Peabody High School was a
public school in
Pittsburgh
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,
Pennsylvania
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, in the neighborhood of
East Liberty. The school opened in 1911 after the renovations of the former Margaretta Street elementary school and was rededicated in honor of Highland Park Doctor Benjamin H. Peabody. After 100 years in operation, the school board of the
Pittsburgh Public Schools voted to close the school and graduate its final class in 2011.
The
Barack Obama Academy of International Studies 6-12
The Barack Obama Academy of International Studies, also known as Pittsburgh Obama 6-12, is a public school in the East Liberty neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The school is named in honor of Former President Barack Obama who served as ...
relocated to the building starting in the 2012–2013 school year. The Peabody name was no longer used.
Notable alumni
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Kevan Barlow
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Early life
Barlow played his high school football at ...
–
NFL player
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Mike Barnes –
NFL player
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Romare Bearden – artist and writer
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Mel Bennett –
NBA player
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Kenneth Burke – literary theorist who wrote on 20th-century philosophy, aesthetics, criticism, and rhetorical theory
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Malcolm Cowley
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– novelist, poet, literary critic and journalist
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Billy Eckstine – singer and bandleader
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Ed Gainey – politician
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George Otto Gey – cell biologist
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Jack Gilbert
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– poet
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Barry Goldberg – volleyball coach
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Frank Gorshin
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As an actor, he played the Riddler on ...
– actor and comedian
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Charles Grodin – actor, comedian, author and television talk show host
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Gene Kelly – dancer, actor and choreographer
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Marie S. Klooz – lawyer, pacifist
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David Logan –
NFL player Tampa Bay Buccaneers
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Lorin Maazel – conductor, violinist and composer
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Michael "Dodo" Marmarosa – jazz pianist
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Natalie Moorhead – actress
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Zelda Rubinstein – actor, and human rights activist
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Edith S. Sampson – lawyer, judge and
United Nations
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delegate
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Robert Schmertz – artist
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Bob Smizik – newspaper sportswriter and columnist
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David Stock – composer and conductor, founder of the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble
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Burton Tansky – department store executive
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David Tepper
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– hedge fund manager and philanthropist
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Regis Toomey – actor
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Fritz Weaver – actor
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John Edgar Wideman – writer and professor
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Jonathan Wolken – dancer, co-founder, artistic director of Pilobolus dance company.
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Frank G. Marcello – renowned Pittsburgh artist, founder of Marcello Studios, an illustration studio in downtown Pittsburgh, working with McCann Erickson, Westinghouse, and the Arch Diocese of Pittsburgh.
References
External links
Official websitePittsburgh Public Schools
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High schools in Pittsburgh
Defunct schools in Pennsylvania
Educational institutions established in 1911
Educational institutions disestablished in 2011
1911 establishments in Pennsylvania