Leonia, New Jersey

Leonia, New Jersey
Borough
Borough of Leonia
Map highlighting Leonia's location within Bergen County. Inset:
Bergen County's location within New Jersey
Census Bureau map of Leonia, New Jersey
Coordinates: 40.863391N 73.988471W
[1][2]
Country United States of America
State New Jersey
County Bergen
Incorporated December 5, 1894
Government
[6]
Type Borough
Mayor John DeSimone (D, term
ends December 31,
2015)
[3][4]
Administrator
Jack Terhune
[5]
Clerk
Fran Lehmann
[5]
Area
[2]
Total
1.635 sq mi (4.234 km
2
)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Leonia is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey,
United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the
borough's population was 8,937,
[8][9][10]
reflecting an
increase of 23 (+0.3%) from the 8,914 counted in the
2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 549
(+6.6%) from the 8,365 counted in the 1990 Census.
[19]
It is located near the western approach to the George
Washington Bridge.
Leonia was formed as the result of a referendum passed
on December 5, 1894, from portions of Ridgefield
Township.
[20]
The borough was formed during the
"Boroughitis" phenomenon then sweeping through
Bergen County, in which 26 boroughs were formed in
the county in 1894 alone.
[21]
Portions of Leonia were
taken on February 19, 1895, to form the Township of
Teaneck.
[20][22]
New Jersey Monthly magazine ranked Leonia as its 31st
best place to live in its 2008 rankings of the "Best Places
To Live" in New Jersey.
[23]
1 Geography
2 Demographics
2.1 Census 2010
2.2 Census 2000
3 Government
3.1 Local government
3.2 Federal, state and county
representation
3.3 Politics
4 Education
5 History
6 Recreation
7 Transportation
7.1 Roads and highways
Coordinates: 40.863391N 73.988471W
Leonia, New Jersey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonia,_New_Jersey
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Land
1.536 sq mi (3.977 km
2
)
Water
0.099 sq mi (0.257 km
2
)
6.06%
Area rank 436th of 566 in state
56th of 70 in county
[2]
Elevation
[7]
85 ft (26 m)
Population (2010 Census)
[8][9][10]
Total 8,937
Estimate (2012
[11]
)
9,018
Rank 257th of 566 in state
41st of 70 in county
[12]
Density
5,819.5/sq mi (2,246.9/km
2
)
Density rank 89th of 566 in state
25th of 70 in county
[12]
Time zone Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)
Summer (DST) Eastern (EDT) (UTC-4)
ZIP code
07605
[13][14]
Area code(s)
201
[15]
FIPS code
3400340020
[16][2][17]
GNIS feature ID
0885276
[18][2]
Website www.leonianj.gov
(http://www.leonianj.gov)
Historical population
Census Pop. %
1900 804
1910 1,486 84.8%
1920 2,979 100.5%
1930 5,350 79.6%
1940 5,763 7.7%
1950 7,378 28.0%
1960 8,384 13.6%
1970 8,847 5.5%
1980 8,027 9.3%
1990 8,365 4.2%
2000 8,914 6.6%
2010 8,937 0.3%
Est. 2012 9,018
[11]
0.9%
7.2 Public transportation
8 Notable people
9 See also
10 References
11 Sources
12 External links
Leonia is located at
(40.863391,-73.988471). According to the United States
Census Bureau, the borough had a total area of 1.635
square miles (4.234 km
2
), of which, 1.536 square miles
(3.977 km
2
) of it was land and 0.099 square miles
(0.257 km
2
) of it (6.06%) was water.
[1][2]
While the borough center's elevation is 105 feet (32 m),
the western part of the borough can reach 5 feet (1.5 m)
and the eastern part of Leonia reaches 318 feet
(97 m).
[24]
Leonia is designated as a Tree City USA,
receiving its 21st annual recognition in 2010 from the
National Arbor Day Foundation.
[25]
Census 2010
At the 2010 United States Census, there were 8,937 people, 3,284 households,
and 2,519 families residing in the borough. The population density was 5,819.5
per square mile (2,246.9 /km
2
). There were 3,428 housing units at an average
density of 2,232.2 per square mile (861.9 /km
2
). The racial makeup of the
borough was 55.22% (4,935) White, 2.34% (209) Black or African American,
0.16% (14) Native American, 35.12% (3,139) Asian, 0.01% (1) Pacific Islander,
3.71% (332) from other races, and 3.44% (307) from two or more races.
Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 16.66% (1,489) of the population.
[8]
Korean Americans accounted for 26.5% of the population.
[8]
There were 3,284 households, of which 34.8% had children under the age of 18
living with them, 61.2% were married couples living together, 11.3% had a
female householder with no husband present, and 23.3% were non-families.
20.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.7% had someone
living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was
2.72 and the average family size was 3.13.
[8]
405148N 735918W
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Population sources:
1900-1920
[26]
1900-1910
[27]
1910-1930
[28]
1900-2010
[29][30][31]
2000
[32][33]
2010
[8][9][10]
In the borough, 22.3% of the population were under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18
to 24, 23.9% from 25 to 44, 31.8% from 45 to 64, and 15.1% who were 65 years
of age or older. The median age was 43.0 years. For every 100 females there
were 92.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.9
males.
[8]
Same-sex couples headed 35 households in 2010, more than double the 17 counted in 2000.
[34]
The Census Bureau's 2006-2010 American Community Survey showed that (in 2010 inflation-adjusted dollars)
median household income was $66,271 (with a margin of error of +/- $9,365) and the median family income
was $91,129 (+/- $16,890). Males had a median income of $54,754 (+/- $8,175) versus $60,057 (+/- $8,680) for
females. The per capita income for the borough was $40,030 (+/- $4,132). About 5.8% of families and 9.1% of
the population were below the poverty line, including 12.2% of those under age 18 and 8.9% of those age 65 or
over.
