ALABAMA EDUCATOR RAFFERTY CONSERVATIVE KILLED AS CAR SLIPS OFF DAM
Miami Herald, The (FL) - Tuesday, June 15, 1982
Readability: 11-12 grade level (Lexile: 1220L)
Author: UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL
Dr. Max Rafferty, the conservative head of California schools in the turbulent 1960s who built a national reputation attacking busing, sex education and the "New Left," died in a car crash despite rescue efforts by a 17-year- old girl.
Rafferty, 65, drove his car off an earthen dam and landed upside down in about 15 feet of water Sunday, state troopers said. Rafferty, apparently stunned by a blow to the head, was trapped inside the car for 10 minutes until rescuers dragged him out.
Dean of Troy State University's Education Department since 1971, Rafferty was the state superintendent of public instruction in California from 1963-1971 -- years of sometimes
violent anti-war demonstrations on campuses. His tenure overlapped Ronald Reagan's governorship. A White House spokesman said Reagan had been informed of the death "and I'm sure he was shocked and saddened," but that there was no official statement.
Clayton Campbell, head of the ambulance service which recovered the body, said attendants revived Rafferty briefly and "had a regular pulse, but we lost him." He was pronounced dead at a Troy hospital.
Dr. Kenneth Roberts said an autopsy would be performed but the cause of death appeared to be accidental drowning.
Kathy Clark, 17, of Troy, the only passenger in the car, had spent the night at the Rafferty home with his granddaughter and Rafferty was driving her home, troopers said.
Campbell said Clark, who was not injured, was alert while the car filled with water and escaped through a back door. She tried repeatedly to "pull him out over the seat through the back door," Campbell said. She ran home and called the ambulance service.
Rafferty was born in New Orleans in May 1917, grew up in Sioux City, Iowa, and moved to southern California at 14. He got his bachelor's degree at the University of California at Los Angeles in 1938, his master's degree at UCLA in 1949 and his doctorate from the University of Southern California in 1956.
Before being elected to the state job, Rafferty headed a small school district in southern California. A speech he made there in 1961 entitled "The Passing of the Patriot" propelled him to sudden prominence. The speech extolled another American school teacher, Nathan Hale, and his principles. It also discussed the "communist corruption" in our educational system.
The speech won Rafferty prizes and was reprinted in Readers Digest.
In 1968 Rafferty ran for the U.S. Senate and defeated incumbent Sen. Thomas Kuchel in the Republican primary, but lost the general election to Democrat Alan Cranston.
In 1971 he was defeated for the superintendent's post by Wilson C. Riles, a black who had served as his assistant.
During the time he served in the California education post, he wrote for numerous national publications, including Readers' Digest, and had a newspaper column that was syndicated by the Los Angeles Times.
He took unwavering stands against busing to achieve racial integration and blamed the New Left for much of the drug problem.
"The New Left is highly organized and has powerful sources of propaganda in communicating their philosophy of drug use," he said.
Rafferty also said "the policeman" was all that stood between society and "unimaginable brutality, lust and sadism."
In 1968, when San Jose State College's first football game of the season was canceled because the United Black Students for Action threatened to disrupt the game unless steps were taken to eliminate alleged racial discrimination at the college, Rafferty exploded, saying:
"If I had to ask the president to call in the whole United States Marine Corps, that game would have been played."
Rafferty is survived by two daughters, Kathleen Rafferty, 36, Victoria, British Columbia, and Eileen Lee, 30, of Banks, Ala., and a son, Dennis Rafferty 35, Petersburg, Ala. His wife is deceased.
Funeral services are scheduled today.
Edition: FRST
Section: LOCAL
Page: D4
Index Terms: DEATH, OBITUARY
Miami Herald, The (FL) - Tuesday, June 15, 1982
Readability: 11-12 grade level (Lexile: 1220L)
Author: UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL
Dr. Max Rafferty, the conservative head of California schools in the turbulent 1960s who built a national reputation attacking busing, sex education and the "New Left," died in a car crash despite rescue efforts by a 17-year- old girl.
Rafferty, 65, drove his car off an earthen dam and landed upside down in about 15 feet of water Sunday, state troopers said. Rafferty, apparently stunned by a blow to the head, was trapped inside the car for 10 minutes until rescuers dragged him out.
Dean of Troy State University's Education Department since 1971, Rafferty was the state superintendent of public instruction in California from 1963-1971 -- years of sometimes
violent anti-war demonstrations on campuses. His tenure overlapped Ronald Reagan's governorship. A White House spokesman said Reagan had been informed of the death "and I'm sure he was shocked and saddened," but that there was no official statement.
Clayton Campbell, head of the ambulance service which recovered the body, said attendants revived Rafferty briefly and "had a regular pulse, but we lost him." He was pronounced dead at a Troy hospital.
