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Obituary
Luke, 49, died May 30, 2014. He was born November 15, 1964 in Lawrence, Kansas. He was raised in Pullman, Washington, where he graduated from high school, earned his bachelor's degree in Education and then his a Ph.D. in Pharmacology Toxicology from Washington State University. Every summer from 1988 to 1992, Luke worked as a smokejumper in McCall, Idaho, a job he truly loved. After receiving his doctorate in 1998, he took a research position at The Jackson Laboratory where he worked until 2011. Luke then moved on to Maine Medical Center Research Institute where he worked until he was diagnosed with stage IV adrenal cortex cancer.
Identifier
Krebs_Luke-Timothy_McCall_1988
Publication Date
June 2014
Keywords
Smokejumping; Smokejumpers -- United States; National Smokejumper Association; Wildfire fighters; Obituaries
Disciplines
Forest Management
Recommended Citation
National Smokejumper Association, "Smokejumper Obituary: Krebs, Luke Timothy (McCall 1988)" (2014). Smokejumper Obituaries. 830.
https://dc.ewu.edu/smokejumper_bios/830
