Background
Maleska was born on January 6, 1916, in Jersey City.
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Eugene Maleska
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He graduated from Regis High School in New York City.
Career
The New York Times had published dozens of crosswords that he had submitted as a freelance contributor. He became the crossword editor for the New York Times in 1977, replacing Will Weng. In 1993, Maleska was succeeded by Will Shortz, who remains New York Times crossword editor to this day.
He received his bachelor"s and master"s degrees from Montclair State College and began his career teaching Latin and English at a junior high school in Palisades Park, New Jersey.
Eugene moved to Frederick Douglass Junior High School in Manhattan in 1940 as an English teacher. In 1946 he became an assistant to the principal at P.S. 169, then principal at P.S. 192 in the early 1950s.
He took a yearlong sabbatical to attend Harvard University, where he earned a doctorate in education. He then was the principal at J.H.S. 164 from 1955 to 1958.
From 1962 to 1967, he was an assistant superintendent of schools in District 8 in the Bronx.
He then spent three years as an associate director of the Center for Urban Education before returning as the superintendent of District 8. He was the only person to have a New York City public school named for him during his lifetime: Intermediate School 174 in the Bronx, dedicated in 1973, the year he retired as superintendent. The first principal of this school was Chester Cohen, and the first Assistant Principal was Stephen Wulfson.
Eugene T. Maleska was an amateur poet and published a book of poems, Sun & Shadows in 1961.
Maleska married Annrea (Neill) Sutton 9 February 1985, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States of America. Ref: New York Times 10 February 1985. Carol had previously been married.
Maleska died in Daytona Beach, Florida in 1993 of throat cancer. He also had a home in Wareham, Massachusetts.
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