Walter Forrest “Walt” Kramis (Missoula ’46) (Missoula 1946)
Posted: January 01, 2002
Walt was born June 2, 1928, in Missoula, MT, to Walter and Marguerite Kramis. Raised in Missoula, he graduated from Missoula County High School. He rookied out of Missoula in 1946 when he was still a teenager. He jumped again the following summer.
Walt attended Montana State University, where he was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity. He graduated with an engineering degree in 1951.
Walt was a first lieutenant in the Army Air Force (research and development) until 1953.
In 1958, he returned to Missoula. Two years later, he earned a psychology degree from the University of Montana. He later managed a hardware store until retiring in 1988.
He passed away from cancer on October 10, 1990.
