Public school in New York City
James Madison High School is apublic high school inMidwood, Brooklyn . It serves students in grades 9 through 12 and is in Region 6 of theNew York City Department of Education .
Established in 1925, the school has many famous graduates, among them the lateUnited States Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg , JudgeJudy Sheindlin , two sittingU.S. senators ,Bernie Sanders (I-VT) andChuck Schumer (D-NY) and former SenatorNorm Coleman (R-MN). Dr. Murray Goldstein (pioneer in osteopathic medicine, former assistant surgeon general of the United States Public Health Services, director of stroke and neorological research NIH
In January 2024, the school building was temporarily turned into a shelter for asylum seeking migrant families, and students from the school were temporarily switched over to remote learning.[ 2]
Notable alumni of James Madison High School include:[ 3]
Cal Abrams (1924–1997, class of 1942), Major-League Baseball player.[ 4] [ 5] Elaine Abrams , physician, professor and public health expert.Maury Allen (born Maurice Allen Rosenberg; 1932–2010, class of 1949), sportswriter.[ 5] Roger Andewelt (1946–2001, class of 1963), attorney, federal judge US Court of Federal ClaimsArthur Ashkin (1922–2020, class of 1940),Nobel Prize winner, physics.[ 6] Julius Ashkin (1920–1982, class of 1936), Manhattan Project physicist.[ 7] Gary Becker (1930–2014, class of 1948),Nobel Prize winner, economics.[ 8] Paul Bender , attorney, author, judge, law professor, and former Dean of the Arizona State University College of Law.Mimi Benzell (1918–1970), opera singer.[ 9] Walter Block (born 1941, class of 1959[ 10] Austrian School economist,anarcho-capitalist theoretician, professor of economicsHarry Boatswain (1969–2005, class of 1987), former professional NFL football player.[ 11] Andrew Dice Clay (born 1957 as Andrew Clay Silverstein), comedian.[ 12] Stanley Cohen (1922–2020, class of 1939), Nobel Prize winner, medicine.[ 9] [ 13] Norm Coleman (born 1949, class of 1966), former US Senator (Republican ofMinnesota ).[ 14] Paul Contillo (Born July 8, 1929, New Jersey State Senator)Robert Dallek (born 1934, class of 1952), historian.[ 5] Roy DeMeo (1940–1983, class of 1959), mobster.[ 15] Harry Eisenstat (1915–2003, class of 1935), Major League Baseball player[ 4] Devale Ellis (born 1984), professional football player.[ 16] Harvey Feldman (1931–2009, class of 1949) US Diplomat: known for planning the 1972 Nixon trip to China, US Ambassador to Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, Alternative US Representative to the United NationsSandra Feldman (1939–2005, class of 1956), President of theAmerican Federation of Teachers .[ 5] Stan Fields (born 1955, class of 1973) US biologist: discovered the two-hybrid systemNorman Finkelstein (born 1953) political scientist, activist, professor, author.Sonny Fox (1925–2021), TV personality.[ 17] Kevin Francis , (born 1993, class of 2011) CFL playerFran Fraschilla (born 1958, class of 1976), American basketball commentator and former college basketball coach[ 18] Leonard Frey (1938–1988, class of 1956), actor.[ 19] Joseph S. Fruton (1912–2007), born Joseph Fruchtgarten, Jewish Polish-American biochemist and historian of science.David Frye (1933–2011; born David Shapiro), comedian.[ 20] Sid Ganis (born 1940, class of 1957), motion picture executive.[ 5] William Gaines (1922–1992, class of 1939), founding publisher ofMad [ 21] Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933–2020, class of 1950), Associate Justice, US Supreme Court.[ 9] Richard D. Gitlin (born 1943, class of 1959) – National Academy of Engineering, co-inventor of DSL while atBell Labs Lila R. Gleitman (1929–2021), 2017Rumelhart prize recipient[ 22] Marty Glickman (1917-2001, class of 1935), Olympian and broadcaster.