Editing Briarcliff Manor, New York (section)

=== Historic ===
[[File:William Rockefeller.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6|alt=Mustached man in an overcoat|[[William Rockefeller]]]]
[[File:Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6|alt=Man in military dress|Commodore [[Matthew C. Perry]]]]
Briarcliff Manor was historically known for its wealthy estate-owning families, including the Rockefellers, Astors, and Macys. Many of the extended Rockefeller family lived in and around the neighboring area of [[Pocantico Hills]], and [[William Rockefeller]] (brother of [[John D. Rockefeller]]) lived for some time at Edgehill, his house in Scarborough.<ref name="Changing Landscape"/>{{rp|page=83}}<ref name="RockefellerFamily"/> U.S. Naval Commodore [[Matthew C. Perry]], who [[Bakumatsu|opened Japan]] to the West, resided for years in Scarborough and was one of the founders of Saint Mary's Episcopal Church, and donated a bell he captured in [[Tabasco, Mexico]] to the church in 1847.<ref name="Perry"/> Captain [[Alexander Slidell Mackenzie]] also lived in Scarborough.<ref name="1952history"/>{{rp|page=68}} Businessman [[William Henry Aspinwall]] lived in Scarborough, and was sent to England during the American Civil War to prevent the construction of Confederate ironclad warships. He was involved in the Panama Canal; Panama's second-largest city (now known as [[Colón, Panama|Colón]]) was named Aspinwall after him by emigrants from the U.S., and Aspinwall Road in Scarborough was later named after him. [[John Lorimer Worden]], a U.S. Navy [[rear admiral]] who commanded the [[USS Monitor|USS ''Monitor'']] against the [[CSS Virginia|CSS ''Virginia'']] during the [[Battle of Hampton Roads]], was born at [[Scarborough Historic District#Rosemont|Rosemont]] in Scarborough.<ref name="Changing Landscape"/>{{rp|page=28}}<ref name="Worden Historic District"/><ref name="Worden Family"/><ref name="Worden River"/> [[Carrie Chapman Catt]], a pioneer in the campaign for women's suffrage (president of the [[National American Woman Suffrage Association]] and founder of the [[League of Women Voters]] and the [[International Alliance of Women]]),<ref name="Catt"/> lived at [[Juniper Ledge]] during the 1920s.<ref name="CattNRHP2"/> Carle Cotter Conway, a resident of Linden Circle, was president of the [[Continental Can Company]] for 33 years.<ref name="Changing Landscape"/>{{rp|page=98}}<ref name="Conway"/> Banker and businessman [[James Speyer]] lived at Waldheim, an estate in Scarborough, with his family.<ref name="Speyer"/> [[William J. Burns]] was the penultimate director of the Bureau of Investigation; his successor, [[J. Edgar Hoover]], transformed the agency into the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]]. Burns established a private-investigation service, the [[William J. Burns International Detective Agency]], and his family moved to Shadowbrook, a house on Scarborough Road, in 1917.<ref name="Changing Landscape"/>{{rp|page=117}} [[Frank DuMond]] lived in the village and was the art director of Briarcliff College.<ref name="DuMond"/><ref name="DuMond2"/> [[Christian Archibald Herter (physician)|Christian Archibald Herter]], a physician and pathologist, lived with his wife at the Edgehill estate; he worked at a separate laboratory building on the property.<ref name="Herter"/> [[William Woodward Baldwin]], a lawyer and the ninth [[Third Assistant Secretary of State]], rented The Elms (a house in the village) from 1897 to 1926. Further on, Baldwin bought property in the village and built a bungalow, and later bought a concrete house on Pleasantville Road near the Briarcliff train station.<ref name="Baldwin"/> He was a trustee of the Briarcliff Congregational Church and district board of education, counsel to the village government, and member of the Mount Pleasant Field Club (present-day [[Trump National Golf Club Westchester]]).<ref name="Auto3O-2"/>

[[File:Frank A. Vanderlip.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.6|alt=An old man with grey hair and a moustache, wearing a suit and glasses|[[Frank A. Vanderlip]]]]
