Sunset High School (Texas)

Sunset High School
Spirit, Knowledge, Friendship
Location
2120 W. Jefferson Blvd Dallas, Texas, 75208 USA
Information
Type	Free public
Established	1925
School district	Dallas Independent School District
Principal	Anthony Tovar
Faculty	120
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	2,116
Campus size	4.6 acres (0.02 km2)
Campus type	Urban
Color(s)	Purple and White
Mascot	Bison
Website	DISD School Info Page

Sunset High School is a public secondary school located in the North Oak Cliff area of Dallas, Texas (USA). The school enrolls students in grades 9-12 and is a part of the Dallas Independent School District. Opened in 1925, Sunset was the second high school in the Oak Cliff area, preceded only by Adamson High School. The school serves a portion of Dallas and Cockrell Hill.

The origin of the school's name is uncertain; however, it may be due to its location, at the time it opened Sunset was the westernmost school in the DISD, and the subdivision surrounding the school on the western side of Dallas was called 'Sunset Heights'.

The mascot is the American Bison; it was chosen since early students had to cross open fields to get to school.

Sunset is the only high school in the DISD to win the state football championship, having won the now-discontinued "City" Champion in 1950).

Sunset also won the state basketball championship in 1944, coached by Stanley Thomas with notable players such as Hank Foldberg and Bobby Folsom.

Sunset has also won two state titles in One Act Play - 1944 and 1947.

Feeder patterns

As of the 2007-08 school year, [1], the following elementary schools feed into Sunset High School:

PK-5

• Lida Hooe
• Anson Jones
• Louise Wolff Kahn
• George Peabody
• Rosemont Primary (PK-2), Rosemont (3-5)
• Winnetka

Margaret B Henderson

One middle school, W.E. Greiner, feeds into Sunset.[2]

