People File: List of Names

Abbatiello, Anthony, horse trainer, Colts Neck Acerro Brothers, baseball team, Long Branch Adams, Harriet S., obituary, authored some of the “Nancy Drew” books, Califon Alaimo, James A., V.P. market surveillance American Stock Exchange, Colts Neck Township Aldrin, Buzz, NASA astronaut Allen, Samuel, sled inventor, Moorestown Allison, Dorothy, obituary, famed psychic, Newark Amos, John, “Kunta Kinte” in ABC’s “Roots” miniseries, East Orange Anderson, Richard, actor, “Six Million Dollar Man” and “Bionic Woman,” Long Branch Ansbro, George, 60-year career in network broadcasting, Spring Lake Apgar, Dr. Virginia, creator of the Apgar scale, Westfield Axelrod, Herbert R., donated 4 Stradivarius instruments to the Smithsonian, Neptune

Baker, William A., obituary, lieutenant commander in the Navy, Lakewood Bandiera, Bobby, guitarist, Brick Banse, Wesley V., Manasquan Historian Barnett, Dr. Lester A., Jacqueline M. Wilentz Comprehensive Breast Center, Monmouth Bar, Samuel, Englishtown’s beloved ‘country doctor’ Basie, William ‘Count,’ jazz musician, Red Bank Bassett, Katherine Gluckow, Librarian, 1999-2000 NJ Teacher of the Year, Ocean City Bathurst, Sir Frederick Hervey, obituary, past president, Monmouth County English Speaking Union, Rumson Beach, Sylvia, bookshop founder, Paris Beal, Maurice McFarland, obituary, Transportation Manager, IBM, Marlboro Township Beaton, Lachlan, boat builder, Brick Township Begeulin, Dayton, obituary, retired book publisher, Vice President, D. Van Nostrand, Princeton, Middletown Bell, Alexander Graham, former estates being sold, Shrewsbury Baker, Dr. E.F., obituary, psychiatrist and writer, Fair Haven Becica, Kathy and Bill, people who make a difference, Point Pleasant Bennet, Joan, obituary, movie actress, Palisades Berra, Yogi, New York Yankees icon, Montclair Berry, Shannon, National Shakespeare Competition winner, Red Bank Bertram, Richard, boat manufacturer and racer, Barnegat Bay Bey, Samuel E., obituary, headed biggest American maker of industrial containers, Monmouth Beach Bigelow, Scott, WWF wrestler, Asbury Park Blair, Colonel William R., obituary, inventor of Radar, Fair Haven Blair, Jeanette, obituary, historian and ex-newspaper editor, Upper Freehold Township Blum, Howard, author, Middletown Borden, Bertram, philanthropist, Rumson Boglioli, Wendy, Olympic swimmer, Ocean Township Bon Jovi, Jon, rock musician, Jersey Shore Boudinot, Elias, 18th century lawyer, Elizabethtown Bowman, Chet, Olympic athlete, West Long Branch Bradley, James A., founder of Asbury Park, Asbury Park Bradley, Joseph, Supreme Court Justice, Newark Brady, Ray, CBS business correspondent, Long Branch Brennan, William, Supreme Court Justice, Rumson Briscese, Michael, umpire, Keyport Brown, Mary, nursing school chief and 1st black woman to earn Rutgers MBA, Palm Coast Brown, Jacob, 100-year-old World War I Army veteran, Fair Haven Brown, Tom, Tom Brown’s Tracker School and author, Beachwood Bruckner, Anton, composer whose music was performed by the Monmouth Civic Chorus Burtnick, Glen, rock musician, Jersey Shore Bush, Lesley, Olympic diver, Princeton Butterworth, John, obituary, Hotline developer, Freehold Township Bynum, Ethel, Sojourner Truth Award recipient, Long Branch

