University City High School (Missouri) Explained

University City High School
Address:	7401 Balson Avenue
Coordinates:	38.6651°N -90.3293°W
Founded:	1930^[1]
Type:	Comprehensive public high school
Grades:	9–12
Principal:	Mike Peoples
Location:	University City, MO 63130
Country:	United States
Staff:	56.41 (FTE)
Ratio:	12.87
Students:	726 (2022–23)^[2]
Colors:	Black and gold
Mascot:	Lions (formerly Indians)

University City High School (UCHS) is a public high school in University City, Missouri, United States, that is part of the School District of University City.

As part of the University City Education District, the high school building was listed, along with nearby Jackson Park Elementary School and Hanley Junior High School, in the National Register of Historic Places on January 31, 1985.^{[3] [4]}

Notable alumni

• David Bass, NFL football player
• Bud Black, major-league pitcher^[5]
• Harold Brodkey, writer
• Jeremy Davenport, jazz musician^[6]
• Carl Dennis, Pulitzer Prize winning poet^[7]
• Bing Devine, former General Manager of the St. Louis Cardinals
• Marty Ehrlich, jazz musician
• Malcolm Frager, pianist^[8]
• Bob Gale, screenwriter, author, movie producer^[9]
• Dave Garroway, broadcaster
• Bernard Gilkey, major-league outfielder
• Marty Hendin, St. Louis Cardinals former director of public relations
• Ken Holtzman, two-time All Star major-league pitcher
• Art Jimmerson, professional boxer
• Peter Martin, jazz pianist^[10]
• Ed Mickelson, major-league first baseman
• Samuel Moyn, historian
• Nelly, rapper
• Billy Lawrence, singer
• Virginia E. Palmer, United States Ambassador to Ghana
• Leslie Parnas, cellist^[11]
• Robert Person, major-league pitcher
• Leonard Roberts, actor
• Art Shamsky, major-league outfielder and Israel Baseball League manager
• William Sleator, author
• Marlene Terry, politician^[12]
• Tershawn Wharton, NFL player
• Tennessee Williams, playwright
• Lew Wolff, co-owner of the Oakland Athletics

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in St. Louis County, Missouri

External links

• Official Website
• University City School District website

Notes and References

1. Web site: University City High School Building History . www.ucityschools.org . October 24, 2023 . en.
2. Web site: UNIVERSITY CITY SR. HIGH. National Center for Education Statistics. July 23, 2024.
3. Web site: University City Education District. 2021-11-30. NPGallery Asset Detail, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.
4. Web site: November 15, 1984. National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form: University City Education District. MOStateparks.com. United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service.
5. Web site: University City HS (University City, MO) . baseball-reference.com . Sports Reference LLC . June 4, 2012.
6. Web site: Perkins. Terry. Lion Tamers. Riverfront Times. June 9, 1999. https://web.archive.org/web/20110926220344/http://www.riverfronttimes.com/1999-06-09/calendar/lion-tamers/. September 26, 2011.
7. Web site: 2002 Hall of Fame Inductee: Carl Dennis. The School District of University City. June 9, 2023.
8. Web site: Norman Goldberg dies; music was his passion . Hampel . Paul . April 3, 2011 . St. Louis Post-Dispatch . March 5, 2019.
9. News: Friswold. Paul. Gray. Guy. Hays . Anna Teekell. Whitney. Christine. It Was Twenty Years Ago Today. October 5, 2005. Riverfront Times. June 9, 2023.
10. Brown Jr., Sylvester, "It'll be great St. Louis jazz – and it'll be in St. Louis", St. Louis Post-Dispatch, January 25, 2007, Section C, page 1.
11. News: St. Louisans Return to Open Civic Season . . October 25, 1964 . 34 . . May 21, 2021.
12. Web site: Representative Marlene Terry. 2021-02-12. house.mo.gov.