Suzanne Rachel Wasserman | |
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Born | Hyde Park, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | May 26, 1957
Died | June 26, 2017 Manhattan, New York, U.S. | (aged 60)
Education | University of Wisconsin (BA) New York University (PhD) |
Occupation(s) | Historian, Professor, writer, and film director |
Spouse | David Stern |
Children | 1 |
Relatives | Janet Jagan (aunt) Joey Jagan (cousin) Stanley Wasserman (second-cousin) |
Suzanne Wasserman (May 26, 1957 – June 26, 2017), was a Chicago-born historian, Professor, writer, and film director. Besides her tenure as Director of the Gotham Center for New York City history, she was also known for her first film, completed in 2003, Thunder in Guyana, which she wrote, produced, and directed. The film documented the life of her mother's first cousin, Chicago-born Janet Rosenberg Jagan, the president of Guyana from 1997 to 1999.