Allderdice High School
Class Of 1966
Gerry Katz
| Residing In: | Chestnut Hill, MA USA |
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| Spouse/Partner: | Barbara Kruger Katz |
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| Occupation: | Market Research and Management Consulting in New Product Development (Retired) |
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| Children: | Laura, born 1977; Emily, born 1981; David, born 1986; Andrew Stryker, born 1985. |
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Thanks for passing along this sad news. I had been wondering why we stopped seeing him on MSNBC during this, the height of the political season, with Howard’s sweet spot – a presidential election – coming up in just a matter of months.
Howard always spoke proudly about his formative years in Pittsburgh as well as his early years as a journalist in Louisville. I began to pay attention to his work when he became a frequent guest on PBS’s “Washington Week in Review”. I admired dozens of his cover stories for Newsweek and later his online stories for the Huffington Post.
But once he landed at MSNBC, he became more than a writer – he became one of the most insightful of their many on-camera contributors. And it wasn’t just his incredibly perceptive insights – it was the clever and pithy way in which he expressed them. I always looked forward to his appearances, and was in awe of the fact that one of our classmates rode in limousines while interviewing seven Presidents of the United States!
I was sorry that he had to cancel his attendance at our 50th reunion at the last minute, because I was looking forward to teasing him about the time he want from jet-black hair to a distinguished gray in the space of a week, what I interpreted as his acceptance that we are all getting older now and that his TV persona wouldn’t be hurt by that fact.
I never knew him as a husband and father, but I’ll always remember him as a truly nice guy in high school who went on to a great career as a writer and TV commentator.
Posted on: Jun 10, 2024 at 1:32 PM
Happy Gerry Day!
HAPPY GERRY DAY! - Howie G
The Katz' pajamas! Happy Day! - Howie G.
All the best, Gerry! - Howie
Posted on: Jun 01, 2021 at 4:33 AM
Stanley was a wonderful, friendly mensch of a guy. I feel lucky to have seen him a few years earlier at the Wightman School 50th reunion. I recognized him instantly then, as he aged a lot better than most of us! I never knew that he was ill, but remember missing him at the Allderdice 50th. Sad to hear that he left us much too soon.
HAPPY, HAPPY GERRY! ALL THE BEST! - Howie
Saw your shout-out to MIneo's on MSNBC the other night. Well done! Still the best.
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