Erasmus Hall High School is a high school in Kings County, New York (Brooklyn) in the New York City school system. It primarily serves the 10th to 12th grades. It is located on the east side of Flatbush Avenue slightly south of Church Avenue in the community of Flatbush. It was named for Dutch scholar Desiderius Erasmus. Main article: Secondary education High school is a name used in some parts of the world, and particularly in North America, to describe the last segment of compulsory secondary education. ... For other meanings, see Brooklyn (disambiguation). ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ... Flatbush is a neighborhood of the Borough of Brooklyn, a part of New York City. ... Desiderius Erasmus in 1523 Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (also Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam) (October 27, probably 1466 – July 12, 1536) was a Dutch humanist and theologian. ...

Description and history

The current school consists of four buildings built between 1903 and 1940 in the Collegiate Gothic style, and designed by C.B.J. Snyder, New York City's school architect. The four buildings form a quadrangle around a campus green. In the center of that green is the original building of the Erasmus Hall Academy, the original school building, erected in 1786 as a wood structure in the Georgian/Federal style. Victoria Tower at the Palace of Westminster, London: Gothic details provided by A.W.N. Pugin The Gothic revival was a European architectural movement with origins in mid-18th century England. ... quadrangle is a good name for a mathlete team. ... The Universitätscampus Wien, Austria ( details) Campus (plural: campuses) is derived from the (identical) Latin word for field or open space. English gets the words camp and campus from this origin. ... 1786 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

Original blueprint of Erasmus Hall at the Williamsburg Art & Historical Center

The academy's founders included Alexander Hamilton and former United States vice-president Aaron Burr, who later killed Hamilton in a famous duel in Weehawken, New Jersey. Other founders included John Jay and Governor George Clinton. The two primary donors that were most instrumental in founding the school were Senator John Vanderbilt and Peter Lefferts. Thanks to these men's efforts the academy stands the third oldest in the state. Image File history File linksMetadata Blue_Erasmus_front_. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Blue_Erasmus_front_. ... Alexander Hamilton (January 11, 1755 or 1757 -- July 12, 1804) was an American politician, leading statesman, financier, intellectual, and military officer. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Weehawken Township is a township located in Hudson County, New Jersey. ... For the Bon Jovi album, see New Jersey (album) Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Area  Ranked 47th  - Total 8,729 sq mi (22,608 km²)  - Width 70 miles (110 km)  - Length 150 miles (240 km)  - % water 14. ... John Jay (December 12, 1745 – May 17, 1829) was an American politician, statesman, revolutionary, diplomat, writer, and a jurist. ... This page is for the Vice President George Clinton. ...

Famous alumni

Erasmus has had a number of famous and accomplished alumni, some of the better known including (class year): Look up Alumnus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

• John Berrian; Attorney General of the United States and Senator.
• George M. Troup; Govenor of Georgia.
• John W. Hunter; New York State Senator, Congressman, and mayor of Brooklyn.
• Morris Smith Miller; congressman and First Judge of Oneida County.
• Joseph R. Barbera, (1928); artist; cartoonist; co-creator of Tom & Jerry cartoons.
• Jeff Barry (Joel Adelberg), (1955); songwriter/producer; Songwriters Hall of Fame member
• Artie Butler, (1960); composer, arranger, producer.
• Jeff Chandler (Ira Grossel), (1935); actor
• Betty Comden, (1933); playwright; Broadway musical songwriter with Adolph Green
• Billy Cunningham, (1961); player and coach, Philadelphia '76ers basketball team
• Jon Cypher, (1949); actor (Hill Street Blues)
• Al Davis; Oakland Raiders owner, Pro Football Hall of Fame member
• Neil Diamond, attended Erasmus as from 1954-1956; singer/songwriter
• Norm Drucker, professional basketball official.
• Bobby Fischer, dropped out in 1960; chess champion.
• Earl G. Graves (1952); publisher of Black Enterprise magazine
• Susan Hayward (Edythe Marrenner), Hollywood actress.
• Eleanor Holm, (1932); Olympic swimmer
• Moe Howard, (Moses Harry Horwitz), (dropped out after two months, 1915) member of the Three Stooges comedy team
• Waite Hoyt; Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher for the New York Yankees and long-time broadcaster for the Cincinnati Reds.
• Marty Ingels, comedian; husband of Shirley Jones.
• Ned Irish; Founder of the New York Knicks, member of the Basketball Hall of Fame
• Roger Kahn, (1945); sportswriter, author of several books including The Boys of Summer
• Dr. Eric Kandel, (1944); winner of Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology, 2000.
• Lainie Kazan (Lainie Levine), (1956); Broadway, film and TV actress and singer
• Dorothy Kilgallen, (1932); journalist and TV celebrity.
• Bernie Kopell, (1953); actor, "Doc" on TV series The Love Boat.
• Samuel LeFrak, (1936); real estate developer.
• Abby Lippman, Women's Health Activist and Professor of Epidemiology, McGill University.
• Sid Luckman, (1935); football champion with the Chicago Bears.
• Aline MacMahon, actress
• Dr. Barbara McClintock, (1919); winner of Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology, 1986.
• Bernard Malamud, (1932); author and educator; Pulitzer Prize for The Fixer, 1967, Magic Barrel, 1958.
• Kedar Massenburg, (1981); former CEO/President of Motown Records
• Stephanie Mills, (1977); actress/singer.
• Don Most, (1970); actor, TV series, Happy Days.
• Don K. Reed, (1960): disc jockey, hosted "The Doo-Wop Shop" radio show on New York oldies station WCBS-FM.
• Jerry Reinsdorf, (1953); owner of the Chicago Bulls and Chicago White Sox.
• Mike Rosen Talk show host
• Lewis Rolland, MD, (1942); expert on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, known as Lou Gehrig's Disease).
• Arthur M. Sackler, MD (1931); art historian and collector; Collection of African and Ancient Art is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Sackler Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution.
• Beverly Sills, (Belle Miriam Silverman) coloratura opera singer, attended Erasmus in the late '50s and transferred before graduating.
• Robert Silverberg, (1952); novelist.
• Mickey Spillane (Morrison Spillane), (1936); author of detective and mystery fiction.
• Barbara Stanwyck (Ruby Stevens), (c. 1925); actress.
• Barbra Streisand (Barbara Joan Streisand), (1959); actress, singer, director, producer
• Norma Talmadge, (c. 1911), silent film star
• Cheryl Toussaint, (1970); athlete; Olympic gold medalist, 1972.
• Eli Wallach, (1932); actor
• Mae West, (1893); actress, comedienne, playwright
• D. Train, (James Williams) (1980); singer/songwriter
• Marian Winters, Broadway actress

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External links

• Alumni Website