Proviso East High School is a public secondary school in
Maywood, Illinois
Maywood is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, in the Chicago metropolitan area. It was founded on April 6, 1869, and organized October 22, 1881. The population was 23,512 at the 2020 census.
History
There was limited European-Am ...
which serves the educational needs of Maywood and three other villages within
Proviso Township, Cook County, Illinois
Proviso Township is one of 29 townships in Cook County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, its population was 151,209. It was organized in 1850 and originally named "Taylor", but shortly afterward its name was changed to make refere ...
:
Broadview,
Forest Park and
Melrose Park. It is the original campus of
Proviso Township High Schools District 209. Prior to being split into East and
Proviso West High School in 1958, East was known as Proviso Township High School. The school is located at the intersection of Madison Street and First Avenue (which is
Illinois Route 171
Illinois Route 171 (IL 171) is a north–south state highway in northeastern Illinois. It runs from U.S. Route 6 in Illinois, U.S. Route 6 (US 6) in Joliet, Illinois, Joliet north to Illinois Route 72 at the Chicago–Park Ridge, Illi ...
in that part of Maywood).
Proviso East's history in many ways reflects that of some suburban and urban schools in the United States. While initially serving mostly a
Caucasian population, as demographic shifts occurred in the post-World War II years, a larger
African-American
African Americans, also known as Black Americans and formerly also called Afro-Americans, are an American racial and ethnic group that consists of Americans who have total or partial ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa. ...
population moved in, triggering violence and white flight from the white populations whose communities had been initially formed through racially discriminatory real estate codes, as well as cultural and systemic racism.
Despite the tensions that occurred in the second half of the twentieth century, the school is known for its extensive list of notable alumni. While perhaps best known for its connection to notable
NBA
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players (
Jim Brewer,
Michael Finley
Michael Howard Finley (born March 6, 1973) is an American former professional basketball player who is the assistant general manager and vice president of player personnel for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He ...
and
Glenn "Doc" Rivers among the more prominent) and other athletes such as
Ray Nitschke
Raymond Ernest Nitschke (December 29, 1936 – March 8, 1998) was an American professional football player who spent his entire 15-year career as a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) with the Green Bay Packers. Enshrined in the Pr ...
, the school has seen other alumni achieve well in other areas, such as Civil Rights Activist and Chairman of the
Illinois
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Black Panther Party
The Black Panther Party (originally the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense) was a Marxism–Leninism, Marxist–Leninist and Black Power movement, black power political organization founded by college students Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newto ...
Fred Hampton
Fredrick Allen Hampton Sr. (August 30, 1948 – December 4, 1969) was an American activist and revolutionary socialist. He came to prominence in his late teens and early 20s in Chicago as deputy chairman of the national Black Panther Party and c ...
, businesswoman
Sheila Johnson
Sheila Crump Johnson (born January 25, 1949) is an American billionaire businesswoman, co-founder of BET, and CEO of Salamander Hotels and Resorts.
Johnson is a vice chairman and partner of Monumental Sports & Entertainment, a professional sport ...
, actor
Dennis Franz
Dennis Franz Schlachta (; born October 28, 1944), known professionally as Dennis Franz, is an American retired actor best known for his role as NYPD Detective Andy Sipowicz in the American Broadcasting Company, ABC television series ''NYPD Blue' ...
, musician
John Prine
John Edward Prine (; October 10, 1946 – April 7, 2020) was an American singer-songwriter of country-folk music. Widely cited as one of the most influential songwriters of his generation, Prine was known for his signature blend of humoro ...
, and astronaut
Gene Cernan
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Cernan traveled into space three times and to the Moon twice: as pilot ...
, the last man to walk on the Moon.
History
1911 – World War II
The cornerstone of the school was laid on January 21, 1911 in a ceremony presided over by a local lodge of the
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons (part of the newspaper story reported the group to be the
Knights Templar
The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon, mainly known as the Knights Templar, was a Military order (religious society), military order of the Catholic Church, Catholic faith, and one of the most important military ord ...
). The 22 member class of 1911 graduated from the building, even though the school would not be completed until July.
