Obituary for Lucjan Krause PhD
Died peacefully at home amidst family on July 4, 2022 at the age of 94 years.
Much beloved father, grandfather and great-grandfather, he is survived by his 6 children: Angela, Janet, Catherine, Michael (Linda), Pamela (Reginald) and Richard (Alice); 12 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren. His loving wife Margaret predeceased him.
Lucjan Krause was born in Poznan, Poland and spent his early years as a scout and Polish Home Army soldier. He took part in the Warsaw Uprising and after its failure was sent to a POW camp in Germany. After being liberated from that camp, Dr. Krause traveled to England where he enrolled at the University of London. He met Margaret French and after a short engagement, they married in 1950 and emigrated to Canada in 1951 on the Empress of Scotland, taking advantage of the assisted passage program offered by the Canadian High Commission.
Dr. Lucjan Krause may be best remembered for the innovative and internationally renowned experimental center for atomic and molecular physics that he created at the University of Windsor. He became Head of that university’s Department of Physics in 1959 and remained so until 1983. Early in his tenure as head, Dr. Krause established close ties with the late Professor Jablonski at the Department of Physics of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun Poland which allowed many young physicists from Torun to travel to Windsor to undertake postdoctoral studies in Dr. Krause’s lab. This arrangement was extended to several other universities across Europe, Asia and the Americas and grew to include other fields of physics. Upon stepping down as department head, Dr. Krause continued his active program of research, ultimately publishing over 150 articles in peer-reviewed journals and giving invited seminars, colloquia and numerous presentations at research-intensive universities as well as at national and international scientific conferences.
Dr. Krause earned a Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Science from King’s College, University of London, England as well as an M.A. and PhD from University of Toronto. He received a number of honours that recognized his contributions to the advancement of physics including the Medal of Merit from the Technical Academy in Bydgoszcz (1980), an honorary Doctor of Physical Sciences degree from Nicolaus Copernicus University (1983) and a Senior Research Fellowship from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (1988).
There will be no service at Dr. Krause’s request. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to the Dr. Lucjan Krause Undergraduate Scholarship in Physics, Department of Physics, University of Windsor would be appreciated and can be made by contacting Gemma.Grey-Hall@uwindsor.ca.
Much beloved father, grandfather and great-grandfather, he is survived by his 6 children: Angela, Janet, Catherine, Michael (Linda), Pamela (Reginald) and Richard (Alice); 12 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren. His loving wife Margaret predeceased him.
Lucjan Krause was born in Poznan, Poland and spent his early years as a scout and Polish Home Army soldier. He took part in the Warsaw Uprising and after its failure was sent to a POW camp in Germany. After being liberated from that camp, Dr. Krause traveled to England where he enrolled at the University of London. He met Margaret French and after a short engagement, they married in 1950 and emigrated to Canada in 1951 on the Empress of Scotland, taking advantage of the assisted passage program offered by the Canadian High Commission.
Dr. Lucjan Krause may be best remembered for the innovative and internationally renowned experimental center for atomic and molecular physics that he created at the University of Windsor. He became Head of that university’s Department of Physics in 1959 and remained so until 1983. Early in his tenure as head, Dr. Krause established close ties with the late Professor Jablonski at the Department of Physics of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun Poland which allowed many young physicists from Torun to travel to Windsor to undertake postdoctoral studies in Dr. Krause’s lab. This arrangement was extended to several other universities across Europe, Asia and the Americas and grew to include other fields of physics. Upon stepping down as department head, Dr. Krause continued his active program of research, ultimately publishing over 150 articles in peer-reviewed journals and giving invited seminars, colloquia and numerous presentations at research-intensive universities as well as at national and international scientific conferences.
Dr. Krause earned a Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Science from King’s College, University of London, England as well as an M.A. and PhD from University of Toronto. He received a number of honours that recognized his contributions to the advancement of physics including the Medal of Merit from the Technical Academy in Bydgoszcz (1980), an honorary Doctor of Physical Sciences degree from Nicolaus Copernicus University (1983) and a Senior Research Fellowship from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (1988).
There will be no service at Dr. Krause’s request. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to the Dr. Lucjan Krause Undergraduate Scholarship in Physics, Department of Physics, University of Windsor would be appreciated and can be made by contacting Gemma.Grey-Hall@uwindsor.ca.