Jeremy A. Kushner was born July 29, 1970, in Gainsville, Fla. He held degrees in percussion performance from the University of South Florida, Stephen F. Austin State University and D.M.A. from Arizona State University where he served as a teaching assistant in the percussion department.
Dr. Kushner was assistant professor of music at Missouri Southern State University where he teached applied percussion, percussion techniques and directed the MSSU drumline and supervised the basketball prep band.
Prior to coming to MSSU, he served in similar capacities at the University of Florida and Laredo Community College. He was also on the percussion faculty at Blue Lake Fine Arts Summer Camp in Twin Lake, Mich. He attended the United Hebrew Congregation in Joplin.
Jeremy Kushner died at 6:10 a.m. Saturday, October 8, 2005, at Freeman Hospital West emergency room after suffering a heart attack. He was 35 years old.
Dr. Jeremy A. Kushner is survived by his wife, Donna Honeycutt Kushner and his daughter, Sarah Rose Kushner, of the home; his parents, David and Rebecca; two brothers, Jason Kushner, of Fayetteville, Ark., and Josh and his wife, Patricia Kushner, of Los Angeles, Calif.; and a niece and a nephew.