[35]
Census 2000
As of the 2000 United States Census
[16]
there were 8,914 people, 3,271 households, and 2,436 families residing
in the borough. The population density was 5,921.3 people per square mile (2,279.3/km
2
). There were 3,343
housing units at an average density of 2,220.6 per square mile (854.8/km
2
). The racial makeup of the borough
was 65.74% White, 2.27% African American, 0.09% Native American, 26.06% Asian, 0.01% Pacific Islander,
3.20% from other races, and 2.64% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 12.73% of the
population.
[32][33]
There were 3,271 households out of which 36.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.5%
were married couples living together, 9.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 25.5% were
non-families. 22.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.3% had someone living alone who
was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.72 and the average family size was 3.20.
[32][33]
In the borough the population was spread out with 24.6% under the age of 18, 5.9% from 18 to 24, 29.0% from
25 to 44, 26.9% from 45 to 64, and 13.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For
every 100 females there were 92.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.7 males.
[32][33]
The median income for a household in the borough was $72,440, and the median income for a family was
$84,591. Males had a median income of $55,156 versus $38,125 for females. The per capita income for the
borough was $35,352. About 5.0% of families and 6.5% of the population were below the poverty line,
including 9.0% of those under age 18 and 1.8% of those age 65 or over.
[32][33]
As of the 2000 Census, 17.24% of Leonia's residents identified themselves as being of Korean ancestry, which
was the fourth-highest in the United States and second highest of any municipality in New Jersey behind
neighboring Palisades Park (36.38%) for all places with 1,000 or more residents identifying their
ancestry.
[36]
Additionally, 3.07% of Leonia's residents identified themselves as being of Japanese ancestry,
which was the fourth highest of any municipality in New Jersey behind Fort Lee (6.09%), Demarest (3.72%)
and Edgewater (3.22%) for all places with 1,000 or more residents identifying their ancestry.
[37]
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The Borough Hall of Leonia
Local government
Leonia is governed under the Borough form of New Jersey municipal
government. The governing body consists of a Mayor and a Borough
Council comprising six council members, with all positions elected
at-large on a partisan basis as part of the November general election. A
Mayor is elected directly by the voters to a four-year term of office. The
Borough Council consists of six members elected to serve three-year
terms on a staggered basis, with two seats coming up for election each
year in a three-year cycle.
[6]
The Borough form of government used by
Leonia, the most common system used in the state, is a "weak mayor /
strong council" government in which council members act as the
legislative body with the mayor presiding at meetings and voting only
in the event of a tie. The mayor makes committee and liaison
assignments for council members, and most appointments are made by
the mayor with the advice and consent of the council. The council is the
borough's legislative body; The mayor can veto ordinances, subject to
override by the council.
[38]
The Mayor and Council members in Leonia
are unpaid.
As of 2013, the Mayor of Leonia is Democrat John DeSimone, whose
term of office ends December 31, 2015.
[4]
The members of the Leonia Borough Council are Council President
Peter Knott (D, 2013; serving an unexpired term), Pasquale "Pat" Fusco (D, 2015; serving an unexpired term),
Gil Hawkins (D, 2014), Greg Makroulakis (D, 2015), Douglas Salmon (D, 2014) and Darryl Whitter (D, 2013).
[39][40][41][42][43][44]
Peter Knott was appointed to fill the seat vacated by John DeSimone when he took office as mayor and won
election to serve the balance of the term through December 2013.
[45]
Pat Fusco was appointed in August 2013 to fill the vacant seat of Ik-Seong "I.S." Pak, who had resigned earlier
that month citing personal issues.
[46]
Federal, state and county representation
Leonia is located in the 9th Congressional District
[47]
and is part of New Jersey's 37th state legislative district.
[9][48][49]
New Jersey's Ninth Congressional District is represented by Bill Pascrell (D, Paterson).
[50]
New Jersey is
represented in the United States Senate by Cory Booker (D, Newark; took office on October 31, 2013, after
winning a special election to fill the seat of Frank Lautenberg)
[51][52]
and Bob Menendez (D, North Bergen).
[53][54]
The 37th Legislative District of the New Jersey Legislature is represented in the State Senate by Loretta
Weinberg (D, Teaneck) and in the General Assembly by Valerie Huttle (D, Englewood) and Gordon M. Johnson
(D, Englewood).
[55]
The Governor of New Jersey is Chris Christie (R, Mendham Township).
[56]
The Lieutenant
Governor of New Jersey is Kim Guadagno (R, Monmouth Beach).
[57]
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Bergen County is governed by a directly elected County Executive, with legislative functions performed by a
seven-member Board of Chosen Freeholders.
[58]
The County Executive is Kathleen Donovan (R, Rutherford;
term ends December 31, 2014).
[59]
The seven freeholders are elected at-large in partisan elections on a
staggered basis, with two or three seats coming up for election each year, with a Chairman, Vice Chairman and
Chairman Pro Tempore selected from among its members at a reorganization meeting held each January.
[60]
As
of 2013, Bergen County's Freeholders are Freeholder Chairman David L. Ganz (D, 2014; Fair Lawn),
[61]
Vice
Chairwoman Joan Voss (D, 2014; Fort Lee),
[62]
Chairman Pro Tempore John A. Felice (R, 2016; River
Edge),
[63]
Maura R. DeNicola (R, 2016; Franklin Lakes),
[64]
Steve Tanelli (D, 2015; North Arlington)
[65]
and
Tracy Silna Zur (D, 2015; Franklin Lakes).
[65][66]
Countywide constitutional officials are Sheriff Michael
Saudino (R), Surrogate Michael R. Dressler (D, Cresskill) and County Clerk John S. Hogan (D, Northvale).
[67]
Politics
As of March 23, 2011, there were a total of 4,713 registered voters in Leonia, of which 2,493 (52.9% vs. 31.7%
countywide) were registered as Democrats, 598 (12.7% vs. 21.1%) were registered as Republicans and 1,619
(34.4% vs. 47.1%) were registered as Unaffiliated. There were 3 voters registered to other parties.
[68]
Among
the borough's 2010 Census population, 52.7% (vs. 57.1% in Bergen County) were registered to vote, including
67.9% of those ages 18 and over (vs. 73.7% countywide).
