Tuesday, May 1, 2007; Page B07
Vincent J. BosakRecords Manager
Vincent J. Bosak, 87, a records manager for the CIA and the National Archives and Records Administration, died of pulmonary fibrosis March 30 at Laurel Regional Hospital. He lived in Silver Spring.
Mr. Bosak came to Washington in 1950 to join the Foreign Broadcast Information Service of the CIA as an editor and information analyst. He became involved in records and information management in the mid-1950s as the importance of managing and protecting vital government records was being recognized. As the records manager for the Office of Security, he established early computerized systems for managing CIA security records.
From 1967 to 1972, he served as the CIA's records administration officer, directing the agency's records management program. He also established a training program for managing office records.
In 1973, he moved to the National Archives and Records Administration, where he directed several information management functions and provided oversight on records programs throughout the federal government.
From 1970 to 1980, he also taught a records management course at American University. He retired in 1980.
Mr. Bosak was born in Olyphant, Pa., and served in the Army Air Forces during World War II and participated in the D-Day Invasion, the Battle of the Bulge and other campaigns. He graduated from the University of Scranton and received a master's degree in public administration from American University about 1960.
He became a certified records manager in 1975 and served on the Institute of Certified Records Managers' board of regents and its examination development committee.
He also was editor in chief of the Records Management Journal and national executive secretary of the Association of Records Executives and Administrators. He was assistant editor of the Association of Record Managers and Administrators' Records Management Quarterly and was instrumental in the merger of the two associations.
Survivors include his wife of nearly 55 years, Judith Martin Bosak of Silver Spring; two children, Ann Bosak Thompson of Potomac and James Martin Bosak of Raleigh, N.C.; and three grandchildren.
Janet Esther KraftAccountant
Janet Esther Kraft, 87, a former accountant with the United Mine Workers of America, died April 25 of complications of Alzheimer's disease at the Holy Cross Nursing and Rehabilitation Center hospice in Burtonsville.
Mrs. Kraft, a Burtonsville resident, was born in Altoona, Pa. She was a resident of the Washington area for 68 years. She was an accountant with the UMW's health and retirement funds department from 1954 to 1984. She also kept the books for National Teen Age Republicans, an auxiliary organization of the Republican Party.
She enjoyed gardening and ceramics.
