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Daley, Joseph Peter (?-?)
Joseph Daley was a jazz musician and teacher. He graduated from The High School of Music & Art and the Manhattan School of Music where he earned his bachelor’s in Performance and a master’s in music education. As a composer, arranger, and performer, Daley worked with numerous jazz artists including Sam Rivers, Carla Bley, Gil Evans, Charlie Haden, Muhal Richard Adams, and several others. His 2011 CD The Seven Deadly Sins which featured Daley’s Earth Tones Ensemble was widely praised by critics. Daley followed up his first release in 2013 with The Seven Heavenly Virtues.
In 1976, began working at the Englewood public schools when he was hired as a music teacher. He worked as the Dwight Morrow Concert Band Director, Music Appreciation Teacher, Jazz Ensemble Director, and Music Harmony and Theory teacher. Until his retirement in 2005, Daley’s presence ushered in a renaissance of musical achievement in Englewood. His students included Regina Belle, Bernard Belle, Cindy Mizelle, Jonathan Maron, and many others. -
Chilton, Constance (1903-1988)
Constance Chilton was an educator. She graduated from Smith College in 1926. She went to school with Elisabeth Reeve Morrow Morgan. Together they founded the Little School, now named the Elisabeth Morrow School in Englewood. She graduated from Columbia University Teacher's College in 1943. She retired from teaching in 1981.Tags Education -
Weidenfeld, Miriam (?-?)
Miriam Weidenfeld was a teacher. She acted as director of Temple Emanu-El religious school in the 1980s and 90s. -
Hertzberg, Arthur (1921-2006)
Arthur Hertzberg was a spiritual leader, social activist, author, and teacher. He studied under philosopher Ernst Alfred Cassier from 1944 to 1945. He graduated from John Hopkins University in 1940, the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in 1943, and Columbia University in 1966. He acted as director of the Campus Hillel for Amherst College and taught at Princeton, Rutgers, Columbia, Hebrew, Dartmouth, and New York Universities and Colleges. He published numerous scholarly works.
He was also active in social causes, walking with Martin Luther King Jr. in 1963 and marching in the Selma to Montgomery Marches. Hertzberg also acted as an intermediary between the Jewish Community and Henry Kissinger. From 1972 to 1978 he was the president of the American Jewish Congress and the vice president of the World Jewish Congress from 1975 to 1991. He served Temple Emanu-El in Englewood from 1956 to 1985. He married Phyllis Cannon in 1950. He had two children, Linda Beth and Susan Riva. -
Kropczynski, Thaddeus J. (1914?-1985)
Thaddeus J. Kropczynski was a musician and educator. He graduated from New York University in 1938 and gained a master's degree in 1948. He served in the army during World War II. He taught music and art at Bayonne High School for thirteen years and was the music director for Dwight Morrow from 1946 to 1969. He was also the first director of the Englewood Cliffs Youth Orchestra and trained choruses at Englewood Hospital. He married Marion Jefferies. He had two daughters, Pamela Meyer and Kim McCarten. -
Morgan, Elisabeth Reeve Morrow (1904-1934)
Elisabeth Reeve Morrow Morgan was an educator. She created the Little School in 1930. The school was renamed the Elisabeth Morrow School. She graduated from Smith College in 1925 and taught English. She married Aubrey Niel Morgan in 1932. She was the daughter of Dwight Morrow and Elizabeth Cutter Morrow. Her siblings were Anne, Constance, and Dwight Jr.Tags Education -
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. -
Bell, Virginia Lee (1935-2011)
Virginia Lee Bell was a Politician and Educator. She graduated from Maryland State College with a B.S. She held numerous teaching positions after graduation. She also received two Master's degrees and a PhD. She became active in politics, especially in Harlem, joining the Martin Luther King Jr. Democratic Club. She was the local district leader with Assemblyman Charles Rangel and joined his campaign for U.S Congress. She ran with Percy Sutton in 1965 for the Democratic district leader's post for Central Harlem and was elected twice. -
Perez, Pilar (1934?-2021)
Perez was one of the first bilingual teachers at Lincoln Elementary School. She was with the school system for over thirty years, retiring in 1999. She married Armando Perez. She had a daughter, Laura. -
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.