Krieger, Carl George, 1905-1979
Biographical Note
Carl George Krieger, Jr. (1905-1979) was a gas engine specialist and a pioneer in the development of the high-compression tractor. Krieger worked in the management structure of Ethyl Gasoline Corporation (1927-1969); was director of the Farm Equipment and Machinery Division of the War Production Board (WPB); was a special assistant to the WPB's chairman during World War II; and served as chairman of the Agricultural Development Committee of the American Petroleum Institute in the post-war years.
A native of Portsmouth, Virginia, Krieger was born to Carl George and Belle Hunter (Brooks) Krieger on April 3, 1905. he was the first agricultural engineering graduate at Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1926. He married his second wife, Millicent M. Roberts, on December 15, 1945, in Pennsylvania.
External sources:
U.S. Federal Census, 1910, 1930, 1950
"Carl Krieger" in the US Social Security Death Index, MyTrees.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/34479780:3693, accessed April 22, 2024.
"Carl G., Jr. Krieger" in the Pennsylvania, U.S., Marriages, 1852-1968, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/2564456:61381, accessed April 22, 2024.
George Krieger obituary, Newsday (Suffolk Edition), Sept. 27, 1979, in the U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/926542719:61843, accessed April 22, 2024.