Lane Technical College Prep High School
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Albert G. Lane Technical College Preparatory High School (also known as Lane Tech), is a public, four-year, magnet
high school
located on the north side of Chicago. Lane is one of the oldest schools in the city and has an enrollment of over four thousand students.
Lane is a selective-enrollment-based school in which students must take a test and pass a certain benchmark in order to be offered admission. As a result of consistent victories in the fields of sports and academics, the school is known as the "School of Champions". Lane has also produced more Ph.D.
holders than any other high school in the country.
Lane is one of nine selective enrollment schools in Chicago. Lane Tech is a diverse school with many of its students coming from different ethnicities and economic backgrounds which helps enrich the school's student body. To celebrate the school's diversity, Lane hosts dozens of ethnic clubs which help students learn more about other cultures as well as prepare for the International Days festivities. Lane's annual yearbook is called the Arrowhead.
Lane Tech recently opened up an Academic Center for 7th and 8th grade students. This program is accelerated. The Academic Center follows the selective enrollment policies.
birthday in 1909 as the Albert Grannis Lane Manual Training High School. During that time, the school was a manual training school for boys. During the early years of the school's operation, students could take advantage of a wide array of technical classes. Freshmen were offered carpentry
, cabinet
making, and wood turning. Sophomores received training in foundry, forge, welding, coremaking and molding. Juniors could take classes in the machine shop. Seniors were able to take electric shop which was the most advanced shop course.
By the 1930s, Lane had a student population of over 7,000. Since the school's building was not originally planned for such a huge student population, plans for a new school were drawn up by Board of Education architect John C. Christensen. Upon the school’s completion at its new location, over 9,000 students marched from Wrigley Field
on its dedication day September 17, 1934. One hundred years later, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the school, another march was held to Wrigley Field. Lane's huge student body necessitated that classes be held in three shifts. In the same year the school changed its name to the Albert Grannis Lane Technical High School to reflect the school's expanding curriculum. In 2004 the school again changed its name to Lane Technical College Prep High School to reflect a college preparatory mandate.
, Lane Tech students ran drives to aid in the war effort. The drives generated over $3 million in war bonds, a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber and four Red Cross ambulance
s.
between the United States and the USSR
. Lane changed its educational policy to help ensure that the United States would not fall behind the Soviets in science and technology.
Several fast food chains
, restaurants, supermarkets, and specialty stores are located around the Lane Tech campus. The school is one of only three Chicago Public Schools
that allows off-campus lunch.
raised concerns that using the stadium to full capacity would cause a structural collapse. Events affected were the 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011 graduating class ceremonies (moved to the UIC Pavilion
located at the University of Illinois at Chicago
), the annual Letterman versus Faculty Softball game, the annual Memorial Day
assembly, and the 2007, 2008, and 2009 Pep Rally
.
Lane Stadium reopened September 7, 2007 with a new turf field. The stadium also features a new IHSA regulation track.
, created by the artist, J. Sazton. It is called, "Shooting the Stars" and it symbolically urges students to set their sights on lofty goals.
At the west end of the Memorial Garden is the Ramo I. Zenkich Memorial, consisting of a flag pole and granite monument inscribed with the names of the students from Lane Tech who lost their lives in the Vietnam War
.
The Memorial Garden was rededicated in 1995. During the school’s 90th anniversary celebration in 1998, a commemorative plaque was placed near the “Shooting the Stars” statue. It explains the significance of the Memorial Garden to Lane Tech and its students.
, starring Dennis Quaid
, was filmed during the 2006-2007 school year in Lane Tech stadium. Lane's stadium was also used for some parts of the 1986 movie, Wildcats
, starring Goldie Hawn
and Swoosie Kurtz
. The 33 acres (133,546.4 m²) campus was also used in a scene in the movie High Fidelity
, filmed on the east lawn of the Lane Tech campus.
Lane offers seven concentrations for students to choose from: Honors, Core, Technology, Architecture/Engineering, Art, Music, and Business. Another curriculum, the Alpha Program, is also available. It is an intermediate curriculum between the Honors Level and AP Level. To enter this program, a student is required to score in the 95% and higher in Math, Science and Reading. Lane Tech's A.P Photography classes are well known, winning state level competition at least 2 times a year. Education To Careers (ETC) programs are offered in automotive mechanics, machines, electronics
, computers, radio-TV, theater technology, architectural drafting, computer aided drafting, art
, accounting and music
.
Honor level courses are offered to qualified students. Advanced Placement (AP) courses are available in English, history, math, science, art, music, computer science and world languages.
