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Boldt, William O'Brien (1917-2004)
William O'Brien Boldt was a longtime Englewood resident and activist in progressive issues, in particular as head of the New Jersey Campaign for a Nuclear Freeze. He graduated from Dartmouth College with a Bachelor's and from the City University of New York with a Ph.D in political science. He was a professor of political science at that same university.
He held administrative positions such as the director of the Housing Office of the Memorial Center for Cancer and was a corporate communications writer. He helped a democratic takeover of the Englewood government in the late 1960s. He was involved with nuclear disarmament, affordable housing, and job creation. He served on the Englewood Planning Board and the Redevelopment Commission of the City of Englewood. He married Elizabeth Roberts. After they separated he married Gladys "Billie" Joan. He had four children, Michael, Christopher Anne Affleck, Linda Fleetwood, and Sally. His grandson is Ben Affleck. -
Ellis, Fred (1940?-2001)
Fred D. Ellis Jr. worked for Unie's Oval Bar in Englewood for thirty-five years. He retired in 1997. He had six children, Kevin M., Robert Drakeford, Jave Butler, Rosalyn Davis, Janine, and Cherelle Hardy. -
Amos, Gloria (1921?-2012)
Gloria Amos was an educator and author. She worked as a secretary in the Englewood School system and eventually served on the Board of Education. She wrote two novels, "Losing Yet Giving" and "Resurgence from the Abyss." She was married to Mason Amos. She had two sons, Terrell and Kenneth.Tags Education -
Kriegel, Phyllis (?-?)
Phyllis Kriegel is a journalist and women's rights activist. In 1983 she took over the newspaper New Directions for Women in Englewood. She was also part of Planned Parenthood. -
Sheldrick, Pamela (1949?-2022)
Pamela Sheldrick was a journalist and women's rights activist. She was the president of the Morristown chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW) and was on the board of Planned Parenthood. She also worked for New Directions for Women in Englewood from the 1970s to the 1990s. She opened a book store, Pandora Book Peddlers in Englewood as well with Vivian Scheinmann. She married Mike. She had a daughter, Rachel. -
Scheinmann, Vivian (?-?)
Vivian Scheinmann was a journalist and women's rights activist. She opened a bookstore in Englewood with Pamela Sheldrick named Pandora Book Peddlers. It was opened around 1983 on 68 West Palisade Avenue. She also ran the New Directions for Women newspaper. -
Kassell, Paula (2017-2012)
Paula Kassell was a journalist and women's rights activist. She graduated from Barnard College in 1939. She helped found the Morris County Chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW). In 1975 she also helped found the newspaper New Directions for Women in Englewood. She then began writing for the New York Times. She married Gerson G. Friedman. She had two children, Claire Friedman-Foodman and Daniel. -
Benson, George Washington (1943-?)
George Washington Benson is a jazz musician. He grew up playing guitar and began recording at a young age. He performed for several years with Jack McDuff. His first album was "The New Boss Guitar." He also worked with McDuff to release“It’s Uptown” and “George Benson Cookbook.” He worked with Columbia Records in the late 1960s before moving to Verve Records. He then signed with CTI Records. In the 1970s Benson skyrocketed to global fame as he turned toward pop and R&B and his hit Quincy Jones produced the album “Give Me the Night.” He has worked with artists such as Minnie Riperton and acted as a guitarist for Stevie Wonder's "Another Star." He married Johnnie Lee in 1965. He had seven children. He is also a Jehovah's Witness. Benson moved to Englewood in the 1970s with his wife and children. Benson bought a home on Next Day Hill Drive designed by Eleanor Petterson, a student of Frank Lloyd Wright.Tags Music -
Wilson, Gloria (1929-2013)
Gloria Wilson, more well-known as Gloria Lynne, was a jazz singer. She won first prize at the Apollo Theater Amateur Night at the age of 15. She became popular in the 1950s after the release of her first album in 1958, “Miss Gloria Lynne, and her television performance of “Little Liza Jane” with Harry Belafonte on his CBS broadcast “Tonight With Belafonte.” She recorded songs as part of the Enchanters and Dell-Tones. She shared the bill on tour with Ray Charles, Billy Eckstine, Johnny Mathis, Herbie Mann, Dizzy Gillespie, and Ella Fitzgerald. In the 1960s she bought a home in Englewood’s “East Hill.” By the late 1960s, Lynne decided to leave the music and got hired as Englewood’s Assistant City Clerk. She married Harry Alleyne. She had one son, Richard.Tags Music -
Maron, Jonathan (?-?)
Jonathan Maron is a musician. He is a Grammy-nominated electric bassist, composer, and producer. Maron became a world-renowned bass player in the 1990s after he co-founded the legendary group Groove Collective. In 2007 the group was nominated for a Grammy for Best Contemporary Jazz Album of the Year for their album People People Music Music. The Groove Collective released a total of eight albums. Maron has recorded with several legendary R&B, Jazz, and Hip-Hop performers including Mshell Ndegeocello, Tupac Shakur, India.Arie Simpson, Anoushka Shankar, Dave Douglas, and many more.