Walter Johnson High School (also known as Walter Johnson or WJ) is a
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census-designated place
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of
North Bethesda
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,
Maryland
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U.S. Census Bureau
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. Retrieved on April 30, 2014. Compare them map with the street address. WJHS serves portions of Bethesda,
North Bethesda
North Bethesda is an unincorporated, census-designated place in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, located just north-west of the U.S. capital of Washington, D.C. It had a population of 50,094 as of the 2020 census. Among its neighbor ...
Kensington
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The district's commercial heart is Kensington High Street, running on an east–west axis. The north-east is taken up b ...
The school first opened to grades 10-12 in 1956, and was named after the local baseball pitcher and politician,
Walter Johnson
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. The school's original mascot was the Spartan; it became the Mighty Moo in 1963, named after the cows that roamed the fields before the school was built. After a 1987 consolidation with nearby
Charles W. Woodward High School
Charles W. Woodward High School is a former U.S. high school located in North Bethesda, Maryland, near Rockville.
* Robb Austin – politician, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, (Class of 1968)
* David John Doukas – physician and medical ethicist
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Anita Dunn
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Previo ...
– advisor to President
Barack Obama
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(class of 1976)
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Jeremy Ebobisse
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Youth and amateur
Born in Paris, France, Jeremy Ebobisse moved ...
– professional soccer player for the Portland Timbers (Class of 2014)
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Georgia Engel
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– actress
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Florent Groberg
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Medal of Honor
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recipient (class of 2001)
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Jonathan Hadary
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Early life and education
Born in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Bethesda, Maryland, Hadary arrived at Tufts University already an accomplished actor. He was cast in many shows at ...
– actor (class of 1966)
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Colleen Haskell
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– actress and 1st season contestant of reality TV show '' Survivor'' (class of 1994)
* Stephen Herek – film director and producer, Broadway producer (class of 1976)
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John Michael Higgins
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– actor/director (class of 1981)
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Tommy Keene
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– singer/songwriter (class of 1976)
* Ariana Kelly – politician,
Maryland House of Delegates
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(class of 1994)
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Candace S. Kovacic-Fleischer
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Biography
Kovacic-Fleischer grew up in Kensington, Maryland and attended Walter ...
- law professor (class of 1965)
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John Kronstadt
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Early life and education
Kronstadt was bo ...
– district judge (class of 1969)
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Tim Kurkjian
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On December 7, 2021, Kurkjian was named ...
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ESPN
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baseball reporter and analyst (class of 1974)
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Roy Lee
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Early life
Lee was born in 1969 at Wyckoff Heights Hospital, in Brooklyn, New York, to Korean p ...
– film producer (class of 1987)
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Jeffrey S. Lehman
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– former President of
Cornell University
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, scholar and lawyer (class of 1973)
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Nils Lofgren
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– rock musician, composed Jhoon Rhee Karate Theme (class of 1969 - did not graduate)
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Rudy Maxa
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– consumer-travel expert; host/producer of PBS travel shows; Wheel Club officer (class of 1967)
* Matt McCoy – actor (class of 1974)
* Caroline Miller – professional soccer player (class of 2009)
* Jody Olsen –
Peace Corps
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Director (class of 1961)
* Carl Pope – ex-Executive Director of the
Sierra Club
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(class of 1963)
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James Risen
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Pulitzer Prize
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-winning investigative reporter and author (class of 1973)
* Tommy Smith — rugby player for the
United States national rugby sevens team
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, baseball shortstop player (class of 1974)
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Cal Thomas
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Early life and education
Thomas was born in 1942 in Washington, D.C. He attended the American University for his undergraduate educat ...
– syndicated columnist and author (class of 1960)
* Brian Transeau – electronic musician and composer (class of 1988)
* David J. Williams – science-fiction and video game author (class of 1989)
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Gedion Zelalem
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After playing for various youth teams in Germany and ...
– professional soccer player for
New York City FC
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(entered with class of 2015 - did not graduate)
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Gerald Zerkin
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Career
Zerkin attended Brandeis University, where he received his b ...
– senior assistant federal public defender; defended
Zacarias Moussaoui
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