| Taylor Allderdice High School | |
| Motto: | Know Something, Do Something, Be Something[1] [2] [3] |
| Address: | 2409 Shady Avenue |
| City: | Pittsburgh |
| State: | Pennsylvania |
| Zipcode: | 15217 |
| Country: | United States |
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| Type: | Public high school |
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| District: | Pittsburgh Public Schools |
| Principal: | James McCoy[4] |
| Teaching Staff: | 104.54 (FTE) (2022–23) |
| Grades: | 9–12 |
| Enrollment: | 1,362 (2022–23) |
| Ratio: | 13.03 (2022–23) |
| Colors: | Green and white [5] |
| Nickname: | Dragons |
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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.[8]
Allderdice was designated a National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education in 1994, 1995, and 1996.[9]
| Name | Notability | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 | Coach, Pittsburgh Pirates[10] [11] | ||
| 1933 | Composer and conductor[12] | ||
| 1936 | Cancer surgeon and researcher[13] | ||
| 1939 | Computer scientist[14] | ||
| 1940 | Stand-up comedian and actor | ||
| 1940 | Bronze medalist, 1948 Summer Olympics | ||
| 1940 | Musician, arranger, bandleader, and film composer[15] [16] | ||
| 1942 | Painter[17] [18] [19] | ||
| 1942 | Poet, essayist, and educator[20] | ||
| 1947 | Sportscaster and announcer, Pittsburgh Steelers, WTAE-TV, and WTAE-AM | ||
| 1950 | Mayor of Pittsburgh[21] | ||
| 1951 | Professor of Physics | ||
| 1955 | Professor of Chemistry, Stanford University[22] | ||
| 1956 | Sportswriter[23] | ||
| 1956 | Entertainment promoter and manager[24] | ||
| 1958 | Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | ||
| 1959 | Attorney, local television personality[25] [26] [27] | ||
| 1959 | Historian, professor | ||
| 1960 | Professor and cancer biologist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology | ||
| 1961 | Actress and comedian[28] | ||
| 1962 | Mayor of Pittsburgh[29] | ||
| 1962 | Author and playwright | ||
| 1963 | Stage producer; cabaret, stage, film, and TV performer[30] | ||
| 1963 | President, Institute of Medicine; Provost, Harvard University | ||
| 1963 | Essayist, professor, scholar, translator, writer[31] | ||
| 1963 | President and CEO, Boston Red Sox, Baltimore Orioles and San Diego Padres[32] | ||
| 1964 | Epidemiologist; writer[33] | ||
| 1966 | Dean of the Faculty and Professor of Computer Science, Princeton University | ||
| 1966 | Editorial Director, The Huffington Post Media Group | ||
| 1966 | Pornographic film and video actor, writer and director[34] | ||
| 1967 | Judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia | ||
| 1973 | Economist, academic, and politician[35] | ||
| 1974 | Chemist, Nobel Prize winner[36] | ||
| 1974 | Television producer and writer | ||
| 1974 | Author[37] | ||
| 1974 | Civil rights attorney[38] | ||
| 1976 | Art historian and professor[39] | ||
| 1977 | Economist, Nobel Prize winner[40] | ||
| 1978 | Accountant, Pennsylvania State Representative | ||
| 1978 | Music journalist[41] | ||
| 1978 | Comedian; Television producer and writer[42] | ||
| 1978 | Theatre director, film director and choreographer | ||
| 1980 | Shortstop, Major League Baseball[43] | ||
| 1980 | Choreographer and theatre director[44] | ||
| 1980 | Cognitive neuroscientist[45] | ||
| 1983 | Movie director[46] | ||
| 1984 | Criminal defense attorney; Founder, Gideon's Promise[47] | ||
| 1985 | Comic book illustrator[48] | ||
| 1986 | Guard, Women's National Basketball Association[49] | ||
| 1986 | Correspondent, CNBC[50] | ||
| 1986 | Offensive tackle, Chicago Bears | ||
| 1987 | Offensive Tackle, National Football League[51] | ||
| 1987 | Broadway performer and pop vocalist[52] | ||
| 1991 | Running back, National Football League;[53] Inductee, Pro Football Hall of Fame | ||
| 1996 | Journalist[54] | ||
| 1996 | Chef and restaurateur[55] | ||
| 1997 | Rapper[56] [57] | ||
| 2006 | Rapper[58] [59] | ||
| 2006 | Rapper[60] [61] | ||
| 2009 | Defensive end, National Football League[62] | ||
| 2010 | Rapper and music producer[63] | ||
| 2011 | Author and Norman Holmes Pearson Prize Winner[64] | ||
| 2012 | Nose tackle, Denver Broncos[65] |
In 2012, rapper Wiz Khalifa released Taylor Allderdice, a mixtape named for his alma mater.[66]