Milestones Icon: Eugene Caranci

Eugene Caranci did not have a fancy pedigree or come from a wealthy family. The son of a coal miner who immigrated from Italy, he was the youngest of six children – a brother and four sisters.

Caranci’s Louisville royalty comes from being born in the city in 1929, graduating as class president from Louisville High in 1947 and marrying his best friend’s younger sister, Virginia De Rose, four years later.

The University of Northern Colorado graduate used the business acumen from his graduate degree in business administration to spread the wealth by teaching in the public school system for 35 years.

Caranci…