Editing Chatham Borough, New Jersey (section)

==Notable people==
{{Category see also|People from Chatham Borough, New Jersey}}
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Chatham since its founding in 1710 include:
* [[Ben Bailey]] (born 1970), comedian and host of [[Discovery Channel]]'s ''[[Cash Cab (American game show)|Cash Cab]]''<ref>[http://www.chicago.zanies.com/news.php?viewStory=357 Ben Bailey profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060521/http://www.chicago.zanies.com/news.php?viewStory=357 |date=March 4, 2016 }}, Zanies Comedy Night Club, accessed March 27, 2013. "Ben Bailey is a young comedian on the rise. In the fall of 1992, Ben left his home in Chatham, New Jersey and flew to Los Angeles with only forty dollars and a backpack full of clothes."</ref><ref>Fowler, Linda. [https://www.nj.com/inside-jersey/2017/12/post_36.html "From the archives: Ben Bailey in his Cash Cab, circa 2009"], ''[[Inside Jersey]]'', December 9, 2017. Accessed July 30, 2019. "Bailey grew up in Chatham Borough ('yeah, the rough neighborhood'), where his dad was an executive for Chase Manhattan Bank and his mom worked for a time in the career center at Drew University."</ref>
* [[Kafi Benz]] (born 1941), writer, artist, conservationist and community leader<ref>Salmond, Jessica. [https://www.yourobserver.com/article/benz-steps-lead-cona "Benz steps up to lead CONA"], ''[[Sarasota Observer]]'', January 21, 2015. Accessed January 12, 2018. "Kafi Benz - Born: Chatham, N.J. Moved to Sarasota: 1982"</ref>
* [[Leanna Brown]] (1935–2016), politician<ref>Cichowski, John. [https://web.archive.org/web/20121022102154/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-22603243.html "Morris Voters Reelect 3 Gop Legislators"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', November 6, 1991. Accessed November 18, 2008. "Brown of Chatham Borough led Democrat Drew Britcher of Parsippany-Troy Hills, 27,381 to 7,563 to win her third term."</ref><ref>Townsend, Cara. [http://thealternativepress.com/sections/government/articles/trailblazer-leanna-brown-honored-by-chatham-gop "Trailblazer Leanna Brown Honored by Chatham GOP"], TheAlternativePress.com, February 10, 2013, Accessed February 18, 2013. "Longtime Chatham resident Leanna Brown had many firsts in politics. She was the first woman to serve on the Borough Council, the first woman to win a seat in the New Jersey Assembly, and the first woman elected to the State Senate."</ref><ref>[http://www.ourcampaigns.com/ContainerHistory.html?ContainerID=3524 "Our Campaigns – Senate 26th Legislative District – History"]. OurCampaigns.com. Accessed February 19, 2013. Site content indicates election results for Republican Leanna Brown of Chatham Borough in her three wins for State senate, including defeating Democrat Drew Britcher by 34,063 to 9,514 votes for her third Senate term in 1991.</ref>
* [[Edward Everett Bruen]] (1859–1938), first [[mayor of East Orange, New Jersey]], and a descendant of founders of Chatham<ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1938/05/12/archives/edward-e-bruen-a-realty-dealer-first-mayor-of-east-orange.html "Edward E. Bruen, A Realty Dealer. First Mayor of East Orange Established Firm 53 Years Ago. Dies at 78. Served Elevated Lines. Secretary to Thomas Peeples of Manhattan Company. Descendant of Settlers"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', May 12, 1938. Accessed July 24, 2018. "Born in Chatham, Mr. Bruen was a descendant of settlers there and of Obadiah Bruen, who went from Connecticut to Newark in 1666."</ref><ref>[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bruchhausen-brunner.html Edward Everett Bruen], Political Graveyard.</ref>
* [[Bruce Harris (politician)|Bruce Harris]] (born 1951), attorney and politician who served as the borough mayor<ref>Ivers, Marianne. [http://www.nj.com/independentpress/index.ssf/2015/04/chatham_borough_mayor_bruce_ha_3.html "Chatham Borough Mayor Bruce Harris honored at Historical Society event"], ''The Independent Press'', April 13, 2015. Accessed February 12, 2017. "When Harris and his partner Marc Boisclair moved to New Jersey in 1981, they chose Chatham Borough 'because of its small town character and sense of community', Harris said... From 2004 to 2012 Harris served on the Chatham Borough Council. He was elected mayor in January 2012."</ref>
* [[Constance Horner]] (born 1942), businesswoman who served as the third director of the [[United States Office of Personnel Management]]<ref>Bruce, Edna. [https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/95292984/ "Along the Way"], ''The Chatham Press'', August 26, 1960. Accessed January 27, 2022, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "Constance J. McNeely of 16 N. Hillside Avenue has been awarded one of the 202 freshman competitive scholarships at the University of Pennsylvania. A recent Chatham High School graduate, Miss McNeely will enter the College of Liberal Arts for Women next month."</ref>
* [[Shepard Kollock]] (1750–1839), [[American Revolutionary War]]-era editor, author, and printer of the ''[[New Jersey Journal]]'', which became the first newspaper in Chatham and third newspaper in New Jersey in 1779<ref>[http://chatham.patch.com/listings/shepard-kollock-park/ Shepard Kollock Park] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130520204250/http://chatham.patch.com/listings/shepard-kollock-park |date=May 20, 2013 }}, ChathamPatch, accessed March 27, 2013.</ref>
