Englewood Makes History

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  • Samuel Lippincott Griswold Knox was a mechanical engineer. He received a degree from the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken. Knox was the chief mechanical engineer for General Electric Company from 1900 to 1902. He was the chief engineer for Bucyrus Erie Company until…

  • Fritz Kreisler (1875–1962) was one of the most celebrated violinists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Born in Vienna, he was a child prodigy who studied at the Vienna and Paris Conservatories before launching an international career. By the early 1900s he…

  • Phyllis Kriegel was a feminist editor, writer, and activist best known for her leadership of New Directions for Women, one of the largest and longest-running feminist newspapers in the United States. An Englewood, New Jersey resident, Kriegel emerged as a prominent voice during…
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  • Lisa Loughlin Krones is an American actress whose career includes work in film, television, and theater, where she was recognized for her versatility in both dramatic and comedic roles. In later years, she became closely connected to Englewood, New Jersey, where she lived and…

  • Thaddeus J. Kropczynski was a respected musician, educator, and choral director whose career shaped music education in northern New Jersey for more than three decades. Trained as both an artist and teacher, he combined rigorous musical standards with a deep commitment to student…
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  • The Ku Klux Klan became a significant force in New Jersey during the 1920s, demonstrating that white supremacist and nativist movements were not confined to the American South. The second Ku Klux Klan, which emerged nationally after 1915, found fertile ground in New Jersey's…

  • William Moses Kunstler was an attorney and civil rights activist. Kunstler graduated from Yale before serving in World War II in the Philippines. He graduated from Columbia Law School in 1948. He taught at Pace College's Business School and New York Law School in the 1950s.…
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  • Shirley M. Lacy was a civil rights strategist, Black feminist organizer, and public official whose work spanned grassroots protest, policy reform, and electoral politics in New Jersey for more than four decades. Based in Englewood, she became a central figure in northern…
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  • Florence Haskell Corliss Lamont was a civil leader and philanthropist. She graduated from Smith College in 1893 and received an M.A. in Philosophy from Columbia University. Her philanthropic work focused on international peace and education. She supported the New School for…
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  • Thomas William Lamont was an American banker. He graduated from Harvard in 1892. After the firm he was working for suffered financial problems, he helped reorganize the firm which was renamed Lamont, Corlis & Co. in 1898. He became the secretary and treasurer of Bankers Trust…
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