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Norman Tanzman (July 4, 1918 – June 6, 2004) was an American real estate executive, philanthropist and politician. He served in the
New Jersey General Assembly The New Jersey General Assembly is the lower house of the New Jersey Legislature. Since the election of 1967 (1968 Session), the Assembly has consisted of 80 members. Two members are elected from each of New Jersey's 40 legislative districts f ...
from 1962 to 1968 and in the New Jersey Senate from 1968 to 1974. Tanzman moved to
New Brunswick New Brunswick (french: Nouveau-Brunswick, , locally ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. It is the only province with both English and ...
and later to nearby Highland Park, graduating from
New Brunswick High School New Brunswick High School (NBHS) is a four-year comprehensive public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades in New Brunswick, in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States, operating as the main secondary school of the N ...
as part of the class of 1935. He was a longtime resident of
Woodbridge Township, New Jersey Woodbridge Township is a township in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The township is both a regional hub for Central New Jersey and a major bedroom suburb of New York City in the New York metropolitan area located within the ...
and retired to the West End section of Long Branch, New Jersey. Tanzman was a member of Congregation Adath Israel in Woodbridge. Tanzman established the Marion and Norman Tanzman Charitable Trust Foundation in 1996. The trust focuses on health and medical services and Jewish organizations. The trust has made significant contributions to Rutgers, including a $1 million donation to Rutgers Hillel for a kosher dining room; and $1 million for the "Hall of Jewish Learning" in support of the Jewish studies program. He was chairman of the Raritan Bay Health Foundation and raised millions of dollars for the hospital. He was a founder and benefactor of the Central New Jersey Jewish Home for the Aged. Tanzman Park in downtown Woodbridge is named after him.


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1918 births 2004 deaths New Brunswick High School alumni Democratic Party New Jersey state senators Democratic Party members of the New Jersey General Assembly People from Highland Park, New Jersey People from Long Branch, New Jersey People from New Brunswick, New Jersey People from Woodbridge Township, New Jersey Politicians from Middlesex County, New Jersey United States Coast Guard 20th-century American politicians Jewish American state legislators in New Jersey Jewish American philanthropists 20th-century American Jews 21st-century American Jews {{US-bio-stub