Jerri earned a B.Sc. in Physics with honors at the University of Baghdad (1955) and M.S. in Physics from Illinois Institute of Technology (1960) in Chicago where he continued to work within the research group (1960–63) in Reactor Physics and Radiation streaming in Shelter Entrance ways. He also earned a PhD in Mathematics from Oregon State University (1967)with thesis title On Extensions of the Generalized Sampling Theorem. Jerri commenced his tenure with the faculty of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science at Clarkson University in Potsdam, NY (1967), where he worked since 1967,retiring as Professor Emeritus in 2002.[1]