Editing Cedar Grove, New Jersey (section)

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

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* [[Ralph L. Brinster]] (born 1932), genetic research pioneer and National Medal of Science recipient<ref>Caroulis, Jon. [http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/features/1996/102296/Brinster.html "Largest Scientific Prize in Country"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512062036/http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/features/1996/102296/Brinster.html |date=May 12, 2008 }}, ''The Compass'', October 22, 1996. Accessed April 13, 2008. "Brinster was born in 1932 and grew up on a small farm in Cedar Grove, N.J."</ref>
* [[Mark Burstein (academic administrator)|Mark Burstein]] (born {{circa|1961}}), former president of [[Lawrence University]]<ref>Durbach, Elaine. [https://njjewishnews.timesofisrael.com/nj-man-is-colleges-first-jewish-president/ "NJ man is college’s first Jewish president; Wisconsin univ. taps Young Judaea alum with eclectic resume"], ''[[New Jersey Jewish News]]'', September 18, 2013. Accessed September 1, 2019. "As unlikely as those jobs sound as steps to a college presidency, Burstein, who grew up in Cedar Grove, points to them as integral to his professional development.... When he was a senior at Memorial High School in Cedar Grove, he was elected president of the NJ Region of Young Judaea, the Zionist youth organization affiliated with Hadassah."</ref>
* [[Jack Cafferty]] (born 1942), CNN commentator and host<ref>[[Jack Cafferty|Cafferty, Jack]]. [https://books.google.com/books?id=Qm6LTtGDv0kC&pg=PT194 ''It's Getting Ugly Out There: The Frauds, Bunglers, Liars, and Losers Who Are Hurting America''], p. 194, [[John Wiley & Sons]], 2008. {{ISBN|0-470-37614-7}}. Accessed July 6, 2011. "You want to make a teenager appreciate the fact that he or she lives in a great big house in Cedar Grove, New Jersey? Take him down to Newark and drop him off for a day or two in the projects."</ref><ref>[http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0407/02/ltm.04.html American Morning Transcript], ''[[CNN]]'', aired July 2, 2004. Accessed July 6, 2011. "Cafferty: I'll tell you what. Put it in a U-Haul. I live in Cedar Grove. Drop it by the house, I'll get rid of it for you, no change."</ref>
* [[Tommy DeVito (American football)|Tommy DeVito]], [[quarterback]] for the [[New York Giants]]<ref>Gewelb, Zach. [https://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/high-school/football/2016/05/16/cedar-grove-resident-don-bosco-qb-commits-to-syracuse/94713718/ "Cedar Grove resident, Don Bosco QB commits to Syracuse"], ''Verona-Cedar Grove Times'', May 16, 2016. Accessed May 13, 2020. "Cedar Grove resident and Don Bosco junior Tommy DeVito has grown into one of the top quarterback recruits in the nation. Even though the Syracuse-bound star played high school football in Bergen County, he'll always be thankful for the start he had in Cedar Grove."</ref>
* [[Bob Diaco]] (born 1973), head coach of the [[UConn Huskies football]] team<ref>Jongsma, Joshua. [http://www.northjersey.com/sports/cedar-grove-native-bob-diaco-coaches-with-top-ranked-notre-dame-football-team-1.528465 "Cedar Grove native Bob Diaco coaches with top-ranked Notre Dame football team"], ''Verona-Cedar Grove Times'', December 22, 2014. "It's been a long voyage for Cedar Grove native Bob Diaco - one that has spanned across eight universities. But the next step for the college football-coachingextraordinaire is Miami Gardens, Fla. for the BCS National Championship Game."</ref>
* [[Gary Dickinson]] (1938–2000), executive at [[General Motors]]<ref>Schmitt, Ben. [https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/access/1808231961.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+29%2C+2000&author=BEN+SCHMITT&pub=Detroit+Free+Press&desc=GARY+DICKINSON%3A+VETERAN+OF+AUTOMOTIVE+INDUSTRY&pqatl=google "Gary Dickinson: Veteran Of Automotive Industry"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107094242/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/access/1808231961.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Mar+29,+2000&author=BEN+SCHMITT&pub=Detroit+Free+Press&desc=GARY+DICKINSON:+VETERAN+OF+AUTOMOTIVE+INDUSTRY&pqatl=google |date=November 7, 2012 }}, ''[[Detroit Free Press]]'', March 29, 2000. Accessed July 6, 2011. "A Cedar Grove N.J. native Mr Dickinson earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering at Duke University in North Carolina where he met and married the woman who would become his wife of 39 years, Libby Daniel."</ref>
