Editing Spring Lake, New Jersey (section)

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

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* [[Charles A. Agemian]] (1909–1996), banker who left [[Chase Manhattan Bank]] and became chairman and chief executive officer of [[Garden State National Bank]]<ref>[[Robert McG. Thomas Jr.|Thomas Jr., Robert McG.]] [https://www.nytimes.com/1996/04/01/nyregion/c-a-agemian-86-former-executive-at-chase-manhattan.html "C. A. Agemian, 86, Former Executive At Chase Manhattan"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', April 1, 1996. Accessed July 20, 2017. "Charles A. Agemian, a former Chase Manhattan executive whose banking career covered two thirds of a century, died on Friday at a hospital in Neptune, N.J. He was 86 and a resident of Spring Lake."</ref>
* [[George Ansbro]] (1915–2011), radio announcer for six decades on NBC and CBS<ref>[http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/book-2.php?id=978-0-7864-4318-5 "I Have a Lady in the Balcony"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090809124913/http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/book-2.php?id=978-0-7864-4318-5 |date=August 9, 2009 }}, [[McFarland & Company]]. Accessed November 12, 2008. "George Ansbro was an announcer for the NBC and ABC networks for six decades. He worked in both the live radio era of big bands and soap operas and the television era, retiring from ABC in 1990. He lives in Spring Lake, New Jersey."</ref>
* [[Craig Biggio]] (born 1965), [[Houston Astros]] MLB hall of fame baseball player<ref>[http://nymag.com/nymetro/travel/features/4740/index3.html "The UnHamptons: 9 Jersey Shore"], ''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]'', May 28, 2001. Accessed August 1, 2011. "Spring Lake counts among its residents author Mary Higgins Clark, who set her latest novel here, as well as newscaster Jack Ford and Houston Astro Craig Biggio."</ref>
* [[Tom Brower]] (born 1965), member of the [[Hawaii House of Representatives]]<ref>[http://capitol.hawaii.gov/session2011/members/house/memberpage.aspx?member=brower Tim Brower], [[Hawaii State Legislature]]. Accessed February 4, 2011. "He also lived in Belmar and Spring Lake on the New Jersey Shore as a child, where he attended grammar school and high school."</ref>
* [[Chris Candido]] (1972–2005), [[professional wrestling|professional wrestler]]<ref>Williams, Carol Gorga. [https://web.archive.org/web/20121106090624/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/app/access/1791972691.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+30,+2005&author=CAROL+GORGA+WILLIAMS&pub=Asbury+Park+Press&desc=Wrestler+remembered+as+man+who+loved+life+Shore+resident+Christopher+B.+Candito,+33,+died+Thursday+in+hospital&pqatl=google "Wrestler remembered as man who loved life Shore resident Christopher B. Candito, 33, died Thursday in hospital"], ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', April 30, 2005. Accessed April 3, 2011. "Born in Edison, Candito, 33, had lived in Spring Lake until moving to Matawan 10 years ago. He attended H.W. Mountz Grammar School in Spring Lake..."</ref>
* [[Bill Carmody]] (born 1951), head basketball coach at [[Northwestern University]]<ref>Stump, Scott. "Carmody struggles to overcome history", ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', December 18, 2005. "The former Spring Lake resident is no stranger to traveling long distances, considering Northwestern's roster has been heavily sprinkled with foreign players during his tenure."</ref><ref>Chung, Keanie. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CSTB&p_theme=cstb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB424AB9BA93F14&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "Lessons from stonemason's precision give Carmody confidence to take wing"], ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'', November 16, 2000. Accessed August 14, 2012. "Carmody, 48, grew up in Spring Lake, NJ, a town on the Jersey shore, as the fifth of John and Marion Carmody's 11 children."</ref>
