Julius Albert Krug (November 23, 1907March 26, 1970) was a politician who served as the United States Secretary of the Interior for the administration of President Harry S. Truman from 1946 until 1949.
Early life and education
Krug was born November 23, 1907, in Madison, Wisconsin, to son of Julius J. Krug (1877–1971) and the former Emma M. Korfmacher (1877–1949). Krug graduated from what is now the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1929.
Career
His first notable jobs were with the Tennessee Valley Authority, where he started working as chief power engineer in 1938, George Gillette, chairman of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation, commented in 1948: