Background
Kratz, Howard Russel was born on November 2, 1916 in Mattoon, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Samuel H. and Clara A. (Jones) Kratz.
Kratz, Howard Russel was born on November 2, 1916 in Mattoon, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Samuel H. and Clara A. (Jones) Kratz.
Bachelor, Ripon College, Wisconsin, 1938. Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1942.
Teaching assistant, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1938-1941; research assistant, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1941-1942; member of staff Metallurgical Laboratory,, University of Chicago, 1942-1944; member of staff, Los Alamos (New Mexico) Science Laboratory, 1944-1946; member of staff, General Electric Research Laboratory, Schnectady, New York, 1946-1959; member of staff, General Atomic, San Diego, 1959-1972; senior scientist, Sys., Science, and Software, San Diego, 1972-1979; retired, since 1979.
Member American Physical Society, Sigma Xi.
Married Mary K. Bunsa, June 2, 1942. Children: Marilyn Kratz Locker, William H.