My History

Education

• Ph.D., Geology/Micropaleontology, University of Minnesota, 1955

• M.S., Geology/Sedimentology, University of Minnesota, 1952

• B.S., Geology and Mineralogy, Pennsylvania State University, 1951

Professional Experience

• 1969-1983, University of Delaware, Chairperson and Professor

• 1980, University of Washington, Quaternary Studies, Distinguished Visiting Professor

• 1965-1966, University of Delaware, Acting Chairman

• 1964-1969, University of Delaware, Associate and Assistant Professor

• 1961-1964, Shell Canada Ltd., Division Stratigrapher

Professional Activities

• Memberships in:
  • Geological Society of America
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • The Explorer's Club
  • Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists
  • The Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists
  • Phi Kappa Phi
  • The Archaeological Institute of America
  • American Union for Quaternary Research
  • Society for Archaeological Sciences

Publications

• Kraft, J.C. (1971) Sedimentary Facies Patterns and Geologic History of a Holocene Marine Transgression. Geological Society of America 82: 2131-2158.

• Kraft, J.C., Kayan, I., and Erol, O. (1982) Geology and Paleogeographic Reconstructions in the Vicinity of Ancient Troy. In G. Rapp, Jr. and John Gifford (eds.) Geology of Troy. Princeton: Princeton University Press, pp. 11-42.

• Belknap, D.F. and Kraft, J.C. (1985) Influence of Antecedent Geology on Stratigraphic Preservation Potential and Evolution of Delaware's Barrier Systems, Marine Geology. 63: 235-262.

• Kraft, J.C., Rapp, G. Jr., Szemler, G.J., Tziavos, C. and Kase, E. (1987) The Pass at Thermopylar, Greece. Journal of Field Archaeology. 12:181-198.

• Belknap, D.F., Kraft, J.C. and Dunn, R.K. (1994) Transgressive Valley Fill Litosomes: Delaware and Maine. in Boyd, R., Dalrymple, R.W. and Zaitlin, B.A., Incised Valley Systems: Origins and Sedimentary Sequences, SEPM Special Publication No. 51. Society for Sedimentary Geology, Tulsa, p. 303-320.

• Kraft, J.C. (1971) Sedimentary Facies Patterns and Geologic History of a Holocene Marine Transgression. Geological Society of America 82: 2131-2158;

• Kraft, J.C., Kayan, I., and Erol, O. (1982) Geology and Paleogeographic Reconstructions in the Vicinity of Ancient Troy. In G. Rapp, Jr. and John Gifford (eds.) Geology of Troy. Princeton: Princeton University Press, pp. 11-42.

• Belknap, D.F. and Kraft, J.C. (1985) Influence of Antecedent Geology on Stratigraphic Preservation Potential and Evolution of Delaware's Barrier Systems, Marine Geology. 63: 235-262.

• Kraft, J.C., Rapp, G. Jr., Szemler, G.J., Tziavos, C. and Kase, E. (1987) The Pass at Thermopylar, Greece. Journal of Field Archaeology. 12:181-198.

• Belknap, D.F., Kraft, J.C., and Dunn, R.K. (1994) Transgressive Valley Fill Litosomes: Delaware and Maine. in Boyd, R., Dalrymple, R.W. and Zaitlin, B.A., Incised Valley Systems: Origins and Sedimentary Sequences, SEPM Special Publication No. 51. Society for Sedimentary Geology, Tulsa, p. 303-320.

• Szemler, G.J, Cherf, W.J., and Kraft, J.C. (1996) Thermopylai, Myth and Reality in 480 B.C., Chicago, Ares Publishing, 158 pp.

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