James Monroe High School (New York)
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James Monroe High School was a New York City public school located in the Soundview section of the Bronx.
Opened in 1924, the original school ran for seventy years before being shut down in 1994 for poor performance. The original building now houses four 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), and Bronx Coalition Community School (H.S. 680). The building also houses 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 which were built in the city at the same time.
[edit] Famous alumni
- Cornelius H. Charlton, U.S. Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient in the Korean War
- Jules Feiffer, cartoonist for the Village Voice
- Art Fleming, original host of TV's Jeopardy!
- Hank Greenberg, major league baseball player, MVP, and Hall of Famer
- Lenny Hambro, jazz musician (woodwinds), notably with the bands of Gene Krupa, Glenn Miller, Machito, and Chico O'Farrill
- Jonathan Harris, actor Lost In Space
- Ed Kranepool, major league baseball player, one of the original NY Mets and member of 1969 World Series Champs
- Judith Merrill, science-fiction author and editor
- Stanley Milgram, social psychologist
- Regina Resnik, opera singer and actress, sang at Metropolitan Opera
- Nancy Savoca, Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Award winning film-maker
- Philip Zimbardo, a social psychologist