Other programs include the Honors Alpha Program, a hands-on, multi-disciplinary study of the sciences for students interested in scientific research. Students of the program learn at an accelerated pace compared to regular and honors classes and may receive more class credits
Students can also replace their normal physical education classes with a class in Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps
(JROTC). The program sponsors the Proctors Club, Color Guard
, Honor Guard
, Drill Platoon, Drum & Bugle Corps, and Raiders of Lane.
Lane has a 85.4% graduation rate and scored 82.5% on the Prairie State Achievement Exam
, basketball
, bowling
, cheerleading
, cross-country
, football
, golf
, lacrosse
, soccer, softball
, swimming
, tennis
, track
, volleyball
, wrestling
, and water polo
.
Lane garners, on average, 7-10 city-championships per year and has won 16 state championships since 1908 giving its nickname of "The School of Champions". Numerous Lane Tech athletes have competed beyond the high school level and achieved success at the college level and beyond.
and also serves as a warning to students that classes will start soon.
Magnet school
In education in the United States, magnet schools are public schools with specialized courses or curricula. "Magnet" refers to how the schools draw students from across the normal boundaries defined by authorities as school zones that feed into certain schools.There are magnet schools at the...
high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
located on the north side of Chicago. Lane is one of the oldest schools in the city and has an enrollment of over four thousand students.
Lane is a selective-enrollment-based school in which students must take a test and pass a certain benchmark in order to be offered admission. As a result of consistent victories in the fields of sports and academics, the school is known as the "School of Champions". Lane has also produced more Ph.D.
Doctor of Philosophy
Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated as Ph.D., PhD, D.Phil., or DPhil , in English-speaking countries, is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities...
holders than any other high school in the country.
Lane is one of nine selective enrollment schools in Chicago. Lane Tech is a diverse school with many of its students coming from different ethnicities and economic backgrounds which helps enrich the school's student body. To celebrate the school's diversity, Lane hosts dozens of ethnic clubs which help students learn more about other cultures as well as prepare for the International Days festivities. Lane's annual yearbook is called the Arrowhead.
Lane Tech recently opened up an Academic Center for 7th and 8th grade students. This program is accelerated. The Academic Center follows the selective enrollment policies.
Founding
The school is named after Albert Grannis Lane, a former principal and superintendent. Lane school was founded in 1908 and dedicated on Washington'sGeorge Washington
George Washington was the dominant military and political leader of the new United States of America from 1775 to 1799. He led the American victory over Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army from 1775 to 1783, and presided over the writing of...
birthday in 1909 as the Albert Grannis Lane Manual Training High School. During that time, the school was a manual training school for boys. During the early years of the school's operation, students could take advantage of a wide array of technical classes. Freshmen were offered carpentry
Carpentry
A carpenter is a skilled craftsperson who works with timber to construct, install and maintain buildings, furniture, and other objects. The work, known as carpentry, may involve manual labor and work outdoors....
, cabinet
Cabinet (furniture)
A cabinet is usually a box-shaped piece of furniture with doors or drawers for storing miscellaneous items. Some cabinets stand alone while others are built into a wall or are attached to it like a medicine cabinet. Cabinets are typically made of wood or, now increasingly, of synthetic...
making, and wood turning. Sophomores received training in foundry, forge, welding, coremaking and molding. Juniors could take classes in the machine shop. Seniors were able to take electric shop which was the most advanced shop course.
By the 1930s, Lane had a student population of over 7,000. Since the school's building was not originally planned for such a huge student population, plans for a new school were drawn up by Board of Education architect John C. Christensen. Upon the school’s completion at its new location, over 9,000 students marched from Wrigley Field
Wrigley Field
Wrigley Field is a baseball stadium in Chicago, Illinois, United States that has served as the home ballpark of the Chicago Cubs since 1916. It was built in 1914 as Weeghman Park for the Chicago Federal League baseball team, the Chicago Whales...
on its dedication day September 17, 1934. One hundred years later, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the school, another march was held to Wrigley Field. Lane's huge student body necessitated that classes be held in three shifts. In the same year the school changed its name to the Albert Grannis Lane Technical High School to reflect the school's expanding curriculum. In 2004 the school again changed its name to Lane Technical College Prep High School to reflect a college preparatory mandate.
Contribution to World War II
During World War IIWorld War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, Lane Tech students ran drives to aid in the war effort. The drives generated over $3 million in war bonds, a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber and four Red Cross ambulance
Ambulance
An ambulance is a vehicle for transportation of sick or injured people to, from or between places of treatment for an illness or injury, and in some instances will also provide out of hospital medical care to the patient...
s.
Student admission during the Cold War
Lane adopted a closed admission policy in 1958 on the school's 50th anniversary. All remedial classes were eliminated and only top tier students were admitted to the school. This coincided with the beginning of the space raceSpace Race
The Space Race was a mid-to-late 20th century competition between the Soviet Union and the United States for supremacy in space exploration. Between 1957 and 1975, Cold War rivalry between the two nations focused on attaining firsts in space exploration, which were seen as necessary for national...
between the United States and the USSR
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
. Lane changed its educational policy to help ensure that the United States would not fall behind the Soviets in science and technology.
