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Alice Raftary is an American educator and author. She was born on September 2, 1927 in Detroit, Michigan. She attended the University of Michigan, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and a Master of Arts degree in Education. Raftary began her career as a teacher in the Detroit Public Schools, where she taught English and social studies. She then moved to the University of Michigan, where she taught in the School of Education for over 30 years. During her time at the university, she wrote several books on education, including "The Art of Teaching" and "The Art of Learning." Raftary has been recognized for her work in education, receiving the Michigan Education Association's Distinguished Service Award in 1989 and the University of Michigan's Distinguished Alumni Award in 1992. She is also a member of the National Education Association and the American Association of University Women. Raftary is 87 years old and has an estimated net worth of $1 million. She is currently single and lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Popular As Alice Therese Geisler
Occupation Educator
Age 87 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 2 September 1927
Birthday 2 September
Birthplace Detroit, Michigan
Date of death March 30, 2014 - Detroit, Michigan Detroit, Michigan
Died Place Detroit, Michigan
Nationality United States

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1982

In 1982, Raftary was received an award from the American Association of Workers for the Blind. Other awards for Raftary came from the Michigan chapter of the Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired in 1991, and the Charlyn Allen Award from the Mid-America Conference of Rehabilitation Teachers (MACRT) in 1992. In 2002, she was inducted into the American Printing House for the Blind's Hall of Fame. She was also named a distinguished alumnus of Marygrove College.

1968

Raftary became a rehabilitation teacher at the Greater Detroit Society for the Blind's Upshaw Institute in 1968. She was promoted to supervisory and coordinating jobs, and eventually became the institute's associate director. She spoke at conferences and wrote promotional and educational materials for the Upshaw Institute, including an award-winning filmstrip, "Valentines for Grandpa Raub" (1980). "Helping people to progress from hopelessness to confidence and competence is a thrill and a joy," she explained.

1950

Alice Geisler married Raymond H. Raftary in 1950. They had eight children together. Alice Raftary was a widow when she died in 2014, aged 86 years, in Detroit. The Association of Vision Rehabilitation Therapists established an award in her name, for emerging leaders in the field.

1949

Geisler earned a bachelor's degree in nutrition at Marygrove College in 1949. She had vision issues from her youth, from macular degeneration, and became legally blind in 1960. "I knew that I would do something that would insure that none of my children would ever think that blindness must ruin their lives," she told an interviewer in 2014. Raftary returned to Marygrove as a married mother of eight, and earned a master's degree in education in 1967, focusing on blindness and rehabilitation.

1927

Alice Geisler Raftary (September 2, 1927 – March 30, 2014) was an American educator, based in Detroit, who specialized in education and rehabilitation for newly-blind adults.

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