Roosevelt High School (Chicago, Illinois)
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| Roosevelt High School | |
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| Address | |
| 3436 W. Wilson Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60625 United States |
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| Information | |
| School type | Public Secondary |
| Opened | 1922 |
| School district | Chicago Public Schools |
| CEEB Code | 141105[1] |
| Principal | Pilar A. Vazquez–Vialva |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Gender | Coed |
| Enrollment | 1,181 (2015–16)[2] |
| Campus type | Urban |
| Color(s) | Blue Gold[3] |
| Athletics conference | Chicago Public League[3] |
| Team name | Rough Riders[3] |
| Accreditation | North Central Association of Colleges and Schools[4] |
| 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, Illinois, 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.
Notable alumni
- Nelson Algren – author (The Man with the Golden Arm, Chicago: City on the Make, A Walk on the Wild Side).[8]
- 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 – longtime stadium organist for the Chicago White Sox.[10]
- 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 man, 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 song writer ("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]
- Joe Fiorentino - United States Martial Arts Hall of Fame, Presidents Volunteer Service Award from President Obama, Ellis Island Medal of Honor.
References
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- ↑ Chicago Public Schools: Roosevelt
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- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 "Roosevelt at a glance". Chicago Sun-Times. June 15, 1994. 95.
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- ↑ IHSA Chicago (Roosevelt)
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- ↑ Vickery, Hal. "Flashing Back...with Nancy Faust," White Sox Interactive.
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