Christian Brothers High School (CBHS) is located in

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, United States, at 5900 Walnut Grove Road. It is a Catholic, all-boys, college-preparatory school with a Lasallian tradition.

History

Christian Brothers College opened in November 1871 in a schoolhouse at 612 Adams Avenue in downtown Memphis that served students from elementary school through college. The school was founded by four brothers from the

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, a Christian teaching order, who moved to Memphis after some of the order's schools were destroyed by the

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in October 1871. In 1915, during the outbreak of

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, Christian Brothers temporarily suspended their college-level classes because an overwhelming majority of that age-group had enlisted in the

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, although secondary education continued in the Christian Brothers High School. (The elementary school education was dropped in 1922.) High school enrollment grew in the 1920s and 1930s. By 1940, Christian Brothers had outgrown the Adams facility and therefore relocated to a new campus at the intersection of East Parkway South and Central Avenue. The first building on the new campus, Kenrick Hall, was constructed in 1939-1940 to house the Christian Brothers High School and the College. Again, during the early 1940s with

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, the school temporarily suspended college-level classes but continued with the high school curriculum. In the years following World War II, high school enrollment rose because of the

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. Christian Brothers High School moved to a separate campus on Walnut Grove Road in Memphis and began to operate under a separate charter. The new CBHS campus opened in 1965 after four years of planning, fund raising, and construction. The college-level school (now

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) remained at the East Parkway campus. In 1963, Christian Brothers accepted Jesse Turner, Jr., making CBHS the first racially integrated high school in Memphis, public or private. Turner graduated as co-salutatorian in 1967. CBHS continues to occupy the 31.5 acre Walnut Grove campus, with significant expansion over the years.

Feeder schools

Feeder schools include: * St. Dominic School for Boys * St. Louis Catholic School * Holy Rosary Catholic School * Woodland Presbyterian School * Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic School * St. Ann Catholic School * Sacred Heart School * St. Paul Catholic School * Grace-St. Luke's Episcopal School * St. Francis of Assisi Catholic School

Notable alumni

* Pete Carney – musician * Ray Crone –

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(MLB) pitcher *

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– basketball and football coach for the

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* Dominic Dierkes – actor, comedian, writer *

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– sports journalist * Logan Forsythe – MLB second baseman *

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– MLB player * Ralph Gagliano – MLB player * Dallan Hayden – college football

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for the

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* Paul Hofer –

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(NFL) running back * Phil Irwin – MLB pitcher * Mike Jankowski – skiing and snowboarding coach *

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– recording artist, music producer, and film composer * Chuck Lanza – NFL player * Nick Marable – folkstyle and

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, represented Team USA at the

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* Robert Marshall, Jr. – Bishop of Alexandria in Louisiana *

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– MLB player and sportscaster *

Shaun Micheel Shaun Carl Micheel (born January 5, 1969) is an American professional golfer who is best known for his surprise victory at the 2003 PGA Championship. Career Micheel was born in Orlando, Florida. He attended Christian Brothers High School in Mem ...

– professional

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er *

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– dentist and professional golfer * Anthony Miller – NFL player *

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– musician *

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– professional soccer player * John J. Shea, Jr. – ear surgeon * Jim Strickland – politician, mayor of Memphis *

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– musician, songwriter

References

External links

Christian Brothers High School, Memphis, TN
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