Editing Pennington, New Jersey (section)

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

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* [[Val Ackerman]] (born 1959), first president of the [[Women's National Basketball Association]] (WNBA), serving from 1996 to 2005<ref>Hoffman, Jan. [https://www.nytimes.com/2000/05/26/nyregion/public-lives-a-league-president-in-the-dreams-business.html "Public lives; A League President in the Dreams Business"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', May 26, 2000. Accessed November 19, 2012. "As a girl, thinking about what she would be when she grew up, Val Ackerman just assumed she'd be an athletic director.... When she was a teenager in Pennington, N.J., playing field hockey, swimming butterfly and freestyle, competing in track and field, and emerging as a star small forward in basketball, her father was her high school's athletic director."</ref> The Central High School's old gymnasium is named after her father, G. Randall Ackerman
* [[Svetlana Alliluyeva]] (1926–2011), daughter of [[Joseph Stalin]] who became an international sensation when she defected to the United States in 1967{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}
* [[Kwame Anthony Appiah]] (born 1954), philosopher<ref>[http://appiah.net/biography/ Biography] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110203053420/http://appiah.net/biography/ |date=February 3, 2011 }}, Kwame Anthony Appiah. Accessed November 19, 2012. "Kwame Anthony Appiah has homes in New York city and near Pennington, in New Jersey, which he shares with his partner, Henry Finder, Editorial Director of the New Yorker magazine."</ref>
* [[Frank Baldwin (admiral)|Frank Baldwin]] (1880–1959), [[Rear admiral (United States)|Rear admiral]] in the [[United States Navy]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190422022232/https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/research-guides/modern-biographical-files-ndl/modern-bios-b/baldwin-frank.html Frank Baldwin], [[Naval History and Heritage Command]]. Accessed June 27, 2019. "Born in Pennington, New Jersey, on November 19, 1880, Frank Baldwin attended Pennington Preparatory School and the Stewart School in Trenton, prior to his appointment in 1906 as Assistant Paymaster, with rank of Ensign in the Supply Corps of the US Navy."</ref>
* [[Nicole Baxter]] (born 1994), professional [[Association football|soccer]] player who plays as a [[midfielder]] for the [[National Women's Soccer League]] club [[Sky Blue FC]]<ref>[https://tribeathletics.com/sports/womens-soccer/roster/nicole-baxter/725 Nicole Baxter], [[William & Mary Tribe women's soccer]]. Accessed July 5, 2020. "Hometown: Pennington, N.J.; High School: Pennington"</ref>
* [[Peter Benchley]] (1940–2006), author of the novel and film ''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]''<ref>Hawtree, Christopher. [https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/feb/14/guardianobituaries.obituaries "Peter Benchley: He was fascinated by the sea, but his bestselling novel tapped into a primeval fear of the deep"], ''[[The Guardian]]'', February 14, 2006. Accessed August 18, 2008. "In 1971, he was asked by Tom Congdon, an editor at the publishers Doubleday, if he had anything in mind for a book, and he pitched this as a 'long story'; he produced a hundred pages, and, with a $1000 advance, he reworked it steadily, holing up to do so, during the winter, in a room above the Pennington Furnace Supply Co in Pennington, New Jersey, and, by summer, in an old turkey coop at Stonington, Connecticut."</ref>
* [[Wendy Benchley]] (born 1941), marine and environmental conservation advocate and former councilwoman from New Jersey who was the wife of author [[Peter Benchley]]<ref>Stratton, Jean. [http://www.towntopics.com/apr1608/stratton.php "Princeton personality"], ''[[Town Topics (newspaper)|Town Topics]]'', April 16, 2008. Accessed November 6, 2019. "'We were looking for a place to live, and we didn’t have any money. Peter wanted to be near New York, and finally, we were able to get a house in Pennington in 1970.'... 'Peter had this idea for a novel,' explains Ms. Benchley, 'and he wrote Jaws in the Blackwell Furnace Repair Shop in Pennington.'"</ref>
* [[Grant Billmeier]] (born 1984), former center for the [[Seton Hall University]] Pirates men's basketball team<ref>Gomes, Jay. [http://njhoops.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=143224 NJ pair sign with Seton Hall], NJHoops.com, November 14, 2002. Accessed September 16, 2007.</ref>
* [[Bob Bradley]] (born 1958), current head coach of [[Los Angeles FC]], former head coach of the [[United States men's national soccer team|United States national football team]] and [[Egypt national football team]]<ref name=Bradley>Bell, Jack. [https://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/14/sports/soccer-father-and-son-quality-time-comes-to-the-metrostars.html "Soccer; Father-and-Son Quality Time Comes to the MetroStars"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', April 14, 2004. Accessed November 19, 2012. "Michael lives with his family in Pennington, N.J., but goes to workouts with Eddie Gaven, another promising young midfielder, behind the wheel."</ref>
