Burnell D. Kraft

Background

Kraft, Burnell D. was born on July 24, 1931 in Chester, Illinois, United States. Son of Herman F. and Ella Kraft.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Southern Illinois University, 1956.

Career

Accountant, merchant, Tabor and Company, Decatur, Illinois, 1956-1959; vice president, Tabor and Company, Decatur, Illinois, 1959-1961; executive vice president, Tabor and Company, Decatur, Illinois, 1961-1970; president, Tabor and Company, Decatur, Illinois, 1970-1975; with, Archer Daniels Midland Company (merged with Tabor and Company), Decatur, 1975-1984; corporation vice president, Archer Daniels Midland Company (merged with Tabor and Company), Decatur, 1984-1994; group vice president, Archer Daniels Midland Company (merged with Tabor and Company), Decatur, 1994-1997; senior vice president, Archer Daniels Midland Company (merged with Tabor and Company), Decatur, since 1997; president ADM/GROWMARK River System division, Archer Daniels Midland Company (merged with Tabor and Company), Decatur, since 1985; president Collingwood Grain division, Archer Daniels Midland Company (merged with Tabor and Company), Decatur, 1989-1994. Board directors Alfred C. Toepfer International, United Grain Growers.

Achievements

• Burnell D. Kraft has been listed as a noteworthy agricultural products company executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Trustee Millikin University, Decatur, 1983-1995, chairman trustees, 1990-1994. Board directors Decatur Memorial Hospital, 1970-1980. With United States Army, 1952-1953, Korea.

Member North America Export Grain Association, National Feed Grains Council, National Grain and Feed Association, St. Louis Merchants Exchange, Chicago Board Trade, Decatur Chamber of Commerce (past board directors), Phi Kappa Phi, Beta Gamma Sigma. Clubs: Decatur, Country Club Decatur (board directors 1974-1978).

Interests

• Avocations: aviation, golf, boating, tennis.

Connections

Married Shirley Ann Huch, December 30, 1950. Children: Jon B., Julie Ann Kraft Schwalbe.

Father:

Herman F.

Mother:

Ella Kraft

Spouse:

Shirley Ann Huch

child:

Julie Ann Kraft Schwalbe Kraft

child:

Jon B. Kraft