[[Frank A. Vanderlip]] was president of the [[National City Bank of New York]], [[Assistant Secretary of the Treasury]], and a founder of the [[Federal Reserve System]]. He lived at the [[Beechwood (Vanderlip mansion)|Beechwood estate]] and created the first Montessori school in the United States, the [[Scarborough School]], nearby. Vanderlip also helped found and was the first president of Scarborough's Sleepy Hollow Country Club.<ref name="Changing Landscape"/>{{rp|pages=89–94}} [[Ella Holmes White]] and her partner [[Marie Grice Young]] lived in the Briarcliff Lodge, where an extension was built for them to reside. The two held a long-term lease there before they boarded the [[RMS Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']] and survived its sinking; they continued to live at the lodge until later in their lives.<ref name="LodgeBook"/>{{rp|53}} [[Marian Cruger Coffin]], a landscape architect, was born and grew up in Scarborough.<ref name="MarianCoffin"/> [[Harry L. Twaddle]], a United States Army [[Major general (United States)|major general]] who commanded the [[95th Infantry Division (United States)|95th Infantry Division]] in [[World War II]], was raised in Briarcliff Manor.<ref>{{cite news |date=April 26, 1941 |title=Former Ossining Boy on General Staff |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-statesman-ossining/128614927/ |work=[[The Journal News|The Herald Statesman]] |location=Yonkers, NY |page=12 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> [[Emily Taft Douglas]], a U.S. Representative and wife of Senator [[Paul Douglas (Illinois politician)|Paul Douglas]], lived in Briarcliff Manor from 1986 to her death in 1994.<ref name="NYTObit"/> Composer and conductor [[Aaron Copland]], famous for ''[[Rodeo (ballet)|Rodeo]]'' and ''[[Fanfare for the Common Man]]'', began spending weekdays at Mary Churchill's house in Briarcliff Manor in early 1929, and had a post office box in Briarcliff Manor.<ref name="Copland1"/> He spent almost a month living there before moving to nearby [[Bedford (town), New York|Bedford]]; his ultimate residence is in nearby [[Cortlandt Manor]].<ref name="Copland2"/><ref name="Copland3"/> [[Brooke Astor]], a philanthropist, socialite, and member of the Astor family, lived in Briarcliff Manor for much of her life.<ref name="NYTobit"/> Children's author [[C. B. Colby]] was on the village board, was the village's Fire Commissioner, and researched for the village historical society's 1977 history book. He lived on Pine Road until his death in 1977.<ref name="Changing Landscape"/>{{rp|pages=192, 195, 219}}<ref name="BMFDhistory"/><ref name="AnimalTracks"/> [[Anna Roosevelt Halsted]] lived with [[Curtis Bean Dall]] on Sleepy Hollow Road; their children, [[Eleanor Roosevelt Seagraves|Eleanor]] and [[Curtis Roosevelt|Curtis]], attended the Scarborough School.<ref name="Changing Landscape"/>{{rp|page=109}} [[Blanchette Ferry Rockefeller]], twice-president of the [[Museum of Modern Art]], lived in the village until her death.<ref name="Blanchette"/> [[Eugene T. Booth]], a nuclear physicist and [[Manhattan Project]] developer, lived in the village.<ref name="ETBooth"/> [[John Cheever]] lived in Scarborough, and spent most of his writing career in Westchester towns such as Briarcliff Manor and Ossining.<ref name="NYTCheever"/> He served in the Briarcliff Manor Fire Department.<ref name="BMFDhistory"/> [[Coby Whitmore]], a painter and magazine illustrator, lived in the village from 1945 to 1965. [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction|Pulitzer Prize]]-winning writer and journalist [[John Hersey]] attended public school and lived in Briarcliff Manor; he was the village's first Eagle Scout and a lifeguard at the village pool, and his mother Grace Baird Hersey was a village librarian.<ref name="Changing Landscape"/>{{rp|pages=137, 217}}<ref name="Hersey RHLLC"/><ref name="HerseyParis"/> Folk singer and songwriter [[Tom Glazer]] lived on Long Hill Road for almost 30 years.<ref name="Changing Landscape"/>{{rp|page=223}} Mathematician [[Bryant Tuckerman]], who helped develop the [[Data Encryption Standard]], was a long-time village resident.<ref name="Tuckerman"/> Sculptor [[Robert Weinman]] lived in Briarcliff Manor, where his children attended school.<ref name="Weinman1">{{cite news|last=Wilson|first=Colleen|title=Briarcliff schools, U.S. Supreme Court have rare bond|newspaper=The Journal News|publisher=Gannett Company|url=http://www.lohud.com/story/news/education/2017/09/18/rare-bond-between-briarcliff-school-district-and-u-s-supreme-court-spans-decades/639153001/|date=September 18, 2017|access-date=December 27, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Weinman2">{{cite news|last=Barron|first=Sam|title=Supreme Court Displays Sculptures Loaned From Briarcliff Schools|newspaper=Briarcliff Daily Voice|url=http://briarcliff.dailyvoice.com/schools/supreme-court-displays-sculptures-loaned-from-briarcliff-schools/721768/|date=December 25, 2017|access-date=December 27, 2017}}</ref>

