Brooklyn Preparatory School

Brooklyn Preparatory School
Location
New York City (Brooklyn), New York
Information
Type Private, All-Male
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic
Established 1908
Closed 1972
Grades 9-12

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History

Brooklyn Prep (Brooklyn Preparatory School) was a highly selective Jesuit preparatory school founded by the Society of Jesus in 1908. The school educated generations of young men from throughout New York City and Long Island until its untimely closure in 1972.

The Prep was located on 1150 Carroll Street in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, New York. The grounds and buildings are presently part of Medgar Evers College of the City University of New York (CUNY). Located next to the Prep was the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, which was also run by the Jesuits and which was closed in 2011.

As a Jesuit institution, Brooklyn Prep was noted for its religious values, classical roots (e.g., Latin and Greek), and dress code (ties & jackets) - all part of its goal of turning out well-rounded, educated men. Most of its graduates matriculated to four-year colleges. It was part of a group of seven Jesuit secondary schools in New York, New Jersey (Regis, Xavier, Loyola, Fordham Prep, St. Peter's Prep and McQuaid).

The 100th anniversary of the school was celebrated by alumni and former faculty in October 2008.

Alumni

Brooklyn Preparatory School's alumni have attended many colleges, including City College, Brooklyn College, Queens College, St. Francis College (NY), MIT, Amherst, Cornell, Columbia, Fordham, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Syracuse University, Polytechnic Inst. of Brooklyn, Manhattan, Brown, Princeton, Boston College, Holy Cross, Georgetown, Harvard, Notre Dame, Berkeley, Univ. of Chicago and Yale.

Among Brooklyn Prep's notable alumni are the following:

Robert S. Bennett, '57 - Washington DC attorney [1]
William Peter Blatty, '45 - author of "The Exorcist" [1]
James W Brannigan, Jr, '49 - US Attorney - Maine and San Diego
Joseph Califano, '48 - former Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare [1]
Bill Carter - (New York Times, TV columnist and author of several books on TV
William P. Ford, '53 [deceased] - international civil rights attorney [1]
Jack Hofsiss, '67 - director of "The Elephant Man" [1]
Joseph M. McLaughlin, '50 - Senior Appellate Judge, Second Circuit [1]
John Sexton, '59 - President of New York University [1]
Raymond Siller, '56 - television writer, political consultant
Joseph Paterno, '44 - all - time leader in wins as a football head coach, Penn State University
George Barton, '43 - funeral director, Brooklyn, New York

The Brooklyn Prep Alumni Association keeps the memory of the school alive by hosting an annual alumni dinner in New York City and by the maintenance of an Alumni Association Fund, which supports scholarships and educational causes.

Faculty

Noted faculty have included:

Daniel Berrigan, SJ - peace activist and distinguished author and poet
John C. Lawn - varsity basketball coach, who became Drug Enforcement Administration Administrator, COO of the New York Yankees, and CEO of The Century Council
Anthony J. Paone, SJ - author of several religious books
Charles Winans - a noted teacher whose life and influence on students was detailed in the privately published book titled Charlie's Prep

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g * "Alumni and Honorary Alumni Awards". http://www.brooklynprep.org/award.htm.  (official site)

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