page_title: James Monroe High School (New York City)
section_title: Notable alumni
hierarchical_section_title: James Monroe High School (New York City) / Notable alumni
caption_attribution_description: Hank Greenberg of the Detroit Tigers, cropped from a posed picture of 1937 Major League Baseball All-Stars in Washington, DC.
context_page_description: 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 1994 for poor performance. The original building now houses seven smaller high schools: the Monroe Academy for Visual Arts and Design, the Monroe Academy for Business and Law, the High School of World Cultures, The Metropolitan Soundview Highschool, Pan American International High School, Mott Hall V and the newly opened Cinema School. 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.
context_section_description: Danny Aiello, actor, who attended Monroe for two weeks before dropping out to enlist in National Guard
  Saul Bass, graphic designer, movie title sequence designer, and filmmaker
  Edward J. Bloustein, 17th president of Rutgers University
  Marion Borris (later Marian B. Javits), arts consultant, wife of US Senator Jacob Javits)
  Milton Cardona ('63), musician who recorded with Willie Colon, Hector Lavoe and Tito Puente
  Darren Carrington ('84), 8-year NFL player (Broncos, Lions, Chargers, Panthers), played in two Super Bowls
  Cornelius H. Charlton, U.S. Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient in Korean War
  Judy Craig, Patricia Bennett, and Barbara Lee of singing group the Chiffons
  Larry Eisenberg, biomedical engineer, science fiction writer and limericist
  Jules Feiffer (‘47), cartoonist for Village Voice (won Pulitzer Prize in editorial cartooning}; author, playwright and screenwriter
  Paul A. Fino, GOP Congressman and State Senator, representing the Bronx
  Art Fleming ('41), original host of TV's Jeopardy! and former Monroe football star
  Stan Getz, pioneer jazz musician in cool, bossa nova and modern jazz, 5-time Grammy Award winner; during hot Bronx summers, Getz developed a love for swimming at Crotona Park
  Nathan Glazer, sociologist who co-authored Beyond the Melting Pot
  Izzy Goldstein, Major League Baseball player
  Hank Greenberg ('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
  Lenny Hambro, jazz musician (woodwinds), notably with bands of Gene Krupa, Glenn Miller, Machito, and Chico O'Farrill
  Jonathan Harris ('31), actor, conniving Dr. Smith in television series Lost In Space, graduated from Monroe at age 16
  Robert Johnson, 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
  Martin J. Klein ('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
  Karen Koslowitz, New York City Council member representing Queens
  Ed Kranepool ('62), Major League Baseball player, signed by New York Mets just days after his 1962 graduation from Monroe, one of original Mets and member of 1969 World Series champions
  Leon M. Lederman ('39), Nobel Laureate in Physics in 1988
  Myles V. Lynk ('66), lawyer and law professor, served on White House Domestic Policy Staff during the Carter Administration, first Black partner at Dewey Ballantine LLP law firm, brother of Marguerite Lynk ('66) and Patria Lynk ('63).
  Juliet Man Ray, dancer and model, wife and muse of artist Man Ray
  John A. Maselli, Chemist, Food Engineer, the owner or co-owner of 17 patents related to the food industry.
  Judith Merril, science-fiction author and editor
  Stanley Milgram, social psychologist
  Danny Monzon ('64), carried the baseball torch handed to him by Kranepool and then went on to play for the Minnesota Twins
  Malloy Nesmith, Sr ('88), renowned street ball player, played professionally overseas and in USBL, featured in Nike commercials that display his ball-handling skills; played for Utah State University before tryout with NBA's Golden State Warriors in 1995, final player released by team that summer
  Estelle Reiner ('32), wife of Carl Reiner, mother of Rob Reiner, actress in When Harry Met Sally who said, "I'll have what she's having"
  Regina Resnik, opera singer and actress, sang at Metropolitan Opera
  Lennie Rosenbluth ('52), college and NBA basketball player
  Michael Russnow, screenwriter and member of Board of Directors of Writers Guild of America (1990–1994), credits such as The Waltons, Barney Miller, Family Ties and Dynasty
  Mickey Rutner, Major League Baseball player
  Nancy Savoca, Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Award-winning 
caption: Hall of Famer Hank Greenberg
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