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{{Short description|Public high school in Pittsburgh, U.S.}}
{{Infobox School
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2019}}
|name = Taylor Allderdice High School
{{Infobox school
|image = Allderdice.jpg
| name = Taylor Allderdice High School
|motto = Know something. Do something. Be something.
| image = Allderdice.jpg
|established = ]
|type = ] | alt =
|affiliation = | caption =
| motto = Know Something, Do Something, Be Something<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://squirrelhillhistory.org/the-history-of-allderdice-high-school/|title = The History of Allderdice High School|date = February 14, 2019|access-date = November 1, 2020|archive-date = November 25, 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201125220531/https://squirrelhillhistory.org/the-history-of-allderdice-high-school/|url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/14/sports/football/for-martin-a-mixture-of-oil-with-talent.html|title = For Martin, a Mixture of Oil with Talent|newspaper = The New York Times|date = January 14, 2005|last1 = Chass|first1 = Murray|access-date = November 1, 2020|archive-date = November 6, 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201106043007/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/14/sports/football/for-martin-a-mixture-of-oil-with-talent.html|url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/wolfsons-work-broke-ground-for-same-sex-marriage/|title = Wolfson's work broke ground for same-sex marriage| date=August 28, 2023 }}</ref>
|district = ]
|grades = 9&ndash;12 | motto_translation =
| address = 2409 Shady Avenue
|president =
| city = ]
|principal = Bernard Komoroski<ref>{{cite news |first=Joe |last=Smydo |title=Allderdice gets new principal -- again |url=http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07082/771885-298.stm |work=] |date=2007-03-23 |accessdate=2007-03-25 }}</ref>
| state = Pennsylvania
|head of school =
|dean = | zipcode = 15217
|faculty = | country = United States
| coordinates = {{Coord|40.429514|N|79.919379|W|format=dms|region:US-PA_type:edu|display=inline,title}}
|staff =
| other_name = <!-- or | other_names = -->
|students =
| former_name = <!-- or | former_names = -->
|enrollment = 1,638 as of 1-Apr-2007<ref name="BoE-Allderdice">{{cite web |url= http://www.pps.k12.pa.us/Allderdice.asp|title= Allderdice|accessdate=2007-04-03 |work= Pittsburgh Public Schools Web Site}}</ref>
| type = ] ]
|athletics =
| religious_affiliation =
|conference =
|colors = Green and White | established = {{Start date|1927}}
| founder = <!-- or | founders = -->
|mascot = ]
| closed = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
|free_label = Representative
| district = ]
|free_text = William Isler
| us_nces_school_id = {{NCES School ID|421917000409|school_name=Pittsburgh Allderdice HS|access_date=December 26, 2024|ref_name=NCES}}
|free_label2 =
| principal = James McCoy<ref>{{cite web |title=Discover PPS: Allderdice High School |url=http://www.discoverpps.org/allderdice/staff |website=Pittsburgh Public Schools |access-date=October 23, 2016 |archive-date=October 29, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191029015708/http://www.discoverpps.org/allderdice/staff |url-status=live }}{{self-published inline|certain=yes|date=October 2022}}</ref>
|free_text2 =
| teaching_staff = 95.50 (])<ref name="NCES" />
|location = 2409 Shady Avenue<br/ >] 15217 {{coor title d|40.429514|N|79.919379|W|type:landmark}}
|country = USA | grades = 9–12
| enrollment = 1,294 (2023–2024)<ref name="NCES" />
|contact number = 412-422-4800
| ratio = 13.55<ref name="NCES" />
|website =
| campus_size =
| campus_type =
| colors = Green and white {{Color box|Green}}{{Color box|White}}<ref name="School Information">{{cite web |title=Discover PPS: Allderdice High School |url=http://www.discoverpps.org/allderdice |website=Pittsburgh Public Schools |access-date=October 23, 2016 |archive-date=November 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105042101/http://discoverpps.org/allderdice |url-status=live }}{{self-published inline|certain=yes|date=October 2022}}</ref>
| athletics_conference =
| mascot =
| nickname = Dragons/Dice <ref name="School Information" />
| accreditation = <!-- or | accreditations = -->
| publication =
| newspaper =
| yearbook =
| affiliation = <!-- or | affiliations = -->
| nobel_laureates = {{ubl|]|]}}
| website = {{URL|discoverpps.org/allderdice}}
| footnotes =
| module = {{Infobox NRHP
| embed = yes
| name = Allderdice, Pittsburgh, High School
| nrhp_type =
| image =
| caption =
| designated_other1 = PHLF
| designated_other1_date = 2002
| built = 1927<ref name="School Information"/>
| architect = Robert Maurice Trimble<ref>{{cite web |title=Taylor Allderdice High School Biology Class |url=https://historicpittsburgh.org/islandora/object/pitt:MSP117.B013.F06.I03 |website=Historic Pittsburgh |publisher=University of Pittsburgh Library System |access-date=February 16, 2022 |archive-date=February 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216220705/https://historicpittsburgh.org/islandora/object/pitt:MSP117.B013.F06.I03 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Baron |first1=Jennifer Lynne |title=Up Front |journal=Western Pennsylvania History |date=Fall 2006 |page=10 |url=https://journals.psu.edu/wph/article/viewFile/7688/7461 |access-date=February 16, 2022}}</ref>
| architecture = Classical Revival
| added = September 30, 1986
| area = {{Convert|3|acres}}
| mpsub = {{NRHP url|id=64000731|title=Pittsburgh Public Schools TR}}
| refnum = 86002641<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>
}}<!-- Infobox NRHP -->
}}<!-- Infobox school -->


