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Columbia University.
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Jane Katz
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She is a professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice of the City University of New York, in the Department of Physical Education and Athletics, teaching fitness and swimming to New York City police officers and firefighters. Katz currently resides in New York City. Katz earned a Masters degree in Therapeutic Recreation for Aging and a Doctor of Education degree in Gerontology from Columbia University.
After being injured in a 1979 car accident, Katz devised her own aquatic program to speed her rehabilitation.
From this experience she began creating a series of instructional books and videos. On March 27, 2011 Katz was inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum in Commack, New York for her pioneering athletic contributions to the field of aquatics.
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As a member of the 1964 United States Synchronized Swimming Performance Team in Tokyo, Katz helped pioneer the acceptance of synchronized swimming as an Olympic event.
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