Georgine Loacker
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Georgine Loacker, S.S.S.F. (May 27, 1926 – August 3, 2013){{Cite web |url=http://www.heritagefuneral.com/obituaries/Srgeorgine-Loacker/#!/Obituary |title=Sr. Georgine Loacker-obituary |access-date=2013-08-09 |archive-date=2018-10-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181001142423/https://www.heritagefuneral.com/obituaries/Srgeorgine-Loacker/#!/Obituary |url-status=dead }} was an American scholar. She was internationally recognized as an assessment scholar, and founded the Alverno College ability-based curriculum.
Biography
Georgine Loacker, S.S.S.F. was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. She graduated from Alverno College in 1946 and began working at the college in 1957. She left temporarily while she completed her doctorate in English from the University of Chicago. She worked with a team of Alverno College faculty in the early 1970s to develop Alverno's ability-based curriculum.{{cite news|last=Uebelherr|first=Jan|title=Loacker was persistent in grammar, practical in teaching|url=http://www.jsonline.com/news/obituaries/loacker-was-persistent-in-grammar-practical-in-teaching-b9969906z1-218583951.html|accessdate=6 August 2013|newspaper=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|date=6 August 2013}}
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Category:Educators from Chicago
Category:University of Chicago alumni
Category:Alverno College alumni
Category:Alverno College faculty
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