Famous Residents of Millburn/Short Hills archived

Perhaps some of the names I found thus far will jog a memory or two:

Will Bradley -- Illustrator, printer, master of American Art Nouveau
Clinton Davisson -- Winner of Nobel Prize for Physics
Dave Fern -- Partner and founder of A&P
Jimmie Foxx -- Baseball Hall of Famer
A. Oakey Hall -- Infamous mayor of NY in the Tammany reign
Bishop John Henry Hobart -- Early bishop of the diocese of NY
John Wesley Hyatt -- Inventor of celluloid
Frank B Jewett -- Bell Labs president 1925-1940
Walter Johnson -- 1936 Baseball Hall of Famer
Mervin J Kelly -- Bell Labs president 1951-59, then director of Bausch & Lomb
Gustave Kobbe -- Author of opera and travel books
Van Dearing Perrine -- Impressionist landscape painter
William Whetten Renwick -- Artist, architect, landscape designer
Norman Schwartzkopf Sr -- Father of the general of the same name and first supt of NJ State Police
Arthur T Vanderbilt -- Chief justice of the NJ State Supreme Court
Thomas Watson -- founder of IBM

I have names of other somewhat lesser-known artists, athletes, authors, etc. Can you add any?

I just typed in a list....but it was for South Orange/Maplewood! oops.....

Mr Hartshorn, founder of that roller shade company, must have been pretty famous given all the things around town with his name on it...............

Also Charles P Day -- the Donald Trump of his era 1900- 1940-- Greenwood gardens can give you all the background on him. And his neighbor Renwick who was his landscape architect.

Have you read the historical Society books on the history of the town ? best place to start.

Actually, I believe it was Joseph P. Day (Charles is his son). Also, I believe one of the founders of Bed, Bath, and Beyond lived or still lives here. Didn't Martin Scorcese live here at some point? Also:
Peter Van Sant, correspondent for ABC News
Anne Hathaway, actress, star of "The Princess Diaries" and "The Devil Wears Prada"
Faith Hochman, former federal judge
Norbert Leo Butz, winner of tony award two years ago (lived here for a few years, now lives in Maplewood)
Nicholas Dawes, antiques dealer and long-time appraiser on "Antiques Road Show"
Dr. Victor Parsonnet, pioneering heart surgeon

Given MSH is one of the premier addresses in New Jersey it isn't surprising a lot of business executives, etc. have lived there at one time or another. You might look at famous people who grew up in MHS, as opposed to just living there. To be honest on the list you posted the only names that really float my boat are Fox, Johnson and Watson. The rest are your run of the mill millionaires. :bigsmile:

Thank you all for the additional suggestions for the list -- and to kmk for the effort! I actually had many of them on the list, but didn't want to run on and on with too many names here. While I didn't know about Van Sant or Butz, someone else recently reminded me of Hochberg, Dawes, and Parsonnet and I am saving them all for another list. For this list I need the names of people who are deceased. My husband had an idea today and Googled the words "born in Millburn," "born in Short Hills," "lived in Millburn," "lived in Short Hills," "died in Millburn," and "died in Short Hills" and came up with a load of names. Many of them, as bobk mentioned, are financial gurus. Among them, though, we also found famous photographers, olympians, musicians, ... AND ... Scott Levy, aka RAVEN, an Extreme Championship Wrestling pro wrestler! They run the gamut ...

Oh, and there was Lorenzo Borghese, the "latest meat puppet" (according to the online US Magazine) on The Bachelor. I am pretty sure he is not deceased :smile:

Barbara BelGeddes, actress, lived in Wyoming section of town.

Marc Lappe, class of '60.

Rumor has it that as teenagers, the actresses Meryll Streep and Valerie Harper both lived in Millburn and attended Millburn HS.

Anne Hathaway (Princess Diaries, Devil Wears Prada, Brokeback Mtn.) graduated from Millburn High.

Michael Chertoff, the Homeland Security Secretary, I believe used to live in Short Hills when he was US Attorney and a federal judge.

I always thought that Meryl was a Summit girl.

according to www.imdb.com , Meryl Streep was born in Summit, NJ, but graduated from Bernards HS. Also " She attended Harding Township Middle School, in Harding, New Jersey for 1 or 2 years"

Martin Scorcese lived in Short Hills.

Here are some 'noted residents' if you scroll down the page here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millburn_Township%2C_New_Jersey

Wow! Thank you all again _very much_ for your additional suggestions! I am writing them down as soon as I see your posts. Thank you for the terrific help.

Victoria Principal

Also it's Faith Hochberg former US Attorney now a federal Judge

Two more 'noted residents' in addition to the previously mentioned Anne Hathaway are listed here (again scroll down the page to where it lists 'noted residents').


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_Hills%2C_New_Jersey

Thank you again for all your suggestions! From a 1942 magazine about the community I found also:

-- J. Andre Foulihoux, architect of Radio City
-- Harold Burris Meyer, invented the "sounding board" that enables a singer ot hear his or her voice exactly as it sounds to the audience
-- Frederick R. Colie, former justice of the NJ Supreme Court
-- Julia Terry, founder of New Eyes for the Needy

I also learned of:

-- George Sternweiss, Yankee second baseman
-- George Weiss, Yankee general manager
-- General Courtney Hodges, first Army commander involved in the Battle of the Bulge
-- Edward Dufner, renowned artist
-- Brendan Byrne, former governor of NJ