Harriton High School
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Harriton High School is a public secondary school
located in Rosemont
, a community in Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania
.
Harriton is one of two high schools in Lower Merion School District
; the other is Lower Merion High School
. It used to be a comparatively small high school, containing 889 students in 9th through 12th grades. Following the late redistricting policy both schools are now more even and now Harriton has nearly 2,000 students. At the school, the student teacher ratio is 16:1, and the average class size is 25 students.
Harriton also offers the IB, or International Baccalaureate, program.
sold a 700 acre (2.8 km²) tract of land to Rowland Ellis. Years later, Ellis sold his home to Richard Harrison, who had married a local woman named Hannah Norris. Some of the land holdings of her family were known as Norriton. Thus, the combination of the names of Harrison and Norriton became known as Harriton. The daughter of Richard and Hannah Harrison married Charles Thomson
.
In 1957, a new "campus-style" school was designed by architect Vincent Kling. It was situated on a portion of the plantation grounds belonging to Charles Thomson, which gave Harriton High School its name. Harriton High School opened its doors for the first time in 1958.
As of the 2009 school year, a new three-story building was completed to be used as the new school while the older "campus-style" school was mostly taken down and will be used as new sports fields. The old Harriton High School had a California-style campus, a unique style for a Philadelphia-area public school; its buildings surrounded a main quad known as the Tombs. The new school does not feature this style.
's Blue Ribbon School Award, and consistently ranks high in Newsweek
s lists of the top 1,000 high schools in the country. In a 2005 Newsweek list of the top high schools in the U.S., Harriton ranked 427. On a similar Newsweek list from 2003, it ranked 384. Philadelphia Magazine ranked Harriton the 33rd-best school in Pennsylvania, 6th-best public school in Pennsylvania, and second-best school in Montgomery County. In 2009, Philadelphia Magazine ranked Harriton High school number one in their ranking of the region's top 50 best performers.
The Harriton Science Olympiad Team has placed among the top 10 at the Science Olympiad
National Tournament for 16 consecutive years, winning 3 national championships and 14 consecutive state championships in that span. Harriton is also one of only 426 high schools in the United States to offer the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program
.
team, under head coach Brian Gauvin, is one of the most followed teams at the school. Harriton has placed first in the Pennsylvania state Science Olympiad competition for the last 14 years (1997–2011), the longest state championship streak of any competitive activity or sport in Pennsylvania, and has won the national Science Olympiad title in 1995, 2001, and 2005. It is considered one of the best teams in the nation. Most recently, in 2011, at the National Competition at the University of Wisconsin, the Harriton team placed 8th.
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The Harriton Theater Company moved to a new home in the 2009-10 school year--the brand new Harriton High School--which contained a brand new theater as well as a black box theater. The Harriton Theater Company has utilized the black box theater for productions such as High Fidelity
and Our Town
. At the end of the 2009–10 school year, stage crew head Dan Bragilevsky wrote a manual describing how to use the lighting and audio systems in the brand new Harriton Auditorium.
Harriton's theater company has since become one of the premier theater companies in the area, known for pursuing edgy and inspiring shows. In the fall of 2009 they performed four sold out performances of High Fidelity the Musical
, making them the first school in the country to have performed it. In addition, the Harriton Theater Company performed Our Town
as their winter show and the musical Hair
to close out the season.
Starting with the 2009-2010 season, Harriton also joined the Greater Philadelphia chapter of the Critics and Awards Program, known as the Cappies. Similar to a high school version of the Tony Awards, students review other shows, and then vote to give awards to the shows for various categories. HTC received 6 nominations for HAIR (Sound, Lighting, Costumes, Choreography, Featured Actor (Peter Marshall), Lead Actor (James Butler)), and won the Cappie award for Best Costumes (Chelsea Katz).
Past Shows:
2007–10:
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
Shows for 2011-12
2010 Student Leadership Positions
. The freshman chorus and concert choir are directed by Jason Bizich. Bizich is also the AP Music Theory teacher. Harriton also features a performance jazz band, led by James Joseph. Every fall and spring Harriton has a music concert featuring all the ensembles, as well as the occasional string quartet
or percussion ensemble
.
Every year Harriton musicians audition for positions in the PMEA district band and/or orchestra. Dozens of Harriton students attend the try-out, competing against hundreds of other students. Some succeed, and a few even go on to perform in the regional band/orchestra and all-state band/orchestra.
2011-12 Officers
2010-11 Officers
Perhaps the most memorable moment for the boy's team came in 1998 when second seeded doubles partner, Frank Becker became enraged at an opponent while awaiting his turn to play and asked, "Yo, it's all good over here but what's up over there?"
The boy's team was better known for incidents like this one than PIAA success--further drama occurred when Scott Savett, decidedly the second best player on the team was forced to play the #4 singles because of his "pusher" style.
On February 11, 2010, the plaintiffs filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The plaintiffs were a Harriton High School student and his parents. Plaintiffs said the student had been confronted by an assistant principal regarding behavior that had occurred in the student's bedroom, based upon an image allegedly taken by the student's webcam. The school district said that a software tracking and security feature it had installed on the students' laptops was only intended to recover stolen laptops, and potentially certain loaner laptops. After the suit was brought, the school district revealed that it had secretly snapped more than 66,000 images.
