- Fenger Academy High School (Chicago, Illinois)
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Fenger Academy High School Address 11220 S. Wallace Avenue
Chicago, Illinois, 60628
United StatesCoordinates 41°41′23″N 87°38′19″W / 41.6897°N 87.6386°WCoordinates: 41°41′23″N 87°38′19″W / 41.6897°N 87.6386°W Information School type Public, High School Principal Elizabeth Dozier [1] Grades 9—12 Gender Coed Campus type Urban Athletics conference Chicago Public League Team name Titans Website http://www.fengerhighschool.org/ Fenger Academy High School is a public high school in the Roseland neighborhood of Chicago.
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History
When it opened in 1893, Fenger was known as Curtis School. It was renamed in 1915 in honor of Christian Fenger, a well-known surgeon. The current Fenger building was completed in 1926.[2]
On 24 September 2009, a Fenger honors student named Derrion Albert was beaten to death on his way home when he accidentally walked into the middle of a large brawl between teenagers from two neighborhoods. The video of the brawl gained international attention,[3] and President Barack Obama requested that Attorney General Eric Holder and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan visit Chicago to meet with Fenger students and school officials.[4]
Athletics
Fenger's baseball team won an Illinois state title in 1946. The school's football team won four Chicago Prep Bowls between 1938 and 1954.[2]
Notable alumni
- Sammy Esposito, baseball player[5]
- Montell Griffin, boxer[2]
- Juanita Jordan (nee Vanoy), ex-wife of Michael Jordan[5]
- Eliot Ness, Prohibition agent[2]
- Chuck Ulrich, football player[5]
- Eleanor Wolf (nee Dapkus), All-American Girls Professional Baseball League player.[6]
References
- ^ "Administration". Directory. Fenger HS. 2010. http://www.fengerhighschool.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=72526&type=d. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
- ^ a b c d David Southwell. "Championship Spirit Alive, Well". Chicago Sun-Times. September 9, 1992. 83.
- ^ Stefano Espositio. "Weis: Help us get others - 'You kids know who they are': Top cop seeks 3 more seen in video of fatal beating". Chicago Sun-Times. September 30, 2009. 8.
- ^ Lynn Sweet. "Obama sending aides to discuss teen's fatal beating". Chicago Sun-Times. October 2, 2009. 19.
- ^ a b c "Fenger at a glance". Chicago Sun-Times. September 9, 1992. 83.
- ^ Leslie A. Heaphy, Mel Anthony May. Encyclopedia of Women and Baseball. McFarland & Co., 2006. 87.
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