Diane Drufenbrock Explained

Honorific Prefix:Sister
Birth Date:7 October 1929
Birth Place:Evansville, Indiana
Death Place:Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Party:Socialist Party USA
Education:
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Occupation:Professor

Diane Joyce Drufenbrock (7 October 1929  - 4 November 2013),[1] also known as Sister Madeleine Sophie, was an American religious sister as a member of the Catholic School Sisters of St. Francis. She was a Christian socialist who was the vice-presidential candidate for the Socialist Party USA in the 1980 United States presidential election.[2]

Biography

Drufenbrock was born in Evansville, Indiana. In 1948, after graduating Reitz Memorial High School, she moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to enter the Franciscan Sisters. A mathematics graduate of Alverno College in 1953[3] and of Marquette University,[4] she taught mathematics at Alverno College, at the University of Wisconsin–Parkside, and elsewhere around Milwaukee, including at the then-new St. Joseph High School (Kenosha) when it opened in September 1957.

Drufenbrock gained a doctorate in mathematics from the University of Illinois at Urbana in 1963. After teaching for 13 years at Alverno College, she taught at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College in her native Indiana for 18 years.[5]

Her interest in social issues led her to join the Socialist Party USA in 1976. She ran as their vice-presidential candidate in the 1980 United States presidential election,[6] and served as that party's National Treasurer. That campaign resulted in the Party's recognition by the Federal Elections Commission as a national political party.

Death

Drufenbrock died on November 4, 2013, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sr. Diane Drufenbrock. Heritage Funeral. 12 November 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141224043028/http://www.heritagefuneral.com/obituaries/Srdiane-Drufenbrock/. 24 December 2014. dead.
  2. Web site: Our Campaigns - Candidate - Diane Drufenbrock. Ourcampaigns.com. 15 July 2018.
  3. http://www.alverno.edu/about_alverno/pres_report_0506.pdf President's Report and Donor Honor Roll
  4. Web site: Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science - Marquette University. Mscs.mu.edu. 15 July 2018.
  5. Web site: Diane Drufenbrock. Google Profiles. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150607051204/https://profiles.google.com/113162633403265413731/about. 7 June 2015.
  6. Web site: Drufenbrock, Diane Papers. 18 February 2011. Milwaukeehistory.net. 15 July 2018.