Jerome J. Sussman ’56

Jerry died peacefully May 8, 2018, in Los Angeles, just short of his 82nd birthday.

He was born May 28, 1936, in Brooklyn, N.Y. At Princeton Jerry majored in the Woodrow Wilson School, was senior news editor of The Daily Princetonian, and was in Terrace Club. During his junior and senior years Jerry roomed with Bob Haselkorn, Gene Singer, Steve Goldfinger, Ed Schoen, and Sol Rosenthal.

Jerry attended Harvard Law School and earned a law degree in 1959. He married Sally Gutlon of Brookline, Mass., in May 1963. Jerry practiced law in the entertainment field for about 15 years in New York and then in Los Angeles for almost 50 years. He had a distinguished career as an attorney and later as an arbitrator in the entertainment industry. Over the years he enjoyed golf, squash, and running.

He was diagnosed with cancer and given between three and six months to live, but he fought the good fight for three years before succumbing. Jerry was blessed with and survived by his loving and energetic wife of 55 years, Sally; two great daughters and sons-in-law, Ann ’88 and Dan Rokhsar ’82, and Julie (Colorado College ’89) and David Eskenazi (Tufts ’87). He will be greatly missed by his family and all who knew him.