Kramm received a BA Degree in Architecture from the University of California at Berkeley. Post graduate work led to becoming a Registered Professional Civil Engineer in 1953. Alfred took a position in 1937 with the Shell Oil Co. in San Francisco as a draftsman. Later he became an engineer working in Porland, Oregon and Long Beach, California. In 1953 he was promoted to Senior Civil Engineer and transferred to the Manufacturing Division at the Wilmington-Domingues Shell Oil Refinery. He retired in 1968.