[68][69]
In the 2012 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama received 2,451 votes here (66.8% vs. 54.8%
countywide), ahead of Republican Mitt Romney with 1,135 votes (30.9% vs. 43.5%) and other candidates with
47 votes (1.3% vs. 0.9%), among the 3,668 ballots cast by the borough's 5,065 registered voters, for a turnout of
72.4% (vs. 70.4% in Bergen County).
[70][71]
In the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama
received 2,604 votes here (65.9% vs. 53.9% countywide), ahead of Republican John McCain with 1,273 votes
(32.2% vs. 44.5%) and other candidates with 30 votes (0.8% vs. 0.8%), among the 3,953 ballots cast by the
borough's 5,050 registered voters, for a turnout of 78.3% (vs. 76.8% in Bergen County).
[72][73]
In the 2004
presidential election, Democrat John Kerry received 2,468 votes here (64.4% vs. 51.7% countywide), ahead of
Republican George W. Bush with 1,327 votes (34.6% vs. 47.2%) and other candidates with 25 votes (0.7% vs.
0.7%), among the 3,835 ballots cast by the borough's 4,878 registered voters, for a turnout of 78.6% (vs. 76.9%
in the whole county).
[74]
In the 2009 gubernatorial election, Democrat Jon Corzine received 1,682 ballots cast (60.7% vs. 48.0%
countywide), ahead of Republican Chris Christie with 901 votes (32.5% vs. 45.8%), Independent Chris Daggett
with 120 votes (4.3% vs. 4.7%) and other candidates with 7 votes (0.3% vs. 0.5%), among the 2,773 ballots cast
by the borough's 4,880 registered voters, yielding a 56.8% turnout (vs. 50.0% in the county).
[75]
Leonia is served by its public system and by a number of private schools.
[76]
The Leonia Public Schools serve students from kindergarten through the twelfth grade. Students from
Edgewater attended the district's schools for grades 7-12 as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the
Edgewater Public Schools.
[77]
Edgewater sends approximately 320 students who attend the district's middle
school and high school.
[78]
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Once Leonia High School, now Leonia Middle
School
Schools in the district (with 2010-11 enrollment data from the
National Center for Education Statistics
[79]
) are Anna C. Scott
Elementary School
[80]
(grades PreK-5, 639 students), Leonia
Middle School
[81]
(6-8, 442 students) and Leonia High
School
[82]
(9-12, 657 students).
[83]
Public school students from the borough, and all of Bergen
County, are eligible to attend the secondary education programs
offered by the Bergen County Technical Schools, which include
the Bergen County Academies in Hackensack, and the Bergen
Tech campus in Teterboro or Paramus. The district offers
programs on a shared-time or full-time basis, with admission
based on a selective application process and tuition covered by
the student's home school district.
[84][85]
St. John the Evangelist School was a Catholic school for students in grades PreK-8, operating under the
supervision of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark. After 72 years and generations of graduates, it was
closed in June 2013.
[86]
The original inhabitants of Leonia were the Hackensack tribe (Ashkineshacky) of Native Americans. The
population was about 1,000 before the Europeans settled in the area. At the time of the American Revolutionary
War, Leonia was known as part of the English Neighborhood, a name that survives in neighboring Englewood.
It was settled in 1668 mainly by Dutch and English farmers, making it one of the oldest communities in the
state and county.
[87]
A third of the population was African slaves. It was located on the western slope of the
Palisades, started as a quiet farming community. Leonia's proximity to New York City and its major
universities, theaters and performing venues contributed to Leonia's place in the world of art and academics,
with many artists and leading thinkers finding a home there in the twentieth century.
The local economy that had been focused on agriculture underwent economic and cultural growth during the
late nineteenth century, marked by the introduction of train service at was originally called West Fort Lee. J.
Vreeland Moore and other town leaders chose the name "Leonia" in 1865 in honor of American Revolutionary
War General Charles Lee.
[88]
After traveling through Leonia after arriving in New Jersey by ferry at Edgewater in 1899, advertising executive
Artemus Ward purchased a large piece of land and established the Leonia Heights Land Company to develop
and market housing in the community, his advertising attracting many academics and artists who were attracted
to Leonia's small size, culture, and location, earning the town's nickname of the "Athens of New Jersey".
[89]
In 1915, the Leonia School of Illustration was established by Harvey Dunn, fostering the artists' colony that
subsequently emerged over the next decade.
[90]
By the 1930s, it had the highest number of residents, per capita,
in Who's Who in America and 80% of its residents were college graduates. Transportation through the borough
was enhanced with access to ferries and trolley systems and Leonia became a refuge for many of America's
most creative thinkers which included five Nobel Prize winners.
[91]
For 200 years, one of the two major avenues that run north-to-south through Leonia, Grand Avenue (the other
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one is Broad Avenue) was called the English Neighborhood Road. In colonial times, this road served as the
main inland route between Paulus Hook, Bergen, and the English Neighborhood. Leonia was a crossroads of the
American Revolution and a training ground for American Civil War soldiers.
Historic places in this town include the Civil War Drill Hall and Armory and the Cole-Allaire House. The
Vreeland House, constructed in 1786 by Dirck Vreeland and expanded in 1815, was added to the National
Register of Historic Places in 1978.
[92]
Leonia celebrates "Leonia Day" annually on the third Sunday in May.
[93]
Leonia is home to the Players Guild of Leonia, which operates as the oldest continuing theatre troupe in the
state of New Jersey, and is one of the oldest community theatre guilds in the state with continuous performances
since 1919.
[91]
Performances have included comedies, tragedies, classics, and musicals. The Guild's production
of One Mad Night in 1940 was the first three-act play performed on television, when it was broadcast on
WPTZ, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1963, the Children's Show was instituted and continues each spring.
Between 1968 and 1998, the Guild produced Theatre in the Park. Since 2002, the Players' Guild of Leonia has
produced a Playwright's Showcase featuring original scripts. The Guild operates out of the historic Civil War
Drill Hall Theatre on Grand Avenue which is leased from the borough.
