Background
Kreusser, Otto Theo was born on April 20, 1889 in New York City. Son of Julius A. and Julia E. (Fox) Kreusser.
Kreusser, Otto Theo was born on April 20, 1889 in New York City. Son of Julius A. and Julia E. (Fox) Kreusser.
Educated Pratt Institute Technology.
With Brooklyn Rapid Transit System, 1908-1912. Assistant engineer of car design, New York Municipal Railway Corporation, 1913-1918. Engineer of aviation ignition, Dayton (O.) Engineering laboratories Company, 1917.
In charge Liberty engine school, United States Bureau Aircraft Production, Detroit, Michigan, 1918.
Assistant sales manager Dayton Engineering laboratories Company, 1919. Educational director in charge apprentices, foremen’s executive training courses and special machine operators’ school, Delco Dayton, 1920-1921.
Head of technical data section General Motors Research laboratories and chairman General Motors new devices committee, 1922-1924. Director General Motors Proving Ground, Milford, Michigan, 1924-1929.
Director engineering tests, Fisher Body Corporation Division of General Motors, 1930-1931.
Director Museum of Sciences and Industry, Chicago, 1931-1936. Assistant director General Motors Research, 1936-1937, president and general manager Allison Engineering Company, Indianapolis, 1937-1940. Director of service and training Allison Division of General Motors Corporation 1940-1945.
Engineering Administrator 1946-1952.
Assistant to general manager from 1952.
Member Society Automotive Engineers (chairman Dayton Section 1922-1924, Detroit Section 1930-1931), Newcomen Society, Institute of aero Sciences, Engineering Society of Detroit. Mason.; Clubs: Recess (Detroit).
Married Emma Larson, December, 1921. Children: Carolyn Louise, Richard Theodore.