'''Taylor Allderdice High School''' is a ] ] in the ] neighborhood of ], Pennsylvania. The school was established in 1927 and is part of the ] 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 ].<ref name="PPG Taylor Allderdice name">{{cite news |last=Lee |first=Carmen J. |title=The name on a school stays, but memory of the person fades |url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=19980316&id=TN8NAAAAIBAJ&sjid=u28DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6165,5293362 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=March 16, 1998}}</ref>
}}
'''Taylor Allderdice High School''' is a ] located in the ] neighborhood of ], ], ].


== Awards and recognition ==
Its feeder district includes all or parts of ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], ], Park Place, ], and ]. Students from other neighborhoods within Pittsburgh and the ] may also attend Allderdice through the pre-engineering magnet program or through the No Child Left Behind Act, because the school has the district's highest State Standardized Test scores.{{Fact|date=February 2007}}
Allderdice was designated a ] by the ] in 1994, 1995, and 1996.<ref name="Blue Ribbon School 1994-1996">{{cite web |title=Blue Ribbon Schools Program: 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 |url=http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/list-1982.pdf |access-date=April 3, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130304095624/http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/list-1982.pdf |archive-date=March 4, 2013}}</ref>


== Notable alumni ==
Taylor Allderdice is one of ten high schools in the ], and it has the largest student population of any school in the district. It is consistently recognized as one of the best urban public high schools in America, with a gifted and honors programs for those who qualify. It won a Blue Ribbon award from the ] in 1996, in 2005 was ranked as tied for 1,062<sup>nd</sup> place in '']'''s top high schools<ref name="nw-2005">{{cite news |first= Barbara|last= Kantrowitz|coauthors= Julie Scelfo and William Lee Adams|title= The 100 Best High Schools in America|url= http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8759025/site/newsweek/page/11/|publisher= Newsweek|date= 2005-05-16|accessdate=2006-11-22 }}</ref> and in 2006 it was ranked 1,036<sup>th</sup>.<ref name="nw-2006">{{cite news |first= Barbara|last= Kantrowitz|coauthors= Pat Wingert|title= What Makes a High School Great?|url= http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12532678/site/newsweek/?s=1100&np=12&sort=raa|publisher= Newsweek|date= 2006-05-08|accessdate=2006-11-22 }}</ref> In ] it was ranked as 148<sup>th</sup> of 601 high schools in Pennsylvania.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.schooldigger.com/go/PA/schools/1917000409/school.aspx |title=Allderdice High School, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania / PA school information |accessdate=2005-01-05 |work=School Digger Website}}</ref>
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{| class="wikitable collapsible sortable"
==Current student body==
|+ List of notable alumni of Taylor Allderdice High School<!-- Per WP:ACCESSIBILITY MOS:TABLECAPTION, Data tables should always include a descriptive caption. -->
As of ] ]<ref name="BoE-Allderdice" />
{| class="wikitable"
! Subset
! Number of students
! Percent
|- |-
! scope="col" | Name
| All
! scope="col" | {{br list | Class | year}}
| 1,638
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Notability
| 100%
|- |-
| {{sortname|Lenny|Levy}}
| White
| 915 | 1932
| 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>
| 55.86%
|- |-
| {{sortname|Gene|Forrell}}
| African American
| 641 | 1933
| 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 | archive-date = March 12, 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070312104012/http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05271/578843.stm | url-status = live }}</ref>
| 39.13%
|- |-
| {{sortname|Bernard|Fisher|Bernard Fisher (scientist)}}
| Asian
| 27 | 1936
| Cancer surgeon and researcher<ref name="TAHS Hall of Fame">{{Cite web|url=https://www.post-gazette.com/local/east/2009/10/08/Six-honored-at-Allderdice-High/stories/200910080437|title=Six honored at Allderdice High|access-date=November 17, 2020|archive-date=September 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920014128/https://www.post-gazette.com/local/east/2009/10/08/Six-honored-at-Allderdice-High/stories/200910080437|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 1.65%
|- |-
| {{sortname|Alan|Perlis}}
| Hispanic
| 13 | 1939
| 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 | archive-date = April 26, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120426093320/https://amturing.acm.org/award_winners/perlis_0132439.cfm | url-status = live }}</ref>
| 0.79%
|- |-

