Peabody High 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 was no longer 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 wrote on 20th-century philosophy, aesthetics, criticism, and rhetorical theory Malcolm Cowley – novelist, poet, literary critic and journalist Billy Eckstine – singer and bandleader Ed Gainey – politician George Otto Gey – cell biologist Jack Gilbert – poet Barry Goldberg – volleyball coach Frank Gorshin – actor and comedian Charles Grodin – actor, comedian, author and television talk show host Gene Kelly – dancer, actor and choreographer Marie S. Klooz – lawyer, pacifist David Logan – NFL player Tampa Bay Buccaneers Lorin Maazel – conductor, violinist and composer Michael "Dodo" Marmarosa – jazz pianist Natalie Moorhead – actress Zelda Rubinstein – actor, and human rights 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. Louise Fulton - professional bowler Yitzchok Scheiner Israeli–American rabbi. References