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"He was a mentor to me," says former councilwoman Joan Voss. Alter was elected Mayor of Fort Lee in 1992. "Fort Lee seemed like a good place to set down roots," he said.

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"He was a mentor to me," says former councilwoman Joan Voss. Alter was elected Mayor of Fort Lee in 1992. "Fort Lee seemed like a good place to set down roots," he said.

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OBITUARY

BY ROBERT SCHMELTER Staff Writer

Alter was an excellent mayor


a former Fort Lee councilwoman, to politics when he nominated her for the Fort Lee Ethics Board. He was a mentor to me, Voss said. He devoted a tremendous amount of time to the government of Fort Lee; he worked very hard. Alter was elected Mayor of Fort Lee in 1992. The mayor has said that he was proud of the Fort Lee Community Center, which opened in October 2005. Alter said he had numerous ideas for the future of Fort Lee, among them the construction of an aquarium.

FORT LEE SUBURBANITE

Mayor Jack Alter observed a lot of events unfold as mayor of Fort Lee. He saw the construction of the Community Center on Inwood Terrace. He watched as the borough lost power along with the rest of the region that night just a four summers ago. He guided the borough through the aftermath of the World Trade Center tragedy. Alter passed away early Monday morning, less than a week after being admitted to Englewood Hospital for tests. Alter also had been scheduled to undergo a cardiovascular procedure. As of press time, the cause of death had not been released. He was 79. Born in Brooklyn in 1927, Alter had lived in Fort Lee with his wife for the last 34 years. I was opening a business in Newark, and we needed a place to live in Jersey, the mayor recounted in 2004, when he was named Person of the Year by the Chamber of Commerce. Fort Lee seemed like a good place to set down roots. After serving in the U.S. Army Intelligence Corps in the mid1940s, Alter studied at New York University. In the 1960s, Alter began his career in insurance and investment marketing. Alter began his political career in Fort Lee in 1977, when he was appointed to the Fort Lee Planning Board by then-Mayor Richard Nest. In 1981, he became a member of the Fort Lee Democratic Committee. Alter became a councilman in 1985 and served for two years. He was re-elected in 1989 and served two more years. It was in 1990 that Alter introduced Assemblywoman Joan Voss,

AUGUST 31, 2007

He was very close to me and I cared about him very much. I will miss him, and the whole town will miss him.
Kay Nest, Fort Lee Democratic chairwoman
I remember what I liked as a child, the mayor had said on more than one occasion, and there were certain places I went as a kid in New York, and I would love to bring these things to Fort Lee. He said a project like building an aquarium would help improve the lifestyles of the children of Fort Lee, as well as the adults. And it would work well with our schools. Although Alter has credited the mayor of Cliffside Park as one of his heroes, he always saved his People gathering outside the Jewish Community Center Tuesday for Jack Alters funeral. highest praise for his wife. She is everything I am not. She was born a social worker. The mayor said he, would not have the patience to do the work

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Jack Alter

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