Gene Durrant’s mathematics legacy lives on, notably in the classic analytic geometry textbook he co-wrote with Dr. Harold Kingston from the University of Western Ontario. It was used in Ontario for at least 30 years, and for 35 years in its French translation. It is still valued today as a reference tool.
Gene’s writing and teaching career went back to the1930’s. He taught at Oshawa C.I. and Guelph C.I., where he was mathematics department head. He was the principal of Etobicoke C.I., and was a Mathematics Inspector for the Ontario Department of Education. He also held administrative positions with the province and the Etobicoke Board of Education.
Gene was president of O.A.T.M.&P., belonged to O.M.C., and was a life member of O.E.A.