From even its early days, students were no stranger to protest. In May 1913, in retaliation for what students claimed were "harsh methods", an effigy of the principal, J.E. Witmer, was hung from the
telegraph
Telegraphy is the long-distance transmission of messages where the sender uses symbolic codes, known to the recipient, rather than a physical exchange of an object bearing the message. Thus flag semaphore is a method of telegraphy, whereas ...
wires in front of the school. After the principal removed the effigy in the early evening, another was hung from the flagpole on top of the school. When signs were found painted on the sidewalk in front of the school the next day, the local marshal took every male in the senior class into custody, ordering them to remove the signs under threat of arrest. The next year, 110 students walked out on strike when the principal refused to grant a holiday for
Columbus Day
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.
In October 1915, the school district began the process of selling US$50,000 in bonds for the purpose of expanding the school.
In 1929, work began on a new school building. A
bond issue
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was approved by voters in June, though a lawsuit filed by some local taxpayers led to an injunction blocking the bond issue after construction had begun. The new school construction was eventually completed.
In November 1936, voters in the district approved a bond issue, in conjunction with funding from the
Public Works Administration
The Public Works Administration (PWA), part of the New Deal of 1933, was a large-scale public works construction agency in the United States headed by United States Secretary of the Interior, Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes. It was ...
, for the construction of a
fieldhouse
Field house or fieldhouse is an American English term for an indoor sports arena or stadium, mostly used for college basketball, volleyball, or ice hockey, or a support building for various adjacent sports fields, e.g. locker room, team room, coac ...
. The fieldhouse, including a swimming pool, was completed in 1938.
World War II – 1950s
The outbreak of World War II brought almost immediately bad news to the school. Several of their alumni had been a part of an
Illinois National Guard
The Illinois National Guard comprises both Army National Guard and Air National Guard components of Illinois. As of 2013, the Illinois National Guard has approximately 13,200 members. The National Guard is the only United States military force e ...
unit (Baker Company,
192nd Tank Battalion
The 192nd Tank Battalion of the United States Army was a federalized Army National Guard unit activated in November 1940. Deployed to the Philippines, the battalion was engaged in combat during the Japanese invasion and the US retreat to the Bata ...
). The unit had been activated by the
U.S. Army
The United States Army (USA) is the primary land service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution.Article II, section 2, clause 1 of the United Stat ...
in 1940, and was caught in heavy fighting in the
Philippines
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. Of the 137 members of the company that were killed or captured while defending the islands against the
Japanese invasion, 52 of them were alumni. Those not killed were forced to participate in the
Bataan Death March
The Bataan Death March was the Death march, forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of around 72,000 to 78,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war (POWs) from the municipalities of Bagac and Mariveles on the Bataan Peninsula to Camp ...
. Starting in September 1942, and for every September since, the loss to the community has been commemorated. In the end, 191 alumni were killed in the war.
There were several changes to the school as a result of the war. A pre-flight aeronautics class that was open to both young men and women. Ostensibly, the course was designed to reduce training time for future military pilots. Despite being a suburban school, coursework was offered to students who were interested in filling needed jobs in the agriculture sector. The
National Youth Administration
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(NYA) built a workshop on the property to advance vocational education. When the NYA ceased operation in 1943, the school negotiated for the workshop to be turned over to the school, greatly increasing its work space for vocational education. During the summer months, Proviso became a center for training industrial workers necessary for the war effort, offering classes in three shifts, 24 hours a day.
In April 1951, the Illinois Education Association meeting held at Proviso East saw a keynote address by
Edith S. Sampson, the United States' alternate delegate to the
United Nations
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, and the first
African-American
African Americans, also known as Black Americans and formerly also called Afro-Americans, are an American racial and ethnic group that consists of Americans who have total or partial ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa. ...
woman to represent the U.S. at the United Nations.
In 1953, researchers from the
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, or UChi) is a Private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Its main campus is in the Hyde Park, Chicago, Hyde Park neighborhood on Chicago's South Side, Chic ...
recommended that the school begin planning to expand, and school district officials began examining the purchase of land for a new school. By 1955, the school population had grown to over 3,400 students, with an estimated increase to over 6,500 students by 1956. In June 1955, the board accepted a recommendation to purchase a 60
acre
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site in the town of Hillside, and planned a bond issue for the autumn. Even with the plans for a new school moving forward, the district also approved an expansion of Proviso: a new gymnasium for young women, new music rooms, and new facilities for
woodworking
Woodworking is the skill of making items from wood, and includes cabinetry, furniture making, wood carving, joinery, carpentry, and woodturning.
