Background
Rogoff, Jay was born on February 21, 1954 in New York City. Son of Herbert Walter and Diane Pearl (Wolf) Rogoff.
Rogoff, Jay was born on February 21, 1954 in New York City. Son of Herbert Walter and Diane Pearl (Wolf) Rogoff.
Bachelor, University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1975. Master of Arts, Syracuse University, New York, 1978. District Attorney, Syracuse University, New York, 1981.
Teaching assistant Syracuse University, 1975-1980. Assistant professor English Le Moyne College College, Syracuse, 1980-1985. Academy advisor Skidmore University Without Walls, Saratoga Springs, New York, 1985-1995.
Lectr.English and liberal studies Skidmore College, since 1993. Poetry workshop dir.l Lake George (New York ) Arts Project, 1996, Saratoga Springs, 1997. Writer in residence Corporation of Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, 1989, 94, 96, 98, 2001, 02, 03, 2004, Sloan/Solomon writer in residence, 1991.
Speaker New York Council Humanities, since 1997.
Committee member Democratic Party, Saratoga Springs, since 1996. Member design review commission Saratoga Springs, 2001-2004. Member Poets and Writers Inc., Poetry Society of America (John Masefield Memorial award 1982), Academy American Poets, National Book Critics Circuit.
Married Annis Faith Grover, June 17, 1978 (divorced 1987). Married Penny Beth Howell Jolly, June 16, 1994. Stepchildren: Jennifer Jolly, Joseph Jolly.