Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Arthur Bracey: Educator, Florist, and Electrician

Arthur Bracey
Bracey received his bachelor’s degree from Virginia State College and a Master’s degree in Education from the University of Pennsylvania.  Bracey joined the Parker-Gray faculty as a shop teacher.  He and his wife Miriam opened Peoples Flower Shop (Alexandria) in 1948.  That same year he also established Bracey’s Electric. Bracey selected Parker-Gray students and mentored them in his electrician’s apprenticeship program. He encouraged them to seek higher education, additional training and/or apprenticeships in the electrical trade or other related areas.

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