Editing Gerald Stern (section)

==Early life==
Stern was born in [[Pittsburgh]], Pennsylvania, on February 22, 1925.<ref name="NYT obit">{{cite news|title=Gerald Stern, Poet of Wistfulness, Anger and Humor, Dies at 97|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/29/books/gerald-stern-dead.html|first=Neil|last=Genzlinger|date=October 29, 2022|access-date=October 29, 2022|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref><ref name="conauth">{{Cite book |editor-last1=May |editor-first1=Hal |editor-last2=Lesniak |editor-first2=James G. |title=Contemporary Authors |title-link=Contemporary Authors |year=1990 |isbn=0-8103-1982-9 |publisher=[[Gale (publisher)|Gale]] |oclc=1028565620 |pages=[[iarchive:contemporaryauth0028mayh/page/449/mode/1up|449–450]] |issn=0275-7176 }}</ref>  His parents, Harry and Ida Barach Stern, were Jewish and immigrated to the United States from Ukraine and Poland, respectively, in 1905.  They owned several clothing stores and sold other items including cigars.<ref name="NYT obit"/>  Stern attended [[Taylor Allderdice High School]] in his hometown, graduating in 1942.<ref name="NYT obit"/><ref>{{Cite news|date=October 22, 2015 |url=http://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/at-90-poet-gerald-stern-honored-at-pitt-this-feels-terrific/ |title=At 90, poet Gerald Stern honored at Pitt: 'This feels terrific' |website=[[Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle]] }}</ref>  He was initially rejected from military service due to his poor eyesight, but served in the [[United States Army Air Forces|Army Air Forces]] from 1946 to 1947 after the military re-examined him.  He studied at the [[University of Pittsburgh]], graduating with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in 1947.  Two years later, he obtained a [[Master of Arts]] from [[Columbia University]].<ref name="NYT obit"/><ref name="Stern">{{cite web|last=Stern|first=Gerald|title= Gerald Stern's Papers|url=https://digital.library.pitt.edu/islandora/object/pitt%3AUS-PPiU-sc200704/viewer|publisher=Special Collections Department, University of Pittsburgh|access-date=November 14, 2013}}</ref>