History
Along with stone, clay and animal parts, wood was one of the first materials worked b ...
classes. In November, the bond issue was approved by a 5900–626 vote. 1957, the last year Proviso would be the only school in the district, the student population topped out at over 4,800 students. With the new school determined to be Proviso West, the board of education voted to officially change the school's name to Proviso East, effective July 1, 1958.
1960s
In 1963, with a combined student population of over 7,000 between the two schools, further room was needed. East added a total of nine new classrooms by (literally) carving them from a hallway, and the passageway which connected the new and old additions of the school. Proviso East was caught up in a great deal of the racial turmoil that was prevalent in the country in the late 1960s. The 1967–68 school year saw local tensions become violent.
In September 1967, a large fight, started in the school cafeteria when five caucasian girls were selected by school officials as finalists for the school's
Homecoming
Homecoming is the tradition of welcoming back alumni or other former members of an organization to celebrate the organization's existence. It is a tradition in many high schools, colleges, and churches in the United States and Canada.
United St ...
Queen, escalated as students were dismissed. Property damage, some caused by the use of gasoline bombs, and fighting caused more than 100
state troopers to be called in, and a strict
curfew
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to be enforced. Principal Hubert Pitt announced that he would appoint a racially balanced group of students to select a new slate of candidates.
Three days later, the situation had not improved, and officials were forced to ask parents to come in and patrol the halls in an attempt to quell the violence. Another fight broke out in the cafeteria. One of the suspected perpetrators was later found out not to be a student at the school leading some to suspect the fight was planned. 31 students were arrested after they later attempted to run from the school. Later, nineteen students were arrested on the street for carrying tire irons. This all came 24 hours after approximately one-half of the school refused to attend classes.
The local chapter of the
NAACP
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is an American civil rights organization formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans by a group including W. E. B. Du&nbs ...
by this time had urged a boycott of the schools, and drew up a list of 28 demands for school officials. Some students, both African-American and Caucasian, defied the boycott, but only about one-third of students showed up for classes. The boycott was lifted on October 1, after officials of the school district and the local NAACP reached a compromise.
Later that month, another series of fights at the school required the help of state and county police in addition to police from the City of Chicago and surrounding suburbs. The fights stemmed from the suspension of an African-American student who was fighting with a Caucasian student. The next day, over 300 police officers were called in to handle new disturbances that caused classes to be cancelled. Several students in the street were arrested for criminal damage and theft. Teachers threatened to strike if discipline was not restored. Later that day, an arson threat was called in against the school, forcing police to ring the school, and begin keeping outsiders away from the area. The superintendent threatened to assign uniformed officers to each classroom, if necessary. Two days later, classes resumed with 55 off duty police officers inside the school, and expulsion notices were sent out to students seen as "persistent trouble makers". This led to the expulsion of 35 students.
There was another incident in March involving 300 students. The following day, school officials closed Proviso East for two days. While the school was closed, school officials met to review discipline procedures and plan enforcement, which they said would include the use of
chemical mace to quell disturbances. The 300 students involved in the most recent fighting were permitted to return, provided they signed a nonviolence pledge, a move that was challenged by the NAACP. The school board then voted to defer the requirement or students to sign the pledges.
The 1968–69 school year saw more racial problems. In mid-September, after a day that saw 15 students hurt during fights in the school, a group of 200 students began throwing rocks and other projectiles at passing cars. Seven were arrested. The incidents resulted in six expulsions and three more students withdrawing.
1970s and 1980s
While the 1970s did see a calmer start than the 1960s ended for Proviso East, there were new issues that had to be faced.
Despite the school's large population (still about 4,000), the school was forced to adopt
austerity
In economic policy, austerity is a set of Political economy, political-economic policies that aim to reduce government budget deficits through Government spending, spending cuts, tax increases, or a combination of both. There are three prim ...
measures, which in 1973 involved laying off 52 of the districts' 422 teachers. About 150 students responded by walking out of school, each of which resulted in a suspension.
As the 1980s arrived, Proviso East became a school with a population that was now predominantly African-American. This was not the case with its sister school. In 1976, the
Illinois State Board of Education had passed rules that required the percentage of minority students within a school be within 15% of the district's minority enrollment.
The school district had redrawn the attendance boundaries for the district to comply, however did not successfully
desegregate
Racial integration, or simply integration, includes desegregation (the process of ending systematic racial segregation), leveling barriers to association, creating equal opportunity regardless of race, and the development of a culture that draws ...
when local housing patterns did not change as anticipated.
