Woodrow Wilson High School (Dallas)
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Woodrow Wilson High School is a public secondary school
located at 100 South Glasgow Drive in the Lakewood neighborhood of East
Dallas
, Texas
(USA
) in the ZIP code
75214. It was named in honor of former U.S. president Woodrow Wilson
, who died just three years before the school building was completed. The structure is a Dallas Landmark, as well as a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
, "the highest honor the state can bestow on a historic structure." It has been called a "Historic School Success Story" by the National Trust for Historic Preservation
Woodrow enrolls students in grades 9
-12
and is a part of the Dallas Independent School District
. In 2009, DISD
authorized Woodrow to apply to become certified the first Dallas school to be authorized as an IB World School offering the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, a/k/a the IB Degree. (All Texas colleges and universities are required by law to grant 24 semester credit hours to an entering freshman who has successfully completed the IB Degree.) It earned its official designation as an IB World School on March 18, 2011.
style. At the cornerstone
-laying ceremony in April 1927, a piece of the wedding cake
of Woodrow Wilson's second daughter, Jessie, was included in the cornerstone "in memory of Mr. Wilson." At US$700,000, the school's cost exceeded that of the district's previous four high schools by at least $100,000. The ornamental lighting was made by Potter Art Metal Studios of Dallas; a 90 year company still in existence. Special features of the building included a gymnasium boasting "one entire wall of glass windows" and an auditorium that was to be the "best equipped and best lighted" in the district, with footlights and a separately ventilated orchestra pit
. A theater organ was later placed in the pit and pipes put in special lofts on the third level. Also on the third floor was 'the largest eating place in Dallas', the school cafeteria; in previous Dallas high schools the cafeteria was at grade level, so at the new high school a special elevator was installed to service the eating facility. The September, 1928, Dallas Herald said the school "presents a rare spectacle from afar." Photos and the original blueprints of the school building were featured in an exhibition celebrating the works of Mark Lemmon at The Meadows Museum.
The school has been colloquially called "Woodrow" by students and community members from its beginning, fostered by first principal G.L. "Pop" Ashburn, who led the school until 1956. The mascot of the school is the Wildcat. A Parent Teacher Association chapter was formed for the school even before its 1928 opening.
Until 1957 (when Bryan Adams High School
opened), Woodrow was the only "East Dallas
" high school. Woodrow still serves most of the upper east side of East Dallas, including Swiss Avenue, Mount Auburn, Junius Heights, Lakewood, Munger Place, Peaks Addition and Hollywood Heights
.
In 1981, interiors for the movie Crisis at Central High
starring Joanne Woodward
, were filmed at the school. Many students, including the late Lance Bircher '83 (cited for his scene by imdb.com), were used in the filming. Woodrow students had trouble understanding both the concept of separate schools for blacks and whites and the struggles that it caused elsewhere, as the school was cited by the Supreme Court as a model for natural integration during the Dallas desegregation case. Of course, Woodrow students (actually the old alumni) were thrilled to receive a visit from Miss Woodward's husband, Paul Newman
.
In 2004, thousands attended Woodrow's 75th Anniversary celebration, which included a parade (from Lakewood to the school, with Congressman Sam Johnson
as Grand Marshal, chauffeured in a new Ford Mustang by fellow alumnus Carroll Shelby
, the legendary auto designer and builder), followed by an auditorium-packed program. Scores of "mini-reunions" also were held during that day in assigned rooms throughout the school.
In 2006, Newsweek
named Woodrow one of the top high schools in the nation based on the numbers of AP and IB - this result placed the school in the top 3% of all high schools in the United States. Local publication D Magazine
ranked it the top comprehensive high school in Dallas. In 2008 and 2009 the school remained in the top half of the Newsweek list. In 2010, the school moved up 215 places on the Newsweek list. In 2011, the list switched to The Washington Post
where Woodrow finished at 588 out of the top 1,900 high schools in the nation. This placed it above highly touted local suburban schools such as Coppell, Southlake Carroll, Plano, Allen, Flower Mound and local RISD rival Lake Highlands, which finished 768 places behind
Around 2008 Woodrow parents launched "Choose Woodrow," a program aimed towards attracting families in the Lakewood neighborhood towards Woodrow. Rod Dreher
, a politically conservative columnist in The Dallas Morning News
, argued that the program was unfair. Dreher argued that even if the campaign attracted more White students who would raise the school's test scores overall, it would not help lower performing minority students who are enrolled at Woodrow.
In October, 2007 the school was cited as one of 39 model schools in Science and Math by the Texas Public Policy Foundation
In December, 2009 it earned the Texas ACT College Readiness Award, the only Dallas comprehensive high school to receive that honor.
In the fall of 2009, Woodrow became one of four high schools in Texas to be designated as candidates for designation as an IB World School.
In March 2011, the school earned the IB designation after a rigorous, three-year application process, including an extensive site visit by the IB Organization.
In September, 2011 a Dallas Morning News analysis by education reporter Holly Hacker showed that Woodrow Wilson High School ranks high in college readiness. The survey took socio-economic levels and other statistics into account to show true performance among high schools with differing student populations. Woodrow was one of only twenty schools in the North Texas area to be found "exceeding expectations" by the analysis. It was one of only two Dallas comprehensive high schools to make the list.
In 2009, Woodrow celebrated its 80th Anniversary. In honor of Carroll Shelby's selection to be its Grand Marshal, scores of non-Woodrow graduates joined the parade — most showing off their Ford/Shelby Mustangs or Cobras, but a few were driving their Dodge Vipers (another vehicle Shelby helped develop). During the ceremony in the school's packed auditorium, the Alumni Association inducted twenty more individuals into Woodrow's Hall of Fame. The celebration concluded with an "Alumni Band Roundup" at Eddie Deen's Ranch that evening, where hundreds of Woodrow alums ate, drank, and enjoyed each other while listening and dancing to music played by eight bands, each composed of Woodrow Alums (with a few ringers here and there) from various classes between 1960 and 2008. A documentary was produced by Michael Barnes and Kathy Kilmer Moak, both from the class of 1967. It featured historical photographs and interviews with many alums interspersed with clips of the 80th Anniversary Celebration. It premiered at the Lakewood Theater in the fall of 2009. A trailer of the DVD may be viewed at http://www.www1967.com/
The $14 million, 40000 square feet (3,716.1 m²) structure was authorized in a 2008 DISD bond election.
It is only the third extension of the school in its 83-year history. A boy's gym was added in 1953 and another addition was opened in 1979 in time for the school's 50th anniversary.
