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John Braun
(Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio: 4th September 1896 - 22nd June 1988)
Mechanical engineer with Proctor & Gamble until retired in 1961. A Shriner. Inspired and learned magic around age 12 by father showing a mathematical trick. Inspired again in 1912 seeing Germain. Debut in 1920. Semi-pro. Founding member Queen City Mystics (Cincinnati) 1922. IBM President 1946-47. IBM Medallion of Honor. Edited The Linking Ring 1942-48, 1965-67. 1979 AMA Literary Fellowship.
Book editor and wrote many articles. Wrote Subtle Problems You Will Do (1937, 75pp, with Stewart Judah) and Keith Clark's Rope Royale (1942, 14pp).
Coauthors: Stewart Judah