NEWMAN JAY

JAY NEWMAN
PHD, F R.S.C. . After a short battle with cancer, Jay Newman passed away peacefully in the early morning of June 17th at Guelph General Hospital. Services were held at Beth Isaiah Synagogue in Guelph Ontario where he was a member. Jay was predeceased by his beloved mother Kitty and father Lou Newman, and is survived by his cousin Stephen Glasser of New York. He was born in Brooklyn New York February 28, 1948. Jay earned his B.A. at Brooklyn College in 1968, M.A. at Brown University, 1969, and Phd, from York University in 1971, and was a popular professor of philosophy at the University of Guelph where he spent his entire teaching career starting in 1971. Jay was the author of 11 books specializing in the areas of religion, family, technology and mass culture. He had visiting professorships at a number of universities including the University of Calgary, the University of Birmingham, Polytechnic University (New York) and Ryerson University. He was made Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1995 and was past president of the Canadian Theological Society. He received a Distinguished Alumnus Award of Honor from Brooklyn College in 1988 and was recipient of the 2001 University of Guelph's President's Distinguished Professor Award. Jay will be missed by his family, many friends and colleagues and the thousands of students he has taught over the years.