Otto Kraushaar

Early life and education Kraushaar was born on November 19, 1901, in Clinton, Iowa, to Otto Christian Kraushaar and Mary Elizabeth Staehling. Kraushaar attended the University of Iowa, from which he earned a bachelor's degree in 1923 and a master's degree in 1927. He continued his graduate studies at Harvard University, earning a doctorate in 1933.

Career in academia

Professor at Smith College While in graduate school, Kraushaar served as an instructor at Harvard and at the University of Kansas. Upon his graduation, he joined the faculty at Smith College, where he taught in the philosophy department for 15 years.

President of Goucher College In 1948, Kraushaar left Smith to become president of Goucher College. Kraushaar led the school for 19 years and is credited with its emergence as a nationally recognized women's college.

Professional affiliations Kraushaar served as a consultant to a Maryland commission on higher education and also with a gubernatorial task force on the public school system and race relations in the United States. He was a member of the United World Federalists, Americans for Democratic Action, and the American Civil Liberties Union.

Selected written works American Non-Public Schools: Patterns of Diversity (1972) From the Puritans to the Present (1976) Schools in a Changing City: An Overview of Baltimore's Private Schools (1976)

Personal life In 1927, Kraushaar married Maxine MacDonald, with whom he had one daughter. He died at his home in Baltimore, Maryland, at the age of 87. Kraushaar was survived by his sister and five grandchildren.