public
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4–year
high school
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Chicago
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Illinois
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, United States. The school is named after German–American Carl Schurz, a statesman, soldier, and advocate of democracy in Germany. The school building, which represents a combination of the
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and Prairie schools of architecture, was designed in 1910 by Dwight H. Perkins and designated a Chicago Landmark on December 7, 1979. It is considered one of "150 great places in Illinois" by the
American Institute of Architects
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. The AIA has described the school as Perkins's masterpiece, "an important example of early-twentieth century architecture, utilizing elements of both the
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and Prairie schools." In celebration of the 2018 Illinois Bicentennial, Carl Schurz High School was selected as one of the Illinois 200 Great Places by the
American Institute of Architects
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Illinois component (AIA Illinois).
History
The land upon which the current school is built was purchased in 1908, and is about two blocks south of an older building which was also Carl Schurz High School (located at 2338 N. 41st Court). The final site was approved in October 1908, with an estimated US$500,000 construction cost. Shortly after the school's opening, Carl Schurz's son donated a picture of his father and copies of his father's two published works to the school. The school was formally dedicated on the evening of 18 November 1910, with a presentation of a
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of the school's namesake. Able to accommodate 1,400 students, the building included an assembly hall, gymnasium,
foundry
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, forgeroom, a physiographical lab, and lunchroom.
Schurz High School has a twin on the south side of Chicago. Bowen High School at 2710 E. 89th st. was built using the same design.
Illinois High School Association
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(IHSA); the organization that governs most athletic and competitive activities in the state. Teams are stylized as the
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* Sybil Bauer was a swimmer who set 23 world records in her career. She won the first ever Olympic gold medal contested in the women's backstroke at the 1924 Summer Olympics.
* John William Chapman served as Lieutenant Governor of Illinois (1953–61).
* Rey Colón, alderman of the 35th ward of the City of Chicago
*
Bill Conterio
William Amedeo Conterio (November 29, 1929 – August 9, 2017) was an American soccer midfielder. He was a member of the United States soccer teams at the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics.
Career
Conterio was born in Chicago, Illinois at the st ...
was a soccer player who played professionally in the
National Soccer League of Chicago
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, and played for the
United States men's national soccer team
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The U.S. team h ...
at the
1952
Events January–February
* January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses.
* February 6
** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...
and
1956 Olympics 1956 Olympics refers to both:
*The 1956 Winter Olympics, which were held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
*The 1956 Summer Olympics
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Adolph Dubs
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Museum of Broadcast Communications
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.
*
Vincent du Vigneaud
Vincent du Vigneaud (May 18, 1901 – December 11, 1978) was an American biochemist. He was recipient of the 1955 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his work on biochemically important sulphur compounds, especially for the first synthesis of a polypep ...
was a biochemist who won the 1955
Nobel Prize
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in Chemistry for his work in the isolation, identification, and synthesis of oxytocin.
* Ed Earle played basketball for the
Syracuse Nationals
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1946– ...
of the NBL (1953–54).
* Moe Franklin was a Major League Baseball player.
*
Leo Freisinger
Leonhard Freisinger (February 7, 1916 – August 29, 1985) was an American speed skater who competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics. He won a bronze medal in the 500 m and placed fourth in the 1500 m event. He won the U.S. National Indoor title in ...
was a
speed skater
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1936 Winter Olympics
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.
*
Myrna Hansen
Myrna Hansen (born August 5, 1934) is an American actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss USA 1953.
Education
Hansen is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond E. Hansen. She graduated from Carl Schurz High School in Chicago, I ...
was an actress who won the titles of
Miss Illinois USA
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and
Miss USA
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in 1953.
*
Sheldon Harnick
Sheldon Mayer Harnick (born April 30, 1924) is an American lyricist and songwriter best known for his collaborations with composer Jerry Bock on musicals such as ''Fiorello!'' and '' Fiddler on the Roof''.
Early life
Sheldon Mayer Harnick was ...
lyricist
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Royalties
A lyricist's incom ...
(''
Fiorello!
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United States Army
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, rising to the rank of
Lieutenant General
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Chief of Engineers
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(1956–61).
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Donald Johanson
Donald Carl Johanson (born June 28, 1943) is an American paleoanthropologist. He is known for discovering, with Yves Coppens and Maurice Taieb, the fossil of a female hominin australopithecine known as "Lucy" in the Afar Triangle region of Hada ...
