Marie Jean Philip, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetMarie Jean Philip
Leader in deaf community
Date of Birth: 20-Apr-1953
Place of Birth: Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Date of Death: 24-Sep-1997
Profession: educator
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Marie Jean Philip
- Marie Jean Philip (April 20, 1953 – September 24, 1997) was a leader in both the American and international Deaf community.
- She advocated for the right to a natural sign language for Deaf people.
- Marie was one of the original researchers studying ASL and Deaf Culture.
- She was active in establishing American Sign Language (ASL) as a recognized language in the colleges of Massachusetts in the early 1980s.
- Later, Marie was the Bilingual-Bicultural Coordinator at The Learning Center for the Deaf in Framingham, Massachusetts.
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