* [[Allen B. DuMont]] (1901–1965), scientist and inventor best known for improvements to the [[cathode-ray tube]] in 1931 for use in TV receivers, manufacture of the first commercially successful electronic TVs and founder of the first licensed TV network, [[DuMont Television Network]]<ref>[http://www.montclairtimes.com/page.php?page=13490 Truly touched and honored: Four alumni inducted into Montclair High School Hall of Fame], ''Montclair Times'', November 16, 2006.</ref>
* [[Amanda Freitag]] (born 1972), celebrity chef<ref>Hyman, Vicki. [http://www.nj.com/entertainment/celebrities/index.ssf/2009/11/umami_shmumami_next_iron_chef.html "Umami, shmumami: 'Next Iron Chef' says goodbye to Amanda Freitag"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', November 8, 2009. Accessed April 29, 2013. "Amanda Freitag apparently didn't have the umami (Japanese for deliciousness) to continue in 'The Next Iron Chef.' The Cedar Grove-raised chef, who also appears a judge on the Food Network's 'Chopped,' had made it all the way to the final four."</ref>
* [[Eli Gottlieb]] (born 1956), novelist and author of ''[[The Boy Who Went Away]]''<ref>Cutler, Jacqueline. [http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2015/11/post_33.html "Eli Gottlieb's novel about autism rings true"], NJ Advance Media for [[NJ.com]], November 1, 2015. Accessed October 1, 2016. "In fact, Eli Gottlieb, who grew up in Cedar Grove, has an autistic brother living in a New Jersey residential community for the disabled."</ref>
* [[Tommy James]] (born 1947), musician, singer/songwriter and record producer, best known as leader of the 1960s rock band [[Tommy James and the Shondells]]<ref>Lustig, Jay. [http://www.nj.com/entertainment/music/index.ssf/2010/09/tommy_james_tells_all_the_glor.html "Tommy James tells all: The glorious highs and little-known dark side of a hit-filled career"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', September 5, 2010. Accessed October 2, 2016. "James was born in Dayton, Ohio, and grew up in South Bend, Ind., Monroe, Wis., and Niles, Mich. He moved to New York in '66, and New Jersey in 1973. He has been in Cedar Grove for about 10 years, having previously lived in Clifton."</ref>
* [[Ellen Kuras]] (born 1959), [[cinematographer]] whose body of work includes [[narrative film|narrative]] and [[documentary film|documentary]] [[film]]s, [[music videos]] and [[Television advertisement|commercials]]<ref>Hart, Hugh. [http://www.brownalumnimagazine.com/content/view/2216/40/ "The Silent Witness"], ''[[Brown Alumni Magazine]]'', March / April 2009. Accessed October 15, 2017. "Her family life was happy enough while she was growing up in Cedar Grove, New Jersey, from which she left for Brown in 1977."</ref>
* [[Jonathan Lebed]] (born 1984), huckster who used internet technology to hype stocks<ref>Lewis, Michael. [https://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/25/magazine/25STOCK-TRADER.html "Jonathan Lebed: Stock Manipulator, S.E.C. Nemesis -- and 15"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', February 25, 2001. Accessed December 22, 2014. "The S.E.C.'s news release explained that Jonathan -- the first minor ever to face proceedings for stock-market fraud -- had used the Internet to promote stocks from his bedroom in the northern New Jersey suburb of Cedar Grove."</ref>
