Lane Tech College Prep High School

Lane Tech College Prep High School (often shortened to Lane Tech, full name Albert Grannis Lane Technical College Preparatory High School), is a

Founding

The school is named after

In 1971, changes were made to the admission policy due to a drop in enrollment and lack of technical schools for girls. To solve the issue, Superintendent James Redmond recommended that girls be admitted to Lane Tech. The Chicago Board of Education concurred and girls were admitted as students for the first time. Due to a fear of having a drop in academic achievement, 1,500 male students protested the admission but the decision was not changed.^[5]

Campus

Lane Tech is located on a 33-acre (13 ha) campus at the intersection of Addison Street and Western Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. The campus includes: the main school building, Lane Stadium, Kerry Wood Cubs Field, a turf soccer field, and the parking lot.

Lane Stadium

During the spring 2007 season, Chicago city

At the west end of the Memorial Garden is the Ramo I. Zenkich Memorial, consisting of a flag pole and granite monument inscribed with the names of the students from Lane Tech who lost their lives in the Vietnam War. The Memorial Garden was rededicated in 1995. During the school's 90th anniversary celebration in 1998, a commemorative plaque was placed near the "Shooting the Stars" statue. It explains the significance of the Memorial Garden to Lane Tech and its students.

Academics

Honor level courses are offered to qualified students.

As of 2018, 94% of Lane students take at least one AP class throughout their time at Lane.[17]

Lane offers courses in Aquaponics and is the only Chicago Public School to do so.^[18]

Lane Tech has the most graduates who complete PhD's in the nation as of 2018.^[19]

Lane Tech has the biggest computer science program in Chicago Public Schools, and is considered one of the best schools in computer science in the United States.^[20]

Athletics

Lane offers many sports including, but not limited to

In 1934 the NFL-champion Chicago Bears held their practices for the Chicago College All-Star Game at Lane Tech.^[23]

