Career
He was named "California Teacher of the Year" in 1968. An early proponent of bilingual education for the Deaf, he was the author of two books: Sands of Time: National Academy of Design Presidents 1880-2003, and I Fill this Small Space: The Writings of a Deaf Activist. Newman was awarded on honorary doctor of letters degree by Gallaudet University in 1978 in recognition of his extensive advocacy efforts as an educator and writer
"Education is to deaf people what the Golden Fleece was to Jason in mythology.
If deaf people could get an education, their minds would be set free and the kingdom of the world would be theirs.".
