The New Jersey Campaign for a Nuclear Freeze began in the 1980s. It was a part of a larger movement during the era calling for nuclear disarmament. The headquarters was opened on August 31st, 1982 in Bloomfield, New Jersey. Reverand Robert Moore was the chairman of the organization's committee. William O'Brien Boldt was the campaign manager.
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.