Eugene Thomas Maleska (January 6, 1916 – August 3, 1993) was an American crossword puzzle constructor and editor.

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.

[1] Eugene moved to Frederick Douglass Junior High School in Manhattan in 1940 as an English teacher.

He then spent three years as an associate director of the Center for Urban Education before returning as the superintendent of District 8.

Eugene T. Maleska was an amateur poet and published a book of poems, Sun & Shadows, in 1961.