Andrian Kremm

Andy Kremm died peacefully at his home in Liberty Station on Thursday, May 30th, 2024. He was 95. Andy was born and raised in Winnetka, Illinois until the eighth grade when he moved to Evanston, IL. Following high school in 1946, he attended The Citadel for a year before transferring to the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, graduating Class of '51. That year he married Jean Laue (also from Evanston Township High School), then served as a destroyer navigator and carrier pilot, stationed in Coronado, CA. He served as squadron LSO (Landing Signal Officer) and had over 200 flat-deck landings, forty of those at night. He returned to civilian life in 1958, joining General Dynamics where he became a project manager, designing and manufacturing miniature submarines for the Navy. In 1969, he founded Submergence Technology Corp which he ran for six years. In 1975, he joined Langley Corp where he was Director of Marketing for fifteen years. He retired in 1990 to work on an investment process and a book called The Money Engine, published in 1993.Andy loved sailing with his family, making furniture in his garage/shop, and debating grand ideas and philosophies. He lost most of his eyesight from macular degeneration for the last third of his life, and was a speaker at the La Jolla Braille Institute. Mostly blind, Andy designed a folding picnic table and hand-crafted over 125, gifting them to lucky family members and friends who use them proudly. Andy's favorite piece of music was Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto #2. He had a deep interest in astronomy, dating back to his days as a navigator shooting stars with a sextant while crossing the Pacific on a destroyer, which he described as the best job of his life.Andy is survived by his wife of 72 years, Jean; 4 children: Steve (Susan), Tim, Peter (Karen), and Jill (RAD deceased); 4 grandchildren: Mitch, Sam, Katie, and Sara, and a new great-grandson, Eli.