* [[Ann McLaughlin Korologos]] (1941-2023, née Lauenstein), [[United States Secretary of Labor]] in the [[Presidency of Ronald Reagan|Reagan Administration]]<ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1987/11/03/us/reagan-to-nominate-former-interior-aide-as-labor-secretary.html "Reagan to Nominate Former Interior Aide As Labor Secretary"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', November 3, 1987. Accessed March 21, 2012. "Mrs. McLaughlin was born in 1941 in Chatham, N.J."</ref>
* [[Nick Mangold]] (born 1984), [[American football]] [[Center (American football)|center]] for the [[New York Jets]] of the [[National Football League]]<ref>[http://www.nj.com/morristown/index.ssf/2008/09/neighborhood_house_real_estate.html Neighborhood House, real estate market get boost from Jets], [[New Jersey On-Line]]. Accessed December 9, 2010. "Offensive lineman Nick Mangold put it another way. The 24-year-old and his wife have been busy in recent weeks moving into their new two-story house in Chatham Borough, meeting neighbors."</ref>
* [[Joseph C. McDonough]] (1924-2005), decorated [[Major general (United States)|Major General]] in the [[United States Army]]<ref>via [[Associated Press]]. [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118614643/joseph-c-mcdonough-of-chatham-borough/ "Smathers Makes His West Point Choices"], ''[[Home News Tribune|The Daily Home News]]'', June 26, 1942. Accessed February 14, 2023, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "The senator yesterday also named Joseph C. McDonough, 25 Oliver street, Chatham, his first alternate appointee..."</ref>
* [[Bob Papa]] (born 1964), head radio announcer for the [[New York Giants]]<ref>Berman, Zach. [http://www.nj.com/giants/index.ssf/2011/01/a_man_of_his_words_play-by-pla.html "A man of his words: Play-by-play is Bob Papa's work, love"], ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', January 2, 2011. Accessed March 21, 2012. "There's one subtle staple in every Bob Papa broadcast.... In the opening segment, with Jen and their three sons watching and waiting in their Chatham home, Papa delivered in the most understated of ways."</ref>
* [[David K. Shipler]] (born 1942), author, correspondent, journalist, and filmmaker who won the 1987 [[Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction]] for ''[[Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land]]'', won the [[George Polk Award]], is the author of ''The Shipler Report'', and is co-host of ''Two Reporters''<ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1987/04/17/nyregion/winners-of-pulitzer-prizes-in-journalism-letters-and-the-arts.html&src=pm "Winners Of Pulitzer Prizes In Journalism, Letters And The Arts"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', April 17, 1987. Accessed March 6, 2013. "Mr. Shipler was born in Chatham, N.J., graduated from Dartmouth College and joined The Times as a news clerk in 1966."</ref><ref>[https://www.tworeporters.org/speakers Two Reporters bios]</ref>
* [[Barbara Stanley (psychologist)|Barbara Stanley]] (1949–2023), [[psychologist]], researcher, and [[Suicidology|suicidologist]]<ref>[[Ellen Barry (journalist)|Barry, Ellen]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/29/health/barbara-stanley-dead.html "Barbara Stanley, Influential Suicide Researcher, Dies at 73"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', January 29, 2023. Accessed February 14, 2023. "In addition to her daughter, Dr. Stanley, who lived in Chatham, N.J., is survived by her son, Thomas Stanley, and her siblings, John Hrevnack, Michael Hrevnack and Joanne Kennedy."</ref>
* [[John Tolkin]] (born 2002), professional soccer player<ref>Havsy, Jane. [https://www.dailyrecord.com/story/sports/game-on/2019/04/22/u-s-soccer-john-tolkin-chatham/3540841002/ "Chatham teen to represent U.S. in CONCACAF U-17 championship"], ''[[Daily Record (New Jersey)|Daily Record]]'', April 22, 2019. Accessed October 1, 2019. "John Tolkin of Chatham has been called in to the U.S. Soccer under-17 national team ahead of the CONCACAF U-17 Championship at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida."</ref>
* [[Aaron Montgomery Ward]] (1844−1913), inventor of [[mail order]] and a descendant of colonial settlers<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080516195050/http://www.lib.niu.edu/ipo/2000/ihy000441.html "Montgomery Ward: The World's First Mail-Order Business"], backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of May 16, 2008. Accessed March 6, 2013. "Aaron Montgomery Ward was born on February 17, 1844, in Chatham, New Jersey, to a family whose forebears had served as officers in the French and Indian War as well as in the American Revolution."</ref>
* [[Alice Waters]] (born 1944), chef and pioneer of local, [[organic food]] movement<ref>Burros, Marian. [https://www.nytimes.com/1996/08/14/garden/alice-waters-food-revolutionary.html "Alice Waters: Food Revolutionary"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 4, 1996. Accessed March 21, 2012. "Alice Louise Waters, one of four daughters born in Chatham, N.J., is no longer just a restaurateur. Chez Panisse, which she opened just to entertain her friends, has become a shrine to the new American cooking and a mecca of the culinary world."</ref>