In 1982, the
Illinois Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of Illinois is the state supreme court, the highest court of the judiciary of Illinois. The court's authority is granted in Article VI of the current Illinois Constitution, which provides for seven justices elected from the fiv ...
invalidated the State Boards orders, claiming they had overstepped their authority in demanding desegregation.
1990s
In 1996 Casey Banas of the ''
Chicago Tribune
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'' stated that the school had a poor reputation. In the six county
Chicago metropolitan area
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, as of 1996, Proviso East ranked no. 128 in a ranking of 132 suburban high schools on the
American College Test
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(ACT). That year, Joseph Scoliere, the superintendent of the
Forest Park School District 91, stated that of the 91 students graduating from the 8th grade in June 1996, 25 enrolled at Proviso East.
Academics
Proviso East's class of 2009 had an average composite
ACT score of 15.6.
88.3% of the senior class graduated.
Proviso East did not make
Adequate Yearly Progress
Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) was a measurement defined by the United States federal No Child Left Behind Act that allowed the U.S. Department of Education to determine how every public school and school district in the country was performing ...
(AYP) on the Prairie State Achievements Examination, which with the ACT comprises the state assessments used to fulfill the federal
No Child Left Behind Act
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) was a 2002 United States Act of Congress promoted by the presidential administration of George W. Bush. It reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and included Title I provisio ...
. Neither the school overall, nor any of its four student subgroups met expectations in reading or mathematics.
As of 2009, the school is listed as being in its sixth year of academic watch.
Athletics
Proviso East competes in the
West Suburban Conference. The school is also a member of the
Illinois High School Association
The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) is an association that regulates competition of interscholastic sports and some interscholastic activities at the high school level for the state of Illinois. It is a charter member of the National F ...
(IHSA), which governs most sports and non-athletic competition in the state. Teams are stylized as the
Pirates
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. Prior to the 1975–76 school year, Proviso East had been an original member of the
Suburban League. With the League's end, Proviso East joined the West Suburban Conference, and has remained there ever since.
The school sponsors interscholastic athletic teams for young men and women in:
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...
,
bowling
Bowling is a Throwing sports#Target sports, target sport and recreational activity in which a player rolls a bowling ball, ball toward Bowling pin, pins (in pin bowling) or another target (in target bowling). Most references to ''bowling'' are ...
,
cross country,
golf
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Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standa ...
,
soccer
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...
,
tennis
Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...
,
track & field
Track and field (or athletics in British English) is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name used in North America is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and ...
, and
volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...
. Young men may also compete in
baseball
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,
football
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, and
wrestling
Wrestling is a martial art, combat sport, and form of entertainment that involves grappling with an opponent and striving to obtain a position of advantage through different throws or techniques, within a given ruleset. Wrestling involves di ...
, while young women may compete in
softball
Softball is a Variations of baseball, variation of baseball, the difference being that it is played with a larger ball, on a smaller field, and with only underhand pitches (where the ball is released while the hand is primarily below the ball) ...
.
The following teams have finished in the top four of their respective IHSA state championship tournament or meet:
* Baseball: State Champions (1943–44, 1952–53, 1956–57, 1976–77)
* Basketball (boys): 4th place (2012–13); 2nd place (1980–81, 2011–12); State Champions (1968–69, 1973–74, 1990–91, 1991–92)
* Cross Country (boys): 4th place (1956–57); State Champions (1954–55, 1957–58)
* Gymnastics (boys): 3rd place (1956–57, 1958–59); 2nd place (1959–60, 1960–61, 1964–65); State Champions (1957–58, 1961–62, 1965–66)
* Swimming & Diving (boys): 3rd place (1947–48, 1948–49)
* Track & Field (boys): 4th place (1974–75, 1983–84, 1988–89); 3rd place (1962–63, 1975–76); 2nd place (1932–33); State Champions (1939–40, 1979–80)
* Wrestling: 4th place (1988–89); 3rd place (1940–41, 1945–46, 1951–52, 1963–64, 1968–69, 1989–90); 2nd place (1955–56, 1962–63, 1979–80, 1980–81); State Champions (1936–37, 1937–38, 1938–39, 1939–40, 1941–42, 1942–43, 1944–45, 1956–57, 1985–86, 1990–91)
The wrestling program, as of the end of the 2008–09, is tied for the most state championships and most top four finishes in state history. The program holds the state record for most top 10 finishes.
The baseball team's four state titles tie it with two other schools for the state record.
