Deceased November 18, 2020
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In Memory
Jonathan, who passed away on Nov. 18, prepared for Amherst at Great Neck High School on Long Island. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta and majored in economics in anticipation of a career in business. While at Amherst, he managed the skiing and sailing clubs and was the business manager of Sabrina, the literary, parody and art publication by students from Amherst, Smith and Mount Holyoke.
Jonathan succeeded his father in the family-owned, point-of-sale advertising business. In time, however, his greater interests were charitable and public service. In 1977 Jonathan joined the board of the Long Island Hearing & Speech Society, whose mission was the care of children with hearing and speech difficulties in metropolitan New York and Long Island. In 1984 he succeeded to the presidency of the society. Jonathan was a devoted advocate for screening newborns for hearing deficits. That became standard practice within the society’s operating area, and, with the recommendation of the American College of Pediatrics, it is now standard practice for almost all newborns across the nation. However, Jonathan’s greatest passion was that children who needed cochlear implants should have them, regardless of cost. In 1985 he also joined the board of the Northwell Health System, a giant network of hospitals in New York City and Long Island.
Jonathan and his wife, Bobbie, spent 58 summers in Saltaire on Fire Island, where Jonathan was a trustee and, for two terms, mayor, an almost full-time job. For many years he was also treasurer of our class.
Jonathan is survived by Bobbie, to whom he was married for 66 years; two children; and four grandchildren.
Seth Dubin ’54