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Madeline Clayton Drake was a retired supervisor of student teachers who volunteered as a guidance counselor at St. Vincent's and St. John's Homes for Boys.

Biography[]

Madeline Clayton graduated in the 1930s before earning a master's degree in student guidance. At some point she met and married Frederick Drake and the couple eventually settled in Brooklyn.[1]

She held a position as supervisor of student teachers at the City College of New York before retirement in 1964 led her to volunteer at a pair of boys' homes as a guidance counselor.[1]

In 1969, she passed away in hospital care during her early 60s, a death which impacted Indiana Jones enough that he kept a clipping of her newspaper obituary on the fridge of his New York City apartment.[1]

The article noted that she was survived by her husband and mother.[1]

Behind the scenes[]

Madeline Clayton Drake's obituary states that she died aged 62 in the headline but 63 in the article text.[1]

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