Dick Kraus

• Born 1923-10-21 · Died 2002-03-28

Richard G. Kraus, who has been credited in his career as a writer and editor as Dick Kraus, Richard Kraus, Dick Krause, and Richard Krause, worked in comic books from about 1944 to about 1956. Kraus worked as an editor for Fawcett from about 1944 to about 1946. Most of his writing credits were for text stories, which he wrote for Fawcett from 1946 to 1953; Charlton from 1954 to 1956; and text stories for Parent's Magazine in 1946 and Toby in 1954. He also wrote two text stories and two Moon Girl stories (known) for EC in 1949. The remainder of Kraus career and passions involved teaching and folk dancing, details in a biography found here: Social Folk Dance: http://www.socalfolkdance.org/master_teachers/kraus_r.htm He became known as one of the nation's best square dancers. Among his known honors include the President's Commission on Americans Outdoors in 1985 and in 1986, he won the National Literary Award from the National Recreation and Parks Association. Kraus maintained membership in the Unitarian Society of Germantown and the Germantown Country Dancers.