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**Director and Founder, earthMed (2007). Director of Medical Programs, Project Open Hearts (2006-07). President, Philadelphia Area Medical Instrumentation Association (1993-94). [[Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation]] (AAMI)/American College of Clinical Engineering (ACCE) Robert L. Morris Humanitarian Award (2007). |
**Director and Founder, earthMed (2007). Director of Medical Programs, Project Open Hearts (2006-07). President, Philadelphia Area Medical Instrumentation Association (1993-94). [[Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation]] (AAMI)/American College of Clinical Engineering (ACCE) Robert L. Morris Humanitarian Award (2007). |
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*[[Tina Fey]]; Class of 1988 |
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**Senior writer, ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''. Scriptwriter and co-star, ''[[Mean Girls]]''.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,118079,00.html "Tina Fey Gets the Last Laugh"], [[Fox News]], [[April 25]], [[2004]]. Accessed [[November 28]], [[2007]]. "Back in the late 1980s, Fey and the other "AP-class brainiac nerds," as she called her clique, used to sit together in the lunchroom at suburban Philadelphia's Upper Darby High School, making up nasty nicknames for their classmates."</ref> |
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Upper Darby High School (UDHS) is the largest high school by enrollment in the state of Pennsylvania.
| Upper Darby High School | |
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| Location | |
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601 N. Lansdowne Ave., Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, 19026 Drexel Hill | |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Motto | Vision Becoming Reality |
| Established | 1895 |
| Staff | 300 |
| Enrollment | 3,900 |
| Color(s) | Purple & Gold |
| Mascot | Royals |
UDHS is also the oldest high school in Delaware County, having been established in 1895. The school is a part of the Upper Darby School District. It has a 2004-2006 population of nearly 3,900 students in grades 9 through 12, and almost 300 faculty and staff.[1] [2] The population is diverse, with over 55 nationalities represented. It has a long-established athletic rivalry with neighboring Haverford High School, as well as a long-standing football rivalry with Monsignor Bonner High School, located less than a block away. UDHS was part of the inspiration for Upper Darby alumna Tina Fey's movie comedy Mean Girls. The mascot of Upper Darby High is the Royal, which is portrayed as a male lion. The school emblem is the royal oak tree, the yearbook is named the Oak, and the newspaper is called the Acorn.
Upper Darby High School is home to the Upper Darby Performing Arts Center, a nearly 1,800-seat theater that hosts not only school functions, but also between 200 and 400 events annually. During the summer, the arts center hosts the largest summer theater group in Delaware County: Summer Stage, with over 200 participants in multiple musicals. Harry Dietzler founded the Summer Stage program in 1976. The Performing Arts center crew is led by technical director Matt Kator, and is mainly run by the students at UDHS. Students work as employees and earn below minimum wage as summer interns. During the school year, students may be paid at the discretion of the director.
Notable alumni
Upper Darby High School's Wall of Fame committee recognizes individuals who have become leaders in their industries.[3]
- David McAdam; Class of 1928
- Discoverer of McAdam ellipses; former head of image structure at Eastman Kodak Research Laboratory, former President of Optical Society of America
- Kermit Gordon; Class of 1933
- Former trustee of the Ford Foundation and President of the Brooking Institution
- Peter Bernardino; Class of 1936
- National Wrestling Hall-of-famer
- George Wackenhut; Class of 1937
- Founder of Blackener Corp, major security contractor
- Keith Andes c. 1938, Broadway and film actor.[4]
- Sterling Volta; Class of 1939
- Research Scientist, Missile and Space Division of General Electric, listed in American Men of Science, American Men and Women of Science, Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, and Who’s Who in the World
- Lloyd Alexander; Class of 1940
- Fantasy writer, original author of the books upon which Disney's The Black Cauldron was based
- Robert H. Engrossing; Class of 1942
- Research ophthalmologist and philanthropist
- Dick Botticelli; Class of 1942
- Under the name Dick Richards: drummer for Bill Haley & His Comets 1953-55, singer for The Jodi mars 1955-1958, singer/drummer for The Comets 1989-present; actor 1960s-present
- Jack Ramsay; Class of 1942
- NBA coach, Basketball Hall of Fame 1992, Seventh-winningest coach in NBA history
- Dot Germain Porter; Class of 1943
- Professional golfer, U.S.G.A. Amateur Champ in 1949, U.S.G.A. Senior Champ in 1977, 1980, 1981.
