I was a teaching assistant for Jacob in 1973-74 at Georgetown. He was a kind and considerate person and a highly thought of professor. He helped me in my career and was always available for advice and support. This morning, Jan 4, 2023 I woke up and thought of all of faculty in the demography program at Georgetown University during the 70's and find myself here. I still have the original copy of Methods and Materials from 1972.  It was a fantastic program and Jacob one of the key faculty who made it such. I recall his love of language and supportive attitudes for students.  The methods and analysis approaches he presented I now present to my own students.  He was a wonderful mentor. 

Jay was a beloved mentor when I was a fledgling student at Georgetown. He became a beloved friend over the following 30 plus years. His presence at meetings was always a joy and he added so much to all of our lives. His research continues to inspire and my well-thumbed Methods and Materials continues to be my constant companion. He will be missed, but his memory will live on in so many of our lives. 
Thank you Jay!

In the 1990s, Jay lent his considerable intellectual stature to the fledgling Sociology Department at the University of California, Irvine, where he taught demography courses one term.  A quarter century later at PAA meetings, I would still introduce him to our latest, first-year cohort of demography students.  He always lingered, asking them about their interests or projects and offering a few keen insights and suggestions.  Beyond my personal appreciation of Jay, his ceaseless encouragement of new generations of demographers will always be close to my heart.

Jay Siegel was my first supervisor at the Census Bureau, when I was an intern during the summer of 1974 (I was in the Demography program at the University of Pennsylvania).  He assigned me to a project that shaped my 40-year professional career at the Bureau—developing experimental estimates of coverage for States in the 1970 census based on vital statistics and census data on State of birth.  I learned so much about demographic analysis techniques from Jay (that Methods and Materials guy!), and about rigorous evaluation of census data (we discovered problems with the 1970 State of birth census data).    I remembered that influential summer and mentoring by Jay during my participation in demographic evaluations of the subsequent five decennial censuses.

We miss you, Jay.


It was an inspiration to work with Jay, a man of great intelligence and friendly nature.

I am very sad to have just learned of the passing of Jay.  He was not only a mentor in my early training days, but later he became a great friend and confidant.  He defines successful aging as he was active and engaged right up until the last time I saw him -- which was in January of 2020 at a living to 100 symposium in Florida. His plan was to come back to speak at the next meeting as perhaps the only person aged 100+ to attend one of these conferences. 

My fondest memories are the dinners Jay and I shared at GSA every year with Len Hayflick.  The three of us would spend the entire evening enjoying friendly banter and discussing current events in science. Our most memorable dinner was at Berns Steak House in Tampa -- a ritual every time we attended a meeting in Orlando. He was just brilliant and I've looked up to him my entire career. He will be missed.

When I first went to the Census Bureau in 1950, Jay was responsible for population estimates.  On my second tour with the Bureau in 1957, Jay and I became good friends and were part of a demographers group that met monthly for discussions of population topics.  When Shryock & Siegel was being developed, I was recruited to write the chapter on educational characteristics and worked with Jay on the book.  It was always a treat to go to dinner with Jay at PAA meetings.  He had a good humor and a sharp mind.  He will be missed.

I learned today (March 25th) that Jay Siegel died last October. I was a friend of Jay's since the mid-1970s. I am sending to Jay's family my deepest sympathies. I am so very sorry to learn that Jay has died.

I knew Jay fairly well, all the way back to the mid 1970s. In the late 1970s or so Jay gave a brown bag lecture at UT Austin, where I was then a faculty member. We had a reception for him that evening at my house. I kept up with him over the years, exchanging books and messages through the regular mail, and seeing him and occasionally having dinners with him at national and international meetings of demographers. Jay was always a fun person to be around.

Jay Siegel was one of the most pre-eminent demographers in the world. I will miss seeing and chatting with him at demography conferences in the years ahead. 

RIP, Jay Siegel.

On behalf of all of us who knew Jay as our coauthor, colleague, friend; relied upon his work; and socialized with him at the annual Population Association meetings:  We miss you, Jay, and will always remember you as our friend across generations!

RIP from your coauthors  David S., Tom B., and others; and admirers among  demographers nationwide too numerous to list.  

I lived in the same condo as Jay for many years and although I really didn't know him that well I thoroughly enjoyed the infrequent discussions we had.  I found him to be a very intelligent, observant and bright and I will miss our engaging discussions.

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Jacob S. Siegel

25 juillet 1921 – 26 octobre 2020

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