Jerome Alan Danzig

Jerome Alan Danzig
Born
Jerome Alan Danzig

February 7, 1913
DiedJuly 15, 2001 (age 88)
ResidenceManhattan
NationalityAmerican
EducationB.A. Dartmouth College
OccupationReporter
News producer
Known forAdviser to New York Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller
Spouse(s)Sarah Palfrey
ChildrenJerome Palfrey Danzig
Parent(s)Helen Wolf Danzig
Jerome J. Danzig
FamilyEvelyn Danzig Haas (sister)
Walter A. Haas Jr. (brother-in-law)

Jerome Alan Danzig (February 7, 1913 – July 15, 2001) was an American reporter, news producer, and top adviser to New York Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller.

Biography

Danzig was born to a Jewish family[1][2] on February 7, 1913 in Manhattan,[3] the son of Helen (née Wolf) and Jerome J. Danzig, founder of the bond trading firm J.J. Danzig and former governor of the New York Stock Exchange.[1][4] He had two siblings: Frank Danzig and Evelyn Danzig Haas.[1][3] He is a graduate of the Horace Mann School[1] and Dartmouth College.[5] He served in the European Theater of Operations during World War II as a lieutenant commander.[5] In 1935, he worked as a reporter for WOR (AM) in New York, one of the first reporters to broadcast from remote locations.[3] He then worked as a programming executive for both CBS and NBC (1953-1961); at NBC, he produced the Today Show and The Tonight Show with Jack Paar.[3] In 1962, he was named to the staff of Republican New York Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller where he managed all his broadcasting relationships including his failed presidential runs in 1964 and 1968.[3] After Rockefeller's tenure in 1973, he continued to work for the state government and ran his own management consulting firm.[3]

In 1951, he married professional tennis player Sarah Palfrey (1912–1996).[5][6] They had one son together, Jerome Palfrey Danzig; and he had a stepdaughter from Palfry's previous marriage, Diana Cooke Dupont.[3] Danzig died on July 15, 2001 at the age of 82 at his home on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Reiss, Susan B. (1995). "Evelyn Danzig Haas - Fine Arts and Family: The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Philanthropy, Writing, and Haas Family Memories - Interviews Conducted by Susan B. Reiss". Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library University of California, Berkeley.
  2. ^ "Social Events". The American Hebrew. August 5, 1921.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "Jerome A. Danzig, 88, Rockefeller Adviser". The New York Times. July 18, 2001.
  4. ^ "J.J. DANZIG DIES; RETIRED BROKER, 68; Ex-Governor of Exchange, a Member for 47 Years, Was Active in Charitable Work". The New York Times. January 13, 1946.
  5. ^ a b c Randolph, Nancy (April 16, 1951). "Sarah Palfrey Cooke to Marry Radio Man Jerome Danzig". New York Daily News.
  6. ^ "Mrs. Cooke Bride of Jerome Danzig; Former Sarah Palfrey, Tennis Star, Is Wed to Dartmouth Alumnus at the Carlyle Ralph--van Voorhees". The New York Times. April 28, 1951.

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