On October 3, 1934, the school's new stadium was dedicated. While four teams from the school did play, the highlight of the dedication was an exhibition between the Maywood Athletic club football team and the
NFL Chicago Cardinals
The professional American football team now known as the Arizona Cardinals previously played in Chicago, Illinois, as the Chicago Cardinals from 1898 to 1959 before relocating to St. Louis, Missouri, for the 1960 through 1987 seasons.
Roots ca ...
.
In March 1941, the fieldhouse at Proviso East hosted a tennis exhibition featuring the
Alice Marble Troupe of Professional Tennis Stars. Among the tennis players in attendance to compete were
Donald Budge and
Bill Tilden.
The school was the site for the men's and women's volleyball matches at the
1959 Pan American Games
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Host city selection
One city initially su ...
.
In December 2020, the District 209 school board approved a $106,400 bid from Chicago-based National Wrecking to demolish the school’s aging football stadium.
In October 2021, Proviso East dedicated their new football stadium, Theresa L. Kelly Stadium, named after the long serving board member of District 209, Theresa L. Kelly.
Notable alumni
Activism and public service
*
Robert Caselli, former Democratic member of the
South Dakota House of Representatives
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*
Fred Hampton
Fredrick Allen Hampton Sr. (August 30, 1948 – December 4, 1969) was an American activist and revolutionary socialist. He came to prominence in his late teens and early 20s in Chicago as deputy chairman of the national Black Panther Party and c ...
(class of 1966) was an activist and member of the
Black Panther Party
The Black Panther Party (originally the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense) was a Marxism–Leninism, Marxist–Leninist and Black Power movement, black power political organization founded by college students Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newto ...
*
Jacques Paul Klein (Class of 1957) is a former UN
Under-Secretary-General
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, Ambassador, Major General of USAF
*
Kimberly Lightford (Class of 1986) is a majority leader of the
Illinois Senate
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*
Franklin Rosemont (Class of 1961, dropped out in 1960) was one of the foremost surrealists in the United States. He was the publisher of radical labor history, surrealism, and blues
Arts and entertainment
*
Mike Douglas
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was a singer and television personality best known for hosting the syndicated ''
The Mike Douglas Show
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'' in the 1970s
*
Dennis Franz
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(class of 1962) is a multi-
Emmy Award
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winning actor, best known for his roles in television series such as ''
Hill Street Blues
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'' and ''
NYPD Blue
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''
[
]
*
Dennis Grimaldi (class of 1965) is a
Tony Award
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and
Pulitzer Prize
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-winning Broadway and television producer, former Actor and dancer. His production of the play ''Girl's Room'' starred alumna Carol Lawrence
*
Eddie Hoh
Edward Hoh (October 16, 1944 – November 7, 2015) was an American rock drummer who was active in the 1960s. Although primarily a studio session and touring drummer, Hoh exhibited a degree of originality and showmanship that set him apart and s ...
(class of 1963), was a notable studio and touring drummer, playing and recording with The Downbeats,
The Monkees
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,
The Mamas & Papas,
Lee Michaels,
Mike Bloomfield
Michael Bernard Bloomfield (July 28, 1943 – February 15, 1981) was an American blues guitarist and composer. Born in Chicago, he became one of the first popular music stars of the 1960s to earn his reputation almost entirely on his instrume ...
,
Stephen Stills
Stephen Arthur Stills (born January 3, 1945) is an American musician, singer, and songwriter best known for his work with Buffalo Springfield; Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Crosby, Stills & Nash; Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young; and Manassas (band ...
,
Donovan
Donovan Phillips Leitch (born 10 May 1946), known mononymously as Donovan, is a Scottish musician, songwriter and record producer. He emerged from the British folk scene in early 1965 and subsequently scored multiple international hit singles ...
,
Tim Buckley
Timothy Charles Buckley III (February 14, 1947 – June 29, 1975) was an American musician. He began his career based in folk rock, but subsequently experimented with genres such as psychedelia, jazz, the avant-garde, and funk paired with his ...
and
The Modern Folk Quartet
*
Mark Lamos
Mark Lamos (born March 10, 1946) is an American theatre and opera director, producer and actor. Under his direction, Hartford Stage won the 1989 Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre and he has been nominated for two other Tonys. For mor ...
(class of 1964), theater and opera director, producer, and actor
*
Carol Lawrence
Carol Lawrence (born Carolina Maria Laraia; September 5, 1932) is an American actress, appearing in musical theatre and on television. She is known for creating the role of Maria on Broadway theatre, Broadway in the musical ''West Side Story ( ...