* [[Michael Bradley (soccer)|Michael Bradley]] (born 1987), son of former US Men's National Soccer Team coach Bob Bradley and professional soccer player who currently plays for [[Toronto FC|Toronto F.C.]] in [[Major League Soccer]]<ref name=Bradley/>
* [[Anne Canby]], transportation official who served in the cabinet of Governor [[Brendan Byrne]] as the [[New Jersey Commissioner of Transportation]] from 1981 to 1982 and in the cabinet of Governor [[Thomas R. Carper]] as the Delaware Secretary of Transportation from 1993 to 2001<ref>[[Anthony DePalma (author)|DePalma, Anthony]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/1981/11/22/nyregion/transportation-it-s-decision-time.html "Transportation: It's Decision Time"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', November 22, 1981. Accessed March 29, 2016. "A resident of Pennington, she sometimes bicycles to her office in Trenton, a distance of four and a half miles."</ref>
* [[Simon Carcagno]] (born 1976), American professional rower
* [[George Councell]] (born 1949), 11th bishop of the [[Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey]], serving in the position from 2003 to 2013<ref>Clerkin, Bridget. [http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2013/03/episcopal_diocese_of_new_jerse.html "Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey Bishop George Councell to retire"], ''[[The Times (Trenton)|The Times]]'', March 26, 2013. Accessed October 31, 2013. "The diocese also runs a school in Burlington, Doane Academy, where attendance has been consistently growing, said Councell, a Pennington resident."</ref>
* [[James Davy]], former New Jersey Commissioner of Human Services<ref name=Davy/>
* [[Lucille Davy]], former commissioner of the [[New Jersey Department of Education]]<ref name=Davy>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080702034625/http://www.state.nj.us/governor/cabinet/lucille_davy.html Lucille Day], Office of the [[Governor of New Jersey]], backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of July 2, 2008. Accessed February 15, 2011. "Commissioner Davy is married to James M. Davy. They live in Pennington with their two sons, James and Andrew."</ref>
* [[Tony DeNicola]] (1927–2006), jazz drummer<ref>Staff. [http://obits.nj.com/obituaries/trenton/obituary.aspx?n=tony-denicola&pid=19126439 "Tony DeNicola: Obituary"], ''[[The Times (Trenton)|The Times]]'', September 4, 2006. Accessed September 17, 2015. "Tony DeNicola, 79, died Saturday in the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia. Born in Pennington, he had resided in Lawrenceville for 40 years."</ref>
* [[Olga Gorelli]] (1920–2006), composer and pianist<ref>Strauss, Elaine. [http://www.us1newspaper.com/index.php?option=com_us1more&Itemid=6&key=01-26-2005_p_05 "A Concert to Honor Volunteers for the Homeless"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717174248/http://www.us1newspaper.com/index.php?option=com_us1more&Itemid=6&key=01-26-2005_p_05 |date=July 17, 2011 }}, ''U.S. 1 Newspaper'', January 26, 2005. Accessed February 15, 2011. "Olga Gorelli is a Pennington-based composer and leader in New Jersey's musical life; her compositions experiment with both words and music."</ref>
* [[Jim Himes]] (born 1966), U.S. Representative from [[Connecticut's 4th congressional district]]<ref>[http://www.himesforcongress.com/news_entry/himes_reaches_out_to_war_weary_republicans "Himes Reaches Out to War-Weary Republicans"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101021211842/http://www.himesforcongress.com/news_entry/himes_reaches_out_to_war_weary_republicans |date=October 21, 2010 }}, Jim Himes for Congress. Accessed February 15, 2011. "He was raised by 'a working single mom' in the small town of Pennington, N.J., and attended 'a decent public school.' When he brought home an A minus, his mother would ask, 'What went wrong?'"</ref>
* [[Cassidy Hutchinson]] (born 1996),<ref name="Hutchinson">{{cite web |url=https://archive.centraljersey.com/2015/06/19/hopewell-valley-high-school-presents-awards/ |title=Hopewell Valley: High school presents awards |website=CentralJersey.com |publisher=[[WordPress]] |date=June 19, 2015 |access-date=June 28, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=[[David Wildstein]] |url=https://twitter.com/wildstein/status/1541859512948244480 |title=(Twitter post) |website=[[Twitter]] |date=June 28, 2022 |quote="Always a Jersey connection: Cassidy Hutchinson is from Pennington."}}</ref> former aide to [[White House Chief of Staff]] [[Mark Meadows]] during the [[First presidency of Donald Trump|firstTrump administration]] who testified at a hearing of the [[United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack]]. In town, she was a member of the Youth Advisory Committee and was awarded the Mayor's Award for Outstanding Civic Contribution.<ref name="Hutchinson"/>
