# Taylor Allderdice High School

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 |
| Edward "Eddie" Rosenstein | 1981 | Documentary filmmaker |
| 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.