Townsend Harris Hall Prep School

Last updated
Townsend Harris Hall School
Address
Townsend Harris Hall Prep School
141 Convent Avenue

Manhattan, NY
,
New York
10031

United States
Coordinates 40°49′10″N73°57′00″W / 40.8194°N 73.9500°W / 40.8194; -73.9500
Information
Type Public (magnet) secondary
Established1849
Grades10–12
Enrollment1108
Color(s)Crimson and gold
Mascot Hawks
NewspaperThe Classic
The Phoenix
YearbookThe Crimson and Gold

Townsend Harris Hall Prep School was a public preparatory school located in Manhattan in New York City.

Contents

The original building on 23rd Street, known as the Lawrence and Eris Field Building, is still in use today. 23rd St Lex Av 04 - Baruch College.jpg
The original building on 23rd Street, known as the Lawrence and Eris Field Building, is still in use today.

History

The school was named for Townsend Harris who, besides his many diplomatic accomplishments, had helped found the Free Academy of the City of New York, later to become City College, and who was a strong proponent of free education. Townsend Harris was formed in 1849 as a one-year preparatory school for CUNY. [1] The Free Academy's introductory year gradually evolved and in 1904 became a fully-fledged 3-year high school in the East Side Manhattan neighborhood of Kips Bay. [2] The school occupied a spartan campus on the 9th to 12th floors of a building at 23rd Street and Lexington Avenue that now houses CUNY's Baruch College. [3] It moved to Harlem in 1906. [1] In 1930 as a result of overcrowding, the school moved back to 23rd St. [1] The school operated as an All Boys School for its duration. [4] Townsend Harris had a significant amount of Jewish and Eastern European students. [5] Most students were ready to graduate by the age of 15 or 16. [5]

Townsend Harris Hall houses the CUNY School of Medicine. Designed by famed New York architect George B. Post and completed in 1908, the Collegiate Gothic-style building is named for Townsend Harris, the founder of City College, and was dedicated in a ceremony at which Mark Twain was the featured speaker. CUNY School of Medicine - Townsend Harris Hall (48170427627).jpg
Townsend Harris Hall houses the CUNY School of Medicine. Designed by famed New York architect George B. Post and completed in 1908, the Collegiate Gothic-style building is named for Townsend Harris, the founder of City College, and was dedicated in a ceremony at which Mark Twain was the featured speaker.

Academics

The school admitted students by entrance examination. [2] Those who graduated from Townsend Harris were guaranteed a place at City College. [1] [6] Townsend Harris condensed four years of high school into three. [6] At its time, it was considered to be NYC's most prestigious examination school. [7] The school eventually gained a reputation as being elitist and obsolete. [8]

Closing

This original incarnation, known as Townsend Harris Hall, survived until 1942, when it was closed by mayor Fiorello La Guardia for budgetary reasons. [9] However, newspapers speculated that it was closed because a relative of Mayor Laguardia was not admitted to the school. [10] New York City eliminated 75 teachers and 1000 students with its closing. [5] Townsend Harris closed with about 10,000 graduates. [11] In 1980, a group of alumni from Townsend Harris Hall took on a mission to reopen the school. In 1984 a school, associated with Queens College, was opened in Queens, NY, and took on the similar name of Townsend Harris High School.

Notable alumni

Scholars

Science and technology

Writing and journalism

Performing arts and entertainment

Business, economics, and philanthropy

Law, politics, and activism

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">George Gershwin</span> American composer and pianist (1898–1937)

George Gershwin was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned popular, jazz and classical genres. Among his best-known works are the orchestral compositions Rhapsody in Blue (1924) and An American in Paris (1928), the songs "Swanee" (1919) and "Fascinating Rhythm" (1924), the jazz standards "Embraceable You" (1928) and "I Got Rhythm" (1930), and the opera Porgy and Bess (1935), which included the hit "Summertime".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ira Gershwin</span> American lyricist (1896–1983)

