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Morton Isaac Abramowitz (b. 1933) —
also known as Morton I. Abramowitz —
of Massachusetts; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Lakewood, Ocean
County, N.J., January
20, 1933.
Son of Mendel Abramowitz and Dora (Smith) Abramowitz.
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul in Hong Kong, 1963-66; U.S. Ambassador to Thailand, 1978-81; Turkey, 1989-.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2009.
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Robert Ernest Andrews (b. 1957) —
also known as Robert E. Andrews; Rob
Andrews —
of Bellmawr, Camden
County, N.J.; Haddon Heights, Camden
County, N.J.
Born in Camden, Camden
County, N.J., August 4,
1957.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 1st District, 1990-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New Jersey, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2009.
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Lawrence A. Appley (1904-1997) —
of Glen Ridge, Essex
County, N.J.; Hamilton, Madison
County, N.Y.
Born in Nyack, Rockland
County, N.Y., April 22,
1904.
Son of Rev. Joseph Earl Appley and Jessie (Moore) Appley.
Republican. Personnel manager, Buffalo Division, Socony Vacuum Oil Company,
1930-34; vice-president, Vick Chemical
Company, 1941-46; vice-president, Montgomery Ward department
stores, 1946-48; president, American Management Association,
1948-68; member, Commission
on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55.
Baptist.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron
Delta Kappa; Chi Phi;
Delta
Sigma Rho.
Died in Hamilton, Madison
County, N.Y., April 4,
1997 (age 92 years, 347
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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David Armstrong (c.1879-1963) —
of Rahway, Union
County, N.J.
Born about 1879.
Lawyer;
mayor
of Rahway, N.J., 1943-44.
Presbyterian.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in Rahway Memorial Hospital,
Rahway, Union
County, N.J., October
9, 1963 (age about 84
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Albion Barber. |
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Jane E. Barus (b. 1892) —
of Montclair, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Kansas City, Jackson
County, Mo., 1892.
Delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Essex County,
1947.
Female.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; League of Women
Voters.
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married to Maxwell Barus. |
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Jack E. Bronston (b. 1922) —
of Jamaica, Queens, Queens
County, N.Y.
Born in Plainfield, Union
County, N.J., January
10, 1922.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer;
member of New York
state senate, 1959-78 (5th District 1959-65, 11th District 1966,
9th District 1967-78); defeated, 1956.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 1978.
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Nicholas Murray Butler (1862-1947) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., April 2,
1862.
Son of Henry L. Butler and Mary J. (Murray) Butler.
Republican. University
professor; delegate to Republican National Convention from New
Jersey, 1888;
President
of Columbia University, 1901-45; delegate to Republican National
Convention from New York, 1904,
1912,
1916,
1920,
1924,
1928,
1932;
candidate for Vice
President of the United States, 1912; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1920,
1928;
co-recipient of Nobel
Peace Prize in 1931; elected (Wet) delegate to
New York convention to ratify 21st amendment 1933, but did not
serve; blind
in his later years.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Philosophical Society; American
Historical Association; Psi
Upsilon; Phi Beta Kappa.
Died, of bronchio-pneumonia,
in St. Luke's Hospital,
Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y., December
7, 1947 (age 85 years, 249
days).
Interment at Cedar
Lawn Cemetery, Paterson, N.J.
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Clarence Edwards Case (1877-1961) —
also known as Clarence E. Case —
of Somerville, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., September
24, 1877.
Son of Philip Case and Amanda V. (Edwards) Case.
Republican. Lawyer; Somerset
County Judge, 1910-13; member of New Jersey
state senate from Somerset County, 1918-29; Governor of
New Jersey, 1920; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1929-46, 1948-52; chief
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1946-48.
Christian
Reformed. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Phi Beta Kappa; Delta
Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Rotary.
Died, from a heart
ailment, in Somerset Hospital,
Somerville, Somerset
County, N.J., September
3, 1961 (age 83 years, 344
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Clifford Philip Case (1904-1982) —
also known as Clifford P. Case —
of Rahway, Union
County, N.J.
Born in Franklin Park, Somerset
County, N.J., April 16,
1904.
Son of Clifford Philip Case and Jeannette McAlpin (Benedict) Case.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly from Union County, 1943-44; U.S.
Representative from New Jersey 6th District, 1945-53; resigned
1953; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 1955-79; defeated in primary, 1978;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New Jersey, 1956,
1964;
candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1968.
Presbyterian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American Bar
Association; Elks; Phi
Beta Kappa; Delta
Upsilon; Phi
Delta Phi.
Died, from lung
cancer, in Georgetown University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., March 5,
1982 (age 77 years, 323
days).
Interment at New Somerville Cemetery, Somerville, N.J.
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Alfred C. Clapp (b. 1903) —
of Montclair, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in 1903.
