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A Few Good Stories
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ASK JOHN L. KRAUSS, ’76, ABOUT HIS CAREER
SPANNING NEARLY 40 YEARS and you are likely to hear
more than a few good stories.
After all, Krauss, a clinical professor of public policy and
dispute resolution and adjunct professor of law, has a storied
past. He’s served an Indiana governor, two Indianapolis mayors,
and as consultant to state and federal government entities. An
experienced mediator, Krauss is called to help hammer out
agreements between opposing parties in labor, politics, and
the private sector. He is director of a think tank—the Indiana
University Public Policy Institute—and of the IU Center for
Urban Policy and the Environment in SPEA.
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By Alicia Dean Carlson
As a former deputy mayor of Indianapolis, Krauss played a
key role in the development of Indianapolis and its downtown,
including IUPUI. He’s served on numerous civic boards, including
as past vice chairman of the Indianapolis Museum of Art. He
is currently director of the Indiana Advisory Commission on
Intergovernmental Relations and served as director of the Local
Government Reform (Kernan-Shepard) Commission.
So when the conversation turns to Krauss’s experience in
mediating labor disputes, for example, he can tell you a story
about his “baptism by fire” when asked to help settle a grocery
worker strike. Or the time that he saved a visiting U.S. Secretary
of Housing and Urban Development from being smacked in