List of University of Chicago Laboratory Schools people

Last updated

This is a list of notable people who attended, taught at, or were otherwise affiliated with the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools.

Contents

Alumni

NameYearNotabilityReference
Ray Anderson 1969Jazz trombonist, composer, bandleader, artist-in-residence at Stony Brook University [1]
Robert Orville Anderson 1935American businessman and philanthropist who founded Atlantic Richfield Oil Co.
W. Kamau Bell 1990Stand-up comic
Rishi Bhat 2002Former child actor, starred in The Indian in the Cupboard ; internet entrepreneur [2]
Charles Bidwell 1946Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University of Chicago
David Bloom 1962Jazz musician and instructor
Chesa Boudin 1999San Francisco district attorney
Bill Bradbury 1967 Oregon Secretary of State
Torrey C. Brown 1957 Maryland Secretary of Natural Resources
Paul Butterfield 1960Blues musician and bandleader
Erwin Chemerinsky 1971Law professor at Duke University; dean of the law school at University of California, Irvine; dean of UC Berkeley School of Law
Joyce Chiang 1988Murder victim, INS attorney
Daniel Clowes 1979Author, screenwriter, and cartoonist of alternative comic books
Selma Jeanne Cohen 1939Dance historian and dance critic for The New York Times
Bill Bradbury 1967 Oregon Secretary of State
Barbara Flynn Currie 1958Former member of the Illinois House of Representatives
Carol Kreeger Davidson 1945Sculptor
Arne Duncan 1982 Chicago Public Schools CEO, US Secretary of Education
Elizabeth Fama 1981Children's author
Castle Freeman, Jr. 1962Author, contributor to The Old Farmer's Almanac
David D. Friedman 1961Economist, physicist, legal scholar and libertarian theorist
Andrea Ghez 1983Astrophysicist, MacArthur Foundation Fellow (2008), Nobel Prize winner (2020)
Langdon Gilkey 1936Professor of Theology and comparative religions, University of Chicago
Leslie Hairston 1979Chicago alderman
Matthew Headrick 19901990 winner of the Intel/Westinghouse Science Talent Search
Hal Higdon 1947Writer and runner, longtime contributor to Runner's World
Maria Hinojosa 1979Journalist
Ralph Hruban 1977Pathologist at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Valerie Jarrett (attended)Senior advisor to United States President Barack Obama
Denise Jefferson 1947Dance educator, former director of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Margo Jefferson 1964 Pulitzer Prize-winning author, former theater critic at the New York Times , professor at Columbia University and Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts
Nancy Johnson 1951Connecticut congresswoman (1983–2006)
Lucy Kaplansky 1978Folk singer and songwriter
Leon Kass 1954Professor at the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago
Sam Kass 1998President Barack Obama's Senior Policy Advisor for Nutrition Policy and Let's Move! Executive Director
Leo Katz 1974Law professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School
Robert Keohane 1958Political scientist
Zach Kleiman 2006 NBA executive
Shahar Kober (attended)Illustrator
Lily Koppel 1999Journalist and writer
Sherry Lansing 1962Former chief of Paramount Studios and Academy Award winner (2007)
David F. Levi Judge and dean, Duke University Law School
Edward H. Levi 1928President of the University of Chicago, United States Attorney General
John G. Levi 1965Chairperson of Legal Services Corporation
George Lewis 1969Trombonist, composer, author, Columbia University professor, MacArthur Foundation Fellow (2002), AACM member
Wendell Lim 1983Professor of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology at University of California, San Francisco [3]
Ben Lindau 2017Member of the United States men's national CP soccer team
W. Ian Lipkin 1970Infectious disease epidemiologist at Columbia University
Richard A. Loeb 1919Murderer of Bobby Franks (along with Nathan Leopold)
Emily Mann 1970Playwright; artistic director of McCarter Theater
Lynn Margulis 1952Biologist, University of Massachusetts Amherst
William Hardy McNeill 1934Professor emeritus, University of Chicago History Department, National Humanities Medal winner
Daniel Meltzer 1968Principal Deputy White House Counsel to the U.S. President; Professor, Harvard Law School
David O. Meltzer 1982Professor of Medicine, University of Chicago
Diane E. Meier 1969Geriatrician, director of the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC), MacArthur Foundation Fellow (2008)
Muffie Meyer 1972 Peabody Award and Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker
Clark Blanchard Millikan Aeronautical engineer
Elliot Mincberg 1970Chief Counsel for Oversight and Investigations, U.S. House Judiciary Committee; director and lawyer at People for the American Way
Graham Moore 1999 Academy Award-winning screenwriter and author [3]
Bill Morrison 1983Director and artist
Stephanie Neely 1983Treasurer of the City of Chicago
Paul Nitze 1923Public servant, winner of Presidential Medal of Freedom, namesake of Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University
Malia and Sasha Obama (attended until December 2008)Daughters of United States President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama [4]
Mark Patinkin 1970Newspaper columnist and author
Eric Posner 1984Professor of Law, University of Chicago
Kwame Raoul 1982 Illinois Attorney General [3]
James M. Redfield 1950Professor, classics and social thought, University of Chicago
Salli Richardson 1985Film and television actress
John Rogers, Jr. 1976Founding chairman and chief executive officer of Ariel Investments [5]
Ned Rorem 1940Pulitzer prize-winning composer and author
Sarah Rose 1992Reality TV star, Wall Street Journal contributor, historian, and author [6]
Carlo Rotella 1983Non-fiction writer, academic, professor at Boston College
Ari Roth 1978Artistic director, playwright, Theater J, Washington, D.C.
Janet Rowley 1942Geneticist, winner of Presidential Medal of Freedom
Paul Sagan 1977Businessman, journalist, three-time Emmy award winner
Peter Sahlins 1975Professor, history department, University of California, Berkeley
Eugene Scalia 1981 U.S. Secretary of Labor
Robert A. Sengstacke (attended)Photojournalist [7]
Amity Shlaes 1978Author and newspaper and magazine columnist [8]
Jonathan Simon 1977 UC Berkeley School of Law professor and scholar of crime and punishment
Justin Slaughter 1998Member of the Illinois House of Representatives
John Paul Stevens 1937 United States Supreme Court Justice
Robert Storr 1967Curator, critic, painter, dean of Yale School of Art
Eleanor Swift 1962Law professor at the UC Berkeley School of Law
Garrick Utley 1956Television journalist
Bert Vaux 1987Professor of phonology and morphology at University of Cambridge
Geoffrey Ward 1957Seven-time Emmy award-winning screenwriter and author
David B. Wilkins 1973Professor, Harvard Law School
Amanda Williams 1992Artist and architect [9]
Andrew Hill (attended c. 1945)Jazz pianist and composer [10]
Christopher Wool 1972Artist
Amy Wright 1967Actress