| Mulitracial
| {{sortname|Marty|Allen|Marty Allen (comedian)}}
| 40
| 2.44% | 1940
| Stand-up comedian and actor<ref name="TAHS Hall of Fame"/>
|- |-
| {{sortname|Herb|Douglas}}
| American Indian
| 2 | 1940
| Bronze medalist, ]<ref name="TAHS Hall of Fame"/>
| 0.12%
|- |-
| {{sortname|Jerry|Fielding}}
| Male
| 865 | 1940
| Musician, arranger, bandleader, and film composer<ref>Cohen, Harold V. (March 7, 1953). . ''The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette''. Retrieved November 17, 2017.</ref><ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201030716/http://www.classcreator.com/pittsburgh-pennsylvania-allderdice-1927-2021/class_classmates.cfm?year_id=1940 |date=December 1, 2017 }}. AllderdiceAlumni.com. Retrieved November 17, 2017.</ref>
| 52.81%
|- |-
| {{sortname|Philip|Pearlstein}}
| Female
| 773 | 1942
| Painter<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theartstory.org/artist/pearlstein-philip/life-and-legacy/|title=Philip Pearlstein Biography, Life & Quotes|access-date=November 17, 2020|archive-date=December 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202011240/https://www.theartstory.org/artist/pearlstein-philip/life-and-legacy/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://carnegiemuseums.org/magazine-archive/1998/novdec/feat7.htm|title=Philip Pearlstein: World War II Drawings|access-date=November 17, 2020|archive-date=September 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210919100739/https://carnegiemuseums.org/magazine-archive/1998/novdec/feat7.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | title = The Allderdice | date = 1942 | publisher = Taylor Allderdice High School | location = Seniors: Philip M. Pearlstein | page = 60}}</ref>
| 47.19%
|-
| {{sortname|Gerald|Stern}}
| 1942
| Poet, essayist, and educator<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/at-90-poet-gerald-stern-honored-at-pitt-this-feels-terrific/|title=At 90, poet Gerald Stern honored at Pitt: 'This feels terrific'|date=May 29, 2023|access-date=November 17, 2020|archive-date=October 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030170034/https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/at-90-poet-gerald-stern-honored-at-pitt-this-feels-terrific/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|Myron|Cope}}
| 1947
| Sportscaster and announcer, ], ], and WTAE-AM<ref name="TAHS Hall of Fame"/>
|-
| {{sortname|Richard|Caliguiri}}
| 1950
| ]<ref>{{cite web|title=Pittsburgh Allderdice Hall of Fame Ceremony is next week|url=http://php.pghboe.net/news/index.php/2010/10/21/pittsburgh-allderdice-hall-of-fame-ceremony-is-next-week/|publisher=Pittsburgh Public Schools|access-date=July 18, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130222014428/http://php.pghboe.net/news/index.php/2010/10/21/pittsburgh-allderdice-hall-of-fame-ceremony-is-next-week/|archive-date=February 22, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|James S.|Langer}}
| 1951
| Professor of Physics
|-
| {{sortname|John Isaiah|Brauman}}
| 1955
| Professor of Chemistry, ]<ref>{{cite book | title = The Allderdice | date = 1955 | publisher = Taylor Allderdice High School | location = Seniors: John I. Brauman | page = 46}}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|Murray|Chass}}
| 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 | access-date = October 14, 2012 | archive-date = November 16, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121116121943/http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/ae/music/gary-graff-rock-n-roll-observer-657034/ | url-status = live }}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|Chuck|Wein}}
| 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>
|-
| {{sortname|Stephen J.|Lippard}}
| 1958
| Professor, ]
|-
| {{sortname|Edgar|Snyder}}
| 1959
| Attorney, local television personality<ref name="Pittsburgh Quarterly">{{cite news |last1=Sewald |first1=Jeff |title=Edgar Snyder, Attorney: A life's recounting in the subject's own words |url=https://pittsburghquarterly.com/pq-people-opinion/pq-profiles/item/382-edgar-snyder.html |access-date=November 17, 2020 |magazine=] |date=Fall 2012 |archive-date=May 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502004713/https://pittsburghquarterly.com/pq-people-opinion/pq-profiles/item/382-edgar-snyder.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Bio">{{cite web |title=Meet Attorney Edgar Snyder: Attorney Snyder's Story |url=https://www.edgarsnyder.com/our-firm/attorneys/attorney-edgar-snyder.html |website=Edgar Snyder & Associates |access-date=November 17, 2020 |archive-date=May 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502004715/https://www.edgarsnyder.com/our-firm/attorneys/attorney-edgar-snyder.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Allderdice|date=1959|publisher=Taylor Allderdice High School|location=June Class: Edgar Snyder|page=67}}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|Howard|Spodek}}
| 1959
|Historian, professor{{Citation needed |date=February 2024}}
|-
| {{sortname|Robert|Weinberg|Robert Weinberg (biologist)}}
| 1960
| Professor and cancer biologist, ]
|-
| {{sortname|Patti|Deutsch}}
| 1961
| Actress and comedian<ref>{{cite book |title=The Allderdice 1961 |location=June Class |page=45 |url=http://www.donslist.net/PGHLookups/cgi-bin/HandOff-1_0.cgi?TAHS1961+TAHS1961+0045SP |access-date=March 16, 2021 |archive-date=September 21, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921001507/http://www.donslist.net/PGHLookups/cgi-bin/HandOff-1_0.cgi?TAHS1961+TAHS1961+0045SP |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|Bob|O'Connor|Bob O'Connor (mayor)|OConnor, Bob}}
| 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 | archive-date = September 29, 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070929134319/http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06245/718570-53.stm | url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="2011 Hall of Fame" />
|-
| {{sortname|Iris Rainer|Dart}}
| 1962
| Author and playwright<ref name="TAHS Hall of Fame"/>
|-
| {{sortname|Jamie|deRoy}}
| 1963
| Stage producer; cabaret, stage, film, and TV performer<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tabachnick |first1=Toby |title=Pittsburgh native Jamie deRoy nominated for 4 Tony Awards |url=https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/pittsburgher-jamie-deroy-nominated-for-4-tony-awards/ |access-date=May 15, 2022 |publisher=Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle |date=May 13, 2022 |archive-date=May 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220514063446/https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/pittsburgher-jamie-deroy-nominated-for-4-tony-awards/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|Harvey V.|Fineberg}}
| 1963
| President, ]; Provost, ]
|-
| {{sortname|Lewis|Hyde}}
| 1963
| Essayist, professor, scholar, translator, writer<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://lewishyde.com/bio/ |title=Bio — Lewis Hyde |accessdate=February 16, 2024 |website=Lewis Hyde — Official website}}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|Larry|Lucchino}}
| 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 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20020910100216/http://www.sandiego-online.com/issues/june99/lucchino.shtml |archive-date=September 10, 2002}}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|Devra|Davis}}
| 1964
| Epidemiologist; writer<ref>{{cite book | title = The Allderdice | date = 1964 | publisher = Taylor Allderdice High School | location = Seniors: Devra Davis | page = 51}}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|David P.|Dobkin}}
| 1966
| ] and Professor of ], ]
|-
| {{sortname|Howard|Fineman}}
| 1966
| Editorial Director, ] Media Group
|-
| {{sortname|Richard|Pacheco}}
| 1966
| Pornographic film and video actor, writer and director<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/books/2013/11/13/Allderdice-grad-s-book-recalls-his-porn-star-days/stories/201311130037|title=Allderdice grad's book recalls his porn star days|website=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|language=en|access-date=November 17, 2020|archive-date=September 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920032846/https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/books/2013/11/13/Allderdice-grad-s-book-recalls-his-porn-star-days/stories/201311130037|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|Judith|Bartnoff}}
| 1967
| Judge, ]<ref name="2011 Hall of Fame" />
|-
| {{sortname|Edward B.|Montgomery}}
| 1973
| Economist, academic, and politician<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://php.pghboe.net/news/index.php/2010/10/21/pittsburgh-allderdice-hall-of-fame-ceremony-is-next-week/ |title = Pittsburgh Public Schools News » Blog Archive » Pittsburgh Allderdice… |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130222014428/http://php.pghboe.net/news/index.php/2010/10/21/pittsburgh-allderdice-hall-of-fame-ceremony-is-next-week/ |archive-date=22 February 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|Frances|Arnold}}
| 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 | access-date = March 10, 2021 | archive-date = October 4, 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181004062443/http://www.post-gazette.com/news/science/2018/10/03/Nobel-Prize-chemistry-scientists-frances-arnold-pittsburgh-evolution/stories/201810030120 | url-status = live }}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|Sally|Lapiduss}}
| 1974
| Television producer and writer
|-
| {{sortname|Nathaniel|Philbrick}}
| 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>
|-
| {{sortname|Evan|Wolfson}}
| 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 | archive-date = September 29, 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070929212048/http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04113/304529.stm | url-status = live }}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|Joseph|Koerner}}
| 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>
|-
| {{sortname|Joshua|Angrist}}
| 1977
| Economist, ] winner<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://triblive.com/local/family-celebrates-nobel-prize-winner-from-pittsburgh/|title = Family celebrates Nobel Prize winner from Pittsburgh|date = October 11, 2021|access-date = October 18, 2021|archive-date = October 18, 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211018013215/https://triblive.com/local/family-celebrates-nobel-prize-winner-from-pittsburgh/|url-status = live}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Paul|Costa|Paul Costa (politician)}}
| 1978
| Accountant, Pennsylvania State Representative
|-
| {{sortname|Gary|Graff}}
| 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=https://web.archive.org/web/20070101044442/http://www.rockcritics.com/interview/garygraff.html |archive-date=January 1, 2007}}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|Maxine|Lapiduss}}
| 1978