Canfield, William Newton, cartoonist, East Orange Caldwell, Rev. James, noted patriot clergyman, Springfield Caras, Peter, artist, Middletown Carey, Edna, 100-year-old, Neptune Carlock, Thomas, bird sculptor, Fair Haven Carmona, Hector E., obituary, U.S. equestrian coach, Freehold Township Cash, Johnny, country musician, Asbury Park Catelli, Theodore, obituary, headed photography of 1st A-bomb, Little Silver Chasan, Augusta, first female firefighter in the state, Roosevelt Cheslock, Eugene, oncologist, American Cancer Society’s Physician of the Year 1997, Red Bank Cheung Family, creators of award winning origami, Freehold Township Chung, Connie, TV anchor news announcer, Middletown Township Church, Chris Nicolson, obituary, among first to achieve human powered flight, Red Bank Clark, Patrick, obituary, renowned chef, Plainsboro Township Clemente, Dan, tap dancer, Middletown Cole, Frank, obituary, designed Iwo Jima Memorial in Washington, DC, Interlaken Collins, James F. and Susan, history fans built 1690 Bow House, Freehold Township Considine, Bob, journalist, Allenhurst Constantinou, Clay, U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg, Colts Neck Township Cook, Cheryl, Chairman, Freehold Township Historic Preservation Commission Cook, George Hammell, educator, geologist, and agriculturist, Morris County Coriell, Dr. Lewis, obituary, medical research pioneer, Camden Cornelious, Shirley, singer, performed at Metropolitan Opera, Neptune Cotton, Dan, student, helped stop illegal destruction in Belize rain forest, Ocean Grove Cousins, Norman, obituary, author and editor, Union Hill Cowart, Samuel Craig, unpublished autobiography found, Freehold Coy, Niurka, engineer, Marlboro Crisafulli, Blanche, lends helping hand to seniors, Lacey Cuomo, Frank and Marie, most dedicated people in Millstone Township

D’Alessio, Gregory, on cover of Newsweek at age 6, Lincroft D’Ambrosio, Paul, Editor, Asbury Park Press, winner, Freedom of Information Award, Asbury Park Dancer, Vernon, obituary, harness racing figure, New Egypt Danevic, Nena, Editor of “Amadeus,” gets Oscar nomination, Middletown Davis, Lillian C. Uslie, Citizen Ambassador to China, Allentown Dawkins, Darryl, former NBA center, Freehold De Lue, Donald, sculptor, Leonardo Dengrove, Ida Libby, painter, Neptune DeRogatis, Albert J., obituary, former New York Giants player, Spring Lake Devito, Danny, actor, Asbury Park Devenny, Carolyn, eighth grade science team winner, Upper Freehold Dicke, Robert, obituary, noted astrophysicist, Princeton Dickerson, Walter E, obituary, master carpenter, Brick DiNero, Christopher, 12-year-old, spoke at United Nations on the environment, Long Branch Di Pierro, Pietro, obituary, caddy and groundskeeper for Rockefeller, Toms River Doby, Larry, first black player, American League, Paterson Domareki, Joseph T., obituary, noted teacher, Monmouth Beach Donnelly, Gayle, Public Works Director, Roosevelt Donowitz, Frances Entin, obituary, founding President, Friends of the Library, Freehold Dubel, James and Barbara, classic car collectors, Shrewsbury Dunlevy, Marion, tried as a “common scold” twenty years ago, Middletown Dziedzic, Joseph, Bell Lab retiree wins prize, Holmdel

Ecks, Kevin, eighth grade team winner for environmental learning, Upper Freehold Eddie, John, musician, Jersey Shore Eid, Joseph, writes historical series, Brick Eidelsberg, Stella Grossman, obituary, owner, Grossman Shoe Store, Asbury Park Erickson, Gustav, obituary, helped build power supply for the first U.S. Space satellite, Middletown Evanovich, Janet, bestselling author, South River Evers, Frank, editorial cartoonist, New York Daily News, Brick Township