The addition will be three-stories and located at the rear of the 7 acres (28,328 m²) campus near "Downtown Lakewood". It will house the new Performing Arts Academy and three state-of-the-art laboratories for the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Academy. They are part of the school's redesign into four college prep academies which began implementation in the fall of 2010 as a four-year roll-out.
The building is designed by Brown Reynolds Watford Architects with offices in Dallas, Houston, College Station and San Francisco. Principal Craig Reynolds is a current Woodrow parent. It will feature two story separate choir and drama rooms. The choir room will have practice rooms and the drama room will feature a black-box theater, costume shop and prop facilities. A large dance rehearsal hall will also be on the first floor. Three large science labs will be on the third floor, along with new restroom facilities. The building replaces part of the 1979 wing, which cost $1 million. The areas replaced are former wood and metal shops - no longer needed with the school's new college-prep curriculum. The rest of that addition will be remodeled into a larger band hall and athletic facilities. There is room for a competition-size gymnasium to connect to this area.
Woodrow's main 1928 building will have its original windows restored and HVAC replaced, including new air exchangers in the auditorium courtyards. The first-floor restrooms will be restored to the historic marble and wood and the second and third level facilities gutted and replaced with modern fixtures. Electrical fixtures and computer lines throughout the campus will also be brought up to current standards. Drainage and landscaping are also included in the construction, along with resurfacing of the parking lots and the Tim Brown-Davey O'Brien Track.
Completion is expected in the summer of 2012.
winners: Davey O'Brien
(1938) and Tim Brown (1987), and it remains the only 'PUBLIC high school in the U.S. to have that distinction. As a relatively small inner-city Dallas public school that is coeducational and builds its athletic teams from the ethnically and economically diverse students within its tight attendance zone, Woodrow was proud to remain unparalleled among ALL public and private U.S. high schools as to the number of its graduates who won the Heisman among until 1995, when Eddie George's Heisman Trophy
win allowed Fork Union Military Academy
in Virginia (a private school that build teams from "[y]oung men, from around the country and the world") to share the distinction with Woodrow. And in 2004, private, Catholic, Mater Dei High School
of Santa Ana, California
gained its second Heisman Trophy winner in Matt Leinart
. Nevertheless, Woodrow achieved this distinction FIRST and it remains the only public high school in the U.S. with two Heisman winners.
Notwithstanding Tim Brown's efforts, from about the 1980s until fairly recently, Woodrow's football program struggled. However, the Wildcats made the state playoffs in 1991, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005, advancing to the second round in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006. Previous Woodrow teams made state semi-finals in 1951 and 1969, and even earlier teams of the 1930s and 40s were successful and produced such stars as O'Brien
, I. B. Hale
'35, Mal Kutner
'38, Herschel Forester
'48, and Bill Forester
'49.
Woodrow's basketball team won state back in 1938, and later produced Alton Lister
'76, a pro player on five different teams. Recent Woodrow graduate Anthony Randolph
was one of the nation's top recruits, according to Rivals.com
. He was a small forward for the LSU Tigers
during his freshman year in college. Currently, Randolph
is a professional basketball player for the New York Knicks
. He was selected as the 14th overall draft pick in the 2008 NBA Draft
by the Golden State Warriors
. The 2011 basketball team lost in the Regional Quarterfinals to Kimball 62-57, after leading most of the game. Kimball then won the state championship. The Wildcats, however finished ahead of Kimball with the number one total team offense in Dallas Morning News rankings.
1953, Woodrow Wilson won the city and state golf championships with brothers Gene and Ross Teter.
In 2007, Woodrow's athletics program was ranked No. 6 out of all 4-A high schools in the Dallas Morning News All-Sports competition. The Wildcats' score of 81 was better than 95 other local 4-A and 5-A high schools. That year, seven Woodrow football players made the state all-academic team: Thomas Simpson, Sam Ashbrook, Ian Mackinnon, and Jared Muston on the first team; and Ryan Gunter, Jack Hlavaty, and Preston Richmond on the second team.
In 2010, Woodrow placed 19th in 4-A All Sports Award competition sponsored by The Dallas Morning News - out of 62 4-A schools. Its score of 74 was higher than that of 88 4-A and 5-A schools. The girl’s volleyball team and the boys basketball team went deep into state playoffs with the basketball team being ranked 7th in the state. The tennis team, girls swimming and both golf teams also did well in playoffs. In 2011 the school moved into the top ten out of 70 ranked schools from Wichita Falls to Texarkana. Its score of 91 points ranked ahead of 133 4-A and 5-A schools.
Bill
and Herschel Forester
were Wildcats who played college football at SMU
as well as in the pros. Dallas' Forester Field was named for their father, Herschel, who taught at Woodrow from the opening of the school until the late 1950s.
In March, 2010 Freshman Grace Choi was ranked first in Texas in girls golf.
, students at the school raised enough money to buy the Navy a Wildcat fighter plane.
The Bircher-Hardman era went from flying monkeys in "The Wizard of Oz" to a real rain storm onstage for "Singing in the Rain". In 1979 Bircher formed the school's award winning show choir, Variations. The group was originally formed to perform at the school's 50th Anniversary celebration but continues to this day. Bircher and Hardman finished out in 2003 with a book-end production of the school's first annual musical, "Oklahoma". "School Zone Dallas" did an extensive television show on this production and the history of the duo's reign. Many of their students moved to New York and Los Angeles to pursue careers in theater, writing and acting.
Woodrow's Debate team went to the state competition in March, 2010 and also to a national competition in New York City, where it won the Breakout Award.
s. The Texas Education Agency
specifies that the parents and/or guardians of poor and minority students zoned to a school with uniforms may apply for a waiver to opt out of the uniform policy so their children do not have to wear the uniform; parents must specify "bona fide
" reasons, such as religious reasons or philosophical objections.
-8
) feeds into Woodrow Wilson.
Oran M. Roberts (PK
-5
) north of I-30, Lakewood
(PK
-5
), Robert E. Lee (PK
-5
), and Stonewall Jackson (K
-5
) Elementary Schools feed into Woodrow Wilson High School. William Lipscomb (PK-4) and Mount Auburn Elementary School (PK
-3
) feed into Eduardo Mata Elementary School (4
-5
), which in turn feeds into Woodrow Wilson High School. Lipscomb is adding fourth and fifth grade and will feed directly into J.L. Long and then to Woodrow in the next two years.
