Jerome "Jerry" Perzigian received a bachelor's degree from University of Chicago in 1972, and went on to a career as a television screenwriter and producer. His producing and writing credits include The Jeffersons, The Golden Girls, Frasier, and The Nanny.
Philip Roth is a celebrated American writer who won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, as well as multiple National Book Awards and PEN/Faulkner Awards. He pursued graduate studies at University of Chicago, receiving a master's degree in English in 1955.
From the guide to the Perzigian, Jerome. Collection of Philip Roth, 1958-1987, (Special Collections Research Center University of Chicago Library 1100 East 57th Street Chicago, Illinois 60637 U.S.A.)