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| Ex-Offender Quits Job As Professor |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 08/04/2003 |
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A university professor convicted of three murders in Texas nearly 40 years ago quit his job at Penn State University a day after a California university rescinded its job offer to him. A spokesman for Penn State said Friday that Paul Krueger had decided not to return to the university, where he was an assistant professor and director of a graduate program that teaches employee-training methods. 'The university and Dr. Krueger both recognize that his ability to carry out his responsibilities effectively as a faculty member in Penn State's College of Education has been compromised in light of the revelations about his history,' the spokesman, Bill Mahon, said in a statement. The announcement came a day after National University, a private business-oriented college based in La Jolla, Calif., announced it had rescinded its offer to hire Krueger. Officials at National learned of Krueger's past last week. Krueger, who has no telephone listing in the State College area, did not immediately respond to an e-mail from The Associated Press. Officials at Penn State learned a month ago that Krueger was on parole for the 1965 murder of three fishermen near Corpus Christi, Texas. Krueger pleaded guilty the following year and spent more than 12 years in prison before being paroled in 1979. Corrections officials described Krueger as a model inmate, and two parole commissioners, in 1977, called him 'probably the most exceptional inmate' in the entire state. The university does not typically ask about criminal convictions on faculty job applications. After being paroled, Krueger earned a master's degree and two doctorates, a Ph.D. in sociology from South Dakota State University and an Ed.D. in educational policy, planning and administration from the University of Southern California. He was a business professor at Augustana College in South Dakota before coming to Penn State in 1999. Last week, Hoyt Smith, a spokesman for National University, said the university had signed a contract with Krueger, who was to begin in the fall as an associate professor of business. On Thursday, Shahram Azordegan, dean of National's School of Business and Information Management, said that keeping Krueger on the faculty 'would be inconsistent with National University's institutional values and the best interests of its students, alumni, faculty and staff.' Smith said Friday that the situation was unfortunate. 'This fellow was an outstanding scholar and would have been a great fit in so many ways, but the circumstances what they are, a decision had to be made,' he said. |
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