Ira Gershwin was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs in the English language of the 20th century. With George, he wrote more than a dozen Broadway shows, featuring songs such as "I Got Rhythm", "Embraceable You", "The Man I Love" and "Someone to Watch Over Me". He was also responsible, along with DuBose Heyward, for the libretto to George's opera Porgy and Bess.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Otto Harbach</span> Musical artist

Otto Abels Harbach, born Otto Abels Hauerbach was an American lyricist and librettist of nearly 50 musical comedies and operettas. Harbach collaborated as lyricist or librettist with many of the leading Broadway composers of the early 20th century, including Jerome Kern, Louis Hirsch, Herbert Stothart, Vincent Youmans, George Gershwin, and Sigmund Romberg. Harbach believed that music, lyrics, and story should be closely connected, and, as Oscar Hammerstein II's mentor, he encouraged Hammerstein to write musicals in this manner. Harbach is considered one of the first great Broadway lyricists, and he helped raise the status of the lyricist in an age more concerned with music, spectacle, and stars. Some of his more famous lyrics are "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes", "Indian Love Call" and "Cuddle up a Little Closer, Lovey Mine".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Yip Harburg</span> American lyricist (1896–1981)

Edgar Yipsel Harburg was an American popular song lyricist and librettist who worked with many well-known composers. He wrote the lyrics to the standards "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?", "April in Paris", and "It's Only a Paper Moon", as well as all of the songs for the film The Wizard of Oz, including "Over the Rainbow". He was known for the social commentary of his lyrics, as well as his leftist leanings. He championed racial and gender equality and union politics. He also was an ardent critic of religion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Queens College, City University of New York</span> College in New York City

Queens College (QC) is a public college in the Queens borough of New York City. It is part of the City University of New York system. Its 80-acre campus is primarily located in Kew Gardens Hills, Queens. It has a student body representing more than 170 countries.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hal David</span> American lyricist (1921–2012)

Harold Lane David was an American lyricist. He grew up in New York City. He was best known for his collaborations with composer Burt Bacharach and his association with Dionne Warwick.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Franklin Enders</span> American medical researcher (1897-1985)

John Franklin Enders was an American biomedical scientist and Nobel Laureate. Enders has been called "The Father of Modern Vaccines."

Carolyn Leigh was an American lyricist for Broadway, film, and popular songs. She is best known as the writer with partner Cy Coleman of the pop standards "Witchcraft" and "The Best Is Yet to Come". With Johnny Richards, she wrote the million-seller "Young at Heart" for the film of the same name, starring Frank Sinatra.

Lawrence Arthur Cremin was an educational historian and administrator.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fred Gage</span>

Fred "Rusty" Gage is an American geneticist known for his discovery of stem cells in the adult human brain. Gage is a former president (2018-2023) of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, where he holds the Vi and John Adler Chair for Research on Age-Related Neurodegenerative Disease and works in the Laboratory of Genetics.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">New York University Grossman School of Medicine</span> Medical school of New York University

NYU Grossman School of Medicine is a medical school of New York University, a private research university in New York City. It was founded in 1841 and is one of two medical schools of the university, with the other being the Long Island School of Medicine. NYU Grossman School of Medicine is part of NYU Langone Health, named after Kenneth Langone, the investment banker and financial backer of The Home Depot.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Townsend Harris High School</span> Public secondary school in New York City

Townsend Harris High School at Queens College (THHS) is a public magnet high school for the humanities in the borough of Queens in New York City. Students and alumni often refer to themselves as "Harrisites." Townsend Harris consistently ranks as among the top 100 high schools in the United States. Since 2019, U.S. News & World Report has ranked THHS #1 in New York State; THHS ranked #19 nationally in 2022. The school was named in honor of Townsend Harris the 19th-century American merchant, politician, and diplomat who served as the first American Consul to Japan.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Education in New York City</span> Overview of education in New York City