Lucy
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.
*
Luke Johnsos
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end
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(1929–36), playing his entire career for the Chicago Bears. From 1942–45, he shared head coaching duties for the Bears.
* David M. Maddox is a former four–star general who served as Commander in Chief,
United States Army Europe
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(1992–94).
*
Harry Markowitz
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Markowitz is a professor of finance at the Rady School of Management ...
is an economist who won the 1990
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for his work in
Modern Portfolio Theory
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.
*
Terrence McCann
Terrence John McCann (March 23, 1934 – June 7, 2006), commonly known as Terry McCann, was an American wrestler who won the Gold Medal in the bantamweight division of freestyle wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, and l ...
was a wrestler who won a gold medal in
freestyle wrestling
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at the
1960 Olympics The 1960 Olympics may refer to:
*The 1960 Winter Olympics, which were held in Squaw Valley, United States
*The 1960 Summer Olympics
The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olymp ...
. He would go on to help found
USA Wrestling
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Mayor
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William S. Paley
William Samuel Paley (September 28, 1901 – October 26, 1990) was an American businessman, primarily involved in the media, and best known as the chief executive who built the Columbia Broadcasting System ( CBS) from a small radio network into ...
was a radio, recording industry, and television executive who built the
Columbia Broadcasting System
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(CBS) into a national broadcasting and recording power.
*
Abram Nicholas Pritzker
Abram Nicholas Pritzker (January 6, 1896 – February 8, 1986) was an American businessman and member of the Pritzker family.
Early life and education
Abram was the son of Ukrainian Jewish immigrants, Annie P. (née Cohn) and Nicholas J. Pritzk ...
was a businessman and philanthropist who was instrumental in founding the
Hyatt Corporation
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and
Marmon Group
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.
*
Lenny Sachs
Leonard David Sachs (August 7, 1897 – October 27, 1942) was an American basketball and football coach and player. In 1961, he was posthumously enshrined as a coach in the Basketball Hall of Fame.
He was born in Chicago, Illinois on August 7, ...
Vic Schwall
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was an NFL
running back
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and block. Ther ...
(1947–50) selected in the first round of the 1947 NFL Draft. He played his entire career for the
Chicago Cardinals
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Ken Silvestri
Kenneth Joseph Silvestri (May 3, 1916 – March 31, 1992) was an American professional baseball player, coach and manager. During his 16-year professional playing career, he was a backup catcher in the Major Leagues over eight seasons scattered b ...
was a
Major League Baseball
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catcher
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(1939–41, 1946–47, 1950–51), who later coached and briefly managed the
Atlanta Braves
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athletic director
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at Loyola and
DePaul University
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Rochester Royals
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Chicago Bruins The Chicago Bruins were an American basketball team based in Chicago, Illinois. Owned by Chicago Bears football team owner George Halas, the Bruins were a member of the American Basketball League, a league that also featured other National Football ...
and
Chicago American Gears
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of the
First National Bank of Chicago
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and the two–time president of Citizens for Conservation.
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Thaddeus Weclew Dentist Dr. Thaddeus V. Weclew (1906–1992) was one of the creators of the Academy of General Dentistry in 1952. He also was the founder and first chancellor of the Academy of Continuing Dental Education. Dr. Weclew served on the faculty of the U ...
was a co–founder of the
Academy of General Dentistry
The Academy of General Dentistry (AGD) is a professional association of general dentists from Canada and the United States.
History and mission
The academy was incorporated on August 2, 1952.
Paula Jones became its first female president in 20 ...
.
*
Alvin Wistert
Alvin Lawrence "Moose" Wistert (June 26, 1916 – October 3, 2005) was an American football player. A native of Chicago, Illinois, he played college football at the tackle position for Boston University in 1946 and at the University of Mich ...
University of Michigan
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. He is the oldest football player ever to be named an All-American. He and his brothers Francis and Albert all have their uniform numbers retired at the University of Michigan, and are all in the College Football Hall of Fame.
*
Whitey Wistert
Francis Michael "Whitey" Wistert (February 20, 1912 – April 23, 1985) was an American football and baseball player. He played college football and college baseball at the University of Michigan. Wistert was the first of the three Wistert brothe ...
was a collegiate tackle for the University of Michigan who briefly pitched for Major League Baseball's Cincinnati Reds. He is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame.
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