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Keith A. Shriver

Keith Shriver Obituary

Shriver, Keith A.
67, of Tempe, AZ passed away on Jan.27, 2015. Keith Alva Shriver was born in North Bend, Oregon, to Frank and Hilda Shriver, the second of four children. Keith spent his childhood in North Bend making wonderful childhood friends. He excelled in academics, football, basketball and track, graduating with the Outstanding Boy and Best All Around Athlete awards. Keith still holds records in track at NBHS and for many years held the single season scoring record in basketball. Following his graduation from high school in 1966, he attended Linfield College. While at Linfield he was selected the college's most outstanding athlete four straight years. Keith graduated with honors from Linfield in Business Administration in 1970 and went to work for Peat Marwick and Mitchell in Phoenix, AZ. He later obtained a Master's Degree in Accounting at Arizona State University in 1974, and a Ph.D. in Accounting from the University of Texas at Austin in 1983. Previously, Keith worked as a researcher for the Federal Accounting Standards Board where he was introduced to teaching while conducting seminars...teaching became the focus of his life. Keith returned to ASU School of Accountancy to begin his research and teaching career. He was professor, mentor, and friend to hundreds of students; his goal was to make a difference in both their professional and personal lives. He lived his credo, "Strive for excellence in everything." Shriver achieved national prominence in the field of accounting, receiving multiple national and international research awards. At ASU, Keith was recognized with numerous teaching awards and is a nationally published author. Outside of Keith's professional life he enjoyed athletics, hiking and traveling. He had the opportunity to travel the world as a member of the USA International Track Team and continued his passion for adventure through trips to the Middle East, Europe, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Australia. Keith is survived by his siblings, Bruce Shriver (Jan) and Nancy Arneson (Bryan), the nieces and nephews he adored: Stacey Harrison, Jamie Harris, Brittany Austin, David Shriver and Kyle Shriver; 8 great nieces and nephews; several aunts and uncles, and numerous cousins. He was preceded in death by his brother Ralph, and his parents. A Celebration of Life for Keith Shriver will be held at Our Savior's Lutheran Church, 1770 Baxter Road SE, Salem, Oregon at 1:00pm, Saturday, April 11, 2015. In lieu of flowers, donations may be given in Keith's name to the North Bend High School Community Scholarship fund, PO Box 567, North Bend, OR 97459.

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Published by The Arizona Republic on Mar. 8, 2015.

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William D. Stout

February 11, 2025

Sorry for being so late in acknowledging Keith's passing. Keith and I worked together at the Financial (not Federal) Accounting Standards Board in the late 1970s. We were working together on some project and he used the word "concomitantly," a word that was not familiar to me. (I just saw that word today in 2025, thought of Keith and looked him up, saddened by what I found.) I later returned to school and spent the remainder of my career in academia. I last saw Keith at a conference, he was on the up escalator, I was on the down side. We said a very quick hello, and that was it. I would say that Keith played a role in my returning to school to become a professor of accountancy. For such a brief time, he was such a great friend, one of those people I think of often.

Lee Lambert

March 7, 2020

Keith was a fellow student (though 2 years older) at Linfield College and fellow dorm resident ( New Dorm) at Linfield too. He was a nice guy and was supportive of his fellow friends in our dorm. We'll miss him

22 points per game scorer

Sharon Foster

March 2, 2019

22 point per game scorer, First All-District choice

March 2, 2019

Outstanding Boy Graduate NBHS 1966

Sharon Foster

March 1, 2019

North Bend High 1966

Sharon Foster

March 1, 2019

Mike Stebbins

February 28, 2019

Keith would visit NB every year. On each visit, he would spend the better part of a day at our house getting caught up my wife and I and especially with our six kids. He took a genuine interest in their lives and cheered them on in their endeavors at whatever age they were at the time. Slowly, we learned about his fascinating life and career. Probably what stands out the most is that each year after he retired from ASU, he would go teach as a volunteer in a grade school in Mexico or in South America for 6 months. We started playing together in pee wee baseball and never stopped. Miss him.

