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A.N. Marquis Co.. "Adolf Kraus." Who Was Who in America: A Companion Volume to Who's Who in America: 1, (1897-1942). Chicago: A. N. Marquis (1943): 692.

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Marquis Co. notes are an invaluable tool when working on the Twentieth Century. The information comes from the listee, preserving a verbal self-portrait.

We included this entry as part of W. I. Thomas's biography. In his role as president of the local and international B'nai B'rith society, Kraus was a driving force in American moral reform. He was a founder of the Illinois Vice Commission, Chicago Committee of Fifteen.

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Adolf Kraus

A. N. Marquis Co.

Kraus, Adolf, lawyer; b. Bohemia, Feb. 26, 1850; s. Jonas and Ludmila K; ed. in Bohemia; came to U.S., 1865; m. Mathilde Hirsh, Jan. 7, 1877; children — Albert, Paula (Mrs. Victor Weil), Harry, Milton. Admitted to bar, 1877, and practiced at Chicago as mem. Kraus, Goodwin, Smietanka & Rickard (retired). Mem. Chicago Bd. Edn., 1881-87 (pres. 1884-86); corp. counsel, Chicago, 1893; pub and editor, Chicago Times, 1894; pres. Civil Service Commn., Chicago, 1897-98; Internat. pres. of B'nai B'rith, 1905 —. Home: Chicago, Ill. Died Oct. 22, 1928.

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