Notable alumni

• Hank Foldberg, (1944), All America football player at West Point, 1946; Member, Sunset 1944 State Championship Basketball Team
• Dan Foldberg, (1946), Army officer; All-America football player at West Point, 1950
• Louise Latham, (1940), film, television and Broadway actress; "Bonanza"; "Gunsmoke"; Hawaii Five-O"; "Murder, She Wrote"; "Designing Women"; Alfred Hitchcok's "Marnie"
• Linda Darnell, film actress; co-star with Tyrone Powell; "Forever Amber; "Unfaithfully Yours"; "Letter to Three Wives"
• Henry Calvin, (1936), (born Wimberly Goodman), TV actor; played Sargeant Garcia on Disney's TV Series "Zorro"
• Davey Williams, (1945), Played for New York/San Francisco Giants; 1953 MLB All Star Game; 1954 World Series Champion
• Don January, (1947), Professional Golfer; four-time NCAA Champion at North Texas State University; winner of 10 PGA Tour Titles; winner 1967 PGA Championship.
• Betty Mims Danoff, (1938), one of Founders of Ladies Professional Golf Association; 1947 Texas Open Champion, breaking Babe Didrikson Zaharias' 17 Tournament winning streak.
• Betty Jameson, (1939), one of Founders of Ladies Professional Golf Association; won 13 LPGA Titles, including three majors; World Golf Hall of Fame.
• Jerry Rhome, (1960), Runner-up, 1964 Heisman Trophy at Tulsa; College Football Hall of Fame; Coach, Super Bowl XXII Champion Washington Redskins
• Don "Tiny" Goss, (1950), football player; High School All City, All State and All America; played for SMU and (Cleveland Browns)
• Billy Lee Brammer, (1947), journalist and novelist
• Clay Armstrong, PhD, (1952), Physiologist; leading authority on Ion Channel Structures; Louisa Gross Horwitz Award
• Rudy Jaramillo, (1968), played baseball for The University of Texas; former Hitting Coach for Texas Rangers and current Hitting Coach for the Chicago Cubs.
• John Cerminaro, (1965), principal horn player of the New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Seattle Symphony Orchestra.
• Terry Southern, (1942), author of Candy, The Magic Christian, and other novels; was screenwriter on Easy Rider, Dr. Strangelove and other notable movies; contributed to scripts on Saturday Night Live in the early 1980s; and taught writing at NYU and Columbia University in the 80s and 90s, was a member of the class of 1942. He died in 1995.
• Dr. Michael Hinojosa, former DISD Superintendent.
• Charles Collum, (1960), went on to publish two volumes of photography, Dallas Nude and New York Nude.
• Roger Herrera, (1987), successful Dallas attorney, 2007 candidate for Dallas mayor.
• Bill Meeks, (1939), music industry and radio station jingles entrepreneur
• Eddie Southern, (1955), 1956 Olympic Silver Medal winner in 400 Meter Hurdles; Member, World Record 440 and 880 Relay Teams at The University of Texas at Austin; 1959 NCAA 440 yard Champion.
• Jerry_Mays_(defensive_lineman) Gerald (Jerry) Avery Mays, (1957), All Southwest Conference football player at SMU; Captain, Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl I and Champion with Chiefs in Super Bowl IV.
• Robert S. Folsom, (1944), Mayor of Dallas (1977-1981); Chairman, DISD Board of Trustees; Captain of Sunset's 1944 State Championship Basketball Team; only four sport Letterman in SMU History.
• Bill Melton, (1958) Dallas County Treasurer (1977-2002); Announcer, 1996 Olympic Games; Announcer, Super Bowls VI, VIII & IX; Announcer, Cotton Bowl Classic, 32 years; Announcer, 2001 and 2005 Presidential Inaugural Ceremonies.
• Dick Penner, (1954), retired English professor and co-composer of "Ooby Dooby", Roy Orbison's rockabilly classic
• John M. Stemmons, (1927), Dallas developer and "Father" of Stemmons Corridor in Dallas; Linz Award Winner, Dallas' highest civic Honor.
• Michael A. Jenkins, (1960) President, Dallas Summer Musicals; winner, four Tony Awards; winner, Broadway's League of Excellence in Management Award.
• John D. Dodd, (1958) Mayor, Farmers Branch, Texas (1975-1988); Vice President, DISD Board; Chairman, Dallas Mental Health and Mental Rehabilitation Board; President, Honor's Academy Charter Schools.
• Mickey Jones, (1959) Drummer for Trini Lopez, Johnny Rivers and Bob Dylan; movie, television and commercials actor.
• Robert M. Haley, M.D., (1965), Head, Division of Epidemiology, UT Southwestern Medical Center; U.S. Armed Forces Veterans Distinguished Chair for Medical Research Honoring Robert M. Haley, M.D. and American Gulf War Veterans; leader in "Agent Orange" Research.
• Lee H. Smith, PhD, (1953), President, Southwest Texas State University (now Texas State University) 1974-82; Founder and Chair Emeritus, Sunset Foundation, Inc.
• Glen Waggoner, (1958), founding Editor, ESPN The Magazine; co-author, Bobby Murcer's autobiography "A Yankee for Life" and other books; one of founders of Rotisserie League Baseball.
• Earle Stewart, Jr., (1937), 1941 NCAA Golf Champion at LSU; 1961 Dallas Open Champion on his Home Course, the Oak Cliff Country Club, where he became the only "Home Pro" to win a Title on his own course; Golf Coach at SMU.
• Ross Bush, (1933), became the State and National High School Record Holder in the 880-yard Dash with a time of 1:56.9 in 1933.
• Jerry Cobb, (1957), named All City, All State and High School All America in Basketball, 1957; played for TCU.
• Lewis Stuckey, Jr., (1955), President of Key Clubs International.
• Jack M. James, (1937), Assistant Director, Jet Propulsion Labratory of the California Institute of Technology.
• Bill Hamman, (1942), became the State and National High School Record Holder in the 200 meter low hurdles, 22.5.
• Carl Warwick, (1952), played baseball for TCU and was a Member of World Champion St. Louis Cardinals in 1964; Member, Texas Baseball Hall of Fame.

Fundraising

Sunset Foundation Inc. is a group of alumni who raise money and award college scholarships to Sunset High School students.

Sunset Alumni Association is a group which uses its membership contributions to award yearly grants to classes and organizations of Sunset High School benefiting her students.

Alumni Associations

• The Sunset Alumni Association...Alumni Association and website
• The Sunset Class of 1950...Alumni Association and website
• The Sunset Class of 1968...Alumni Association and website
• The Sunset class of 1969...Alumni Association and website
• The Sunset class of 1970...Alumni Association and website
• The Sunset Class of 1994...Alumni Association and website
• The Sunset Class of 1994...Alumni Association and website
• The Sunset Class of 1998...Alumni Association and website

External links

• SunsetDallas.net
• 2120 West
• Sunset AP Network
• Sunset Foundation Inc.
• Sunset Alumni Association
• Official Sunset MySpace