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Kitchel, Cornelius Porter (1875-1947)
Cornelius Porter Kitchel was a politician and lawyer. He graduated from Philips Andover Academy in 1897 and then from Yale Law School in 1901. He acted as attorney-in-chief of the Legal Aid Society in 1905 for about a year. He practiced in New York in 1908. He served on the City Council from 1915 to 1920. He was a member and president of the Board of Education from 1922 to 1930. He was the vice president of the board of directors of the Englewood Hospital Association from 1926 to 1929. From 1930 to 1933 he acted as the mayor of Englewood.
He married Edith Ray. After she passed he married Mildred Hankee. He had three children, Lieutenant Commander William Ray, Robert Hankee, and Elizabeth Kitchel Lincoln. He descended from Robert Kitchel who signed the Guildford Covenant and Robert Treat who helped found the City of Neward. He was the son of Farrad Deforest Kitchel who was the first cashier of the First National Bank. He was the grandson of Harvey Denison Kitchel, president of Middlebury College. His nephew was Denison Kitchel a lawyer who was the campaign manager for Barry M. Goldwater. -
Coolidge, John Calvin, Jr. (1872-1933)
John Calvin Coolidge Jr. was an attorney, politician, and 30th President of the United States. Coolidge attended Amherst College. Dwight Whitney Morrow attended with him. Coolidge practiced law in Massachusetts and became involved in politics. He held numerous public offices including serving as a Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1907 to 1909, the Mayor of Northampton from 1910 to 1912, a Senator for the State of Massachusetts from 1912 to 1915, the President of the Massachusetts Senate from 1916 to 1919, the 48th Governor of Massachusetts from 1919 to 1921, the 29th Vice-President of the United States of American from 1921 to 1923 and the 30th President of the United States from 1923 to 1929. He married Grace Goodhue on October 4, 1905. He had two sons, John and Calvin Jr. -
Jones, John Wyman (1822-1904)
John Wyman Jones was a businessman and lawyer. He was also a real estate developer. He was the president of the St. Joseph Mining Company. He helped finance the founding of Englewood. He was acquainted with numerous contractors and brought Englewood to the attention of his acquaintances. He married Henrietta Dwight Dana in 1946. When she passed Jones married Salmone Marie Hanna. He had two children, James Dana and Dwight Arven. -
Dulles, William (1857-1915)
William Dulles was a lawyer and businessman. He attended Princeton University in 1878 and the University of Pennsylvania in 1880. He began practicing in New York in 1882. He also acted as treasurer of the Louisville, New Albany, and Chicago railroads. From 1889 to 1897 he was the treasurer of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions. He lived in Englewood. He was a member of the Englewood Board of Education and the Englewood City Council. He married Sophia Perkins Rhea in 1891. After her death, he married Helen Rollins. He had at least four children, including Foster Rhea Dulles. -
Toote, Gloria (1931-2017)
Gloria Toote was a lawyer and real estate developer. She graduated from Howard University in 1952 with a B.A. and in 1954 a J.D. She received a master's from Columbia University in 1956. From 1966 to 1970 she owned Toote Town Records in Englewood. She was also involved in politics. She advised Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, George H.W. Bush, and George W. Bush. From 1971 to 1973 she acted as the Assistant Director of ACTION. From 1973 to 1975 she acted as Assistant Secretary for Equal Opportunity in the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. During Ronald Reagan's administration, she acted as the vice chairman of the United States Office of Private Sector Initiatives. She was a founding member of the National Black United Fund. In the 1980s she became president of the TREA Estates and Enterprises. From 1984 to 1992 she was vice chair of the National Political Congress of Black Women. -
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. -
Kunstler, William Moses (1919-1995)
William Moses Kunstler was an attorney and civil rights activist. Kunstler graduated from Yale before serving in World War II in the Philippines. He graduated from Columbia Law School in 1948. He taught at Pace College's Business School and New York Law School in the 1950s. Kunstler helped the Civil Rights Movement members with legal cases and was acquainted with Martin Luther King Jr. He was director of the American Civil Liberties Union from 1964 to 1972. He co-founded the Center for Constitutional Rights.
Kunstler is well-known for defending members of the Black Panther Party, the Attica Prison rioters, Yusef Salaam of the Central Park Five cases, El Sayyid Nosair who was charged with the assassination of Rabbi Meir Kahane, and the Chicago Seven cases. Kunstler represented Englewood parents in their legal efforts to desegregate Englewood schools.
He married Lotte Rosenberger in 1943. After they divorced in 1976 he married Margaret L. Ratner. He had four daughters, Karin Goldman, Jane Drazek, Sarah, and Emily. -
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Kearney, Joseph F. (1904?-1973)
Joseph F. Kearney was an attorney for Bergen County. He is possibly the first Palisades Park school system graduate to become a lawyer. He attended New York University and John Marshall Law School. He also served as magistrate and was a solider in World War II. -
Huckin, Thomas J. (1876-1958)
Thomas J. Huckin was a Bergen County prosecutor and a judge. He graduated from the Englewood public school system. He became a district judge in 1912 and a prosecutor in 1915. He was a Bergen County Bar Association member and the Englewood Board of Education. He was also president of the Englewood Common Council. He was also the first exalted ruler of Elks Lodge #1157.
He married May E. Bentley in 1905. He had at least two sons, Richard Springer and Paul Thomas, who both were lawyers. His nephew Le Roy was a lawyer as well.Tags Law