University of Wisconsin–Madison

Tag: David Egan

Thursday night’s keynote may be Madison native’s most meaningful speech yet

David Egan, born with Down syndrome at St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison in 1977, has spent much of his life proving that there isn’t much he — or others with intellectual disabilities — can’t do, given an opportunity.

David Egan has developed mainstream appeal

It was during a recess of a U.S. Senate committee hearing in Washington, D.C., in March 2011 when David Egan cracked up Al Franken.