Westinghouse High School (Chicago)

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George Westinghouse High School is a public high school located at 3301 West Franklin Boulevard in Chicago, Illinois. It is currently in the transition to becoming a selective college preparatory school and magnet vocational school.[1]

Westinghouse was originally housed in a former candy factory. That building was designed by Schmidt, Garden and Martin in 1920 and was one of the largest examples of the Chicago School architectural style. It was converted to a high school building in the 1960s.[2] The structure is scheduled to be demolished once construction of a new facility is completed in 2009.[3]

For many years an area basketball powerhouse,[4] Westinghouse has produced four NBA players: Mark Aguirre,[5] Eddie Johnson,[6], Hersey Hawkins,[7] and Kiwane Garris.[8] The school won the Illinois Class AA Boys' Basketball Championship in 2002 and reached the 2000 title game before losing to West Aurora High School.[4]

Westinghouse's Boy's Basketball glory years started with Hall of Fame coaching legend, Frank V. Lollino Sr. In addition to coaching the 3 NBA all-stars listed (Aguirre, Hawkins and Johnson) he developed numerous Div. One athletes (Skip Dillard, Bernard Randolph,etc). "Coach Lo"ɗ and his highly successful teams not only put Chicago Westinghouse on the national scene, he paved the way for the talented coaches that followed (Roy Condotti, Frank Griseto, Chris Head and Q Dillard). Before his passing in May of 1999, he guided Triton Community College to 2 NJCAA National Final Tournaments, and created a winning program at his alma mater, Chicago Lane Technical H.S. In a city full of bright coaching stars, his career was by far one of the most stellar.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Westinghouse High School. Chicago Public Schools. Retrieved 8 August 2007.
  2. ^ Westinghouse High School. Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois. Retrieved 8 August 2007.
  3. ^ Rosalind Rossi. "Westinghouse High to cost $103 million". Chicago Sun-Times. 29 March 2007.
  4. ^ a b Patrick Z. McGavin. "House (of blues) fades to black". Chicago Sun-Times. 14 February 2007.
  5. ^ Mark Aguirre at basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 14 August 2007.
  6. ^ Eddie Johnson at basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 14 August 2007.
  7. ^ Hersey Hawkins at basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 14 August 2007.
  8. ^ Kiwane Garris at basketball-reference.com. Retrieved 14 August 2007.


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