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"; Star on "Hollywood Walk of Fame".
• Henry Calvin, (1936), (born Wimberly Goodman), TV actor; played Sargeant Garcia on Disney's TV Series "Zorro"
• Don January, (1947), Professional Golfer; four-time NCAA Champion at North Texas State University; winner of 10 PGA Tour Titles; winner 1967 PGA Championship.
• Jerry Rhome, (1960), Runner-up, 1964 Heisman Trophy at Tulsa; College Football Hall of Fame; Coach, Super Bowl XXII Champion Washington Redskins
• Billy Lee Brammer, (1947), journalist and novelist
• 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.
• Bill Meeks, (1939), music industry and radio station jingles entrepreneur
• Dick Penner, (1954), retired English professor and co-composer of "Ooby Dooby", Roy Orbison's rockabilly classic
• John M. Stemmons, (1927), “Father” of Stemmons Corridor, donated right-of-way for Stemmons Freeway; Dallas Citizens Council; Linz Award
• Betty Jameson, (1939), Professional Golfer, - one of Founders of Ladies Professional Golf Tour (LPGA); Won 13 LPGA Titles, including three majors
• Betty Mims Danoff, (1941), one of Founders of Ladies Professional Golf Tour (LPGA): won major Title that stopped Babe Didrickson Zaharias' 13 Tournament Winning streak
• Robert S. Folsom, (1944), Mayor of Dallas; President, Dallas School Board; Developer; President, Methodist Hospital Board; Hugh Prather Award
• Davey Williams, (1945), Major League Baseball; Entire career with New York/San Francisco Giants; 1953 MLB All Star Game; Winner of 1954 World Series
• Clay Armstrong, PhD, (1952), Physiologist; Much present knowledge on ion channel structure and function traced to him; Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize
• Lee H. Smith, PhD, (1953), President, Southwest Texas State University (now Texas State University), 1974 to 1982; Founder and Chairman Emeritus, Sunset Foundation, Inc.
• Eddie Southern, (1955), 1956 Olympic Silver Medal, 400 Meter Hurdles; 1959 NCAA 440 Yard Champ; University of Texas World Record 440 and 880 Relays
• Jerry Mays, (1957), All SWC at SMU; 1962 American Football League Champion Dallas Texans; Captain, Kansas City Chiefs, Super Bowl I; Winner, Super Bowl IV
• Bill Melton, (1958), Dallas County Treasurer, 25 years; Announcer - 1996 Olympic Games, Super Bowls VI, VIII, and IX, Cotton Bowl Classic, 32 years; 2001 and 2005 Presidential Inaugurations
• Michael A. Jenkins, (1960), President and Chief Operation Officer, Dallas Summer Musicals; Founder and Owner, LARC Entertainment Systems; one of four Founders of Six Flags Amusement Parks; winner of four Tony Awards
• John D. Dodd, (1958), Mayor, Farmers Branch, Texas; Vice Chair, DISD Board; Chair, Mental Health and Retardation Board; President, Honor's Academy Charter Schools
• Ross L. Bush, (1933), set National High School Record in 880 yard Run
• Bill Hamman, (1942), set National High School Record in 220 yard Low Hurdles
• Lewis Stuckey, Jr., (1955), served as President of Key Clubs International
• Jerry Cobb, (1957), named All America High School Basketball player; played for TCU
• Jack M. James, (1937), Assistant Director, Jet Propulsion Laboratory of the California Institute of Technology
• Glen Waggoner, (1958), Founder of ESPN The Magazine; author of several books about sports figures; one of Founders of Rotisserie Baseball league
• Dr. Robert M. Haley, (1965), Department Head at Southwestern Medical School; considered leading authority in United States on "Agent Orange"

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