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== Notable alumni == == Notable alumni ==
{{Alumni|date=January 2019}} {{alumni|date=January 2019}}
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* ], coach<ref>{{cite book |last1=Horvitz |first1=Peter S. |last2=Horvitz |first2=Joachim |title=The Big Book of Jewish Baseball: An Illustrated Encyclopedia and Anecdotal History |date=2001 |publisher=S.P.I.| location=New York |page=106}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=The Allderdice |date=1932 |publisher=Taylor Allderdice High School |location=Seniors: Leonard Howard Levy |page=66}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable collapsible"
* ], composer and conductor<ref name="pg-obit">{{cite news |first=Monica L. |last=Haynes |title=Obituary: Gene Forrell / Award-winning composer and conductor |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05271/578843.stm |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=September 28, 2005 |access-date=November 25, 2006}}</ref>
|-
* ], scientist
! Name
* ], computer scientist<ref>{{cite web |title=A.M Turing Award Winners: Alan J. Perlis |url=https://amturing.acm.org/award_winners/perlis_0132439.cfm |website=Association for Computing Machinery |access-date=January 21, 2018}}</ref>
! Class year
* ], comedian and actor
! Notability
* ], athlete
|-
* ], musician, arranger, bandleader, and film composer<ref>Cohen, Harold V. (March 7, 1953). . ''The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette''. Retrieved November 17, 2017.</ref><ref>. AllderdiceAlumni.com. Retrieved November 17, 2017.</ref>
|]
* ], sportscaster and announcer
|1932
* ], Mayor of Pittsburgh
|Coach, ]<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Horvitz | first1 = Peter S. | last2 = Horvitz | first2 = Joachim | title = The Big Book of Jewish Baseball: An Illustrated Encyclopedia and Anecdotal History | date = 2001 | publisher = S.P.I. | location = New York | page = 106}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | title = The Allderdice | date = 1932 | publisher = Taylor Allderdice High School | location = Seniors: Leonard Howard Levy | page = 66}}</ref>
* ], professor and cancer biologist
|-
* ], professor of physics
|]
* ], professor of chemistry
|1933
* ], sportswriter<ref>{{cite news |last=Mervis |first=Scott |title=Gary Graff: Rock 'n' roll observer |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/ae/music/gary-graff-rock-n-roll-observer-657034/ |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=October 11, 2012}}</ref>
|Composer and conductor<ref name="pg-obit">{{Cite news | first = Monica L. | last = Haynes | title = Obituary: Gene Forrell / Award-winning composer and conductor | url = http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05271/578843.stm | work = Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | date = September 28, 2005 |access-date=November 25, 2006}}</ref>
* ], entertainment promoter and manager<ref>{{cite book |title=The Allderdice |date=1956 |publisher=Taylor Allderdice High School |location=Seniors: Charles B. Wein |page=73}}</ref>
|-
* ], professor
|]
* ], attorney and local television personality
| 1936
* ], associate professor
| Cancer surgeon and researcher
* ], Mayor of Pittsburgh<ref name="pg-oconnor-obit">{{cite news |first=Rich |last=Lord |title=Obituary: Mayor Robert E. O'Connor / His enthusiasm for city was unbounded |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06245/718570-53.stm |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=September 2, 2006 |access-date=November 27, 2006}}</ref>
|-
* ], author and playwright
|]
* ], President, ]; Provost, ]
| 1939
* ], businessman????<ref name="sdmag">{{cite web |url=http://www.sandiego-online.com/issues/june99/lucchino.shtml |title=Lucchino! |access-date=November 27, 2006 |last = Donoho |first=Ron |date=June 1999 |work=San Diego Magazine |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020910100216/http://www.sandiego-online.com/issues/june99/lucchino.shtml |archive-date=September 10, 2002}}</ref>
* ], epidemiologist; writer<ref>{{cite book | title = The Allderdice | date = 1964 | publisher = Taylor Allderdice High School | location = Seniors: Devra Davis | page = 51}}</ref> | Computer scientist<ref>{{cite web | title = A.M Turing Award Winners: Alan J. Perlis | url = https://amturing.acm.org/award_winners/perlis_0132439.cfm | website = Association for Computing Machinery|access-date=January 21, 2018}}</ref>
|-
* ], professor of computer science

