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Forbes, Bertie Charles (1880-1954)
Bertie Charles Forbes was a businessman. He founded Forbes Magazine, a business and finance publication. B.C. Forbes was appointed to the Englewood Board of Education in 1938. He married Adelaide Mary Stevenson. He had five sons, Bruce, Malcolm, Duncan, Gordon, and… -
Forbes, Malcolm Stevenson (1919-1990)
Malcolm Stevenson Forbes was a businessman and politician. He was born in Englewood. He graduated from Lawrenceville School in 1937 and gained an A.B. from the School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. He enlisted in the Army in 1942. From 1951 to 1957… -
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Foster, Phil
Phil Foster (1913–1985) was an American comedian, actor, writer, and nightclub performer whose career spanned more than four decades. Born Fivel Feldman in Brooklyn, New York, to Russian Jewish immigrants, Foster rose to prominence through stand-up comedy, radio, television…Tags Englewood Golf Club -
Frank Sinatra "minor mob scenes," October 28, 1943.
Frank Sinatra, born in Hoboken in 1915, became one of the most influential American entertainers of the twentieth century. Rising to fame in the late 1930s with the Harry James and Tommy Dorsey orchestras, he launched a solo career in the early 1940s that ignited unprecedented… -
Franklin Elementary School
Franklin School taught grades kindergarten through sixth. It was founded in 1907.Tags Education -
Frazier, Marion Leroy "Boo" (1930-2014)
Marion “Boo” Leroy Frazier (1930–September 13, 2014) was a pioneering music executive, radio broadcaster, and tour manager whose behind-the-scenes influence helped shape the modern music industry. Born in Cheraw, South Carolina, Frazier grew up surrounded by music and family,…Tags Music -
Frazier, Sheila Elaine (1948-?)
Shelia Elaine Frazier is an American actress, model, and producer. Her first film was Super Fly in 1972. She played Georgia, the girlfried of Youngblood Priest. She grew up in Manhattan until age ten. She moved to Englewood with her mother and attended Dwight Morrow High…Tags Art -
Friends of Irish Freedom
The Friends of Irish Freedom (FOIF) was an Irish-American political organization founded in New York City in 1916, shortly after the Easter Rising in Dublin. Its primary purpose was to support Irish independence from British rule, and it became one of the most significant Irish…