Kloefkorn Elementary is named after William Kloefkorn (1932-2011). Kloefkorn taught writing and literature at Nebraska Wesleyan University until his retirement in 2002. He published more than 30 collections of poetry, two collections of short fiction, four memoirs and an assortment of children’s Christmas stories. In 1982 the Unicameral by proclamation named him the Nebraska State Poet.
