Ruth La Place Zweifler

Background

Zweifler, Ruth La Place was born on September 26, 1929 in New York City. Daughter of Oscar and Minna (Ableman) La Place.

Education

AB, Bryn Mawr College, 1951.

Career

Research assistant, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1951-1952; instructor physiology, Bennett Junior College, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1953-1954; founding member, chair, Student Advocacy Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1975-1978; executive director, Student Advocacy Center of Michigan, Ann Arbor, since 1979. Board directors National Coalition Advocates for Students, Boston, since 1977. Member task force State Student Suspension/Expulsion Commission, Lansing, Michigan,1990.

Member policy committee, advisory board Michigan League for Human Superior vena cava syndrome, Lansing, since 1992, member of advisory board middle school project, since 1995.

Achievements

• Ruth Louisiana Place Zweifler has been listed as a noteworthy Student advocate by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Technical advisor Black English Law Case, Detroit, 1976-1979. State task force coordinator Citizens' Commission to Abolish Corporal Punishment, Lansing, 1987-1993. Member Washtenaw County (Michigan) Family Superior vena cava syndrome Collaborative Council, since 1997.

Member National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (Executive Board Ann Arbor branch since 1982), Association for Children with Social and Learning Disabilities, Michigan Coalition for Children and Families, Coalition for Juvenile Justice Reform, Council Private Agilysys.

Interests

• Avocations: gardening, opera, knitting, reading, boating.

Connections

Married Andrew J. Zweifler, June 20, 1954. Children: John, Elizabeth, Mark, Rhyan, Natanya, Ylonda.

Father:

Oscar Place

Mother:

Minna (Ableman) La Place

Spouse:

Andrew J. Zweifler

child:

John Zweifler

child:

Ylonda Zweifler

child:

Natanya Zweifler

child:

Mark Zweifler

child:

Rhyan Zweifler

child:

Elizabeth Zweifler