[[Ely Jacques Kahn, Jr.]], a writer for ''[[The New Yorker]]'', lived in Scarborough for more than 20 years, and was a member of the village fire department.<ref name="BMFDhistory"/> His father ([[Ely Jacques Kahn]], a New York skyscraper architect) designed two houses in Briarcliff Manor, including one for sports commentator [[Red Barber]].<ref name="Changing Landscape"/>{{rp|pages=136, 217–8}} [[Burton Benjamin]], a vice president and director of [[CBS News]], lived in the village for about 35 years and was a trustee of the Scarborough School.<ref name="Changing Landscape"/>{{rp|page=218–9}} [[Harcourt (publisher)|Harcourt]] president [[William Jovanovich]] lived in Briarcliff Manor for 27 years.<ref name="Changing Landscape"/>{{rp|page=220}} [[Leonard Jacobson]], a museum architect and colleague of [[I. M. Pei]], lived in the village.<ref name="Jacobson"/> [[Jerrier A. Haddad]], a computer engineer, lived in Briarcliff with his wife and five children.<ref name="Legacy"/> His wife, Carole Haddad, was president of the Briarcliff Manor-Scarborough Historical Society.<ref name="Haddad2"/> [[John Kelvin Koelsch]], a U.S. Navy officer during the Korean War and the first helicopter pilot to receive the [[Medal of Honor]], lived in Scarborough and attended the Scarborough School.<ref name="BMSHSNews"/> Novelist and short-story writer [[Richard Yates (novelist)|Richard Yates]] lived at the corner of Revolutionary Road and Route 9 in Scarborough as a boy, and named his novel ''[[Revolutionary Road]]''; it was made into a [[Revolutionary Road (film)|2008 film]].<ref name="Yates"/> [[Alice Low]], who along with her family lived in Briarcliff Manor since the 1950s, was an author of children's books, poems, and screenplays.<ref name="Changing Landscape"/>{{rp|page=219}} Author [[Sol Stein]], founder and former president of the Briarcliff Manor-based [[Stein and Day]], was a village resident.<ref name="Changing Landscape"/>{{rp|page=221}}<ref name="SteinandDay"/> [[Rolf Landauer]], a German-American physicist and a refugee from [[Nazi Germany]], lived in the village.<ref name="Landauer"/> Composer, pianist, and local historian [[Carmino Ravosa]] lived at the Crossroads and was a trustee of the Briarcliff Manor-Scarborough Historical Society.<ref name="BMSHSNews"/><ref name="Ravosa"/> [[John Chervokas]] was an advertising writer and executive and Ossining town supervisor and school board member, and a longtime resident of Briarcliff Manor.<ref name="Chervokas"/> Physicist [[Praveen Chaudhari]], an innovator in [[thin film]]s and high-temperature superconductors, lived in Briarcliff Manor.<ref name="Chaudhari"/> Lawrence M. Waterhouse was the founder, CEO, and president of [[TD Waterhouse]].<ref name="Waterhouse"/> Waterhouse was a resident and benefactor of the Briarcliff Manor-Scarborough Historical Society.<ref name="BMSHSNews2"/> [[Minimalist]] painter [[Brice Marden]] grew up in the village, and was a 1956 graduate of Briarcliff High School.<ref name="interview"/><ref name="BHSalumni"/> Cardiac surgeon Peter Praeger, a founder, president, and chief executive of [[Dr. Praeger's|Dr. Praeger's Sensible Foods]], was a village resident.<ref name="Praeger"/> Robert Alan Minzesheimer was a journalist and book critic for ''[[USA Today]]'', and lived in Scarborough.<ref name="Minzesheimer"/>

[[File:ElliottFitchShepard.PNG|thumb|upright|alt=An old man with grey hair and a beard, wearing a suit and overcoat|[[Elliott Fitch Shepard]]]]
The Webb family lived on the [[Beechwood (Vanderlip mansion)|Beechwood estate]]. Family members who lived at the estate include [[Henry Walter Webb]], a [[New York Central Railroad]] executive who bought the property during the 1890s; Webb's cousin [[George Webb Morell]], a Union Army brigadier general during the American Civil War, and Webb's half-brother [[Alexander S. Webb]], a Union major general during the Civil War and a Medal of Honor recipient. Other family members were [[James Watson Webb]] (father of Henry Walter Webb), a diplomat, newspaper publisher and New York politician; General Samuel Blatchley Webb (father of James Watson Webb), an aide to George Washington; and businessman [[William Seward Webb]] (brother of Henry Walter Webb), founder and president of the [[Sons of the American Revolution]]. Colonel [[Elliott Fitch Shepard]], brother-in-law of William Seward Webb and ''[[aide-de-camp]]'' to New York governor [[Edwin D. Morgan]], lived at Woodlea in Scarborough with his wife [[Margaret Louisa Vanderbilt Shepard]] and their children.<ref name="Changing Landscape"/>{{rp|pages=29, 47}}