* ], journalist
|]
* ], pornographic film and video actor, writer and director
| 1940
* ], economist, academic, and politician
| Stand-up comedian and actor
* ], chemist<ref>{{cite news |last1=Guarino |first1=Ben |title='Her work is incredible': Pittsburgh native Frances Arnold shares Nobel Prize in chemistry |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/news/science/2018/10/03/Nobel-Prize-chemistry-scientists-frances-arnold-pittsburgh-evolution/stories/201810030120 |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=October 3, 2018}}</ref>
|-
* ], television producer and writer
|]
* ], author<ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202131300/http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_504403.html |date=February 2, 2009 }}, ''Pittsburgh Tribune-Review'', April 25, 2007</ref>
| 1940
* ], civil rights attorney<ref name="pg-wolfson">{{cite news |first=Gary |last=Rotstein |title=Gay marriage advocate says Time's honor good for cause |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04113/304529.stm |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=April 22, 2004 |access-date=November 27, 2006}}</ref>
| Bronze medalist, ]
* ], art historian and professor<ref>{{cite book |title=The Allderdice |date=1976 |publisher=Taylor Allderdice High School |location=Seniors: Joseph Koerner |page=52}}</ref>
|-
* ], music journalist<ref name="Graff-1">{{cite web |last=Ward |first=Steven |url=http://www.rockcritics.com/interview/garygraff.html |title=Losin' His Mind in Detroit Rock City: An Interview with Gary Graff |access-date=December 12, 2006 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20070101044442/http://www.rockcritics.com/interview/garygraff.html |archive-date=January 1, 2007}}</ref>
|]
* ], comedian; television producer and writer
| 1940
* ], theatre director, film director and choreographer<ref name="pg-goldmann" /><ref name="pg-broadway" />
| Musician, arranger, bandleader, and film composer<ref>Cohen, Harold V. (March 7, 1953). . ''The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette''. Retrieved November 17, 2017.</ref><ref>. AllderdiceAlumni.com. Retrieved November 17, 2017.</ref>
* ], MLB player<ref>{{cite news |last=Assad |first=David |title = Texas recalls Allderdice grad Gary Green |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6jkxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lm4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5308,636885&dq=gary-green+allderdice&hl=en |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=July 3, 1991}}</ref>
|-
* ], choreographer and theatre director<ref name="pg-broadway">{{cite news |first=Christopher |last=Rawson |authorlink=Christopher Rawson |title=Broadway follows in their footsteps |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/magazine/19940306rawson.asp |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=March 6, 1994 |access-date=November 27, 2006}}</ref>
| ]
* ], movie director<ref name="pg-goldmann">{{cite news |first=Ron |last=Weiskind |title=Goldmann driven daffy by Looney Tunes film |url=http://www.postgazette.com/movies/20031122goldmann1122fnp4.asp |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=November 22, 2003 |access-date=November 25, 2006}}</ref>
| 1947
* ], criminal defense attorney
| Sportscaster and announcer, ], ], and WTAE-AM
* ], comic book illustrator<ref name=tws2P313>{{cite news |first=John |last=Hayes |title=Squirrel Hill native works the mainstream and the underground |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=April 27, 2001 |url=http://old.post-gazette.com/magazine/20010427lieber9.asp |access-date= August 16, 2012}}</ref>
|-
* ], correspondent
| ]
* ], NFL player
| 1950
* ], singer
| ]
* ], Broadway performer and pop vocalist<ref>{{cite news |last1=Carter |first1=Alice T. |title=Billy Porter's one-man show traces his life, onstage and off |url=https://archive.triblive.com/news/billy-porters-one-man-show-traces-his-life-onstage-and-off-2/ |access-date=May 14, 2019 |work=TribLive |publisher=] |date=April 10, 2005}}</ref>
|-
* ], NFL player<ref name="pg-playoffs">{{cite news |first=Chuck |last=Finder |title=AFC Playoffs / The Jets: Curtis Martin a football star by accident |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05014/441889.stm |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=January 14, 2005 |access-date=November 27, 2006}}</ref>
| ]
* ], rapper
| 1950
* ], rapper<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mervis |first1=Scott |title=Local Scene: Beedie back with new album |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/music/2012/09/13/Local-Scene-Beedie-back-with-new-album/stories/201209130244 |access-date=September 28, 2017 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=September 13, 2012}}</ref>
| Professor and cancer biologist, ]
* ], rapper<ref name="trib-hhpulse">{{cite news |first=Josie |last=Roberts |title=The hip-hop pulse |url=http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_348314.html |work=Pittsburgh Tribune-Review |date=June 28, 2005 |access-date=December 5, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061211170125/http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_348314.html |archive-date=December 11, 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
