Maximilian A. Kraft Jr. died of lymphoma in Philadelphia June 7, 2004. He was 71.
Maximilian grew up in Philadelphia and matriculated at Drexel University. He earned a master's degree in electrical engineering from Princeton and worked as a space communications engineer for General Electric and Lockheed Martin. Retiring in 1998, he took a clown course and joined a clown club. Dressed in a red wig and yellow suit, pink yoyo in hand, "Hickory the Clown" performed at children's hospitals and social events.
Maximilian is survived by his wife, Mary, a son, and a daughter.
Graduate Class of 1958