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- Birth nameJane Ann Brown
- Jane Maas was born on March 14, 1932 in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. She was a writer, known for American Fable (2016), Angel of Christmas (2015) and The Real Mad Men of Advertising (2017). She was married to Michael Maas. She died on November 16, 2018 in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, USA.
- SpouseMichael Maas(? - May 12, 2002) (his death, 2 children)
- Advertising executive and author, she is credited for the iconic ' Love New York' campaign. She is the sister in law of author Peter Maas.
- Her father was a school principal, and her mother was a homemaker. She received a bachelor's degree from Bucknell University and a master's degree in English literature from Cornell University.
- She was one of the first women to reach the top echelons of the advertising industry in the US. She started out at Ogilvy and Mather in the 1960s, going from junior copywriter to creative director. In 1976, she became senior vice president at Wells Rich Greene. In 1982, she was appointed president of Muller Jordan Weiss. In 1989, she became president of the New York office of Earle Palmer Brown, where she retired as chairwoman.
- She started out as an assistant on the TV game show "Name That Tune".
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