John J. Fay Jr.

John James Fay Jr. (June 8, 1927 – October 28, 2003) was an American schoolteacher turned Democratic Party politician who served on the Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders and represented the 19th Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1968 to 1974 and the New Jersey Senate from 1974 to 1978. As State Senator he was an advocate for the elderly in nursing homes and boarding houses, creating the post of Office of the Ombudsman for the Institutionalized Elderly within the New Jersey Department of the Public Advocate and serving as the first ombudsman in the post after losing a re-election bid in 1977.

John J. Fay Jr.

John James Fay Jr. (June 8, 1927 – October 28, 2003) was an American schoolteacher turned Democratic Party politician who served on the Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders and represented the 19th Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1968 to 1974 and the New Jersey Senate from 1974 to 1978. As State Senator he was an advocate for the elderly in nursing homes and boarding houses, creating the post of Office of the Ombudsman for the Institutionalized Elderly within the New Jersey Department of the Public Advocate and serving as the first ombudsman in the post after losing a re-election bid in 1977.