Background
Broekel, Rainer Lothar was born on March 24, 1923 in Dresden, Germany. Came to the United States, 1928. Son of Eugene and Hedwig Helene Broekel.
Broekel, Rainer Lothar was born on March 24, 1923 in Dresden, Germany. Came to the United States, 1928. Son of Eugene and Hedwig Helene Broekel.
AB, Illinois College, 1947. Doctor of Humane Letters, Illinois College, 1979.
Teacher, Murrayville (Illinois) School, 1950-1952; teacher science and mathematics, Turner Junior High School, Jacksonville, Illinois, 1952-1957; director junior music, Jacksonville Public School System, Jacksonville, 1955-1957; publication, editor newsletter, Candy Bar Gazebo, Ipswich, Massachusetts, 1985-1995; science editor My Weekly Reader, Addison-Wesley Publication Company, Reading, Massachusetts, 1957-1966; senior editor Silver Burdett, Addison-Wesley Publication Company, Reading, Massachusetts, 1966-1967; editor-in-chief juvenile division, Addison-Wesley Publication Company, Reading, Massachusetts, 1967-1975; instructor, Institute Children's Literature, Redding Ridge, Connecticut, 1979-1989; instructor, North Shore Community College, Beverly, Massachusetts, 1980-1989.
With United States Army Air Force, 1942-1945.
Married Margaret Elizabeth McNeely, May 6, 1944. Children: Peggy Rae, Randall Ray.