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
located at 100 South Glasgow Drive in the Lakewood neighborhood of East
East Dallas
East Dallas comprises many communities and neighborhoods in Dallas, Texas, .- Neighborhoods :*Baylor/Meadows*Belmont*Hilltop*Bryan Place*Buckner Terrace*East Grand*Casa Linda Estates*Cochran Heights*Casa View*Claremont*Deep Ellum*Eastwood...
Dallas
Dallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
(USA
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
) in the ZIP code
ZIP Code
ZIP codes are a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service since 1963. The term ZIP, an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan, is properly written in capital letters and was chosen to suggest that the mail travels more efficiently, and therefore more quickly, when senders use the...
75214. It was named in honor of former U.S. president Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States, from 1913 to 1921. A leader of the Progressive Movement, he served as President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, and then as the Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913...
, who died just three years before the school building was completed. The structure is a Dallas Landmark, as well as a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark is a designation awarded by the Texas Historical Commission for historically and architecturally significant properties in the state of Texas....
, "the highest honor the state can bestow on a historic structure." It has been called a "Historic School Success Story" by the National Trust for Historic Preservation
Woodrow enrolls students in grades 9
Ninth grade
Ninth grade is the ninth post-kindergarten year of school education in some school systems. The students are 13 to 15 years of age, depending on when their birthday occurs. Depending on the school district, ninth grade is usually the first year of high school....
-12
Twelfth grade
Twelfth grade or Senior year, or Grade Twelve, are the North American names for the final year of secondary school. In most countries students then graduate at age 17 or 18. In some countries, there is a thirteenth grade, while other countries do not have a 12th grade/year at all...
and is a part of the Dallas Independent School District
Dallas Independent School District
The Dallas Independent School District is a school district based in Dallas, Texas . Dallas ISD, which operates schools in much of Dallas County, is the second largest school district in Texas and the twelfth largest in the United States.In 2009, the school district was rated "academically...
. In 2009, DISD
Dallas Independent School District
The Dallas Independent School District is a school district based in Dallas, Texas . Dallas ISD, which operates schools in much of Dallas County, is the second largest school district in Texas and the twelfth largest in the United States.In 2009, the school district was rated "academically...
authorized Woodrow to apply to become certified the first Dallas school to be authorized as an IB World School offering the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme, a/k/a the IB Degree. (All Texas colleges and universities are required by law to grant 24 semester credit hours to an entering freshman who has successfully completed the IB Degree.) It earned its official designation as an IB World School on March 18, 2011.
History
Designed by noted Dallas architect Mark Lemmon, the school opened in 1928 and was constructed in the ElizabethanElizabethan architecture
Elizabethan architecture is the term given to early Renaissance architecture in England, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Historically, the period corresponds to the Cinquecento in Italy, the Early Renaissance in France, and the Plateresque style in Spain...
style. At the cornerstone
Cornerstone
The cornerstone concept is derived from the first stone set in the construction of a masonry foundation, important since all other stones will be set in reference to this stone, thus determining the position of the entire structure.Over time a cornerstone became a ceremonial masonry stone, or...
-laying ceremony in April 1927, a piece of the wedding cake
Wedding cake
A wedding cake is the traditional cake served to the guests at a wedding reception after a wedding. In modern Western culture, it is usually a large cake, multi-layered or tiered, and heavily decorated with icing, usually over a layer of marzipan or fondant...
of Woodrow Wilson's second daughter, Jessie, was included in the cornerstone "in memory of Mr. Wilson." At US$700,000, the school's cost exceeded that of the district's previous four high schools by at least $100,000. The ornamental lighting was made by Potter Art Metal Studios of Dallas; a 90 year company still in existence. Special features of the building included a gymnasium boasting "one entire wall of glass windows" and an auditorium that was to be the "best equipped and best lighted" in the district, with footlights and a separately ventilated orchestra pit
Orchestra pit
An orchestra pit is the area in a theater in which musicians perform. Orchestral pits are utilized in forms of theatre that require music or in cases when incidental music is required...
. A theater organ was later placed in the pit and pipes put in special lofts on the third level. Also on the third floor was 'the largest eating place in Dallas', the school cafeteria; in previous Dallas high schools the cafeteria was at grade level, so at the new high school a special elevator was installed to service the eating facility. The September, 1928, Dallas Herald said the school "presents a rare spectacle from afar." Photos and the original blueprints of the school building were featured in an exhibition celebrating the works of Mark Lemmon at The Meadows Museum.
The school has been colloquially called "Woodrow" by students and community members from its beginning, fostered by first principal G.L. "Pop" Ashburn, who led the school until 1956. The mascot of the school is the Wildcat. A Parent Teacher Association chapter was formed for the school even before its 1928 opening.
Until 1957 (when Bryan Adams High School
Bryan Adams High School
For schools with similar names, see Adams High School.Bryan Adams High School is a public secondary school located at 2101 Millmar Drive in the Casa View neighborhood of East Dallas, Texas ....
opened), Woodrow was the only "East Dallas
East Dallas
East Dallas comprises many communities and neighborhoods in Dallas, Texas, .- Neighborhoods :*Baylor/Meadows*Belmont*Hilltop*Bryan Place*Buckner Terrace*East Grand*Casa Linda Estates*Cochran Heights*Casa View*Claremont*Deep Ellum*Eastwood...
" high school. Woodrow still serves most of the upper east side of East Dallas, including Swiss Avenue, Mount Auburn, Junius Heights, Lakewood, Munger Place, Peaks Addition and Hollywood Heights
Hollywood Heights, Dallas, Texas
Hollywood Heights is a neighborhood in east Dallas, Texas . The neighborhood lies to the northwest of SH 78 and the Tennison Park Golf Course...
.
In 1981, interiors for the movie Crisis at Central High
Crisis at Central High
Crisis at Central High was a 1981 made-for-television movie about the Little Rock Integration Crisis of 1957, based on a draft of the memoir by the same name by former assistant principal Elizabeth Huckaby....
starring Joanne Woodward
Joanne Woodward
Joanne Gignilliat Trimmier Woodward is an American actress, television and theatrical producer, and widow of Paul Newman...
, were filmed at the school. Many students, including the late Lance Bircher '83 (cited for his scene by imdb.com), were used in the filming. Woodrow students had trouble understanding both the concept of separate schools for blacks and whites and the struggles that it caused elsewhere, as the school was cited by the Supreme Court as a model for natural integration during the Dallas desegregation case. Of course, Woodrow students (actually the old alumni) were thrilled to receive a visit from Miss Woodward's husband, Paul Newman
Paul Newman
Paul Leonard Newman was an American actor, film director, entrepreneur, humanitarian, professional racing driver and auto racing enthusiast...
.
