Born in Brooklyn to Ernst and Ethel Gisnet Drucker, Jack grew up in Washington Heights, in northern Manhattan. He attended the Bronx High School of Science and the City College of New York, graduating with a BS in mathematics. He then received a masters degree in math from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Jack spent his 30-year teaching career at the Borough of Manhattan Community College (CUNY), serving for several years as Deputy Chair of the Math Department. After his retirement, he tutored math students in Montclair NJ -- his home for 27 years -- in private practice and with the community organization Succeed2gether.
A longtime member of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Montclair, Jack chaired its music and worship committees, mentored young adults, taught religious education, and co-created a theatre group, where he was responsible for the production of many plays. Jack himself was a dedicated actor, starring in many roles in the New York and New Jersey area. He also played the flute with passion and loved to create poetry.
Jack was politically active, working for gun violence prevention and for progressive change, and he was one of the founding members of the Friends of the Bellevue Avenue Library, which he supported by volunteering and by organizing fund-raising events.
He was survived by his wife of 36 years, two sons, and a younger brother.
From Jack's obituary, in the Montclair Times (Aug. 30, 2018):
Jack's "strength, courage, grace, humor, and delight in life, in spite of his marathon challenges with cancer, were notable to all who had the pleasure to know him."
Jack spent his 30-year teaching career at the Borough of Manhattan Community College (CUNY), serving for several years as Deputy Chair of the Math Department. After his retirement, he tutored math students in Montclair NJ -- his home for 27 years -- in private practice and with the community organization Succeed2gether.
A longtime member of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Montclair, Jack chaired its music and worship committees, mentored young adults, taught religious education, and co-created a theatre group, where he was responsible for the production of many plays. Jack himself was a dedicated actor, starring in many roles in the New York and New Jersey area. He also played the flute with passion and loved to create poetry.
Jack was politically active, working for gun violence prevention and for progressive change, and he was one of the founding members of the Friends of the Bellevue Avenue Library, which he supported by volunteering and by organizing fund-raising events.
He was survived by his wife of 36 years, two sons, and a younger brother.
From Jack's obituary, in the Montclair Times (Aug. 30, 2018):
Jack's "strength, courage, grace, humor, and delight in life, in spite of his marathon challenges with cancer, were notable to all who had the pleasure to know him."
Born in Brooklyn to Ernst and Ethel Gisnet Drucker, Jack grew up in Washington Heights, in northern Manhattan. He attended the Bronx High School of Science and the City College of New York, graduating with a BS in mathematics. He then received a masters degree in math from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Jack spent his 30-year teaching career at the Borough of Manhattan Community College (CUNY), serving for several years as Deputy Chair of the Math Department. After his retirement, he tutored math students in Montclair NJ -- his home for 27 years -- in private practice and with the community organization Succeed2gether.
A longtime member of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Montclair, Jack chaired its music and worship committees, mentored young adults, taught religious education, and co-created a theatre group, where he was responsible for the production of many plays. Jack himself was a dedicated actor, starring in many roles in the New York and New Jersey area. He also played the flute with passion and loved to create poetry.
Jack was politically active, working for gun violence prevention and for progressive change, and he was one of the founding members of the Friends of the Bellevue Avenue Library, which he supported by volunteering and by organizing fund-raising events.
He was survived by his wife of 36 years, two sons, and a younger brother.
From Jack's obituary, in the Montclair Times (Aug. 30, 2018):
Jack's "strength, courage, grace, humor, and delight in life, in spite of his marathon challenges with cancer, were notable to all who had the pleasure to know him."
Jack spent his 30-year teaching career at the Borough of Manhattan Community College (CUNY), serving for several years as Deputy Chair of the Math Department. After his retirement, he tutored math students in Montclair NJ -- his home for 27 years -- in private practice and with the community organization Succeed2gether.
A longtime member of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Montclair, Jack chaired its music and worship committees, mentored young adults, taught religious education, and co-created a theatre group, where he was responsible for the production of many plays. Jack himself was a dedicated actor, starring in many roles in the New York and New Jersey area. He also played the flute with passion and loved to create poetry.
Jack was politically active, working for gun violence prevention and for progressive change, and he was one of the founding members of the Friends of the Bellevue Avenue Library, which he supported by volunteering and by organizing fund-raising events.
He was survived by his wife of 36 years, two sons, and a younger brother.
From Jack's obituary, in the Montclair Times (Aug. 30, 2018):
Jack's "strength, courage, grace, humor, and delight in life, in spite of his marathon challenges with cancer, were notable to all who had the pleasure to know him."
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