JOHN R. GRACE ’68

JOHN R. GRACE, 69, former executive director of the Wisconsin Association of Family and Children’s Agencies, died Dec. 19, 2015. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta and earned a master’s degree in Religious Studies at the Hartford Seminary. He spent a year in India as a Fulbright tutor, and then three years there coordinating the University of Wisconsin College Year in India program. When he returned to the United States, he and his wife settled in Madison, Wisc., where he began his career in human services by establishing after-school day care in rural communities. He then went on to become head of the Wisconsin Early Childhood Association and then executive director of the Association of Child Care Institutions, which joined ranks with another agency and became the Wisconsin Association of Family and Children’s Agencies. He served on numerous local boards and committees, and was a member and active participant in the Madison Monthly Meeting. Among those who survive are his wife, Joan Raducha; two children, including Laura Grace Thompson ’03; five grandchildren; and three brothers.