Jerome Krase

Sociology educator

Born Mar. 2, 1943, Brooklyn (NY), U.S.; son of Stephen and Martha (Cangelosi); married Susanne (Nicoletti); children: Kristin M., Karen R., Kathryn S.

Education: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Indiana University, Bloomington, 1967; Ph.D., New York University, New York City, 1973.

Career: research associate, Indiana University, 1965-67; research assistant, New York University (NYU), 1968-73; prof., Brooklyn College, City University of New York (CUNY), 1969 -.

Author: Self and Community in the City, 1982; co-editor, Melting Pot and Beyond, 1988; co-author, Ethnicity and Machine Politics, 1992; columnist, The Free Press, 1988-93; article and photographs, Traces of Home, 1993.

Member of: president, American Italian Historical Association, 1992-94; co-found., Academy of Humanities and Sciences of City University of New York (CUNY); president, Lefferts Manor Association; officer, Prospect Lefferts Gardens Neighborhood Association; board member, Drug Abuse Prevention Council School Board 22; American Sociological Association; Association for Humanist Sociology; Urban Ecology; Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (P.I.A.S.A.).

Honors: faculty research award, Professional Staff Congress City University of New York (CUNY), 1982.

Served with: U.S. Army, 1963-66,

Affiliation: Democrat. Roman Catholic.

Languages: English, German.

Hobbies: tennis, squash, painting.

Home: 563 9th St., Brooklyn, NY 11215.

From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996