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Allison, William Outis (1849-1924)
William Outis Allison was a banker and philanthropist. He acted as vice president of the Palisades Trust and Guaranty Company of Englewood, president of the National Reserve Bank of New York, president of the publishing company that owned Oil, Pain and Drug Reporter, Druggist's Circular, and Painters Magazine, and a director of Lincoln Trust Company. He lived in Englewood Cliffs and developed the W. O. Allison Real Estate Company. He was a member of the Bergen County Historical Society, helped create the Palisades Interstate Park, and donated land that would eventually become Flat Rock Brook Nature Center upon his death. He married Caroline Longstreet Hovey in 1884. After her death, he married Caroline Amelia Shaw in 1897. He had five children, Katharine Floyd Allison MacLean, Frances Cornelia, Allis, William Dana, and Van Kleeck. -
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. -
Mackay, Donald (1840-1912)
Donald MacKay was a philanthropist and mayor of Englewood. He served in the Civil War. He relocated to Englewood in 1867. He was the president of the Citizens' National Bank and the director of the Merchants' National Bank and the Harriman National Bank. He was elected to office from 1906 to 1910. He donated the land for Mackay Park. Mackay was also on the board of trustees of the First Presbyterian Church and a member of the Elks club.
He married Jennie Wise. He had three children, Malcolm S., Duncan, and Jennie L. -
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. -
MacArthur, Helen Hayes Brown (1900-1993)
Helen Hayes MacArthur was an American actress active from 1905 to 1987 given the nickname "First Lady of American Theatre." She was the second woman to have won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award (EGOT). She was the first person to win the Triple Crown of Acting. She received the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the National Medal of Arts. She has an annual award named after her recognizing excellence in theater in Washington D.C. since 1984. The Fulton Theatre in New York City on 46th Street was also renamed after her. The theater was torn down in 1982, but the Little Theatre nearby was renamed after her instead.
Hayes was Catholic and participated in politics as a Republican. She was also known for her philanthropy donating to the New York City Riverside Shakespeare Company and was a member of the board of directors for the Greater New York City Council of the Girl Scouts of the USA in the 1970s. Most notable is her work with the Helen Hayes Hospital. The medical center focused on physical rehabilitation and was located in West Haverstraw, New York. She became involved in the 1940s with the hospital, which was renamed after her in 1974. She also helped create the Actors' Fund Home in Englewood
She married Charles MacArthur in 1928. She had two children a daughter Mary who died in 1949 due to polio and James Gordon MacArthur, an adopted son who was also a successful actor. She also had four grandchildren, Charles P. MacArthur, Mary McClure, Juliette Rappaport, and James D. MacArthur. -
Morrow, Elizabeth "Betty" Reeve Cutter (1873-1955)
Elizabeth Reeve Cutter Morrow was a Poet, Educational Activist, and Women's Rights Activist. She attended Smith College from 1892 to 1896 and met Dwight Morrow. She married him on June 16, 1903, and eventually moved into the Next Day Hill estate in Englewood. Throughout her life, she advocated for women's education. Due to her husband's position as ambassador to Mexico, she became involved in Mexican folk art and helped popularize the art form in the United States. She also acted as the first female president of Smith College from 1939 to 1940 although she was never given the official title. She had four children, Elisabeth Reeve Morrow Morgan, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Dwight Whitney Jr., and Constance Cutter Morrow Morgan.