* ], NFL player<ref>{{cite news |last1=White |first1=Mike |title=Woodland Hills is one of only 10 schools in the country with five NFL players |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/high-school-football/2017/10/26/Woodland-Hills-NFL-WPIAL-Rob-Gronkowski-Ejuan-Price-Lafayette-Pitts-Rontez-Miles-Quinton-Jefferson/stories/201710260121|access-date=October 26, 2017 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=October 26, 2017}}</ref>
| ]
* ], musician and artist<ref>{{cite news |last=Todd |first=Deborah M. |title=Like Wiz Khalifa, rapper Mac Miller is another talent from Allderdice |url=http://old.post-gazette.com/pg/10224/1079223-388.stm |access-date=July 18, 2012 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=August 12, 2010}}</ref>
| 1951
* ], author{{citation needed|date=October 2019|reason=Need to cite a reliable source to verify attendance at this school.}}
| Professor of Physics
* ], Nose tackle, ]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pittsburghpanthers.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=5444 |title=Tyrique Jarrett |publisher=pittsburghpanthers.com |access-date=October 16, 2017 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017024454/http://pittsburghpanthers.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=5444 |archive-date=October 17, 2017}}</ref>
|-
}}
| ]
| 1955
| Professor of Chemistry, ]
|-
| ]
| 1956
| Sportswriter<ref>{{cite news | last = Mervis | first = Scott | title = Gary Graff: Rock 'n' roll observer | url = http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/ae/music/gary-graff-rock-n-roll-observer-657034/ | newspaper = Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | date = October 11, 2012}}</ref>
|-
| ]
| 1956
| Entertainment promoter and manager<ref>{{cite book | title = The Allderdice | date = 1956 | publisher = Taylor Allderdice High School | location = Seniors: Charles B. Wein | page = 73}}</ref>
|-
|]
|1958
|Professor, ];
|-
|]
|1959
|Attorney, local television personality
|-
| ]
| 1960
| Associate Professor, ]
|-
|]
|1962
|]<ref name="pg-oconnor-obit">{{Cite news | first = Rich | last = Lord | title = Obituary: Mayor Robert E. O'Connor / His enthusiasm for city was unbounded | url = http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06245/718570-53.stm | work = Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | date = September 2, 2006 |access-date=November 27, 2006}}</ref>
|-
|]
|1962
|Author and playwright
|-
| ]
| 1963
| President, ]; Provost, ]
|-
|]
|1963
|President and CEO, ], ] and ]<ref name="sdmag">{{cite web | url = http://www.sandiego-online.com/issues/june99/lucchino.shtml | title = Lucchino! |access-date=November 27, 2006 | last = Donoho | first = Ron | date = June 1999 | work = San Diego Magazine | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20020910100216/http://www.sandiego-online.com/issues/june99/lucchino.shtml |archive-date=September 10, 2002}}</ref>
|-
|]
|1964
|Epidemiologist; writer<ref>{{cite book | title = The Allderdice | date = 1964 | publisher = Taylor Allderdice High School | location = Seniors: Devra Davis | page = 51}}</ref>
|-
|]
|1966
|] and Professor of ], ]
|-
|]
|1966
| Editorial Director, ] Media Group
|-
|]
|1966
| Pornographic film and video actor, writer and director
|-
|]
|1973
| Economist, academic, and politician
|-
|]
|1974
|Chemist, ] winner<ref>{{cite news | last1 = Guarino | first1 = Ben | title = 'Her work is incredible': Pittsburgh native Frances Arnold shares Nobel Prize in chemistry | url = http://www.post-gazette.com/news/science/2018/10/03/Nobel-Prize-chemistry-scientists-frances-arnold-pittsburgh-evolution/stories/201810030120 | work = Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | date = October 3, 2018}}</ref>
|-
|]
|1974
|Television producer and writer
|-
|]
|1974
|Author<ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202131300/http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_504403.html |date=February 2, 2009 }}, ''Pittsburgh Tribune-Review'', April 25, 2007</ref>
|-
|]
|1974
|Civil rights attorney<ref name="pg-wolfson">{{Cite news | first = Gary | last = Rotstein | title = Gay marriage advocate says Time's honor good for cause | url = http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04113/304529.stm | work = Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | date = April 22, 2004 |access-date=November 27, 2006}}</ref>
|-
|]
|1976
|Art historian and professor<ref>{{cite book | title = The Allderdice | date = 1976 | publisher = Taylor Allderdice High School | location = Seniors: Joseph Koerner | page = 52}}</ref>
|-
|]
|1978
|Music journalist<ref name="Graff-1">{{cite web |last=Ward |first=Steven |url=http://www.rockcritics.com/interview/garygraff.html |title=Losin' His Mind in Detroit Rock City: An Interview with Gary Graff |access-date=December 12, 2006 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20070101044442/http://www.rockcritics.com/interview/garygraff.html |archive-date=January 1, 2007}}</ref>
