Hartford Public High School
| Hartford Public High School | |
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 The nineteenth-century schoolhouse, since demolished, as it appeared on a 1911 postcard | |
| Address | |
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55 Forest Street , Hartford County , Connecticut 06105 United States | |
| Coordinates | 41°45′54″N 72°42′04″W / 41.765°N 72.701°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public school |
| Established | 1638 |
| CEEB code | 070265 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Color(s) | Blue and white |
| Team name | Owls |
| Website | www |
Hartford Public High School, in Hartford, Connecticut, was founded in 1638. It is the second-oldest public secondary school in the United States,[1] after the Boston Latin School. It is part of the Hartford Public Schools district.
Notable alumni[edit]
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- Michael Adams, class of 1981, NBA All-Star and coach
- Morgan Bulkeley, Governor of Connecticut, U.S. Senator
- Marcus Camby, class of 1993, NBA player 1996–2013
- Franklin Chang-Diaz, class of 1969, NASA astronaut
- Hong Yen Chang, class of 1878, Chinese Educational Mission participant[2]
- Katharine Seymour Day, historical preservationist
- Monk Dubiel, class of 1936, former MLB player
- Reuben Ewing (born Reuben Cohen), Major League Baseball player
- Edward M. Gallaudet, class of 1851, president of Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., from 1864–1910
- George Kirgo, class of 1943, screenwriter, author, humorist, and founding member of the National Film Preservation Board of the Library of Congress
- Elyse Knox, class of 1935, actress, married Tom Harmon and mother of Mark Harmon
- Nick Koback, class of 1953, former MLB player
- Pete Naktenis, class of 1932, former MLB player
- Bob Nash, class of 1968, basketball player
- Frederick E. Olmsted, class of 1891, forester, one of the founders of American forestry and the National Forest
- Les Payne, class of 1958, Pulitzer Prize winner, journalist
- Eddie A. Perez, class of 1976, Mayor of Hartford, 2001–2010
- Lindy Remigino, class of 1949, Olympic track athlete, coached Hartford Public to 31 state championships in track
- John Trumbull Robinson, US Attorney for the district of Connecticut
- Harold Rome, class of 1923, songwriter
- George Dudley Seymour, class of 1878, historian, attorney, planner
- Allan K. Smith , US Attorney for the district of Connecticut
- Hilda Crosby Standish, medical doctor and birth control pioneer
- Marlon Starling, class of 1976, WBC & WBA Welterweight World Champion
- Griffin Alexander Stedman, Union Army Colonel in the Civil War
- Tony Todd, class of 1972, actor
- Kang Tongbi, Chinese feminist
- Annie Eliot Trumbull, class of 1876, writer
- Laura Wheeler Waring, class of 1906, college teacher[3] and artist of the Harlem Renaissance
- Mary Rogers Williams, class of 1875, artist
- George Woodend, class of 1936, Major League Baseball player
- Eddie Griffin, class of 1962, All American basketball player, led Hartford Public to two New England titles, 1961 and 1962
- Henry Williams, class of 1887, starred at Yale, coached Minnesota Gophers football, 131-36, voted to College Football Hall of Fame in 1951
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Varhola, Michael (2011). Life in Civil War America. F+W Media. ISBN 9781440310881. Retrieved June 22, 2012.
- ^ Chinese Educational Mission Connections, http://www.cemconnections.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=54.
- ^ "Laura Wheeler Waring". Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
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