Benjamin F. Kraft

Background

Kraft, Benjamin F. was born on January 15, 1948 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States. Son of Benjamin F. Kraft and Frances H. Simons Hunter.

Education

Student, Southern U., Baton Rouge, 1966; AB, Rutgers University, 1970; Juris Doctor, Northeastern U., 1973; Master of Business Administration, American U., 1978.

Career

Staff attorney, National Labor Relations Board, Washington, 1973-1977; owner, general manager, Big Ben Hardware, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 1979-1986; member of faculty, administrator, Florida Memorial College, Miami, 1986-1994; vice president, special assistant to president, South Carolina. State University, Orangeburg, since 1994. Mentor Mellichamp Elementary School, Orangeburg.

Achievements

• Benjamin F. Kraft has been listed as a noteworthy Higher education administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors Downtown Orangeburg Revitalization Association, since 1994, Tools for Change, Black Economics Development Inc., Miami, 1992-1994, Center for Family and Child Enrichment, Miami, 1987-1990, Haitian-American Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Port-au-Prince, 1984-1986, City of Orangeburg Comty. Development Corporation, secretary, since 1997. Institutional representative Edisto United Way, Orangeburg, 1997, company representative, 1997, 98.

Industry leader American Heart Association Walk, Orangeburg, 1997, 98;institutional representative March of Dimes Walkathon, Orangeburg, 1997. Member Hillcrest Golf Commission, Orangeburg, 1994-1996. Member District of Columbia Bar Association, 100 Black Men of South Florida, Rotary International, Alpha Phi Alpha.

Interests

• Avocations: tennis, gardening.

Connections

Married Diane M. Boudreaux, July 1, 1994. Children: Benjamin R., Phillip F., Guileine F., Michael J. Demaris Junior.

Father:

Benjamin F. Kraft

Mother:

Frances H. Simons Hunter

Spouse:

Diane M. Boudreaux

child:

Michael J. Demaris Junior Kraft

child:

Guileine F. Kraft

child:

Phillip F. Kraft

child:

Benjamin R. Kraft