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Krebsbach, U.S. Banker executive editor, dies at 52

Karen Krebsbach, who retired as executive editor and international editor of U.S. Banker in 2008, died earlier this month from breast cancer. She was 52.

An American Banker story states, “She joined U.S. Banker in 2002 as international editor and was promoted to executive editor of the magazine in 2004. In 2005, she was recognized by the American Society of Business Publication Editors with a National Gold Award for ‘The Inside Track,’ her regularly featured column covering the players and policies that set the regulatory agenda for the financial sector.

“Prior to U.S. Banker, she worked in senior editorial roles with the Foreign Service Journal and Bank Investment Marketing. She was a reporter with Venezuela-based The Daily Journal, and had worked on the copy desks of The Boston Globe as well as the Asian and European editions of The Wall Street Journal. She began her career at The Middlesex News in Framingham, Mass.

“A native of Fond du Lac, Wisc., Ms. Krebsbach graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire with bachelor’s degrees in English and journalism.”