Editing Hightstown, New Jersey (section)

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

* [[Jim Barlow]], soccer coach<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jim Barlow |url=https://goprincetontigers.com/staff-directory/jim-barlow/420 |access-date=January 6, 2025 |website=[[Princeton Tigers men's soccer|Princeton Tigers]]}}</ref>
* [[Kay B. Barrett]] (1902–1995), Hollywood talent scout who acquired the movie rights to the book ''[[Gone with the Wind (novel)|Gone with the Wind]]''<ref>[[Lawrence Van Gelder|Van Gelder, Lawrence]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/19/obituaries/kay-b-barrett-talent-scout-and-entertainment-agent-93.html "Kay B. Barrett, Talent Scout And Entertainment Agent, 93"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', January 19, 1995. Accessed December 3, 2012. "Kay Brown Barrett, who bought ''Gone With the Wind'' for the movie producer David O. Selznick after discovering the novel as his New York representative, died yesterday at the Meadow Lakes retirement community in Hightstown, N.J., where she had lived for the last 14 years. She was 93."</ref>
* [[Estelle Brodman]] (1914–2007), medical librarian and academic, lived in Hightstown after her retirement<ref>[https://findingaids.library.columbia.edu/ead/nnc-rb/ldpd_4079563 Estelle Brodman (1914-) (finding aid)], [[Columbia University]]. Accessed November 27, 2019.</ref><ref>Messerele, Judith. [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2801987/ "Estelle Brodman, AHIP, FMLA, 1914–2007"], ''[[Journal of the Medical Library Association]]'', 2010 January; 98(1): 6–8. Accessed November 27, 2019. "On March 1, 2007, the Medical Library Association (MLA) lost a towering figure of the profession. Estelle Brodman, AHIP, FMLA, died at Meadow Lake Estates in Hightstown, NJ, of natural causes."</ref>
* [[Howard Haycraft]] (1905–1991), writer, editor and publisher<ref>[[William Grimes (journalist)|Grimes, William]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/1991/11/13/arts/howard-haycraft-is-dead-at-86-a-publisher-and-mystery-scholar.html "Howard Haycraft Is Dead at 86; A Publisher and Mystery Scholar"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', November 13, 1991. Accessed July 31, 2022. "Howard Haycraft, a publishing executive, editor and author of a classic history of the mystery novel, died yesterday in Hightstown, N.J. He was 86 years old and lived in Hightstown."</ref>
* [[Hilly Kristal]] (1931–2007), founder and owner of the New York City music club [[CBGB]]<ref>[[Ben Sisario|Sisario, Ben]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/30/arts/music/30kristal.html "Hilly Kristal, 75, Catalyst for Punk at CBGB, Dies"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 30, 2007. Accessed August 17, 2013. "Hillel Kristal grew up on a farm in Hightstown, N.J., and studied classical violin as a child."</ref>
* [[Larry Kelley]] (1915–2000), football player who won the [[Heisman Trophy]] in 1936<ref>Goldstein, Harold. [https://www.nytimes.com/2000/06/29/sports/larry-kelley-85-a-yale-end-who-won-the-heisman-dies.html "Larry Kelley, 85, a Yale End Who Won the Heisman, Dies"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', June 29, 2000. Accessed September 4, 2014. "Larry Kelley, the Yale University end who won the Heisman Trophy in 1936, then found himself back in the public eye six months ago when he sold the statuette at auction for $328,100, died Tuesday at his home in Hightstown, N.J., of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound."</ref>
* [[Desiree Lubovska]] (1893–1974), founded the American National Ballet School at Hightstown in 1921<ref>Mitchell, Hannah. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18022121/desiree_lubovska_1921/ "Social Leaders Back Plan for an American Ballet School"] ''[[New-York Tribune]]'', February 20, 1921: 68. via [[Newspapers.com]]{{open access}}. Accessed November 27, 2019.</ref>
* [[Doug Mastriano]] (born 1964), politician who is a retired [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]] of the [[United States Army]] and the state senator for [[Pennsylvania Senate, District 33|Pennsylvania's 33rd District]]<ref>[https://www.digifind-it.com/hightstown/data/gazette/1983/1983-06-23.pdf "Local Happenings"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210322140638/https://www.digifind-it.com/hightstown/data/gazette/1983/1983-06-23.pdf |date=March 22, 2021 }}, ''The Hightstown Gazette'', June 23, 1983. Accessed March 21, 2021. "Douglas V. Mastriano of 15 Leshin Lane, Hightstown, won an award for academic excellence in German at Mercer County Community College's Honors Convocation."</ref>
* [[Worrall Frederick Mountain]] (1909–1992), Justice of the [[New Jersey Supreme Court]] from 1971 to 1979<ref>Daniels, Lee A. [https://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/26/nyregion/justice-worrall-f-mountain-83-served-on-new-jersey-high-court.html "Justice Worrall F. Mountain, 83; Served on New Jersey High Court"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 26, 1992. Accessed June 15, 2016. "Worrall F. Mountain, a retired justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court, died on Monday at the Princeton Medical Center in Princeton, N.J. He was 83 years old and lived in Hightstown, N.J."</ref>
