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==Notable people== {{Category see also|People from Edgewater Park, New Jersey}} People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Edgewater Park include: * [[Diane Allen]] (born 1948), former television anchor who served in the [[New Jersey Senate]] from 1998 to 2018<ref>Staff. [https://archive.today/20131125210729/http://www.burlingtoncountytimes.com/news/communities/edgewater-park/diane-allen-votes/image_4e9e3665-7f3a-5da0-a3df-6c46ac7b2f69.html "Diane Allen votes"], ''[[Burlington County Times]]'', November 8, 2011. Accessed January 11, 2021. "Incumbent 7th District Senator Diane Allen signs in to vote on Tuesday morning at the Mogowan School in Edgewater Park. Allen, a Republican, has served in the Senate since 1998."</ref><ref>Whittaker, Celeste E. [https://www.courierpostonline.com/story/news/2017/01/31/sen-diane-allen-retire-end-legislative-term/97291286/ "Sen. Diane Allen to retire at end of legislative term"], ''[[Courier-Post]]'', January 31, 2017. Accessed January 11, 2021. "Allen, who resides with her husband in Edgewater Park, said there are many important pieces of legislation that need to be passed this year 'as well as wrongs that need to be set right. I look forward to working with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, as usual, to try to accomplish these goals.'"</ref> * [[Aimee Belgard]] (born 1974), member of the Burlington County Board of Chosen Freeholders since her election in 2012 who served on the Edgewater Park Township Committee from 2012 until she took office as freeholder in 2013<ref>[http://www.co.burlington.nj.us/upload/Freeholders/Images/ABBio.pdf Aimee Belgard] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003010124/http://www.co.burlington.nj.us/upload/Freeholders/Images/ABBio.pdf |date=October 3, 2013 }}, Burlington County, New Jersey. Accessed November 25, 2013. "A resident of Edgewater Park for over a decade, Aimee was named Edgewater Park's 'Citizen of the Year' in 2012. Aimee was an elected Township Committeewoman in her town from 2010-2013, serving as liaison to the Senior Citizen Advisory Committee and Planning Board."</ref> * [[Samuel C. Forker]] (1821β1900), Congressman who represented {{ushr|NJ|2}} from 1871 to 1873<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000274 Forker, Samuel Carr, (1821 - 1900)], ''[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]''. Accessed November 25, 2013.</ref><ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1900/02/13/archives/death-list-of-a-day-samuel-c-forker.html "Death List of a Day.; Samuel C. Forker."], ''[[The New York Times]]'', February 13, 1900. Accessed October 17, 2019. "Samuel C. Forker, who represented the Second Congressional District of New Jersey in the Forty-second Congress, died yesterday at his home in Edgewater Park, N. J.</ref> * [[Anthony Giacchino]] (born 1970), filmmaker and composer<ref>Coppock, Kristen. [http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/112-09112007-1405731.html "Filmmaker brings 'The Camden 28' to the nation's attention on PBS"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208135126/http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/112-09112007-1405731.html |date=December 8, 2008 }}, ''[[Burlington County Times]]'', September 11, 2007. Accessed May 19, 2008. "In a phone interview, the Edgewater Park native said that speaking with Doyle about the incident provided the inspiration to make a film."</ref> * [[Michael Giacchino]] (born 1967), soundtrack composer<ref>Burlingame, Jon. [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/07/movies/07burl.html "Michael Giacchino's Mission: Make the Old Music New"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', May 7, 2006. Accessed February 3, 2013. "The backyard for Mr. Giacchino, 38, was in Edgewater Park, N.J., where he grew up watching β and listening to β Hanna-Barbera cartoons, ''The A-Team'' and reruns of ''The Dick Van Dyke Show.''"</ref> * [[Edward Burd Grubb Jr.]] (1841β1913), Civil War General and United States Ambassador to Spain<ref>Johnston, Elma Lawson. [http://trentonhistory.org/His/Social.htm "A History of Trenton: Social and Fraternal Organizations"], Trenton Historical Society. Accessed July 15, 2008. "On May 1, 1894, the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of New Jersey was formed, and the first meeting to receive the charter and elect officers was held May 10, 1894, at the home of General Edward Burd Grubb, at Edgewater Park, N.J."</ref> * [[Carla Katz]] (born 1959), attorney who served as president of Local 1034 of the [[Communications Workers of America]] from 1999 until 2008, and received public notice for her relationship with [[Jon Corzine]], both before and during his term as [[Governor of New Jersey]]<ref>Reitmeyer, John; add Bodnar, jason. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BURB&p_multi=WBCB&p_theme=burb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10C0B053C3535568&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "Edgewater Park native at center of loan tempest DH: Carla A. Katz attended Burl. City High School"], ''[[Burlington County Times]]'', August 11, 2005. Accessed November 25, 2013. "A woman who grew up in Edgewater Park has found herself at the center of a political controversy, thanks to an expensive gift she accepted from a former boyfriend who happens to be running for governor. The name Carla A. Katz, a Burlington City High School graduate who now is president of a major labor union, is appearing in newspapers throughout the state this week."</ref> * [[Grover C. Richman Jr.]] (1911β1983), lawyer who served as [[U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey]] from 1951 to 1953 and as [[New Jersey Attorney General]] from 1954 to 1958<ref>Waggoner, Walter H. [https://www.nytimes.com/1983/05/07/obituaries/grover-c-richman-served-in-new-jersey-as-attorney-general.html "Grover C. Richman; Served In New Jersey As Attorney General"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', May 7, 1983. Accessed November 25, 2013. "Grover C. Richman Jr., New Jersey Attorney General from 1954 to 1958 and a former United States Attorney for New Jersey, died of a heart ailment yesterday at the Westchester division of New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center in White Plains. He was 71 years old and lived in Edgewater Park, N.J."</ref> * [[Barney Schultz]] (1926β2015), pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1955 to 1965<ref>Misselhorn, Lou. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BURB&p_multi=WBCB&p_theme=burb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10AEE400913AF7EC&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "Catching up with ...... Burlington City's Barney Schultz"], ''[[Burlington County Times]]'', June 12, 2005. Accessed February 3, 2013. "George Warren 'Barney' Schultz keeps some of his professional baseball keepsakes on display behind a television at his Edgewater Park home."</ref> * [[Charles B. Yates]] (1939β2000), politician who served in the [[New Jersey General Assembly]] from the [[New Jersey's 7th legislative district|7th Legislative District]] from 1972 to 1978 and in the [[New Jersey Senate]] from 1978 to 1982<ref>Kershaw, Sarah. [https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/10/nyregion/charles-b-yates-61-banker-and-ex-new-jersey-legislator.html "Charles B. Yates, 61, Banker And Ex-New Jersey Legislator"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', October 10, 2000. Accessed May 12, 2017. "Mr. Yates, a Democrat, was a state assemblyman from Edgewater Park, in southern New Jersey, from 1971 to 1977."</ref>
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