Peabody High School
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Peabody High School is a public school in Pittsburgh
, Pennsylvania
, USA
, in the neighborhood of East Liberty
, The school opened in 1911 after the renovations of a former elementary school and was rededicated after Highland Park doctor Benjamin Peabody. After 100 years in operation the school closed and graduated its final class in 2011. While the Peabody name will no longer be used, the Peabody building will reopen for the 2012-2013 school as the new home of Pittsburgh Public Schools IB program.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
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, USA
United States
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, in the neighborhood of East Liberty
East Liberty (Pittsburgh)
East Liberty is a culturally diverse neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's East End. It is bordered by Highland Park, Morningside, Stanton Heights, Garfield, Friendship, Shadyside and Larimer, and is represented on by Patrick Dowd...
, The school opened in 1911 after the renovations of a former elementary school and was rededicated after Highland Park doctor Benjamin Peabody. After 100 years in operation the school closed and graduated its final class in 2011. While the Peabody name will no longer be used, the Peabody building will reopen for the 2012-2013 school as the new home of Pittsburgh Public Schools IB program.
Notable alumni
- Kevan BarlowKevan BarlowKevan C. Barlow is an American football running back who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the third round of the 2001 NFL Draft...
, professional football player - Mike BarnesMike Barnes (football player)Mike Barnes is a former American football player. He played defensive tackle for the Baltimore Colts from 1973 through 1981. He was selected to the Pro Bowl after the 1977 season. Before turning pro, Barnes attended the Pittsburgh public school Peabody High School and the University of Miami....
, professional football player - Romare BeardenRomare BeardenRomare Bearden was an African American artist and writer. He worked in several media including cartoons, oils, and collage.-Education:...
, artist - Mel BennettMel BennettMelvin P. Bennett is a retired American professional basketball player.He played forward for the Virginia Squires of the American Basketball Association and the Indiana Pacers , Utah Jazz and Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association...
, professional basketball player - Kenneth BurkeKenneth BurkeKenneth Duva Burke was a major American literary theorist and philosopher. Burke's primary interests were in rhetoric and aesthetics.-Personal history:...
, writer - Malcolm CowleyMalcolm CowleyMalcolm Cowley was an American novelist, poet, literary critic, and journalist.-Early life:...
, writer and literary critic - Jack GilbertJack Gilbert-Life and career:Born and raised in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania neighborhood of East Liberty, he attended Peabody High School then worked as a door-to-door salesman, an exterminator, and a steelworker...
, poet (failed out) - Frank GorshinFrank GorshinFrank John Gorshin, Jr. was an American actor and comedian. He was perhaps best known as an impressionist, with many guest appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show and The Tonight Show...
, actor - Charles GrodinCharles GrodinCharles Grodin is an American actor, comedian, author and former cable talk show host. Grodin began his acting career in the 1960s appearing in TV serials including The Virginian. He had a small part as an obstetrician in Roman Polanski's Rosemary's Baby in 1968...
, actor - Gene KellyGene KellyEugene Curran "Gene" Kelly was an American dancer, actor, singer, film director and producer, and choreographer...
, dancer, actor, and choreographer - Dave Logan, professional football player, Tampa Bay BuccaneersTampa Bay BuccaneersThe Tampa Bay Buccaneers are a professional American football franchise based in Tampa, Florida, U.S. They are currently members of the Southern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League – they are the only team in the division not to come from the old NFC West...
; sportscasterSportscasterIn sports broadcasting, a commentator gives a running commentary of a game or event in real time, usually during a live broadcast. The comments are normally a voiceover, with the sounds of the action and spectators also heard in the background. In the case of television commentary, the commentator... - Dr. Sanford Markowitz, Cancer Research
- Michael Marks, Lawer & Founder of Michael Marks and Asscociates Elder Law
- Edith S. SampsonEdith S. SampsonEdith Spurlock Sampson was an American lawyer and judge, and the first Black U.S. delegate appointed to the United Nations.-Youth and Education:...
, lawyer, judge, and UN delegate - Bob SmizikBob SmizikRobert Smizik is a former sportswriter and columnist for the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. Smizik was bought out of his contract by the Post-Gazette in mid-December 2008, then retiring from his duties as a full-time columnist for the paper...
, sports writer, columnist and blogger. (ref - #20) - Burton TanskyBurton TanskyBurton M. Tansky is an American department store executive who retired as president and chief executive officer of The Neiman Marcus Group Summer of 2010....
, department store executive - David TepperDavid TepperDavid Alan Tepper is an American hedge fund manager and the founder of Appaloosa Management. His investment specialty is distressed companies....
, billionaire hedge fund manager and philanthropist - Regis ToomeyRegis ToomeyJohn Regis Toomey was an American film and television actor.-Early life:Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he was one of four children of Francis X. and Mary Ellen Toomey and attended Peabody High School...
, actor - Fritz WeaverFritz WeaverFritz William Weaver is an American actor and voice actor.-Life and career:Weaver was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of Elsa W. and John Carson Weaver. His mother was of Italian descent and his father was a social worker from Pittsburgh. Weaver attended Peabody High School...
, actor - John Edgar WidemanJohn Edgar WidemanJohn Edgar Wideman is an American writer, professor at Brown University, and sits on the contributing editorial board of the literary journal Conjunctions.-Early life:...
, writer - Yarone ZoberYarone ZoberYarone Zober, a Democrat, currently serves as chief of staff to Mayor Luke Ravenstahl of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania....
, deputy mayor