Eugene J. Kraus ’59

Gene died Jan. 11, 2024.

Soon after he was born in Syracuse, N.Y., his family moved to Albany. Gene graduated from Albany High School, where he played basketball and ran cross-country. Entering Princeton, where he held the Frank Gannett Foundation Scholarship, Gene worked in the student center and took his meals at Prospect Club. He played club basketball and volleyball, but his main interest and his major course of study was in the field of mathematics, and he served as president of the Mathematics Club. Following Princeton, Gene earned a master’s degree in mathematics from the University of Chicago and a Ph.D. from the University of Tampere in Finland.

Unfortunately, we do not have many details about Gene’s postgraduate career. He married in 1967 and together with his wife, Sherry, enjoyed hiking in his beloved White Mountains of New Hampshire, swimming, rock climbing, cross-country skiing, and other outdoor activities. He was known to have been teaching at Monroe Community College in Rochester, N.Y., from 1998 to 2003. He was living in the Syracuse area at the time of his death.

Gene is survived by Sherry and an older brother.