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Marian A. Peterson High School
Marian A. Peterson High School was a high school in Sunnyvale, California that operated from 1965 to 1981. The building is currently occupied by Marian A. Peterson Middle School, in the Santa Clara Unified School District. The student body was absorbed by Adrian C. Wilcox High School in 1981 due to Peterson's declining student enrollment. Notable alumni *Brian Boitano, Class of 1981, figure skater, Olympic gold medalist and two-time world champion *Bill Pecota, Class of 1977 or 1978, Major League Baseball player, Kansas City Royals, New York Mets and Atlanta Braves 1986 to 1994 *Chuck Wright, Class of 1979, professional wrestler known as The Godfather * Tom Bruce, Class of 1970, swimmer in 1972 Olympics, won two medals *Amy Tan, attended for one year, author of '' The Joy Luck Club'' *Tony Anselmo, Class of 1978, voice of Donald Duck and an artist for Disney *Ben Bennett, Class of 1980, quarterback for Duke University, played in NFL, USFL, AFL and WLAF *JuJu Chang, Class of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunnyvale, California
Sunnyvale () is a city located in the Santa Clara Valley in northwest Santa Clara County in the U.S. state of California. Sunnyvale lies along the historic El Camino Real and Highway 101 and is bordered by portions of San Jose to the north, Moffett Federal Airfield and NASA Ames Research Center to the northwest, Mountain View to the northwest, Los Altos to the southwest, Cupertino to the south, and Santa Clara to the east. Sunnyvale's population was 155,805 at the 2020 census, making it the second most populous city in the county (after San Jose) and the seventh most populous city in the San Francisco Bay Area. As one of the major cities that make up California's high-tech area known as Silicon Valley, Sunnyvale is the birthplace of the video game industry, former location of Atari headquarters, and the location of a fictional computer game company in the 1983 film ''WarGames''. Many technology companies are headquartered in Sunnyvale and many more operate there, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
