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Charlotte (Lottie) Pinkerton Blazer (1879-1966) was born to missionaries in South Africa and spent her earliest years in Wisconsin. As a young woman at the beginning of the 20th century, Pinkerton attended the Art Institute of Chicago and worked as a lantern slide colorist. She worked in California and founded the Santa Cruz Art League after her 1914 marriage to lawyer James Blazer. Pinkerton’s work can also be found at the Autry Museum of the American West, Yale University’s Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, and in other collections.

Bryna G. Gamson is an active member of the Highland Park community and has served in several civic endeavors. Gamson was a trustee of Moraine Township (2005-2013) and founding member of the Apple Tree Theatre. She has been a member of the League of Women Voters of Highland Park since 1970. Gamson was also part of the founding of the Highland Park Cultural Arts Commission. Gamson has done public relations work for numerous organizations including the Highland Park Community House, Moraine Township Democrats, PADS, Tele-Help Information & Referral Services, and Links-North Shore Youth Health Service.

Rhoda Perlman founded Lakeside Realty in Highland Park. She served as the president of the Highland Park Chamber of Commerce, the first woman in that role, where she initiated the sidewalk sale and other business district initiatives.
According to Perlman's obituary in the Chicago Tribune, her "great passion was the theater" as a supporter and participant. She was a founding board member of Steppenwolf and Apple Tree Theaters. She was active in "Senior Producers" where she hosted Cuisine Scene. a
Perlman was born in Chicago and graduated from the University of Chicago. She and her family, husband Harry and daughters Barbara and Joan, moved to Highland Park mid-century.

Edward “Izzy” Smith (b. Isadore) (1909-1991) grew up in Highland Park with his parents, brother “Sammy” and sisters Lillian and Rose. His father Joseph worked as a peddler, then established a successful junk dealing business in Highland Park. According to the census, Russian and Hebrew were spoken in the home.
Smith used his gift as “life of the party” to establish Edward Smith Manufacturing in 1928, the year he graduated from High School. His party game aids became staples at children’s parties and baby and bridal showers. The games were printed and bound at the manufacturing facility, 1316 Skokie Valley Road.
Smith suspended company operations for three years to serve in the United States Army during World War II. He was reluctant to discuss his years working with tank recovery in Europe as a Sargent. However, he shared tales of the different young women he met across the continent.
Smith played timpani in school and with local ensembles. His high school class voted him “Most Helpful to Class” and “Class Clown.” He placed second for “Noisiest Boy” and “Boy with the Best Line.”

Grunewald taught at Elm Place School for 36 years, retiring in 1946.

"North Shore Democrat" Grace Mary Stern began her political career in 1966 after her successful election campaign to become assistant township supervisor in Deerfield Township (Illinois), a position on the Lake County Board. In 1970 she was elected as Lake County (Illinois) Clerk. Stern ran for lieutenant governor with gubernatorial candidate Adlai Stevenson III in 1982. (They lost.) Stern was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives in 1984 where she served until her 1992 election as Illinois State Senator. Stern served as State Senator until her death from cancer in 1998. Stern received numerous civic awards, including the Highland Park Humanitarian Award and the Grace Mary Stern Scholarship Foundation for Women's Studies at Roosevelt University. Stern was married to H.L. "Hub" Stern. They had 10 children.

Frederick Charles Hocking was born in Cornwall, England on March 2, 1906. Hocking was a member of the Men's Garden Club of Highland Park (and its subsequent organizations) and he served as a member of the Board and as an officer. He worked as a gardener for a private family in Highland Park. Hocking volunteered at local schools and taught children how to make plant cuttings, earning a nomination at "Volunteer of the Year" in 1972.