Falconio, Cathy, weightlifter, Chester, PA Farlow, Tal, jazz musician, Shrewsbury River Fay, Charles and Grace, sues Yankee pitcher over automobile accident, Freehold Fcasni, Scott, 14-year-old begins Internet service WebPro2000, Freehold Feinberg, Dr. Harry, obituary, physician for 49 years, Long Branch Fitch, John, inventor of steamboat, Trenton Fitzgerald, Kevin, Navy Petty Officer wins military awards for rescues, Middletown Flaherty, Harry, former NFL player, Red Bank Forrest, Frederick, obituary, founding member, First Unitarian Church of Monmouth County, Tinton Falls Foster, Rev. Andrew L. Jr., Reverend at the Shrewsbury Avenue A.M.E. Zion Church, Red Bank Francis, Connie, singer, Newark Francis, Joseph, inventor of the metal life boat and life car, Toms River Frenkiel, Richard H, awarded the National Medal of Technology, Manalapan Foderaro, Sal J., obituary, encyclopedia editor, Little Silver Fouklard, Andrew, 1994 winner of the Texas Outstanding Paramedic of the Year Award, Hazlet Fowler, Samuel, convinced Congress to specify “New Jersey Red Oxide Zinc,” Franklin Freck, Bill, recorded the names of Civil War veterans buried in New Jersey, Ocean Grove Furman, Beliza Ann, author and volunteer for several charities and Republican Party, Rumson

Gamble, Bill, teacher for thirty years in the Freehold Regional School District, Freehold Garcia, Eduardo, Executive Director, Monmouth County Arts Council, Monmouth County Garis, Howard R, author, books about Bobbsey Twins, Motor Boys, Tom Swift, Uncle Wiggly Longears, Verona Gary, Jim, dinosaur sculptor, Farmingdale Gehlhaus, Henry, owner, Keansburg Amusement Park, Keansburg Gentile, Dr Dominick, obituary, pioneer in renal medicine, Asbury Park Gershwin, George, composer, Upper West Side/ Middletown Ghigliotti, Marilyn, co-star, movie “Clerks,” Marlboro Gibson, Althea, New Jersey Athletic Commissioner, Newark Gilman, Kay, author, Rumson Gleason, Erin, speed skater, Jackson Ginsberg, Allen, obituary, poet laureate of the Beat Generation, New York Gottschalk, Louis Moreau, first American composer to achieve international acclaim, Red Bank Goad, David, one of the top two technology students in the state, Howell Guarnieri, Johnny, obituary, jazz pianist, Livingston Gould, Jay, Wall Street financier, Lakewood Gould, William B. IV, Chairman, National Labor Relations Board, Long Branch Gray, Ignatius M, helped rescue passengers from the burning Morro Castle, Manasquan Green, Hetty, “Witch of Wall Street,” Hoboken Guthorn, Dr. Peter, retired surgeon, Brielle Guzmich, Ernest P, obituary, worked for Bell Laboratories for more than 47 years, Holmdel

Hale, Doris, daughter of Olympic runner Johnny Hayes, Spring Lake Heights Hall, Kathleen, an independent arts consultant, Red Bank Hammer, Armand, businessman, raised Angus cattle, Middletown Hankins, Charles, boat builder, Lavallette Harding, Laura, obituary, President, Monmouth County Organization for Social Service, Holmdel Township Gottwald, Betsy, descendant of Declaration of Independence signer Thomas Nelson, Jr, Colts Neck Township Harper, Stan, harmonica player performing at Carnegie Recital Hall, Allenhurst Harwood Brothers, invented pince-nez blinders for chickens, Howell Township Heaney, Jennifer, first woman to serve as a member of the Freehold Fire Department, Freehold Heath, Bertha C., obituary, nursing educator and benefactor of African-American studies and culture, Middletown Township Heimbold, J. Sr., obituary, supervisor of sales, Federal Wine and Liquor Co., Monmouth Beach Heinrichs, Gus, boat builder, Stafford Hall, William R, Deputy Inspector, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department at the bus terminal in midtown Manhattan, Manalapan Township Hess, Leon, Jets owner, Hempstead Hill, Lauryn, singer, Newark Hill, Murray, building farm for unwanted elephants, Colts Neck Hobart, Garret, Vice President of the United States (1897-1899), West Long Branch Hoffman, Julian, “Man of the Year” award from Temple Beth El, Ocean Township Holley, Carlton D., started his own shopping service, Middletown Township Hopkins, Crisantema, helps Mexican immigrants, Neptune Horowitz, Lucille R, teacher of boating safety classes, Allenhurst Huddy, Joshua, Captain, hung in Atlantic Highlands by British loyalists, Colts Neck Husserl, Dennis B, obituary, author of For Lucre and Honor, Ocean Township

