Biographical Details
Graetz was born in Clarksburg West Virginia, and educated in Columbus, Ohio. He graduated from Capital University in Bexley, Ohio in 1950, and received a B.D. in 1955 from Evangelical Lutheran Theological Seminary in Columbus, Ohio (now Trinity Lutheran Seminary . He married Jean Ellis (known as Jeannie) on June 10, 1951 in East Springfield, Pennsylvania. .
In 2008 the Graetzes returned to Montgomery, Alabama, where they are actively involved in various civic activities including the diversity group One Montgomery and the League of Women Voters. Each year they host the annual Graetz Symposium at the National Center for the Study of Civil Rights and African-American Culture at Alabama State University.
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