# Jay Newman > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jay_Newman > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jay_Newman.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Newman > Source revision: 1333020692 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American-Canadian philosopher and educator (1948–2007)}} {{For|the former hedge fund portfolio manager for [Elliott Management Corporation](/source/Elliott_Management_Corporation)|Jay Newman (businessman)}} {{Infobox philosopher |region = Western philosophy |era = [20th-century philosophy](/source/20th-century_philosophy) |image = |image_size = |caption = |name = |birth_date = {{birth date|1948|02|28|df=y}} |birth_place = [Brooklyn, New York](/source/Brooklyn%2C_New_York), U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age |2007|06|17|1948|02|28|df=y}} |death_place = [Guelph, Ontario](/source/Guelph%2C_Ontario), Canada |school_tradition = |main_interests = [Philosophy of religion](/source/Philosophy_of_religion)
Philosophy of [culture](/source/culture)
[Ethics](/source/Ethics) of [mass communication](/source/mass_communication) |notable_ideas = |influences = |influenced = |signature = }} '''Jay Newman''' (February 28, 1948 – June 17, 2007) was a [philosopher](/source/philosopher) and Professor at the [University of Guelph](/source/University_of_Guelph) in [Guelph, Ontario](/source/Guelph%2C_Ontario). ==Early life and education== Newman was born on February 28, 1948 in [Brooklyn](/source/Brooklyn), New York, the son of Lou Newman and his wife, Kitty.{{citation needed|date=January 2025}} He received his [B.A.](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts) from [Brooklyn College](/source/Brooklyn_College) in 1968 before acquiring his [master's degree](/source/master's_degree) from [Brown University](/source/Brown_University) in 1969 and his [Ph.D.](/source/Doctor_of_Philosophy) from [York University](/source/York_University) in [Toronto](/source/Toronto), Canada, in 1971.{{citation needed|date=January 2025}} ==Career== Newman began teaching at the [University of Guelph](/source/University_of_Guelph) in 1971, where he taught until his death. His fields of study (and his 11 books) included [philosophy of religion](/source/philosophy_of_religion), philosophy of [culture](/source/culture), and the [ethics](/source/ethics) of [mass communication](/source/mass_communication). He became a [Canadian citizen](/source/Canadian_citizen) in 1986.{{cite web| url=http://rsc-src.ca/civicrm/file?reset=1&id=46&eid=452| title=Jay Newman| publisher=Royal Society of Canada| access-date=3 July 2022| type=PDF| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023802/http://rsc-src.ca/civicrm/file?reset=1&id=46&eid=452| archive-date=4 March 2016}} ==Other activities and personal life== Newman was a lifelong fan of the works of [Gilbert and Sullivan](/source/Gilbert_and_Sullivan) and wrote several articles about [W. S. Gilbert](/source/W._S._Gilbert) and the [Savoy Operas](/source/Savoy_Operas).Newman, Jay. [https://books.google.com/books?id=Vnu22TEu7OIC&dq=%22Jay+Newman%22+%22Gilbert+and+Sullivan%22&pg=PA248 "The Gilbertianism of ''Patience''"] in ''Dalhousie Review'', vol. 65, no. 2 (Summer 1985), pp. 264-69Newman, Jay. "Dimensions of Gilbert’s Comedy" in ''The Gilbert & Sullivan Journal'', vol. X (Spring 1980), pp. 380-82Newman, Jay. "Gilbert and the Utilitarians" in ''The Savoyard'', vol. XVI (September 1977), pp. 13-14 He was president of the [Canadian Theological Society](/source/Canadian_Theological_Society) for some time.{{when|date=January 2025}} ==Honors and awards== In 1995 Newman was named a [Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada](/source/Royal_Society_of_Canada).{{cite web| url=https://rsc-src.ca/en/find-rsc-member/results?combine=&first_name=jay&last_name=newman¤t_employer=&academy_25=All&is_deceased=All| title=Dr. Jay Newman| publisher=Royal Society of Canada}} He received a Distinguished Alumnus Award of Honor from Brooklyn College in 1988, and was recipient of the 2001 University of Guelph's President's Distinguished Professor Award. ==Death and legacy== Newman died in 2007 of cancer at age 59.''