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Morrow, Jay Johnson (1937-1870)
Jay Johnson Morrow was a military officer. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1891. He joined the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He also was an instructor at the US Military Academy from 1895 to 1896. He served as the military governor of the Province of Zamboanga during the Philippine-American War. He was a member of the Board of Commissioners for the District of Columbia from 1907 to 1909. He also served in Panama in 1916. During World War I he served in France. He returned to Panama and became the third Governor of the Panama Canal Zone from 1921 to 1924. He earned the rank of Brigadier general. He married Harriet McMullen Butler in 1895. He lived with her in Englewood. His brother was Dwight Morrow.Tags Military -
DelMar, Albert Demarest (1890-1977)
Albert Demorest DelMar was a Bergen County Judge for twenty-two years. He served from 1932 to 1957. He also served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy during World War I. He married Beatrice Holland.Tags Courts -
Holley, Alfred T. (1872-1953)
Alfred T. Holley was a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Military. He joined in 1889 and served in the Spanish-American War. He retired in 1909. He was a member of the B.P.O.E Hackensack Elks, Lodge 658, and was elected exalted ruler four times. He was also a businessman and was president of Holley and Smith coal and oil company.
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Norris, Hatcher Irwin (1914-1945?)
Hatcher Irwin Norris was the first African American teacher hired in Englewood Schools. He taught industrial arts. He was recruited for World War II and served as a First Lieutenant, He was killed in action. -
Gaddafi, Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-(1942-2011)
Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi was a Libyian politician. He was the leader of Libya until 2011 when he was assassinated. He came to power in 1969. The revolutionary group he founded overthrew the Western-back Senussi monarchy. His first position was Revolutionary Chairman of the Libyan Arab Republican from 1969 to 1977. Then he served as the Brotherly Leader of the Great Socialist. He believed in Arab nationalism and socialism. He was anti-western capitalism and imperialism. While he claimed to believe that the masses should rule the country, the model of government he created was highly hierarchical which placed his family at the top with unchecked power. He also created numerous social programs and nationalized the oil industry. However, throughout his rule, he was accused of many human rights violations and suppressing dissent.
During the Arab Springs in 2011, a civil war broke out with NATO supporting the National Transitional Council which opposed Gaddafi. The protests began in February and Gaddafi sent the army to Benghazi, opening fire on protesters. Both sides in the coming war committed human rights violations, and in June the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Gaddafi, his son Saif al-Islam, and his brother-in-law Abdullah Sensussi. He tried to flee but was eventually captured by the Misrata militia and brutally killed, which was videotaped. He married Fathia Nuri but was divorced in 1970, a year after they were married. He then married Safia Farkash. He had ten children, eight sons and two daughters -
Lindbergh, Charles Augustus, Sr. ( 1902-1974)
Charles Augustus Lindbergh Sr. was a military officer and aviator. He joined the U.S. Air Force in 1924. He became a second lieutenant in 1925. On March 20th and 21st, Lindbergh became the first nonstop flight from New York City to Paris on his craft Spirt of St. Louis. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Medal of Honor. In 1927 he was promoted to Colonel in the Air Corps Reserve. Herbert Hoover appointed him to the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics in 1929. When World War II started Lindbergh took a non-interventionist stance. He resigned from the Air Corps in April 1941. After the U.S. joined the war he provided support for the military as a civilian but did not join active combat. There are some unofficial reports that he did shoot down a Japanese aircraft though. In 1954 he was promoted to Brigadier General. He was also an environmental activist.
He married Anne Morrow Lindbergh on May 27th, 1929. They lived in Englewood for a time before moving to Hopewell, New Jersey. He had three children, Charles Lindbergh Jr., John Morrow, and Anne Spencer. Charles Lindbergh Jr. was just under two years old when he was kidnapped and murdered. -
Brown, William E., Jr. (1927-?)
William E. Brown Jr. was a Lieutenant General of the Allied Air Forces Southern Europe and the deputy commander in chief of the U.S. Air Forces in Europe for the Southern Area. He attended Dwight Morrow High School and was a member of the Bethany Presbyterian Church. Brown received a bachelor of science from Pennsylvania State University in 1949. He graduated from Squadron Officer School at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alaska in 1956, Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Virginia in 1966, and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington D.C. in 1973. From 1951 to 1970 he served in numerous fighter squadrons. 1971 he served the Department of Defense Manpower and Reserve Affairs Office at the Pentagon. In 1973 he was the deputy commander for operations at Reese Air Force Base. By September 15, 1982, he was promoted to lieutenant general.