Presidents

The list of ICSD/CISS Presidents includes:

Eugène Rubens-Alcais -Founder and first president (1924-53), an auto mechanic by profession, came to be known as the deaf version of Baron de Coubertin, the father of the modern Olympics.

Oscar Ryden -Second president (1953-55), a Swedish joiner and woodcarver, sculptor, editor and lecturer.

Jens Peter Nielsen -Third president (1955-61), a Danish carpenter and lifelong organizer and leader of deaf sports.

Pierre Bernhard -Fourth president (1961-71), a French carpenter, wood sculptor, coffin maker, World War II resistance fighter and author.

Jerald M. Jordan -Fifth president (1971-95), an American printer, teacher, Director of Admissions and Records at Gallaudet University in Washington DC, and the first CISS President to receive the Olympic Order from the IOC, in 1995.

John M. Lovett -Sixth president (1995-2003), an Australian government administrator who put Australia on the world map of deaf sports.

Donalda Kay Ammons -Seventh president (2003-09), an American educator and professor at Gallaudet University in Washington DC, who was appointed acting president upon the untimely death of John M. Lovett; At the 2005 Congress she was officially elected for the president position.

Craig A. Crowley -Eighth president (2009-), A British Chief Executive Officer with senior and executive management experience in voluntary organisations. Craig was previously a sports coach, Deaflympian and was also the founding President (Chair) of UK Deaf Sport.