Background
Kraft, Donald Harris was born on December 21, 1943 in Omaha. Son of Hyman and Lillian (Miller) Kraft.
Kraft, Donald Harris was born on December 21, 1943 in Omaha. Son of Hyman and Lillian (Miller) Kraft.
Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, 1965. Master of Science in Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, 1966. Doctor of Philosophy in Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, 1971.
Graduate teaching instructor, Purdue University, School Industrial Engineering, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1968-1970;
assistant professor, U. Maryland., College Library. and Information Superior vena cava syndrome, College Park, 1970-1975;
visiting assistant professor, University of California, School Librarianship, Berkeley, 1975-1976;
associate professor, Louisiana State University, Department Computer Science, Baton Rouge, 1976-1982;
professor, Louisiana State University, Department Computer Science, Baton Rouge, since 1982;
chairman, Louisiana State University, Department Computer Science, Baton Rouge, 1985-1991. Visiting assistant professor Graduate Library. School, Indiana U., Bloomington, summer 1972.
Adjunct Professor library and information science Louisiana State University, since 1983. Visiting professor University of California at Los Angeles, 1994. Program committee member International Confs. on Bibliometrics, Scientometrics and Infometrics, London, Ontario, Canada, 1989.
North America regional coordinator, member program committee Third International Conference on Informetrics, Bangalore, India, 1991. Local arrangements chair Winter Simulation Conference, NewOrleans, 1990. Reviewer National Science Foundation.
Presenter in field, others.
Member Agency Division and Family Services Committee, Capital Area United Way, Baton Rouge. Louisiana State University Hillel faculty advisor. Former president Jewish Federation Greater Baton Rouge.
Vice president Beth Shalom Synagogue, Baton Rouge. Member Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, 1989. Team member State Attorney General' General’ s Office, New Orleans, 1989, Mississippi State University, Starkville, 1987.
External consultant New Jersey State Department Higher Education, 1987. Consultant Criminal Justice Institute, Baton Rouge, 1978, many others. Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society (senior member), North America Fuzzy Information Processing Society (council member 1986-1988, 90-92, others), Association for Library and Information Science Education (past continuing education committee), American Society for Information Science (certified recognition), Association for Computing Machinery (special interest group on information retrieval, national lecturer 1980-1982, various offices and committees), Operations Research Society of America (area editor Database and Retrieval Systems 1988-1992, JoC Appreciation of Service certified, various offices and committees), Sigma Xi, Alpha Pi Mu, others.
Married Linda Gail Ohlbaum, December 29, 1968. Children: Elizabeth R., Suzanne M.