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
('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
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
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
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
Major League Baseball player
Mickey Rutner
politician
Paul R. Screvane
('39), photographer and writer
Art Shay
filmmaker
Doris Wishman
social psychologist