Background
Graettinger, Elizabeth Shorey was born on July 29, 1923 in Oak Park, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Clyde Everett and Elizabeth Dun (Douglass) Shorey.
Graettinger, Elizabeth Shorey was born on July 29, 1923 in Oak Park, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Clyde Everett and Elizabeth Dun (Douglass) Shorey.
AB, Wellesley College, 1945.
With social service department, American Red Cross, Dublin, Georgia, 1947-1948; secretary, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1948-1949; board directors, Young Women’s Christian Association of Metropolitan Chicago, Illinois, 1971-1993; president, Young Women’s Christian Association of Metropolitan Chicago, Illinois, 1975-1978; career volunteer, National Board, Young Women’s Christian Association of United States of America, New York City, 1979-1991.
Member Womens Board Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Hospital, Chicago, Great Books Foundation, Chicago, 1978-1994. Chair women's committee, board directors National Conference of Christians and Jews, Chicago, 1964-1980.
Married John Sells Graettinger, June 29, 1946. Children: John S. Junior, William F., Alan M., Robert S., George D.