Education in New York City is provided by a vast number of public and private institutions. New York City has the largest educational system of any city in the world. The city’s educational infrastructure spans primary education, secondary education, higher education, and research. New York City is home to some of the most important libraries, universities, and research centers in the world. In 2006, New York had the most post-graduate life sciences degrees awarded annually in the United States, 40,000 licensed physicians, and 127 Nobel laureates with roots in local institutions. The city receives the second-highest amount of annual funding from the National Institutes of Health among all U.S. cities. It also struggles with disparity in its public school system, with some of the best-performing public schools in the United States as well as some of the worst-performing. Under Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the city embarked on a major school reform effort.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">City College of New York</span> Public college in New York City, US

The City College of the City University of New York is a public research university within the City University of New York (CUNY) system in New York City. Founded in 1847, City College was the first free public institution of higher education in the United States. It is the oldest of CUNY's 25 institutions of higher learning and is considered its flagship college.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Far Rockaway High School</span> Defunct high school in Queens, New York City, United States

Far Rockaway High School was a public high school in New York City, at 821 Bay 25th Street in Far Rockaway in the borough of Queens. It operated from 1897 to 2011. Its alumni include three Nobel Prize laureates and convicted fraudster Bernard Madoff.

Cathy Rush was the head women's basketball coach at Immaculata from 1972 to 1977. She led Immaculata to three consecutive AIAW national titles from 1972–1974. She led the Mighty Macs to six consecutive final four appearances in her six seasons with the school, attaining a 149–15 record. Rush was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame on April 7, 2008. She had also been inducted to the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in 2000 and the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame in 2005.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jonas Salk</span> American inventor of the polio vaccine (1914–1995)

Jonas Edward Salk was an American virologist and medical researcher who developed one of the first successful polio vaccines. He was born in New York City and attended the City College of New York and New York University School of Medicine.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Howard A. Howe</span> American physician

Howard Atkinson Howe was an American physician, whose work at the Johns Hopkins medical institutions helped to lay the groundwork for the Salk polio vaccine.

