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Central High School, Philadelphia, PA
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Location:
Philadelphia, PA
Founding Date:
1836 Enrollment:
2400 Official Website:
http://www.centralhigh.net/ STUDENTS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Albert C. Barnes |
Curator |
2-Jan-1872 |
24-Jul-1951 |
Barnes Foundation |
| Herbert J. Biberman |
Screenwriter |
4-Mar-1900 |
30-Jun-1971 |
Blacklisted screenwriter |
| Philip Casnoff |
Actor |
3-Aug-1949 |
|
Dr. Robert Jackson on Strong Medicine |
| Noam Chomsky |
Linguist |
7-Dec-1928 |
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Linguist, dissident intellectual |
| Sam Dash |
Government |
27-Feb-1925 |
29-May-2004 |
Chief counsel, Senate Watergate committee |
| Richard Dunham |
Journalist |
c. 1956 |
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Business Week |
| Douglas Feith |
Government |
16-Jul-1953 |
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Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, 2001-05 |
| Sheldon G. Gilgore |
Business |
13-Feb-1932 |
12-Feb-2010 |
CEO of Searle, 1986-95 |
| Edwin J. Houston |
Inventor |
9-Jul-1847 |
1-Mar-1914 |
Thomson-Houston Electric Company |
| Louis Kahn |
Architect |
20-Feb-1901 |
17-Mar-1974 |
Prominent architect |
| Tom Lewis |
Politician |
26-Oct-1924 |
1-Aug-2003 |
Congressman from Florida, 1983-95 |
| Alain Locke |
Author |
13-Sep-1886 |
9-Jun-1954 |
Leader in the Harlem Renaissance |
| Robert Nix, Jr. |
Judge |
13-Jul-1928 |
23-Aug-2003 |
Pennsylvania Chief Justice, 1984-96 |
| Teller |
Magician |
14-Feb-1948 |
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The nonspeaking half of Penn and Teller |
| Howard M. Temin |
Scientist |
10-Dec-1934 |
9-Feb-1994 |
Tumor viruses and host genetics |
| Elihu Thomson |
Inventor |
29-Mar-1853 |
13-Mar-1937 |
Electric welding and A/C motors |
| William S. Vare |
Politician |
24-Dec-1867 |
7-Aug-1934 |
Philadelphia political boss |
| Alan Wolfe |
Author |
10-Jun-1942 |
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The Future of Liberalism |
TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Edwin J. Houston |
Inventor |
9-Jul-1847 |
1-Mar-1914 |
Thomson-Houston Electric Company |
| Elihu Thomson |
Inventor |
29-Mar-1853 |
13-Mar-1937 |
Electric welding and A/C motors |
ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Alexander Dallas Bache |
Physicist |
19-Jul-1806 |
17-Feb-1867 |
First President, National Academy of Sciences |
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