Taylor Allderdice High School

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Taylor Allderdice High School
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Address
Taylor Allderdice High School
2409 Shady Avenue

,
Pennsylvania
15217

United States
Coordinates 40°25′46″N79°55′10″W / 40.429514°N 79.919379°W / 40.429514; -79.919379
Information
Type Public high school
MottoKnow Something, Do Something, Be Something [1] [2] [3]
Established1927 (1927)
School district Pittsburgh Public Schools
NCES School ID 421917000409 [4]
PrincipalJames McCoy [5]
Teaching staff106.54 (FTE) (2021–22) [4]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,415 (2021–22) [4]
Student to teacher ratio13.28 (2021–22) [4]
Color(s)Green and white    [6]
Nickname Dragons [6]
Nobel laureates
Website discoverpps.org/allderdice
Allderdice, Pittsburgh, High School
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built1927 [6]
ArchitectRobert Maurice Trimble [7] [8]
Architectural styleClassical Revival
MPS Pittsburgh Public Schools TR
NRHP reference No. 86002641 [9]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPSeptember 30, 1986
Designated PHLF2002

Taylor Allderdice High School is a public high school in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The school was established in 1927 and is part of the Pittsburgh Public Schools district. It was named for industrialist and Squirrel Hill resident Taylor Allderdice, who was a member of the city's first school board and president of National Tube Company, a subsidiary of U.S. Steel. [10]

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Awards and recognition

Allderdice was designated a National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education in 1994, 1995, and 1996. [11]

Notable alumni

List of notable alumni of Taylor Allderdice High School
NameClass
year
Notability
Lenny Levy 1932Coach, Pittsburgh Pirates [12] [13]
Gene Forrell 1933Composer and conductor [14]
Bernard Fisher 1936Cancer surgeon and researcher [15]
Alan Perlis 1939Computer scientist [16]
Marty Allen 1940Stand-up comedian and actor [15]
Herb Douglas 1940Bronze medalist, 1948 Summer Olympics [15]
Jerry Fielding 1940Musician, arranger, bandleader, and film composer [17] [18]
Philip Pearlstein 1942Painter [19] [20] [21]
Gerald Stern 1942Poet, essayist, and educator [22]
Myron Cope 1947Sportscaster and announcer, Pittsburgh Steelers, WTAE-TV, and WTAE-AM [15]
Richard Caliguiri 1950 Mayor of Pittsburgh [23]
Robert Weinberg 1950Professor and cancer biologist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
James S. Langer 1951Professor of Physics
John Isaiah Brauman 1955Professor of Chemistry, Stanford University [24]
Murray Chass 1956Sportswriter [25]
Chuck Wein 1956Entertainment promoter and manager [26]
Stephen J. Lippard 1958Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Edgar Snyder 1959Attorney, local television personality [27] [28] [29]
Howard Spodek 1959Historian, professor[ citation needed ]
Patti Deutsch 1961Actress and comedian [30]
Bob O'Connor 1962 Mayor of Pittsburgh [31] [32]
Iris Rainer Dart 1962Author and playwright [15]
Jamie deRoy 1963Stage producer; cabaret, stage, film, and TV performer [33]
Harvey V. Fineberg 1963President, Institute of Medicine; Provost, Harvard University
Lewis Hyde 1963Essayist, professor, scholar, translator, writer[ citation needed ]
Larry Lucchino 1963President and CEO, Boston Red Sox, Baltimore Orioles and San Diego Padres [34]
Devra Davis 1964Epidemiologist; writer [35]
David P. Dobkin 1966 Dean of the Faculty and Professor of Computer Science, Princeton University
Howard Fineman 1966Editorial Director, The Huffington Post Media Group
Richard Pacheco 1966Pornographic film and video actor, writer and director [36]
Judith Bartnoff 1967Judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia [32]
Edward B. Montgomery 1973Economist, academic, and politician [37]
Frances Arnold 1974Chemist, Nobel Prize winner [38]
Sally Lapiduss 1974Television producer and writer
Nathaniel Philbrick 1974Author [39]
Evan Wolfson 1974Civil rights attorney [40]
Joseph Koerner 1976Art historian and professor [41]
Joshua Angrist 1977Economist, Nobel Prize winner [42]
Paul Costa 1978Accountant, Pennsylvania State Representative
Gary Graff 1978Music journalist [43]
Maxine Lapiduss 1978Comedian; Television producer and writer [44]
Rob Marshall 1978Theatre director, film director and choreographer [45] [46] [32]
Gary Green 1980Shortstop, Major League Baseball [47]
Kathleen Marshall 1980Choreographer and theatre director [46]
Michael J. Tarr 1980Cognitive neuroscientist [48]
Antoine Fuqua 1983Movie director [45]
Jonathan Rapping 1984Criminal defense attorney; Founder, Gideon's Promise [49]
Steve Lieber 1985Comic book illustrator [50]
Edna Campbell 1986Guard, Women's National Basketball Association [51]
Sharon Epperson 1986Correspondent, CNBC [32]
James Williams 1986Offensive tackle, Chicago Bears
Russell Freeman 1987Offensive Tackle, National Football League [52]
Billy Porter 1987Broadway performer and pop vocalist [53]
Curtis Martin 1991Running back, National Football League; [54] [32] Inductee, Pro Football Hall of Fame
Michael Solomonov 1996Chef and restaurateur [55]
Blake Hounshell 1996Journalist [56]
Pittsburgh Slim 1997Rapper [57] [58]
Beedie 2006Rapper [59]
Wiz Khalifa 2007Rapper [60]
Will Clarke 2009Defensive end, National Football League [61]
Mac Miller 2009Rapper and music producer [62]
Scott W. Stern 2011Author and Norman Holmes Pearson Prize Winner [63]
Tyrique Jarrett 2012Nose tackle, Denver Broncos [64]

In 2012, rapper Wiz Khalifa released Taylor Allderdice , a mixtape named for his alma mater. [65]

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