Editing Alpha, New Jersey (section)

==Notable people==
{{Category see also|People from Alpha, New Jersey}}
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Alpha include:

* [[Joe Buzas]] (1919–2003), Minor League Baseball executive who played one season with the [[New York Yankees]]<ref>Aaron, Mark Z. [https://books.google.com/books?id=fAryBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA284 ''Who's on First: Replacement Players in World War II''], p. 284. [[Society for American Baseball Research]], 2015. {{ISBN|9781933599908}}. Accessed April 27, 2015. "Joseph John Buzas was born on October 2, 1919, in Alpha, New Jersey, a small town near the Pennsylvania coal country."</ref>
* [[Hector A. Cafferata Jr.]] (1929–2016), [[United States Marine Corps|United States Marine]] who received the [[Medal of Honor]] for his actions at the [[Battle of Chosin Reservoir]] during the [[Korean War]]<ref>Rhodin, Tony. [https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/phillipsburg/2016/04/medal_of_honor_recipient_who_l.html "Medal of Honor recipient, who lived in Alpha, dies at 86"],''[[The Express-Times]]'', April 18, 2016, updated January 2, 2019. Accessed September 1, 2020. "Hector A. Cafferata Jr., 86, who lived for years in Alpha and owned a bar there, died Tuesday in Venice, Florida."</ref>
* [[Jack Orchulli]] (born 1946), politician<ref>Staff. [http://www.registercitizen.com/general-news/20100807/jack-orchulli "Jack Orchulli - Republican candidate for State Comptroller"], ''The Register Citizen'', August 7, 2010. Accessed April 27, 2015. "Coming from a modest blue-collar background, Jack was raised on East Main Street, in Alpha, New Jersey."</ref>
* [[Jennie Somogyi]] (born 1977/78), ballet dancer who joined the [[New York City Ballet]] in 1993, at age 15, became a principal dancer in 2000, and retired in 2015<ref>[[Dinitia Smith|Smith, Dinitia]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/1996/02/11/arts/dance-two-rising-stars-on-different-arcs.html "Dance; Two Rising Stars, On Different Arcs"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', February 11, 1996. Accessed January 3, 2021. "There is little in her background to make Ms. Somogyi a candidate for the role of classical ballerina. She was raised in Alpha, a small town in central New Jersey, where her father is a mechanic, her mother a receptionist."</ref>