|-
|]
|1978
|Comedian; Television producer and writer
|-
|]
|1978
|Theatre director, film director and choreographer<ref name="pg-goldmann" /><ref name="pg-broadway" />
|-
|]
|1980
|Shortstop, ]<ref>{{cite news | last = Assad | first = David | title = Texas recalls Allderdice grad Gary Green | url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6jkxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lm4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5308,636885&dq=gary-green+allderdice&hl=en | newspaper = Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | date = July 3, 1991}}</ref>
|-
|]
|1980
|Choreographer and theatre director<ref name="pg-broadway">{{Cite news | first = Christopher | last = Rawson | authorlink = Christopher Rawson | title = Broadway follows in their footsteps | url = http://www.post-gazette.com/magazine/19940306rawson.asp | work = Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | date = March 6, 1994 |access-date=November 27, 2006}}</ref>
|-
|]
|1983
|Movie director<ref name="pg-goldmann">{{Cite news | first = Ron | last = Weiskind | title = Goldmann driven daffy by Looney Tunes film | url = http://www.postgazette.com/movies/20031122goldmann1122fnp4.asp | work = Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | date = November 22, 2003 |access-date=November 25, 2006}}</ref>
|-
|]
|1984
|Criminal defense attorney; Founder, ]
|-
|]
|1985
|Comic book illustrator<ref name=tws2P313>{{cite news | first = John | last = Hayes | title = Squirrel Hill native works the mainstream and the underground | work = Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | date = April 27, 2001 | url = http://old.post-gazette.com/magazine/20010427lieber9.asp |access-date= August 16, 2012}}</ref>
|-
|]
|1986
|Correspondent, ]
|-
|]
|1986
|Offensive tackle, ]
|-
|]
|1987
|Singer, ] and ]
|-
|]
|1987
|Broadway performer and pop vocalist<ref>{{cite news | last1 = Carter | first1 = Alice T. | title = Billy Porter's one-man show traces his life, onstage and off | url = https://archive.triblive.com/news/billy-porters-one-man-show-traces-his-life-onstage-and-off-2/ |access-date=May 14, 2019 | work = TribLive | publisher = ] | date = April 10, 2005}}</ref>
|-
|]
|1991
|Running back, ];<ref name="pg-playoffs">{{Cite news | first = Chuck | last = Finder | title = AFC Playoffs / The Jets: Curtis Martin a football star by accident | url = http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05014/441889.stm | work = Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | date = January 14, 2005 |access-date=November 27, 2006}}</ref> Inductee, ]
|-
|]
|1997
|Rapper
|-
|]
|2006
|Rapper<ref>{{cite news | last1 = Mervis | first1 = Scott | title = Local Scene: Beedie back with new album | url = http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/music/2012/09/13/Local-Scene-Beedie-back-with-new-album/stories/201209130244|access-date=September 28, 2017 | newspaper = Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | date = September 13, 2012}}</ref>
|-
|]
|2006
|Rapper<ref name="trib-hhpulse">{{Cite news | first = Josie | last = Roberts | title = The hip-hop pulse | url = http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_348314.html | work = Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | date = June 28, 2005 |access-date=December 5, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061211170125/http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_348314.html |archive-date=December 11, 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|]
|2009
|Defensive end, National Football League<ref>{{cite news | last1 = White | first1 = Mike | title = Woodland Hills is one of only 10 schools in the country with five NFL players | url = http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/high-school-football/2017/10/26/Woodland-Hills-NFL-WPIAL-Rob-Gronkowski-Ejuan-Price-Lafayette-Pitts-Rontez-Miles-Quinton-Jefferson/stories/201710260121|access-date=October 26, 2017 | newspaper = Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | date = October 26, 2017}}</ref>
|-
|]
|2010
|Musician and artist<ref>{{cite news | last = Todd | first = Deborah M. | title = Like Wiz Khalifa, rapper Mac Miller is another talent from Allderdice | url = http://old.post-gazette.com/pg/10224/1079223-388.stm|access-date=July 18, 2012 | newspaper = Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | date = August 12, 2010}}</ref>
|-
|]
|2011
|Author and Norman Holmes Pearson Prize Winner{{citation needed|date=October 2019|reason=Need to cite a reliable source to verify attendance at this school.}}
|-
|]
|2012
|Nose tackle, ]<ref>{{cite web | url = http://pittsburghpanthers.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=5444 | title = Tyrique Jarrett | publisher = pittsburghpanthers.com | access-date=October 16, 2017 | url-status=bot: unknown | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20171017024454/http://pittsburghpanthers.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=5444 | archive-date=October 17, 2017}}</ref>
|}


