Englewood Makes History

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  • Julius F. Smith was a prominent Black civic leader, businessman, and political activist in Englewood, New Jersey, whose influence during the late 1960s and 1970s extended across civil rights advocacy, urban renewal debates, policing reform, and municipal politics. Smith owned…
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  • Ferdinand Vorsanger (c. 1872–1946) was a central figure in Englewood’s civic, commercial, and religious life during the early decades of the twentieth century. An immigrant who built his reputation through persistence, public service, and community leadership, Vorsanger helped…
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  • 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…
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  • 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…
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  • 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…
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  • Frederick Snare Jr. (c. 1892–1942) was an engineer, corporate executive, military veteran, and civic leader whose life bridged international construction, wartime service, and public responsibility in Englewood, New Jersey. The son of Frederick Snare Sr., founder of the…
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  • Frederick Snare Sr. (c. 1860–September 22, 1943) was an American engineer, contractor, and international builder whose career spanned the United States, Cuba, and South America during the era of rapid industrial expansion and American overseas influence. As founder and longtime…
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  • W. Gerould Clark Jr. was the mayor of Englewood from 1954-1955. He also was a city councilman and president of the Common Council from 1948 to 1953. Before his involvement in politics, he was a civil engineer for the Erie Railroad. He eventually owned W. Gerould Clark Inc., a…

  • Franklyn E. Backer was an early twentieth-century theater entrepreneur, film producer, and cultural booster whose work helped place Englewood on the regional entertainment map during the silent-film era. Born in Newark, New Jersey, on November 27, 1887, Backer was raised and…
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  • 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…
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