Her kinsman, Father Joseph Gemayel and his family founded a new religious institute for women that provided them with full- time education as well as religious instruction.
Rayes received a Bachelor of Science in Engineering degree, summa cum laude, in 1975 from Arizona State University.
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Douglas L. Rayes is a Judge of the Maricopa County Superior Court and is a nominee to be a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona.
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On September 19, 2013, President Barack Obama nominated Rayes to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona, to the seat vacated by Judge Frederick J. Martone, who took senior status on January 30, 2013.
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In August 2012, Rayes was one of three finalists recommended to Governor Jan Brewer to fill a vacancy on the Arizona Supreme Court.