Editing Mountain Lakes, New Jersey (section)

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

* [[Frederick Walker Castle]] (1908–1944), general officer in the [[United States Army Air Forces]] during [[World War II]], and a recipient of the [[Medal of Honor]]<ref>[http://www.mtnlakes.org/Library/c-bio.htm Brigadier General Frederick Walker Castle]{{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928150248/http://www.mtnlakes.org/Library/c-bio.htm |date=September 28, 2007 }}, Mountain Lakes, New Jersey. Accessed August 19, 2007. "Brigadier General Castle was born October 14, 1908 at Fort McKinley, Manila, Philippines, during the first foreign service tour of his father, the late Colonel Benjamin Frederick Castle then in Tientsin, China, Washington, D.C., Paris, and finally in Mountain Lakes, NJ where the family resided for many years after World War I."</ref>
* [[Liz Claiborne]] (1929–2007), fashion designer and businesswoman who was the first woman to become chair and CEO of a Fortune 500 company<ref>Ortenberg, Art. [https://books.google.com/books?id=MS6_AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA25 ''Liz Claiborne: The Legend, The Woman''], p. 25. [[Rowman & Littlefield]], 2010. {{ISBN|9781589794948}}. Accessed April 17, 2023. "And then we moved to Mountain Lakes, New Jersey. That's down the road from Morristown. I did sort of go through primary and secondary schooling, though only until my sophomore year.... They all returned to the United States at the outbreak of the war; all three of the Claiborne children had attended Mountain Lakes High School in New Jersey. Liz, of the three, did not graduate."</ref>
* [[Mark Di Ionno]] (born 1956), journalist and writer<ref>Lusardi, Anthony. [https://www.newjerseyhills.com/the_citizen/news/mountain-lakes-author-will-read-sign-books-in-boonton/article_e06da5e9-4e30-5c08-a7e2-988e7aad73b5.html "Mountain Lakes author will read, sign books in Boonton"], ''The Citizen of Morris County'', July 16, 2018. Accessed November 29, 2020. "Mountain Lakes author Mark Di Ionno will bring his latest novel to Bobby’s News & Gifts store on Main Street at 7 p.m. on Thursday, July 19."</ref>
* [[Frederick Elmes]] (born 1946), cinematographer who won the [[Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography]] for ''[[Wild at Heart (film)|Wild at Heart]]'' and ''[[Night on Earth]]''<ref>[https://www.cameraguild.com/AboutUs/memberspotlightcustom/member-spotlight-fred-elmes.aspx Frederick Elmes, ASC], International Cinematographers Guild, May 8, 2004. Accessed January 11, 2015. "Frederick Elmes, ASC, was born and raised in Mountain Lakes, New Jersey."</ref>
* [[Richard M. Freeland]] (born 1941), President of [[Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts)|Northeastern University]] from 1996 to 2006<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927231236/http://www.tbf.org/tbfgen1.asp?id=1713 The Carol R. Goldberg Seminars: Steering Committee Biographies], [[The Boston Foundation]], backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of September 27, 2007. Accessed January 11, 2015. "Born and raised in Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, Freeland received a bachelor's degree in American Studies from Amherst College in 1963 and a doctorate in American Civilization from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968."</ref>
* [[Jeff Friesen]] (born 1976), professional hockey player who has played for the [[New Jersey Devils]]<ref>Guliti, Tom. [https://web.archive.org/web/20121022221128/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-113571298.html "Lou bids farewell to Friesen"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', September 27, 2005. Accessed December 20, 2012. "Friesen closed on his new house in Mountain Lakes about 30 minutes before Devils general manager Lou Lamoriello called to inform him of the deal in which the Capitals gave up only a third-round pick in the 2006 draft."</ref><ref>Everson, Darren. [http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/sports/devils-deal-friesen-capitals-article-1.550387 "Devils Deal Friesen To Capitals"], ''[[New York Daily News]]'', September 27, 2005. Accessed December 20, 2012. "Still, the move was a huge disappointment to Friesen, whose Game 7-winning goal against Ottawa ended the 2003 Eastern Conference finals and propelled Jersey to the Stanley Cup. He just closed on a house in Mountain Lakes yesterday."</ref>
* [[Marc Lore]] (born 1971), billionaire entrepreneur and founder of the e-commerce company [[Jet.com|Jet]]<ref>Hopkins, Kathryn. [https://wwd.com/eye/celebrity-real-estate/retails-highest-paid-executive-has-just-sold-his-modest-new-jersey-home-11040302/ "Exclusive: Retail’s Highest-Paid Executive Has Just Sold His Modest New Jersey Home Marc Lore, head of Wal-Mart’s U.S. e-commerce operations, offloaded the house to the tune of almost $900,000."], ''[[Women's Wear Daily|WWD]]'', November 3, 2017. Accessed September 9, 2018. "Many might have assumed that Lore lived in an opulent multimillion-dollar mansion, but he and his wife Carolyn actually called the unassuming Mountain Lakes abode home from 2006 when they paid $841,000 for it."</ref>
