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Distinguished Past Members of
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Rotarian |
Biography |
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Edward Irving Edwards
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A
United States Senator from New Jersey; born in Jersey City, N.J., December
1, 1863; attended the Jersey City public schools and New York University,
New York City; studied law; engaged in banking and in the general
contracting business; president and chairman of the board of directors of
the First National Bank of Jersey City; comptroller of the treasury of New
Jersey 1911-1917; member, State senate 1918-1920; Governor of New Jersey
1920-1923; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate and served from
March 4, 1923, to March 3, 1929; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in
1928; died in Jersey City, N.J., January 26, 1931; interment in New York Bay
Cemetery. |
A. Harry Moore |
A
United States Senator from New Jersey; born in Jersey City, N.J., July 3,
1879; attended the public schools and Cooper Union College, New York City;
stenographer; graduated from the New Jersey Law School at Newark; admitted
to the bar in 1922 and commenced practice in Jersey City, N.J.; secretary to
the mayor of Jersey City 1908-1911; city collector 1911-1913; commissioner
of Jersey City 1913-1925; Governor of New Jersey 1926-1928, 1932-1934;
attained national prominence when, as governor, he took charge of the
investigation into the kidnapping of the Lindbergh baby in 1932; elected as
a Democrat to the United States Senate and served from January 3, 1935, to
January 17, 1938, when he resigned, having been elected governor; Governor
of New Jersey 1938-1940; resumed the practice of law in Jersey City, N.J.;
died in Branchburg Township, Somerset County, N.J., November 18, 1952;
interment in New York Bay Cemetery, Jersey City, N.J. |
Frank Joseph Guarini, Jr.
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A United States Representative from New Jersey; born in Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., August 20, 1924; graduated from Lincoln High School, 1942;
commissioined a naval officer at Columbia University, 1944; served in the
United States Navy aboard the U.S.S. Mount McKinley, 1944-1946; attended
Dartmouth College, 1947; J.D., New York University School of Law, 1950; LL.M.,
same university, 1955; graduate work, Hague Academy of International Law,
The Hague, Netherlands; admitted to the New Jersey bar in 1951 and commenced
practice in Jersey City; served in the New Jersey State senate, 1965-1972;
elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-sixth and to the six succeeding
Congresses (January 3, 1979-January 3, 1993); was not a candidate for
renomination in 1992 to the One Hundred Third Congress; is a resident of
Jersey City, N.J. |
H. Otto Wittpenn |
Wittpen, H. Otto of Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J. Mayor of Jersey City, N.J., 1908-13. German ancestry. Interment at Hoboken Cemetery, North Bergen, N.J. |
Charles K. Krieger |
Krieger, Charles K. of Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J. Mayor of Jersey City, N.J., 1971. |
Glenn Cunningham |
Cunningham, Glenn of Jersey City, Hudson County, N.J. Mayor of Jersey City, N.J., 2001-2004. Deceased 2004. (Honorary Member) |
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