Faculty

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Western Carolina University</span> Public university in Cullowhee, North Carolina, US

Western Carolina University (WCU) is a public university in Cullowhee, North Carolina. It is part of the University of North Carolina system.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Medill School of Journalism</span> Journalism school of Northwestern University

The Medill School of Journalism is the journalism school of Northwestern University. It offers both undergraduate and graduate programs. It frequently ranks as the top school of journalism in the United States. Medill alumni include over 40 Pulitzer Prize laureates, numerous national correspondents for major networks, many well-known reporters, columnists and media executives.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">University of Wisconsin–River Falls</span> Public university in River Falls, Wisconsin, US

The University of Wisconsin–River Falls is a public university in River Falls, Wisconsin. It is part of the University of Wisconsin System. The 226-acre (91 ha) campus is situated on the Kinnickinnic River in the St. Croix River Valley. The university has 32 major buildings and two laboratory farms, with a total of 440 acres (178 ha) of land.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Archie Williams High School</span> Comprehensive high school in San Anselmo, California

Archie Williams High School is a public secondary school located in San Anselmo, California. It is named after a former math and computing teacher Archie Williams, who was also a gold medalist in the 1936 Summer Olympics, a flight instructor with the Tuskegee Airmen, and one of the first African-American meteorologists. It was originally named Sir Francis Drake High School, after Francis Drake. It changed its name in 2021, after the George Floyd protests spurred a worldwide reexamination of place names and monuments connected to racism.

Christopher Columbus High School is a private Catholic college-preparatory high school conducted by the Marist Brothers in the Westchester area of Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was established in 1958 and transferred to the Marist Brothers in 1959. It has over 100 teachers, administrators, faculty, staff, and an enrollment of 1,700 students. It was selected, for the fourth time in a row, as one of the top 50 Catholic high schools in the United States by the Catholic High School Honor Roll in 2008.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">St. Joseph's Preparatory School</span> Jesuit high school in Philadelphia, US

St. Joseph's Preparatory School, known as "St. Joe’s Prep" or simply "The Prep", is an urban, private, Catholic, college preparatory school run by the Society of Jesus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The school was founded in 1851 from the Old St. Joseph's Church in the city's Society Hill neighborhood. The school moved to its current campus on Girard Avenue in the 1870s with the construction of the Church of the Gesu.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gardner–Webb University</span> Christian university in Boiling Springs, North Carolina, US

Gardner–Webb University is a private Christian liberal arts university in Boiling Springs, North Carolina. It was founded as Boiling Springs High School in 1905. Gardner-Webb is a classified among "Doctoral/Professional Universities".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">University of Chicago Laboratory Schools</span> Private secondary school in Chicago, Illinois, United States

The University of Chicago Laboratory Schools is a private, co-educational, day Pre-school and K-12 school in Chicago, Illinois. It is affiliated with the University of Chicago. Almost half of the students have a parent who is on the faculty or staff of the university.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Moeller High School</span> School in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Archbishop Moeller High School, known as Moeller, is a private, all-male, college-preparatory high school in the suburbs of Cincinnati, in Hamilton County, Ohio. It is currently one of five all-male Catholic high schools in the Cincinnati area.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mercer Island High School</span> American public high school

Mercer Island High School (MIHS) is a public high school located in Mercer Island, Washington, United States, as part of the Mercer Island School District.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">University of the Incarnate Word</span> Catholic university in San Antonio, Texas, US

The University of the Incarnate Word (UIW) is a private, Catholic university with its main campus in San Antonio and Alamo Heights, Texas. Founded in 1881 by the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word, the university's main campus is located on 154 acres (0.6 km2). It is the largest Catholic university in Texas.