[94]
Since 2000, Leonia has also been home to Summerstage at Leonia, which produces a Broadway-style family
musical each summer in the last two weeks of July at the Leonia High School Little Theater. Auditions are held
in May and open to all in the NY metro area. Past shows have included The Wizard of Oz, Carousel, The Sound
of Music, Annie and Oliver.
[95]
The Leonia Chamber Musicians Society, founded in 1973, is made up of professional musicians who reside in
Leonia, has been performing classical music concerts four times a year at various venues in the borough.
[96]
Sculpture for Leonia aims to build the art and cultural environment in Leonia through the display of outdoor
sculpture throughout the community and in the Erika and David Boyd Sculpture Garden, which is located on the
grounds of the Leonia Boro Annex.
[97]
This group sponsors an annual Taste of Leonia fundraiser. Leonia Arts
provides a calendar of all arts events in Leonia.
[98]
Leonia has five public recreational areas, of which only the Leonia Swim Club requires a membership fee. The
recreation areas include Wood Park, located on the corner of Broad Avenue and Fort Lee Road; Sylvan Park and
the Leonia Swim Club, both are on Grand Avenue, near Sylvan Avenue; the Recreational Center on Broad
Avenue that offers an indoor basketball court.
[91]
Overpeck County Park, which is a Bergen County park that is
located in Leonia, Ridgefield and Teaneck, is home of the county's World Trade Center Memorial.
[99]
Roads and highways
The borough had a total of 23.02 miles (37.05 km) of roadways, of which 19.53 miles (31.43 km) are
maintained by the municipality, 1.12 miles (1.80 km) by Bergen County, 1.56 miles (2.51 km) by the New
Jersey Department of Transportation and 0.81 miles (1.30 km) by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority.
[100]
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Route 93 (Grand Avenue) runs north-south for 1.5 miles (2.4 km) through the center of the borough, connecting
Palisades Park and Englewood.
[101]
Interstate 95 (the New Jersey Turnpike) curves along the borough's
northern border
[102]
while U.S. Route 1/9 and U.S. Route 46 briefly enter along the western border with Fort
Lee.
[103][104]
Public transportation
New Jersey Transit bus routes 166 and 182 provides service to the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Midtown
Manhattan, with local service offered on the 751, 755 and 756 routes.
[105]
Rockland Coaches provides service to the Port Authority Bus Terminal on the 11T/11AT, 14ET, 20T and 21T
routes and to the George Washington Bridge Bus Station on the 14K , 20 and 84 routes.
[106]
The Northern Branch Corridor Project, a proposal to restore passenger train service on the CSX tracks, which
had offered passenger service decades before and is now used for occasional freight service. New Jersey
Transit's plan would include a station in Leonia as part of its route between Tenafly and North Bergen.
[107]
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Leonia include:
Alan Alda (born 1936), actor.
[108]
Robert J. Alexander (1918-2010), political activist who studied the trade union movement in Latin
America and dissident communist political parties.
[109]
Freddie Bartholomew (19241992), child actor.
[88][110]
Pat Boone (born 1934), singer.
[88][108][111]
Anthony Bourdain (born 1956), chef.
[112]
David Boyd (1916-2009), artist and historian.
[113]
Rutherford Boyd (1884-1951), artist.
[113][114]
Carolee Carmello, actress.
[115]
Edwin H. Colbert (19052001), paleontologist and author.
[116][117]
Dan Colen (born 1979), artist.
[118][119]
Robin Cook (born 1940), physician and novelist.
[120]
Sam Coppola (1932-2012), actor who played hardware store owner 'Dan Fusco' in the 1977 film Saturday
Night Fever.
[121]
Alexander Dallin (19242000), historian, political scientist, and international relations scholar at
Columbia University.
[122]
Sammy Davis, Jr. (19251990), entertainer.
[108]
Dorothy Dinnerstein (1923-1992), feminist activist, author and academic.
[123]
Acheson J. Duncan (1904-1995), statistician and authority in quality control.
[124]
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Harvey Dunn (18841952), illustrator.
[90]
Gregg Edelman (born 1958), actor.
[125]
Emme (born 1963), plus-size supermodel.
[126]
Enrico Fermi (19011954), Nobel Prize winning physicist.
[108][127][128]
Buddy Hackett (19242003), comedian.
[88][129]
Marvin Harris (19272001), anthropologist.
[130]
Toomas Hendrik Ilves (born 1953), President of Estonia.
[131]
Phil Jackson (born 1945), basketball coach.
[132]
Bob Klapisch, sportswriter.
[133]
Dick Kryhoski (19252007), first baseman who played in Major League Baseball for five different teams
between 1949 and 1955.
[134][135]
Harold Lehman (19132006), artist.
[136][137]
Willard Libby (19081980), Nobel Prize winning scientist who played a lead role in the development of
radiocarbon dating.
[108][128]
Robert Ludlum (19272001), author.
[88][108][138]
Philip Maneval (born 1956), composer.
[139]
Vera Maxwell (19011995), fashion designer.
[140]
John C. McCloy (18761945), sailor twice awarded the Medal of Honor.
[141]
Bob McFadden (19232000), voiceover actor.
[142]
Boris Moishezon (19371993), mathematician.
[143]
J. Vreeland Moore (18241903), brigadier general of the 1st New Jersey Regiment who played a major
role in the borough's formation.
[144]
Robert F. Murphy (19241990), anthropologist.
[145]
Norman D. Newell (1909-2005), professor of geology at Columbia University, and chairman and curator
of invertebrate paleontology at the American Museum of Natural History.
[146]
James Noble (born 1922), actor.
[147]
Christiane Noll, singer and actress known for her work in musicals and on the concert stage.
[148][149]
Frank C. Osmers, Jr. (19071977), represented New Jersey's 9th congressional district from 19391943
and 1951-1965.
[150]
Carmel Quinn, (born 1925) singer.
[88][151]
Lucinda Rosenfeld (born 1969), novelist.
[152]
Warner R. Schilling (19252013), political scientist and international relations scholar at Columbia
University.
[153]
Ivory Sully (born 1957), football player.
[154][155]
Al B. Sure! (born 1968), singer, songwriter and producer.
[156]
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Harold Urey (18931981), Nobel Prize winning chemist.
