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Shultz, George Pratt (1920-2021)
George Pratt Shultz was an economist and businessman. He served in numerous government positions including cabinet. While born in New York, he grew up in Englewood, New Jersey, where he attended the Englewood School for Boys now known as Dwight Englewood. Shultz graduated from… -
Smalbein, Gustave A. (1875?-1946)
Gustave A. Smalbein was a local business owner. He founded Smalbein's Bakery Products in 1900 in Englewood. Smalbein's was one of the first, if not the first, Jewish bakeries in downtown Englewood. He retired in 1918 but helped his son Paul W. reestablish the Bakery in 1928. He…Tags Businesses -
Smalbein, Paul W. (1902-1952)
Paul W. Smalbein was a business owner. He was the son of Gustave A. Smalbein. In 1928 he reestablished his family bakery and opened numerous stores in the nearby area. He married Lura Nell Beville. He had two children, Paul W. Smalbein Jr. and Mrs. Robert Frantz.Tags Business -
Smith, Julius (1918?-2008)
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… -
Snare, Edith Dulles (1897-1985)
Edith Rutledge Dulles Snare (March 30, 1897 – April 1985) was a civic leader, entrepreneur, and cultural advocate whose life bridged prominent family lineage and sustained community service across New Jersey and Vermont. Born in Englewood, New Jersey, Edith was the daughter of…Tags Community Work -
Snare, Frederick Jr. (1892-1942)
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…Tags Business -
Snare, Frederick, Sr. (1862-1946)
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…Tags Business -
Stearns, Janet Upjohn (1910-1979)
Janet Upjohn Stearns was a philanthropist and civic leader. Stearns moved to Englewood in the mid-1960s. She served on the Englewood Hospital board beginning in 1968. She was the first vice president of the Englewood Community Chest. She was a director of the Northern Valley… -
Stuart, Patricia Elaine Farrar (1931?-2004)
Patricia Elaine Farrar Stuart was a politician and civic leader who emerged as a prominent and independent voice within New Jersey Republican politics in the late 1970s. In 1979, she began serving as Vice Chairman of the Bergen County Republican Party, where she became widely…Tags Politics -
Swift, Issac Louis (1910-1991)
Isaac Louis Swift was a pivotal Orthodox rabbi whose leadership helped shape Jewish religious life in Englewood and across Bergen County during the second half of the twentieth century. Born in Liverpool, England, into a distinguished rabbinic family, Swift was immersed from an…