Education
He graduated from the University of Chicago and Western Reserve University with a master"s degree in 1928.
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Henry Kraus
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He was an organizer of the Flint Sit-Down Strike, and edited The Flint Auto Worker. Sol Dollinger was critical of his account of the strike. He was the first editor of the United Automobile Workers" newspaper, The United Auto Worker.
He moved to Paris, and worked as a European correspondent for World Wide Medical News Service.
His papers are at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University. The Henry Kraus Papers at the Walter P. Reuther Library date from 1926-1960.
His papers reflect his attempts to organize auto workers and the early history of the United Automobile Workers from 1935-1941. Particularly well-documented in the collection are the Flint sit-down strike and factionalism within the United Auto Workers.
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American
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1984 MacArthur Fellows Program
The MacArthur Fellows Program, MacArthur Fellowship, or 'Genius Grant' is a prize awarded annually by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation typically to between 20 and 40 individuals, working in any field, who 'show exceptional merit and promise for continued and enhanced creative work' and are citizens or residents of the United States.The MacArthur Fellows Program, MacArthur Fellowship, or 'Genius Grant' is a prize awarded annually by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation typically to between 20 and 40 individuals, working in any field, who 'show exceptional merit and promise for continued and enhanced creative work' and are citizens or residents of the United States.