Whippany, New Jersey

History

Education

• Whippany Park High School, public high school
• Our Lady of Mercy Academy, a Catholic school operated under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson
• Memorial Junior School, public middle school
• Salem Drive School, public elementary school
• Bee Meadow School, public elementary school
• Mountview Road School, public elementary school

  Notable organizations

• Barclays has relocated part of their Manhattan operations to Whippany
• J. E. Ashworth & Sons operated a woolen blanket mill
• The Whippany Railway Museum, located in the central area
• Bayer HealthCare
• Communication Techniques, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiarity of Herley Industries
• The New Jersey Jewish News, a weekly newspaper published by United Jewish Communities of MetroWest New Jersey
• New Jersey Starting 5ive
• CAE Inc. provides flight simulation and crew training services to the Business Aviation community
• Ukrainian American Cultural Center of New Jersey

  Notable people

• Adlan Amagov, Strikeforce fighter.
• Sal Canzonieri, guitarist and founding member of the band Electric Frankenstein.
• Damon Daunno, actor who starred in the 2019 Broadway revival of Oklahoma!.
• Dan Frischman, character actor, noted for his many roles of playing socially inept "geeks" and "nerds"
• Dan Miller, UFC fighter.
• Brian Saxton, tight end who played for the New York Giants.
• Linda Tripp, former U.S. civil servant who figured in the Monica Lewinsky scandal involving U.S. President Bill Clinton.