Republican. Lawyer; law
professor; delegate
to New Jersey state constitutional convention from Essex County,
1947; member of New Jersey
state senate from Essex County, 1948-53; delegate to Republican
National Convention from New Jersey, 1960.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Law Institute; American
Judicature Society; Phi Beta Kappa.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Charles Woolsey Cole (1906-1978) —
also known as Charles W. Cole —
of Amherst, Hampshire
County, Mass.; New York.
Born in Montclair, Essex
County, N.J., February
8, 1906.
U.S. Ambassador to Chile, 1961-64.
Presbyterian.
Member, American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; American
Association of University Professors; Council on
Foreign Relations; Phi Beta Kappa; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Delta
Sigma Rho; American
Historical Association; American
Economic Association.
Died in 1978
(age about
72 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Felix Cole (1887-1969) —
of Washington,
D.C.; Montclair, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., October
12, 1887.
Son of Theodore Lee Cole and Kate Dunn (Dewey) Cole.
Newspaper
reporter; lawyer;
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Vice Consul in Petrograd, 1916-17; U.S. Consul General in Warsaw, 1929; Algiers, 1938-43; U.S. Minister to Ethiopia, 1945; U.S. Ambassador to Ceylon, 1948-49.
Member, Order of the
Coif; Psi
Upsilon; Phi Beta Kappa.
Died in 1969
(age about
81 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Jon Stevens Corzine (b. 1947) —
also known as Jon Corzine —
of Hoboken, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Taylorville, Christian
County, Ill., January
1, 1947.
Son of Roy Allen Corzine and Nancy June (Hedrick) Corzine.
Democrat. Business
executive; U.S.
Senator from New Jersey, 2001-06; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from New Jersey, 2004,
2008
(delegation chair); Governor of
New Jersey, 2006-.
Dutch
ancestry. Member, Phi
Delta Theta; Phi Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2009.
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Nathaniel Davis (b. 1925) —
of Hoboken, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., April 12,
1925.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Foreign Service officer;
U.S. Minister to Bulgaria, 1965-66; U.S. Ambassador to Guatamala, 1968-71; Chile, 1971-73; Switzerland, 1975-77.
Congregationalist.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa; American
Historical Association.
Still living as of 2009.
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Frederick Samuel Fish (b. 1852) —
also known as Frederick S. Fish —
of Newark, Essex
County, N.J.; South Bend, St. Joseph
County, Ind.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., February
5, 1852.
Son of Henry Clay Fish (D.D.) and Clara (Jones) Fish.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of New
Jersey state house of assembly, 1884-85; member of New Jersey
state senate from Essex County, 1885-87; director and general
counsel, Studebaker Brothers Manufacturing Company; president,
Studebaker Vehicle
Company; chairman, Studebaker Corporation.
Baptist.
Member, Psi
Upsilon; Phi Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar.
Burial
location unknown.
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Louis Joseph Freeh (b. 1950) —
also known as Louis J. Freeh —
of New York.
Born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., January
6, 1950.
Lawyer;
FBI
agent; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1991-93;
director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1993-2001.
Catholic.
Italian
ancestry. Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2009.
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Frederick Wilson Hall (1908-1984) —
of Bound Brook, Somerset
County, N.J.
Born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny
County, Pa., February
22, 1908.
Son of Peter B. Hall and Rachel (Crispin) Hall.
Democrat. Lawyer;
superior court judge in New Jersey, 1953-59; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1959-75.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; American
Law Institute; Phi Beta Kappa; Chi Psi.
Died July 7,
1984 (age 76 years, 136
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Alan B. Handler (b. 1931) —
of New Jersey.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., July 20,
1931.
Superior court judge in New Jersey, 1967-76; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1977-.
Member, Phi Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 1994.
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Edward Lawrence Katzenbach (1878-1934) —
also known as Edward L. Katzenbach —
of Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J.
Born in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., October
21, 1878.
Son of Frank Snowden Katzenbach (1844-1921) and Augusta (Mushbach)
Katzenbach.
Lawyer;
counsel for banks and
paper
companies; New
Jersey state attorney general, 1924-29.
Member, American Bar
Association; Society
of Colonial Wars; Sons of
the Revolution; Phi Beta Kappa; Rotary.
Died in Trenton, Mercer
County, N.J., December
18, 1934 (age 56 years, 58
days).
Interment at Ewing
Cemetery, Ewing Township, Mercer County, N.J.
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Frederick Bernard Lacey (b. 1920) —
also known as Frederick B. Lacey —
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., September
9, 1920.
Son of Frederick Robert Lacey and Mary Agnes (Armstrong) Lacey.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for New Jersey, 1969-71; U.S.
District Judge for New Jersey, 1971-82.
Member, Order of the
Coif; Phi Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 1982.
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Corliss Lamont (1902-1995) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Englewood, Bergen
County, N.J., March 28,
1902.
