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Treadwell, Fayrene "Faye" Lavern Johnson (1926-2011)
Fayrene "Faye" Lavern Johnson Treadwell was an educator. She was also involved in music production as she acted as manager of the Drifters after the death of her husband George Treadwell. Faye Treadwell graduated from Arkansas Baptist College and worked for the Los Angeles School Board. She married George Treadwell in 1957. She had a daughter, Tina. -
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. -
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 -
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. -
Chansoneers
The Chansoneers were the Dwight Morrow High School Choral Group, which began in 1940 at Bound Brook High School. It was founded by Thaddeus J. Kropczynski. He began a Chansoneers group when he moved to Englewood in 1946. -
Lindo, Delroy (1952-?)
Delroy George Lindo is an English and American actor. He lived with his parents who were Jamaican immigrants in London until the family moved to Toronto when he was sixteen. He graduated from the American Conservatory Theater in 1979. His career began in 1976 and Lindo mostly focused on theater during the 1980s. He started taking movie roles in the 1990s. He has starred in Malcolm X as Spike Lee, The Chicago Code, Believe, and Blood & Oil. He received a bachelor of arts from San Francisco State University in 2004 and a master's in fine arts in 2014 from New York University Gallatin School of Individualized Study. He married Neshormeh in 1990. He had a son, Damiri. He has done several interviews on his experiences as a black actor. Lindo lived in Englewood with his family for a time. -
Amos, John Allen, Jr. (1939-?)
John Allen Amos Jr. is an actor. Before his acting career, he did social work and played football. His first major work was on The Mary Tyler Moore Show from 1970 to 1973. He is most well-known for his part in Good Times from 1974 to 1976. Amos served as artistic director of John Harms Theater. He married twice, first to Noel Mickelson from 1965 to 1975. He had two children, Shannon and Kelly "K.C." His second marriage was to Lillian Lehman from 1978 to 1979. -
Backer, Franklyn Edmund (1887-?)
Franklyn Edmund Backer was one of the founders of the Englewood Theater and the Plaza Theater and served as its managing director. Backer came to Englewood in 1914. The Englewood theater's construction began in April 1914. He sold the theater in 1916. He later built the Plaza Theater. He became the president of the Van Brunt Holding Company and the treasurer of the Englewood Theater and Reality Corporation.Tags Entertainment -
The Friends of Dr. William F. Willoughby Auxiliary
The Friends of Dr. William F. Willoughby Auxiliary was founded in 1952-1953. Marie Davis founded the organization and became its first president. She named the organization after the first black doctor as Englewood Hospital. The organization raised funds for new beds and to update and expand hospital wings. -
Hatab, George A. (1918?-2005)
George A. Hatab was a businessman. He was president of the George Hatab Co. He was also a soldier in the Navy during World War II. Hatab was president of the trustees of St. Anthony's Orthodox Church of Englewood, a member of the Northern Valley Regional Board of Education, and a leader of Save Our Neighborhood Schools (SONS).