* [[Caroline Casagrande]] (born 1976), politician who represented the 12th and [[New Jersey Legislative Districts, 2011 apportionment|11th Districts]] in the [[New Jersey General Assembly]] from 2008 to 2015<ref>Tesoriero, Tobi. {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120218101847/http://www.livinginmedia.com/article/people_on_the_move_assemblywoman_caroline_casagrande.html "People On The Move: Assemblywoman Caroline Casagrande"]}}, ''Living In Media'', October 23, 2008, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of February 18, 2012. Accessed October 8, 2015. "This is not to say, however, that Casagrande has deserted her Jersey Shore roots (she is originally from Spring Lake); she still loves the shore and plans to pass along her love of the ocean and sand to her son."</ref>
* [[Robert Chesebrough]] (1837–1933), inventor of [[Vaseline]]<ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1939/08/13/archives/building-at-spring-lake-nj.html "Building at Spring Lake, N.J."], ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 13, 1939. Accessed April 3, 2011. "Armino A. Campagna, New York builder, has started construction of a group of all-year homes on the former estate of the late Robert A. Chesebrough on Pitney Avenue Spring Lake N. J."</ref>
* [[List of Scripps National Spelling Bee champions|Katharine "Kerry" Close]] (born 1992), winner of the 79th annual [[Scripps National Spelling Bee]] in 2006<ref>[http://www.spellingbee.com/news_kerry.asp 13-Year-Old New Jersey Girl Wins Scripps National Spelling Bee], [[Scripps National Spelling Bee]] press release dated June 1, 2006.</ref>
* [[John F. Crosby]] (1889–1962), lawyer who served as the [[United States District Court for the District of Connecticut|United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut]]<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24368295/asbury-park-press/ "John F. Crosby Succumbs; Financier Held U.S. Posts"], ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', December 11, 1962. Accessed January 28, 2021, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "Spring Lake -- John F Crosby, former assistant U.S. attorney general, died yesterday at his home, 111 Lorraine Ave."</ref>
* [[Paul J. Curran]] (1933–2008), politician who served in the New York State Assembly and fought corruption as a federal prosecutor and as the state's commissioner of investigation<ref>[[Robert D. McFadden|McFadden, Robert D.]] [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/nyregion/07curran.html "Paul Curran, 75, Corruption Foe, Dies"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', September 6, 2008. Accessed November 14, 2016. "Mr. Curran, who lived in Manhattan and Spring Lake, N.J., died of complications of cancer, said his son Thomas."</ref>
* [[Al DeRogatis]] (1927–1995), NY Giants football player and NBC television sportscaster<ref>Reilly, Michael. [http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_action=doc&p_docid=0EEED8160094EF6E&p_docnum=1&p_queryname=NaN&p_product=NewsBank&p_theme=aggregated4&p_nbid=A54A59TQMTE4NTg0NzQ0OS4yODY4NjU6MTo3OnJhLTE4ODg "Former Broadcaster DeRogatis Dies Of Cancer"], ''[[St. Louis Post-Dispatch]]'', December 28, 1995. Accessed August 3, 2007. "Mr. DeRogatis, who lived in Spring Lake, died of cancer at Jersey Shore Medical Center."</ref>
* [[Khigh Dhiegh]] (1910–1991), actor, starred in the original film version of ''[[The Manchurian Candidate (1962 film)|The Manchurian Candidate]]''<ref>via [[Associated Press]]. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=WO&p_theme=wo&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EADE9C114A8BE42&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "Khigh Dhiegh, 81"], ''[[Telegram & Gazette]]'', October 27, 1991. Accessed July 14, 2011. "He was born in Spring Lake, NJ, and lived most of his life in New York."</ref>
* [[Anne Evans Estabrook]], real estate developer who was the frontrunner in the Republican primary for the [[United States Senate election in New Jersey, 2008|2008 United States Senate race in New Jersey]] before suffering a mini-stroke and withdrawing from the race<ref>Burton, Cynthia. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160112212215/http://articles.philly.com/2008-03-06/news/25260442_1_campaign-trail-minor-stroke-lautenberg "Senate hopeful is out of GOP race Developer Anne Evans Estabrook says she suffered a minor stroke."], ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'', March 6, 2008. Accessed October 8, 2015. "Because Estabrook, a wealthy developer from Spring Lake, could have heavily funded her campaign and comes from the GOP's moderate wing, some Democrats saw her as a threat to U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D., N.J.)."</ref>
