Englewood Makes History

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  • 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…
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  • Albert Moskin devoted more than three decades to public service, becoming one of the most influential municipal leaders in Englewood's twentieth-century history. A lifelong Englewood resident, Moskin's political career began in 1929 when he was appointed to the city's Board of…
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  • Constance Baker Motley was a pioneering lawyer, judge, and public official whose legal work helped dismantle segregation across the United States—including in Northern communities such as Englewood, New Jersey. She attended Fisk University before transferring to New York…
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  • Vernon Munroe was an Economist, mayor of Englewood, and president of Englewood Hospital. Munroe was an associate of J. P. Morgan & Co. He graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy and Harvard in 1896. He acted as president of International Motor Trucks Inc., the vice director of…
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  • Bravell Morgan Nesbitt Jr. was a funeral director in Englewood. After graduating from Lincoln University in 1954 and the American Academy of Funeral Services in 1956, he served in the Nike Missile Battalion. During and after his service, he was a seaplane pilot, a lifeguard, and…
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  • 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.
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  • Norsgaard was a longtime Englewood resident and well-known nature photographer and conservationist. He fought off various efforts by developers to build roads, swimming pools, community centers, and bridle paths in Flat Rock Brook. He lived on South Woodland Street with his…
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  • John "Johnny" Nottingham was a basketball player for Dwight Morrow High School in the early 1960s.
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  • Joseph O'Brien was a pastor at St. Cecilia. He attended Mt. Carmel College, St. Bonaventure University, and Georgetown University School of Foreign Service. He was ordained on August 18, 1963. He served at numerous other churches globally and nationally including Parroquia Santo…
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  • Charles C. Parlin was a lawyer. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1919 and Harvard in 1922. He was a senior partner at Shearman and Sterling from 1953 to 1964. From 1966 to 1969 he was the chairman of Celanese Corp. In 1940 he represented the United States on a…
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