Theodore Roosevelt High School (Illinois)
| Roosevelt High School | |
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| Address | |
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3436 W. Wilson Avenue , 60625 United States | |
| Coordinates | 41°57′54″N 87°42′53″W / 41.9650°N 87.7146°W |
| Information | |
| School type | Public Secondary |
| Opened | 1922 |
| School district | Chicago Public Schools |
| CEEB code | 141105[1] |
| Principal | Carolyn Rownd- Jourdan (Interim) |
| Grades | 7–12 |
| Gender | Coed |
| Enrollment | 1,181 (2015–16)[4] |
| Campus type | Urban |
| Color(s) | Blue Gold[2] |
| Athletics conference | Chicago Public League[2] |
| Team name | Rough Riders[2] |
| Accreditation | North Central Association of Colleges and Schools[3] |
| Yearbook | The Roosevelt Log |
| Website | rhsroughriders |
Roosevelt High School is a public 4–year high school in the Albany Park neighborhood on the north west side of Chicago, United States. The school is operated by the Chicago Public Schools district. Roosevelt opened and began existence in 1922 as William G. Hibbard High School, but was moved into a new building and renamed in honor of the 26th president of the United States in 1927.[5][6]
Athletics
Roosevelt competes in the Chicago Public League (CPL) and is a member of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA).[7] The boys' football team were public league champions in 1960–61 under the leadership of coach Al Klein. 1976 Section Champions 7-1 Captains Rick Stinson and Joe Fiorentino.
Notable alumni
- Nelson Algren – author (The Man with the Golden Arm, Chicago: City on the Make, A Walk on the Wild Side).[8]
- George Baker - cartoonist.
- Jerry Bresler (1932) – musician, composer, and orchestra conductor. Wrote the school song Go Rough Riders Go in 1931 at the age of 17.[9]
- Max Demián (2005) – performance artist.[citation needed]
- Nancy Faust – stadium organist for 40 years for the Chicago White Sox.[10]
- Joe Fiorentino – Deputy Sheriff, 15-time NAGA Grappling Champion; inducted into the United States Martial Arts Hall of Fame, Inducted into the Roosevelt Sports Hall of Fame; Presidents Volunteer Service Award.; 2013 Ellis Island Medal of Honor.
- Carl Foreman – Academy Award–winning screenwriter and film director (High Noon, The Bridge on the River Kwai, The Guns of Navarone).[5]
- Milt Holland – session drummer and percussionist based in Los Angeles.
- George Gobel – comedian and actor (The George Gobel Show).[5][8][11][12]
- Adolph Kiefer – Olympic swimming champion (1936), Navy vet, inventor and businessman
- Leo Melamed – former chairman of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and creator of the International Monetary Market. He is a pioneer in the field of currency futures.[8][13]
- George Schmidt – former NFL defensive end (Green Bay Packers, Chicago Cardinals)[14]
- Shel Silverstein – poet (Where the Sidewalk Ends, A Light in the Attic, The Giving Tree) and Grammy Award–winning songwriter ("A Boy Named Sue").[8][15][16]
- Ed Short, radio executive, Chicago White Sox general manager 1961–70
- Seymour Simon – politician and judge who served as an Associate Justice on the Illinois Supreme Court (1980–88).[8][17]
- Bob Sirott – Chicago television and radio personality.[5][8]
- Alvin Weinberg – nuclear physicist, a pioneer of the molten salt reactor, and an administrator at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.[18]
References
- ^ "High School Code Search". College Board. Retrieved 3 November 2009.
- ^ a b c "Chicago (Roosevelt)". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). 19 January 2010. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- ^ "Institution Summary for Roosevelt High School". AdvancED profile. North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- ^ Chicago Public Schools: Roosevelt
- ^ a b c d "Roosevelt at a glance". Chicago Sun-Times. June 15, 1994. 95.
- ^ Cleary, Michael (20 May 1977). "School History". Chicago Public Schools. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- ^ IHSA Chicago (Roosevelt)
- ^ a b c d e f "All Honor Rolls". Chicago Public Schools. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- ^ "Roosevelt High: Why does Arnie Kamen keep coming back?". Chicago Reader. Retrieved January 1, 2014.
- ^ Vickery, Hal. "Flashing Back...with Nancy Faust", White Sox Interactive.
- ^ Wainwright, Loudon S. (27 December 1954). "Believe Thee George!". Life Magazine. 37 (26). Time, Inc.: 69–71. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
At 16, now a fledgling baritone and the owner of a new Ford sedan, Gobel met Alice Humecke, a pretty, dark-haired girl in his class at Roosevelt High School.
- ^ Johnson, Erskine (14 March 1955), "This Here Unscrambles Real George Gobel", Pittsburgh Press, p. 17, retrieved 24 January 2010,
The real George and Alice Gobel met at Roosevelt High School in Chicago ...
- ^ "Honorary Degree 1999: Leo Melamed". biographic sketch. University of Illinois Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics (ACE) – Office of Future and Options Research (OFOR). Retrieved 24 January 2010.
Melamed was born in Poland, from where he and his parents escaped and emigrated to United States in 1941. Melamed graduated from Roosevelt high school in Chicago, attended the University of Illinois at Navy Pier, and has a law degree from John Marshall Law School in Chicago.
- ^ "GeorgeSchmidt". databaseFootball.com. Retrieved January 1, 2014.
- ^ Alessio, Carolyn (11 May 1999), "A poet with heart and edge", Chicago Tribune, p. 1
- ^ "Shel Silverstein". biographic sketch. Office of the Clerk of Cook County. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
High School: Roosevelt High School, Chicago
- ^ Jensen, Trevor; Sjostrom, Joseph (27 September 2006), "Seymour Simon: 1915 - 2006: An independent political mind Chicagoan was true to his beliefs in a career in politics and law that spanned nearly 70 years", Chicago Tribune, retrieved 24 January 2010,
Simon, who was born on Aug. 10, 1915, grew up in Albany Park, the son of a lawyer. He was a graduate of Roosevelt High School and Northwestern University, where he attended law school and graduated first in his class in1938.
- ^ Angie Cannon (March 25, 2001). "A Nation of New Cities". US News and World Report. Retrieved June 1, 2013.
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