Admission of female students
In 1971, changes were made to the admission policy due to a drop in enrollment and lack of technical schools for girls. To solve the issue, Superintendent James Redmond recommended that girls be admitted to Lane Tech. The Chicago Board of Education concurred and girls were admitted as students for the first time. Due to a fear of having a drop in academic achievement, fifteen hundred male students protested the admission but the decision was not changed.Campus
Lane Tech is located on a 33 acres (133,546.4 m²) campus at the intersection of Addison and Western. The main building is similar to an A-shape and consists of four floors and a greenhouse as the fifth floor. Some unique features of the main building includes a clock tower and a smoke stack.Several fast food chains
Fast food
Fast food is the term given to food that can be prepared and served very quickly. While any meal with low preparation time can be considered to be fast food, typically the term refers to food sold in a restaurant or store with preheated or precooked ingredients, and served to the customer in a...
, restaurants, supermarkets, and specialty stores are located around the Lane Tech campus. The school is one of only three Chicago Public Schools
Chicago Public Schools
Chicago Public Schools, commonly abbreviated as CPS by local residents and politicians and officially classified as City of Chicago School District #299 for funding and districting reasons, is a large school district that manages over 600 public elementary and high schools in Chicago, Illinois...
that allows off-campus lunch.
Lane Stadium
During the spring 2007 season, Chicago city building inspectors declared Lane Stadium unsafe and condemned the eastern half of the stadium. The age of the stadium and the fact it was built on landfillLandfill
A landfill site , is a site for the disposal of waste materials by burial and is the oldest form of waste treatment...
raised concerns that using the stadium to full capacity would cause a structural collapse. Events affected were the 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011 graduating class ceremonies (moved to the UIC Pavilion
UIC Pavilion
The UIC Pavilion is a 6,958-seat multi-purpose arena, located at 525 S. Racine Street on the West Side in Chicago, Illinois, USA, which opened in 1982. It is home to the University of Illinois at Chicago Flames basketball team and the former home of the Chicago Sky WNBA team...
located at the University of Illinois at Chicago
University of Illinois at Chicago
The University of Illinois at Chicago, or UIC, is a state-funded public research university located in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Its campus is in the Near West Side community area, near the Chicago Loop...
), the annual Letterman versus Faculty Softball game, the annual Memorial Day
Memorial Day
Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May. Formerly known as Decoration Day, it originated after the American Civil War to commemorate the fallen Union soldiers of the Civil War...
assembly, and the 2007, 2008, and 2009 Pep Rally
Pep rally
Pep rallies are events that occur primarily in the United States and Canada. A pep rally is a gathering of people, typically students of middle school, high school and college age, before a sports event. The purpose of such a gathering is to encourage school spirit and to support members of the...
.
Lane Stadium reopened September 7, 2007 with a new turf field. The stadium also features a new IHSA regulation track.
Memorial Garden
The Lane Tech Memorial Garden is located in the inner courtyard of the building and is dedicated to graduates who have lost their lives defending their country. At the east end of the formal garden is a bronze statue of a young Native AmericanNative Americans in the United States
Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples in North America within the boundaries of the present-day continental United States, parts of Alaska, and the island state of Hawaii. They are composed of numerous, distinct tribes, states, and ethnic groups, many of which survive as...
, created by the artist, J. Sazton. It is called, "Shooting the Stars" and it symbolically urges students to set their sights on lofty goals.
At the west end of the Memorial Garden is the Ramo I. Zenkich Memorial, consisting of a flag pole and granite monument inscribed with the names of the students from Lane Tech who lost their lives in the Vietnam War
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of...
.
The Memorial Garden was rededicated in 1995. During the school’s 90th anniversary celebration in 1998, a commemorative plaque was placed near the “Shooting the Stars” statue. It explains the significance of the Memorial Garden to Lane Tech and its students.
As a filming location
Lane has been the site of various filming locations. The movie The ExpressThe Express
The Express is a 2008 American sports film produced by John Davis and directed by Gary Fleder. The storyline was conceived from a screenplay written by Charles Leavitt from a book titled Ernie Davis: The Elmira Express, authored by Robert C. Gallagher...
, starring Dennis Quaid
Dennis Quaid
Dennis William Quaid is an American actor known for his comedic and dramatic roles. First gaining widespread attention in the 1980s, his career rebounded in the 1990s after he overcame an addiction to drugs and an eating disorder...
