Joyce Kilmer

He was inducted into the 2019-2020 Class of the New Jersey Hall of Fame in the Arts and Letters category.

He was nominated for the 2018 New Jersey Hall of Fame in the Arts and Letters category.

He was nominated for the 2017 New Jersey Hall of Fame in the Arts & Letters category.

Author and poet ("Trees"), educated at Rutgers College and Columbia University (BA). He was the editorial assistant for the Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary, the literary editor of 'The Churchman', the poetry editor of the 'Literary Digest', and a contributor to the New York Times Sunday Magazine and the Warner's Library of the World's Best Literature. He also lectured at the New York University School of Journalism. During World War I he served in the 165th Infantry, US Army (69th NY), and was killed in action.

He was nominated for the 2013 New Jersey Hall of Fame for historical contributions. He was awarded posthumously the French Croix De Guerre Medal and the Purple Heart Medal.

His works were entered into ASCAP membership in 1950.

Served as a Sergeant with the US Army's 42nd Infantry Division, 165th Infantry Regiment when he was killed in action. Buried at Fère-en-Tardenois American cemetery, in France.