John W. Kraus

Aerospace Engineering Company Executive

A Timeline of Professional Milestones

1918

Mr. Kraus is born in New York, New York to Walter Max Kraus and Marian Florance Sandor.

1941

Mr. Kraus earns a Bachelor of Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and begins his career as an industrial engineer at TRW, Inc. in Cleveland, Ohio.

1954

Mr. Kraus serves as chairman of a technical division of the American Defense Preparedness Association (now the National Defense Industries Association).

1961

Mr. Kraus becomes a special assistant at Atomics International in Chatsworth, California.

1966

Mr. Kraus takes on the role of branch chief at McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company in Huntington Beach, California.

1972

Mr. Kraus earns a Master of Business Administration from the University of Southern California.

1974

Mr. Kraus serves as a consultant for the Technology Associates of Southern California.

1975

Mr. Kraus serves as president of Kraus and DuVall, Inc. in Santa Ana, California.

1983

Mr. Kraus becomes senior manager at McDonnell Douglas Space Systems Company.

1988

Mr. Kraus authors the maintainability chapter of “Handbook of Reliability Engineering and Management.”

1996

Mr. Kraus becomes director of the Oasis Sailing Club.

1999

Mr. Kraus becomes director of Friends of Oasis.

2008

Mr. Kraus serves as secretary of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology class of 1941.

2017

Mr. Kraus is elected treasurer of Friends of Oasis.

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