* [[Amanda Lepore]] (born 1967), transgender performance artist and entertainer who has received attention for her modeling, fashion, partying, and business skills<ref>Peden, Lauren David. [http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/people/2005/9/28/5249/Shopping-withAmanda-Lepore "Shopping with...Amanda Lepore"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322113751/http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/people/2005/9/28/5249/Shopping-withAmanda-Lepore |date=March 22, 2012 }}, ''[[Dominican Today]]'', September 28, 2005. Accessed July 6, 2011. "But that's what makes Amanda (nee Armand) Lepore from Cedar Grove, New Jersey so great. The boy who grew up to be a Vargas pinup girl may be all manufactured artifice on the outside - huge blond hair, huge red lips, huge gravity-defying boobs."</ref>
* [[Marty Liquori]] (born 1949), competed in the [[1968 Summer Olympics]] in Track and Field. Ranked #5 on the ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'' list of ''The 50 Greatest New Jersey Sports Figures''<ref>[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/magazine/features/si50/states/new_jersey/greatest/ "The 50 Greatest New Jersey Sports Figures"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313205911/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/magazine/features/si50/states/new_jersey/greatest/ |date=March 13, 2007 }}, ''[[Sports Illustrated]]'', December 27, 1999.</ref>
* [[Tom Lutz]] (born 1953), writer and literary critic who is founder and editor-in-chief of the ''[[Los Angeles Review of Books]]''<ref>Martin, Cameron. [http://www.mediabistro.com/So-What-Do-You-Do-Tom-Lutz-Editor-of-Los-Angeles-Review-of-Books-a11354.html "So What Do You Do, Tom Lutz, Editor of Los Angeles Review of Books? This editor's set on keeping the literary culture alive with this one site"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223174936/http://www.mediabistro.com/So-What-Do-You-Do-Tom-Lutz-Editor-of-Los-Angeles-Review-of-Books-a11354.html |date=December 23, 2014 }}, [[Mediabistro (website)]], October 26, 2011. Accessed December 22, 2014. "Hometown: Cedar Grove, New Jersey"</ref>
* [[C. Edward McVaney]] (born 1940), co-founder of [[JD Edwards]]<ref>[http://www.cwhonors.org/archives/histories/McVaney.pdf C. Edward McVaney: Oral History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111216055839/http://www.cwhonors.org/archives/histories/McVaney.pdf |date=December 16, 2011 }}, ''[[Computerworld]]'' Honors Program. Accessed July 6, 2011. "We moved back east and lived in Cedar Grove, New Jersey."</ref>
* [[Michael P. Moran]] (1944–2004), actor and playwright<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55975430/michael-p-moran-featured-in-play/ "Cedar Grove Youth Is Featured In ''Twelfth Night'' at Seton Hall"], ''Verona-CedarGrove Times'', April 18, 1963. Accessed July 24, 2020. "Michael P. Moran of 94 Young Ave., Cedar Grove, and well known for his work with the Towers Summer Theatre, will soon be seen in the hilarious role of Sir Toby Belch in Shakespeare's ''Twelfth Night'' to be presented by the Workshop Theatre of Seton Hall University."</ref>
* [[David Njoku]] (born 1996), [[tight end]] drafted 29th in the first round of the [[2017 NFL draft]] by the [[Cleveland Browns]]<ref>Aitken Jr., Robert. [http://www.northjersey.com/story/sports/nfl/2017/04/26/cedar-grove-native-david-njoku-awaits-call-nfl/100835276/ "Cedar Grove native David Njoku awaits call to NFL"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'' April 26, 2017. Accessed April 28, 2017. "At Cedar Grove, Njoku was a 220-pound wide receiver and a track star, clearing a 7'1" high jump as a senior and clearing 6'11" at the 2014 New Balance Outdoor Nationals."</ref>
* [[Kevin J. O'Toole]] (born 1964), chair of the [[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey]] who had served in the [[New Jersey Senate]] and three years as mayor of Cedar Grove<ref>[http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/BIO.asp?Leg=308 Senator Kevin J. O'Toole], [[New Jersey Legislature]]. Accessed July 6, 2011.</ref>
* [[Todd Pettengill]] (born 1966), former co-host to the [[WPLJ]] morning show "the Big Show"<ref>Farrell, Paul. [https://heavy.com/news/2014/09/todd-pettengill-brendan-tevlin-murder-radio-rant-wwe/ "Todd Pettengill: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know"], [[Heavy.com]], April 19, 2015. Accessed September 1, 2019. "He’s married to Carrie Pettengill. The couple were wed in 1987. They live in Cedar Grove, New Jersey, where Todd Pettengill’s production company is also based."</ref>