Melvin Cohn was an American immunologist who co-founded the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California. He demonstrated that immunoglobulins and white blood cells interact directly with pathogens to protect the body from infection, and is considered a pioneer in the research of gene regulation.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Weiss, Samuel (June 10, 1985). "THE NEW TOWNSEND HARRIS HIGH KEEPS OLD GOALS". New York Times .
  2. 1 2 "Why some schools rocket to the top". New York Post . September 9, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Summer 2005 Townsend Harris Alumni Magazine" (PDF). 2007-08-11. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-08-11.
  4. ↑ Jonas Salk: A Life. Oxford University Press. 21 April 2015. ISBN   978-0-19-933443-8.
  5. 1 2 3 Shepard, Richard F. (December 7, 1973). "30 Alumni of Townsend Harris High Recall Glory Years as Elite Scholars". New York Times.
  6. 1 2 The Aristocracy of Talent: How Meritocracy Made the Modern World. Simon and Schuster. 13 July 2021. ISBN   9781510768628.
  7. ↑ Krasner, Jonathan B. (January 2012). The Benderly Boys and American Jewish Education. ISBN   9781611682939.
  8. ↑ "The Original Elite High School in New York City: Townsend Harris Hall – Baruch College Archives and Special Collections".
  9. ↑ "Townsend Harris HS Alumni Association".
  10. ↑ Trapasso, Clare. "Townsend Harris High School: A real gem in Queens". New York Daily News .
  11. ↑ "Townsend Harris HS Alumni Association". thaa.org.
  12. ↑ "Donald M. Friedman". senate.universityofcalifornia.edu. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
  13. ↑ Roberts, Sam. "Morton Deutsch, Expert on Conflict Resolution, Dies at 97", The New York Times , March 21, 2017. Accessed March 23, 2017. "Raised in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan, he read Freud and Marx when he was 10, graduated from Townsend Harris Hall and entered City College when he was 15 planning to become a psychiatrist."
  14. ↑ James, Laylin K., ed. (1995), Nobel laureates in chemistry, 1901-1992 (3rd ed.), American Chemical Society and Chemical Heritage Foundation, ISBN   0-8412-2459-5, (p. 674) Born ... in New York City, Hauptman received his early education there, graduating from Townsend Harris High School.
  15. 1 2 Lebow, Eileen F. (2000), "The bright boys: a history of Townsend Harris High School", Contributions to the Study of Education, Westport, CT, USA: Greenwood Press, ISBN   0-313-31479-9, ISSN   0196-707X, (p. 21) A comparison of the two sets of grades indicates the intensity of scholarship that became a Townsend Harris trademark ... Future physicist William Nierenberg, Class of 1935, garnered five 100s ... Future Nobel Laureate Herbert Hauptman had three 100s ...
  16. ↑ "Robert Jastrow: Astronomer, cosmologist, physicist, and space scientist who was a well-known advocate of NASA", The Times (UK), 28 March 2008, retrieved 2 January 2011, Jastrow was born in 1925 in New York City. He attended the Townsend Harris High School, Flushing, New York, and went on to study physics at Columbia University
  17. ↑ Schiffer, John; Charles Johnson (16 May 2007). "Death notice: Gilbert Jerome Perlow". obituary. Physics Today. Archived from the original on 24 July 2008. Retrieved 2 January 2011. Gilbert Perlow, one of the pioneers of the Mössbauer effect and an editor of the Journal of Applied Physics and Applied Physics Letters ... He attended Townsend Harris Hall (now Townsend Harris High School) in Queens
  18. ↑ Naden, Corinne J.; Blue, Rose (2001), Jonas Salk: Polio Pioneer, Brookfield, CT, USA: Millbrook Press, Inc., ISBN   0-7613-1804-6, (p. 12) Twelve-year-old Jonas Salk passed the test and entered Townsend Harris High School in 1926. When he graduated three years later, he was not quite 15 ...
  19. ↑ Schmeck Jr., Harold M. (24 June 1995), "Dr. Jonas Salk, Whose Vaccine Turned Tide on Polio, Dies at 80", New York Times, retrieved 1 January 2011, The family lived in the Bronx, where Jonas went to grade school, then to the Townsend Harris High School for exceptionally promising students.
  20. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Roff, Sandra Shoiock; Cucchiara, Anthony M. (2000), From the Free Academy to CUNY: illustrating public higher education in New York City, 1847-1997, New York, NY, USA: Fordham University Press, ISBN   0-8232-2019-2, (p. 19) Admission to Harris High was selective, and its graduates ... form a roster of high achievers. A few representative names are author Herman Wouk, actor Cornel Wilde, politician Adam Clayton Powell, lyricist Ira Gershwin, scientist Jonas Salk, news commentator David Schonbaum, and playwright Sidney Kingsley.
