Background
Horner, Shirley Jaye was born on November 15, 1926 in New York City. Daughter of John and Selma (Sosna) Quentzel.
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Shirley Jaye Horner
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Education
Bachelor, New York University, 1946; Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1948; Master of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1976.
Career
Instructor English, Long Island U., Brooklyn, 1948-1949;
instructor English, Seton Hall U., Newark, 1949-1951;
instructor English, Queens College, Long Island, 1953-1954;
instructor English, Rutgers University, Newark, 1975-1976;
producer preservation experience programs, Middlesex County Cultural and Heritage Commission, North Brunswick, New Jersey, 1980-1981;
editor federation reports, National Federation State Humanities Couns., Minneapolis, 1981-1984;
columnist, writer About Books, The New York Times' New Jersey Weekly, New York City, since 1979. Lecturer for writing workshops Trenton (New Jersey) State College, 1984, Seton Hall U., South Orange, New Jersey, 1990-1991, New Jersey Library. Association, Trenton, 1990-1993, New Jersey Institute Technology, Newark, 1997.
Book review panelist WOR-television, 1986. Moderator, panelist Holocaust Rescuers in Italy Day Program, 1995;National Endowment for Humanities-funded lecturer Seton Hall U., 1991. Speaker in field.
Achievements
Membership
Co-chairman Bicentennial Program for Mountainside, Union County, New Jersey, 1974-1977. Delegate Union County Republican Party, Linden, New Jersey, 1982-1988. Chairman evaluation New Jersey Committee for Humanities/National Endowment for Humanities, New Brunswick, 1979-1981.
Chairman Union County Planning Board, 1981-1984. Member, publications advisor New Jersey History Commission. Trustee New Jersey Literature Hall of Fame, since 1987, New Jersey Center for the Book, Opera at Florham Fairleigh Dickinson U., Madison, New Jersey, since 1992.
Member historic site committee Society Professional Journalists, 1989. Counsellor New Jersey Catholic History Records Commission. Member New Jersey Literary Hall of Fame, National Book Critics Circuit (board directors 1990-1993, judge for NBCC awards), Images '95 Committee New Jersey Center for Visual Arts, National Arts Club, Society Professional Journalists (history site committee 1989), First Mogilev Podolier Friends Association (chairman 1996).
Interests
Connections
Married Robert George Horner (deceased November 1984). Children: Charles Bruce, Neil Brian.