* [[Jack Ford (journalist)|Jack Ford]], [[Court TV]] news anchor<ref>[http://nymag.com/nymetro/travel/features/4740/index3.html The UnHamptons: 9 Jersey Shore], ''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]'', May 28, 2001. Accessed July 28, 2007. "Spring Lake counts among its residents author Mary Higgins Clark, who set her latest novel here, as well as newscaster Jack Ford and Houston Astro Craig Biggio."</ref>
* [[Mary Higgins Clark]]<!-- alphabetized as "Higgins Clark" --> (1927–2020), writer whose 2001 book ''On the Street Where You Live'' was set in Spring Lake<ref>[http://www.barnesandnoble.com/writers/writerdetails.asp?cid=882815&z=y Meet the Writers: Mary Higgins Clark], accessed March 22, 2007. "They now live in Saddle River, New Jersey; they also have an apartment in Manhattan and summer homes in Spring Lake, New Jersey and Dennis, Massachusetts."</ref>
* [[Kermit Love]] (1916–2008), creator of the ''[[Sesame Street]]'' characters [[Big Bird]] and [[Mr. Snuffleupagus]]<ref>Hevesi, Dennis. [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/24/arts/24love.html "Kermit Love, Costume Creator, Dies at 91"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', June 24, 2008. Accessed August 14, 2012. "Despite his assumed English (and sometimes French) accent, Kermit Ernest Hollingshead Love was born in Spring Lake, N.J., on Aug. 7, 1916."</ref>
* [[Jim Manzi (software entrepreneur)|Jim Manzi]] (born 1963), technology entrepreneur<ref>Manzi, Jim. [https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/defense-small-town-jim-manzi/ "In Defense of a Small Town"], ''[[National Review]]'', June 6, 2008. Accessed March 1, 2020. "I grew up in a small beach town in New Jersey named Spring Lake that is pretty much Mayberry-by-the-Sea: 3,475 people and no traffic lights."</ref>
* [[William Gibbs McAdoo]] (1863–1941), [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]] under President Wilson<ref>Staff. [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1916/08/25/104688583.pdf "Utica Welcomes Farm Loan Board; Bankers as Well as Farmers Agreeable to the Idea of Establishing a Bank There. Grangers Anxious For It Nearly 500 Agricultural Societies In New York State Indorse the New Federal Act."], ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 25, 1916. Accessed December 7, 2012. "After the hearing today Secretary McAdoo returned to Spring Lake, N. J., because of the illness of Mrs. McAdoo, who has malarial fever, contracted in the tropics during her recent tour with the Secretary to South America."</ref>
* [[George T. McDonald]] (1944–2021), philanthropist and social worker who founded the homeless advocacy group [[The Doe Fund]]<ref>Traub, Alex. [https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/04/nyregion/george-mcdonald-dead.html "George McDonald, Power Broker for the Powerless, Dies at 76"], ''[[The New York Times]]'' February 4, 2021. Accessed February 7, 2021. "George Thomas McDonald was born on April 28, 1944, in Spring Lake, N.J."</ref>
* [[Gil McDougald]] (1928–2010), former [[New York Yankees]] [[infielder]]<ref>[[Ira Berkow|Berkow, Ira]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/04/sports/baseball-sweetest-sound-all-mcdougald-yankee-star-50-s-can-hear-again-after.html "Baseball: The Sweetest Sound of All; McDougald, Yankee Star of 50's, Can Hear Again After Operation"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', January 4, 1995. Accessed July 14, 2011. "The McDougalds had taken the nearly two-hour train ride from their home in Spring Lake, N.J., and would be going across the street to Bellevue Hospital."</ref>
* [[James P. Mitchell]] (1900–1964), [[United States Secretary of Labor]] from 1953 to 1961 during the [[Eisenhower Administration]]<ref>"James Mitchell Sits In One Of The Capital's Hottest Spots As The New Secretary Of Labor", ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', November 22, 1953. Accessed March 17, 2017. "To this day, his family and friends are convinced that if he hadn't been feeling wretched from the onset of chicken pox, the nation would have an admiral instead of a secretary of labor named James Paul Mitchell, of 214 South Boulevard, Spring Lake, N.J."</ref>
* [[Vincent J. Murphy]] (1893–1976), [[Mayor of Newark, New Jersey]], from 1941 to 1949<ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1976/06/09/archives/vincent-murphy-labor-leader-83-headed-jersey-aflcio-and-was-mayor.html "Vincent Murphy, Labor Leader, 83; Headed Jersey A.F.L.-C.I.O. and Was Mayor of Newark"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', June 9, 1976. Accessed August 14, 2012. "Vincent J. Murphy, the longtime New Jersey labor leader and former Mayor of Newark, died yesterday at his home in Spring Lake, N.J. He was 83 years old."</ref>
