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James Monroe High School (New York City)

James Monroe High School is a former comprehensive high school located at 1300 Boynton Avenue at East 172nd Street in the Soundview section of the Bronx, New York City.

Opened in 1924, the original school ran for seventy years before being shut down in 1997 for poor performance. The original building now houses seven smaller high schools: the Monroe Academy for Visual Arts and Design (H.S. 692), the Monroe Academy for Business and Law (H.S. 690), the High School of World Cultures (H.S. 550), The Metropolitan Soundview Highschool (X521), Pan American International High School (X388), Mott Hall V (X242) and the newly opened Cinema School (first opened its doors for the 2009–2010 school year). The building also used to house an elementary school, The Bronx Little School.


The building was designed by William H. Gompert, who was the New York City Superintendent of School Buildings. The building was built by the T.A. Clarke Co., and is substantially identical to a handful of other high school buildings that were built in the city at the same time.

actor, who attended Monroe for two weeks before dropping out to enlist in National Guard

Danny Aiello

graphic designer, movie title sequence designer, and filmmaker

Saul Bass

17th president of Rutgers University

Edward J. Bloustein

('63), musician who recorded with Willie Colon, Hector Lavoe and Tito Puente

Milton Cardona

('84), 8-year NFL player (Broncos, Lions, Chargers, Panthers), played in two Super Bowls

Darren Carrington

U.S. Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient in Korean War

Cornelius H. Charlton

Patricia Bennett, and Barbara Lee of singing group the Chiffons

Judy Craig

biomedical engineer, science fiction writer and limericist

Larry Eisenberg

(‘47), cartoonist for Village Voice (won Pulitzer Prize in editorial cartooning); author, playwright and screenwriter

Jules Feiffer

GOP Congressman and State Senator, representing the Bronx

Paul A. Fino

('41), original host of TV's Jeopardy! and former Monroe football star

Art Fleming

Professor Emeritus at Pennsylvania State University

Anna Gajar

jazz saxophonist

Stan Getz

sociologist who co-authored Beyond the Melting Pot

Nathan Glazer

Major League Baseball player

Izzy Goldstein

('29), Major League Baseball player with Detroit Tigers, 2-time American League MVP and Hall of Famer; led Monroe to PSAL basketball championship in 1927 and PSAL baseball title in 1929, three-sport All-City selection in soccer, basketball and baseball

Hank Greenberg

jazz musician (woodwinds), notably with bands of Gene Krupa, Glenn Miller, Machito, and Chico O'Farrill

Lenny Hambro

('31), actor

Jonathan Harris

first Black American to serve as the Bronx County District Attorney (January 1, 1989) in history of New York State; in 2005, he became longest-serving District Attorney in Bronx County history; Monroe graduate and U.S. Navy veteran

Robert Johnson

('35), American public health economist

Herbert E. Klarman

('39), historian of modern physics and senior editor of The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein (Princeton University Press) from 1988 to 1998; first winner (2005) of Abraham Pais Prize, first major award for history of physics[1]

Martin J. Klein

New York City Council member representing Queens

Karen Koslowitz

('62), Major League Baseball player, signed by New York Mets just days after his 1962 graduation from Monroe, one of 1962 Mets and member of 1969 World Series champions

Ed Kranepool

('39), Nobel Laureate in Physics in 1988

Leon M. Lederman

public opinion pollster, journalist, and National Book Award for Nonfiction finalist (1957)

Samuel Lubell

dancer and model, wife and muse of artist Man Ray[2]

Juliet Man Ray

science-fiction author and editor

Judith Merril

social psychologist

Stanley Milgram

('64), baseball infielder, manager and scout

Dan Monzon

('88), streetball player

Malloy Nesmith, Sr

('32), actor and singer

Estelle Reiner

opera singer and actor

Regina Resnik

('64), former Major League Baseball player

Ellie Rodríguez

('52), college and NBA basketball player

Lennie Rosenbluth

Major League Baseball player

Mickey Rutner

Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Award-winning filmmaker

Nancy Savoca

politician

Paul R. Screvane

('39), photographer and writer

Art Shay

actor, Academy Award-nominated for role in Stalag 17

Robert Strauss

WPA artist who helped introduce silkscreen printing to mainstream as fine art form

Anthony Velonis

one of first black women to practice law in New York[3]

Cora Walker

filmmaker

Doris Wishman

('67), former defensive lineman in National Football League

Wilbur Young

social psychologist

Philip Zimbardo