* [[Emilie Poulsson]] (1853–1939), [[children's author]] and campaigner for [[early childhood education]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=tt4DAAAAYAAJ&q=Emilie+Poulsson+biography ''The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Volume X'', J. T. White Company, 1900 (p.463)]</ref>
* [[Aaron Rodgers]] (born 1983), [[quarterback]] <ref>[https://nypost.com/2024/06/15/us-news/where-is-rodgers-nj-neighbors-havent-seen-cedar-grove-sasquatch-for-days/''Where is Rodgers? NJ neighbors haven’t seen ‘Cedar Grove Sasquatch’ for days'', Published June 15, 2024]</ref>
* [[Ron San Fillipo]] (1942–2024), [[athletic director]] and athletics coach<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/verona-cedar-grove-times-appointed-by-co/172095888/ "Appointed By College"], ''Verona-Cedar Grove Times'', September 16, 1971. Accessed May 12, 2025, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "Ron San Fillipo has been named assistant director of student personnel assigned to the Jersey City State College's Sip Avenue (Rutgers) campus, it was announced by Julian Robinson, dean of student affairs.... A native of Belleville, he lives at 27 Brookdale Ave., Cedar Grove and is a graduate of Belleville High School and Montclair State College, where he was an outstanding football player."</ref>
* [[C. Robert Sarcone]] (1925–2020), politician who served in both houses of the [[New Jersey Legislature]]<ref>[[David Wildstein|Wildstein, David]]. [https://newjerseyglobe.com/in-memoriam/c-robert-sarcone-former-senator-and-gubernatorial-candidate-dies-at-94/ "C. Robert Sarcone, former senator and gubernatorial candidate, dies at 94; Newark Republican served as Assembly minority leader in 1962"], New Jersey Globe, January 13, 2020. Accessed July 24, 2020. "Sarcone, who was living in Cedar Grove at the time of his death, is survived by his wife, Jeanette, his daughter, Yvonne Sarcone Cali, three grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren."</ref>
* [[Michael Uslan]] (born 1951), originator and Executive Producer of the [[Batman]] movies and the first professor to teach "Comic Book Folklore" at an accredited university<ref>[[Benjamin Genocchio|Genocchio, Benjamin]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/09/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/09artsnj.html "POW! Take That, Hitler! Men of Steel and Their Times"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', September 9, 2007. Accessed December 26, 2007. "One of the single biggest lenders to the exhibition is Michael Uslan of Cedar Grove, the executive producer of movies like ''Batman'' and ''Batman Begins.''"</ref><ref>Meoli, Daria. [http://www.njmonthly.com/issues/oct05/entertain.html "That's Entertainment"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051214185336/http://www.njmonthly.com/issues/oct05/entertain.html |date=December 14, 2005 }}, ''[[New Jersey Monthly]]'', October 2005. Accessed December 26, 2007. "Fans of the Caped Crusader can add the summer blockbuster ''Batman Begins'' to their personal collections. Like all Batman celluloid, it was produced by Cedar Grove resident Michael Uslan."</ref>
* [[Arthur Wynne]] (1862–1945), inventor of the [[crossword puzzle]]<ref>Romeo, Lisa. [http://verona.patch.com/articles/clue-where-crossword-creator-lived-ten-letters-answer-cedar-grove "Clue: Where Crossword Creator Lived. Ten Letters. Answer: Cedar Grove: A local journalist invented the modern crossword puzzle 97 years ago this week."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110901052414/http://verona.patch.com/articles/clue-where-crossword-creator-lived-ten-letters-answer-cedar-grove |date=September 1, 2011 }}, Verona-Cedar Grove [[Patch.com]], December 21, 2010. Accessed April 8, 2011. "It's the humble – and wonderful -- crossword puzzle. And it was invented by a Cedar Grove resident."</ref>
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