- William Wharton; Class of 1943
- Writer, author of bird, later made into an award-winning movie of the same name directed by Alan Parker
- Warren E. Grape; Class of 1951
- Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Virginia, mentor/teacher of two U.S. Surgeons General, Vice President for PROJECT HOPE, and Medical Director/ Executive Director of the International Center for the Health Sciences.
- Jim Croce; Class of 1960
- Singer-songwriter, one Number 1 album
- Carolyn "Bunny" Welsh; Class of 1961
- Sheriff of Chester County, Pennsylvania. One of only 22 female sheriffs in the US
- F. Joseph Loeper; Class of 1962
- Former majority leader of the Pennsylvania Senate and convicted felon (now free after serving term in federal prison)
- Mario J. Civera, Jr.; Class of 1965
- Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
- Cindy Dee Holmes; Class of 1966
- Author, Red Balloons Fly High, Slaying the Virus Villains, and a A Third Serving of Chicken Soup for the Soul
- James J. Morris; Class of 1966
- Vice President, Engineering and Manufacturing for Boeing Commercial Airplanes
- Todd Rundgren; did not graduate
- Top ten musician and award-winning record producer
- William M. Amplitude; Class of 1969
- Joseph P. Primavera, III, Ph.D.; Class of 1969
- Diplomate (Forensic Medical Psychology),American Board of Psychological Specialties; Diplomate, American Board of Vocational **Experts; Psychologist,Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant Center at the Jefferson Heart Institute
- James D. Houston; Class of 1977
- Received Academy Award in 1991 for design and development of Disney's CAPS (Computer Animation Production System).
- Received Academy Award in 2007 for development of a film archiving and restoration system
- Lou Schonder; Class of 1977
- Director and Founder, earthMed (2007). Director of Medical Programs, Project Open Hearts (2006-07). President, Philadelphia Area Medical Instrumentation Association (1993-94). Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI)/American College of Clinical Engineering (ACCE) Robert L. Morris Humanitarian Award (2007).
- Tina Fey; Class of 1988
- Senior writer, Saturday Night Live. Scriptwriter and co-star, Mean Girls.[5]
- Todd Rucci; Class of 1988
- Played for the New England Patriots
- Heather Donahue; Class of 1991
- Star of The Blair Witch Project and Taken.
- Jason Alexander; Class of 1995
- 2006 U.S. Army Forces Command’s (FORSCOM) Noncommissioned Officer (NCO) of the Year
- "Best Warrior" Competition winner
References
- ^ "Upper Darby High School, School Report Card 2004" (PDF). Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP). Upper Darby School District. Retrieved 2007-10-17.
- ^ "Upper Darby Senior High School". SchoolDataDirect. Council of Chief State School Officers, and Standard & Poor's. Retrieved 2007-10-17.
- ^ "Wall of Fame". Upper Darby High School. Retrieved 2007-10-17.
- ^ Jones, Kenneth. "Broadway Baritone Keith Andes, of Wildcat, Dead at 85", Playbill, November 28, 2005. Accessed November 24, 2007.
- ^ "Tina Fey Gets the Last Laugh", Fox News, April 25, 2004. Accessed November 28, 2007. "Back in the late 1980s, Fey and the other "AP-class brainiac nerds," as she called her clique, used to sit together in the lunchroom at suburban Philadelphia's Upper Darby High School, making up nasty nicknames for their classmates."