Haaren High School was a high school located in Midtown Manhattan, New York, United States. The school was noted for its vocational program including classes focusing on internal combustion engines.[1] The facility was constructed in 1903 to house DeWitt Clinton High School. When that school relocated in 1927, it became home to Haaren High School (named for educator John Henry Haaren) until that school closed in the late 1970s.[2] After developers announced plans to renovate the building to house offices, production studios and retail, John Jay College purchased the structure in 1988 and remodeled it to house offices, a library, classrooms and other facilities.[3][4]
Notable alumni
edit- Herman Badillo (1929–2014), first Puerto Rican-American U.S. congressman[5]
- Mario Biaggi (1917–2015), decorated policeman and US Congressman
- Edd Byrnes, actor
- Ron Carey (1936–2008), president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters
- Ed Feingersh, 1950s photojournalist
- Padraic Fiacc, Irish poet
- Robert García, New York Assemblyman and congressman
- David Greenglass, 1950s Soviet spy[6]
- Joe Hayes, Taekwondo fighter and champion[7]
- Lynbert Johnson, NBA player
- Robert Mitchum (1917–1997), actor
- Pedro Pietri, Nuyorican poet
- Paul Rand, graphic designer and illustrator
- Albert Salmi, actor[8]
- Ray Santos (1928–2019), Grammy Award-winning Latin musician.[9]
- George Stade, novelist and Columbia literature professor.[10]
- James Victor, actor[11]
- John Worth, President and executive director of the Academy of Model Aeronautics[12]
References
edit- ^ Badillo, Herman (2006). One Nation, One Standard: An Ex-Liberal on How Hispanics Can Succeed Just Like Other Immigrant Groups. New York City: Penguin Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1440622700. Retrieved June 24, 2015.
- ^ Rondinaro, Gene (May 19, 1985). "New Uses for an Old High School". The New York Times.
- ^ Dunlap, David W. (November 2, 2011). "With $600 Million Building, John Jay College Gains a Whole Campus". The New York Times.
- ^ "The Harlem Renaissance in Haaren Hall". Retrieved February 8, 2017.
- ^ Mishkin, Budd (November 3, 2008). "One On 1: Politician, Educator Herman Badillo Asks What If". NY1. Archived from the original on February 11, 2017. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
- ^ McFadden, Robert D. (October 14, 2014). "David Greenglass, Spy Who Helped Seal the Rosenbergs' Doom, Dies at 92". The New York Times.
David graduated from Haaren High School in 1940 with only fair grades. He attended Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, but flunked out.
- ^ "Blak Belt Yearbook". X (10). October 1972: 24–25. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Albert Salmi, Actor, 62, Is Found Shot to Death in Home With Wife". The New York Times. Associated Press. April 25, 1990. Retrieved February 8, 2017.
A New Yorker of Finnish descent, Mr. Salmi grew up in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn and attended Haaren High School in Manhattan, where he studied aviation mechanics.
- ^ Slotnik, Daniel E. "Ray Santos, a Pillar of Latin Jazz, Is Dead at 90", The New York Times, October 23, 2019. Accessed October 23, 2019. "He began studying the saxophone as a teenager and graduated from Haaren High School in Manhattan before studying classical music at the Juilliard School, where his contemporaries included the saxophonist Teo Macero, who would later become an acclaimed record producer, and the soprano Leontyne Price."
- ^ Seelye, Katherine (March 8, 2009). "George Stade, Scholar-Novelist Partial to the Popular, Dies at 85". New York Times. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
- ^ Barnes, Mike (July 2, 2016). "James Victor, Cassavetes Protege and 'Zorro' Actor, Dies at 76". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
- ^ "Autobiography of John Worth" (PDF). Academy of Model Aeronautics. February 2012. Retrieved February 8, 2017.