Taylor Allderdice High School

Taylor Allderdice High School is a public high school in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The school was established in 1927 and is part of the Pittsburgh Public Schools district. It was named for industrialist and Squirrel Hill resident Taylor Allderdice, who was a member of the city's first school board and president of National Tube Company, a subsidiary of U.S. Steel.^[10]

Taylor Allderdice High School
Address
2409 Shady Avenue Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania 15217 United States
Coordinates	40°25′46″N 79°55′10″W
Information
Type	Public high school
Motto	Know Something, Do Something, Be Something[1][2][3]
Established	1927 (1927)
School district	Pittsburgh Public Schools
NCES School ID	421917000409[4]
Principal	James McCoy[5]
Teaching staff	104.54 (FTE) (2022–23)[4]
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	1,362 (2022–23)[4]
Student to teacher ratio	13.03 (2022–23)[4]
Color(s)	Green and white   [6]
Nickname	Dragons[6]
Nobel laureates	Joshua Angrist Frances Arnold
Website	discoverpps.org/allderdice
Allderdice, Pittsburgh, High School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Pittsburgh Landmark – PHLF
Area	3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built	1927[6]
Architect	Robert Maurice Trimble[7][8]
Architectural style	Classical Revival
MPS	Pittsburgh Public Schools TR
NRHP reference No.	86002641[9]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	September 30, 1986
Designated PHLF	2002

Awards and recognition

Allderdice was designated a National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education in 1994, 1995, and 1996.^[11]

Notable alumni

List of notable alumni of Taylor Allderdice High School

Name	Class year	Notability
Lenny Levy	1932	Coach, Pittsburgh Pirates[12][13]
Gene Forrell	1933	Composer and conductor[14]
Bernard Fisher	1936	Cancer surgeon and researcher[15]
Alan Perlis	1939	Computer scientist[16]
Marty Allen	1940	Stand-up comedian and actor[15]
Herb Douglas	1940	Bronze medalist, 1948 Summer Olympics[15]
Jerry Fielding	1940	Musician, arranger, bandleader, and film composer[17][18]
Philip Pearlstein	1942	Painter[19][20][21]
Gerald Stern	1942	Poet, essayist, and educator[22]
Myron Cope	1947	Sportscaster and announcer, Pittsburgh Steelers, WTAE-TV, and WTAE-AM[15]
Richard Caliguiri	1950	Mayor of Pittsburgh[23]
James S. Langer	1951	Professor of Physics
John Isaiah Brauman	1955	Professor of Chemistry, Stanford University[24]
Murray Chass	1956	Sportswriter[25]
Chuck Wein	1956	Entertainment promoter and manager[26]
Stephen J. Lippard	1958	Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Edgar Snyder	1959	Attorney, local television personality[27][28][29]
Howard Spodek	1959	Historian, professor[citation needed]
Robert Weinberg	1960	Professor and cancer biologist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Patti Deutsch	1961	Actress and comedian[30]
Bob O'Connor	1962	Mayor of Pittsburgh[31][32]
Iris Rainer Dart	1962	Author and playwright[15]
Jamie deRoy	1963	Stage producer; cabaret, stage, film, and TV performer[33]
Harvey V. Fineberg	1963	President, Institute of Medicine; Provost, Harvard University
Lewis Hyde	1963	Essayist, professor, scholar, translator, writer[34]
Larry Lucchino	1963	President and CEO, Boston Red Sox, Baltimore Orioles and San Diego Padres[35]
Devra Davis	1964	Epidemiologist; writer[36]
David P. Dobkin	1966	Dean of the Faculty and Professor of Computer Science, Princeton University
Howard Fineman	1966	Editorial Director, The Huffington Post Media Group
Richard Pacheco	1966	Pornographic film and video actor, writer and director[37]
Judith Bartnoff	1967	Judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia[32]
Edward B. Montgomery	1973	Economist, academic, and politician[38]
Frances Arnold	1974	Chemist, Nobel Prize winner[39]
Sally Lapiduss	1974	Television producer and writer
Nathaniel Philbrick	1974	Author[40]
Evan Wolfson	1974	Civil rights attorney[41]
Joseph Koerner	1976	Art historian and professor[42]
Joshua Angrist	1977	Economist, Nobel Prize winner[43]
Paul Costa	1978	Accountant, Pennsylvania State Representative
Gary Graff	1978	Music journalist[44]
Maxine Lapiduss	1978	Comedian; Television producer and writer[45]
Rob Marshall	1978	Theatre director, film director and choreographer[46][47][32]
Gary Green	1980	Shortstop, Major League Baseball[48]
Kathleen Marshall	1980	Choreographer and theatre director[47]
Michael J. Tarr	1980	Cognitive neuroscientist[49]
Antoine Fuqua	1983	Movie director[46]
Jonathan Rapping	1984	Criminal defense attorney; Founder, Gideon's Promise[50]
Steve Lieber	1985	Comic book illustrator[51]
Edna Campbell	1986	Guard, Women's National Basketball Association[52]
Sharon Epperson	1986	Correspondent, CNBC[32]
James Williams	1986	Offensive tackle, Chicago Bears
Russell Freeman	1987	Offensive Tackle, National Football League[53]
Billy Porter	1987	Broadway performer and pop vocalist[54]
Curtis Martin	1991	Running back, National Football League;[55][32] Inductee, Pro Football Hall of Fame
Blake Hounshell	1996	Journalist[56]
Michael Solomonov	1996	Chef and restaurateur[57]
Pittsburgh Slim	1997	Rapper[58][59]
Beedie	2006	Rapper[60][61]
Wiz Khalifa	2006	Rapper[62][63]
Will Clarke	2009	Defensive end, National Football League[64]
Mac Miller	2010	Rapper and music producer[65]
Scott W. Stern	2011	Author and Norman Holmes Pearson Prize Winner[66]
Tyrique Jarrett	2012	Nose tackle, Denver Broncos[67]

In popular culture

In 2012, rapper Wiz Khalifa released Taylor Allderdice, a mixtape named for his alma mater.^[68]

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External links

• Official website