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Larry S. Kramm
Alfred H. Kramm was born Jan 17, 1910 in Sacramento, California. His father was of German heritage who immigrated to San Francisco in 1905 just in time for the San Francisco Earthquake. A few month...view moreAlfred H. Kramm was born Jan 17, 1910 in Sacramento, California. His father was of German heritage who immigrated to San Francisco in 1905 just in time for the San Francisco Earthquake. A few months after Alfred was born, his father moved the family to Grass Valley, California, to establish a watch making business
Alfred grew up in Grass Valley where he met and married Margret Harshaw in August 1937, six months after he returned from his trip around the world. In 1933 he received a BA Degree in Architecture from the University of California at Berkeley. Post graduate work led to becoming a Registered Professional Civil Engineer in 1953.
Alfred took a position in 1937 with the Shell Oil Co. in San Francisco as a draftsman. Later he became an engineer working in Portland, Oregon and Long Beach, California. In 1953 he was promoted to Senior Civil Engineer and transferred to the Manufacturing Division at the Wilmington-Domingues Shell Oil Refinery near Long Beach, California, where he lived for the rest of his life.
Alfred retired from Shell Oil in 1968 and continued to live in Long Beach. He was active in many activities mostly centered around rock hounding and various California State advisory committees on recreational land uses.
Alfred passed away on June 7, 1994 after several years of getting blood transfusions for refractory anemia. He died in his sleep at home. Before he died, he made a specific addition to his will giving his son, Larry S. Kramm, the sole rights to his world trip diaries and photographs. The two of them had been working for several years prior on refining the notes and documenting the photographs. It had always been Alfred’s desire to someday publish his adventure.
Larry S. Kramm, eldest son of Alfred, was born July 6, 1940 in Portland, Oregon. He received a BA Degree in Sociology in June 1962. A tour of duty in the US Air Force as a personnel officer with the ranks of 2nd and 1st Lieutenant followed.
In July 1966 Larry accepted a position with Chevron Oil in Seattle as a Credit Representative. It was through a fellow worker that Larry met and married on April 13, 1968, Shirley Hill. In August 1969 he was transferred to Chevron’s offices in Concord and a few years later purchased a new home in the nearby city of Antioch, California.
In September 1981, after 15 years as a credit/collection representative, Larry accepted a position as a Data Storage Analyst for Chevron Information Technology Co. He worked in that position for the next 16 years and retired in August 1977 after 31 years working for Chevron. In his retirement Larry set about to finalize the book.view less