Whippany, New Jersey
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Whippany is an unincorporated area located within Hanover Township in Morris County, New Jersey. Whippany's name is derived from the Whippanong Native Americans, a tribe that once inhabited the area. Whippanong meant "place of the willows", named for the trees growing along the banks of the Whippany River.[1]
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[edit] Education
- Whippany Park High School, a public high school
- Our Lady of Mercy Academy is a Catholic school operated under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson[2]
- Memorial Junior School, a public middle school
[edit] Notable organizations
- J. E. Ashworth & Sons operated a woolen blanket mill[3]
- The Whippany Railway Museum, located in the central area
- Bell Labs – Whippany
- Communication Techniques, Inc. (CTI),[4] a wholly own subsidiarity of Herley Industries[5]
- The New Jersey Jewish News, a weekly newspaper published by United Jewish Communities of MetroWest New Jersey
- CAE Inc. provides flight simulation and crew training services to the Business Aviation community
[edit] Notable residents
Notable current and former residents of Whippany include:
- Dan Frischman (born 1959), character actor, noted for his many roles of playing socially inept "geeks" and "nerds"[6]
- Kellen Clemens (born 1983), Quarterback, Houston Texans
- Dan Miller, UFC fighter
- Adlan Amagov, Strikeforce fighter
- Brian Saxton (born 1972), Tight End, New York Giants
[edit] References
- ^ If You're Thinking of Living In /Whippany, N.J.; Where Houses Are In High Demand, The New York Times, August 8, 1999.
- ^ *Morris County Elementary / Secondary Schools, Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson. Accessed July 26, 2008.
- ^ "James E. Ashworth". Times Herald-Record. 1910. "... came to United States as a young man. Manufactured horse blankets in Vermont. Came to this place (Westbrookville, New York) had a heavy loss due to fire. After the fire he went to Whippany, New Jersey. Later he returned to this place, engaged in the saw mill business and later rebuilt the mill and conducted a large blanket manufacturing business."
- ^ "Herley CTI". http://herley.com/index.cfm?act=companies_CTI. Retrieved June 15, 2010.
- ^ "Herley Industries, Inc. Acquires Communication Techniques, Inc. (CTI), a Subsidiary of Dover Technologies, Inc.". Herley News. March 29, 2004. http://www.herley.com/index.cfm?act=displaynews&prs=68. Retrieved June 15, 2010.
- ^ Johnson, Janis. "Playing a Nerd is Too Easy", The Miami Herald, February 16, 1987. Accessed December 11, 2007. "But is the 23-year-old Whippany, N.J., native, character actor and stand-up comedian a nerd."
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Coordinates: 40°49′28″N 74°25′02″W / 40.82444°N 74.41722°W
