A tribute to Gene DePrez

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A tribute to Gene DePrez

Gene DePrez Gene DePrez, who worked to address issues of social equity and justice in Rochester and helped transform cities that had experienced decades of economic decline, died Jan. 24, at age 84. A native of Rochester’s 19th Ward, DePrez earned undergraduate and graduate degrees at Rochester Institute of Technology in graphic communications design. He joined Eastman Kodak Co. in 1965, and after that became the first director of communications…