Robert F. Kramer graduated from St. Mel High School in Chicago in 1943 and served in the U.S. Air Force during WWII as a member of a B-29 flight crew in the South Pacific stationed on Guam. After the war he attended DePaul University and received a BS in Accounting and an MBA from UW Milwaukee. He opened his own accounting practice in Merrill, WI in 1954 and in 1963 accepted a position on the business faculty at St. Norbert College. He became Department Chairman and greatly expanded the Business Department. He received the Leonard Ledvina award for Excellence in Teaching in 1983 and retired from St. Norbert in 1990. Bob was very active in the accounting profession, serving on many committees and on the Board of Directors of the Wisconsin Institute of CPAs. He was elected president of the organization in 1986. Bob also worked with the WICPA Educational Foundation for 12 years and served a term as president. He served a term on the governing council of the American Institute of CPAs and in 1990 received a joint award from WICPA and AICPA for his significant contribution to accounting education as a teacher and to the accounting profession through his active involvement in professional activities. When he retired in 1990, WICPA honored him with their distinguished career award. Source: https://obittree.com/obituary/us/wisconsin/de-pere/cotter-funeral-home/robert-kramer/2017563/

Biographical Note written by Joe Dyal, 2019.