[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 38 (Wednesday, March 2, 2022)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E201-E202]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      TRIBUTE TO JAY MYRON JACKMAN

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                           HON. ANNA G. ESHOO

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, March 2, 2022

  Ms. ESHOO. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the life and work of 
a dear friend and great man, Jay Jackman, who died of Parkinson's 
disease on January 17, 2022.
  Jay Jackman was born in New York City in 1939 and raised in Brooklyn 
where his father instilled in him a love of political activism and a 
passion for justice. Jay was a graduate of Harvard College and the 
Columbia Medical School, did his medical residency at Stanford 
University, and was a graduate of the Hastings School of Law. He 
dedicated both his medical and legal careers to justice for all.
  After his residency in psychiatry, Jay ran a drug treatment program 
in San Francisco, then moved to Hawaii. Upon his return to California, 
he worked in forensic psychiatry and psychiatry at Stanford University. 
He also served on the Foothill-DeAnza College Board for five years and 
was an advisor to the Democratic Clubs at Stanford. He served as a 
liaison from Stanford to the Democratic Party and was one of the early 
members of the Peninsula Democratic Coalition. He was a key member of 
the Santa Clara County Central Committee and the California Central 
Committee of the Democratic Party. After going to law school at age 60, 
he served as an expert witness in more than 250 capital cases, where he 
often tried to help prisoners escape the death penalty.
  Jay leaves his beloved wife, Myra Strober, his children Tenaya, Rashi 
and Jason, and his stepchildren Jason and Liz.
  Madam Speaker, I ask the entire House of Representatives to join me 
in honoring the life of this good and great man and in extending our 
most sincere condolences to Myra and his entire family. Jay Jackman 
bettered our country every day of his life, and was a special blessing 
to me and countless others.

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