Hartford Public High School

Hartford Public High School, in Hartford, Connecticut, was founded in 1638. It is the second-oldest public secondary school in the United States,^[2] after the Boston Latin School. It is part of the Hartford Public Schools district.

Hartford Public High School
The nineteenth-century schoolhouse, since demolished, as it appeared on a 1911 postcard
Address
55 Forest Street Hartford , Hartford County , Connecticut 06105 United States
Coordinates	41°45′54″N 72°42′04″W
Information
Type	Public school
Established	1638 (387 years ago) (1638)
CEEB code	070265
Grades	9–12
Number of students	721 (2023-2024)[1]
Color(s)	Blue and white
Team name	Owls
Website	www.hartfordschools.org/o/hphs/

Notable alumni

• Michael Adams, class of 1981, NBA All-Star and coach
• Morgan Bulkeley, Governor of Connecticut, U.S. Senator
• Marcus Camby, class of 1993, NBA player 1996–2013
• Franklin Chang-Diaz, class of 1969, NASA astronaut
• Hong Yen Chang, class of 1878, Chinese Educational Mission participant^[3]
• Katharine Seymour Day, historical preservationist
• Monk Dubiel, class of 1936, former MLB player
• Reuben Ewing (born Reuben Cohen), Major League Baseball player
• Edward M. Gallaudet, class of 1851, president of Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., from 1864–1910
• George Kirgo, class of 1943, screenwriter, author, humorist, and founding member of the National Film Preservation Board of the Library of Congress
• Elyse Knox, class of 1935, actress, married Tom Harmon and mother of Mark Harmon
• Nick Koback, class of 1953, former MLB player
• Pete Naktenis, class of 1932, former MLB player
• Bob Nash, class of 1968, basketball player
• Frederick E. Olmsted, class of 1891, forester, one of the founders of American forestry and the National Forest
• Les Payne, class of 1958, Pulitzer Prize winner, journalist
• Eddie A. Perez, class of 1976, Mayor of Hartford, 2001–2010
• Lindy Remigino, class of 1949, Olympic track athlete, coached Hartford Public to 31 state championships in track
• John Trumbull Robinson, US Attorney for the district of Connecticut
• Harold Rome, class of 1923, songwriter
• George Dudley Seymour, class of 1878, historian, attorney, planner
• Allan K. Smith, US Attorney for the district of Connecticut
• Hilda Crosby Standish, medical doctor and birth control pioneer
• Marlon Starling, class of 1976, WBC & WBA Welterweight World Champion
• Griffin Alexander Stedman, Union Army Colonel in the Civil War
• Tony Todd, class of 1972, actor
• Kang Tongbi, Chinese feminist
• Annie Eliot Trumbull, class of 1876, writer
• Laura Wheeler Waring, class of 1906, college teacher^[4] and artist of the Harlem Renaissance
• Mary Rogers Williams, class of 1875, artist
• George Woodend, class of 1936, Major League Baseball player
• Eddie Griffin, class of 1962, All American basketball player, led Hartford Public to two New England titles, 1961 and 1962
• Henry Williams, class of 1887, starred at Yale, coached Minnesota Gophers football, 131-36, voted to College Football Hall of Fame in 1951

See also

• Connecticut portal

• List of the oldest public high schools in the United States