Abraham Lincoln High School

Abraham Lincoln High School
Motto	Catch the Lincoln Spirit
Established	1929
Type	Public high school
Principal	Ari A. Hoogenboom
Students	2830
Grades	9 - 12
Location	2800 Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, New York, 11235, USA
District	21
Colors	Navy blue, black, and grey
Yearbook	Landmark
Newspaper	The Lincoln Log
Team Name	Railsplitters
Website	Abraham Lincoln High School
Abraham Lincoln High School

Abraham Lincoln High School is a public high school located at 2800 Ocean Parkway, Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York, and is part of Region 7 in the New York City Department of Education. The principal is Ari Hoogenboom, and the school has 2581 students in grades nine through twelve.

Built in 1929, Lincoln has graduated several Nobel Prize laureates and famous doctors, scientists, engineers, politicians, and other notable alumni.

Abraham Lincoln High School, Bayside High School, Samuel J. Tilden High School, John Adams High School, and Grover Cleveland High School were all built during the Great Depression from one set of blueprints, in order to save money.

Student demographics

In 2007, there were 2,688 students enrolled in Abraham Lincoln High School. The school's racial composition is very diverse. African American students made up 38.3% of the school's student population, forming a plurality of the student body. White students made up over one-quarter (26.3%) of the student population, while Hispanic and Latino students made up over one-fifth (21.1%) of the student body. Asian American students made up 14.0% of the student populace, and Native Americans made up the remaining 0.3%.^[1]

Notable alumni

Neil Diamond

Harvey Keitel

Stephon Marbury

Neil Sedaka

• Marv Albert (born Marvin Philip Aufrichtig in 1941), class of 1959, television sportscaster.^[2]
• Ken Auletta (born 1942), class of 1960, author.^[3][4]
• Eddie Antar, former businessman/owner of Crazy Eddie.^[5]
• Paul Berg (born 1926), class of 1943, won 1980 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.^[6]
• Bernard Cornfeld (1927–1995), businessman and international financier.^[7]
• Millie Deegan (1919–2002), professional baseball player in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.^[8]
• Neil Diamond (born 1941), class of 1958, singer/performer ("The Jewish Elvis").^[3]
• Nelson Figueroa (born 1974), class of 1992, major league pitcher, MLB, Houston Astros ^[9]
• John Forsythe (born Jacob Lincoln Freund; 1918–2010), class of 1934, film and television actor.^[10]
• Louis Gossett, Jr. (born 1936), class of 1954, basketball player; Academy Award winning actor.^[11]
• Howard Greenfield (1936–1986) songwriter.^[12][13]
• Joseph Heller (1923–1999), class of 1942, author of Catch-22.^[3]
• Leona Helmsley (1920–2007), real-estate businesswoman, noted hotelier and "Queen of Mean".^[14]
• Raul Hilberg, class of 1942, historian of genocide ^[15][16]
• Elizabeth Holtzman, class of 1958, Democratic congresswoman; the youngest woman elected to serve in the United States House of Representatives^[3][17]
• Jerome Karle (born Jerome Karfunkel in 1918), class of 1933, won Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1985.^[6]
• Harvey Keitel, American film/TV actor^{[citation needed]}
• Arthur Kornberg (1918–2007), class of 1933, won Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1959.^[6]
• Herbie Mann aka Herbert Jay Solomon, jazz flautist^{[citation needed]}
• Wallace Markfield, class of 1943, comic novelist^{[citation needed]}
• Stephon Marbury (born 1977), class of 1995, professional basketball player (NBA).^[2]
• Lee Mazzilli, class of 1973, 1986 World Champion major league baseball player (New York Mets, New York Yankees), manager and coach^[18]
• Hank Medress, singer in the group The Tokens, best known for The Lion Sleeps Tonight^[19]
• Arthur Miller (1915–2005), class of 1932, author and playwright of such works as Death of a Salesman, All My Sons, The Crucible.^[3]
• Larry Namer, class of 1966, Founder of E! TV network^[20]
• Ronald Ribman, class of 1950, author, poet, and playwright^{[citation needed]}
• Buddy Rich, jazz drummer and bandleader^{[citation needed]}
• Saul Rogovin, major league pitcher^[18]
• Neil Sedaka (born 1939), class of 1956, pop singer, pianist and songwriter.^[3][21][13]
• Seymour Shapiro, (born 1916), Class of 1931, Organic Chemist, developed phenformin
• Mort Shuman, singer, pianist, and songwriter ^[13]
• Alex Steinweiss, class of 1934, graphic designer and inventor of the album cover ^[22]
• Lance Stephenson, class of 2009, Indiana Pacers, professional basketball player (NBA)^[23]
• Sebastian Telfair, class of 2004, Phoenix Suns, professional basketball player (NBA)
• The Tokens, circa 1955, pop group, famous for their #1 Song Hit The Lion Sleeps Tonight^[24][13]
• Arthur Tress, class of 1958, surrealist photographer ^[25]
• Jack B. Weinstein, class of 1939, renowned federal district court judge in Brooklyn^{[citation needed]}
• Dallas Williams, major league baseball player and coach^[18]
• Stephen Yagman, civil rights lawyer ^[26]

References

External links

• Official website
• Profile from NYC Department of Education

Coordinates: 40°34′57″N 73°58′05″W / 40.5825°N 73.96806°W / 40.5825; -73.96806