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Harold Anderson Jerry, Jr. (March 2, 1920 – June 9, 2001) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. ==Life== He was born on March 2, 1920, in Plattsburgh, Clinton County, New York. He graduated from Princeton University in 1941.〔(''New York Red Book'' ) (1961–1962; pg. 76)〕 During World War II he served with the U.S. Army in Europe, and attained the rank of lieutenant colonel. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1948. He was admitted to the bar, and practiced law in Elmira. He married Jocelyn Rogers, and they had four children. They lived in Southport. Jerry was a member of the New York State Senate (49th D.) from 1959 to 1962, sitting in the 172nd and 173rd New York State Legislatures. In 1963, he was appointed as Director of the Office of Regional Development; later as Director of the Office of Planning Coordination; and in 1967 as Executive Director of the Temporary Commission on the Future of the Adirondacks. In 1970, the commission proposed legislation to preserve the environment of the area, and the creation of the Adirondack Park Agency. He was a member of the New York Public Service Commission from 1973〔(''Metropolitan Briefs; ...P.S.C. Commissioner Nominated'' ) in the ''New York Times'' on January 30, 1973 (subscription required)〕 to 1997; and was Chairman in 1995.〔(''Pataki Picks New Labor and Utility Chiefs'' ) in the ''New York Times'' on January 7, 1995〕 He died on June 9, 2001, at his home in Albany, New York, of cancer.〔(''Harold A. Jerry Jr., 81, Dies; Helped Preserve the Adirondacks'' ) in the ''New York Times'' on June 20, 2001〕 His son Philip C. R. Jerry (1955–1996) was a dancer and choreographer who in 1994 choreographed a balletic adaptation of ''Our Town'' set to music by Aaron Copland.〔(''Philip Jerry, 41, Choreographer And Dancer With the Joffrey'' ) in the ''New York Times'' on August 3, 1996〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Harold A. Jerry, Jr.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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