  21. ↑ Milton, Kimball A. (9 October 2006), Julian Schwinger: Nuclear Physics, the Radiation Laboratory, Renormalized QED, Source Theory, and Beyond (PDF), pp. 4–5, The Depression did mean that Julian would have to rely on free education, which New York well-provided in those days: A year or two at Townsend Harris High School, a public preparatory school feeding into City College, where Julian matriculated in 1933.
  22. ↑ Schweber, Silvan S. (1994), QED and the men who made it: Dyson, Feynman, Schwinger, and Tomonaga, Princeton, NJ, USA: Princeton University Press, ISBN   0-691-03685-3, (p.276) As Harold had done before him, Julian attended Townsend Harris.
  23. ↑ Levy, Leon; Linden, Eugene (2009-03-25). The Mind of Wall Street: A Legendary Financier on the Perils of Greed and the Mysteries of the Market. PublicAffairs. ISBN   978-0-7867-3015-5.
  24. ↑ Lagemann, Ellen Condliffe; Patricia A. Graham (1994). "Lawrence A. Cremin: A Biographical Memoir". Teachers College Record. New York, NY, USA: Columbia University. 96 (1): 102–113. doi:10.1177/016146819409600102. ISSN   0161-4681. S2CID   246703318. Lawrence Cremin was truly a giant among us. A man of boundless energy, ... Graduated from Townsend Harris at the age of fifteen and a half
  25. ↑ Fowler, Glenn (5 September 1990), "Obituary; Lawrence Cremin, 64, Educator And a Prize-Winning Historian", New York Times, p. 2, retrieved 1 January 2011, A native of Manhattan, Dr. Cremin was a graduate of Townsend Harris High School and of City College.
  26. ↑ Larrabee, Harold A.; Sterling P. Lamprecht (1954–1955). "Irwin Edman". Proceedings and Addresses of the American Philosophical Association. Newark, DE, USA: American Philosophical Association. 28: 60–62. ISSN   0065-972X. Irwin Edman was every inch a New Yorker, appropriately educated at the Townsend Harris High School for the exceptionally gifted.
  27. ↑ Widmer, Kingsley (1980). Paul Goodman. Boston: Twayne. p.  13. ISBN   0-8057-7292-8.
  28. ↑ Barnes, Mike (2015-10-08). "Hy Hollinger, Former THR Writer and International Editor, Dies at 97". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 2015-11-07.
  29. ↑ "John F. Kieran – Society for American Baseball Research".
  30. 1 2 3 Lebow, Eileen F. (2000), "The bright boys: a history of Townsend Harris High School", Contributions to the Study of Education, Westport, CT, USA: Greenwood Press, ISBN   0-313-31479-9, ISSN   0196-707X, (p. 137) ... affirming the school's unique role and listing distinguished alumni: among them Justice Felix Frankfurter, Senator Robert Wagner ... Sidney Kingsley, playwright; and Edward G. Robinson, actor.
  31. ↑ Fischer, Heinz Dietrich; Fischer, Erika J. (1998), The Pulitzer Prize Archive: Drama/comedy awards, 1917-1996: from Eugene O'Neill and Tennessee Williams to Richard Rodgers and Edward Albee, vol. 12, part 4, Bodenheim, FRG: WS-Druckerei Werner Schaubruch, ISBN   3-598-30170-7, (p. 71) Sidney Kingsley (born Sidney Kirshner ...) first attended public school on the Lower West Side and then Townsend Harris high school, graduating in 1924.
  32. ↑ Martin, Douglas (8 July 2006), "Anatole Shub, 78, a Researcher and Reporter on Russian Topics, Dies", New York Times, retrieved 2 January 2011, Mr. Shub attended Townsend Harris High School and then joined the Navy in 1945.
  33. ↑ Beichman, Arnold (2009) [2004], Herman Wouk: the novelist as social historian (2nd ed.), Piscatawway, NJ, USA: Transaction Publishers, ISBN   978-0-7658-0836-3, (p. 15) Wouk was the youngest of three children ... He attended Townsend Harris High School, an elite public school for high IQ New York youngsters ...
  34. ↑ Weber, Bruce (9 September 2009), "Army Archerd, Columnist for Variety, Dies at 87", New York Times, retrieved 1 January 2011, Armand André Archerd was born in New York City ... He attended Townsend Harris High School and City College of New York ...
  35. 1 2 Saperstein, Pat (14 May 2008). "Warren Cowan dies at 87: PR maven "father of Hollywood press agents"". Variety. Retrieved 2 January 2011. Daily Variety columnist Army Archerd and Cowan became best friends when they were 12 ... Cowan was born in New York to songwriter Rubey Cowan and wife Grace and attended Townsend Harris High School with Archerd.