Notable alumni

• Dr. Stuart Abrams, PhD in Biomedical Engineering.
• Tony Alcantar is an actor and acting teacher.^[24]
• Leonard Baldy was a pioneering Chicago police officer and helicopter traffic reporter.
• Franz Benteler was a classical violinist and leader of the Royal Strings Orchestra.^[25]
• ventriloquist, actor, and radio performer, best remembered for creating Charlie McCarthy.^[26]
• Rod Blagojevich is a former Governor of Illinois (attended for a short time before transferring).^[27]
• Aimee Boorman is a gymnastics coach who was the head coach of the Final Five at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Boorman was the personal coach of Simone Biles.
• Cyron Brown is a former lineman who played in the NFL and AFL.^[28]
• Buzz Capra is a former Major League Baseball pitcher (1971–77).^[29]
• Phil Cavarretta was a Major League Baseball player (1934–55). He spent most of his playing career with, and briefly managed the Chicago Cubs.^[24][26][29]
• United Nations World Food Programme
  .
• Len Church was a pitcher for the Chicago Cubs (1966).^[29]
• Bill Daily was an actor (I Dream of Jeannie, The Bob Newhart Show).^[30]
• Frank Dasso was a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds (1945–46).^[29][31]
• WFLD-TV.^{[12][24][26][32]}
• Cleveland Indians (1942–43).^[29]
• DJ Colette (Colette Marino) is a house music singer and DJ.^[33]
• Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (Burj Khalifa, Chicago Symphony Center).^[12]
• Dan Evans is a former General Manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers and a baseball executive, Class of 1978.
• John Felske is a former Major League Baseball player and manager.^[29]
• Chicago Cardinals (1949–53). A member of the College Football Hall of Fame, he won the Outland Trophy in 1948.^[24]
• Michael Flanagan
  , class of 1980, is a former congressman.
• Neal Gabler is an author and political commentator.^[26]
• Theaster Gates is an American Social Practice installation artist.^[34][35]
• Carl Giammarese is a singer and guitarist who co-founded The Buckinghams.^[26]
• Milwaukee Braves and Green Bay Packers
• Godfrey is a comedian and actor.
• Saint Valentine's Day massacre.^[36]
• Ron Gora was a swimmer who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.^[24][26]
• Syracuse Nationals (1953–54).^[24]
• Seymour Greenberg was a national champion tennis player.^[37]
• Dwight D. Guilfoil Jr., manufacturing executive, advocate for disabled workers
• Herbert Hans Haupt was a Nazi spy during World War II executed by U.S. Government for his role in Operation Pastorius.
• Dennis Hejhal is a mathematician at the University of Minnesota.
• Robert Irsay (1923–1997), owner of the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League.^[38]
• Maxwell Jenkins (born 2005—), an American film and television actor.^[39]
• Arndt Jorgens was a Norwegian-born catcher (1929–39), playing his entire career for the New York Yankees.^[29]
• Orville Jorgens was a pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies (1935–37).^[29]
• John T. Joyce, Illinois businessman and state legislator^[40]
• University of Munich. He helped found the field of anthropometric history.^[41]
• Frankie Laine was a singer, songwriter and actor. One source notes that Laine's stage name was taken from the school.^[26][42][43]
• Ed Linke was a Major League Baseball pitcher (1933–38).^[29]
• Justina Machado is an actress (Six Feet Under, One Day at a Time, Jane the Virgin ).^[24][26]
• Irv Medlinger was a Major League Baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Browns (1949, 51).^[29]
• Bus Mertes was a professional football player and college head coach at Bradley, Drake and Kansas State.
• admiral who served as head of the United States Strategic Command.^[26]
• Cook County commissioner^[44]
• Kevin Moyers is a writer (Scorn) and independent film actor.^[citation needed]
• Ken Nordine is a voiceover and recording artist best known for his series of Word Jazz albums.^[26][45]
• Louis Trinca-Pasat was a football defensive tackle for the St. Louis Rams of the National Football League (NFL).
• Frank Piatek is an artist and professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.^[46]
• Rachel Barton Pine is a violinist (Honorary Alumna)^[32][47]
• John Podesta is the former chief of staff to President Bill Clinton.^[12][24][26]
• Fritz Pollard is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame and Pro Football Hall of Fame. He was the first African-American to be a head coach in the NFL.^{[24][26][48][49]}
• Corey Postiglione is an artist and Professor Emeritus of Columbia College Chicago.^[50]
• Peabody Award-winning voice-over announcer at WTTW.^[24]
• Richard Schroeppel is a mathematician.
• Nadine Barrie Smith was a medical researcher.
• Golden Globe award-winning producer and writer, known for Transparent (2014), Six Feet Under (2001) and Afternoon Delight
  (2013).
• Dave Spector is a television personality in Japan.^[26]
• MLB player (Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Browns, Pittsburgh Pirates
  ).
• Genndy Tartakovsky is an Emmy Award-winning animator (Dexter's Laboratory, Samurai Jack, Star Wars: Clone Wars).^[12]
• Laken Tomlinson is a guard for the New York Jets.
• Towkio is a rapper and producer.^[51]
• Dick Triptow is a former NBL and NBA player (1944–49).^[52]
• MLB player (Chicago Cubs
  ).
• Joe Vodicka was a football player.
• Phil Weintraub was a Major League Baseball player (1933–38, 44–45).^[29]
• MGM film series 1932–42.^[24][26][53]
• Warren Winiarski California grape grower, founder and former winemaker of Stag's Leap Wine Cellars^[54]
• Steve Wilkos is a talk show host (The Steve Wilkos Show) and former bodyguard (Jerry Springer).^[32]
• Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Browns, St. Louis Cardinals
  ).
• MLB player (Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies
  ).
• Earl Zindars was a composer of jazz and classical music.
• TJ Hooker, Dance Fever).^[24][26][55]
• Naysha Lopez is a Drag queen (Miss Continental 2013)

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