In 2004, thousands attended Woodrow's 75th Anniversary celebration, which included a parade (from Lakewood to the school, with Congressman Sam Johnson
Sam Johnson
Samuel Robert "Sam" Johnson is an American politician and a retired career U.S. Air Force officer and fighter pilot. He currently is a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from the 3rd District of Texas...
as Grand Marshal, chauffeured in a new Ford Mustang by fellow alumnus Carroll Shelby
Carroll Shelby
Carroll Hall Shelby is an American retired automotive designer and racing driver. He is most well known for making Mustangs for Ford Motor Company known as Mustang Cobras which he has done since 1965...
, the legendary auto designer and builder), followed by an auditorium-packed program. Scores of "mini-reunions" also were held during that day in assigned rooms throughout the school.
In 2006, Newsweek
Newsweek
Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
named Woodrow one of the top high schools in the nation based on the numbers of AP and IB - this result placed the school in the top 3% of all high schools in the United States. Local publication D Magazine
D Magazine
This article is about the magazine about Dallas. For the Italian magazine, see La Repubblica.D Magazine is a monthly magazine covering Dallas-Fort Worth. It covers a range of topics including politics, business, food, fashion and lifestyle in the city of Dallas. The first issue was published in...
ranked it the top comprehensive high school in Dallas. In 2008 and 2009 the school remained in the top half of the Newsweek list. In 2010, the school moved up 215 places on the Newsweek list. In 2011, the list switched to The Washington Post
The Washington Post
The Washington Post is Washington, D.C.'s largest newspaper and its oldest still-existing paper, founded in 1877. Located in the capital of the United States, The Post has a particular emphasis on national politics. D.C., Maryland, and Virginia editions are printed for daily circulation...
where Woodrow finished at 588 out of the top 1,900 high schools in the nation. This placed it above highly touted local suburban schools such as Coppell, Southlake Carroll, Plano, Allen, Flower Mound and local RISD rival Lake Highlands, which finished 768 places behind
Around 2008 Woodrow parents launched "Choose Woodrow," a program aimed towards attracting families in the Lakewood neighborhood towards Woodrow. Rod Dreher
Rod Dreher
Rod Dreher is an American writer and editor. He was a conservative editorial writer and a columnist for The Dallas Morning News, but departed that newspaper in late 2009 to affiliate with the John Templeton Foundation. He has also contributed in the past to The American Conservative and National...
, a politically conservative columnist in The Dallas Morning News
The Dallas Morning News
The Dallas Morning News is the major daily newspaper serving the Dallas, Texas area, with a circulation of 264,459 subscribers, the Audit Bureau of Circulations reported in September 2010...
, argued that the program was unfair. Dreher argued that even if the campaign attracted more White students who would raise the school's test scores overall, it would not help lower performing minority students who are enrolled at Woodrow.
In October, 2007 the school was cited as one of 39 model schools in Science and Math by the Texas Public Policy Foundation
In December, 2009 it earned the Texas ACT College Readiness Award, the only Dallas comprehensive high school to receive that honor.
In the fall of 2009, Woodrow became one of four high schools in Texas to be designated as candidates for designation as an IB World School.
In March 2011, the school earned the IB designation after a rigorous, three-year application process, including an extensive site visit by the IB Organization.
In September, 2011 a Dallas Morning News analysis by education reporter Holly Hacker showed that Woodrow Wilson High School ranks high in college readiness. The survey took socio-economic levels and other statistics into account to show true performance among high schools with differing student populations. Woodrow was one of only twenty schools in the North Texas area to be found "exceeding expectations" by the analysis. It was one of only two Dallas comprehensive high schools to make the list.
In 2009, Woodrow celebrated its 80th Anniversary. In honor of Carroll Shelby's selection to be its Grand Marshal, scores of non-Woodrow graduates joined the parade — most showing off their Ford/Shelby Mustangs or Cobras, but a few were driving their Dodge Vipers (another vehicle Shelby helped develop). During the ceremony in the school's packed auditorium, the Alumni Association inducted twenty more individuals into Woodrow's Hall of Fame. The celebration concluded with an "Alumni Band Roundup" at Eddie Deen's Ranch that evening, where hundreds of Woodrow alums ate, drank, and enjoyed each other while listening and dancing to music played by eight bands, each composed of Woodrow Alums (with a few ringers here and there) from various classes between 1960 and 2008. A documentary was produced by Michael Barnes and Kathy Kilmer Moak, both from the class of 1967. It featured historical photographs and interviews with many alums interspersed with clips of the 80th Anniversary Celebration. It premiered at the Lakewood Theater in the fall of 2009. A trailer of the DVD may be viewed at http://www.www1967.com/
Future
A ground-breaking ceremony for the new science/performing arts wing at Woodrow was held on May 23, 2011.The $14 million, 40000 square feet (3,716.1 m²) structure was authorized in a 2008 DISD bond election.
It is only the third extension of the school in its 83-year history. A boy's gym was added in 1953 and another addition was opened in 1979 in time for the school's 50th anniversary.
The addition will be three-stories and located at the rear of the 7 acres (28,328 m²) campus near "Downtown Lakewood". It will house the new Performing Arts Academy and three state-of-the-art laboratories for the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Academy. They are part of the school's redesign into four college prep academies which began implementation in the fall of 2010 as a four-year roll-out.
The building is designed by Brown Reynolds Watford Architects with offices in Dallas, Houston, College Station and San Francisco. Principal Craig Reynolds is a current Woodrow parent. It will feature two story separate choir and drama rooms. The choir room will have practice rooms and the drama room will feature a black-box theater, costume shop and prop facilities. A large dance rehearsal hall will also be on the first floor. Three large science labs will be on the third floor, along with new restroom facilities. The building replaces part of the 1979 wing, which cost $1 million. The areas replaced are former wood and metal shops - no longer needed with the school's new college-prep curriculum. The rest of that addition will be remodeled into a larger band hall and athletic facilities. There is room for a competition-size gymnasium to connect to this area.
Woodrow's main 1928 building will have its original windows restored and HVAC replaced, including new air exchangers in the auditorium courtyards. The first-floor restrooms will be restored to the historic marble and wood and the second and third level facilities gutted and replaced with modern fixtures. Electrical fixtures and computer lines throughout the campus will also be brought up to current standards. Drainage and landscaping are also included in the construction, along with resurfacing of the parking lots and the Tim Brown-Davey O'Brien Track.
Completion is expected in the summer of 2012.