[ 9] [ 23] Ron Haigler (born 1953, class of 1971), basketball player.[ 24] Stanley Myron Handleman (1929–2007, class of 1947), comedian.[ 17] Deborah Hay (born 1941, class of 1957), Dancer, artistEllis Horowitz (born 1944, class of 1960), computer scientist, professorGarson Kanin (1912–1999, class of 1927), writer and director of plays and films.[ 9] Stanley Kaplan (1919–2009, class of 1935), test preparation entrepreneur.[ 23] Buddy Kaye (1918–2002), songwriter, musician, producer, author and publisher.[ 17] Donald Keene (1922–2019, class of 1939), Japanese scholar, historian, writer, and translator.[ 25] Carole King (born 1942 as Carole Klein, class of 1958), singer and songwriter.[ 26] [ 27] Paul L. Krinsky (1928–2023, class of 1946), U.S. Navy rear admiral.[ 5] Martin Landau (1928-2017), Academy Award-winning actor.[ 9] [ 17] Rudy LaRusso (1937–2004), five-time All-StarNBA basketball player.[ 23] Mell Lazarus (1927–2016), cartoonist.[ 17] Andrew Levane (1920–2012, class of 1940), professional basketball player.[ 28] David Lichtenstein (born 1960), billionaire real estate investor[ 29] Elaine Malbin (born 1932, class of 1948), opera singer.[ 5] Marvin Miller (1917–2012, class of 1933),MLB players union executive director.[ 30] Bruce Morrow (born 1935, class of 1953), radio personality.[ 5] Herbert S. Okun (1930–2011, class of 1947), diplomat.[ 5] Martin Lewis Perl (1927–2014, class of 1942), Nobel Prize winner, physics.[ 31] Sylvia Porter (1913–1991, class of 1930), economist and journalist.[ 23] Deborah Poritz (born 1936, class of 1954), N.J. Attorney General then Chief Justice, N.J. Supreme Court.[ 5] Shais Rishon (born 1982, class of 1999), rabbi, activist, and writer.[ 32] Chris Rock (born 1965), comedian and actor.[ 33] Norman Rosten (1913–1995), poet, playwright and novelist.[ 9] [ 23] Dmitry Salita (born 1982), professional boxer.[ 34] Murray Saltzman (1929–2010, class of 1947), Reform Jewish rabbi.Bernie Sanders (born 1941, class of 1959), US Senator, (Independent ofVermont ) as well as a 2016 and 2020 U.S. presidential candidate.[ 35] Larry Sanders (born 1935), British politician and brother of Bernie Sanders.[ 36] Babe Scheuer (1913–1997), American football playerHarvey Schlesinger (born 1940, class of 1958), US District Judge for theMiddle District of Florida Ted Schreiber (1938–2022), Major League Baseball player.[ 4] Chuck Schumer (born 1950, class of 1967),U.S. Senate Majority Leader (New York )[ 14] Irwin Shaw (born Irwin Gilbert Shamforoff; 1913–1984, class of 1929), playwright, screenwriter and novelist.[ 9] Judith Sheindlin (born 1942, class of 1960), television personality (Judge Judy [ 5] Janis Siegel (born 1952, class of 1969), vocalist for Manhattan Transfer and winner of ten Grammys.[ 37] Barry Simon (born 1946, class of 1962), IBM Professor of Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at Caltech.Robert Solow (1924–2023, class of 1940), Nobel Prize winner, economics.[ 8] [ 38] Irving Terjesen (1915–1990, class of 1934), All-American college basketball player for NYU and early professional.[ 39] Frank Torre (1931–2014, class of 1950), professional baseball player.[ 4] Sidney Verba (1932–2019), political scientist.[ 40] Stephen Verona (1940–2019) filmmaker.[ 41] David Wohl (born 1954, class of 1971) television and film character actor.Larry Zicklin (born 1936), Neuberger & Berman Chairman of the Board[ 42] Joel Zwick (born 1942, class of 1958), film, television and theater director.[ 5] ^a b c d "Search for Public Schools - JAMES MADISON HIGH SCHOOL (360015302009)" .National Center for Education Statistics Institute of Education Sciences . 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