His attendance at Rutgers University-New Brunswick was cut short by his enlistment in the United States Army, where he served from 1942 to 1945 as a private.
After his discharge, he returned to Rutgers and ultimately moved on to Temple University, where he completed both his undergraduate and law degrees.
As mayor, Lazarow was named chairman of the Committee to Rebuild Atlantic City, a group developed to support the passage of the 1976 statewide referendum that approved gambling in New Jersey.
[6] An effort by Lazarow to restrict casino jobs to Atlantic City residents was similarly unsuccessful.
[2] He had lived in the city's Lower Chelsea section since the mid-1950s, until the 1993 death of his wife, the former Fredlyn Pogach of Philadelphia.