(class of 1950) is a singer and actress, best known for her work on stage and on television. In 1957, she originated the role of Maria as part of the original cast of ''
West Side Story
''West Side Story'' is a Musical theatre, musical conceived by Jerome Robbins with music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a Book (musical theatre), book by Arthur Laurents.
Inspired by William Shakespeare's play ''Romeo an ...
''
*
Lucki, rapper
*
John Prine
John Edward Prine (; October 10, 1946 – April 7, 2020) was an American singer-songwriter of country-folk music. Widely cited as one of the most influential songwriters of his generation, Prine was known for his signature blend of humoro ...
(class of 1964, January 1965 graduation) was a
Grammy Award
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winning
folk
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Sociology
*Nation
*People
* Folklore
** Folk art
** Folk dance
** Folk hero
** Folk horror
** Folk music
*** Folk metal
*** Folk punk
*** Folk rock
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Arts, entertainment, and media
* Fo ...
/
country
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singer/songwriter
Science and letters
*
Gene Cernan
Eugene Andrew Cernan (; March 14, 1934 – January 16, 2017) was an American astronaut, naval aviator, electrical engineer, aeronautical engineer, and fighter pilot.
Cernan traveled into space three times and to the Moon twice: as pilot ...
(class of 1952) was a
NASA
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astronaut. He was the co-pilot of
Gemini 9A, the
lunar module
The Apollo Lunar Module (LM ), originally designated the Lunar Excursion Module (LEM), was the lunar lander spacecraft that was flown between lunar orbit and the Moon's surface during the United States' Apollo program. It was the first crewed s ...
pilot of
Apollo 10
Apollo 10 (May 18–26, 1969) was the fourth human spaceflight in the United States' Apollo program and the second to orbit the Moon. NASA, the mission's operator, described it as a "dress rehearsal" for the first Moon landing (Apollo 11, two ...
, and commander of
Apollo 17
Apollo 17 (December 7–19, 1972) was the eleventh and final mission of NASA's Apollo program, the sixth and most recent time humans have set foot on the Moon. Commander Gene Cernan and Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt walked on the Moon, ...
, where he was the last man to walk on the
Moon
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. He is one of three people to have flown to the Moon twice
*
Martin C. Jischke (class of 1959) is a physicist, educator, and former president of
Purdue University
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(2000–07)
*
William Chester Jordan
William Chester Jordan (born April 7, 1948) is an American medievalist who serves as the Dayton-Stockton Professor of History at Princeton University; he is a recipient of the Haskins Medal for his work concerning the Great Famine of 1315–131 ...
is the Chairman of the History Department at
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private university, private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial ...
, and is a leading scholar in
Medievalism
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*
Walter B. LaBerge (class of 1941) was a World War II vet, physicist, co-inventor
Sidewinder missile
The AIM-9 Sidewinder is a short-range air-to-air missile. Entering service with the United States Navy in 1956 and the Air Force in 1964, the AIM-9 is one of the oldest, cheapest, and most successful air-to-air missiles. Its latest variants rema ...
, in charge of building
Mission Control Center (NASA), Under Secretary of Air Force, Army, Defense, and NATO, VP Lockheed, chief scientist IAT, professor Naval Post Graduate School, and flew in
SR-71 Blackbird
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at Mach 3+ at 80,000 FT
Business
*
Sheila Johnson
Sheila Crump Johnson (born January 25, 1949) is an American billionaire businesswoman, co-founder of BET, and CEO of Salamander Hotels and Resorts.
Johnson is a vice chairman and partner of Monumental Sports & Entertainment, a professional sport ...
(class of 1966) is a philanthropist and co-founder of
BET
Black Entertainment Television (BET) is an American basic cable channel targeting Black American audiences. It is the flagship channel of the BET Media Group, a subsidiary of Paramount Global's CBS Entertainment Group. Originally launched ...
. She is also president of the
Washington Mystics
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Sports
*
Donnie Boyce
Donald Nathaniel Boyce (born September 2, 1973) is an American former professional basketball player who currently works as head coach for Proviso East High School in Maywood, Illinois. He played college basketball for the Colorado Buffaloes.
...
(class of 1991) was an NBA guard (1995–97), playing his entire career with the
Atlanta Hawks
The Atlanta Hawks are an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta. The Hawks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southeast Division (NBA), Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference (NBA), Easte ...