, was filmed during the 2006-2007 school year in Lane Tech stadium. Lane's stadium was also used for some parts of the 1986 movie, Wildcats
Wildcats (film)
Wildcats is a 1986 film starring Goldie Hawn and costarring Jan Hooks and Swoosie Kurtz. It is the film debut of Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson. They also appeared together in White Men Can't Jump and Money Train...
, starring Goldie Hawn
Goldie Hawn
Goldie Jeanne Hawn is an American actress, film director, producer, and occasional singer. Hawn is known for her roles in Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In, Private Benjamin, Foul Play, Overboard, Bird on a Wire, Death Becomes Her, The First Wives Club, and Cactus Flower, for which she won the 1969...
and Swoosie Kurtz
Swoosie Kurtz
Swoosie Kurtz is an American actress. She began her career in theater during the 1970s and shortly thereafter began a career in television, garnering ten nominations and winning one Emmy Award. Her most famous television project was her role on the 1990s NBC drama Sisters...
. The 33 acres (133,546.4 m²) campus was also used in a scene in the movie High Fidelity
High Fidelity (film)
High Fidelity is a 2000 American comedy-drama film directed by Stephen Frears and starring John Cusack and the Danish actress Iben Hjejle. The film is based on the 1995 British novel of the same name by Nick Hornby, with the setting moved from London to Chicago and the name of the lead character...
, filmed on the east lawn of the Lane Tech campus.
Academic programs
Lane's regular school day operates from 8:00 AM to 2:55 PM with seven periods of classes and one period of lunch. Students may enter the school early for breakfast and other school related activities with teachers, as well as tutoring.Lane offers seven concentrations for students to choose from: Honors, Core, Technology, Architecture/Engineering, Art, Music, and Business. Another curriculum, the Alpha Program, is also available. It is an intermediate curriculum between the Honors Level and AP Level. To enter this program, a student is required to score in the 95% and higher in Math, Science and Reading. Lane Tech's A.P Photography classes are well known, winning state level competition at least 2 times a year. Education To Careers (ETC) programs are offered in automotive mechanics, machines, electronics
Electronics
Electronics is the branch of science, engineering and technology that deals with electrical circuits involving active electrical components such as vacuum tubes, transistors, diodes and integrated circuits, and associated passive interconnection technologies...
, computers, radio-TV, theater technology, architectural drafting, computer aided drafting, art
Art
Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....
, accounting and music
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
.
Honor level courses are offered to qualified students. Advanced Placement (AP) courses are available in English, history, math, science, art, music, computer science and world languages.
Other programs include the Honors Alpha Program, a hands-on, multi-disciplinary study of the sciences for students interested in scientific research. Students of the program learn at an accelerated pace compared to regular and honors classes and may receive more class credits
Students can also replace their normal physical education classes with a class in Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps
Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps
The Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps is a Federal program sponsored by the United States Armed Forces in high schools across the United States...
(JROTC). The program sponsors the Proctors Club, Color Guard
Color guard
In the military of the United States and other militaries, the color guard carries the National Color and other flags appropriate to its position in the chain of command. Typically these include a unit flag and a departmental flag...
, Honor Guard
Honor guard
An honor guard, or ceremonial guard, is a ceremonial unit, usually military in nature and composed of volunteers who are carefully screened for their physical ability and dexterity...
, Drill Platoon, Drum & Bugle Corps, and Raiders of Lane.
Lane has a 85.4% graduation rate and scored 82.5% on the Prairie State Achievement Exam
Athletics
Lane offers many sports including, but not limited to baseballBaseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
, basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, bowling
Bowling
Bowling Bowling Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule...
, cheerleading
Cheerleading
Cheerleading is a physical activity, sometimes a competitive sport, based on organized routines, usually ranging from one to three minutes, which contain the components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games or to participate...
, cross-country
Cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
, football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
, golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
, lacrosse
Lacrosse
Lacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...
, soccer, softball
Softball
Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
, swimming
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
, tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
, track
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
, volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
, wrestling
Scholastic wrestling
Scholastic wrestling, sometimes known in the United States as Folkstyle wrestling, is a style of amateur wrestling practised at the high school and middle school levels in the United States. This wrestling style is essentially Collegiate wrestling with some slight modifications. It is currently...
, and water polo
Water polo
Water polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...
.
Lane garners, on average, 7-10 city-championships per year and has won 16 state championships since 1908 giving its nickname of "The School of Champions". Numerous Lane Tech athletes have competed beyond the high school level and achieved success at the college level and beyond.
Events
Several school events are held throughout the school year at Lane.- Spirit Week: Events held during the week preceding Homecoming. Generally includes dress up days to encourage school spirit ending with homecoming.
