Jay Sommer

Background

Sommer, Jay was born in 1927 in Germany. Arrived in United States, 1948.

Education

Bachelor, Brooklyn College. Master of Arts in Spanish Language, Literature, Hunter College. Master of Arts in Russian, Fordham University.

Doctor of Philosophy in Comparative Literature, New York University. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Fontbonne College, St. Louis, 2001.

Career

Foreign language teacher New Rochell High School, New York. Retired

Adjunct professor, modern language Fairfield University. Commission member National Comn. on Excellence in Education, 1983.

Achievements

• Jay Sommer has been listed as a notable writer, literature and language educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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• book

  • JOURNEY TO THE GOLDEN DOOR A SURVIVOR'S TALE

    (NY 1994 1st Shengold. Memoir of Czech survivor of Holocau...)

  • Journey to the Golden Door: A Survivor's Tale

    (A survivor's tale.)

Connections

Married Shirley Sommer.

Spouse:

Shirley Sommer