Anne Hathaway, Cissy Houston, Ed Harris among NJ Hall of Fame inductees

by JAY LUSTIG
Anne Hathaway nj hall of fame

ANNE HATHAWAY

Anne Hathaway, Cissy Houston, Eli Manning and Ed Harris will be inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame, Oct. 18, in a pre-recorded one-hour broadcast on television, radio and social media platforms.

They are among the hall’s biggest class yet, with 29 honorees (nine in the “Arts & Entertainment” category alone). Thirteen of the honorees — including cartoonist Charles Addams, comedian Ernie Kovacs, writer Stephen Crane and Star-Ledger editor Mort Pye — will be inducted posthumously.

Here are the inductees. Asterisks (*) denote posthumous inductees.

ARTS & LETTERS
Charles Addams*
Stephen Crane*
Joyce Kilmer*
Fran Lebowitz
Mort Pye*

PUBLIC SERVICE
Virginia Apgar*
Sister Jane Brady
General Martin Dempsey
Alfred Driscoll*
Milton Friedman*

ENTERPRISE
The Borg Family
Linda Bowden
Fairleigh Dickinson*
Steve Kalafer
Joseph Simunovich*

SPORTS
Rick Barry
Gerry Cooney
Eli Manning
Robert Mulcahy III
Vivian Stringer

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Danny Aiello*
John Amos
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Ed Harris
Anne Hathaway
Cissy Houston
Ernie Kovacs*
The Nelson Family (Ozzie, Harriet and Ricky)*
Flip Wilson*

The following were nominated but NOT chosen for induction: George Walker, Gay Talese, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Richard Stockton, William Paterson, John Scher, Paul Volcker, Paul Anka, Buddy Hackett, George Benson, Craig Biggio, Mike Trout and Monte Irvin.

For information, visit njhalloffame.org.

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