| Comedian; Television producer and writer<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-08-13|title=Heyl: Pittsburgh's Taylor Allderdice High School Churns Out The Rich And Famous|url=https://patch.com/pennsylvania/pittsburgh/heyl-pittsburghs-taylor-allderdice-high-school-churns-out-rich-famous|access-date=2022-03-23|website=Pittsburgh, PA Patch|language=en|archive-date=September 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914130125/https://patch.com/pennsylvania/pittsburgh/heyl-pittsburghs-taylor-allderdice-high-school-churns-out-rich-famous|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Rob|Marshall}}
| 1978
| Theatre director, film director and choreographer<ref name="pg-goldmann" /><ref name="pg-broadway" /><ref name="2011 Hall of Fame" />
|-
| {{sortname|Gary|Green|Gary Green (baseball)}}
| 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>
|-
| {{sortname|Kathleen|Marshall}}
| 1980
| Choreographer and theatre director<ref name="pg-broadway">{{Cite news | first = Christopher | last = Rawson | author-link = 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 | archive-date = September 29, 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070929210548/http://www.post-gazette.com/magazine/19940306rawson.asp | url-status = live }}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|Michael J.|Tarr}}
| 1980
| Cognitive neuroscientist<ref>{{cite book | title = The Allderdice | date = 1980 | publisher = Taylor Allderdice High School | location = Seniors: Michael Tarr | page = 198}}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|Antoine|Fuqua}}
| 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 | archive-date = September 27, 2007 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070927184209/http://www.postgazette.com/movies/20031122goldmann1122fnp4.asp | url-status = live }}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|Jonathan|Rapping}}
| 1984
| Criminal defense attorney; Founder, ]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.triblive.com/local/pittsburgh-allegheny/professor-lawyer-with-pittsburgh-ties-earn-macarthur-genius-grants/#axzz3bVIhvdvN|title=Welcome|access-date=November 17, 2020|archive-date=January 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111152733/https://archive.triblive.com/local/pittsburgh-allegheny/professor-lawyer-with-pittsburgh-ties-earn-macarthur-genius-grants/#axzz3bVIhvdvN|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|Steve|Lieber}}
| 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 | archive-date = January 6, 2016 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160106230117/http://old.post-gazette.com/magazine/20010427lieber9.asp | url-status = live }}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|Edna|Campbell}}
| 1986
| Guard, ]<ref name="All-Time Girls Basketball Fab 5">{{Cite news | title = All-Time Girls Basketball Fab 5 | url = https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/high-school-basketball/2020/04/10/all-time-girls-basketball-Post-Gazette-Fab-5-Swin-Cash-Suzie-McConnell-Tanisha-Wright-Shatori-Walker-Kimbrough-Edna-Campbell-1/stories/202004100035 | access-date = July 16, 2021 | archive-date = September 19, 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210919182214/https://www.post-gazette.com/sports/high-school-basketball/2020/04/10/all-time-girls-basketball-Post-Gazette-Fab-5-Swin-Cash-Suzie-McConnell-Tanisha-Wright-Shatori-Walker-Kimbrough-Edna-Campbell-1/stories/202004100035 | url-status = live }}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|Sharon|Epperson}}
| 1986
| Correspondent, ]<ref name="2011 Hall of Fame">{{Cite web|url=https://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2011/10/31/Allderdice-to-induct-6-to-Alumni-Hall-of-Fame/stories/201110310301|title=Allderdice to induct 6 to Alumni Hall of Fame|access-date=November 17, 2020|archive-date=May 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180518195924/https://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2011/10/31/Allderdice-to-induct-6-to-Alumni-Hall-of-Fame/stories/201110310301|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|James|Williams|James O. Williams}}
| 1986
| Offensive tackle, ]
|-
| {{sortname|Russell|Freeman|Russell Freeman (American football)}}
| 1987
| Offensive Tackle, ]<ref>{{cite web |title=Russ Freeman |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/F/FreeRu20.htm |website=] |access-date=2021-07-18 |archive-date=July 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210718151004/https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/F/FreeRu20.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|Billy|Porter|Billy Porter (entertainer)}}
| 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 | archive-date = May 14, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190514131706/https://archive.triblive.com/news/billy-porters-one-man-show-traces-his-life-onstage-and-off-2/ | url-status = live }}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|Curtis|Martin}}
| 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 | archive-date = June 29, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110629014412/http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05014/441889.stm | url-status = live }}</ref><ref name="2011 Hall of Fame" /> Inductee, ]
|-
| {{sortname|Blake|Hounshell}}
| 1996
| Journalist<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/01/10/blake-hounshell-remembrance-beloved-journalist-00077366|title=In Remembrance of a Beloved and Very Online Journalist|website=]|date=January 10, 2023|access-date=May 1, 2023|archive-date=January 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230111024538/https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/01/10/blake-hounshell-remembrance-beloved-journalist-00077366|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|Michael|Solomonov}}
| 1996
| Chef and restaurateur<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.post-gazette.com/life/munch/2016/10/09/Munch-goes-to-Philadelphia-for-25-hours/stories/201610090022|title=Munch goes to Philadelphia (For 25 hours)|access-date=October 18, 2021|archive-date=October 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018012623/https://www.post-gazette.com/life/munch/2016/10/09/Munch-goes-to-Philadelphia-for-25-hours/stories/201610090022|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|Pittsburgh|Slim}}
| 1997
| Rapper<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/2007/11/11/Jay-Z-taps-hip-hopper-with-local-roots-as-next-Tastemaker/stories/200711110246|title=Jay-Z taps hip-hopper with local roots as next 'Tastemaker'|access-date=November 17, 2020|archive-date=September 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920032823/https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/2007/11/11/Jay-Z-taps-hip-hopper-with-local-roots-as-next-Tastemaker/stories/200711110246|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/a-conversation-with-pittsburgh-slim/Content?oid=1339401|title=A Conversation with Pittsburgh Slim|access-date=November 17, 2020|archive-date=September 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928072516/https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/a-conversation-with-pittsburgh-slim/Content?oid=1339401|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname||Beedie|Beedie (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 | archive-date = September 29, 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170929000846/http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/music/2012/09/13/Local-Scene-Beedie-back-with-new-album/stories/201209130244 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url = http://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/being-beedie/Content?oid=1569774|title = Being Beedie|last = Webb|first = Rory D.|website = Pittsburgh City Paper|access-date = 2016-04-07}}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|Wiz|Khalifa}}
| 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><ref name="Brotha Ash">{{cite web|title=Exclusive interview: hip hop phenomenon Wiz Khalifa|url=http://www.brothaashproductions.com/WizKhalifaInterview.htm|publisher=Brotha Ash Productions|access-date=November 18, 2010|date=March 18, 2006}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Will|Clarke|Will Clarke (American football)}}
| 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 | archive-date = October 16, 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181016125817/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 | url-status = live }}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|Mac|Miller}}
| 2010
| Rapper and music producer<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 | archive-date = November 5, 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181105230831/http://old.post-gazette.com/pg/10224/1079223-388.stm | url-status = live }}</ref>
|-
| {{sortname|Scott W.|Stern}}
| 2011
| Author and Norman Holmes Pearson Prize Winner<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/books/2018/05/09/Scott-Stern-author-book-The-Trials-of-Nina-McCall-sexually-transmitted-disease-Yale-Pittsburgh-Squirrel-Hill-Allderdice/stories/201805090012|title=Squirrel Hill author unveils a national scandal tied to STDs|access-date=November 17, 2020|archive-date=November 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109035731/https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/books/2018/05/09/Scott-Stern-author-book-The-Trials-of-Nina-McCall-sexually-transmitted-disease-Yale-Pittsburgh-Squirrel-Hill-Allderdice/stories/201805090012|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| {{sortname|Tyrique|Jarrett}}
| 2012
| Nose tackle, ]<ref>* Original: {{cite web | url = http://pittsburghpanthers.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=5444 | title = Tyrique Jarrett | publisher = pittsburghpanthers.com | access-date = October 16, 2017 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171017024454/http://pittsburghpanthers.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=5444 | archive-date = October 17, 2017 }}
* Rehosted: {{Cite web | url = https://pittsburghpanthers.com/sports/football/roster/tyrique-jarrett/5444 | title = Tyrique Jarrett - Football - Pitt Panthers #H2P | website = Pittsburgh Panthers | access-date = January 6, 2023 | quote = Earned status as the Pittsburgh City League's top lineman in 2011 at Taylor Allderdice... | archive-date = January 6, 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230106162231/https://pittsburghpanthers.com/sports/football/roster/tyrique-jarrett/5444 | url-status = live }}</ref>
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== The ''Foreword'' == == In popular culture ==
In 2012, rapper Wiz Khalifa released '']'', a mixtape named for his ].<ref name="PPG mixtape">{{cite news | last = Mervis | first = Scott | title = Local Scene: Wiz Khalifa buzz builds for 'Taylor Allderdice' | url = http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/ae/music/local-scene-wiz-khalifa-buzz-builds-for-taylor-allderdice-220463/ | newspaper = Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | date = March 1, 2012}}</ref>

