Gerald Wolpe was Temple Beth El’s Rabbi from 1958 to 1969. His career that spanned more than half a century, Rabbi Gerald I. Wolpe was best known for two things: leading one of the region’s most influential synagogues, Har Zion Temple in Philadelphia, and his contributions in the fields of medical ethics and caregiving. He served from 1997 to 2002 as director of the Louis Finkelstein Institute for Religion and Social Studies at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York, and from 1996 to 1999 was chairman of the advisory committee of the Bioethics Center at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was a senior fellow at the time of his death.

David Wolpe, Gerald Wolpe’s youngest son, was born in Harrisburg in 1958 and went to local Jewish day schools until his father moved to Philadelphia in 1969. David Wolpe became Rabbi at Sinai Temple in Los Angeles in 1997. A frequent contributor to a variety of Jewish and general periodicals, Wolpe’s first book, The Healer of Shattered Hearts, appeared in 1990. This was followed by In Speech and In Silence (1992), Teaching Your Children about God (1993), Why be Jewish? (1995), Making Loss Matter (1999), and Floating Takes Faith (2004).

Dr. Robert Morrison, The eye doctor is known as a pioneer in the creation of soft contact lenses, and became “the eye doctor of the rich and famous.” Morrison was raised in Harrisburg, and lives in a Mid-century modern marvel in Susquehanna Twp. were he used to entertain American and international celebrities.

Son, Robert Morrison, is the principal and owner of Creative Technology and Management Services, a Harrisburg IT company which has designed and converted hundreds of management manual systems into 95%+ paperless systems.

Lewis E. “Lew” Lehrman (born August 15, 1938 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) is an American investment banker, businessman, Republican politician, economist, and historian who supports the ongoing study of American history based on original source documents. He was presented the National Humanities Medal at the White House in 2005 for his contributions to American History, the study of President Abraham Lincoln and monetary policy.

Lehrman is a former President of Rite Aid. Washington political columnists Evans and Novak reported that Ronald Reagan considered naming him Secretary of the Treasury before selecting Donald T. Regan.

Estelle Freedman (born 1947) is an American historian.  Estelle (Sneezy) grew up in Harrisburg and went to Susquehanna Township High School.  She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Barnard College in 1969 and her Master of Arts (1972) and PhD (1976) in history from Columbia University. She has taught at Stanford University since 1976 and is a co-founder of the Program in Feminist Studies.

She is the Edgar E. Robinson Professor in U.S. History at Stanford University. Her research has explored the history of women and social reform, including feminism and women’s prison reform, as well as the history of sexuality, including the history of sexual violence.

Jeffrey L. Melman (born May 18, 1947) grew up in Harrisburg and went to Susquehanna Township High School. He  is an American television director and producer.

Melman has directed for several present-day network television series. More recently Melman has directed episodes of ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy, Private Practice and Desperate Housewives. Melman previously directed on many hit sitcoms which include The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Malcolm in the Middle, Everybody Loves Raymond, That’s My Bush!, The King of Queens, Two and a Half Men and Frasier. Melman was also a producer on Oliver Beene, Laverne & Shirley, and Night Court.