John Milbert

February 28, 2019

Keith and I were classmates throughout junior high and high school in North Bend. I have several vivid memories of him, demonstrating why he was called 'Bird': flying toward the finish line in track, or driving for the basket, leaping impossibly high, lying out fully horizontal in the air, reaching around his poor defender, casually flipping the ball into the net, and somehow landing on his feet. Keith always landed on his feet. It seems totally incomprehensible that he isn't still on his feet.

Since my Dad and his were both in the school system, we grew weary of the first-day litany, "I know your father, so you'd better behave". Neither of us had ever been problem students, and we resented being singled out.
During our senior year, we both had College Prep English as our last class of the day. I had the seat at the front, next to the door, and Keith sat beside me at the front of the next row. After Miss Choate predictably singled us out for The Warning, she laid out her rules for behavior. Everyone was to be in their seats, quiet, before the last bell rang, and the last person in was to close the door, QUIETLY.

By mutual agreement, every day for the rest of the year, we took turns waiting outside the door, coming into the classroom just as the last bell finished echoing in the hall, slamming the door shut, dropping our books onto our desk, loudly, and plopping into our seat, loudly, smiling innocently at Miss Choate. She never said a word.

As driven as Keith was to excel, he always had a wonderful sense of humor, and seemed to never take himself too seriously. Invariably kind and courteous, he was a gentleman in the finest sense of the word. He was a shooting star, gone too soon.

Steve Fox

February 28, 2019

A lifelong friend who was an example for all of us. RIP my friend.

Patricia Donohue

October 13, 2015

So sorry to hear the passing of a true gentleman. As one of his former students at ASU, I witnessed his intellect but his true legacy is the kindness & care shown to his students. In the end, is not this how we all should live our lives and be remembered?! God rest his soul and hope to catch up with you in heaven Dr. Shriver !

March 29, 2015

My heart goes out to the family of Keith Shriver. I was deeply saddened by his death. We were best friends through High School and years after also. Everyday, Keith would come late for High School and stop by my house to pick me up and he would tell me, hurry up we are going to be late. Remembering back to those days is a very special feeling of appreciation and respect for our relationship.

Keith was a winner. We played Canasta hundreds of times and in all those many card games, I never won once. We used to go down to his basement on the weekends and watch basketball together. Our favorite games were when Boston Celtics played the Lakers. We watched with anticipation hoping that Bill Russell or Sam or KC Jones would do something spectacular.

We were close for many years. We attended Perry Sports Basketball Camp together in 1964. We played basketball together for hundreds of hours. Keith and I played sports together through High School. While he was attending Linfield College I went there to visit him several times. He broke the conference record in track and was the holder of their 220 and 440 yard record for many years.
Keith was very competitive and a real honest winner at everything he did.

His death has saddened me greatly, All my best to his family and friends.

Patrick Gregory, Class of 1966
North Bend High School

Sharon Foster

March 14, 2015

Smart, kind and driven to achieve, Keith was unique. I knew him from elementary school through our first year at Linfield together. My wishes for peace and comfort go out to his family.

Dennis Surles

March 8, 2015

Loved to be able to get Keith to smile, but I usually got a,"Bite me."
A LINFIELD COLLEGE institution. We miss him already.

Steve Lathrop

March 8, 2015

Lots of great memories of Keith from our college years at Linfield. We all shall miss him.

John Back

March 8, 2015

I am deeply saddened to read about Keith's death. Keith and I met at ASU during our Master's in Accountancy days. We stayed close. When he took the very prestigious position at the FASB I took time to visit him and tour the FASB offices. As time passed we still stayed in touch and had dinner at least twice a year as Keith traveled his way through retirement. We shared one goal--to retire and "move to San Diego and sell hot dogs on the beach". A vagabond and a good friend has passed away and I will miss him.

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