Daniel M. Krumrei

Major General Daniel M. Krumrei (born 1956) is adjutant general of Illinois, that is the adjutant general of the Illinois National Guard.[1] Historically, he is the 38th person to serve as Illinois' adjutant general.[2]

Appointed by Governor Patrick Quinn in 2012, Krumrei was the first chaplain to head any state’s National Guard. The appointment was soon questioned by Lieutenant Colonel Grant Winsor Speece, a chaplain retired from the Minnesota Army National Guard, who asserted in a letter to the editor that "it is inappropriate for a military chaplain to serve in a position of command"[3] Although reared in a religious home, Krumrei delayed baptism until 1977, and then because of influence by Christians in the Wisconsin Army National Guard, of which at the time he was an enlisted soldier.[4] Krumrei has explicitly stated his positive impressions of the skills of women who serve in military roles.[5]

A graduate of the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Phillips Theological Seminary (from which he received a master of divinity degree), Krumrei is married to Mary Susan Krumrei (born 1957).[6] Immediately before his appointment as adjutant general, Daniel Krumrei was minister of the Parkway Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Springfield, Illinois.

Notes

  1. ↑ Bowean, Lolly (2012-12-28). "Chaplain named to senior Illinois National Guard position". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2013-08-17.
  2. ↑ "MG Daniel M. Krumrei". Illinois National Guard. 2013-06-13. Retrieved 2013-08-17.
  3. ↑ Speece, Grant Winsor (2013-09 [September]). "No place for a chaplain". National Guard 67 (9). Washington, DC: National Guard Association of the United States. p. 10. Check date values in: |date= (help)).
  4. ↑ Jensen, Ron (August 2013). "New calling". National Guard. pp. 29–30. Retrieved 2013-08-17.
  5. ↑ Krumrei, Daniel M. (2013-02-06). "Daniel M. Krumrei, Brigadier General, the Adjutant General, Illinois National Guard". Shelby County Times. Retrieved 2013-08-17.
  6. ↑ "Mary Susan Krumrei". Peoplefinders. Retrieved 2013-08-17.