[128]
Henry S. Walbridge (1801-1869), member of the United States House of Representatives from New York
who served from 1851 to 1852.
[157]
Lyndon Woodside (1935-2005), 10th conductor of the Oratorio Society of New York.
[158]
List of U.S. cities with significant Korean-American populations
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/gazette.html). United States Census Bureau.
2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
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(http://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data
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c

d

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^
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b

c

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e
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Pak secured the three open seats on the council in an
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the center of a controversy when he accepted an
appointment to fill a newly vacant Borough Council
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for the first time in two years. The board elected
David Ganz as chairman, as expected.... The
reorganization meeting drew several top Democrats
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swearing in Tanelli, a former North Arlington
councilman, and Mayor Cory Booker of Newark
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director; Carmel Quinn a singer; Freddie
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head of a New York advertising concern, envisioned a
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NY (http://www.coachusa.com/rockland
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c2=New+York&s2=NY&resultId=105343&order=&
dayFilter=&scheduleChoice=&
sitePageName=%2Frockland%2Findex.asp&
cbid=116585486288), Rockland Coaches. Accessed
December 13, 2013.
106.
^ Staff. "Attend town hall meetings with the mayor"
(http://www.northjersey.com/community
/announcements/75503357.html),Leonia Life,
November 27, 2009. Accessed July 13, 2011. "The
focus of this first forum will be the New Jersey
Transit Northern Branch Corridor Project. This
initiative would return passenger rail service to
Leonia and as proposed, the line would originate in
Tenafly and end at the North Bergen Junction."
107.
^
a

b

c

d

e

f
Cheslow, Jerry."Well-Read, Well-Shaded
and Well-Placed" (http://www.nytimes.com/1997/06
/15/realestate/well-read-well-shaded-and-well-
placed.html), The New York Times, June 15, 1997.
Accessed October 18, 2013. "Much later, its residents
included five Nobel Prize winners, among them
Enrico Fermi, one of the developers of the atomic
bomb, and Willard Libby, who discovered
radiocarbon dating; Sammy Davis Jr., Pat Boone and
Alan Alda, the entertainers, and Robert Ludlum, the
author."
108.
^ Perrone, Fernanda. Inventory to the Papers of
Robert Jackson Alexander
(http://www2.scc.rutgers.edu/ead/manuscripts
/alexanderf.html), Rutgers University Libraries, April
2000. Accessed November 9, 2013. "Robert Jackson
Alexander was born on November 26, 1918 in
Canton, Ohio. He was the son of Ralph S. Alexander,
an instructor and graduate student in economics, and
Ruth Jackson Alexander. In 1922, the family moved
to Leonia, New Jersey, five miles from New York
City where R.S. Alexander had attained a teaching
position at Columbia."
109.
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^ Nuccio, Sal. "Advertising: Role for Freddie
Bartholomew" (http://select.nytimes.com
/gst/abstract.html?res=F5081FFE3E59147A93C4A91
78AD95F408685F9), The New York Times,
November 6, 1964. Accessed March 30, 2011. "He
lives in Leonia, N. J., with his wife and three children
'in an old house we are all inordinately fond of.'"
110.
^ Staff. "Kings for A Day"
(http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access
/2068855972.html?FMT=CITE&FMTS=CITE:AI&
type=historic&date=Jun+16%2C+1958&author=&
pub=Daily+Boston+Globe+(1928-1960)&
desc=Kings+for+A+Day&pqatl=google), The Boston
Globe, June 16, 1958. Accessed March 30, 2011.
"Singer Pat Boone and family leave Leonia, NJ home
for church. Front, Cherry, 3 1/2; Debbie, 1 1/2, and
Linda, 2 1/2."
111.
^ Mack, Patricia. "THE COOK, THE THIEF..."
(http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-35963365.html),
The Record (Bergen County), October 25, 2000.
Accessed March 30, 2011. "Anthony Bourdain, the
Leonia native with the French-sounding name, took a
leave from his job as executive chef at Brasserie Les
Halles in New York City."
112.
^
a

b
Almenas, Maxim. "Saying goodbye to David
Boyd" (http://www.northjersey.com/obituaries
/86487962_Saying_goodbye_to_David_Boyd.html),
The Record (Bergen County), March 4, 2010.
Accessed January 3, 2012. "The tours usually ended
at 112 Prospect St. not just because it was Boyd's
home, but because it's the oldest standing house in the
entire Borough, built in 1760. Many Leonians have
ventured to see the home, which is on the National
Register of Historic Sites. 'His dad, Rutherford
[Boyd], a prominent artist, was attracted to the area
because of the network of artists that congregated
here,' said son-in-law Bill Ziegler, referring to a time
when Leonia was a thriving artist colony. 'He saw the
property as he was walking through town one day and
decided right then and there to buy it [in 1916].'"
113.
^ Rutherford (John Rutherford) Boyd (1884 - 1951)
(http://www.askart.com/AskART/artists
/biography.aspx?artist=23228), AskArt.com.
Accessed January 3, 2012. "Rutherford was born in
Philadelphia and lived during his career in New York
City, New Orleans where he was a sketch artist, and
Leonia, New Jersey."
114.
^ Beckerman, Jim. "PLAYING STRONG-WILLED
WOMEN" (http://www.highbeam.com
/doc/1P1-51797907.html), The Record (Bergen
County), March 31, 2002. Accessed May 27, 2008.
"After starring in such New York shows as Kiss Me
Kate, 1776, Parade, and City of Angels, Leonia
resident Carolee Carmello wanted to do something
closer to home."
115.
^ Staff. "A New Species of Small Dinosaur Reported
Found by Yale Curator" (http://select.nytimes.com
/gst/abstract.html?res=F40C12FE3B5E147A93C6A9
1789D95F408685F9), The New York Times,
December 4, 1964. Accessed November 10, 2012.
"Dr. Edwin H. Colbert, chairman of the Department
of Vertebrate Paleontology at the American of Natural
History , said tonight at his home in Leonia, N. J., that
Dr. Ostrom's report was 'a very good one.'"
