Background
Kennedy, Jay Richard was born on July 22, 1911 in New York City. Son of Isidore and Erna (Eltes) Solomonick.
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Kennedy, Jay Richard was born on July 22, 1911 in New York City. Son of Isidore and Erna (Eltes) Solomonick.
Bachelor, Antioch University West, Los Angeles, 1973. Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology, Antioch University West, Los Angeles, 1975. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Ithaca University, 1958.
Manager, Ritz Theater, New York City, 1929; president, J.R. Kennedy Management Corporation, New York City, 1943-1946; president, Unique Specialities, New York City, 1940-1946; writer, director, Kennedy Buchman Pictures, Inc., Los Angeles, 1945-1948; president, Kennedy Prodns., Inc., Los Angeles, 1945-1954; freelance artistic and finance consultant to various entertainers, New York City, 1948-1975; president, J.R. Kennedy Company, Inc., New York City, 1950-1961; president, Kennedy-Belafonte Prodns., Inc., New York City, 1955-1957; president, Shari Music Publications, Inc., New York City, 1955-1957; consultant, collaborator psychosomatic program, Montefiore Hospital, New York City, 1956-1966; consultant, collaborator, Career Ladders Progam Governor State New York, New York City, 1964-1968; senior vice president, Sinatra Enterprises, Los Angeles, 1966-1970; Chairman of the Board, Center Human Problems, Inc., Tarzana, California, since 1970; executive director, senior consultant, clinical educator, Center Human Problems, Inc., Tarzana, California, since 1976; president, Center Human Problems, Inc., Tarzana, California, since 1981.
President Indiana Printing Employees Union, New York City, 1931-1935. Organizer, executive director, national board member American League Against War & Fascism, New York City, 1932-1938. Organizer, executive secretary Committee for Ethiopian Independence, New York City, 1937-1938.
Member resolution committee National Association Manufacturers, 1940-1945. Member Committee on Inter-American Affairs, New York City, 1939-1944. Member management and labor committee Bretton Woods Conference.
Mediator between White House and ten leaders of March OnWashington, 1963. Chairman 1st National Conference Human Survival, Hershey, Pennsylvania,1970. Trustee Ithaca U., New York, 1954-1961.
Advisor to various President andVice President of the United States on American Blacks, Africans, Latin and South American countries, 1937-1968. Member American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, Writers Guild of America, Authors League, New York Stock Exch.
Married Janet Alterman, May 22, 1943 (divorced November 1983). 1 child, Susan A. Kennedy Hile.
