular pleasure in volunteering for Paws-4-Comfort, and enjoys visiting schools and senior centers with his dogs, Rocky and Charlie.