Athletics
Woodrow has been called the "High School Home of the Heisman" because it was the first high school in the nation to be the alma mater of two Heisman TrophyHeisman Trophy
The Heisman Memorial Trophy Award , is awarded annually to the player deemed the most outstanding player in collegiate football. It was created in 1935 as the Downtown Athletic Club trophy and renamed in 1936 following the death of the Club's athletic director, John Heisman The Heisman Memorial...
winners: Davey O'Brien
Davey O'Brien
Robert David O'Brien was an American football quarterback in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles. He played college football at Texas Christian University and was drafted in the first round of the 1939 NFL Draft. In 1938, O'Brien won the Heisman Trophy, Maxwell Award, and the...
(1938) and Tim Brown (1987), and it remains the only 'PUBLIC high school in the U.S. to have that distinction. As a relatively small inner-city Dallas public school that is coeducational and builds its athletic teams from the ethnically and economically diverse students within its tight attendance zone, Woodrow was proud to remain unparalleled among ALL public and private U.S. high schools as to the number of its graduates who won the Heisman among until 1995, when Eddie George's Heisman Trophy
Heisman Trophy
The Heisman Memorial Trophy Award , is awarded annually to the player deemed the most outstanding player in collegiate football. It was created in 1935 as the Downtown Athletic Club trophy and renamed in 1936 following the death of the Club's athletic director, John Heisman The Heisman Memorial...
win allowed Fork Union Military Academy
Fork Union Military Academy
Fork Union Military Academy is a private, military boarding school located in the town of Fork Union, Virginia. The school is more commonly known by its acronym FUMA ....
in Virginia (a private school that build teams from "[y]oung men, from around the country and the world") to share the distinction with Woodrow. And in 2004, private, Catholic, Mater Dei High School
Mater Dei High School (Santa Ana, California)
Mater Dei High School is a private, Catholic, co-educational secondary school in Santa Ana, California. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange. With an enrollment of 2,100 students Mater Dei High School is one of the largest Catholic high schools in the United States...
of Santa Ana, California
Santa Ana, California
Santa Ana is the county seat and second most populous city in Orange County, California, and with a population of 324,528 at the 2010 census, Santa Ana is the 57th-most populous city in the United States....
gained its second Heisman Trophy winner in Matt Leinart
Matt Leinart
Matthew Stephen Leinart , is an American professional football quarterback for the Houston Texans of the National Football League...
. Nevertheless, Woodrow achieved this distinction FIRST and it remains the only public high school in the U.S. with two Heisman winners.
Notwithstanding Tim Brown's efforts, from about the 1980s until fairly recently, Woodrow's football program struggled. However, the Wildcats made the state playoffs in 1991, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005, advancing to the second round in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006. Previous Woodrow teams made state semi-finals in 1951 and 1969, and even earlier teams of the 1930s and 40s were successful and produced such stars as O'Brien
Davey O'Brien
Robert David O'Brien was an American football quarterback in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles. He played college football at Texas Christian University and was drafted in the first round of the 1939 NFL Draft. In 1938, O'Brien won the Heisman Trophy, Maxwell Award, and the...
, I. B. Hale
I. B. Hale
Insall Bailey "I. B." Hale was an American football offensive tackle at Texas Christian University who was voted an All-American. He was drafted in the first round of the 1939 NFL Draft by the Washington Redskins, but never played football professionally.Hale later became a FBI agent in Fort...
'35, Mal Kutner
Malcolm Kutner
Malcolm James "Mal" Kutner was an American football end in the National Football League , and was selected as the NFL Most Valuable Player in 1948 while playing with the Chicago Cardinals....
'38, Herschel Forester
Herschel Forester
Herschel Vincent Forester is a former professional American football offensive lineman in the National Football League. He played four seasons for the Cleveland Browns .-References:...
'48, and Bill Forester
Bill Forester
George William Forester was a professional American football linebacker in the National Football League. He played eleven seasons for the Green Bay Packers and was selected to four Pro Bowls...
'49.
Woodrow's basketball team won state back in 1938, and later produced Alton Lister
Alton Lister
Alton Lavelle Lister is a retired American professional basketball player, in the power forward-center position.The 7' 0" Lister played at San Jacinto Junior College, where he was a teammate of future NBA journeyman shooting guard Oliver Mack...
'76, a pro player on five different teams. Recent Woodrow graduate Anthony Randolph
Anthony Randolph
Anthony Erwin Randolph, Jr. is an American professional basketball player who plays power forward for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association . Born in Germany to two parents who served in the military there, Randolph's family eventually relocated to the United States,...
was one of the nation's top recruits, according to Rivals.com
Rivals.com
Rivals.com is a network of websites that focus mainly on college football and basketball recruiting. The network was started in 1996 and currently employs more than 300 personnel.-Schools:The individual collegiate sites can be found...
. He was a small forward for the LSU Tigers
LSU Tigers
The LSU Tigers are the athletic teams of Louisiana State University. They participate in the NCAA's Division I, in the Southeastern Conference. It fields teams in 14 varsity sports . Its official team nickname is the Fighting Tigers and the school mascot is Mike the Tiger...
during his freshman year in college. Currently, Randolph
Anthony Randolph
Anthony Erwin Randolph, Jr. is an American professional basketball player who plays power forward for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association . Born in Germany to two parents who served in the military there, Randolph's family eventually relocated to the United States,...
is a professional basketball player for the New York Knicks
New York Knicks
The New York Knickerbockers, prominently known as the Knicks, are a professional basketball team based in New York City. They are part of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association...
. He was selected as the 14th overall draft pick in the 2008 NBA Draft
2008 NBA Draft
The 2008 NBA Draft was held on June 26, 2008 at the Washington Mutual Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. In this draft, National Basketball Association teams took turns selecting amateur college basketball players and other first-time eligible players, including...
by the Golden State Warriors
Golden State Warriors
The Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team based in Oakland, California. They are part of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association...
. The 2011 basketball team lost in the Regional Quarterfinals to Kimball 62-57, after leading most of the game. Kimball then won the state championship. The Wildcats, however finished ahead of Kimball with the number one total team offense in Dallas Morning News rankings.
1953, Woodrow Wilson won the city and state golf championships with brothers Gene and Ross Teter.
In 2007, Woodrow's athletics program was ranked No. 6 out of all 4-A high schools in the Dallas Morning News All-Sports competition. The Wildcats' score of 81 was better than 95 other local 4-A and 5-A high schools. That year, seven Woodrow football players made the state all-academic team: Thomas Simpson, Sam Ashbrook, Ian Mackinnon, and Jared Muston on the first team; and Ryan Gunter, Jack Hlavaty, and Preston Richmond on the second team.