*
Jim Brewer (class of 1969) was an
NBA
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada). The NBA is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Ca ...
forward (1973–82). He was a first round draft pick in the
1973 NBA draft by the
Cleveland Cavaliers
The Cleveland Cavaliers, often referred to as the Cavs, are an American professional basketball team based in Cleveland. The Cavaliers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Central Division (NBA), Central Divis ...
, for which he played most of his career. He was a member of the
1982 NBA Champion Los Angeles Lakers
The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Lakers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Pacific Division (NBA), Pacific Division of the Western Conference (NBA ...
and the
1972 U.S. Men's Olympic Basketball Team
*
Dee Brown (class of 2002) was a professional basketball player who has played in both the NBA and in Europe; he led
Illinois
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to a 37–2 record and the 2005
NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship
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game
*
Sergio Brown (class of 2006)
was an NFL player (2010–2016)
*
Shannon Brown (class of 2003) was an NBA
guard
Guard or guards may refer to:
Professional occupations
* Bodyguard, who protects an individual from personal assault
* Crossing guard, who stops traffic so pedestrians can cross the street
* Lifeguard, who rescues people from drowning
* Prison gu ...
(2006—2014). A
first round draft pick in 2006, he was a member of the
2009
2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...
and
2010 NBA Champions Los Angeles Lakers
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*
Sterling Brown (class of 2013) is an NBA player for the
Dallas Mavericks
The Dallas Mavericks (often referred to as the Mavs) are an American professional basketball team based in Dallas. The Mavericks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southwest Division (NBA), Southwest Divisi ...
*
Ray Buchanan was an
All-Pro
All-Pro is an honor bestowed upon professional American football players that designates the best player at each position during a given season. All-Pro players are typically selected by press organizations, who select an "All-Pro team," a list t ...
defensive back
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(1993–2004), playing most of his career with the
Atlanta Falcons
The Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta. The Falcons compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC South, South division. The Falcons were founded o ...
*
Richard Buchanan (class of 1987) was a
wide receiver
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, Frankfort Galaxy (1992), Los Angeles Rams (1993-1994)
*
Brian Carlwell (class of 2006), former basketball player
*
Jevon Carter (class of 2014), former basketball player for the
West Virginia Mountaineers
The West Virginia Mountaineers are the athletic teams that represent West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia. The school is a member of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I. The Mountaineers have been a membe ...
*
Michael Finley
Michael Howard Finley (born March 6, 1973) is an American former professional basketball player who is the assistant general manager and vice president of player personnel for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He ...
(class of 1991) was an NBA player (1995–2010), who was drafted in the first round of the
1995 NBA draft
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by the
Phoenix Suns
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. He was a member of the
2007 NBA Champion San Antonio Spurs
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*
Sherell Ford (class of 1991) was an NBA forward (1995–96). He was a first round draft pick of the
Seattle SuperSonics
The Seattle SuperSonics (commonly shortened to Sonics) were an American professional basketball team based in Seattle. The SuperSonics competed in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Western Division (1967–1970), and ...
in the 1995 NBA Draft
*
Greg Foster was a
hurdler
Hurdling is the act of jumping over an obstacle at a high speed or in a sprint. In the early 19th century, hurdlers ran at and jumped over each hurdle (sometimes known as 'burgles'), landing on both feet and checking their forward motion. Today ...
. In addition to winning three world championships in the
110-metre hurdles, he won the silver medal in that event at the
1984 Summer Olympics
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*
Orval Grove was an
All-Star
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Sports
"All-star" as a sport ...
pitcher
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(1940–49), playing his entire career with the
Chicago White Sox
The Chicago White Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The White Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League Central, Central Division. The club plays its ...
*
Steven Hunter
Steven Deon Hunter (born October 31, 1981) is an American former professional basketball player. He is listed as a center (basketball), center. He most recently played for Dinamo Basket Sassari, Dinamo Sassari.
High school and college career
H ...
was an NBA player (2001—2011) for the
Orlando Magic
The Orlando Magic are an American professional basketball team based in Orlando, Florida. The Magic compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southeast Division (NBA), Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference (NB ...
,
Philadelphia 76ers
The Philadelphia 76ers, also known colloquially as the Sixers, are an American professional basketball team based in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. The 76ers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Atlan ...