Son of Thomas William Lamont (1870-1948) and Florence Haskell
(Corliss) Lamont (died 1952).
Author;
lecturer;
arrested
on June 27, 1934, while picketing
in support of a labor
union at a furniture plant in Jersey City, N.J.; president,
National Council of American-Soviet Friendship; this organization and
its leaders were investigated
for subversion
by the U.S. House Committee on Un-American Activities; charged
in 1946 with contempt
of Congress for his refusal to provide records demanded by the
committee; in 1951, the U.S. State Department denied a
passport to him, based on his membership in what were deemed "Communist-front
organizations"; on August 17, 1954, the U.S. Senate cited him
with contempt
of Congress for refusing to testify before Sen. Joseph
R. McCarthy's subcommittee; subsequently indicted;
pleaded not guilty; the indictment was dismissed in 1955; the Court
of Appeals upheld the dismissal in 1956; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1952 (American Labor), 1958 (Independent
Socialist).
Member, American Civil
Liberties Union; NAACP;
Phi Beta Kappa; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died, of heart
failure, in Ossining, Westchester
County, N.Y., April 26,
1995 (age 93 years, 29
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas William Lamont (1870-1948) and Florence Haskell (Corliss)
Lamont (died 1952); married, June 8,
1928, to Margaret Hayes Irish (c.1905-1977); married 1962 to Helen
Lamb (died 1975); married 1986 to Beth
Keehner; uncle of Ned
Lamont. |
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Dana Gardner Munro (1892-1990) —
also known as Dana G. Munro —
of New Jersey.
Born in Providence, Providence
County, R.I., July 18,
1892.
Son of Dana Carleton Munro and Alice Gardner (Beecher) Munro.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; economist;
Foreign Service officer; U.S. Consul in Valparaiso, 1920-21; U.S. Minister to Haiti, 1930-32.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Phi; Phi Beta Kappa.
Died in 1990
(age about
97 years).
Interment somewhere
in Waquoit, Mass.
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Relatives:
Married 1920
to Margaret Bennett Wiley. |
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Kevin Sung-Min Park (b. 1983) —
also known as Kevin Park —
of Edison, Middlesex
County, N.J.
Born in a hospital,
Columbia, Howard
County, Md., May 5,
1983.
Intern or volunteer staff for U.S. Sen. Frank
Lautenberg, Gov. Ruth
Ann Minner, U.S. Rep. Mike
Ferguson; presidential candidate.
Christian.
Korean
ancestry. Member, Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Rotary;
Odd
Fellows; Phi Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2004.
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Relatives:
Grandson of Sung-Koo Chi (South Korean Ambassador to Senegal and
Finland). |
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Robert Porter Patterson (1891-1952) —
of Cold Spring, Putnam
County, N.Y.
Born in Glens Falls, Warren
County, N.Y., February
12, 1891.
Son of Charles R. Patterson and Lodice E. (Porter) Patterson.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 1930-39; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, 1939-40; U.S.
Secretary of War, 1945-47.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Arts and Sciences; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Theta; American
Legion.
Died in Elizabeth, Union
County, N.J., January
22, 1952 (age 60 years, 344
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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Roland Roger Renne (1905-1989) —
also known as Roland Renne —
of Bozeman, Gallatin
County, Mont.
Born in Greenwich, Cumberland
County, N.J., December
12, 1905.
Son of Fred Christian Renne and Caroline Augusta (Young) Renne.
Economist;
college
professor; president,
Montana State College, Bozeman, 1943-64; candidate for Governor of
Montana, 1964.
Presbyterian
or Unitarian.
Member, Rotary; American
Economic Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Phi Beta Kappa;
Phi
Kappa Phi; Alpha
Zeta.
The Renne Library at Montana State University is named for
him.
Died August
30, 1989 (age 83 years, 261
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Arthur T. Vanderbilt (1888-1957) —
of East Orange, Essex
County, N.J.; Short Hills, Essex
County, N.J.
Born in Newark, Essex
County, N.J., July 7,
1888.
Son of Lewis Vanderbilt and Alice H. (Leach) Vanderbilt.
Republican. Lawyer; law
partner of Nathan
L. Jacobs, 1928-34; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New Jersey, 1920
(alternate), 1936,
1940,
1944;
circuit judge in New Jersey, 1947-48; chief
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1948-57; died in
office 1957.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Kappa Epsilon; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi
Delta Phi; Delta
Sigma Pi; Order of the
Coif; American
Political Science Association.
Died June 16,
1957 (age 68 years, 344
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph Weintraub (1908-1977) —
of New Jersey.
Born in Cranford, Union
County, N.J., March 5,
1908.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; superior court judge in
New Jersey, 1956; associate
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1956-57; chief
justice of New Jersey state supreme court, 1957-73.
Member, American Bar
Association; Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the
Coif; Phi
Kappa Phi.
Died in 1977
(age about
69 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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