- Homecoming: The school's annual Pep RallyPep rallyPep rallies are events that occur primarily in the United States and Canada. A pep rally is a gathering of people, typically students of middle school, high school and college age, before a sports event. The purpose of such a gathering is to encourage school spirit and to support members of the...
, Football Game, and Homecoming Dance - Turkey Bowl: Annual Letterman (Students) versus Staff Football Game prior to the ThanksgivingThanksgivingThanksgiving Day is a holiday celebrated primarily in the United States and Canada. Thanksgiving is celebrated each year on the second Monday of October in Canada and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States. In Canada, Thanksgiving falls on the same day as Columbus Day in the...
Holiday - Christmas Concert: Annual concert prior to the Christmas Holiday
- Memorial Day Observation: Annual gathering of students to honor the fallen and veterans of the United States. Lane is one of the few high schools in IllinoisIllinoisIllinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
to have a memorial day rally. - International Days: Annual festival celebrating the diversity at Lane and the various cultures around the world through ethnic dances and food.
- Softball Game: Annual Letterman versus Staff softballSoftballSoftball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
game
School Song
The school song "Go, Lane, Go" was written in 1915 by a student named Jack T. Nelson. The song was first played during the pep rally and was met with great enthusiasm. Lane was one of only a few schools at the time to have an original school song. The song is played daily before the National AnthemNational anthem
A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that evokes and eulogizes the history, traditions and struggles of its people, recognized either by a nation's government as the official national song, or by convention through use by the people.- History :Anthems rose to prominence...
and also serves as a warning to students that classes will start soon.
Notable alumni
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is an actor and acting teacher. - Leonard BaldyLeonard BaldyLeonard Frank Baldy was a Chicago Police Department officer who became the city's first helicopter traffic reporter. His sometimes comical look at Chicago's traffic problems made him a household name. His peers gave him the nickname "Flying Officer Leonard Baldy"...
was a pioneering Chicago Police officer and helicopter traffic reporter. - Edgar BergenEdgar BergenEdgar John Bergen was an American actor and radio performer, best known as a ventriloquist.-Early life:...
was a ventriloquist, actor, and radio performer, best remembered for creating Charlie McCarthy. - Rod BlagojevichRod BlagojevichRod R. Blagojevich is an American politician who served as the 40th Governor of Illinois from 2003 to 2009. A Democrat, Blagojevich was a State Representative before being elected to the United States House of Representatives representing parts of Chicago...
is a former Governor of IllinoisGovernor of IllinoisThe Governor of Illinois is the chief executive of the State of Illinois and the various agencies and departments over which the officer has jurisdiction, as prescribed in the state constitution. It is a directly elected position, votes being cast by popular suffrage of residents of the state....
(attended for a short time before transferring). - Cyron BrownCyron BrownCyron Brown is an American football defensive end. He currently plays for the Dallas Desperados of the Arena Football League....
is a former lineman who played in the NFL and AFLArena Football LeagueThe Arena Football League is the highest level of professional indoor American football in the United States. It is currently the second longest running professional football league in the United States, after the National Football League. It was founded in 1987 by Jim Foster...
. - Buzz CapraBuzz CapraLee William "Buzz" Capra was a Major League Baseball pitcher from 1971 to 1977 for the New York Mets and Atlanta Braves...
is a former Major League BaseballMajor League BaseballMajor League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
pitcher (1971–77).
- Phil CavarrettaPhil CavarrettaPhilip Joseph Cavarretta was an American Major League Baseball first baseman, outfielder, and manager.Cavarretta spent almost his entire baseball career with the Chicago Cubs. He was voted the National League Most Valuable Player after leading the Cubs to the pennant while winning the batting...
was a Major League BaseballMajor League BaseballMajor League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
player (1934–55). He spent most of his playing career with, and briefly managed the Chicago CubsChicago CubsThe Chicago Cubs are a professional baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's National League. They are one of two Major League clubs based in Chicago . The Cubs are also one of the two remaining charter members of the National...
. - Len ChurchLen ChurchLeonard Church was a pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs. A student at Lane Technical High School in Chicago, he was signed as a free agent by the Cubs in 1963....
was a pitcher for the Chicago Cubs (1966). - Bill DailyBill DailyBill Daily is an American comedian and dramatic actor, and a veteran of many television sitcoms. He is best known for playing astronaut Roger Healey on I Dream of Jeannie and commercial airline navigator Howard Borden in The Bob Newhart Show.-Biography:Daily's father died when Bill was very...
is an actor (I Dream of JeannieI Dream of JeannieI Dream of Jeannie is a 1960s American sitcom with a fantasy premise. The show starred Barbara Eden as a 2,000-year-old genie, and Larry Hagman as an astronaut who becomes her master, with whom she falls in love and eventually marries...
