NEW BEDFORD — Former 16-yr New Bedford Town Councilor and initially feminine acting mayor Dr. Cynthia Kruger has passed absent at the age of 79.

Born and lifted in New Bedford, Dr. Kruger was a Metropolis Councilor for Ward 3 for 16 years, serving briefly as the city’s to start with female performing mayor in 1982-1983 immediately after the resignation of previous mayor John Markey.

She gained a doctorate in training from Fordham University, sooner or later turning into a professor of education at UMass Dartmouth, a position she held for above 40 several years.

Her tenure at the college was not with no controversy, nevertheless.

The Conventional-Occasions documented in 1999 that Dr. Kruger was suspended with fork out and eliminated as chair of UMass Dartmouth’s Schooling Office next allegations of “unprofessional” behavior in the classroom, including belittling college students.

But many remember her fondly.

 

Current Town Councilor-At-Massive Brian Gomes explained to WBSM’s Phil Paleologos he remembered when Dr. Kruger used to deliver her son Tim to Town Council conferences, leaving him in the antechamber to do his research.

“Cynthia was a difficult girl, a fighter, a fighter for the metropolis,” he claimed. “She’s not only a excellent educator, she’s a wealth of information about the town.”

“Just after leaving the city council, Cynthia continue to saved a person eye on every thing else that was occurring, while still educating,” he observed. “She cared about the metropolis.”

 

Dr. Kruger handed absent peacefully on July 2 at Charlton Memorial Healthcare facility.