== In popular culture == == In popular culture ==

Revision as of 13:52, 27 April 2020

Public high school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Taylor Allderdice High School
Address
2409 Shady Avenue
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15217
United States
Coordinates40°25′46″N 79°55′10″W / 40.429514°N 79.919379°W / 40.429514; -79.919379
Information
TypePublic high school
Established1927 (1927)
School districtPittsburgh Public Schools
NCES School ID421917000409
PrincipalJames McCoy
Teaching staff102.54 (on an FTE basis)
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,494 (2018-2019)
Student to teacher ratio14.57
Color(s)Green and white   
NicknameDragons
Websitediscoverpps.org/allderdice
Allderdice, Pittsburgh, High School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Pittsburgh Landmark – PHLF
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Location2409 Shady Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Coordinates40°25′46″N 79°55′11″W / 40.42944°N 79.91972°W / 40.42944; -79.91972
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built1927
ArchitectTrimble, Robert
Architectural styleClassical Revival
MPSPittsburgh Public Schools TR
NRHP reference No.86002641
Significant dates
Added to NRHPSeptember 30, 1986
Designated PHLF2002

Taylor Allderdice High School is a public high school in Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It was established in 1927 and is part of the Pittsburgh Public Schools district. It was named for industrialist and Squirrel Hill resident Taylor Allderdice, who was a member of the city's first school board and president of National Tube Company, a subsidiary of U.S. Steel Corporation.

