Hamilton County OhArchives Biographies.....Kreis, Louis Alvin 1875 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ann Anderson ann.g.anderson@gmail.com July 15, 2005, 8:58 pm Author: John C Hover, et.al. Louis Alvin Kreis, of the firm of Bettinger, Schmitt & Kreis, one of the able lawyers of Cincinnati, is a native of this city, born April 6, 1875, and received his early education in the public schools. After his graduation from high school he entered the University of Michigan, from which he was graduated in 1898 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Following this, he entered upon his law course, and was graduated in 1901 with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. Mr. Kreis began practice alone at Cincinnati and continued as a general practitioner for thirteen years, during which time he built up an excellent clientele and established a reputation as a lawyer of skill and resource. In 1914 he joined Albert Bettinger and Walter Schmitt in the formation of the law firm of Bettinger, Schmitt & Kreis, which has since become recognized as one of the formidable legal combinations of the city. Mr. Kreis holds membership in the Hamilton County Bar Association, the Ohio State Bar Association and the American Bar Association, as wel! as the Chamber of Commerce and the Cincinnati Business Men's Club. He is a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason and Noble of the Mystic Shrine, and belongs also to the Theta Delta Chi fraternity, which he joined while a student at the University of Michigan. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/hamilton/bios/kreis12gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ohfiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb