Ethan Emanuel Kra – 50th Reunion Essay

Ethan Emanuel Kra

26 Swayze Street

West Orange, New Jersey 7052

actuary.kra@gmail.com

201-294-0649

Spouse(s): Madeline Rollhaus (1976-d.2016); Ruth Pfeffer Moskowitz (2017)

Child(ren): Joseph (1979), Rachel (1981), Joshua (1984)

Grandchild(ren): Akiva (2003), Noam (2005), Yaffa (2006), Moshe (2008), Ayelet (2009), Nava (2010), Ariella (2011), Aaron (2013), Miriam (2013), Yaakov (2016), Elisha (2017)

Education: Yale: BA ’69, MA ’69, M.Phil ’73, PhD ’74

Career: Mercer (34 years, last 17 as Chief Actuary), Self employed actuarial expert witness (7 years). Served as Vice President Pensions of the American Academy of Actuaries and as both Vice President Retirement Systems and Vice President Education and Examination of the Society of Actuaries. Received the Jarvis Farley Award of the American Academy of Actuaries: lifetime award for contributions to the profession.

Avocations: Projects to help develop the land of Israel

College: Saybrook