116.
^ Elliot, Ann Brimacombe. Charming the Bones: A
Portrait of Margaret Matthew Colbert
(http://books.google.com/books?id=PO46sAIx_98C).
Kent State University Press, 2000. ISBN
0873386485. pp. 6871. "Ned started to house hunt in
Leonia. It took him several visits, but eventually he
found a three-bedroom house on High Street for
which the landlord was asking a monthly rent of fifty
dollars."
117.
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^ Haramis, Nick. "Everything & Nothing: Dan Colen
Reveals There Are Two Sides to Every Story"
(http://www.blackbookmag.com/article/everything-
and-nothing-dan-colen-reveals-there-are-two-sides-
to-every-story/22662), BlackBook (magazine),
October 1, 2010. Accessed March 31, 2011."The
31-year-old artist was born in Leonia, New Jersey,
where, as a teenager, he befriended photographer
Ryan McGinley at their local skate park."
118.
^ Whitney Biennial 2006 - Artists
(http://www.whitney.org/www/2006biennial
/artists.php?artist=Colen_Dan), Whitney Museum of
Art. Accessed March 31, 2011. "Born 1979, Leonia,
New Jersey; lives in New York, New York"
119.
^ Fabrikant, Geraldine. "TALKING MONEY WITH:
DR. ROBIN COOK; Prescription: Real Estate, And
Lots of It" (http://www.nytimes.com/1996/01
/21/business/talking-money-with-dr-robin-
cook-prescription-real-estate-and-lots-
of-it.html&pagewanted=all), The New York Times,
January 21, 1996. Accessed November 10, 2012. "Dr.
Cook's fascination with real estate goes back to his
childhood. He grew up in Queens, the son of an art
director at an advertising agency who bought a
photostat business. Money was usually tight, he said,
though by the time he was 8 years old, the family had
'nudged its way into the middle class' and moved to
Leonia, N.J."
120.
^ Levin, Jay. "Sam Coppola, actor in films, TV,
theater" (http://www.northjersey.com/obituaries
/138832399_Sam_Coppola__actor_in_films__TV__t
heater.html), The Record (Bergen County), February
7, 2012. Accessed November 9, 2013. "Character
actor Sam Coppola of Leonia, who gave John
Travolta sage but salty advice in the 1977 film classic
Saturday Night Fever, died Sunday."
121.
^ Who's Who in America 19661967 34th edition,
Marquis Who's Who (Chicago, 1966), p. 490. "Home:
... Park Av., Leonia, N.J."
122.
^ Staff. "Dorothy Dinnerstein; Feminist Writer Was
69" (http://query.nytimes.com
/gst/fullpage.html?res=980CE2DE1E3BF93AA25751
C1A964958260), The New York Times, December 19,
1992. Accessed May 10, 2012. "Dr. Dorothy
Dinnerstein, a feminist author and professor emeritus
of psychology at Rutgers University-Newark, died on
Thursday in Englewood, N.J. She was 69 and lived in
Leonia."
123.
^ Duncan (Acheson J.) 1904-1994 Papers
(1936-1985) (http://ead.library.jhu.edu/ms387.xml)
Milton S. Eisenhower Library at Johns Hopkins
University. Accessed November 9, 2013. "Acheson J.
Duncan was born September 24, 1904 in Leonia, New
Jersey."
124.
^ Feldberg, Robert. "My oh my oh, he's come a
ways" (http://www.highbeam.com
County), November 23, 2003. Accessed March 31,
2011. "When it was announced Gregg Edelman
would be in the cast of the Broadway production of
Wonderful Town - which opens tonight at the Al
Hirschfeld Theater - it hardly registered as a surprise.
That's because Edelman, who lives with his family in
Leonia, is a hardy perennial on Broadway."
125.
^ "HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS GET THE BIG
PICTURE ON MODELING", The Record (Bergen
County), September 12, 1997. "Emme, the world's
leading full-figured model and a resident of Leonia,
was the star..."
126.
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^ Strauss, Robert. "Somebody Big Slept Here"
(http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/28/nyregion
/somebody-big-slept-here.html), The New York Times,
March 28, 2004. Accessed March 30, 2011. "From
1940 to 1946, the nuclear physics pioneer Enrico
Fermi (and winner of a Nobel Prize) lived at 382
Summit Avenue in Leonia. For the past 24 years,
George and Jean Flynn, who both teach at Columbia
University, as did Fermi, have lived in the house.
Though they have lived there four times longer than
the Fermis, they are still comfortable with it being
called the Fermi House in the neighborhood. "
127.
^
a

b

c
Staff. "3 Nobel Winners for Town"
/gst/abstract.html?res=F60F16FF34551A7A93C6A91
78AD95F448685F9), The New York Times,
November 4, 1960. Accessed March 30, 2011.
128.
^ Staff. "COMEDIAN BUYS HOME; Buddy Hackett
New Owner of Anastasia House in Fort Lee"
/gst/abstract.html?res=F40B10FB3B55127B93C2AA
1783D85F4C8585F9), The New York Times, August
30, 1958. Accessed March 30, 2011. "Mr. Hackett
lives at 581 Nordhoff Drive, Leonia. He intends to
take possession as soon as improvements are
completed. The house was built in 1945 by Anastasia
at a cost said to be $100,000."
129.
^ Marvin Harris (http://www.cultural-materialism.org
/cultural-materialism/harris.asp), Cultural
Materialism. Accessed May 27, 2008. "Throughout
the 1960s and 1970s Harris and his family lived in
Leonia, New Jersey, which borders Fort Lee, right
across the Hudson River from upper Manhattan."
130.
^ Jackson, Herb. "From Estonia to Leonia"
(http://www.president.ee/en/media/interviews/3304-
qfrom-estonia-to-leoniaq-the-record-23-april-
2008/index.html), The Record (Bergen County), April
23, 2008. Accessed March 30, 2011. Copy of article
at the official website of the President of Estonia.
"Leonia High School helped make the Baltic Sea
nation of Estonia one of the most Internet-reliant in
the world, Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves
says. How? By including Ilves, who grew up in
Leonia, in an experimental four-year math program
that featured computer programming."