Dr. Kenneth Roberts said an autopsy would be performed but the cause of death appeared to be accidental drowning.
Kathy Clark, 17, of Troy, the only passenger in the car, had spent the night at the Rafferty home with his granddaughter and Rafferty was driving her home, troopers said.
Campbell said Clark, who was not injured, was alert while the car filled with water and escaped through a back door. She tried repeatedly to "pull him out over the seat through the back door," Campbell said. She ran home and called the ambulance service.
Rafferty was born in New Orleans in May 1917, grew up in Sioux City, Iowa, and moved to southern California at 14. He got his bachelor's degree at the University of California at Los Angeles in 1938, his master's degree at UCLA in 1949 and his doctorate from the University of Southern California in 1956.
Before being elected to the state job, Rafferty headed a small school district in southern California. A speech he made there in 1961 entitled "The Passing of the Patriot" propelled him to sudden prominence. The speech extolled another American school teacher, Nathan Hale, and his principles. It also discussed the "communist corruption" in our educational system.
The speech won Rafferty prizes and was reprinted in Readers Digest.
In 1968 Rafferty ran for the U.S. Senate and defeated incumbent Sen. Thomas Kuchel in the Republican primary, but lost the general election to Democrat Alan Cranston.
In 1971 he was defeated for the superintendent's post by Wilson C. Riles, a black who had served as his assistant.
During the time he served in the California education post, he wrote for numerous national publications, including Readers' Digest, and had a newspaper column that was syndicated by the Los Angeles Times.
He took unwavering stands against busing to achieve racial integration and blamed the New Left for much of the drug problem.
"The New Left is highly organized and has powerful sources of propaganda in communicating their philosophy of drug use," he said.
Rafferty also said "the policeman" was all that stood between society and "unimaginable brutality, lust and sadism."
In 1968, when San Jose State College's first football game of the season was canceled because the United Black Students for Action threatened to disrupt the game unless steps were taken to eliminate alleged racial discrimination at the college, Rafferty exploded, saying:
"If I had to ask the president to call in the whole United States Marine Corps, that game would have been played."
Rafferty is survived by two daughters, Kathleen Rafferty, 36, Victoria, British Columbia, and Eileen Lee, 30, of Banks, Ala., and a son, Dennis Rafferty 35, Petersburg, Ala. His wife is deceased.
Funeral services are scheduled today.
Edition: FRST
Section: LOCAL
Page: D4
Index Terms: DEATH, OBITUARY
ALABAMA EDUCATOR RAFFERTY CONSERVATIVE KILLED AS CAR SLIPS OFF DAM
Miami Herald, The (FL) - Tuesday, June 15, 1982
Readability: 11-12 grade level (Lexile: 1220L)
Author: UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL
Dr. Max Rafferty, the conservative head of California schools in the turbulent 1960s who built a national reputation attacking busing, sex education and the "New Left," died in a car crash despite rescue efforts by a 17-year- old girl.
Rafferty, 65, drove his car off an earthen dam and landed upside down in about 15 feet of water Sunday, state troopers said. Rafferty, apparently stunned by a blow to the head, was trapped inside the car for 10 minutes until rescuers dragged him out.
Dean of Troy State University's Education Department since 1971, Rafferty was the state superintendent of public instruction in California from 1963-1971 -- years of sometimes
violent anti-war demonstrations on campuses. His tenure overlapped Ronald Reagan's governorship. A White House spokesman said Reagan had been informed of the death "and I'm sure he was shocked and saddened," but that there was no official statement.
Clayton Campbell, head of the ambulance service which recovered the body, said attendants revived Rafferty briefly and "had a regular pulse, but we lost him." He was pronounced dead at a Troy hospital.
Dr. Kenneth Roberts said an autopsy would be performed but the cause of death appeared to be accidental drowning.
Kathy Clark, 17, of Troy, the only passenger in the car, had spent the night at the Rafferty home with his granddaughter and Rafferty was driving her home, troopers said.
Campbell said Clark, who was not injured, was alert while the car filled with water and escaped through a back door. She tried repeatedly to "pull him out over the seat through the back door," Campbell said. She ran home and called the ambulance service.
Rafferty was born in New Orleans in May 1917, grew up in Sioux City, Iowa, and moved to southern California at 14. He got his bachelor's degree at the University of California at Los Angeles in 1938, his master's degree at UCLA in 1949 and his doctorate from the University of Southern California in 1956.
Before being elected to the state job, Rafferty headed a small school district in southern California. A speech he made there in 1961 entitled "The Passing of the Patriot" propelled him to sudden prominence. The speech extolled another American school teacher, Nathan Hale, and his principles. It also discussed the "communist corruption" in our educational system.
The speech won Rafferty prizes and was reprinted in Readers Digest.
In 1968 Rafferty ran for the U.S. Senate and defeated incumbent Sen. Thomas Kuchel in the Republican primary, but lost the general election to Democrat Alan Cranston.
