Background
Kraus, Herbert Myron was born on September 21, 1921 in Cleveland. Son of Joseph Emil and Eva (Meyers) Kraus.
Kraus, Herbert Myron was born on September 21, 1921 in Cleveland. Son of Joseph Emil and Eva (Meyers) Kraus.
Bachelor, University of Illinois, 1941.
Public relations associate National Jewish Hospital, Denver, 1948—1951. Director public relations State of Israel Bond Doctor, 1951—1954. Private practice, 1954—1973.
President Manning, Selvage & Lee of Chicago, 1973—1982. Private practice, 1982—1985. President Kraus Dunham Nikolich Puerto Rico, 1986—1988.
Senior counselor Weiser Walek Group, 1989—1992, Herbert M. Kraus & Company, since 1990, Finance Relations Board, 1992—2001. Instructor public relations Columbia College, Chicago, 1990-2007 adjunct professor public relations Stuart Graduate School Business, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago.
Co-chairman John Fischetti Cartoon Awards Committee, Chicago, Communications Chicago XV, 1989. President Friends of WFMT, Inc., 1989-1990. Board director Victory Gardens Theatre, Chicago, 1978-1995, American Jewish Committee, Chicago, since 1989.
Delegate Republican National Convention, Detroit, 1980. Columnist: Chicago Journalist. Board director Emanuel Congregation, 2000-2004.
Fellow: Public Relations Society of America. Member: Chicago Headline Club, Chicago television Academy, Publicity Club Chicago (president 1989-1990, Lifetime Achievement award 2006), Chicago Journalists Association (board directors since 2000), American Friends of Czech Republic.
Married Barbara Cohen, September 9, 1945 (divorced January 1, 1955). 1 child, Gale Ann Kraus Reinitz. Married Catherine Eugenia Capraro, March 5, 1955.
1 child, Claudia Willa Kraus Piper.