Peabody High School (Pennsylvania)

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Type Public Closed 2011 Phone +1 412-665-2050 Founded 1911		Established 1911 Color(s) Maroon and gray District Pittsburgh Public Schools Mascot Highlander
School district Pittsburgh Public Schools Address 515 N Highland Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15206, USA Similar Taylor Allderdice High Sch, Schenley High School, Barack Obama Academy, Pittsburgh Phillips K‑5 Elementa, Colfax Elementary School

Peabody High School was a public school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 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 relocated to the building starting in the 2012-2013 school year. The Peabody name will no longer be used.

Notable alumni

Kevan Barlow - NFL player

Mike Barnes - NFL player

Romare Bearden - artist and writer

Mel Bennett - NBA player

Kenneth Burke - Literary theorist who had a powerful impact on 20th-century philosophy, aesthetics, criticism, and rhetorical theory

Malcolm Cowley - novelist, poet, literary critic and journalist

Billy Eckstine - singer and bandleader

George Otto Gey - propagated the HeLa cell line, credited with creating the roller drum and one of the first to ever film cell division.

Jack Gilbert - poet

Frank Gorshin - actor and comedian

Charles Grodin - actor, comedian, author and television talk show host

Gene Kelly - dancer, actor and choreographer

David Logan - NFL player

Lorin Maazel - conductor, violinist and composer

Michael "Dodo" Marmarosa – jazz pianist

Zelda Rubinstein - actor,human rights and activist

Edith S. Sampson - Lawyer, judge and United Nations delegate

Robert Schmertz - artist

Bob Smizik - newspaper sportswriter and columnist

David Stock composer and conductor, founder of the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble

Burton Tansky - department store executive

David Tepper - hedge fund manager and philanthropist

Regis Toomey - actor

Fritz Weaver - actor

John Edgar Wideman - writer and professor

Jonathan Wolken - dancer, co-founder, artistic director of Pilobolus dance company.

References

Peabody High School (Pennsylvania) Wikipedia

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