* [[Elizabeth Greenleaf Pattee]] (1893–1991), architect, landscape architect and architecture professor<ref>Staff. [https://web.archive.org/web/20170322014043/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-7649450.html "Elizabeth G. Pattee, 97 Was an architect and professor"], ''[[The Boston Globe]]'', March 1, 1991. Accessed October 17, 2015. "Elizabeth Greenleaf Pattee, an architect who taught at the Rhode Island School of Design from 1945 to 1962, died Wednesday at the Meadow Lakes retirement community in Hightstown, N.J. She was 97 and a former resident of Providence and Warwick, R.I."</ref>
* [[Neville Pearson]] (1898-1982), British newspaper publisher, lived at Hightstown at time of his death.<ref>{{cite book|editor-last=Mosley|editor-first=Charles |title=Debrett's Handbook 1982, Distinguished People in British Life|year=1982|publisher=Debrett's Peerage Limited, London, UK|page=1216|isbn=0-905649-38-9}}Address given as "Meadow Lake, Hightstown, NJ 08520, USA".</ref>
* [[Randal Pinkett]] (born 1971), business consultant who in 2005 was the winner of [[The Apprentice (U.S. season 4)|season four]] of the reality television show, ''[[The Apprentice (U.S. TV series)|The Apprentice]]''<ref>Staff. [http://www.alumni.rutgers.edu/s/896/index.aspx?sid=896&gid=1&pgid=252&cid=1220&ecid=1220&crid=0&calpgid=15&calcid=867 "Randal Is Hired!"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112140352/http://www.alumni.rutgers.edu/s/896/index.aspx?sid=896&gid=1&pgid=252&cid=1220&ecid=1220&crid=0&calpgid=15&calcid=867 |date=January 12, 2016 }}, [[Rutgers University]] Alumni Association. Accessed September 4, 2014. "Growing up in Hightstown, Pinkett says he learned at an early age that 'to whom much is given, much is expected. I therefore place great emphasis on using my God-given talents to give back to the community,' he says."</ref>
* [[Jonathan Sprout]] (born 1952), [[songwriter]], [[performer]] and [[recording artist]]<ref>Ollestead, Berit. [https://morristowngreen.com/2013/10/15/its-all-about-r-e-s-p-e-c-t-at-alfred-vail-school-in-morris-plains/ "It’s all about R-E-S-P-E-C-T at Alfred Vail School in Morris Plains"], Morristown Green, October 15, 2013. Accessed July 23, 2019. "Growing up in Hightstown, Sprout set out to sing for grown-ups."</ref>
* [[Martin Waldron]] (1925–1981), winner of the [[1964 Pulitzer Prize]] for reporting on unchecked spending on the [[Florida Turnpike]]<ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1981/05/28/obituaries/martin-o-waldron-is-dead-at-56-reporting-led-to-a-pulitzer-prize.html "Martin O. Waldron Is Dead At 56; Reporting Led To A Pulitzer Prize"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', May 28, 1981. Accessed May 12, 2011. "Martin O. Waldron, chief of the Trenton bureau of The New York Times, whose investigative reporting for The St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times led to a [[Pulitzer Prize for Public Service]] for the newspaper, died of heart disease yesterday at his home in Hightstown, N.J."</ref>
* [[Charles L. Walters]] ({{circa|1862}}–1894), politician who served in the [[New Jersey General Assembly]]<ref>Staff. [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1894/06/21/106909303.pdf "Obituary Notes"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', June 21, 1894. Accessed May 29, 2017. "Assemblyman Charles L. Walters of the Second Assembly District of Monmouth County died yesterday afternoon at his home, in Seabright, N.J., aged thirty-four years. He was born at Hightstown, that state."</ref>
* [[Paul Watkins (novelist)|Paul Watkins]] (born 1964), novelist<ref>Walczak, Danielle. [http://bangordailynews.com/2014/08/07/living/novelist-draws-on-maine-backcountry-for-inspiration-in-new-book/ "Novelist draws on Maine backcountry for inspiration in new book"], ''[[Bangor Daily News]]'', August 7, 2014. Accessed September 4, 2014. "For Paul Watkins, Maine is that place. It's the area he can't get out of his mind, even in the shadow of New York City in Hightstown, N.J."</ref>
* [[John Archibald Wheeler]] (1911–2008), physicist<ref>MacPherson, Kitta. [http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S20/82/08G77/index.xml?section=topstories "Leading physicist John Wheeler dies at age 96"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170130024434/http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S20/82/08G77/index.xml?section=topstories |date=January 30, 2017 }}, News at Princeton, April 14, 2008. Accessed March 14, 2012. "Wheeler, the Joseph Henry Professor of Physics Emeritus at Princeton University, was 96. He succumbed to pneumonia on Sunday, April 13, at his home in Hightstown, N.J."</ref>
* [[Nick Williams (wide receiver)|Nick Williams]] (born 1990), [[wide receiver]] who has played in the NFL for the [[Washington Redskins]]<ref>O'Gorman, George. [http://www.trentonian.com/article/TT/20130831/SPORTS03/130839923 "Four Mercer County players make NFL rosters"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207131331/http://www.trentonian.com/article/TT/20130831/SPORTS03/130839923 |date=December 7, 2013 }}, ''[[The Trentonian]]'', August 31, 2013. Accessed December 3, 2013. "Hightstown's Williams, who played at UConn, had seven preseason catches for 51 yards for the 'Skins."</ref>
* [[John Woodruff (athlete)|John Woodruff]] (1915–2007), Gold Medalist at [[800 metres]] at the [[1936 Summer Olympics]] in Berlin<ref>[[Frank Litsky|Litsky, Frank]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/01/sports/othersports/01olympics.html "A Victory That's Still Memorable 70 Years Later"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 1, 2006. Accessed November 10, 2012. "He spoke from Fountain Hills, Ariz., near Phoenix, where he and Rose have lived in a two-bedroom apartment in a senior housing complex for five years since moving from Hightstown, N.J."</ref>