* [[Samuel Messick]] (1931–1998), psychologist who worked for the [[Educational Testing Service]]<ref>Burkhart, Ford. [https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/19/us/samuel-messick-67-leader-in-educational-testing-field.html "Samuel Messick, 67, Leader In Educational Testing Field"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', October 19, 1998. Accessed November 24, 2018. "Dr. Samuel J. Messick, a leader in educational testing who argued for restraint in the use of student test scores, died on Oct. 6 at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center in Philadelphia. He was 67 and lived in Pennington, N.J."</ref>
* [[Kenneth G. Miller]] (born 1956), geologist at [[Rutgers University]] who has written and lectured on global warming and sea level change<ref>[http://geology.rutgers.edu/people/faculty/242-kenneth-g-miller Kenneth G. Miller] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202225607/http://geology.rutgers.edu/people/faculty/242-kenneth-g-miller |date=December 2, 2013 }}, [[Rutgers University]] Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Accessed November 27, 2013. "A resident of Pennington, NJ, Ken grew up in Medford, NJ in the heart of the pine barrens and still owns a house in Waretown, NJ, the home of the sounds of the NJ pines, where he watches the inexorable rise in sea level from his deck 16 ft above Barnegat Bay."</ref>
* [[Elizabeth Maher Muoio]], member of the [[New Jersey General Assembly]] who served as a councilwoman from 1997 to 2001<ref>Davis, Mike. [http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2015/02/muoio_sworn_in_as_new_assemblywoman_in_15th_distri.html "Elizabeth Maher Muoio sworn in as new assemblywoman in 15th District"], ''[[The Times (Trenton)|The Times]]'', February 5, 2015. Accessed September 17, 2015. "Muoio, a Pennington resident, was sworn into office on Thursday by Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto (D-Hudson) two weeks after Mercer and Hunterdon County Democrats convened and appointed her to the seat.... Muoio served on the Pennington Borough Council in the late 1990s before winning election to the Mercer County freeholder board."</ref>
* [[Cal Newport]], nonfiction author and full-time professor of computer science at [[Georgetown University]]<ref>[[Cal Newport|Newport, Cal]]. [https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/remote-work-not-from-home "What if Remote Work Didn’t Mean Working from Home?"], ''[[The New Yorker]]'', May 21, 2021. Accessed February 2, 2025. "I’ve long been familiar with the connection between ''Jaws'' and Pennington because I grew up down the street from the house that the Benchleys had bought."</ref>
* [[Sue Niederer]], political activist<ref>via [[Associated Press]]. [http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2004/08/30/2003200888 "As New York prepares for Bush, protests gather pace"], ''[[Taipei Times]]'', August 30, 2004. Accessed February 16, 2011. "Sue Niederer of Pennington, New Jersey, who lost her son Seth Dvorin in Iraq earlier this year, grieves at a memorial yesterday, in Central Park in New York."</ref>
* [[Judith Persichilli]] (born 1949), nurse and health care executive who has served as the commissioner of the [[New Jersey Department of Health]]<ref>Burling, Stacey. [https://www.inquirer.com/philly/business/20091216_Catholic_Health_East_names_a_new_leader.html "Catholic Health East names a new leader"], ''[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]'', December 16, 2009. Accessed July 18, 2019. "Home: Pennington, N.J."</ref>
* [[William E. Schluter]] (1927–2018), politician who served in the [[New Jersey General Assembly]] and [[New Jersey Senate|State Senate]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070105200635/http://www.state.nj.us/governor/news/news/approved/20060223.html "Corzine appoints new members to the state ethics commission"] Office of the Governor, February 23, 2006, backed up the [[Internet Archive]] as of January 5, 2007. Accessed August 7, 2018.</ref><ref>Shea, Kevin. [https://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2018/08/bill_schluter_former_state_senator_who_ran_for_governor_dies_at_90.html "Bill Schluter, former state senator who ran for governor, dies at 90"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], August 6, 2018. Accessed August 7, 2018. "William 'Bill' Schluter, a longtime New Jersey legislator and public servant who ran for governor in 2001, died at his Pennington home Monday morning at the age of 90."</ref>
* [[John Tanguay]] (born 1998), rower who won a silver medal at the [[2019 World Rowing Championships]]<ref>[https://gocolumbialions.com/sports/mens-rowing/roster/john-tanguay/12837 John Tanguay], [[Columbia Lions]]. Accessed August 11, 2020. "Hometown: Pennington, N.J.; High School: Hopewell Valley"</ref>
* [[Karl Weidel]] (1923–1997), member of the New Jersey General Assembly<ref>Sullivan, Joseph F. [https://www.nytimes.com/1979/10/21/archives/new-jersey-weekly-assembly-races-lots-of-footwork-assembly-hopefuls.html "Assembly Races: Lots of Footwork; Assembly Hopefuls Running a Rugged Foot Race"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', October 21, 1979. Accessed February 15, 2011. "The district has one Democrat in the Assembly, Barbara W. McConnell of Flemington, and one Republican, Karl Weidel of Pennington."</ref>
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