In 2010, Woodrow placed 19th in 4-A All Sports Award competition sponsored by The Dallas Morning News - out of 62 4-A schools. Its score of 74 was higher than that of 88 4-A and 5-A schools. The girl’s volleyball team and the boys basketball team went deep into state playoffs with the basketball team being ranked 7th in the state. The tennis team, girls swimming and both golf teams also did well in playoffs. In 2011 the school moved into the top ten out of 70 ranked schools from Wichita Falls to Texarkana. Its score of 91 points ranked ahead of 133 4-A and 5-A schools.
Bill
Bill Forester
George William Forester was a professional American football linebacker in the National Football League. He played eleven seasons for the Green Bay Packers and was selected to four Pro Bowls...
and Herschel Forester
Herschel Forester
Herschel Vincent Forester is a former professional American football offensive lineman in the National Football League. He played four seasons for the Cleveland Browns .-References:...
were Wildcats who played college football at SMU
SMU
SMU may stand for:*Southern Methodist University in University Park, Texas, USA**SMU Mustangs, the athletic program of the above school*St. Martin's University in Lacey, Washington, USA*Saint Mary's University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada...
as well as in the pros. Dallas' Forester Field was named for their father, Herschel, who taught at Woodrow from the opening of the school until the late 1950s.
In March, 2010 Freshman Grace Choi was ranked first in Texas in girls golf.
Military
From the school's beginning, a Junior ROTC program has been part of Woodrow's high school program. In the 1930s, '40s, and early '50s, the school had the largest JROTC program in the nation, with 16 different companies and an ROTC band; a May 1941 article declared the program "largest of its kind in the world." 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...
, students at the school raised enough money to buy the Navy a Wildcat fighter plane.
Performing Arts
The Performing Arts Department got its start from a member of the original faculty, H. Bush Morgan. Mr. Morgan was also sponsor of the Senior Publication. J. William Brown, a math teacher who started in 1952, subsequently took that sponsorship until the late 1980s. Morgan originally produced class plays and in 1929 "Giants Stairs" swept all the city contests. In the 1940s some musical productions were added, such as "Best Foot Forward". In the 1957-58 school year drama teacher Helen Eckleman started producing Broadway musicals each year with the first being "Oklahoma". She continued until 1971 when choir teacher Jerry McKinney took over the productions with "Calamity Jane". Marca Lee Bircher took over from McKinney in 1975-76 with her first production "Oliver!". She continued for 28 years, assisted by choreographer Patricia Hardman.The Bircher-Hardman era went from flying monkeys in "The Wizard of Oz" to a real rain storm onstage for "Singing in the Rain". In 1979 Bircher formed the school's award winning show choir, Variations. The group was originally formed to perform at the school's 50th Anniversary celebration but continues to this day. Bircher and Hardman finished out in 2003 with a book-end production of the school's first annual musical, "Oklahoma". "School Zone Dallas" did an extensive television show on this production and the history of the duo's reign. Many of their students moved to New York and Los Angeles to pursue careers in theater, writing and acting.
Other Extracurricular
Woodrow's Mock Trial Team, formed in 1979, regularly advances to state competition. In 2006, Woodrow Mock Trial Team Member Thomas Simpson received "Best Advocate" at the state competition and, in 2008, the 2008 team finished first in Dallas area competition and second in the state competition. That team went on to compete at Harvard University in December, 2008. The 2011 team won area competition and will compete in the state finals on March 4 and 5, 2011. Brian Tepera and Harvey Tovar were voted as Outstanding Advocates of the Year in 2011, while Kristen Arnold received the "Needs Improvement" award, the only one in Texas.Woodrow's Debate team went to the state competition in March, 2010 and also to a national competition in New York City, where it won the Breakout Award.
School uniforms
Students are required to wear school uniformSchool uniform
A school uniform is an outfit—a set of standardized clothes—worn primarily for an educational institution. They are common in primary and secondary schools in various countries . When used, they form the basis of a school's dress code.Traditionally school uniforms have been largely subdued and...
s. The Texas Education Agency
Texas Education Agency
The Texas Education Agency is a branch of the state government of Texas in the United States responsible for public education. The agency is headquartered in the William B...
specifies that the parents and/or guardians of poor and minority students zoned to a school with uniforms may apply for a waiver to opt out of the uniform policy so their children do not have to wear the uniform; parents must specify "bona fide
Bona Fide
Bona Fide is a studio album from rock band Wishbone Ash. It is the first studio album in six years and is the only studio album to feature guitarist Ben Granfelt...
" reasons, such as religious reasons or philosophical objections.
Feeder patterns
As of 2008, J. L. Long Middle School (6Sixth grade
Sixth grade is a year of education in the United States and some other nations. The sixth grade is the sixth school year after kindergarten. Students are usually 11 – 12 years old...
-8
Eighth grade
Eighth grade is a year of education in the United States, Canada, Australia and other nations. Students are usually 13 - 14 years old. The eighth grade is typically the final grade before high school, and the ninth grade of public and private education, following kindergarten and subsequent grades...
) feeds into Woodrow Wilson.
Oran M. Roberts (PK
Pre-Kindergarten
Pre-kindergarten refers to the first formal academic classroom-based learning environment that a child customarily attends in the United States. It begins between the ages of 3-5 depending on the length of the program...
-5
Fifth grade
Fifth grade is a year of education in the United States and many other nations. The fifth grade is the fifth school year after kindergarten. Students are usually 10 – 11 years old, and are preteens...
) north of I-30, Lakewood
Lakewood Elementary School (Dallas, Texas)
Lakewood Elementary School is an elementary school located in Dallas, Texas, United States, that was established in 1951. Managed by the Dallas Independent School District, the school educates around 600 students in grades Kindergarten through Grade 5. The student/teacher ratio is 18:1...
(PK
Pre-Kindergarten
Pre-kindergarten refers to the first formal academic classroom-based learning environment that a child customarily attends in the United States. It begins between the ages of 3-5 depending on the length of the program...
-5
Fifth grade
Fifth grade is a year of education in the United States and many other nations. The fifth grade is the fifth school year after kindergarten. Students are usually 10 – 11 years old, and are preteens...
), Robert E. Lee (PK
Pre-Kindergarten
Pre-kindergarten refers to the first formal academic classroom-based learning environment that a child customarily attends in the United States. It begins between the ages of 3-5 depending on the length of the program...
-5
Fifth grade
Fifth grade is a year of education in the United States and many other nations. The fifth grade is the fifth school year after kindergarten. Students are usually 10 – 11 years old, and are preteens...
