Rav Nosson Meir Wachtfogel (1910-1998), Lithuania, Lakewood, NJ; Known as the Lakewood Mashgiach, long-time mashgiach ruchani of Beth Medrash Govoha (the Lakewood Yeshiva). Helped establish branches of the Lakewood Yeshiva in dozens of cities, and pioneered the community kollel concept with the opening of combination Torah learning/outreach centers in the United States and other countries. Studied in the Kelm Talmud Torah as a youth, and in early 1920s, his father accepted a rabbinical post in Montreal, Canada while Nosson Meir remained in Kuhl to complete his mesivta program. At age 15 he rejoined his parents in Canada and then went to learn at Yeshiva University's Yeshivas Rabbeinu Yitzchak Elchanan in New York. At age 17, he enrolled at the Mir yeshiva in the town of Mir, Belarus, where he remained for seven years, influenced by R' Yeruchom Levovitz and R' Chatzkel Levenstein.