Academics

Allderdice was designated a National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education in 1994, 1995, and 1996.

Notable alumni

This article's list of alumni may not follow Misplaced Pages's verifiability policy. Please improve this article by removing names that do not have independent reliable sources showing they merit inclusion in this article AND are alumni, or by incorporating the relevant publications into the body of the article through appropriate citations. (January 2019)
Name Class year Notability
Lenny Levy 1932 Coach, Pittsburgh Pirates
Gene Forrell 1933 Composer and conductor
Bernard Fisher 1936 Cancer surgeon and researcher
Alan Perlis 1939 Computer scientist
Marty Allen 1940 Stand-up comedian and actor
Herb Douglas 1940 Bronze medalist, 1948 Summer Olympics
Jerry Fielding 1940 Musician, arranger, bandleader, and film composer
Myron Cope 1947 Sportscaster and announcer, Pittsburgh Steelers, WTAE-TV, and WTAE-AM
Richard Caliguiri 1950 Mayor of Pittsburgh
Robert Weinberg 1950 Professor and cancer biologist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
James S. Langer 1951 Professor of Physics
John Isaiah Brauman 1955 Professor of Chemistry, Stanford University
Murray Chass 1956 Sportswriter
Chuck Wein 1956 Entertainment promoter and manager
Stephen J. Lippard 1958 Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology;
Edgar Snyder 1959 Attorney, local television personality
Sara Alpern 1960 Associate Professor, Texas A&M University
Bob O'Connor 1962 Mayor of Pittsburgh
Iris Rainer Dart 1962 Author and playwright
Harvey V. Fineberg 1963 President, Institute of Medicine; Provost, Harvard University
Larry Lucchino 1963 President and CEO, Boston Red Sox, Baltimore Orioles and San Diego Padres
Devra Davis 1964 Epidemiologist; writer
David P. Dobkin 1966 Dean of the Faculty and Professor of Computer Science, Princeton University
Howard Fineman 1966 Editorial Director, The Huffington Post Media Group
Richard Pacheco 1966 Pornographic film and video actor, writer and director
Edward B. Montgomery 1973 Economist, academic, and politician
Frances Arnold 1974 Chemist, Nobel Prize winner
Sally Lapiduss 1974 Television producer and writer
Nathaniel Philbrick 1974 Author
Evan Wolfson 1974 Civil rights attorney
Joseph Koerner 1976 Art historian and professor
Gary Graff 1978 Music journalist
Maxine Lapiduss 1978 Comedian; Television producer and writer
Rob Marshall 1978 Theatre director, film director and choreographer
Gary Green 1980 Shortstop, Major League Baseball
Kathleen Marshall 1980 Choreographer and theatre director
Antoine Fuqua 1983 Movie director
Jonathan Rapping 1984 Criminal defense attorney; Founder, Gideon's Promise
Steve Lieber 1985 Comic book illustrator
Sharon Epperson 1986 Correspondent, CNBC
James Williams 1986 Offensive tackle, Chicago Bears
Jesse Michaels 1987 Singer, Operation Ivy and Common Rider
Billy Porter 1987 Broadway performer and pop vocalist
Curtis Martin 1991 Running back, National Football League; Inductee, Pro Football Hall of Fame
Pittsburgh Slim 1997 Rapper
Beedie 2006 Rapper
Wiz Khalifa 2006 Rapper
Will Clarke 2009 Defensive end, National Football League
Mac Miller 2010 Musician and artist
Scott W. Stern 2011 Author and Norman Holmes Pearson Prize Winner
Tyrique Jarrett 2012 Nose tackle, Denver Broncos

In popular culture

In 2012, rapper Wiz Khalifa released Taylor Allderdice, a mixtape named for his alma mater.

References

  1. ^ "Search for Public Schools - Pittsburgh Allderdice HS (421917000409)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
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