Former Queen Anne High School - Seattle (2014)

Queen Anne High School (1909–1981) was a

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high school on Galer Street atop Queen Anne Hill in

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, United States. The building was converted to condominium apartments in 2007. The school was built in 1908 with additions in 1929 and 1955, and was listed on the

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in 1985. It is also an official City of Seattle landmark. The school closed in 1981 due to decreasing enrollment. Students in the school's attendance area transferred to various high schools in the district. The school facility underwent renovation and

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to become a residential apartment building in 1986, with 137 apartments. In 2006 the residential apartments underwent another renovation and converted to condominium units.

Notable alumni

* Steve Anderson - silver medalist at the

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in the 110-meter hurdles. Tied the world record in the 120-yard hurdles. * Rex Buren Beisel – Aviation engineer * Howard Brandt, Class of 1958 – physicist *

Walter Houser Brattain Walter Houser Brattain (; February 10, 1902 – October 13, 1987) was an American physicist at Bell Labs who, along with fellow scientists John Bardeen and William Shockley, invented the point-contact transistor in December 1947. They shared t ...

, 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics; attended for one year. * Arthur C. Brooks, Class of 1981 – social scientist and president of the

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Tory Bruno Tory Bruno (born November 3, 1961 as Salvatore Thomas Bruno) is an American aerospace engineer and executive. He has been the CEO of United Launch Alliance (ULA) since August 2014. Before ULA, he worked at Lockheed Martin, where he made the trans ...

, Class of 1979 - aerospace executive and rocket scientist. CEO of

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Peter W. Chiarelli Peter William Chiarelli (born March 23, 1950) is a retired United States Army general who served as the 32nd Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army from August 4, 2008 to January 31, 2012. He also served as commander, Multi-National Corps � ...

, Class of 1968 –

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(2008–2012) * Donald R. Colvin, Class of 1936 – law clerk to Justice William O. Douglas, U.S. Supreme Court *

Kathi Goertzen Kathi Goertzen (April 30, 1958 – August 13, 2012) was a longtime co-news anchor of Seattle ABC affiliate KOMO-TV along with Dan Lewis (the 6PM edition) and also the 5PM edition with Eric Johnson. She joined KOMO in June 1980, after the erupti ...

, Class of 1976 – television reporter and news anchor *

Leslie Groves Lieutenant General Leslie Richard Groves Jr. (17 August 1896 – 13 July 1970) was a United States Army Corps of Engineers officer who oversaw the construction of the Pentagon and directed the Manhattan Project, a top secret research project ...

, Class of 1914 –

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, oversaw the construction of

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, directed the

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Dwight Gustafson Dwight Leonard Gustafson (April 20, 1930 – January 28, 2014) was an American composer, conductor, and dean of the School of Fine Arts at Bob Jones University. Biography Gustafson was born in Seattle, Washington to Leonard Gustafson, a me ...

, Class of 1948 – composer, music educator. *

Bob Houbregs Robert J. Houbregs (March 12, 1932 – May 28, 2014) was a Canadian professional basketball player. Houbregs was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 1987. Basketball career A 6-foot 8-inch, 225-pound forward-centre, from Quee ...

, Class of 1949 – member, Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame *

L. Ron Hubbard Lafayette Ronald Hubbard (March 13, 1911 – January 24, 1986) was an American author, primarily of science fiction and fantasy stories, who is best known for having founded the Church of Scientology. In 1950, Hubbard authored '' Dianetic ...

– founded the

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Helmi Juvonen Helmi Dagmar Juvonen (January 17, 1903 – October 17, 1985) was an American artist active in Seattle, Washington. Although she worked in a wide variety of media, she is best known for her prints, paintings, and drawings. She is associated with t ...

, Class of 1922 - Artist (Northwest School) *

Hank Ketcham Henry King Ketcham (March 14, 1920 – June 1, 2001) was an American cartoonist who created the '' Dennis the Menace'' comic strip, writing and drawing it from 1951 to 1994, when he retired from drawing the daily cartoon and took up painting ...

, Class of 1937 – creator of ''Dennis the Menace'' *

Gary Kildall Gary Arlen Kildall (; May 19, 1942 – July 11, 1994) was an American computer scientist and microcomputer entrepreneur. During the 1970s, Kildall created the CP/M operating system among other operating systems and programming tools, an ...

, Class of 1960 - was an American

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and creator of

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, the first standard operating system for personal computers *

Lucile Lomen Helen Lucile Lomen (August 21, 1920 – June 21, 1996) was the first woman to serve as a law clerk for a Supreme Court justice. Early life and education Lomen was born in Nome, Alaska in 1920. Her grandfather, Gudbrand J. Lomen, served as ma ...

, Class of 1937 – first woman law clerk at U.S. Supreme Court *

Peter Norton Peter Norton (born November 14, 1943) is an American programmer, software publisher, author, and philanthropist. He is best known for the computer programs and books that bear his name and portrait. Norton sold his software business to Symant ...

, Class of 1961 – American computer guru / philanthropist *

Joel Pritchard Joel McFee Pritchard (May 5, 1925 – October 9, 1997) was an American businessman and politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and as the 14th Lieutenant Governor of Washington as a member of the Republican party. Pritchard a ...

, Class of 1944 – American businessman and politician, served in U.S. House of Representatives, the 14th Lieutenant Governor of Washington, and co-inventor of

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* Mary Randlett, – attended but did not graduate, before becoming a photographer of the Northwest School *

Harold Weeks Harold Taylor Weeks (March 28, 1893 – January 7, 1967) was an American jazz musician and composer from Seattle, Washington. Biography Weeks was born in Iowa, but is usually associated with Seattle, Washington where he grew up and attended Que ...

, – jazz composer *

Kirby Wilbur Kirby Allen Wilbur (born November 11, 1953) is an American talk radio journalist in Seattle, Washington and a conservative political activist. He served as the chair of the Washington State Republican Party. Early life and career Wilbur was born ...

- radio personality and conservative political activist

Notes

External links

National Register of Historic Places - Queen Anne High SchoolQueen Anne High School Alumni Association
National Register of Historic Places in Seattle Educational institutions established in 1909 Educational institutions disestablished in 1981 Residential buildings in Seattle Defunct schools in Washington (state) Schools in Seattle School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington (state) 1900s architecture in the United States 1909 establishments in Washington (state) Queen Anne, Seattle 1981 disestablishments in Washington (state) {{Washington-school-stub