), and Stonewall Jackson (K
Kindergarten
A kindergarten is a preschool educational institution for children. The term was created by Friedrich Fröbel for the play and activity institute that he created in 1837 in Bad Blankenburg as a social experience for children for their transition from home to school...
-5
Fifth grade
Fifth grade is a year of education in the United States and many other nations. The fifth grade is the fifth school year after kindergarten. Students are usually 10 – 11 years old, and are preteens...
) Elementary Schools feed into Woodrow Wilson High School. William Lipscomb (PK-4) and Mount Auburn Elementary School (PK
Pre-Kindergarten
Pre-kindergarten refers to the first formal academic classroom-based learning environment that a child customarily attends in the United States. It begins between the ages of 3-5 depending on the length of the program...
-3
Third grade
In the United States, third grade is a year of primary education. It is the third school year after kindergarten. Students are usually 8 – 9 years old, depending on when their birthday occurs....
) feed into Eduardo Mata Elementary School (4
Fourth grade
Fourth grade is a year of education in the United States and many other nations. The fourth grade is the fourth school year after kindergarten. Students are usually 9 or 10 years old, depending on their birthday. It is a part of elementary school. In some parts of the United States, fourth grade...
-5
Fifth grade
Fifth grade is a year of education in the United States and many other nations. The fifth grade is the fifth school year after kindergarten. Students are usually 10 – 11 years old, and are preteens...
), which in turn feeds into Woodrow Wilson High School. Lipscomb is adding fourth and fifth grade and will feed directly into J.L. Long and then to Woodrow in the next two years.
Notable alumni
- Ruth Collins Altshuler 1940, PhilanthropistPhilanthropistA philanthropist is someone who engages in philanthropy; that is, someone who donates his or her time, money, and/or reputation to charitable causes...
, in September 2008 was awarded the Woodrow Wilson International Center For ScholarsWoodrow Wilson International Center for ScholarsThe Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars , located in Washington, D.C., is a United States Presidential Memorial that was established as part of the Smithsonian Institution by an act of Congress in 1968...
Award by the Smithsonian Institution for her contributions in social services, health care, education and the arts. - Ed C. Bearden 1936, Dallas Nine Artist who later taught at Southern Methodist University. Did sketches for the 1956 George Stevens Texas epic film, "Giant". Contributed art to the 1936 edition of the school yearbook, "The Crusader"
- Richard Berezden 1956, Former President, American University Washington, D.C.
- Tim Brown 1984, professional footballAmerican footballAmerican 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...
player and 1987 Heisman TrophyHeisman TrophyThe Heisman Memorial Trophy Award , is awarded annually to the player deemed the most outstanding player in collegiate football. It was created in 1935 as the Downtown Athletic Club trophy and renamed in 1936 following the death of the Club's athletic director, John Heisman The Heisman Memorial...
winner - Dennis Copeland 1972, Two-time Pultizer Prize winner for newspaper photography
- Trammell CrowTrammell CrowF. Trammell Crow was an American real estate developer. Crow is credited for creating several famous real estate projects, including Dallas Market Center, Peachtree Center , and San Francisco's Embarcadero Center.-Biography:Crow was born in Dallas, Texas...
1932, major Dallas builder and real estate mogul - Jack Wilson EvansJack Wilson EvansJack Wilson Evans was a grocer and former mayor of Dallas, Texas.-Biography:Working from his youth in grocery stores in Dallas, Jack Evans joined the Army Air Corps in 1944. Upon returning to Dallas in 1947, he began Evans Lakewood Food Mart at the site of a previously closed Safeway store...
, Mayor of Dallas (1981–1983), CEO of Cullum Companies (Tom Thumb Grocery Stores) - Burton GilliamBurton GilliamBurton Gilliam is an American actor.-Career:Prior to acting, Gilliam was a member of the Coast Guard's boxing team and reportedly posted a record of 201 wins out of 217 fights during his enlistment. Gilliam was credited with winning more Golden Gloves bouts than anyone in its history at that time...
1956, Character Actor in films and television - Bob GoodrichBob GoodrichBob Goodrich was an All-American football player who has become one of television’s most respected sports producers.- Early life :Growing up in Dallas, Texas, he played football for Woodrow Wilson High School, where he graduated in 1963...
1963, 15-time Emmy award winning producer best known for Monday Night Football also one of Woodrow's many members of the Texas High School Football Hall of Fame - Ralph GuldahlRalph GuldahlRalph J. Guldahl was an American professional golfer who was one of the top players in the sport for three years in the late 1930s.-Early life until 1939:Guldahl was born in Dallas, Texas...
1930, professional golfer - winner of the Masters and U.S. Open - Jerry HaynesJerry HaynesJerome Martin "Jerry" Haynes was an American actor from Dallas, Texas. He is most well known as Mr. Peppermint, a role he played for 30 years as the host of one of the longest-running local children's shows in television, the Dallas-based Mr...
1944, actor and former children's television host "Mr. Peppermint" - Dusty HillDusty HillJoseph Michael "Dusty" Hill is the bassist and vocalist with the American rock group ZZ Top.-History:Hill was in Dallas, Texas and grew up in the Lakewood neighborhood of East Dallas...
, bassist for ZZ TopZZ TopZZ Top is an American rock band, sometimes referred to as "That Little Ol' Band from Texas". Their style, which is rooted in blues-based boogie rock, has come to incorporate elements of arena, southern, and boogie rock. The band, from Houston Texas, formed in 1969... - Curley JohnsonCurley JohnsonJohn Curley Johnson was an American football punter who played in the American Football League for the Dallas Texans, the New York Titans and the New York Jets. He was part of the Jets team that won Super Bowl III. He also played one season for the National Football League's New York Giants...
1953, Punter on New York Jets Super Bowl III Championship Team - Sam JohnsonSam JohnsonSamuel Robert "Sam" Johnson is an American politician and a retired career U.S. Air Force officer and fighter pilot. He currently is a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from the 3rd District of Texas...
, United States Congressman - Arvel Haley, M.D. 1934, Chief, Methodist Hospital Department of Internal Medicine; Drafted by the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball; Cellist, Dallas Symphony OrchestraDallas Symphony OrchestraThe Dallas Symphony Orchestra is an American orchestra. It performs its concerts in the Meyerson Symphony Center in the Arts District of downtown Dallas, Texas, United States....
; Charter Member, Dallas Opera; Recipient, Southern Methodist University "Distinguished Service Award" and Silver Mustang Athletic Award - Georgia CarrollGeorgia CarrollGeorgia Carroll was an American singer, fashion model, and actress, best known for her work with Kay Kyser's big band orchestra in the mid-1940s....
