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Considered too old for regular military service when [[World War II]] began, Javits was commissioned in early 1942, at the age of thirty-eight, as an officer in the [[United States Army]]'s Chemical Warfare Department. He rose to the rank of [[lieutenant colonel]].<ref name=nytobit/>​

Considered too old for regular military service when [[World War II]] began, Javits was commissioned in early 1942, at the age of thirty-eight, as an officer in the [[United States Army]]'s Chemical Warfare Department. He rose to the rank of [[lieutenant colonel]].<ref name=nytobit/>​

In 1947, he wed Marian Ann Borris (1925-2017), a former actress born in [[Detroit]],  [[Michigan]], with whom he had three children. She was a strong patron of public arts and influenced the establishment of the National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities. [[U.S. President]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] gave her the signing pen used in the enactment of the endowments.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/marian-javits-longtime-champion-public-arts-dies-92-article-1.2985755|title=Marian Javits, longtime champion of public arts, dies at 92|publisher=''The New York Daily News''|date=March 1, 2017|author=Thomas Tracy and Rich Shapiro|accessdate=May 24, 2020}}</ref>

In 1947, he wed Marian Ann Borris (1925-2017), a former actress born in [[Detroit]],  [[Michigan]], with whom he had three children. She was a strong patron of public arts and influenced the establishment of the National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities. [[U.S. President]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] gave her the signing pen used in the enactment of the endowments.<ref name=nydn>{{cite web|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/marian-javits-longtime-champion-public-arts-dies-92-article-1.2985755|title=Marian Javits, longtime champion of public arts, dies at 92|publisher=''The New York Daily News''|date=March 1, 2017|author=Thomas Tracy and Rich Shapiro|accessdate=May 24, 2020}}</ref>

==Career==

==Career==