Ian, Janis, singer songwriter, Monmouth County Islen, Philip H, President of the Jets and race track, Oceanport

Kenner-Jackson, Doris, obituary, singer in the Shirelles, Sacramento Jarecki, Carol, arbiter in the Garry Kasparov and Deep Blue chess match, Monmouth County Jargowsky, Lester W, started county public health department in 1978, Marlboro Jaroff, Serge, obituary, chorus founder, Lakewood Johnson, Anthony, American Physical Society’s Edward A. Bouchet Award winner, Freehold Township Johnson, Hannah Lyons, author, Little Silver Johnson, Khi, 6-year-old Tommy Hilfiger Model, Ocean Grove Johnson, Mae Brown, obituary, one of the world famous Pony Dancers at the Cotton Club and the Savoy Ballroom in New York, Fair Haven Jones, Jeffrey, obituary, Court Jester restaurateur, Freehold Township

Kampf, Heather, model, Long Branch Kasten, Stan, President of the Atlanta Braves and Atlanta Hawks, Howell Kean, Tom, Governor of New Jersey, Cherry Hill Keller, Jeff, actor, Rumson Khurana, Ashish, Marketing Representative, Marlboro Kiefer, Richard A., obituary, steel engraver and tool and die maker, Ocean Township Kiefer, William C., obituary, founder of Bel-Ray Co., Inc., Normandy Beach, Dover Township Killeen, Kyle, helps others despite his own adversity, Keyport Killian, Bob, Clearwater Festival Founder, Atlantic Highlands Kirby, Gloria, a fixture in Freehold eating establishments for over 50 years, Freehold Knapp, Steven, obituary, artist who designed the largest mural in the world in Paramus NJ, Guildford, England Kollock, Shepard, printer who supported the American Revolution, Chatham Koprowski, William, obituary, concert pianist, Lakewood Korbut, Olga, Olympic gymnast, Folsom Kossatz, Mary, winner of the Distinguished Service to New Jersey Agriculture Award, Upper Freehold Township Kovacs, Ernie, comedian, Trenton Kroesen, Gen. F. J., one of three neighbors to rise from private to general, Lawrence Township Krone, Julie, first female jockey to win Triple Crown race, Colts Neck Kronenberg, Stanley, obituary, Fort Monmouth physicist, Skillman Kunkel, Bill, late umpire, friends’ group propose memorial building dedicated to him, Middletown Township Kunz, Sandra, local artist, Colts Neck Township Kuzminczuk, Linda, discovered The Crawling Dark was a plagiarism of Phantoms, Howell Township

Labrecque, Thomas, CEO, Chase Manhattan Bank, Fair Haven LaMura, Mark, actor, Morganville Landau, Jacob, artist, Roosevelt Land, Edwin, founded Polaroid, Rumson Lang, Jeffrey, plays the French horn in Orchestra in Israel, Wall Township Leete, Stephen, electronics engineer at the Goddard Space Flight Center, Freehold LeRoy, Warner, obituary, founder of Great Adventure Theme Park and Safari, Jackson Levas, Michael, inventor of Casino Nose, East Brunswick Township Levenson, Richard, ham radio operator, Manalapan Lewis, George Q., writer and founder of humor group, Long Branch Lichtman, Dr. Ben, dentist, Millstone Lindley, Helen Taylor, obituary, editor for leading authors, Manasquan List, George “Hoby,” club maker, Manalapan Township Logan, William, Jr., defended the Marquis Koichi Kido, was decorated by the Emperor of Japan, New Brunswick Lombardi, Vince, NFL coach, Middletown Township Lovejoy, Madelyn D., President of Lovejoy’s College Guide, Middletown Lubkert, Adeline H., Chairman of the Board of Recreation Commissioners, Monmouth County Lyon, Gabrielle, discovered a new dinosaur species, Hillsdale