131.
^ Adamek, Steve; and Iannazzone, Al. "Lakers
Notebook" (http://www.highbeam.com
County), June 5, 2002. Accessed March 30, 2011.
"Phil Jackson's memories of New Jersey are fond and
forgetful. He finished his playing career with the Nets
when they played their home games at Rutgers, about
an hour trip from where he lived in Leonia."
132.
^ Bob Klapisch profile, The Record (Bergen County).
Accessed July 14, 2007. "Robert Salvador Klapisch
was born in New York City and grew up in Leonia.
He is a graduate of Leonia H.S., where he played
baseball, and Columbia University, where he earned a
bachelor's degree in political science."
133.
^ Levin, Jay. "Dick Kryhoski, 82; Leonia's man in
Yankee pinstripes" (http://www.highbeam.com
County), April 19, 2007. Accessed March 30, 2011.
"Exactly 16,477 men have played major-league
baseball as of this week, according to Baseball-
Reference.com. Just one of them Dick Kryhoski
came from Leonia."
134.
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^ Levin, Jay. "Their lives made ours a little richer"
(http://replay.waybackmachine.org/20080719033941
/http://www.northjersey.com/obituaries
/12952602.html), The Record (Bergen County),
January 1, 2008, backed up by the Internet Archive as
of May 19, 2008. Accessed March 30, 2011. "Dick
Kryhoski, 82, on April 10. The only Leonia native to
make it to the big leagues, Kryhoski played first base
for the world champion '49 Yankees."
135.
^ Rourke, Mary. "Harold Lehman, 92; Influential
Muralist, Active Artist in the Post-Surrealist
Movement" (http://articles.latimes.com/2006/apr
/12/local/me-lehman12), Los Angeles Times, April 12,
2006. Accessed July 13, 2011. "Harold Lehman, an
artist who worked with Mexican muralist David
Alfaro Siqueiros in Los Angeles in the early 1930s
and became a member of the Post-Surrealist art
movement in Southern California, died April 2. He
was 92. He died of natural causes in his home in
Leonia, N.J., according to Roger van Oosten, a
friend."
136.
^ Harold Lehman Biography: 1950 to 2000
(http://haroldlehman.com/primary_nav/present.html),
HaroldLehman.com. Accessed July 13, 2011. "From
1945 until the early 1960s Lehman lived in a loft on
West 21st Street in New York. In 1950, Lehman met
Leona Koutras who had come to the studio for art
lessons. Two years later they married. Lehman moved
with Lee from his studio in New York to Fort Lee and
later to Leonia, New Jersey. In the ensuing years they
had two children: Lisa and Harold."
137.
^ Klemsrud, Judy. "Behind the Best Sellers: Robert
Ludlum" (http://select.nytimes.com
/gst/abstract.html?res=F20816FC3D5D147A93C2A8
178CD85F438785F9), The New York Times, July 10,
1977. Accessed March 30, 2011. "He writes for six or
seven hours in an office in his house in Leonia."
138.
^ Philip Maneval (http://www.presser.com
/Composers/info.cfm?Name=PHILIPMANEVAL),
Theodore Presser Company. Accessed March 30,
2011. "Born in Leonia, in northern New Jersey, Mr.
Maneval received a Master of Arts degree from the
University of Pennsylvania, where he studied
composition with Richard Wernick, George Crumb
and George Rochberg."
139.
^ Jackson, Kenneth T.; Markoe, Karen; and Markoe,
Arnie. The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives:
1994-1996 (http://books.google.com
/books?id=o1UYAAAAIAAJ&
q=%22Vera+Maxwell%22+%22leonia+high+school
%22), p. 352. Charles Scribner's Sons, 2000. ISBN
0-684-80644-4. Accessed September 19, 2011. "She
attended Leonia High School in New Jersey for one
year, then entered the Metropolitan Opera School of
Ballet in New York City."
140.
^ Staff. "JOHN M'CLOY WON TWO HONOR
MEDALS; Retired Naval Hero Dies in Jersey--Cited
for Deeds in China, at Vera Cruz Served on U.S.S.
Newark In North Sea Patrol"
/gst/abstract.html?res=F40A10FA3E5F1B7B93C4AB
178ED85F418485F9), The New York Times, May 26,
1945. Accessed March 30, 2011. "LEONIA, N.J.,
May 25--Lieut. Comdr. John McCloy, USN, retired,
one of the few men to win two Congressional Medals
of Honor, and a holder also of the Navy Cross, was
found dead in bed today by his housekeeper at his
home here."
141.
^ Morley, Hugh R. "ROBERT `BOB' MCFADDEN;
VOICE OF TV COMMERCIALS"
(http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-24506477.html),
The Record (Bergen County), January 10, 2000.
Accessed March 31, 2011. "Robert 'Bob' McFadden, a
former Leonia resident and show business stalwart
who made his name doing radio and television
voice-overs and impressions of famous people, died
Friday, his family said. He was 76."
142.
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^ Saxon, Wolfgang. "Boris G. Moishezon, Columbia
Professor Of Math, Dies at 55"
(http://www.nytimes.com/1993/08/27/obituaries
/boris-g-moishezon-columbia-professor-of-math-
dies-at-55.html), The New York Times, August 27,
1993. Accessed September 13, 2011. "Boris G.
Moishezon, a mathematics professor at Columbia
University who defected from the Soviet Union in
1972 and came to the United States five years later,
died Wednesday. He was 55 and lived in Leonia, N.J.
Dr. Moishezon had a heart attack while jogging and
was pronounced dead in Holy Name Hospital in
Teaneck, N.J., said his wife, Natalia."
143.
^ Staff. "GEN. J. VREELAND MOORE DEAD.;
First Colonel of the Old Second New Jersey
Regiment--Long in the National Guard."
/gst/abstract.html?res=F00C17FC3C5D11738DDDA
00894DF405B838CF1D3), The New York Times, July
9, 1903. Accessed November 9, 2013. "J. Vreeland
Moore died yesterday at Leonia, in his seventy-ninth
year. He had been ill about three weeks."
