Lavern Eldon Krueger

Dr. Krueger was one of the most dedicated and knowledgeable faculty members I had the privilege of learning from. His class was challenging - his expectations were high, which kept me on my toes and fully engaged. But it was that rigor that pushed me to grow, both as a student and as an educator. I´ll never forget walking into the department office one Friday to make some copies, and hearing his deep voice say, "Ms. Sivaratnam, I´m glad to see that you´re still alive." I responded,...

I am so sorry for the Krueger Family´s loss. Howie was one of the most dedicated, hardest working, and successful professors at the Bloch School. He had one of, if not the strongest commitments to his students and the quality of UMKC's accounting program. His dedication and successes were extraordinary! His retirement was a great loss to the Accounting program, and his passing a great loss to his family and friends.

Mr. Krueger's name clicked to me this morning so I read about his wonderful life and realized he taught two accounting classes that I took as requirements for my 1973 BA in Economics from UMKC. His great teaching manner came right back to me and I am grateful to those better profs, like Dr. Krueger, who were natural at instilling their wealth of knowledge in my eager mind. Dr. Krueger in those halcyon early 1970's, was an integral part of my education at the college level. May he rest in...