). - Frank DassoFrank DassoFrank Joseph Nicholas Dasso was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Cincinnati Reds during the 1945 and 1946 seasons.-Early life:Dasso was born on August 31, 1917 in Chicago, Illinois...
was a pitcher for the Cincinnati RedsCincinnati RedsThe Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the National League Central Division. The club was established in 1882 as a charter member of the American Association and joined the National League in 1890....
(1945–46). - Anna DavlantesAnna DavlantesAnna Davlantes is an American journalist who presently co-anchors Good Day Chicago for WFLD-TV.Davlantes is a five time regional Emmy award winner, including an Emmy for "Get into the shark tank." She returned to her native Chicago after working at the ABC affiliate WPTA-TV in Fort Wayne,...
is a news anchor at WMAQ-TVWMAQ-TVWMAQ-TV, channel 5, is an owned-and-operated television station of the NBC Television Network, located in Chicago, Illinois. WMAQ-TV's main studios and offices are located within the NBC Tower in the Streeterville neighborhood, with an auxiliary street-level studio on the Magnificent Mile at 401...
Chicago. - Otto DenningOtto DenningOtto George Denning was a Major League Baseball catcher who played for two seasons. He played for the Cleveland Indians from 1942 to 1943. He made his major league debut on April 15, 1942....
was a Major League catcher for the Cleveland IndiansCleveland IndiansThe Cleveland Indians are a professional baseball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. Since , they have played in Progressive Field. The team's spring training facility is in Goodyear, Arizona...
(1942–43). - DJ ColetteDJ ColetteColette Marino, , known as DJ Colette or just Colette, is a house music DJ and vocalist from Chicago, Illinois. She is a resident DJ at the SmartBar in Chicago, Illinois...
(Colette Marino) is a house musicHouse musicHouse music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...
singer and DJ. - Ralph D. Erickson was the co-founder of PADIPadiPadi or PADI may refer to:* Padi, Chennai, India* Padi , a musical group* Paddy field, a type of cultivated land * Professional Association of Diving Instructors, a scuba organization...
, the largest international association of Scuba divers in the world.
- George J. EfstathiouGeorge J. EfstathiouGeorge J. Efstathiou, FAIA, RIBA is an American architect of Greek descent. George has been with Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, LLP since 1974, and is a ConsultingPartner in the Chicago office....
is an architect at Skidmore, Owings and MerrillSkidmore, Owings and MerrillSkidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP is an American architectural and engineering firm that was formed in Chicago in 1936 by Louis Skidmore and Nathaniel Owings; in 1939 they were joined by John O. Merrill. They opened their first branch in New York City, New York in 1937. SOM is one of the largest...
(Burj Khalifa, Chicago Symphony Center). - John FelskeJohn FelskeJohn Frederick Felske is a former catcher, coach and manager in American Major League Baseball. He was the manager of the Philadelphia Phillies from September 30, 1984, through June 18, 1987, posting a record of 190 victories and 194 defeats .After attending the University of Illinois, Felske...
is a former Major League Baseball player and manager. - Bill Fischer was a lineman for the Chicago CardinalsArizona CardinalsThe Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football team based in Glendale, Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
(1949–53). A member of the College Football Hall of FameCollege Football Hall of FameThe College Football Hall of Fame is a hall of fame and museum devoted to college football. Located in South Bend, Indiana, it is connected to a convention center and situated in the city's renovated downtown district, two miles south of the University of Notre Dame campus. It is slated to move...
, he won the Outland TrophyOutland TrophyThe Outland Trophy is awarded to the best United States college football interior lineman by the Football Writers Association of America. It is named after John H. Outland. One of only a few players ever to be named All-America at two positions, Outland garnered consensus All-America honors in...
in 1948. - Neal GablerNeal GablerNeal Gabler is a professor, journalist, author, film critic and political commentator.He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Michigan and holds advanced degrees in film and American culture.-Journalist:...
is an author and political commentator. - Carl GiammareseCarl GiammareseCarl Giammarese is an American musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. He is best known as the lead guitarist and vocalist for The Buckinghams.-Early years:...
is a singer and guitarist who co-founded The BuckinghamsThe BuckinghamsThe Buckinghams are an American Sunshine Pop band from Chicago, Illinois. They formed in 1966 and went on to become one of the top selling acts of 1967. The band dissolved in 1970 but reformed in 1980 and continue to tour throughout the United States....
. - Fred GoetzFred GoetzFred Samuel Goetz , also known as "Shotgun" George Ziegler, "George B. Seibert", George Zeigler" and was a Chicago Outfit mobster and a suspected participant in the Valentine's Day Massacre, in 1929 and Kansas City Massacre.Born in Chicago to Samuel T...
