Franklin Kramer

Background

Kramer, Franklin was born on March 6, 1923 in New York City. Son of Abraham H. and Anna (Schwartz) Kramer.

Education

Bachelor in Chemical Engineering, City College of New York, 1944. MChemE, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, 1947.

Career

Research manager, General Foods, Hoboken, New Jersey, 1944-1962; research manager, Cracker Jack division Borden, Chicago, 1962-1965; process/equipment development manager, Kitchens Sara Lee, Deerfield, Illinois, 1965-1968; vice president manufacturing, La Touraine Foods, Newton, Massachusetts, 1968-1973; vice president operations, W.R. Grace & Company, St. Simons Island, Georgia, 1973-1975; principal scientist, senior laboratory manager, General Foods Corporation Research, Tarrytown, New York, 1975-1988; president, Fremark Company, Briarcliff, New York, since 1989. Adjunct Professor Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1990-1993.

Achievements

• Registered profile engineer, Massachusetts.

Membership

Fellow American Institute of Chemical Engineers, member American Chemical Society, Institute Food Technology, Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi.

Interests

• Avocations: travel, photography, computer sciences.

Connections

Married Barbara Richter, January 28, 1951. Children: Nancy J., Harold J.

Father:

Abraham H. Kramer

Mother:

Anna (Schwartz) Kramer

Spouse:

Barbara Richter

child:

Harold J. Kramer

child:

Nancy J. Kramer