1937, model, actress and singer with Kay Kyser's band who became his wife. Perhaps even more famous for posing for "The Spirit of the Centennial" statue at the 1936 Dallas World's Fair and Texas Centennial. It was designed by Raoul Josset and executed by Jose Martin. Now it is the site of the Women's Museum, where the Woodrow senior prom is held. President Woodrow Wilson also made a speech in the building in 1911 - William Kieschnick Jr. 1940, Retired CEO ARCO Atlantic Richfield Company
- Alton ListerAlton ListerAlton Lavelle Lister is a retired American professional basketball player, in the power forward-center position.The 7' 0" Lister played at San Jacinto Junior College, where he was a teammate of future NBA journeyman shooting guard Oliver Mack...
1976, professional basketballBasketballBasketball 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...
player - William Lester 1929, painter and leader of the Texas Regionalist movement called "The Dallas Nine"
- Mariano "Mario" Martinez 1963, inventor of the frozen margarita in 1971. His machine now resides in The Smithsonian
- Jim MattoxJim MattoxJames Albon Mattox was a Dallas lawyer and Texas Democratic politician who served three terms in the United States House of Representatives and two four-year terms as state Attorney General, but lost high profile races for Governor in 1990, the U.S. Senate in 1994, and again as attorney general...
1961, Former Attorney General of Texas and U.S. Congressman - William C. McCord 1945, former Chairman of Enserch and Lone Star Gas`
- Leslie McDonel 1998, Broadway actress "Hairspray", "American Idiot"
- Steve MillerSteve Miller (musician)Steven H. "Steve" Miller is an American guitarist and singer-songwriter who began his career in blues and blues rock and evolved to a more popular-oriented sound which, from the mid 1970s through the early 1980s, resulted in a series of successful singles and albums.-Early years:Born in Milwaukee,...
1961, musician - Perry Nichols 1929, painter and leader of the Texas Regionalist movement known as "The Dallas Nine". Also one of the mural artists at the Lakewood TheaterLakewood TheaterLakewood Theater is an historic theater located in Lakewood, Dallas, Texas . The restored Streamline Moderne theater, built in 1938, shows classic films and hosts many contemporary musical and comedy events....
in Dallas, 1938. he was art editor of the school's first yearbook, The Crusader - Davey O'BrienDavey O'BrienRobert David O'Brien was an American football quarterback in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles. He played college football at Texas Christian University and was drafted in the first round of the 1939 NFL Draft. In 1938, O'Brien won the Heisman Trophy, Maxwell Award, and the...
1935, professional footballAmerican footballAmerican 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...
player and 1938 Heisman TrophyHeisman TrophyThe Heisman Memorial Trophy Award , is awarded annually to the player deemed the most outstanding player in collegiate football. It was created in 1935 as the Downtown Athletic Club trophy and renamed in 1936 following the death of the Club's athletic director, John Heisman The Heisman Memorial...
winner - Nancy (Murphree) Johnson 1976, Dallas area broadcaster, national voice over artist.
- William O'Neil William O'NeilWilliam J. O'Neil is an American entrepreneur, stockbroker and writer, who founded the business newspaper Investor's Business Daily and the stock brokerage firm William O'Neil + Co. Inc...
Founder and publisher Investor's Business DailyInvestor's Business DailyInvestor's Business Daily is a national newspaper in the United States, published Monday through Friday, that covers international business, finance, and the global economy... - Thomas R. Phillips 1968 (ValedictorianValedictorianValedictorian is an academic title conferred upon the student who delivers the closing or farewell statement at a graduation ceremony. Usually, the valedictorian is the highest ranked student among those graduating from an educational institution...
), Chief Justice Texas Supreme CourtTexas Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court of Texas is the court of last resort for non-criminal matters in the state of Texas. A different court, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, is the court of last resort for criminal matters.The Court is composed of a Chief Justice and eight Associate Justices...
1988-2004 - Marvin Runyon 1942, Former U.S. Postmaster General, Ford VP of Assembly and Parts, CEO of Nissan USA and Head of the Tennessee Valley Authority.
- Carroll ShelbyCarroll ShelbyCarroll Hall Shelby is an American retired automotive designer and racing driver. He is most well known for making Mustangs for Ford Motor Company known as Mustang Cobras which he has done since 1965...
1940, race car driver, 1959 24 Heures du Mans Winner & Founder of Shelby-American Co. - Anthony RandolphAnthony RandolphAnthony Erwin Randolph, Jr. is an American professional basketball player who plays power forward for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association . Born in Germany to two parents who served in the military there, Randolph's family eventually relocated to the United States,...
2005, NBA Player - Ludwicka (Stark) Norton 1976, artist.
- Wallace H. SavageWallace H. SavageWallace Savage , attorney, was mayor of Dallas 1949-1951.-Biography:Wallace Hamilton Savage was born in November 21, 1912 in Houston, Harris, Texas to Homer Hamilton Savage and Mary Wallace. He married Dorothy Minnie Harris, daughter of William R. and Lillie E. Harris on September 17, 1940 in Dallas...
1929, Mayor of Dallas, 1949-1951 - William H. Seay 1936, Former CEO of Southwestern Life Insurance Company
- Joel T. Williams, Jr. Mayor of University Park, CEO Texas Federal Savings
- Travis WillinghamTravis WillinghamTravis Hampton Willingham is an American actor and voice actor who works with anime films, television series, as well as video games....
1999, an American anime voice actor. - Lawrence WrightLawrence WrightLawrence Wright is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American author, screenwriter, staff writer for The New Yorker magazine, and fellow at the Center for Law and Security at the New York University School of Law...
1965, Pulitzer PrizePulitzer PrizeThe Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
-winning author
External links
- Woodrow Wilson High School
- Woodrow Wilson High School at Dallas Independent School DistrictDallas Independent School DistrictThe Dallas Independent School District is a school district based in Dallas, Texas . Dallas ISD, which operates schools in much of Dallas County, is the second largest school district in Texas and the twelfth largest in the United States.In 2009, the school district was rated "academically...
- Woodrow Wilson High School Alumni
- parent site
- Woodrow Wilson High School Class Reunion Center
- City of Dallas website on the school building
- National Trust for Historic Preservation pages for Woodrow (PDF file)
- Woodrow Wilson Class of 1987 Official Website
- Woodrow Wilson Class of 1967 Official Website
- Southern Methodist University - Meadows Museum exhibit celebrates "The Architecture of Mark Lemmon”