Background
Drufenbrock, Diane Joyce was born on October 7, 1929 in Evansville, Indiana, United States. Daughter of George Lehning and Bessie Julia (Litmer) Drufenbrock.
mathematics educator computer consultant
Drufenbrock, Diane Joyce was born on October 7, 1929 in Evansville, Indiana, United States. Daughter of George Lehning and Bessie Julia (Litmer) Drufenbrock.
Bachelor in Mathematics and Biology, Alverno College, Milwaukee, 1953. Master of Science in Mathematics, Marquette University, Milwaukee, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics, University Illinois, 1962.
Graduate, Institute Retraining Computer Science, 1986. Postgraduate, St. Mary-of-the-Woods College, Indiana, since 1989.
Drufenbrock was born in Evansville, Indiana. In 1948, after graduating Reitz Memorial High School, she moved to Milwaukee to enter the Franciscan Sisters. A mathematics graduate of Alverno College in 1953 and of Marquette University, she taught mathematics at Alverno College, at the University of Wisconsin–Parkside, and elsewhere around Milwaukee, Wisconsin, including at the then-new Saint 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. Her interest in social issues led her to join the Socialist Party United States of America in 1976.
She ran as their Vice-Presidential candidate in the 1980 United States presidential election, and served as that party"s National Treasurer.
She was a Christian socialist who was the Vice-Presidential candidate for the Socialist Party United States of America in the United States presidential election, 1980. That campaign resulted in the Party"s recognition by the Federal Elections Commission as a national political party.
National treasurer Socialist Party, United States of America, New York City, since 1977, member of national committee, since 1980. Candidate for United States vice president, 1980. Computer consultant Mountain Women's Exchange, Jellico, Tennessee, since 1989.
Director parent union Higher Education Act, Title I, Milwaukee, 1975-1978. Director Eugene V. Debs Foundation, 1981-1983. Member School Sisters St. Francis (provincial 1970-1972), Mathematics Association American (regional governor 1965-1966), American Mathematics Society, Franciscans for Socialism, College Community Orchestra.