The school has published its newspaper, the ''Foreword'', since Taylor Allderdice's founding in 1927.<ref name="pittcat-1">Cf. the first record retrieved by a search of the University of Pittsburgh library database at http://pittcat.pitt.edu on the search term "taylor allderdice foreword" and also cf. http://allderdicehs.pghboe.net/foreword/foreword-p1.shtm. Both retrieved on ] ].</ref> Faculty oversee students who produce the paper in an informal setting in conjunction with the English department's journalism courses, which teach "gathering accurate information and interviews from official sources in order to inform, educate, interest, or entertain student readers."<ref name="allderdicehs-1">http://http://allderdicehs.pghboe.net/departments/english/couses.shtm. Retrieved on ] ].</ref> During the 1970s, the paper carried the motto "Serving Allderdice High School and the community,"<ref name="Allderdice-1">{{cite web |url= http://static-169-229-215-122.comlit.berkeley.edu/repository/Allderdice-051.pdf|title=''The Allderdice'':51. Pittsburgh: Taylor Allderdice High School, 1980. 74|accessdate=2006-12-12}}.</ref> and claimed to reach more than 5,000 readers.<ref name="Foreword-099-1-8-1">{{cite web |url= http://static-169-229-215-122.comlit.berkeley.edu/repository/foreword/TaylorAllderdice-Foreword-099-1.pdf|title=''Foreword'', 099:1, February 14, 1978, 8|accessdate=2006-12-12}}.</ref><ref name="Foreword-099-2-8-1">{{cite web |url= http://static-169-229-215-122.comlit.berkeley.edu/repository/foreword/TaylorAllderdice-Foreword-099-2.pdf|title=''Foreword'', 099:2, ] ], 8|accessdate=2006-12-12}}.</ref><ref name="Foreword-099-3-6-1">{{cite web |url= http://static-169-229-215-122.comlit.berkeley.edu/repository/foreword/TaylorAllderdice-Foreword-099-3.pdf|title=''Foreword'', 099:3, ] ], 6|accessdate=2006-12-12}}.</ref>

