Abraham Lincoln High School (New York)

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Abraham Lincoln High School
Established	Over 75 years ago.
Type	Public high school
Principal	Ari Hoogenboom
Students	2581
Grades	9 - 12
Location	2800 Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, 11235 , United States
Colors	Navy blue, black, and grey
Team Name	Railsplitters
Website	http://www.lincolnhsbrooklyn.com

Abraham Lincoln High School is a public high school located at 2800 Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn, New York, and educates grades 9 through 12. It is part of Region 7 in the New York City Department of Education. The current principal is Ari Hoogenboom, and the school has an enrollment of 2581 students.

Built over 75 years ago, Lincoln has graduated several Nobel Prize winners and famous musicians, authors, and sports players. In 1955, The American doo-wop group The Tokens, best known for "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", was formed by then current Lincoln students.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg held a press conference at Lincoln on April 13, 2006, to announce that NYPD officers will begin to conduct random searches for weapons on the school campus with portable scanning devices.^[1]

[edit] Notable Alumni

Marv Albert, class of 1959, television sportscaster
Ken Auletta, class of 1957, author
Paul Berg, class of 1943, won Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1980
Mel Brooks, actor, writer, director, and comedy producer
Neil Diamond, class of 1958, singer/songwriter
Gene Federico, class of 1936, graphic artist
John Forsythe, class of 1934, actor
Sam Goldaper, class of 1940, sportswriter for The New York Times
Louis Gossett, class of 1954, actor
Howard Greenfield, songwriter
Joseph Heller, class of 1941, author of Catch-22
Raul Hilberg, class of 1942, historian of genocide
Elizabeth Holtzman, class of 1958, Democratic congresswoman, youngest women to serve in Congress
Jerome Karle, class of 1933, won Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1985
Harvey Keitel, actor
Arthur Kornberg, class of 1933, won Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1959
Shelly Manne, jazz drummer
Stephon Marbury, class of 1995, professional basketball player (NBA)
Lee Mazzilli, class of 1973, former professional baseball player, manager and coach.
Arthur Miller, class of 1932, author and playwright, wrote Death of a Salesman and The Crucible
Buddy Rich, jazz drummer and bandleader
Neil Sedaka, class of 1956, pop singer, pianist, and songwriter
Alex Steinweiss, class of 1934, graphic designer
Sebastian Telfair, class of 2004, professional basketball player (NBA)