BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, Senator Bernie Sanders & James Madison High School!!

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- James Madison High School Alumni Association Wall of Distinction 2008 Honorees: Sid Ganis '57; Paul Krinsky '46; Robert Hasselkorn '52; Bernie Sanders '59 -

~ "The Fact That You Grow Up In Brooklyn, You Can Pretty Much Face Anything" ~

BROOKLYN SCHOOL BOASTS FAMOUS GRADUATES IN WASHINGTON, by Helena Andrews, Politico, Jan. 21, 2007.

BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- In every high school there are reliable main characters: the cheerleader, the jock, the outsider and, naturally, the valedictorian. But Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a twirler? Sen. Bernie Sanders, a track superstar? And Sen. Norm Coleman, a Vietnam protester? All three along with "head of the class" Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., attended James Madison High School in Brooklyn. Madison is most likely the only alma mater that can boast three sitting U.S. senators -- a Republican, a Democrat and an Independent, along with a Supreme Court justice -- in the pages of its yearbook.

"When Ruth Bader Ginsburg was at Madison -- of course, you're quite familiar with the look that she cultivates -- would you believe that she was cheerleader?" said Steve Slavin, a 1959 Madison graduate, referring to the now-bookish-looking Supreme Court justice. Sandy Roche, class of 1950, couldn't believe it. That is, until she cracked the spine of her old yearbook. "It says she was twirler, so I guess she was a cheerleader. Oh my goodness," said Roche who knew Ginsburg, also class of 1950, by her nickname, Kiki. Roche and others from her time remembered Ginsburg as "very popular and attractive."
Slavin, who ran track with Rep. Sanders, I-Vt. -- "one of the best runners in the city" -- shared a story he thought spoke to the character of the self-declared socialist even then. In those days when two runners from one school competed, they would almost always finish together. "Bernie had already won a few races, and this other guy had never won a race in his life," Slavin explained. "So the two of them were finishing together, and Bernie just pushed him ahead and let him finish first. "I mean, that's the kind of guy he was," said Slavin, now an economist who still lives in Brooklyn. "Never boastful, and he had a lot to boast about." The two were even roommates at Brooklyn College, "living hand-to-mouth on a lot of meatballs and spaghetti," according to Slavin. (Sanders later transferred to the University of Chicago, where he earned his B.A. in 1964.)

Madison honors notable alums every year; the list includes several authors, Nobel laureates, Rhodes scholars, opera singers and, of course, Washington's political elite. Founded in 1925, Madison was one of the first large public high schools in the borough, located on historic Bedford Avenue, which runs through Brooklyn from Greenpoint to Sheepshead Bay. And like any New Yorker, most Madison alums had an opinion on why the school turns out so many big names -- street smarts. "It really gave them an advantage and ability to deal with the real world," said 1953 graduate Dick Kossoff, chairman of Madison's "Wall of Distinction." Gogliormella's take on it: "The fact that if you grow up in Brooklyn, you can pretty much face anything." Roche agreed that being "from the neighborhood" made the difference. "It was an immigrant neighborhood," she said. "I think every family felt this was their opportunity. I think for most of us growing up, working hard in school was the most important thing you could do."
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2007/01/brooklyn-school-boasts-famous-graduates-in-washington-002377

James Madison High School Alumni Association, THE WALL OF DISTINCTION, http://www.jamesmadisonalumni.org/wall.html







~ Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court Justice



~ Chris Rock, Comedian, Actor

- Distinguished ALUMNI of James Madison High School Include: -

Dmitry SalitaCal Abrams (1924-1997, class of 1942), Major-league baseball player.[3][4]
Maury Allen (1932-2010, class of 1949), sportswriter.[4]
Gary Becker (1930-2014, class of 1948), Nobel Prize winner, economics.[5]
Mimi Benzell (1918-1970), opera singer.[6]
Harry Boatswain (born 1969, class of 1987), former professional football player.[7]
Walter Block (born 1941, class of 1959[8]), Austrian School economist, anarcho-capitalist theoretician, professor of economics
Andrew Dice Clay (born 1957 as Andrew Clay Silverstein), comedian.[9]
Stanley Cohen (born 1922, class of 1939), Nobel Prize winner, medicine.[6][10]
Norm Coleman (born 1949, class of 1966), former U.S. Senator (Republican of Minnesota).[11]
Robert Dallek (born 1934, class of 1952), historian.[4]
Roy DeMeo (1942-1983, class of 1959), mobster.[12]
Harry Eisenstat (1915-2003, class of 1935), Major League baseball player[3]
Devale Ellis (born 1984), professional football player.[13]
Sandra Feldman (1939-2005, class of 1956), president of the American Federation of Teachers.[4]
Norman Finkelstein (born 1953) political scientist, activist, professor, author.
Sonny Fox (born 1925), TV personality.[14]
Leonard Frey (1938-1988, class of 1956), actor.[15]
David Frye (1933-2011, born David Shapiro), comedian.[16]
Sid Ganis (born 1940, class of 1957), motion picture executive.[4]
William Gaines (1922-1992, class of 1939), founding publisher of Mad magazine.[17]
Ruth Bader Ginsburg (born 1933, class of 1950), Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court.[6]
Marty Glickman (1917-2001, class of 1935), Olympian and broadcaster.[6][18]
Ron Haigler, basketball player.[19]
Stanley Myron Handleman (1929-2007, class of 1947), comedian.[14]
Garson Kanin (1912-1999, class of 1927), writer and director of plays and films.[6]
Stanley Kaplan (1919-2009, class of 1935), test preparation entrepreneur.[18]
Buddy Kaye (1918-2002), songwriter, musician, producer, author and publisher.[14]
Carole King (born 1942 as Carole Klein, class of 1958), singer and songwriter.[20][21]
Paul L. Krinsky (born 1928, class of 1946), U.S. Navy rear admiral.[4]

Martin Landau (born 1928), Academy Award-winning actor.[6][14]
Rudy LaRusso, five-time All-Star NBA basketball player.[18]
Mell Lazarus (born 1922), cartoonist.[14]
Andrew Levane (1920-2012, class of 1940), professional basketball player.[22]
Elaine Malbin (born 1932, class of 1948), opera singer.[4]
Barry B. Mittag Mathematician
Bruce Morrow (born 1935, class of 1953), radio personality.[4]
Herbert S. Okun (1930-2011, class of 1947), diplomat.[4]
Martin Lewis Perl (born 1927, class of 1942), Nobel Prize winner, physics.[23]
Sylvia Porter (1913-1991, class of 1930), economist and journalist.[18]
Deborah Poritz (born 1936, class of 1954), N.J. Attorney General then Chief Justice, N.J. Supreme Court.[4]
Chris Rock (born 1965), comedian and actor who withdrew before graduation.[24]
Norman Rosten (1913-1995), poet, playwright and novelist.[6][18]
Dmitry Salita, professional boxer.[25]
Murray Saltzman (1929–2010, class of 1947), Reform Jewish Rabbi.
Bernie Sanders (born 1941, class of 1959), U.S. Senator, (Independent of Vermont) and 2016 U.S. Presidential candidate.[26]
Larry Sanders, British politician and brother of Bernie Sanders.[27]
Babe Scheuer (1913–1997), American football player
Harvey Schlesinger (born 1940, class of 1958), United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida
Ted Schreiber (born 1938), Major League Baseball player.[3]
Chuck Schumer (born 1950, class of 1967), U.S. Senator (New York)[11]
Irwin Shaw (1913-1984, class of 1929), playwright, screenwriter and novelist.[6]
Judith Sheindlin (born 1942, class of 1961), television personality (Judge Judy).[4]
Barry Simon (born 1946, class of 1962), IBM Professor of Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at Caltech.
Robert Solow (born 1922, class of 1940), Nobel Prize winner, economics.[5][28]
Irving Terjesen (1915–1990, class of 1934), All-American college basketball player for NYU and early professional.[29]
Frank Torre (1921-2014, class of 1950), professional baseball player.[3]
Sidney Verba (born 1932), political scientist.[30]
David Wohl (born 1954, class of 1971) Television and film character actor.
Joel Zwick (born 1942, class of 1958), film, television and theater director.[4]
James Madison HS, Brooklyn, NY *3rd Link, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Madison_High_School_(Brooklyn)

http://www.biography.com/people/groups/famous-alumni-of-james-madison-high-school

[GeoWilliam750]

1. That is an impressive high school

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2. Many remarkble students JM HS has given the United States, we're very fortunate.

[Donkees]

3. GO BROOKLYN!!!!

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4. Go New York, The Empire State!