  36. ↑ Weber, Bruce (16 May 2008), "Warren Cowan, a Star at Promoting Stars, Dies at 87", New York Times, retrieved 2 January 2011, Warren Jay Cowan was born in New York City on March 13, 1921. His father, Rubey, was a songwriter. He went to Townsend Harris High School in Manhattan
  37. ↑ Bloom, Ken (2007), The Routledge guide to Broadway, New York, NY, USA: Routledge, ISBN   978-0-415-97380-9, (p. 58) Howard Dietz was born in New York ... He attended Townsend Harris Hall and Columbia University.
  38. ↑ "Ervin Drake". biographic sketch. Song Writers Hall of Fame. 2011. Archived from the original on 18 December 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2011. He was born Ervin Maurice Druckman in New York City on April 3, 1919. He attended Townsend Harris Hall, and then the City College of New York
  39. ↑ Pollack, Howard (2006), George Gershwin: his life and work, Berkeley, CA, USA: University of California Press, ISBN   978-0-520-24864-9, (p. 224) By 1916, Gershwin had also begun writing songs with Irving Caesar ... Caesar, a tunesmith in his own right, had grown up on the Lower East Side, and like Ira had graduated from Townsend Harris ...
  40. 1 2 Bloom, Ken (2007), The Routledge guide to Broadway, New York, NY, USA: Routledge, ISBN   978-0-415-97380-9, (p. 106) E. Y. ("Yip") Harburg was perhaps Broadway's most complex lyricist ... He began as a lyricist while still at New York City's Townsend Harris Hall High School along with schoolmate Ira Gershwin
  41. ↑ Riley, Sam G. (1995), Biographical dictionary of American newspaper columnists , Westport, CT, USA: Greenwood Press, ISBN   0-313-29192-6, (pp. 129-130) Hellinger was born in New York City ad attended the city's public schools. He was expelled from Townsend Harris High School for organizing a student strike.
  42. ↑ Bloom, Ken (2007), The Routledge guide to Broadway, New York, NY, USA: Routledge, ISBN   978-0-415-97380-9, (p. 148) Frank Loesser was the most versatile of all Broadway composers ... He was educated at Townsend Harris Hall and dropped out of City College.
  43. ↑ Rodgers, Richard; Rodgers, Mary (2002) [1975], Musical Stages: An Autobiography (3rd ed.), Cambridge, MA, USA: Da Capo Press, ISBN   0-306-81134-0, (p. 18) This victory in part was responsible in part for my downfall at Townsend Harris, and started a pattern I was to follow for the rest of my scholastic life: I always devoted too much time to nonacademic matters.
  44. ↑ Hyland, William G. (1998), Richard Rodgers, New Haven, CT, USA: Yale University Press, ISBN   0-300-07115-9, Richard enrolled at the prestigious Townsend Harris Hall, a high school reserved for talented young boys ... Academic pursuits did not attract Rodgers, however, and he transferred to the more pedestrian De Witt Clinton High School
  45. 1 2 Strouse, Charles (2008), Put on a Happy Face: A Broadway Memoir, New York, NY, USA: Sterling Publishing Co, Inc., ISBN   978-1-4027-5889-8, ... in 1943, at the age of fifteen, I graduated from the academically prestigious Townsend Harris Hall ... Alumni included Richard Rodgers, Richard Loesser, Ira Gershwin, E. Y. Harburg, and actors Clifton Webb and E. G. Robinson.
  46. ↑ Rothstein, Mervyn (1 September 2009). "A Life in the Theatre: Charles Strouse". interview. Playbill.com. Archived from the original on 2 March 2010. Retrieved 2 January 2010. I went to P.S. 87 and Townsend Harris High School, and when it was time to go to college I went to music school.
  47. ↑ Sponberg, Arvid, F. (1991), Broadway talks: what professionals think about commercial theater in America, Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, ISBN   0-313-26687-5, (p. 97) Charles Strouse the composer of By Bye Birdie and Annie, among other musicals, was born in New York City in 1928. He received his education at P.S. 87, Townsend Harris High School, and the Eastman School of Music.
  48. ↑ "JOSEPH VOGEL, 73, OF M-G-M IS DEAD: PRESIDENT, 1956–63, GUIDED COMPANY IN MONEY CRISIS". The New York Times . March 2, 1969. p. 80.
  49. ↑ Brody, Seymour "Sy" (18 July 2008). "Kenneth J. Arrow: Nobel Prize in Economics Recipient". biographic sketch. Florida Atlantic University Libraries. Archived from the original on 1 November 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2011. Arrow was born on August 23, 1921, in New York City. His parents were Jewish and very supportive of his education. He graduated Townsend Harris High School and went to City College of New York ...
