Forest Park High School (Baltimore, Maryland)
Forest Park High School is a public secondary school in the Dorchester neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Forest Park was established in 1924 as the Forest Park Junior-Senior High School. In 1932, the Forest Park Junior High School was moved and renamed the Garrison Junior High School.
The original Forest Park High School building, 1930 
Forest Park Army JROTC at the 2008 Morgan State University Homecoming Parade.
The Old Senior High School remained at its 4300 Chatham Road location until 1981 when it was torn down and the new school was built and occupied at the current Eldorado location.
Notable faculty
- Wendell E. Dunn, principal 1935–1961
Notable alumni
- Spiro T. Agnew, 39th Vice President of the United States
- Thomas Beck, film actor
- H Steven Blum, retired United States Army Lieutenant General who served as Chief of the National Guard Bureau
- Andrew J. Boyle, U.S. Army lieutenant general
- William Ellinghaus, businessman
- Cass Elliot, American singer Mama Cass of The Mamas & the Papas
- Herbert Alan Gerwig (1931–2011), professional wrestler also known as "Killer Karl Kox"
- Billy Griffin, lead singer of The Miracles, solo artist
- Margaret Hayes, film and television actress
- Barbara A. Hoffman, (D), Maryland State Senator, District 42, Baltimore (1983–2003)
- Earl Hofmann, Baltimore Realist artist, graduated 1946
- Barry Levinson, movie director
- Robert C. Murphy, chief judge, Maryland Court of Appeals
- Alan Sagner, New Jersey Commissioner of Transportation
- Howard "Chip" Silverman, author lacrosse coach
- Mark Rosenker, former chairman, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and major general, USAF (ret)
- Mary Tabor, American author of literary fiction
- Celeste Ulrich (1924-2011) (class of 1942), leading educator in physical education
- Arnold M. Weiner, attorney
Notes
- ^ "Forest Park High School". Baltimore City Public Schools.
- ^ "Bob Boyle Elected Forest Park Captain". The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore, MD. December 16, 1931. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Olejniczak, Julian M., ed. (December 2001). "Obituary, Andrew J. Boyle '35". Assembly. West Point, NY: Association of Graduates, United States Military Academy. p. 159 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Margaret Hayes" (PDF). 41 (1). December 1953: 85. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Barbara A. Hoffman, Maryland State Senator". msa.maryland.gov. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
- ^ "Barry Levinson". www.nndb.com. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
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