Herbert K. England Jr. ’31

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Herbert K. England died July 17, 1996, in Raleigh, N.C., following a muchhonored career in New Jersey education. He was 87. Herb earned his master's at Rutgers in 1934, and his doctorate at Columbia in 1951.

He was principal of the Salem School District and of Clinton H.S., and from 1958 until he retired in 1972 he was superintendent of the Phillipsburg School District. He and his wife, Caroline Gochenour England, who predeceased him in 1991, were active in professional, civic, fraternal, and Presbyterian church organizations. Herb received many accolades, including awards by the Warren County freeholders, the Rotary Intl., the governor of New Jersey, and the Phillipsburg Chamber of Commerce.

Dr. England is survived by his two daughters, Carolyn Baughman and Ruth Mock, his sister, Elizabeth, and five grandchildren.

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