Englewood Makes History

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  • Miriam Weidenfeld was a teacher. She acted as director of Temple Emanu-El religious school in the 1980s and 90s.

  • Charles W. Ward was an Episcopal clergyman who served as rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church during the 1880s. He was the son of James Harman Ward, a distinguished U.S. Navy officer and nationally known military intellectual. James H. Ward was one of the founders of the U.S.…
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  • When W. E. B. Du Bois traveled from New York to Englewood in December 1930 to address the Englewood Woman’s Club, the visit connected suburban Bergen County to Harlem’s intellectual and cultural circles, underscoring the reach of Du Bois’s influence and the seriousness of the…

  • Ferdinand Vorsanger (c. 1872–1946) was a central figure in Englewood’s civic, commercial, and religious life during the early decades of the twentieth century. An immigrant who built his reputation through persistence, public service, and community leadership, Vorsanger helped…
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  • Jerry L. Volpe (1912–1984) was a golf professional, instructor, course designer, and longtime leader of the Englewood Golf Club. Born in Montella, Italy, and raised in Nutley, New Jersey, he became one of the most respected golf teachers in the New York metropolitan area. From…
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  • Austin Nicholas Volk (December 28, 1918 – September 18, 2010) was a New Jersey businessman, naval officer, and Republican public official whose career bridged local government, state politics, and military service during some of the most turbulent decades of the twentieth…
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  • Mary Lowe Jones Vismale was a social worker. She attended Booker T. Washington High School and graduated from Spelman College in 1947 and Atlanta University in 1950. She earned a master's in Social Work.
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  • Calvin Ferdinand Vismale was a business administrator, civil rights advocate, and church leader whose work placed him at the center of Englewood, New Jersey’s civic and cultural life during the 1950s. Through his leadership in finance, education debates, religious institutions,…
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  • The Englewood Housing Authority opened the Vincente K. Tibbs Senior Housing Center in 1976. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development funded it. As of 2017, the building was converted into a Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) project.
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