Dr. Carrol Krause records

Record Group — Multiple Containers

Identifier: RG13

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Dr. Carrol Krause records (1936-2014) contain the administrative files for Dakota State College when it was attached to South Dakota State University. Papers and writings related to the merger of DSC and SDSU are included.

Dates

1966 - 1985

Creator

Krause, Carrol, Dr. (1936-2014) (Person)

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Biographical / Historical

Dr. Carrol Krause, became Provost of DSC on July 1, 1974 when DSC was administratively attached to the University of South Dakota.

He served as Provost of the University of South Dakota at Springfield since July of 1971 and was also Provost of University of South Dakota in Vermillion. His contributions to these colleges during a particularly trying period were outstanding.

Dr. Krause was born in 1936 at Petersburg, Nebraska, and graduated from Petersburg High School. Upon graduation from high school he entered the U.S. Army where he served with distinction while assigned to an artillery unit in Korea from 1954 to 1955.

He obtained a B.A.E. and M.S. Degrees from Wayne State College of Nebraska and an Ed. D Degree from the University of Nebraska. He attended the University of Minnesota and was awarded a Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, during the 1970-71 school year.

Dr. Krause's previous experience in the field of education was extremely varied and includes the superintendent at Gresham and Yutan, Nebraska, High Schools, the high school principal at Mead, Nebraska, and a teaching position at Seward, Nebraska, Prior to become Provost of the University, he served as Chairman of the Division of Education and Psychology at the University of South Dakota at Springfield.

He was the Chairman of the State Advisory Council on Vocational Education, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Family Training Center in Glasgow, Montana, member of the Board of Directors of the Mundt Foundation and Regional Representative for the American Association of State Colleges and Universities.

He was a member of Phi Delta Kappa, the Elks, the Vermillion Chamber of Commerce and the Springfield Development Corporation as well as numerous other fraternal, community and professional groups.

Dr. Krause and his wife, Joan, had six children.