Harold Anderson Jerry Jr. ’41

Jerry died June 9. Coming from Plattsburgh [N.Y]. H.S., he majored in politics at Princeton, graduating Phi Beta Kappa with high honors. He joined Cloister Inn and roomed with Bill Carney, and later Joe McFarland.

Commissioned in 1941, Jerry served five years in the field artillery, retiring as a lieutenant colonel.

After Harvard Law School, he practiced law in Elmira, N.Y. He served in the New York Senate, 1958-62 and joined the Rockefeller Administration in 1963 as director of the Office of Regional Development.

In 1967 Jerry was appointed executive secretary of the Temporary Study Commission on the Future of the Adirondacks, leading to legislation providing development plans for the Adirondack region, protecting against large-scale development and the preservation of open space.

He maintained his lifelong love of the Adirondacks, serving as president, chair, and director of numerous Adirondack organizations.

Appointed to the N.Y. Public Service Commission in 1973, he served for 24 years.

Jerry is survived by his wife of 53 years, Jocelyn Rogers Jerry; a son Harold A. III '69, two daughters, Danielle Jerry and Jocelyn Wolcott; and eight grandchildren. Another son, Philip '95, choreographer and leading dancer of the Joffrey Ballet, died in 1996.

The Class of 1941