CITY

Official Website:
http://www.eastorange-nj.org/

Population:
69824 (2000 census)

County:
Essex County

SCHOOLS

School	Founded
Upsala College	1893
East Orange High School, East Orange, NJ

BIRTHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
James Blish	Author	23-May-1921	30-Jul-1975	Cities in Flight
Cozy Cole	Jazz Musician	17-Oct-1909	29-Jan-1981	Topsy Part 2
William J. Fallon	Military	30-Dec-1944		C-in-C, US Central Command, 2007-08
Joseph Fletcher	Sociologist	10-Apr-1905	28-Oct-1991	Situation ethics
Robert David Hall	Actor	9-Nov-1947		Dr. Al Robbins on CSI
Carolyn Heilbrun	Novelist	13-Jan-1926	9-Oct-2003	Amanda Cross, mystery novelist
Faith S. Hochberg	Attorney	1950		US District Court Judge, New Jersey
Gwendolyn S. King	Government	23-Sep-1940		Commissioner of Social Security, 1989-92
Queen Latifah	Rapper	18-Mar-1970		All Hail the Queen
Clara Maass	Activist	28-Jun-1876	24-Aug-1901	Human experiments with yellow fever
Gordon MacRae	Actor	12-Mar-1921	24-Jan-1986	Oklahoma
Francis J. Meehan	Diplomat	14-Feb-1924		US Ambassador to East Germany, 1985-88
Dionne Warwick	Singer	12-Dec-1940		Walk On By
William Zeliff	Politician	12-Jun-1936		Congressman from New Hampshire, 1991-97

DEATHS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Jim Barnes	Golf	8-Apr-1886	24-May-1966	Winner of 4 Majors
Althea Gibson	Tennis	25-Aug-1927	28-Sep-2003	First black woman to win Wimbledon
John A. Hill	Publisher	22-Feb-1858	24-Jan-1916	Co-Founder of the McGraw-Hill Companies

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