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Paul Leo Kleintjes was born June 4, 1916 in
Auburn, New York.
After graduation from Auburn Senior High School in 1934, he attended the
Emergency Collegiate Center at Auburn and the New York State College of
Forestry at Syracuse until 1938. He transferred to Oswego State Teachers
College and graduated with a B.S. in Education in 1940. He taught
Industrial Arts in Hamilton New York high school until he enlisted in the
Army Air Forces in November, 1941. He was commissioned in the Corps of
Engineers and served as company commander of an engineer general
service company in both the European and Pacific theatres until he was
relieved from active duty in February 1946. Upon return to civilian
state, he joined the International Harvester Company as a methods
improvement investigator but left this position shortly to implement the
organization and teaching of a program in Transportation at the State
University of New York at Oswego (SUNY). He received his M.A. degree from
Ohio State University in 1947 and his Doctorate at Penn state University
in 1953. He was a member of Iota Lambda Sigma, Phi Delta Kappa, a
laureate member of Epsilon Pi Tau and the recipient of the Distinguished
Alumni award from SUNY Oswego in 1987.
He married the former Jean E. Hickok of Auburn in 1946. They have a son
and four daughters, two of whom have Doctorates and three with Master's
degrees. They also have three grandchildren. Dr. Kleintjes accepted a
position in the department of Industrial Arts in 1954 at CSULB and was
appointed Chairman of the Department of Industrial Technology in 1960. He
was a master model-maker for several Naval Architectural firms in Long
Beach during his tenure at CSULB. He retired from the University as
Professor Emeritus in July 1979.
He also retired from active reserve duty in 1976 as a Lt. Colonel with
twenty-five years total military service. He received a Bronze Star
during the Battle of the Buldge from General Patton personally and has
five battle stars from the ETO, the Phillipine Liberation Medal and the
Japanese Occupation Medal.
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