The newspaper has spawned such career journalists as ],<ref name="Graff-1">Cf. http://www.rockcritics.com/interview/garygraff.html. Retrieved on ] ].</ref> who wrote for it in 1977-1978<ref name="Graff-3">Cf. ''Foreword'', 97:3, 5; 97:4, 3; 97:5, 5; 97:6, 3, 5; 98:3, 3, 7; 99:1, 4, 6; 99:2, 1, 6; 99:3, 4, some of which are at http://static-169-229-215-122.comlit.berkeley.edu/repository/foreword/. Retrieved on ] ].</ref> and professional writers such as ]<ref name="Lapiduss-2">Cf. http://www.hellodere.com/alp2.html. Retrieved on ] ].</ref>
whose bylines appear in 1977-1978.<ref name="Lapiduss-6">Cf. ''Foreword'', 97:3, 1; 97:4, 1; 97:5, 7; 97:6, 4, some of which are at http://static-169-229-215-122.comlit.berkeley.edu/repository/foreword/. Retrieved on ] ].</ref> In 1979, the ''Foreword'''s news editor, Aaron Zitner, was a finalist in the American Newspaper Publishers Association's annual competition,<ref name="Foreword-102-4-1-1">{{cite web |url= http://static-169-229-215-122.comlit.berkeley.edu/repository/foreword/TaylorAllderdice-Foreword-099-2.pdf|title=''Foreword'', 102:4, ] ], 1|accessdate=2006-12-12}}.</ref> and the paper received a first place rating in Columbia University's annual Scholastic Press contest.<ref name="Foreword-102-4-1-1">{{cite web |url= http://static-169-229-215-122.comlit.berkeley.edu/repository/foreword/TaylorAllderdice-Foreword-099-2.pdf|title=''Foreword'', 102:4, ] ], 1|accessdate=2006-12-12}}.</ref>
The ] at ] has recognized the paper and members of staff with its Crown Newspaper awards--the highest recognition it gives to a student print or online medium for overall excellence--since the awards' inception in the early 1980s. Staff achieved Gold Circle awards in 1989,<ref name="CSPA-1">Cf. http://www.columbiauniversity.org/cu/cspa/docs/contests-and-critiques/gold-circle-awards/recipients/1989-scholastic-circles.html. Retrieved on ] ].</ref> and 1990,<ref name="CSPA-2">Cf. http://www.columbiauniversity.org/cu/cspa/docs/contests-and-critiques/gold-circle-awards/recipients/1990-scholastic-circles.html. Retrieved on ] ].</ref> and the paper itself a Silver Crown award in 1991.<ref name="CSPA-3">Cf. http://www.columbiauniversity.org/cu/cspa/docs/contests-and-critiques/crown-awards/recipients/1991-scholastic-crown.html. Retrieved on ] ].</ref> ], the paper carries the motto "The student newspaper of Taylor Allderdice High School."<ref name="allderdicehs-2">http://allderdicehs.pghboe.net/foreword/foreword-p1.shtm. Retrieved on ] ].</ref> The school displays a front page of the paper at its web site, which documents its coverage of such topics as the school's fund raising efforts, school board politics and the school's prosecution of "the war on drugs in school".<ref name="allderdicehs-2"/>