MacCracken, Calvin, obituary, New Jersey inventor, Hanover Mackenzie, Dr. Robert A., reader of the Asbury Park Press for 71 years, Toms River Mailer, Norman, author, Long Branch Mammel, Samuel, concert pianist, Holmdel March, John Starr, postal clerk on the Titanic to be honored with special headstone, Hillside Marruci, Phillip E., chief scientist for 30 years at the Rutgers University research center in Woodland Martin, Betsy, publisher of Money Magazine, Spring Lake Mastrogiovanni, Amanda, appeared on “The Rosie O’Donnell Show” at age seven and wants to be a talk show host, Manalapan Mazzucco, Benedict Peter, obituary, architectural engineer, Millstone Township McAfee, Walter, top scientist at the U.S. Army Electronics and Development Command, Fort Monmouth McCarty, Peter, children’s book author, Middletown McGinty, Roland “Firp,” winner of Mayor’s Lifetime Achievement Award, Ocean Township McKay, Lenora Walker, historian and publisher of The Blacks of Monmouth County, Neptune McNeill, Anna M, poet laureate of Monmouth County, Highlands Meltzoff, Stanley, artist and illustrator, Fair Haven Merrifield, R. Bruce, professor, Nobel Prize winner in chemistry, Cresskill Metz, David, bicycle collector, Freehold Township Meyer, Irving L., obituary, self-employed certified public accountant, Tinton Falls Miles, Ann Pette, obituary, Postmaster/Clerk, Colts Neck Post Office and professional genealogist, Colts Neck Millines, Trish, Microsoft Millionaire who brings computer training to Seattle children, Belmar Mills, Sam, NFL player, Long Branch Mirabella, Grace, head of Mirabella magazine, Avon Mitchell, Maggie, Nineteenth Century actress, Long Branch Montefusco, Gary, bike rider, Sandy Hook Moore, Alan, local author, Shrewsbury Moore, Dudley, actor, Plainfield Moore, William Michael, paramedic rescuer, Red Bank Morris, Robert J., obituary, attorney, author, and university president, Mantoloking Motley, Constance B., U.S. District Judge for southern NJ, first African American woman to sit on the Federal bench, New Haven Mulheren, Michael, actor and Tony award nominee, Red Bank Muniz, Ralph, amateur boxing referee, Millstone Township

Napier, David, fire truck collector, Howell Narozanick, Theodore J., Freeholder, Freehold Nast, Thomas, illustrator, Morristown Neel, Alice, painter, Spring Lake Newell, William Augustus, doctor, congressman, NJ governor, founder of the U.S. Life Saving Service, farmer, inspector, prominent churchman, historian and writer, Allentown Newman, Evan, actor, Marlboro Nicholson, Jack, actor, Neptune Nicolson, Chris, obituary, one of the first to achieve human-powered flight, Monmouth County Norman, Norma, working for the same company for 61 years, Red Bank

Olsen, Bernard A., history teacher and writer, Marlboro O’Neal, Shaquille, NBA player, Jersey City, Bayonne, and Eatontown Ord, Helen, obituary, secretary to Thomas Edison and also worked for Albert Einstein, Manasquan Otterson, Irene, former teacher turns 100 years old, Cream Ridge

Palaia, Joseph A., Senator, inducted into the Neptune High Hall of Fame, Neptune Palmer, Elizabeth and Taylor, she is a historian and he is a retired livestock dealer, celebrated 71st wedding anniversary, Englishtown Palmer, Taylor Jr., third generation farmer, Manalapan Parcells, Bill, NFL coach, East Rutherford Parker, Dorothy, writer, Long Branch Pasteur, Louis, pioneer in pasteurization and vaccinations Paterson, William, Supreme Court Justice, Princeton Paul, Alice, led nationwide nonviolent civil disobedience movement that won women the vote, Mount Laurel Township Paul, Les, inventor of the solid-body electric guitar, Mahwah Perry, Francis, guitarist, Fair Haven Peterson, Thomas Mundy, first African American to vote, Perth Amboy Petillo, Phillip J., guitar maker, Ocean Township Pezzutti, Santo, artist, Red Bank Philmus, Kenneth P., Manager, Port Authority Bus Terminal, Matawan Pinsky, Robert, Poet Laureate, Long Branch Pitcher, Molly, Revolutionary War heroine, PA Pitney, Mahlon, Supreme Court Justice, Morristown Pohl, Frederik, science fiction laureate, River Plaza Piscopo, Joe, comedian, Bloomfield Potter, Margaret, singer, Asbury Park Potter, William III, raiser of livestock chosen 4-H Club Alumnus of the Year, Middletown Township Prestopino, Gregorio, artist, Roosevelt Pye, Mort, obituary, former Star-Ledger editor, Newark Pyhrr, Peter A., author, Middletown

