by Renee Stemcovski | Apr 5, 2022 | History of Plainsboro, Museum Staff, Uncategorized
Annabelle Hawke Annabelle Hawke was a teacher and principal at the Plainsboro School (now the J.V.B. Wicoff Elementary School) from 1935 to 1974. She attended Dutch Neck School, Princeton High School and Trenton State Normal School (now The College of New Jersey)...
by Renee Stemcovski | Feb 14, 2022 | History of Plainsboro, Museum Staff, Uncategorized
Firmenich, Inc. Admin & lab buildings, 1975. Buck Watlington working at a control panel for mixing equipment inside the original production building, c.1957. Buck Watlington and Cliff Rubicam (plant manager) standing next to production equipment. The cone...
by Renee Stemcovski | Feb 9, 2022 | History of Plainsboro, Museum Staff, Uncategorized
Siemens Corporate Research, Inc. The following was written by members of the Plainsboro Historical Society, c. 1991: Siemens Corporate Research, Inc. is the U.S. research branch of Siemens A.G., western Europe’s largest electronics concern, employing 365,000 people...
by Renee Stemcovski | Feb 2, 2022 | History of Plainsboro, Museum Staff, Uncategorized
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation The following was written by members of the Plainsboro Historical Society, c. 2003: The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation was founded in 1936 as a small local organization in New Brunswick by General Robert Wood Johnson. In 1972, after...
by Renee Stemcovski | Jan 26, 2022 | History of Plainsboro, Museum Staff, Uncategorized
Plainsboro Today By Pam Hersh, Anthony Cancro, Les Varga, and Teresa Carson Plainsboro Township has evolved from a placid agrarian to a high-energy suburban community with numerous world-class, for-profit and not-for-profit corporations and research facilities....
by Renee Stemcovski | Dec 16, 2021 | Museum Events and Programs, Museum Staff
SnowFest 2021 On December 12th, the Wicoff House Museum held its second annual SnowFest event! Along with the Youth Advisory Council, we celebrated the winter season with members of the public. Inside the museum, people wandered through brightly decorated exhibits and...
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