* [[Jack Nicholson]] (born 1937), actor<ref>{{cite book|last=McDougal|first=Dennis|title=Five Easy Decades: How Jack Nicholson Became the Biggest Movie Star in Modern Times|publisher=Wiley|date=October 2007|page=16|isbn=978-0-471-72246-5}} "When Jack was ready for high school, the family moved once more-this time two miles (3 km) farther south to old-money Spring Lake, Jersey's so called Irish Riviera, where Ethel May set up her beauty parlor in a rambling duplex at 505 Mercer Avenue."</ref><ref>Nicholson, Jack. [http://njmonthly.com/articles/lifestyle/people/no-getting-away-from-nj.html "No Getting Away From NJ: Hollywood legend Jack Nicholson attempts to elucidate the definitive quality of New Jersey."], ''[[New Jersey Monthly]]'', November 15, 2010. Accessed July 14, 2011. "I grew up on the Shore...in Neptune, Neptune City, Manasquan, and Spring Lake. Graduated from Manasquan [High School]. No offense to Atlantic City, but, where we grew up, we called it 'The Shore.'"</ref>
* [[Wilbur Ross]] (born 1937), investor and banker who served as the 39th [[United States Secretary of Commerce]] from 2017 to 2021<ref>Newman, Richard. [http://archive.northjersey.com/news/more-phoenix-than-vulture-1.919988?page=all "Community spirit - takeover maestro Ross eyes North Jersey banks"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', August 16, 2010. Accessed December 2, 2016. "Ross is no stranger to New Jersey. He grew up in North Bergen, the son of a lawyer and a schoolteacher, and his family spent summers at the Jersey Shore in Spring Lake, where his sister and brother-in-law live."</ref>
* [[Lee Savold]] (1915–1972), heavyweight boxer who held the British and European version of the World Heavyweight championship between 1950 and 1951<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1972/05/15/archives/lee-savold-onetime-heavyweight-fighter-dies.html "Lee Savold, Onetime Heavyweight Fighter, Dies"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', May 15, 1972. Accessed March 12, 2024. "Lee Savold, who held the British Empire and European heavyweight championship during a ring career that included fights with Joe Louis and Billy Conn, died yesterday in Neptune, N.J. He was 58 years old. Mr. Savold had been in the Jersey Shore Medical Center, where he died, for about a month, after, having suffered a stroke in his apartment in Spring Lake, N. J."</ref>
* [[Sonny Senerchia]] (1931–2003), former Major League Baseball third baseman who played for the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] in 1952<ref>Staff. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130730091526/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/app/access/1818624391.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Nov+06%2C+2003&author=&pub=Asbury+Park+Press&desc=Emanuel+Robert+Senerchia%2C+72%2C+Major+League+Baseball+player%2C+concert+violinist+and+educator&pqatl=google "Emanuel Robert Senerchia, 72, Major League Baseball player, concert violinist and educator"], ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', November 6, 2003. Accessed August 14, 2012. "A 20-year resident of Spring Lake, he also resided in Long Branch and Ocean Township, where he continued his careers in music and teaching."</ref>
* [[John Wiggers]] (1917–2007), professional [[basketball]] player who played for the [[Akron Wingfoots|Akron Goodyear Wingfoots]] in the [[National Basketball League (United States)|National Basketball League]]<ref>[https://peachbasketsociety.blogspot.com/2015/12/john-wiggers.html John Wiggers], Peach Basket Society. Accessed August 4, 2019. "Born: August 6, 1917 Spring Lake, NJ"</ref>
* [[Charles D. Wrege]] (1924–2014), management historian and professor at [[Rutgers University]]<ref>[http://aom.org/Networking/Charles-D--Wrege-Obituary.aspx "Charles D. Wrege Obituary"], [[Academy of Management]]. Accessed August 14, 2018. "Charles D. Wrege, the Academy of Management's Historian and Archivist, passed away on Tuesday, August 19, 2014, at his home in Spring Lake, NJ. Chuck - to his friends and colleagues - was born on March 11, 1924, in Newark, NJ, where he attended Arts High."</ref>
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