Rae Vickers Biester
Biography
Married William H. Biester, Jr. October 1, 1921. He died January 21, 1966. Employed as secretary to the vice president of engineering for United Gas Improvement Company. Treasurer of Delaware County. National president of the American Legion Auxiliary 1933 to 1934.
She was appointed as the first woman Superintendent of the Philadelphia Mint. She served July 1, 1953, to 1961. In 1967 she was named special assistant to the president of General Numismatics Corporation, parent of the Franklin Mint.
She was a July 20, 1958, guest on "What's My Line."
She stumped the panel.
She died in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania.
bio: WWAW 66; obit: CW 3/28/1984; NUM 97 May 1984 page 991; DOB:SSDI
Source credit: Pete Smith, American Numismatic Biographies
Bio Snapshot
Date of Birth: 1892 - Aug - 15Date of Death: 1984 - Mar - 14