Gene Adam Brucker (October 15, 1924 – July 9, 2017) was an American historian and the Shepard Professor of History, Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley.
[1] Brucker was born and grew up in his family farm in Cropsey, Illinois.
He studied at attended the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana where he pursued a BA.
At Champaign-Urbana, he was influenced by Raymond Stears, a Professor of modern European history.
In 1943, Brucker was interrupted by World War II in which he served in the Army Corps of Engineers in France.