Englewood Makes History

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  • A newspaper article describes how William Walter Phelps offered philanthropic assistance to public improvements in Englewood.
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  • Paul Fader was the mayor of Englewood from 1998 to 2003. From 2003 to 2005 Feder was a member of the board of directors of New Jersey Transit Corporation, the New Jersey Schools Construction Corporation, the Capital City Redevelopment Authority, the North Jersey Transportation…
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  • James Farmer Jr. (1920–1999) was a prominent American civil rights leader and co-founder of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). Born in Marshall, Texas, and educated at Wiley College and Howard University, Farmer was deeply influenced by nonviolent resistance and Gandhian…

  • Livingston Farrand was a physician, anthropologist, psychologist, and public health activist. He graduated from Princeton in 1888. He earned a M.D. from the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1891. He also attended Cambridge and Berlin University. In 1905 he became…
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  • Winifred Charlotte Goings Farrar, known to all as “Winnie,” was born on August 2, 1932, in Orange, New Jersey, to Gertrude and Charles Goings. After her parents’ deaths, she was raised in Rutherford by her paternal grandparents, Mattie and Charles Brown, who instilled in her a…
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  • The Ferber Corporation was a pioneering manufacturer of ballpoint pens based in Englewood, New Jersey, that played a significant role in stabilizing and professionalizing the ballpoint pen industry after its volatile post–World War II debut. At a time when early ballpoint pens…

  • Fred Ferber was an inventor, manufacturer, and environmental advocate whose life and work were closely tied to Englewood, New Jersey, where he lived, built his business, and participated actively in civic life. From his factory on West Sheffield Avenue, Ferber helped transform…

  • The death of Lidia Ferraro in April 1988 became one of the most widely discussed police-involved shootings in New York City during the late twentieth century. The case raised difficult questions about police pursuit procedures, communication breakdowns, and the use of deadly…
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