Jay Mathews (Journalist ) was born in California, United States on a Thursday, April 5, 1945 🎈. Jay Mathews is 79 years old. He is a Aries ♈ and was born in the Year of the Rooster 🐓.
Most well known as a columnist, feature writer, and blogger for the Washington Post, he was the 1999 recipient of the Benjamin Fine Award for Outstanding Education Reporting.
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| FULL NAME: | Jay Mathews |
| BIRTH DATE: | April 5, 1945 |
| BIRTHPLACE: | California, United States |
| AGE: | 79 years old |
| NATIONALITY: | American |
| ETHNICITY: | Unknown |
| ZODIAC: | Aries |
| CHINESE ZODIAC: | Rooster |
About
Jay Mathews is a Journalist. Jay was born in the 1940s, in the middle of the Baby Boomers Generation generation. Baby Boomers are individuals born between 1946 and 1964, during the post World War II baby boom. This generation is known for Rock and Roll, Woodstock, Elvis, the Beatles, miniskirts, and Barbies. Baby boomers have experienced some of the most important historical events, including the JFK Assassination, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the civil rights movement, and the Vietnam War.
His marriage to USA Today and New York Times editor Linda Mathews produced three children, including a journalist son named Joe Mathews. Find out who is Jay Mathews dating right now.
He attended both Occidental College and Harvard University and served in the Vietnam War.
DID YOU KNOW His full-length, education-themed publications include Class Struggle : What’s Wrong (and Right) with America’s Best Public High Schools (1998) and Harvard Schmarvard: Getting Beyond the Ivy League to the College That is Best for You (2003).
FACT In 1988, Mathews published a nonfiction work titled Escalante: The Best Teacher in America. The book tells the unique life story of Bolivian-born, Los Angeles-based high school mathematics teacher Jaime Escalante.
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Birthday
Currently, Jay Mathews is 79 years old. His next birthday is away. Jay will celebrate his 80th birthday on a Thursday, April 5th. He shares a birthday with everyone who was born on April 5, 1945. Below is the countdown to his upcoming birthday.
Zodiac
Jay Mathews’s zodiac sign is Aries. People born between the dates of March 21st and April 19th belong to the first sign in the zodiac, Aries. Aries are known for being ambitious, honest, self-assertive, and brave. Sagittarius is the most compatible sign for Aries.
Famous Aries celebrities are Lady Gaga, Mariah Carey, Jackie Chan, Leonardo DaVinci, Robert Downey Jr., James Franco, Harry Houdini, Thomas Jefferson, Vincent van Gogh, Emma Watson, Marlon Brando, and Charlie Chaplin. Aries ruling planet is Mars. Astrologically, Mars represents ambition, passion, and energy.
Jay Mathews was born in the Year of the Rooster. Rooster represents punctuality in Chinese culture. People born in the Year of the Rooster are charming, witty, honest, blunt, brave, and self-reliant. They can also sometimes be controlling, insensitive, narrow-minded, selfish, and reckless.
This year is the Year of the Dragon.
DID YOU KNOW United States life expectancy is about 78.5 years.
Jay Mathews is a 79 years old Journalist, born in April, in the Year of the Rooster (1945), and is a Aries. His life path number is 1. Jay’s birthstone is Diamond, and his birth flower is Sweet Pea/Daisy. You may also check out all famous birthdays in April or specifically birthdays on April 5.
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