Haaren High School

Haaren Hall in 2008

Haaren High School was an American high school located in Midtown Manhattan, New York. The school noted for its vocational program including internal combustion engines.^[1] It stood on the former site of DeWitt Clinton High School,^[2] until it was shut down in the late 1970s.^[2] The building is now being used by John Jay College.^[3]

Notable alumni

• John Worth, Former Academy of Model Aeronautics President and Executive Director
• Paul Rand, graphic designer and illustrator
• Herman Badillo, congressman.^[4]
• Ron Carey, president of the Teamsters
• Ed Feingersh, 1950s photojournalist
• Padraic Fiacc, Irish poet
• Robert García, politician
• David Greenglass, a spy for the Soviets.^[5]
• Lynbert Johnson, NBA player.
• Pedro Pietri, a Nuyorican poet
• Albert Salmi, actor.^[6]
• Robert Mitchum -
• Joe Hayes - Taekwondo fighter and champion.

References

1. Badillo, H. (2006). One Nation, One Standard: An Ex-Liberal on How Hispanics Can Succeed Just Like Other Immigrant Groups. Penguin Publishing Group. ISBN 9781440622700. Retrieved June 24, 2015.
2. Rondinaro, Gene (May 19, 1985). "New Uses for an Old High School". The New York Times.
3. Dunlap, David W. (November 2, 2011). "With $600 Million Building, John Jay College Gains a Whole Campus". The New York Times.
5. Robert D. McFadden (14 October 2014). "David Greenglass, Spy Who Helped Seal the Rosenbergs’ Doom, Dies at 92". The New York Times. David graduated from Haaren High School in 1940 with only fair grades. He attended Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, but flunked out.
6. Associated Press (April 25, 1990). "Albert Salmi, Actor, 62, Is Found Shot to Death in Home With Wife". New York Times. Retrieved December 22, 1013. A New Yorker of Finnish descent, Mr. Salmi grew up in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn and attended Haaren High School in Manhattan, where he studied aviation mechanics. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)

Coordinates: 40°46′13″N 73°59′18″W / 40.77021°N 73.98832°W