Taylor Allderdice High School


Taylor Allderdice High School is a public high school in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The school was established in 1927 and is part of the Pittsburgh Public Schools district. It was named for industrialist and Squirrel Hill resident Taylor Allderdice, who was a member of the city's first school board and president of National Tube Company, a subsidiary of U.S. Steel.

Awards and recognition

Allderdice was designated a National [Blue Ribbon Schools Program|National Blue Ribbon School] by the U.S. Department of Education in 1994, 1995, and 1996.

Notable alumni

NameNotability
1932Coach, Pittsburgh Pirates
1933Composer and conductor
1936Cancer surgeon and researcher
1939Computer scientist
1940Stand-up comedian and actor
1940Bronze medalist, 1948 Summer Olympics
1940Musician, arranger, bandleader, and film composer
1942Painter
1942Poet, essayist, and educator
1944Costume and fashion designer who was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design.
1947Sportscaster and announcer, Pittsburgh Steelers, WTAE-TV, and WTAE-AM
1950Mayor of Pittsburgh
1951Professor of Physics
1955Professor of Chemistry, Stanford University
1956Sportswriter
1956Entertainment promoter and manager
1958Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1959Attorney, local television personality
1959Historian, professor
1960Professor and cancer biologist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1961Actress and comedian
1962Mayor of Pittsburgh
1962Author and playwright
1963Stage producer; cabaret, stage, film, and TV performer
1963President, Institute of Medicine; Provost, Harvard University
1963Essayist, professor, scholar, translator, writer
1963President and CEO, Boston Red Sox, Baltimore Orioles and San Diego Padres
1964Epidemiologist; writer
1966Dean of the Faculty and Professor of Computer Science, Princeton University
1966Editorial Director, The Huffington Post Media Group
1966Pornographic film and video actor, writer and director
1967Judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia
1973Economist, academic, and politician
1974Chemist, Nobel Prize winner
1974Television producer and writer
1974Author
1974Civil rights attorney
1976Art historian and professor
1977Economist, Nobel Prize winner
1978Accountant, Pennsylvania State Representative
1978Music journalist
1978Comedian; Television producer and writer
1978Theatre director, film director and choreographer
1980Shortstop, Major League Baseball
1980Choreographer and theatre director
1980Cognitive neuroscientist
1981Documentary filmmaker
1983Movie director
1984Criminal defense attorney; Founder, Gideon's Promise
1985Comic book illustrator
1986Guard, Women's National Basketball Association
1986Correspondent, CNBC
1986Offensive tackle, Chicago Bears
1987Offensive Tackle, National Football League
1987Broadway performer and pop vocalist
1991Running back, National Football League; Inductee, Pro Football Hall of Fame inductees|Pro Football Hall of Fame]
1996Journalist
1996Chef and restaurateur
1997Rapper
2000?DJ and record producer
2006Rapper
2006Rapper
2009Defensive end, National Football League
2010Rapper and music producer
2011Author and Norman Holmes Pearson Prize Winner
2012Nose tackle, Denver Broncos

In popular culture

In 2012, rapper Wiz Khalifa released Taylor Allderdice, a mixtape named for his alma mater.