About Us

curriculum vitae

JEFFREY ANDREW SCHRAMEK

Personal
Born in 1953 in Chicago, Illinois, where my family lived until 1961, when we moved to Morton Grove, Illinois, where I passed through primary and secondary school. .

Higher Education
College: undergraduate
Ripon College, Ripon, Wisconsin; completed a B.A degree in History

Graduate studies Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois; completed an M.A degree in History

Professional studies
Chicago Police Department, Metropolitan Training Program; graduated/certified as an Illinois Local Law Enforcement Officer.
Professional Associations
Orders and Medals Society of America (O.M.S.A.), Member since 1983: Presented a scholarly seminar at OMSA's 1994 national convention, concerning "Styles of Collecting" of historical award insignia;

Orders and Medals Research Society (of U.K.); State Microscopical Society of Illinois.

Military Service
U.S. Army, USAR Control Group (ROTC), Honorable Discharge.

Work Experience
City of Chicago Department of Aviation, Security Guard and Special Police for over 26 years; retired on pension;

Editing of books by Joseph L. Daleiden: The Science of Morality: The Individual, Community, and Future Generations, and The American Dream: Can It Survive the 21st Century?

Entrepreneurial activity concerning collecting, dealing, brokering and consulting in regards to historical award objects, from 1987 to present.

Travel
Have visited London, England; and Stockholm, Sweden, consulting with personnel at the Swedish Royal Coin Cabinet Museum , the Nobel Foundation, and the Nobel Prize diploma-binding firm Falth & Hassler AB.

Media
Interviews about award-objects, on local television in Chicago, Illinois, e.g. on WGN-TV Morning News;

Subject of articles/segments (concentrating on Sir J. Chadwick's Nobel Prize set) in the press, e.g. "Neutrons for all", in Frank Munger's column, Knoxville News Sentinel, November 5, 2003;

Interview on SVT1/ SVT2 (Swedish national television) during intermission of Nobel Prize ceremonies, 10 December 2006.

Major Exhibits
Northwestern University Library, Evanston, Illinois.

Philanthropic Honors
Royal Association of Knights Bachelor, Associate Member, certificate number 46, 1992.

Community activities
Contributions (mainly email) to debates about the economy/financial markets, e.g. analyses published by widely-respected web-based experts Clive Maund and Michael "Mish" Shedlock;
Occasional panel member, Association for the Development of Philosophy Teaching semi-annual conferences, at Roosevelt University (Chicago, Illinois) and Benedictine University (Lisle, Illinois);
Frequent/occasional moderator, College of Complexes (weekly free-speech forum) Chicago, Illinois (1994-present).