==Notable alumni== == References ==
{{Reflist}}
* ], stand-up comedian and dramatic actor.<ref name="nndb-allen">{{nndb name |id=012/000029922 |name=Marty Allen}}</ref><ref name="allen-web">{{cite web |url=http://www.martyallen.net/ma1.html |title=Marty Allen & Karon Kate Blackwell |accessdate=2006-11-28}}</ref>
* ], retired ] radio announcer and sports commentator; worked on school newspaper.<ref name="pitt">{{cite news |first=Mark |last=Collins |title= Everything is Cope-aesthetic|url= http://www.univ-relations.pitt.edu/pittmag/sep96/copeh.html|work= Pitt Magazine |publisher= |date= September 1996|accessdate=2006-11-25 }}</ref>
* ], political journalist, ] editor and columnist<ref name="nndb-fineman">{{nndb name| id=054/000048907 |name=Howard Fineman}}</ref>
* ], composer and conductor<ref name="pg-obit">{{cite news |author=Monica L. 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=2005-09-28 |accessdate=2006-11-25 }}</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=2003-11-22 |accessdate=2006-11-25 }}</ref>
* ], director<ref name="pg-goldmann" />
* ], hip hop artist.<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=2005-06-28 |accessdate=2006-12-05 }}</ref>
* ], president and CEO of the ], ], and the ]<ref name="sdmag">{{cite web |url=http://www.sandiego-online.com/issues/june99/lucchino.shtml |title=Lucchino! |accessdate=2006-11-27 |last=Donoho |first=Ron |year=1999 |month=June |work=San Diego Magazine |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20020910100216/http://www.sandiego-online.com/issues/june99/lucchino.shtml |archivedate=2002-09-10}}</ref>
* ], choreographer, theater and film 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=1994-03-06 |accessdate=2006-11-27 }}</ref>
* ], theater and film director<ref name="pg-goldmann" /><ref name="pg-broadway" />
* ], ] 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=2005-01-14 |accessdate=2006-11-27 }}</ref>
* ], Former Pittsburgh politician and ]<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=2006-09-02 |accessdate=2006-11-27 }}</ref>
* ], 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=2004-04-22 |accessdate=2006-11-27 }}</ref>


