Carl Kredatus
1915-2001

Carl Kredatus, 86, former Board member of the Bureau Issues Association, passed away Saturday, November 17, 2001.  Kredatus joined the BIA in August, 1957, and after twenty years as a member, was elected to the position of Secretary and Clerk of the Board of Governors in 1977.  He held that position for more than a decade and in 1989, became the Secretary of the Association.  In the Fall of 1989, the late George Godin assumed the duties of the Secretary and Kredatus occupied the position of Governor with the Board.  He held that position through 1991.

Carl was an administrator at The College of New Jersey for 18 years before retiring in 1980.  He was an Army veteran of World War II, serving as a medic with the 10th Mountain Division, and received two Bronze Stars, Two Purple Hearts and a Medical Badge.

Born in Philadelphia on October 12, 1915, he lived in Ewing Township for 11 years before moving to Crestwood Manor, Whiting, New Jersey, 22 years ago.  He was married to Dolores Kredatus from 1940 until her death in August of 2000.  Surving are his son Dale of Westmont, New Jersey, and daughter Judi of Manhattan Beach, California, and three grandchildren: Eric, Kellan and Taylor.

Kredatus graduated from Onley High School in Philadelphia in 1935.  In his senior year he was Captain of the Football, Basketball and Track team and received a Football Scholarship from Temple University.  He used only one year of the scholarship because, for the time he put into football, he could work a full-time job and pay tuition.

While going to college, he was a sheet metal worker at Budd & Co.  He married the former Dolores Murphy on New Year's Eve, 1940.  They were married for 59 years.  He entered the Army, and based on Anatomy and other science courses, was made a medic.  He served in the Tenth Mountain Division, which they called the Ski Patrol.  That hooked him on skiing, and he skied well into his 70's.

After the Army he went into teaching and held many positions in the Philadelphia area.  Along the way, he earned three Masters Degrees, which were in Education, Education Administration and Industrial Arts.  One of his summer jobs was working at Sun Ship Yard where he helped build the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk and the first nuclear powered cargo ship, the Savannah.

In 1956 he renewed his boyhood hobby of stamp collecting, first starting a world collection but quickly moving into U.S. and then Plate Blocks.  He was a founder of the Bucks County Stamp Club.

He was active in track and founded the Ridley Striders, which sent a few of its members to the Olympics in the 1960s.  Up until his death, he officiated track events in the Philadelphia area and many Olympic trials.

He was also very active in the Tenth Mountain Division Association and met Bob Dole at one of their reunions in Italy in 1995.  In the 1980s, he served as a member of the Manchester Board of Education for eight years.