Uncle Floyd with his puppet sidekick Oogie, in 1977.
The New Jersey Hall of Fame has announced its 60 nominees for this year, and is asking state residents to vote on them HERE. The deadline is April 15.
In the Performing Arts & Entertainment category, nominees include comedian and TV show host Uncle Floyd; legendary Latin musician Tito Puente; Rock and Roll Hall of Famers The Isley Brothers; Bon Jovi member and Tony-winning composer David Bryan; actresses Brooke Shields, Celeste Holm and Kirsten Dunst; singer Marilyn McCoo (of The 5th Dimension); television and film writer, director and producer James L. Brooks; and film producer Michael Uslan.
Other nominees include poet and activist Amiri Baraka, novelist Junot Díaz and composer George Theophilus Walker (all in Arts & Letters); physicist and “Oppenheimer” movie subject J. Robert Oppenheimer, sex researcher Alfred Kinsey and inventor and guitar-maker Phil Petillo (all in Education, Research, Engineering and Science); philanthropist Geraldine Dodge (in Public Service); and New York Jets wide receiver Wayne Chrebet and Olympics hurdling champion Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (both in Sports).
The cover of The Isley Brothers’ 1969 album, “It’s Our Thing.”
Here are the nominees:
PERFORMING ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
James L. Brooks
Kirsten Dunst
Uncle Floyd
Celeste Holm
Marilyn McCoo
Tito Puente
David Bryan
Brooke Shields
The Isley Brothers
Michael Uslan
PUBLIC SERVICE
Alice Stone Blackwell
Nicholas F. Brady
Geraldine Dodge
John Keegan
William Livingston
Sheila Oliver
Donald M. Payne Sr
William E. Simon
Lucy Stone
David T. Wilentz
PHIL PETILLO
EDUCATION, RESEARCH, ENGINEERING & SCIENCE
William C. Campbell
Lewis L. Coriell
John P. Holland
Shirley Ann Jackson
Alfred Kinsey
William A. Massey
Gregory Olsen
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Phil Petillo
Alfred Vail
ENTERPRISE
Becton Family (Maxwell & Henry)
Frank Bisignano
David Burke
James E. Burke
Leon Cooperman
Ara K. Hovnanian
Larry Inserra
Peter Kellogg
Chris Malachowsky
Zygi Wilf
The cover of the Amiri Baraka album, “Real Song.”
ARTS & LETTERS
Jonathan Adler
Michael Aron
Amiri Baraka
Dana Bash
Junot Díaz
John McPhee
“Produce Pete” Napolitano
George Tice
George Theophilus Walker
Mary Alice Williams
SPORTS
Bruce Baumgartner
Hubie Brown
Wayne Chrebet
Thomas Heinsohn
Orel Hershiser
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone
Jim Nantz
Drew Pearson
CC Sabathia
Jeff Torborg
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