== External links ==
==References==
{{Commons category|Taylor Allderdice High School}}
{{reflist}}
* {{Official website|https://discoverpps.org/allderdice}}


{{Pittsburgh Public Schools}}
==External links==
{{National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania}}
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Public high school in Pittsburgh, U.S.

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
MottoKnow Something, Do Something, Be Something
Established1927 (1927)
School districtPittsburgh Public Schools
NCES School ID421917000409
PrincipalJames McCoy
Teaching staff95.50 (FTE)
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,294 (2023–2024)
Student to teacher ratio13.55
Color(s)Green and white   
NicknameDragons/Dice
Nobel laureates
Websitediscoverpps.org/allderdice
Allderdice, Pittsburgh, High School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Pittsburgh Landmark – PHLF
Area3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built1927
ArchitectRobert Maurice Trimble
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 the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The school 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.

Awards and recognition

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

Notable alumni

List of notable alumni of Taylor Allderdice High School
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
Philip Pearlstein 1942 Painter
Gerald Stern 1942 Poet, essayist, and educator
Myron Cope 1947 Sportscaster and announcer, Pittsburgh Steelers, WTAE-TV, and WTAE-AM
Richard Caliguiri 1950 Mayor of Pittsburgh
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
Howard Spodek 1959 Historian, professor
Robert Weinberg 1960 Professor and cancer biologist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Patti Deutsch 1961 Actress and comedian
Bob O'Connor 1962 Mayor of Pittsburgh
Iris Rainer Dart 1962 Author and playwright
Jamie deRoy 1963 Stage producer; cabaret, stage, film, and TV performer
Harvey V. Fineberg 1963 President, Institute of Medicine; Provost, Harvard University
Lewis Hyde 1963 Essayist, professor, scholar, translator, writer
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
Judith Bartnoff 1967 Judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia
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
Joshua Angrist 1977 Economist, Nobel Prize winner
Paul Costa 1978 Accountant, Pennsylvania State Representative
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
Michael J. Tarr 1980 Cognitive neuroscientist
Antoine Fuqua 1983 Movie director
Jonathan Rapping 1984 Criminal defense attorney; Founder, Gideon's Promise
Steve Lieber 1985 Comic book illustrator
Edna Campbell 1986 Guard, Women's National Basketball Association
Sharon Epperson 1986 Correspondent, CNBC
James Williams 1986 Offensive tackle, Chicago Bears
Russell Freeman 1987 Offensive Tackle, National Football League
Billy Porter 1987 Broadway performer and pop vocalist
Curtis Martin 1991 Running back, National Football League; Inductee, Pro Football Hall of Fame
Blake Hounshell 1996 Journalist
Michael Solomonov 1996 Chef and restaurateur
Pittsburgh Slim 1997 Rapper
Beedie 2006 Rapper
Wiz Khalifa 2006 Rapper
Will Clarke 2009 Defensive end, National Football League
Mac Miller 2010 Rapper and music producer
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.

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