Stark, Carroll JosephLawyer. Born in Paterson, N.J., October 8, 1903. The son of the late Joseph Stark and Helena (Luba) Stark. His father and mother were one of the pioneer Polish families to settle in the Paterson area. Educated in the schools of Paterson, and graduated from the Paterson High School at the age of 16. He then entered the field of structural steel engineering and construction and was associated with the firms of the Paterson Bridge Company, McClintic Marshall Company of New York City, and the office of J. Ray McEntee, Engineers, New York City; spent eight years in building construction; studied law and graduated from the New Jersey Law School in 1928. Admitted to the bar of New Jersey in 1929 as an Attorney, and as a Counsellor at Law and Master in Chancery in 1934; also admitted to practice before the United States District Courts of New Jersey, the Interstate Commerce Commission and the United States Treasury Department. Engaged in the general practice of law, since his admission to the bar. Married the former Miss Helen Hurd of Hawthorne, New Jersey, where he now (1943) resides with his family of two children, Nancy Carroll Stark, and James Carroll Stark. Elected to the Assembly of New Jersey in 1936, and served in the Legislature at Trenton, New Jersey, as a representative from the County of Passaic during 1937, where he rendered outstanding and distinguished service. Among other things, he introduced and had passed, a bill, which is now the law in New Jersey, creating summer camps for the benefit of undernourished and underprivileged children of the State, and providing for medical, health and educational services. A member of the Pulaski Polish American Democratic Club of Paterson, N.J., Paterson Lodge of Elks, No. 60, Riverside Lyceum, St. Anthony's Club of Hawthorne. N.J., Municipal Chairman of the Democratic Committee of Hawthorne, N.J., former President and Counsel of the Hawthorne Democratic Club, delegate to the Passaic County League of Polish Societies, and other organizations in Passaic County, former vice-chairman of the Passaic County Democratic Committee. Office: 45 Church Street, Paterson, N. J.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" by Rev. Francis Bolek, Editor-in-Chief; Harbinger House, New York, 1943