  50. ↑ Weiss, Samuel (10 June 1985), "THE NEW TOWNSEND HARRIS HIGH KEEPS OLD GOALS", New York Times, retrieved 2 January 2011, In 1942, Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia ordered the closing of Townsend Harris High School as a nonessential educational unit. In its 36-year existence, the school had won a national reputation, producing such graduates as Dr. Jonas E. Salk, the discoverer of a polio vaccine; Kenneth Arrow, a winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science ...
  51. ↑ "The Best Queens Celebirities 2002". list of notable persons from the Borough of Queens. Queens Tribune. 2002. Archived from the original on 1 November 2002. Retrieved 2 January 2011. Eugene Lang - The philanthropist graduated from Townsend Harris High School in 1934.
  52. ↑ Levy, Leon; Linden, Eugene (2002), The Mind of Wall Street: A Legendary Financier on the Perils of Greed and the Mysteries of the Market, New York, NY, USA: PublicAffairs (Perseus Books Group), ISBN   1-58648-208-4, ... (pp. x-xi) I might as well 'fess up to some intimate details of my relationship with Leon Levy. Leon and I have known each other since high school and college ... just about all these qualities were visible when we were in Townsend Harris High School together sixty years ago.
  53. ↑ Martin, Douglas (8 April 2003), "Leon Levy, Philanthropist, Dies at 77", New York Times, retrieved 2 January 2011, Leon Levy, a hedge fund pioneer ... went on to make many millions, enough to make him one of the main individual backers of archaeological research ... The younger Mr. Levy graduated from Townsend Harris High School in Manhattan in 1939 and from the City College of New York in 1948.
  54. ↑ "Paid Notice: Deaths WEISSMAN, GEORGE", New York Times, 29 July 2009, retrieved 2 January 2011, George Weissman attended the famed Townsend Harris High School, located on the City College campus.
  55. ↑ Cohen, Felix S.; Wilkins, David Eugene (2006), On the drafting of tribal constitutions, Norman, OK, USA: University of Oklahoma Press, ISBN   0-8061-3806-8, (p. xiv) Felix Cohen was born in New York City ... He attended Towsend Harris High School in New York.
  56. 1 2 "Education: Sit-Down Strike". Time. Vol. 37, no. 17. 28 April 1941. ISSN   0040-781X. Archived from the original on June 24, 2010. Retrieved 2 January 2011. ... a mob of pupils gathered before Manhattan's Townsend Harris High School ... Object: to protest against Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia's plan to economize by closing their 93-year-old school, alma mater of such celebrities as Mr. Justice Felix Frankfurter, Senator Robert F. Wagner
  57. ↑ Moritz, Owen (24 June 1999), "RUDOLPH HALLEY STREAK OF LIGHT", New York Times, retrieved 2 January 2011, UT POLITICAL life did not turn out quite the way Rudolph Halley had hoped. He was a seminal New York story ... The child prodigy graduated elite Townsend Harris High School in Queens at 14[ permanent dead link ]
  58. ↑ Malcolm, James, ed. (1922). The New York Red Book. Albany, N.Y.: J. B. Lyon Company. p. 121 – via Google Books.
  59. ↑ "NIX, Robert Nelson Cornelius, Sr., (1898 - 1987)". biographic sketch. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 2 January 2011. graduated from Townsend Harris Hall High School, New York, N.Y.
  60. ↑ "Robert Nelson Cornelius Nix, Sr.: Representative, 1958–1979, Democrat from Pennsylvania". biographic sketch. Black Americans in Congress: Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. Archived from the original on 5 December 2010. Retrieved 2 January 2011. Nix graduated from Townsend Harris High School in New York City (also attended by Nix's future African-American House colleague Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., of New York) ...
  61. ↑ "Igal Roodenko, 74; Led Anti-War Group". New York Times . 1 May 1991. p. D24.
  62. ↑ "Assemblywoman Nily Rozic Assembly District 25". assembly.state.ny.us. State of New York. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  63. ↑ "Sol Ullman, Once in Assembly, 48" (PDF). The New York Times . Vol. XC, no. 30480. New York, N.Y. 7 July 1941. p. 15.
  64. ↑ "William Zeck, 87, Prosecutor at Nuremberg". The New York Times. November 17, 2002.
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.