Since its inception, the New
Jersey Hall of Fame has recog-
nized a wide variety of former
and current residents of the Gar-
den State for their contributions
to New Jersey and to the world.
Back in 2008, The Hall’s first class
of inductees included fifteen NJ
luminaries ranging from Thomas
Edison and Albert Einstein to
Bruce Springsteen and Meryl
Streep. Since then, the Hall has
gone on to honor such addition-
al prominent Garden State resi-
dents as Walt Whitman, F. Scott
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Fitzgerald, Woodrow Wilson,
Count Basie, Frankie Valli, Chris-
topher Reeve, and many more.
As the Class of 2016 honor-
ees — in addition to many well-
known presenters and speakers
this evening — walk the red carpet
into Convention Hall, they stop
to chat with fans, conduct inter-
views with the media, and smile
for photos.
One of the first inductees to
arrive is former heavyweight
boxer Chuck Wepner. In a 1975
title bout, Wepner went fifteen
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