William Eugene Claburn *68

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On Dec. 18, 2025, Gene died in West Windsor, N.J., at the age of 90.

Gene was born in West Texas, Aug. 14, 1935. After graduating from Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas, in 1956, he attended Harvard Divinity School and became a minister for the United Church of Christ, leading a congregation in Jersey City. In 1968, Gene earned a Ph.D. in Oriental languages and literature from Princeton, after which he taught at Penn State.

Gene moved to New Jersey to work for the New Jersey Department of Human Services, where he computerized health-care records for Medicaid beneficiaries. The computer data protocol he designed surpassed federal government audit standards, even many decades later.

A master of codes and languages, besides designing computer protocols, Gene enjoyed reading the Iliad and Odyssey in Greek, as well as works in German and French.

Gene was predeceased by his wife of 64 years, June. He is survived by son Jeffrey and grandchildren Maximus, James, and Indigo.


Graduate memorials are prepared by the APGA.

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