,
Phoenix Suns
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and
Denver Nuggets
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*
Shirley Jameson
Shirley Jameson (March 29, 1918 – December 29, 1993) was an American center fielder who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at , , Jameson batted right-handed and threw left-handed. She was born i ...
(class of 1935) was a nationally recognized speed skater and softball player in the 1930s and a star in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, 1943-1946
*
Jim Johnson was a football coach in the collegiate and professional ranks for over 40 years
*
Reggie Jordan was an NBA guard (1993–2000), playing most of his career with the
Minnesota Timberwolves
The Minnesota Timberwolves (often referred to as the Wolves or T-wolves) are an American professional basketball team based in Minneapolis. The Timberwolves compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Northwest Divisio ...
*
Chuck Kassel was an NFL
end
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* End (endomorphism) Sports and games
*End (gridiron football)
*End, a division ...
(1927–33), playing most of his career for the
Chicago Cardinals
The professional American football team now known as the Arizona Cardinals previously played in Chicago, Illinois, as the Chicago Cardinals from 1898 to 1959 before relocating to St. Louis, Missouri, for the 1960 through 1987 seasons.
Roots ca ...
*
Paris Lee (class of 2013) is a basketball player (
Illinois State)
*
Ray Nitschke
Raymond Ernest Nitschke (December 29, 1936 – March 8, 1998) was an American professional football player who spent his entire 15-year career as a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) with the Green Bay Packers. Enshrined in the Pr ...
(class of 1954) was an NFL
linebacker
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(1958–72), playing his entire career with the
Green Bay Packers
The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC North, North division. They ar ...
, on three
NFL Champion
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teams and two
Super Bowl
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champions. A member of the NFL
1960s All-Decade Team and
75th Anniversary All-Time Team, he was elected to the
Pro Football Hall of Fame
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in 1978
*
Bunny Oakes (class of 1916) was a player for the national champion
1923 Illinois Fighting Illini football team
The 1923 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football squad representing the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, University of Illinois in the 1923 Big Ten Conference football season. In their 11th season under head ...
. He later was head coach at the
University of Montana
The University of Montana (UM) is a public research university in Missoula, Montana, United States. UM is a flagship institution of the Montana University System and its second largest campus. Fall 2024 saw total enrollment hit 10,811, marki ...
,
Colorado
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and
Wyoming
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*
Ed O'Bradovich was an NFL
defensive end
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This position has designated the players at each end of the defensive line, but changes in formation (American football), formations over the years have substantially ...
(1962–71), playing his entire career for the
Chicago Bears
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. He was a member of the
1963
Events January
* January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove ...
NFL Championship team
*
Jacob Pullen (class of 2007), former basketball player for the
Kansas State Wildcats
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*
Glenn "Doc" Rivers (class of 1980) was an All-Star NBA
guard
Guard or guards may refer to:
Professional occupations
* Bodyguard, who protects an individual from personal assault
* Crossing guard, who stops traffic so pedestrians can cross the street
* Lifeguard, who rescues people from drowning
* Prison gu ...
(1983–96), playing most of his career with the
Atlanta Hawks
The Atlanta Hawks are an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta. The Hawks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southeast Division (NBA), Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference (NBA), Easte ...
. As a head coach, he oversaw the
Orlando Magic
The Orlando Magic are an American professional basketball team based in Orlando, Florida. The Magic compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southeast Division (NBA), Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference (NB ...
,
Philadelphia 76ers
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and the
Los Angeles Clippers
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and led the
Boston Celtics
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to the
2008 NBA Championship and was named one of the top 15 coaches of all time
*
Jerome Sally was a
defensive tackle
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(1982–88), playing most of his career with the
New York Giants
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. He was a member of their
Super Bowl XXI
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champion team
*
Lee Stange was a Major League pitcher (1961–70), and later worked as a
pitching coach
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and minor league manager
*
Joanne Winter
Joanne Emily Winter '' o' (November 24, 1924 – September 22, 1996) was a pitcher who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at , 138 lb., she batted and threw right-handed.
Early life
A nativ ...
, 1940s
All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
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pitcher and 1960s
LPGA
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golfer
*
Mike Woodard was a Major League
second baseman
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(1985–88), playing most of his career with the
San Francisco Giants
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References
External links
Official websiteSchool statistics from Interactive Illinois Report CardProviso Township High School class of 1957includes items of interest to other classes near this year
Maywood Bataan Day Organization
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Maywood, Illinois
Public high schools in Cook County, Illinois
1911 establishments in Illinois