[Guelph Mercury](/source/Guelph_Mercury)'', Obituaries, June 18, 2007{{cite news| url=https://www.legacy.com/ca/obituaries/theglobeandmail/name/newman-jay-obituary?pid=189838389| title=Newman, Jay| work=The Globe and Mail| date=July 4, 2007| via=Legacy.com}} The University of Guelph established the Jay Newman Award for Academic Integrity in his memory.{{cite web| url=http://www.uoguelph.ca/atguelph/07-09-12/newslegacy.shtml| title=Prof Leaves Legacy of Scholarships| date=12 September 2007| publisher=University of Guelph| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071201105511/http://www.uoguelph.ca/atguelph/07-09-12/newslegacy.shtml| archive-date=1 December 2007}}{{cite web| url=http://www.ugfa.ca/jaynewmanawardforacademicintegrity.htm| title=Jay Newman Award for Academic Integrity| publisher=University of Guelph Faculty Association| access-date=19 January 2018}} In 2009, the [Canadian Theological Society](/source/Canadian_Theological_Society) inaugurated the Jay Newman Memorial Lecture in the Philosophy of Religion.{{cite web | title=Announcing the Annual Jay Newman Memorial Lecture in the Philosophy of Religion | website=Canadian Theological Society | date=1 March 2009 | url=http://cts-stc.ca/2009/newman_lecture/ | access-date=17 January 2025}} A series of lectures about Gilbert and Sullivan-related topics, known as the Jay Newman Memorial Lectures, were established by the Gilbert and Sullivan Society of New York in 2010. They have been delivered annually or biennially since then, until at least 2021.{{cite web | title=The New York Gilbert & Sullivan Society | website=The New York Gilbert & Sullivan Society | date=15 June 2019 | url=https://gilbertandsullivan.nyc/jaynewman.htm | access-date=17 January 2025}} ==Selected publications== * ''Pious Pro-family Rhetoric: Postures And Paradoxes in Philosophical Perspective'' (2006) {{ISBN|0-8204-8667-1}} * ''Biblical Religion and Family Values'' (2001) {{ISBN|0-275-97137-6}} * ''Inauthentic Culture and Its Philosophical Critics'' (1997) {{ISBN|0-7735-1676-X}} * ''Religion and Technology'' (1997) {{ISBN|0-275-95865-5}} * ''Religion vs. Television'' (1996) {{ISBN|0-275-95640-7}} * ''On Religious Freedom'' (1991) {{ISBN|0-7766-0308-6}} * ''Competition in Religious Life'' (1989) {{ISBN|0-88920-989-8}} * ''The Journalist in Plato's Cave'' (1989) {{ISBN|0-8386-3349-8}} * ''Fanatics and Hypocrites'' (1986) {{ISBN|0-87975-348-X}} * ''The Mental Philosophy of John Henry Newman'' (1986) {{ISBN|0-88920-186-2}} * ''Foundations of Religious Tolerance'' (1982) {{ISBN|0-8020-5591-5}} ==See also== *[American philosophy](/source/American_philosophy) *[Canadian philosophy](/source/Canadian_philosophy) *[List of American philosophers](/source/List_of_American_philosophers) *[List of Canadian philosophers](/source/List_of_Canadian_philosophers) ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * {{cite web| url=http://www.uoguelph.ca/atguelph/01-11-28/articles/bible.html| title=Book Explores Relationship of Biblical Religion, Family| last=Curry Gunn| first=Stacey| date=28 November 2001| publisher=News@Guelph| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050301120530/http://www.uoguelph.ca/atguelph/01-11-28/articles/bible.html| archive-date=1 March 2005}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Newman, Jay}} Category:1948 births Category:2007 deaths Category:American expatriate academics in Canada Category:American male non-fiction writers Category:Academics from Brooklyn Category:Brown University alumni Category:20th-century Canadian philosophers Category:21st-century Canadian philosophers Category:Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada Category:Academic staff of the University of Guelph Category:York University alumni Category:Deaths from cancer in Ontario Category:Jewish American academics Category:Jewish American non-fiction writers Category:Jewish Canadian non-fiction writers Category:Jewish philosophers Category:Philosophers of religion Category:Philosophers of culture Category:Brooklyn College alumni Category:20th-century American philosophers Category:20th-century American Jews Category:21st-century American Jews --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Jay Newman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Newman) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Newman?action=history)). 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