Tenafly & New Jersey Notable Residents

One of the lesser known facts about New Jersey  is that the state  was and still is a home to some world famous personalities.  Glenn Miller who resided at the Cotswold home in Tenafly is only one of many notables to have come out of New Jersey.  President Woodrow Wilson pursued his interest in history and politics at the College of New Jersey, and later was elected Governor of New Jersey in 1910.

Tenafly Notable Resident Glenn Miller

In an effort to honor and commemorate the invaluable contributions of  notable New Jerseyans, the New Jersey Hall of  Fame was created in 2005.

An induction ceremony is held every spring in an Academy Awards style ..  The list of inductees is impressive: Buzz Aldrin, Clara Barton, Yogi Berra, Bill Bradley, Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Malcolm Forbes, Robert Wood Johnson II, Vince Lombardi, Toni Morrison, Norman Schwarzkopf, Frank Sinatra, Bruce Springsteen, Meryl Streep, Harriet Tubman, Bud Abbott. Lou Costello, Jon Bon Jovi, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Althea Gibson, Jerry Lewis, Guglielmo Marconi, Shaquille O’Neal, Phil Rizzuto, Paul Robeson, Carl Sagan, Walt Whitman, William Carlos Williams, Count Basie, Judy Blume, Justice William Brennan, Danny DeVito, Larry Doby, Michael Graves, Carl Lewis, Jack Nicholson, Alice Paul, Les Paul, Phillip Roth, Susan Sarandon, Wally Schirra, Frankie Valli and President Woodrow Wilson. The Class of 2011 will be inducted on Sunday, June 5 at NJPAC in Newark.