Randi, James, magician, writer, lecturer and recipient of MacArthur Foundation “genius” award, Rumson Rea, Stephen, actor playing Bruno Richard Hauptmann convicted murderer of the Charles Lindbergh’s 20-month-old son, Flemington Reade, Leonard J., obituary, retired Chairman of the Board and Secretary of Reade Manufacturing Co., Middletown Township Reagor, Barbara, Executive Director, Bellcore’s Disaster Management Services, Middletown Township Remine, David, Chairman, Mensa, Manalapan Township Reynolds, Emil G., photographer, Long Branch Rice, Dan, Uncle Sam modeled after him, West Long Branch Riddle, Nelson, Pop music arranger, Rumson Riley, Lottie, 85-year-old grandmother shares her memories of the past, also helps to build the future, Eatontown Ritchie, Adam, Eagle Scout, helped to refurbish a historic schoolhouse on Wemrock Road, Freehold Township Rivera, Geraldo, television host, Middletown Township Rivers, Amber, one of four sixth graders traveling to University of Michigan in Ann Arbor to compete as a team in the Future Problem Solvers Program International Conference, Freehold Rizzuto, Phil, former Yankee shortstop, Ocean Township Robeson, Paul, All American football player, world-renowned actor, singer and civil rights activist, Middletown Township Robinson, Carole and Paul, established the United Black Families of Freehold Township Robinson, Rev. Dr. Donald P. II, spiritual leader of the Sixth Street Baptist Church, Lakewood Rockefeller, John W. Jr., obituary, perfected the main stabilizer spring for the Norden bomb sight, Asbury Park Roma, Bob, basketball player, Princeton University, Princeton Romais, Miriam, photographer, Middletown Township Rosenbaum, Joel, collector of train schedules, train photographs, and other train memorabilia, Eatontown Rosenzweig, Helen Sternlicht Jonas, Holocaust survivor of the Placzow labor camp and maid for Commandant Amon Goeth, Colts Neck Township Ross, E. Burke Jr, owner of WADB, 95.9 FM, and WDHA, 105.5, two roller hockey teams and an Arena Football League team, Bernardsville Rummel, Glenna, Salvation Army Major, Asbury Park Ryan, Tim, violinist, Little Silver