, mobster implicated in the Saint Valentine's Day massacre. - Ron GoraRon GoraRon Gora was a swimmer who attended the University of Michigan and competed in the 1952 Olympics. He finished 8th in the 100 meter freestyle.Gora attended Lane Tech High School in Chicago, and is tied with Tom Jager and Brian Alden with the most individual state titles won by a male in Illinois...
was a swimmer who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.
- Bato GovedaricaBato GovedaricaBato Zdravko Govedarica was an American basketball player. He played 23 games for the Syracuse Nationals during the 1953-54 National Basketball Association season....
is a former player for the Syracuse NationalsPhiladelphia 76ersThe Philadelphia 76ers are a professional basketball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They play in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association . Originally known as the Syracuse Nationals, they are one of the oldest franchises in the NBA...
(1953–54). - Seymour GreenbergSeymour GreenbergSeymour Greenberg was an amateur American clay-court specialist tennis player in the 1940s and 1950s....
was a national champion tennis player. - Arndt Jorgens was a Norwegian-born catcher (1929–39), playing his entire career for the New York YankeesNew York YankeesThe New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the The Bronx, New York. They compete in Major League Baseball in the American League's East Division...
. - Orville JorgensOrville JorgensOrville Edward Jorgens was a Major League Baseball pitcher. Jorgens played for the Philadelphia Phillies form to . He batted and threw right-handed. Jorgens was the brother of fellow Major Leaguer, Art Jorgens....
was a pitcher for the Philadelphia PhilliesPhiladelphia PhilliesThe Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball team. They are the oldest continuous, one-name, one-city franchise in all of professional American sports, dating to 1883. The Phillies are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League...
(1935–37). - John KomlosJohn KomlosJohn Komlos is an American economic historian at the University of Munich where he is professor of economics and chair of economic history. He currently serves as a Visiting Professor of Economics at Duke University...
is a professor of economicsEconomicsEconomics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
at the University of Munich. He helped found the field of anthropometric historyAnthropometric historyAnthropometric history is a term coined in 1989 by John Komlos to refer to the study of the history of human height, focusing on explaining secular trends, cycles of various lengths and cross sectional patterns by changes in the socio-economic and epidemiological environment.-Development of the...
.
- Frankie LaineFrankie LaineFrankie Laine, born Francesco Paolo LoVecchio , was a successful American singer, songwriter, and actor whose career spanned 75 years, from his first concerts in 1930 with a marathon dance company to his final performance of "That's My Desire" in 2005...
was a singer/songwriter. One source notes that Laine's stage name was taken from the school. - Ed LinkeEd LinkeEdward Karl Linke was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He played all or part of six seasons in the majors, from until , for the Washington Senators and St. Louis Browns.-External links:...
was a Major League Baseball pitcher (1933–38). - Justina MachadoJustina MachadoJustina Machado is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as Vanessa Diaz in the HBO drama series Six Feet Under.-Early life:...
is an actress (Six Feet Under). - Irv MedlingerIrv MedlingerIrving John Medlinger was a professional baseball player. He was a left-handed pitcher over parts of two seasons with the St. Louis Browns...
was a Major League Baseball pitcher for the St. Louis BrownsBaltimore OriolesThe Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland in the United States. They are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's American League. One of the American League's eight charter franchises in 1901, it spent its first year as a major league...
(1949, 51). - Richard W. MiesRichard W. MiesAdmiral Richard Willard Mies was the fourth Commander in Chief, from 1998 to 2001, of United States Strategic Command, located at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. Admiral Mies graduated first in his class from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1967 with a Bachelor of Science degree with majors in...
is a former U.S Navy admiralAdmiral of the Navy (United States)Admiral of the Navy is a rank in the United States Navy that has only been held once in history, by George Dewey. In recognition of his victory at Manila Bay in 1898, Congress authorized a single officer to hold the rank of Admiral, and promoted Dewey to this rank in March 1899...
who served as head of the United States Strategic CommandUnited States Strategic CommandUnited States Strategic Command is one of nine Unified Combatant Commands of the United States Department of Defense . The Command, including components, employs more than 2,700 people, representing all four services, including DoD civilians and contractors, who oversee the command's operationally...
. - Kevin MoyersKevin MoyersKevin Moyers is the creator and writer of the Septagon Studios comic book Scorn, which has received critical acclaim from respected sources such as Ain't It Cool News, Comics Bulletin, and ComicBloc...
is a writer (Scorn) and independent film actor. - Ken NordineKen NordineKen Nordine is an American voiceover and recording artist best known for his series of Word Jazz albums. His deep, resonant voice has also been featured in many commercial advertisements and movie trailers. One critic wrote that "you may not know Ken Nordine by name or face, but you'll almost...
is a voiceover and recording artist best known for his series of Word Jazz albums. - Rachel Barton PineRachel Barton PineRachel Barton Pine is a violinist from Chicago. Considered a child prodigy at the violin, she started playing at the age of 3 and a half. She played at many renowned venues as a child and teenager...
is a violinViolinThe violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
ist (Honorary Alumna) - John PodestaJohn PodestaJohn David Podesta was the fourth and final White House Chief of Staff under President Bill Clinton, from 1998 until 2001. He is the president of the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank in Washington, D.C., and is also a Visiting Professor of Law at the Georgetown University Law...
is the former chief of staff to President Bill ClintonBill ClintonWilliam Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...
