EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Philadelphia, PA

Founding Date:
1836

Enrollment:
2400

Official Website:
http://www.centralhigh.net/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Albert C. Barnes	Curator	2-Jan-1872	24-Jul-1951	Barnes Foundation
Herbert J. Biberman	Screenwriter	4-Mar-1900	30-Jun-1971	Blacklisted screenwriter
Philip Casnoff	Actor	3-Aug-1949		Dr. Robert Jackson on Strong Medicine
Noam Chomsky	Linguist	7-Dec-1928		Linguist, dissident intellectual
Sam Dash	Government	27-Feb-1925	29-May-2004	Chief counsel, Senate Watergate committee
Richard Dunham	Journalist	c. 1956		Business Week
Douglas Feith	Government	16-Jul-1953		Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, 2001-05
Sheldon G. Gilgore	Business	13-Feb-1932	12-Feb-2010	CEO of Searle, 1986-95
Edwin J. Houston	Inventor	9-Jul-1847	1-Mar-1914	Thomson-Houston Electric Company
Louis Kahn	Architect	20-Feb-1901	17-Mar-1974	Prominent architect
Tom Lewis	Politician	26-Oct-1924	1-Aug-2003	Congressman from Florida, 1983-95
Alain Locke	Author	13-Sep-1886	9-Jun-1954	Leader in the Harlem Renaissance
Robert Nix, Jr.	Judge	13-Jul-1928	23-Aug-2003	Pennsylvania Chief Justice, 1984-96
Teller	Magician	14-Feb-1948		The nonspeaking half of Penn and Teller
Howard M. Temin	Scientist	10-Dec-1934	9-Feb-1994	Tumor viruses and host genetics
Elihu Thomson	Inventor	29-Mar-1853	13-Mar-1937	Electric welding and A/C motors
William S. Vare	Politician	24-Dec-1867	7-Aug-1934	Philadelphia political boss
Alan Wolfe	Author	10-Jun-1942		The Future of Liberalism

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Edwin J. Houston	Inventor	9-Jul-1847	1-Mar-1914	Thomson-Houston Electric Company
Elihu Thomson	Inventor	29-Mar-1853	13-Mar-1937	Electric welding and A/C motors

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Alexander Dallas Bache	Physicist	19-Jul-1806	17-Feb-1867	First President, National Academy of Sciences

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