Paris Dauphine University - PSL is a Grande École and public institution of higher education and research based in Paris, France, constituent college of PSL University. As of 2022, Dauphine has 9,400 students in 8 fields of study, plus 3,800 in executive education. Its status as a grand établissement, adopted in 2004, allows it to select its students. On average, 90 to 95% of accepted students received either high distinctions or the highest distinctions at their French High School National Exam results. Dauphine is also a member of the Conférence des Grandes Écoles.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">La Cueva High School</span> High School in New Mexico

La Cueva High School is a public high school located in northeast Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States, within the Albuquerque Public Schools District. Its mascot is the Bears. The La Cueva feeder schools include Desert Ridge, Madison, and Eisenhower middle schools; and Dennis Chavez, Double Eagle, E. G. Ross, Hubert Humphrey, and North Star elementary schools. La Cueva opened in 1986 with 1200 students.

Norman High School is a four-year public high school in Norman, Oklahoma, with a steady enrollment of approximately 2,000 students. It is accredited by North Central Association, the Oklahoma State Department of Education and the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association. The school year consists of two 15-week semesters with a 6 class flexible schedule, consisting of 52 minute periods. Norman High School is part of the Norman Independent School District No. 29 of Cleveland County, Oklahoma, more commonly known as Norman Public Schools (NPS). Norman High was ranked as one of the top 1,400 high schools in the United States in 2009.

Hoffman Estates High School (HEHS) is a public four-year high school located in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, a northwest suburb of Chicago, in the United States. It is part of Township High School District 211, which also includes James B. Conant High School, William Fremd High School, Palatine High School, and Schaumburg High School.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Iowa City High School</span> Public secondary school in Iowa City, Iowa, United States

Iowa City High School is a public high school in Iowa City, Iowa and is part of the Iowa City Community School District. The present high school was completed as part of the Public Works Projects started by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to provide jobs. The first classes were held in the fall of 1939. The previous high school building, built in 1909, was converted to a junior high school after the new building opened. It was located where Mercy Medical Plaza now stands. The current building sits on a hill on the east side of Iowa City. The school motto is "The School that Leads."

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Washington Community High School</span> Public high school in Washington, Illinois, United States

Washington Community High School (WCHS) is a public high school located in Washington, Illinois. The district, Washington Community High School District 308, was first chartered in 1920, but the current high school on Bondurant Street was opened in 1942 with an enrollment of 230. As of 2017 there are 1359 students enrolled at WCHS.

Whitworth University is a private Christian university that is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA) and located in Spokane, Washington. Founded in 1890, Whitworth enrolls nearly 2,600 students and offers more than 100 graduate and undergraduate programs.

Wayne M. Brasler was, for half a century, the journalism adviser for the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools' school paper, The Midway, and yearbook, U-Highlights.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rich East High School</span> Public secondary school in Park Forest, Illinois, United States

Rich East High School or REHS was a public four-year high school located in Park Forest, Illinois, a southern suburb of Chicago in the United States. Rich East's campus serves the cities of Park Forest, Matteson, Olympia Fields, Chicago Heights and Richton Park serving sections of school districts 162 and 163. Oscar W. Huth Middle School, Illinois Elementary School, Barack Obama School of Leadership and STEM and Michelle Obama School of Technology and the Arts served as feeder schools. It is a part of Rich Township District 227, which also includes Rich South High School and Rich Central High School. As of October 16, 2019, District 227 has decided to close the school.

References

  1. ↑ "Ray Anderson | Department of Music". www.stonybrook.edu. Retrieved 2019-07-19.
  2. ↑ Shankarkumar, Shanthi (1999-11-25). "Chicago Kid Writes Software Program, Sells It to Canadian Firm". www.rediff.com. Retrieved 2019-07-19.
  3. 1 2 3 "RISING STAR PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD". University of Chicago Laboratory Schools. Archived from the original on November 11, 2014. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
  4. ↑ Lee, Carol E. "And the winner is: Sidwell Friends". POLITICO. Retrieved 2019-07-19.
  5. ↑ "John W. Rogers Jr., business and education leader, named chair of the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools board | the University of Chicago". Archived from the original on 2010-06-10. Retrieved 2009-12-14.
  6. ↑ "U Highlights". U Highlights. 1992. OCLC   43114715.
  7. ↑ "Robert Sengstacke's Biography". The HistoryMakers. Retrieved 2019-07-19.
  8. ↑ "Merit Semifinalists". Hyde Park Herald. Chicago, Illinois. September 28, 1977. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
  9. ↑ "Chicago's most significant cultural export isn't Chance". Crain's Chicago Business. 2018-04-12. Retrieved 2019-04-18.
  10. ↑ Ratliff, Ben (February 24, 2006). "Andrew Hill: One Man's Lifelong Search for the Melody in Rhythm". The New York Times.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.