Sagan, Carl, author, Rahway Sambandan, Priya, dancer, Holmdel Sarandon, Susan, actress, Edison Saxton, Ward, actor, Monmouth Beach Schekeryk, Melanie Safka, singer, Monmouth Schmidt, Chuck, 84-year-old becomes an Eagle Scout, Freehold Township Schwarzkopf, Gen. Norman, Army General, Sea Girt Sciscione, Joe, 10-year-old wins contest to name a star, Freehold Township Schlossbach, Navy Lt. Cmdr. Isaac, inducted into the Aviation Hall of Fame & Museum, Neptune Scott, Joseph D. “Jay,” obituary, journalist and public relations professional who represented Bob Hope, Arthur Treacher, Bette Davis, Brian Donlevy and Doris Day, Sea Girt Seaman, Harold “Pappy,” boat maker, Long Branch Seeman, Bernard and Arthur, owners of The Marketplace, Matawan Segal, George, sculptor, South Brunswick Township Sensi, Pedro, obituary, owner and operator of Sensi’s Market, Allentown Septee, Moe, obituary, classical music, rock and theatrical producer and music promoter, Asbury Park Shahn, Bernarda, artist, Roosevelt Shahn, Ben, artist, Roosevelt Sheehan, George, Doctor, runner, and columnist, Red Bank Shine, John, musician, Shrewsbury Shostak, Kimberly, 23-year-old becomes paid member of the Howell Township’s Southard Fire Department, Howell Township Sikora, Andrew F., obituary, golf professional, Lincroft Simon, Paul, musician, New York Simon, William, “Energy Czar” noted for easing public fears during the 1970s oil crisis, Paterson Simons, Michael R., photographer of burial sites, Middletown Sinatra, Frank, singer, Hoboken Sinclair, Upton, author, Princeton Township Skinner, Val, golfer with a crusade to raise funds for breast-cancer awareness, Bay Head Skye, Dan, music producer and owner of Skylab Recording, Roosevelt Smiley, Joy Peto, runs a bed and breakfast and museum with art created by her grandfather John Frederick Peto, Island Heights Smith, Ann Woods, former gymnast inducted into the Jersey Shore Hall of Fame, Red Bank Smith, David L., computer virus creator found guilty in landmark cyber-vandalism case, Aberdeen Smith, Heather, U.S. Vice Consul stationed in China, Freehold Smith, Kevin, filmmaker, Red Bank Smith, Oberlin, father of magnetic recording, Bridgeton Smith, Tony, sculptor, Orange Smith, William M, obituary, prominent educator, Ocean Grove Somma, Eugene, Teacher of the Year in Monmouth County, Long Branch Southside Johnny, musician, Asbury Park Spillane, Mickey, author, Elizabeth Spitzer, Lyman, obituary, creator of the Hubble Space Telescope, Trenton Springsteen, Bruce, rock musician, Asbury Park Stamaty, Mark Alan, writer and illustrator of children’s books Stamaty, Stanley, obituary, artist and cartoonist, Elberon Stanley, Mrs. Robert C. Jr., Chairman of Public Relations and Development, MCOSS Family Health and Nursing Service, Monmouth County Stavola, Michael J., obituary, founder of the Stavola Contracting Co., Middletown Stempel, Robert C., ex-GM Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Trenton Stephenson, Father Alphonse, priest, Spring Lake Stephenson, W.H., obituary, international manufacturer of lifesaving and safety equipment, Highlands Stern, Vanessa, one of two fifth-graders to ask Miep Gies questions on an America Online Scholastic Network program, Upper Freehold Stewart, Jimmy, actor, decorated war veteran, Princeton Stone, David, theatrical producer, Marlboro Stoppiello, Carmen M, obituary, Monmouth County Freeholder and Mayor of Union Beach Stout, Penelope, first white woman to visit Jersey Shore, Middletown Township Sweeney, Beth, third Deputy Chief at fire company, Union Beach, about to become first female Fire Chief Switlik, Richard Sr., inducted into New Jersey Aviation Hall of Fame for his work with the parachute, Trenton Symmes, John Cleves, astrophysicist and would be explorer developed the idea of “Concentric Spheres and Polar Voids,” Sussex County Syms, Marcy, retailing executive, West Long Branch

Talarico, Vinnie, musician, Red Bank Tamara, St, illustrator, Tinton Falls Tchin, Native American storyteller, Millstone Tellone, Albie, musician, Oakhurst Thornton, Yvonne S, Dr., obstetrician and author of The Ditchdigger’s Daughter: A Black Family’s Astonishing Success Story, Long Branch Thompson, Geraldine L., philanthropist, creator of Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey, also helped create Island Beach State Park and tuberculosis hospital in Wall Township Tilton, Ira, historian, Freehold Timpanaro, Victor C., expert in art restoration, Ocean Township Toland, John, author, Red Bank Tonti, D. Louis, obituary, long time Director, New Jersey Highway Authority, Holmdel Township Truncer, Joseph J., former acting assistant chief of the State Park Service, honored by Friends of the Monmouth Battlefield for preserving battleground, Allentown Tucker, Tommy, obituary, big band leader and Monmouth College music professor, Ocean Township Tyler, Audrey Patterson, obituary, first black woman to win Olympic Medal, San Diego

Unkert, Paul, guitar builder, Toms River Uram, Dr. Martin, ophthalmologist, Tinton Falls