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- Fritz PollardFritz PollardFrederick Douglass "Fritz" Pollard was the first African American head coach in the National Football League . Pollard along with Bobby Marshall were the first two African American players in the NFL in 1920...
is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame and Pro Football Hall of FamePro Football Hall of FameThe Pro Football Hall of Fame is the hall of fame of professional football in the United States with an emphasis on the National Football League . It opened in Canton, Ohio, on September 7, 1963, with 17 charter inductees...
. He was the first African-American to be a head coach in the NFL. - Dave SpectorDave SpectorDave Spector is a gaijin tarento in Japan.Spector, a Jewish American, was born in Chicago, Illinois. He studied abroad at Sophia University in 1972. He has lived in Japan since 1983...
is a television personality in Japan. - Genndy TartakovskyGenndy TartakovskyGenndy Borisovich Tartakovsky is a Russian-American television animator, director and producer. His best-known creations are Dexter's Laboratory, Samurai Jack, Star Wars: Clone Wars, and Sym-Bionic Titan...
is an Emmy Award-winning animator (Dexter's LaboratoryDexter's LaboratoryDexter's Laboratory is an American animated television series created by Genndy Tartakovsky and produced by Cartoon Network Studios . The show is about a boy named Dexter who has an enormous secret laboratory filled with an endless collection of his inventions...
, Samurai JackSamurai JackSamurai Jack is an American animated television series created by animator Genndy Tartakovsky that aired on both Cartoon Network and Toonami from 2001 to 2004. It is noted for its highly detailed, outline-free, masking-based animation, as well as for its cinematic style and pacing...
, Star Wars: Clone WarsStar Wars: Clone Wars (2003 TV series)Star Wars: Clone Wars is an Annie Award-winning American animated television series set in the Star Wars galaxy. The series chronicles the Clone Wars between the Galactic Republic under Chancellor Palpatine, and the Confederacy of Independent Systems under Count Dooku.Chronologically, the series...
). - Dick TriptowDick TriptowRichard F. Triptow is a retired American basketball player. At 6'0" and 170 pounds, he played as a guard and a forward.Triptow attended Lane Tech High School and DePaul University, both in Chicago, Illinois...
is a former NBL and NBA player (1944–49). - Tung Thanh TranTung Thanh TranTung Thanh Tran is an American actor of Vietnamese descent. He is best known for his supporting role of Tuan in the 1987 film Good Morning, Vietnam, starring Robin Williams and Forest Whitaker....
is an actor (Good Morning, VietnamGood Morning, VietnamGood Morning, Vietnam is a 1987 American comedy-drama film set in Saigon during the Vietnam War, based on the career of Adrian Cronauer, a disc jockey on Armed Forces Radio Service , who proves hugely popular with the troops serving in South Vietnam, but infuriates his superiors with what they call...
). - Phil WeintraubPhil WeintraubPhilip Weintraub, nicknamed Mickey was an American baseball player who had, as of February 2010, the second most runs batted in in a single game ....
was a Major League Baseball player (1933–38, 44–45). - Johnny Weismuller was a five-time Olympic gold medal winning swimmer who later became an actor, best known for his portrayal of Tarzan in the MGM film series 1932–42.
- Steve WilkosSteve WilkosSteven John "Steve" Wilkos is an American television personality, a former U.S. Marine and officer with the Chicago police. He currently hosts his own talk show, The Steve Wilkos Show, but is best known as the former director of security on The Jerry Springer Show...
is a talk show host (The Steve Wilkos ShowThe Steve Wilkos ShowThe Steve Wilkos Show is a syndicated American tabloid talk show hosted by Steve Wilkos. The show debuted on September 10, 2007, two months after Wilkos' departure as director of security on The Jerry Springer Show.-History:...
) and former bodyguard (The Jerry Springer ShowThe Jerry Springer ShowThe Jerry Springer Show is a syndicated television tabloid talk show hosted by Jerry Springer, a former politician, broadcast in the United States and other countries...
). - Adrian Zmed is an actor (TJ Hooker, Dance FeverDance FeverDance Fever is an American musical variety series that aired weekly in syndication from January 1979 to September 1987. The series was created and produced by Merv Griffin and written by Tony Garofalo....
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