East High School (Columbus, Ohio)
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East High School is a public high school located on the near east side of Columbus, Ohio
at 1500 E. Broad Street. It is a part of Columbus City Schools. It was originally constructed in 1922.
Renovation work at East HS was completed December 2008. The historic building has been equipped for 21st-century learning. Renovation work included restoring numerous skylights throughout the building, refinishing the solid woodwork and wrought iron railings, as well as installing new energy-efficient lighting fixtures. The new capacity is 1032 students. Included in the renovation was the addition of a 34000 square feet (3,158.7 m²) gymnasium. The new gymnasium features three full-sized basketball courts and seating for 1850 spectators. Total construction cost was $28.2 million.
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus is the capital of and the largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio. The broader metropolitan area encompasses several counties and is the third largest in Ohio behind those of Cleveland and Cincinnati. Columbus is the third largest city in the American Midwest, and the fifteenth largest city...
at 1500 E. Broad Street. It is a part of Columbus City Schools. It was originally constructed in 1922.
Renovation work at East HS was completed December 2008. The historic building has been equipped for 21st-century learning. Renovation work included restoring numerous skylights throughout the building, refinishing the solid woodwork and wrought iron railings, as well as installing new energy-efficient lighting fixtures. The new capacity is 1032 students. Included in the renovation was the addition of a 34000 square feet (3,158.7 m²) gymnasium. The new gymnasium features three full-sized basketball courts and seating for 1850 spectators. Total construction cost was $28.2 million.
Notable alumni
- Philip Michael ThomasPhilip Michael ThomasPhilip Michael Thomas is an American actor. Thomas's most famous role is that of detective Ricardo Tubbs on the hit 1980s TV series Miami Vice. His first notable roles were in Coonskin and opposite Irene Cara in the 1976 film Sparkle...
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fame - Bernie CaseyBernie CaseyBernard Terry "Bernie" Casey is a professional actor who initially had a career as an interscholastic, intercollegiate and professional football player. Casey was also a record-breaking track and field athlete for Bowling Green State University...
, NFL player, actor - James ThurberJames ThurberJames Grover Thurber was an American author, cartoonist and celebrated wit. Thurber was best known for his cartoons and short stories published in The New Yorker magazine.-Life:...
, writer, humorist, cartoonist - Gardner ReaGardner ReaGardner Rea was an American cartoonist, and one of the original contributing artists to The New Yorker. Of Rea, one commentator has written: “He was bawdy without being obscene, absurd without being obscure...
, cartoonist - Granville WaitersGranville WaitersGranville Stephen Waiters is a retired American professional basketball player.At 6 ft 11 in and 225 lb , Waiters played center for Ohio State University's men's basketball team and was drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers in the second round of the 1983 NBA Draft...
, NBA player - Chic HarleyChic HarleyCharles William "Chic" Harley was one of the outstanding American football players of the first half of the 20th century and the player who first brought the Ohio State University football program to national attention. Harley was Ohio State's first consensus first-team All-America selection and...
, College Football Hall of Fame 1951. Ohio State University Stadium is "The House That Harley Built" - Ed RatleffEd RatleffWilliam Edward "Easy Ed" Ratleff is a retired American basketball player. He attended Columbus East high school where he led the basketball team to the Ohio State Championship in 1968 and was joined by Dwight "Bo" Lamar to claim the 1969 title.A 6'6" guard/forward from California State...
, college basketball All-American and NBA performer - Chuckie WilliamsChuckie WilliamsChuckie Williams was an American former professional basketball player.A 6'3" guard, Williams played at Kansas State University from 1972 to 1976 for legendary head coach Jack Hartman. One of the school’s most potent long-range shooters, Chuckie Williams was a four-year letterman from 1972-76...
, college basketball All-American and NBA performer - Bill WillisBill WillisWilliam Karnet Willis was one of the dominant American football players of the 1940s and 1950s, and is an inductee in the College and Professional Football Halls of Fame. Willis was one of the first African American football players to play professional football...
, College Football Hall of Fame 1977. Ohio State lineman 1941-1944 - Kevin BoyceKevin BoyceKevin L. Boyce is an American politician of the Democratic Party, from 2009-2010 the 47th Ohio State Treasurer.-Career:Prior to holding political office, Boyce was the executive director of the KnowledgeWorks Foundation, a nonprofit organization that promotes college access for high school students...
, Treasurer State of Ohio
Athletics
Columbus East won the first state boys basketball championship for the capital city in 1951. This was Columbus, Ohio's first basketball championship for the high school category. This team is considered to be one of the greatest teams in Ohio high school basketball history. The team was composed of Rollie Harris, Romey Watkins, Dick Lison, Ed Granger, and Bill Truss. They were coached by the legendary Paul "Bucky" Walters.Ohio High School Athletic Association state championships
- Boys BaseballBaseballBaseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
- 1969 - Boys BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
– 1951,1963,1968,1969,1979 - Boys Cross CountryCross country runningCross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
– 1955 - Boys Track and FieldTrack and fieldTrack and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
– 1914 - Girls Track and FieldTrack and fieldTrack and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
– 1982,1983