Prof. Steven K. Krueger received a B.A. in Physics from Pomona College in Claremont, California, in 1975. He received M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in 1977 and 1985, respectively, from the Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences, UCLA, under Prof. Akio Arakawa. From 1985 until 1988 he held a research position in the Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences, UCLA. From 1988 to 1995 he was an Assistant Professor, from 1995 to 2003, an Associate Professor,  and since 2003, a Professor, in the Dept. of Meteorology (later Atmospheric Sciences) at the University of Utah. He served as Acting Chair of the Dept. of Meteorology, University of Utah, from January 1998 to March 1999, and as Associate Chair of from July 2023-June 2024.