Kreer, John George
John George Kreer, iron and steel;
born in: Chicago, on Friday, February 13, 1874;
son of: John J. Kreer and Eva Waller Kreer, nee: Eva Waller George
education: St. Joseph High School (Westchester, Illinois), 1879-85;
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), St. Ignatius College, 1891;
School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, Royal Technical High School, Charlottenberg, Berlin, Germany, graduating as naval architect and marine engineer;
married: Martha Kreer, nee: Martha Washington, in Chicago, on Saturday, June 15, 1901;
children: John George Kreer, Jr., Marie Louise Kreer, Anna Kreer, Martha Kreer2, David Kreer.
Hull designer for H.C. Stuelcken & Son, Hamburg, Germany, 1899;
1st assistant to J. Schuette, engineer-in-chief Experimental Model Basin of the North German Lloyd, Bremerhaven, Germany, 1900;
with Purdy & Henderson, Chicago, 1901;
In charge of the Department of Marine Engineering, Great Lakes School of Engineering, since 1901.
superintending engineer, Marine Iron Works, Chicago, 1902;
with Illinois Steel Company, Chicago, 1903;
in firm of Kreer & Parsons (R.M.), designers and builders of steel ships, 1904- 1907;
chief engineer construction department, Joseph T. Ryerson & Son, 1907;
vice president Vierling Steel Works, 1911-15;
president Hoyt-Noe Steel Company since 1915.
Member: Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Western Society of Engineers, Chicago Engineers' Club.
Office: 345 W. 23rd Street, (1911); 817 Washington Boulevard (1917)
Home: 1525 W. Lunt Avenue (1911, 1917), Rogers Park
Source: Book of Chicagoans, 1911, page 398; Book of Chicagoans, 1917.