Valentin, John, player for Boston Red Sox, Middletown Vamvakas, Thalia, soprano, Red Bank Van Dyke, Sandra, teacher and drama director, Manalapan High School, added to Wall of Fame Van Note, Frank, recipient of the State 4-H Volunteer Recognition Award, Freehold Van Zandt, Billy, comedian, Rumson Vernell, Emma, first female fire fighter, Red Bank Vidal, Eduardo, provides free medical care for special needs kids, Freehold Township Villapiano, Phil, NFL player, Ocean Township Vinik, Jeff, runs country’s largest mutual fund, Fidelity Magellan, Long Branch Vogel, Norm, head, New Jersey chapters of Witches Against Religious Discrimination and the Witches Anti-Discrimination Lobby, Bound Brook Voorhees, Donald, artist, Atlantic Highlands

Wagner, David, computer whiz who found software flaw, Rumson Waite, Armory H. ‘Bud,’ veteran of 11 expeditions to the Antarctic and one of trio to save Rear Adm. Richard E. Byrd, Oceanport Waksman, Dr. Selman A., world-renowned scientist whose discovery of Streptomycin and other life-saving antibiotics brought fame and fortune to Rutgers, New Brunswick Walczak, Fred John, PFC, was in Joe Rosenthal’s famous photo of Easy Company, 28th Marine Patrol raising American flag on Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, Manalapan Walker, Joseph R., first and only Police Chief, Marlboro Township, Marlboro Township Washington, George, first President of the United States, stayed in Morristown with his Continental Army after victories in Trenton and Princeton Watson, George, veteran of the World War II Tuskegee Airmen, Lakewood Weber, Steven, A., 1st Lt. in Army, began collecting donations of school supplies and clothing for Bosnian children, Point Pleasant Beach Wehran, Fred L., obituary, Aviation Pioneer, Mahwah Weiner, Peggy and Tex, New Jersey philanthropists fund projects in Jerusalem, Interlaken Welch, Barney, 79-year-old partially disabled caretaker at horse farm has assembled a group of volunteers to sort and transport eight tons of donated food per week, Middletown Wellstood, Dick, obituary, jazz pianist, Sea Girt Werner, Jean Jacques, obituary, technology pioneer, Holmdel West, Art Jr., farmer, Allentown Westerman, Dr. S. Thomas, inventor, Alcohol Drug Motorsensory Impairment Test, New Brunswick Whalley, Beth, Christian folk singer, Fair Haven Whitall, Ann, refused to leave her home during the Revolutionary War and instead went to her bedroom and used her spinning wheel while fighting went on around her, Red Bank White, Augusta, obituary, co-writer of cowboy songs with her husband such as “Get Along, Little Dogie,” Chatham White, Elizabeth, cultivator of blueberries, Pine Barrens White, Willard T., has been putting messages in bottles and out to sea for over 30 years in hopes beachcombers will find them, Jackson Township Wichansky, Paul Stuart, graduate student at Rutgers University and part time motivational speaker who has cerebral palsy and an associated hearing impairment, Freehold Township Wilcox, Patrick, actor, Howell Township Wilentz, Robert, esteemed Middlesex County lawyer, Chief Justice, and state legislator, Deal Williams, Brian, television news anchor and correspondent, Middletown Township Williams, Garth, obituary, illustrator, Mexico City Williamson, Ken, Olympic officiator, Long Branch Wilson, Woodrow, New Jersey Governor and President of the United States, Sea Girt Wilson, Robert W., scientist, studying origins of the universe from South Pole, Holmdel Township Woodhull, Nancy, journalist, Matawan Woodruff, Burton H, Major, U.S. Army, obituary, pilot during World War II and helicopter pilot for New York Police Department, Marlboro Woods, Lauren K III, Monmouth University renamed theater after this professor, West Long Branch Woollcott, Alexander, one of the highest-paid and best known literary critics, Colts Neck Wright, Al, jazz drummer and cellist, Red Bank Wright, Patience Lovell, sculptor, Bordentown Wrobleski, Emma Thompson, obituary, mother and grandmother, Freehold

Yacowitz, Dan, 16-year-old chef, Shrewsbury Yervis, Dennis, bartender, Red Bank

Zec, Reverend John, model train collector and author, Railroads of New Jersey, Deal Ziegler, Hans K., Dr., obituary, Army scientist and space pioneer, Neptune Zion, Robert, obituary, landscape architect, Upper Freehold Zimmerman, Rosemary Theresa Kelly, obituary, Reference Librarian, Middletown Township Public Library, Red Bank