Eugene “Gene” Victor Kadow, Jr., a longtime educator in Riverside and San Bernardino counties and a former college trustee, died on Oct. 4 in Redlands surrounded by his family. He was 86.
Kadow spent most of his professional career in higher education. He resigned from the Mt. San Jacinto College Board of Trustees on Jan. 31, 2015. He had served on the panel for 20 years. He was instrumental in the planning of the MSJC San Gorgonio Pass Campus in Banning, a longtime passion project of his, which opened in 2011.
“Gene served MSJC faithfully as trustee for 20 years with much passion as an advocate for our district and students,” said MSJC Trustee Ann Motte. “He possessed a keen intelligence, was highly educated and acquired an accomplished and impressive military service history