In 1971 he was defeated for the superintendent's post by Wilson C. Riles, a black who had served as his assistant.
During the time he served in the California education post, he wrote for numerous national publications, including Readers' Digest, and had a newspaper column that was syndicated by the Los Angeles Times.
He took unwavering stands against busing to achieve racial integration and blamed the New Left for much of the drug problem.
"The New Left is highly organized and has powerful sources of propaganda in communicating their philosophy of drug use," he said.
Rafferty also said "the policeman" was all that stood between society and "unimaginable brutality, lust and sadism."
In 1968, when San Jose State College's first football game of the season was canceled because the United Black Students for Action threatened to disrupt the game unless steps were taken to eliminate alleged racial discrimination at the college, Rafferty exploded, saying:
"If I had to ask the president to call in the whole United States Marine Corps, that game would have been played."
Rafferty is survived by two daughters, Kathleen Rafferty, 36, Victoria, British Columbia, and Eileen Lee, 30, of Banks, Ala., and a son, Dennis Rafferty 35, Petersburg, Ala. His wife is deceased.
Funeral services are scheduled today.
Edition: FRST
Section: LOCAL
Page: D4
Index Terms: DEATH, OBITUARY
Miami Herald, The (FL) - Tuesday, June 15, 1982
Readability: 11-12 grade level (Lexile: 1220L)
Author: UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL
Dr. Max Rafferty, the conservative head of California schools in the turbulent 1960s who built a national reputation attacking busing, sex education and the "New Left," died in a car crash despite rescue efforts by a 17-year- old girl.
Rafferty, 65, drove his car off an earthen dam and landed upside down in about 15 feet of water Sunday, state troopers said. Rafferty, apparently stunned by a blow to the head, was trapped inside the car for 10 minutes until rescuers dragged him out.
Dean of Troy State University's Education Department since 1971, Rafferty was the state superintendent of public instruction in California from 1963-1971 -- years of sometimes
violent anti-war demonstrations on campuses. His tenure overlapped Ronald Reagan's governorship. A White House spokesman said Reagan had been informed of the death "and I'm sure he was shocked and saddened," but that there was no official statement.
Clayton Campbell, head of the ambulance service which recovered the body, said attendants revived Rafferty briefly and "had a regular pulse, but we lost him." He was pronounced dead at a Troy hospital.
Dr. Kenneth Roberts said an autopsy would be performed but the cause of death appeared to be accidental drowning.
Kathy Clark, 17, of Troy, the only passenger in the car, had spent the night at the Rafferty home with his granddaughter and Rafferty was driving her home, troopers said.
Campbell said Clark, who was not injured, was alert while the car filled with water and escaped through a back door. She tried repeatedly to "pull him out over the seat through the back door," Campbell said. She ran home and called the ambulance service.
Rafferty was born in New Orleans in May 1917, grew up in Sioux City, Iowa, and moved to southern California at 14. He got his bachelor's degree at the University of California at Los Angeles in 1938, his master's degree at UCLA in 1949 and his doctorate from the University of Southern California in 1956.
Before being elected to the state job, Rafferty headed a small school district in southern California. A speech he made there in 1961 entitled "The Passing of the Patriot" propelled him to sudden prominence. The speech extolled another American school teacher, Nathan Hale, and his principles. It also discussed the "communist corruption" in our educational system.
The speech won Rafferty prizes and was reprinted in Readers Digest.
In 1968 Rafferty ran for the U.S. Senate and defeated incumbent Sen. Thomas Kuchel in the Republican primary, but lost the general election to Democrat Alan Cranston.
In 1971 he was defeated for the superintendent's post by Wilson C. Riles, a black who had served as his assistant.
During the time he served in the California education post, he wrote for numerous national publications, including Readers' Digest, and had a newspaper column that was syndicated by the Los Angeles Times.
He took unwavering stands against busing to achieve racial integration and blamed the New Left for much of the drug problem.
"The New Left is highly organized and has powerful sources of propaganda in communicating their philosophy of drug use," he said.
Rafferty also said "the policeman" was all that stood between society and "unimaginable brutality, lust and sadism."
In 1968, when San Jose State College's first football game of the season was canceled because the United Black Students for Action threatened to disrupt the game unless steps were taken to eliminate alleged racial discrimination at the college, Rafferty exploded, saying:
"If I had to ask the president to call in the whole United States Marine Corps, that game would have been played."
Rafferty is survived by two daughters, Kathleen Rafferty, 36, Victoria, British Columbia, and Eileen Lee, 30, of Banks, Ala., and a son, Dennis Rafferty 35, Petersburg, Ala. His wife is deceased.
Funeral services are scheduled today.
Edition: FRST
Section: LOCAL
Page: D4
Index Terms: DEATH, OBITUARY
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