Jerome Alan Danzig

Danzig was born on February 7, 1913, in Manhattan,[1] the son of Helen (née Wolf) and Jerome J. Danzig, founder of the bond trading firm J.J. Danzig and former governor of the New York Stock Exchange.[2][3] He had two siblings: Frank Danzig and Evelyn Danzig Haas (married to Walter A. Haas Jr.)[2][1] He is a graduate of the Horace Mann School[2] and Dartmouth College.[4] He served in the European Theater of Operations during World War II as a lieutenant commander.[4] In 1935, he worked as a reporter for WOR (AM) in New York, one of the first reporters to broadcast from remote locations.[1] He then worked as a programming executive for both CBS and NBC (1953-1961); at NBC, he produced the Today Show and The Tonight Show with Jack Paar.[1] In 1962, he was named to the staff of Republican New York Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller where he managed all his broadcasting relationships including his failed presidential runs in 1964 and 1968.[1] After Rockefeller's tenure in 1973, he continued to work for the state government and ran his own management consulting firm.[1]

In 1951, he married professional tennis player Sarah Palfrey (1912–1996).[4][5] They had one son together, Jerome Palfrey Danzig; and he had a stepdaughter from Palfry's previous marriage, Diana Cooke Dupont.[1] Danzig died on July 15, 2001, at the age of 82 at his home on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.[1]