* [[Claire McCusker Murray]] (born 1982), lawyer who was associate [[White House counsel]] and acting [[associate attorney general]] in the [[United States Department of Justice]] during the [[first presidency of Donald Trump]]<ref>Pacenza, Matt. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105894504/claire-mccusker-of-mountain-lakes/ "Teen named Presidential Scholar"], ''[[Courier News]]'', July 9, 2000. Accessed July 19, 2022, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "But that's not what really stands out about Claire McCusker, a Mountain Lakes 18-year-old whom President Clinton recently selected as one of only three Presidential Scholars in New Jersey."</ref>
* [[Mike Michalowicz]] (born 1970), author and entrepreneur<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/592042821/ "Book can help entrepreneurs"], ''Neighbor News'', December 3, 2008. Accessed December 26, 2021, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "Michael (Mike) Michalowicz, who started and sold two businesses and now works as a consultant to individuals undertaking new business ventures, recently published ''The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur''.... The author, who lives in Mountain Lakes with his wife and three children, grew up in Boonton Township."</ref>
* [[Lindsey Munday]] (born 1984), former collegiate [[women's lacrosse]] player who won two national championships at [[Northwestern Wildcats women's lacrosse|Northwestern]] and has served since 2013 as the inaugural head coach of the [[USC Trojans women's lacrosse]] team<ref>[https://nusports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=1085 Lindsey Murray], [[Northwestern Wildcats women's lacrosse]]. Accessed September 8, 2019. "High School: Mountain Lakes; Hometown: Mountain Lakes, N.J."</ref>
* [[Brian Platt]], [[City manager]] of [[Kansas City, Missouri]], since December 2020<ref>[https://www.emoryathletics.com/sports/mtrack/2003-04/bios/Platt?view=bio Brian Platt], [[Emory University]]. Accessed May 1, 2024. "Hometown: Mountain Lakes, NJ; High School: Mountain Lakes"</ref>
* [[Harry L. Sears]] (1920–2002), politician who served for 10&nbsp;years in the [[New Jersey Legislature]], and was indicted on charges of bribery and conspiracy stemming for delivering $200,000 from financier [[Robert Vesco]] to [[Richard Nixon]]'s 1972 presidential campaign<ref>Staff. [http://www.newjerseyhills.com/former-state-senator-harry-l-sears-instrumental-force-in-creation/article_4683356a-875e-5dd5-bf29-9f97df56873c.html "Former State Senator Harry L. Sears, 82, instrumental force in creation of Meadowlands, lottery and state tax reform"], ''New Jersey Hills'', May 23, 2002. Accessed June 4, 2018. "Former State Senator Harry L. Sears, 82, of Mount Arlington, who took the lead as Senate majority leader in passing legislation creating the Meadowlands Complex and the lottery, as well as a broad-based state tax reform, died after a short illness on Friday, May 17, 2002, at Saint Clare's Hospital in Denville. Mr. Sears was born in Paterson and lived in Mountain Lakes for 45 years before he moved to Mount Arlington six years ago."</ref>
* [[Matt Taibbi]] (born 1970), author, journalist and podcaster<ref>[[Ross Barkan|Barkan, Ross]]. [https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/10/what-happened-to-matt-taibbi.html "What Happened to Matt Taibbi? The former darling of the liberal media is now one of its loudest critics. He says he hasn’t changed."], ''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]'', October 29, 2021. Accessed December 3, 2022. "Raising three children in tony Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, Taibbi is more than content with his current lot."</ref>
* [[Brittany Underwood]] (born 1988), actress and singer best known for her role as teenager [[Langston Wilde]] on the daytime soap opera ''[[One Life to Live]]''<ref>Lutz, Jaime. [http://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/index.ssf/2012/07/from_mountain_lakes_to_nickelo.html "From Mountain Lakes to Nickelodeon, Brittany Underwood doesn't sleep"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', July 5, 2012. Accessed January 11, 2015. "She started acting professionally while she was still a student at Mountain Lakes High School, getting a steady, if slight, stream of work: a guest-star role on ''Law and Order,'' a featured part in Kenneth Lonergan's ''Margaret,'' various commercials."</ref>
* [[Adam Zucker]] (born 1976), sportscaster for [[CBS Sports]] and [[CBS Sports Network]]<ref>Biggy, David. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103583889/adam-zucker-of-mountain-lakes/ "Zucker is ready for network role"], ''[[Daily Record (New Jersey)|Daily Record]]'', November 11, 2011. Accessed June 11, 2022, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "'This is a big deal for me,' said Zucker, who grew up in Mountain Lakes and now lives in Summit with his wife, Rachel, and son, Max."</ref>