Editing Garwood, New Jersey (section)

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

* [[David Durante]] (born 1980), national men's gymnastics champion<ref>Mehta, Manish. [http://www.nj.com/olympics/index.ssf/2008/08/garwood_native_david_durante_c.html "Garwood native David Durante could still make Olympic gymnastics team"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', August 7, 2008. Accessed May 13, 2013.</ref>
* [[Loree Jon Hasson]] (born 1965), professional pool player<ref>[[Ira Berkow|Berkow, Ira]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/12/sports/billiards-a-top-player-survives-that-sinking-feeling.html "Billiards; A Top Player Survives That Sinking Feeling"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 12, 1995. Accessed September 26, 2018. "Loree Jon had been a child prodigy, picking up the game at 4 from her pool-loving father, John Ognowski, in Garwood, N.J."</ref>
* [[Barry Lubin]] (born 1952), creator of the clown character "Grandma" of the [[Big Apple Circus]]<ref>Beckerman, Jim. "Visiting Grandma -  Barry Lubin's character is feisty, mischievous - and totally lovable", ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', May 16, 2004. "That's part of the mystique of Grandma, 2002 International Clown Hall of Fame inductee, who is busy putting on her face in the kitchen of Lubin's Garwood home."</ref><ref>Collins, Glenn. [https://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/20/nyregion/public-lives-just-in-time-grandma-is-out-of-retirement.html "Public Lives; Just in Time, Grandma Is Out of Retirement"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', November 20, 201. Accessed September 7, 2017. "In 1982, Mr. Lubin began his first of 13 different Big Apple seasons. Three years ago he made a wrenching decision and retired from the show so he could spend more time at home in Garwood, N.J., with his daughters, Danielle, now 16, and Emily, now 10, both of whom have performed with Big Apple."</ref>
* [[John J. McCarthy (New Jersey politician)|John J. McCarthy]] (1927–2001), politician who served in the [[New Jersey General Assembly]] and as Mayor of Garwood<ref>[http://www.njelections.org/1920-1970-results/1973-primary-election.pdf Results of the Primary Election Held June 5, 1973], [[New Jersey Department of State]]. Accessed September 7, 2017. "John J. McCarthy - 401 Brookside Pl., Garwood"</ref>
* [[Tom Perrotta]] (born 1961), author<ref>O' Sullivan, Eleanor. [https://www.newspapers.com/image/144615484 "Outtakes: Local Man Edits Lennon Documentary"], ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', February 25, 2007. Accessed June 30, 2022. "Still, says ''[[Little Children (film)|Little Children]]'' co-screenwriter nominee Tom Perrotta, who grew up in Garwood and spent summer weekends basking in the sun at the Jersey Shore, the Oscar is the award that people really, really want."</ref>
* [[David Joseph Weeks]] (born 1944), [[neuropsychologist]], educator and author best known for his study of [[Eccentricity (behavior)|eccentricity]]<ref>Japenga, Ann via ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''. [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-news-psychologist-david-week/140995216/ "Psychologist says eccentrics may be happier, healthier"], ''[[Courier News]]'', September 29, 1987. Accessed February 15, 2024, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "Weeks, originally from Garwood, N.J., moved to Scotland in 1975."</ref>