144.
^ Narvaez, Alfonso A. "Robert F. Murphy, 66,
Professor Of Anthropology and an Author"
/robert-f-murphy-66-professor-of-anthropology-
and-an-author.html), The New York Times, October
11, 1990. Accessed May 9, 2012. "Robert Francis
Murphy, a professor of anthropology at Columbia
University, died on Monday at his home in Leonia,
N.J."
145.
^ Pearce, Jeremy. "Norman Newell, 96, Scientist
Who Studied Dying Species, Has Died"
/23newell.html), The New York Times, April 23, 2005.
Accessed May 10, 2012. "Dr. Norman D. Newell, an
influential paleontologist who challenged opponents
of evolutionary theory and helped shape theories
explaining the mass extinctions of species, died on
Monday at his home in Leonia, N.J., his family said.
He was 96."
146.
^ Staff. "James Noble: A Relaxed and Clever Actor"
(http://news.google.com
/newspapers?id=DQRZAAAAIBAJ&
sjid=H0YNAAAAIBAJ&dq=james-
noble%20leonia&pg=1918%2C5280162), The Daily
Union Democrat, February 27, 1980. Accessed
March 30, 2011. "But the family still is in the process
of becoming accustomed to living in California after
moving from their permanent home in Leonia, N.J.,
which they've rented out."
147.
^ Filichia, Peter. "N.J. STAGE; Actress singing for
joy at the Paper Mill.", The Star-Ledger, April 14,
2000. p. 23. "For Christiane Noll, performing in the
Paper Mill Playhouse production of 'The Student
Prince' is a homecoming beyond the usual definition.
Growing up in Bergen County, she played Mrs.
Barnum in a Leonia Middle School production of
'Barnum' and was a Jet girl in a Leonia High School
staging of 'West Side Story.'"
148.
^ Spelling, Ian. "Not Afraid of the Stage: Christiane
Noll, former Leonia resident, is the Consummate
Professional" (http://www.northjersey.com/bergen
/Not_Afraid_of_the_Stage_Christiane_Noll_formerC
onsummate_Professional.html), (201) magazine, May
1, 2010. Accessed March 30, 2011. "'Leonia was a
wonderful little town. They always call it a bedroom
community; lots of professionals, artists, teachers and
musicians. A lot of the people work in New York
City, but want a small-town atmosphere and a house
with a yard and trees.'"
149.
^ Frank Charles Osmers, Jr.
(http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts
/biodisplay.pl?index=O000120), Biographical
Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed
June 24, 2007.
150.
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^ Roura, Phil. "Carmel Quinn Hits The Eire Notes"
(http://articles.nydailynews.com/1998-03-15
/entertainment/18067025_1_carmel-quinn-
rockefeller-center-big-show), Daily News (New York),
March 15, 1998. Accessed March 30, 2011.
"Separated from her husband for the last 23 years,
Quinn lives quietly in her suburban Leonia home 'The
first and only house I've lived in since coming to
America.'"
151.
^ Connor, Erinn. "Leonia native explores the delicate
relationship between three sisters in The Pretty One"
(http://www.northjersey.com/arts_entertainment
/books
/189610271_Leonia_native_explores_the_delicate_re
lationship_between_three_sisters_in__The_Pretty_On
e_.html), The Record (Bergen County), February 4,
2013. Accessed February 4, 2013. "Q. What was it
like growing up in Leonia? [A] I had a pretty happy
childhood, based on my memories."
152.
^ " Leonia man wins chair at Columbia", The Record
(Bergen County), November 9, 1973, p. C2. "Warner
R. Schilling of ... Park Ave. has been named James T.
Shotwell Professor of International Relations at
Columbia University."
153.
^ Pro football (http://www.northjersey.com
/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk1
OTAmZmdiZWw3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTY0MjYwOTc
meXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk2), The Record
(Bergen County), September 14, 2003. Accessed
November 1, 2007.
154.
^ Staff. "UD Announces Star-Studded Athletics Hall
of Fame Induction Class" (http://www.wboc.com
/Global/story.asp?S=11241542), WBOC-TV, October
1, 2009. Accessed January 3, 2012. "An elusive
running back for head coach Tubby Raymond's
powerhouse Blue Hen football teams in 1976-78,
Ivory Sully followed a spectacular college career at
UD with a solid nine-year tenure in the National
Football League that included playing in Super Bowl
XIX. A native of Leonia, N.J., Ivory was a three-year
standout in the UD backfield..."
155.
^ Holden, Stephen. "The Pop Life"
(http://www.nytimes.com/1990/10/31/arts/the-pop-
life-479090.html), The New York Times, October 31,
1990. Accessed January 3, 2012. "The singer, who
lives in northern New Jersey, was born in Boston,
lived in Leonia, N.J., for several years, then moved to
Goshen, N.Y., and went to high school in Mount
Vernon, N.Y."
156.
^ "WALBRIDGE, Henry Sanford, (1801 - 1869)"
(http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts
/biodisplay.pl?index=W000030), Biographical
Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed
November 9, 2013.
157.
^ Kozinn, Allan. "Lyndon Woodside, 70, Leader Of
Oratorio Society, Is Dead" (http://query.nytimes.com
/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F02E3D71E3EF935A1575B
C0A9639C8B63), The New York Times, August 26,
2005. Accessed May 9, 2012. "Lyndon Woodside, a
choral conductor who for more than three decades led
one of New York City's oldest and largest choruses,
the Oratorio Society of New York, died on Tuesday in
Engelwood [sic], N.J. He was 70 and lived in Leonia,
N.J."
158.
Clayton, W. Woodford; and Nelson, William. History of Bergen and Passaic Counties, New Jersey, with
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/historyofbergen00clay) Philadelphia: Everts and Peck, 1882.
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Arcadia Publishing, 2002. ISBN 0-7385-0973-6.
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(http://books.google.com/books?id=EZilrT2uuAUC). Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001. ISBN
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Leonia Public Schools (http://www.leoniaschools.org/)
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Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
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DistrictID=3408520), National Center for Education Statistics
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