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Snare, Edith Dulles (1897-1985)
Edith Dulles Snare was known for her civic engagement. She founded the Dorset Nursing Association and was an executive director of the Southern Vermont Artists Association of Manchester. She also established Snare Real Estate Associates in the 1950s. She married Frederick Snare Jr. She had four children, Frederick III, William Dulles, Dorothy Warner, and Majorie Reed. Her cousins were John Foster Dulles and Allen Dulles.Tags Community Work -
Meltzer, Harold (1909-1998)
Henry Meltzer was a real estate attorney and civic leader. He graduated from Rutgers University Law School. He was heavily involved in the Jewish community He acted as president of Temple Emanu-El. He was also part of numerous Jewish charities. -
Perry, John H. (1899?-1990)
John H. Perry was a civic leader and education activist. He began teaching in 1928 in the New York Public School System. He was heavily involved with the effort to integrate Englewood's elementary schools. He became the first African American appointed to the Englewood School Board and the first African American member of any school board in Bergen County in 1955. Perry eventually became president of the Board. He was also the first black trustee of the Englewood Hospital and the first black student at Hasbrouck Heights High School. He married Wynnell who passed in 1966. He then married Althea Hicks Richards. He had a foster daughter, Jone Lee. -
Carter, John (?-?)
John Carter was the president of the Englewood Tenants Association in the early 1970s. He lived in the 93-unit apartment building at 41 E. Forest Avenune. -
Davis, Maria Cheney (1882?-1992)
Marie Davis was a Civic Leader in Englewood. She worked as a domestic worker but was heavily involved in community projects. Daivs reorganized the Bergen Urban League, served on the Community Chest, and raised money for the local track team. Most notably she helped organize the Dr. William D. Willoughby Auxilary at Englewood Hospital, founded in 1952. The auxiliary raised funds for beds and the expansion of hospital wings. She married Burge Davis in 1912. -
Davis, Burge Upshaw (1894-1966)
Burge Davis was a Civic Leader. He financed the Englewood Cubs baseball teams and worked with young athletes. He was also a member of the Galilee Methodist Church. He married Maria Cheney in 1912. He had six children, Henrietta Felder, Eula Mae McCloud, Benjamin, Roscoe, Lee, and Woodrow. -
Thompson, Collette Walker (?-?)
Collette Walker Thompson is a Civic Leader. She was born and raised in Englewood. Thompson has been active in the city's schools, churches, and politics. She supported and nurtured several generations of the city's youth. She was head of the Dwight Morrow Parent-Teacher Organization. Thompson built one of the strongest block associations in Englewood, the Glenbrook Howell Block Association. The organization holds an annual block party and organizes to improve the neighborhood's infrastructure and appearance. -
Lamont, Florence Haskell Corliss (1873-1952)
Florence Haskell Corliss Lamont was a civil leader and philanthropist. She graduated from Smith College in 1893 and received an M.A. in Philosophy from Columbia University. Her philanthropic work focused on international peace and education. She supported the New School for Social Research and donated 150 acres in Palisades, New York to Columbia University to establish the Center for Geography Studies. She also supported the League of Nations and the United Nations. She served on the board for both the League of Nations and the Executive Committee of the American Association for the United Nations. She married Thomas William Lamont in 1895. She had four children, Thomas Stilwell, Corliss, Austin, and Eleanor Allen Lamont Cunningham. -
Harvey, Eleanor (1910?-2007)
Eleanor Harvey was an Englewood resident and a founder of the Englewood Historical Society. She was a teacher for 43 years and taught social studies at Diwght Morrow High School. Some of her projects included the placement of the cast-iron clock in front of City Hall, the revitalization of Liberty Square, the creation of the Memorial Day Parade, and a planting program. -
Tibbs, Vincente K. (1914-1973)
Vincente K. Tibbs was a social worker, Englewood Movement leader, and City Council president from the 4th ward. He a Democrat and was elected in 1960. He worked to help race relations between white and black residents. Tibbs lived in Harlem and graduated from DeWitt Clinton High School. He graduated from Shaw University with a degree in social science in 1939. He gained a master's degree from the Columbia School of Social Work in 1949. Tibbs also served in the Navy in World War II.
Tibbs was involved with the Bureau of Community Education of the New York City Board of Education, Camp Kilmer Hob Corps., NYU's School of Education, the New Jersey Regional Durg Abuse Agency, the Social Service Federation, and the Englewood Community Center. He was a member of the Congress of Racial Equity, the NAACP, the Urban League, and the Henry Douglas Post 58. He married Primrose Barnwell. He had a daughter, Dana Macon.