On February 19, 2010, the School District acknowledged that there had been "no explicit notification [to parents or students] that the laptop[s] contained the security software", and that "[t]his notice should have been given and we regret that was not done."
As the result of emergency proceedings commenced by the plaintiffs seeking a temporary restraining order, on February 20, 2010, District Judge Jan E. DuBois
ordered that the School District was prohibited from activating the webcams during the litigation, and further ordered the District to preserve all webcam images, data, files, and storage media related to the allegations. The judge also ordered the district to pay plaintiffs' attorney fees for bringing the action.
The complaint alleged violations by the School District of the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution
, the Electronic Communication Privacy Act, the Computer Fraud Abuse Act, the Stored Communications Act, Section 1983 of the Civil Rights Act, the Pennsylvania Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Act, and Pennsylvania common law.
The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), U.S. Attorney's Office, and Montgomery County District Attorney all initiated criminal investigations of the matter, which they combined and then closed because they did not find evidence "that would establish beyond a reasonable doubt that anyone involved had criminal intent". In addition, a U.S. Senate Judiciary subcommittee held hearings on the issues raised by the schools' secret surveillance, and Senator Arlen Specter introduced draft legislation in the Senate to protect against it in the future. Parents, media, and academicians criticized the schools, and the matter was cited as a cautionary example of how modern technology can be used to infringe on personal privacy.
In July 2010, another student filed a parallel second suit. The district was put on notice of a third parallel suit that a third student intends to bring against the district, for—following "interrogation" of the student—"improper surveillance of the student on his school issued laptop", which included taking over 700 webcam shots.
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
located in Rosemont
Rosemont, Pennsylvania
Rosemont is a community in Pennsylvania on the Pennsylvania Main Line lying partly in Radnor Township, Pennsylvania and partly in Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania.Part of the geographic area is served by the Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, ZIP code...
, a community in Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania
Lower Merion Township, Pennsylvania
Lower Merion Township is a township in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania and part of the Pennsylvania Main Line. As of the 2010 census, the township had a total population of 57,825...
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Harriton is one of two high schools in Lower Merion School District
Lower Merion School District
Lower Merion School District, or LMSD, is a public school district located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The school district includes residents of both Lower Merion Township and the Borough of Narberth. Established in 1836, LMSD is one of the oldest districts in Pennsylvania...
; the other is Lower Merion High School
Lower Merion High School
Lower Merion High School, is an American public high school in Ardmore, a community on the Pennsylvania Main Line.It is the larger of the two high schools in Lower Merion School District, which serves both Lower Merion Township and the Borough of Narberth. It was ranked among the top 60 U.S. high...
. It used to be a comparatively small high school, containing 889 students in 9th through 12th grades. Following the late redistricting policy both schools are now more even and now Harriton has nearly 2,000 students. At the school, the student teacher ratio is 16:1, and the average class size is 25 students.
Harriton also offers the IB, or International Baccalaureate, program.
History
In 1697, William PennWilliam Penn
William Penn was an English real estate entrepreneur, philosopher, and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, the English North American colony and the future Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He was an early champion of democracy and religious freedom, notable for his good relations and successful...
sold a 700 acre (2.8 km²) tract of land to Rowland Ellis. Years later, Ellis sold his home to Richard Harrison, who had married a local woman named Hannah Norris. Some of the land holdings of her family were known as Norriton. Thus, the combination of the names of Harrison and Norriton became known as Harriton. The daughter of Richard and Hannah Harrison married Charles Thomson
Charles Thomson
Charles Thomson was a Patriot leader in Philadelphia during the American Revolution and the secretary of the Continental Congress throughout its existence.-Biography:...
.
In 1957, a new "campus-style" school was designed by architect Vincent Kling. It was situated on a portion of the plantation grounds belonging to Charles Thomson, which gave Harriton High School its name. Harriton High School opened its doors for the first time in 1958.
As of the 2009 school year, a new three-story building was completed to be used as the new school while the older "campus-style" school was mostly taken down and will be used as new sports fields. The old Harriton High School had a California-style campus, a unique style for a Philadelphia-area public school; its buildings surrounded a main quad known as the Tombs. The new school does not feature this style.
Performance and ratings
Harriton is consistently ranked among the best public schools in the nation. It is a two-time recipient of the United States Department of EducationUnited States Department of Education
The United States Department of Education, also referred to as ED or the ED for Education Department, is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government...
's Blue Ribbon School Award, and consistently ranks high in Newsweek
Newsweek
Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
s lists of the top 1,000 high schools in the country. In a 2005 Newsweek list of the top high schools in the U.S., Harriton ranked 427. On a similar Newsweek list from 2003, it ranked 384. Philadelphia Magazine ranked Harriton the 33rd-best school in Pennsylvania, 6th-best public school in Pennsylvania, and second-best school in Montgomery County. In 2009, Philadelphia Magazine ranked Harriton High school number one in their ranking of the region's top 50 best performers.
The Harriton Science Olympiad Team has placed among the top 10 at the Science Olympiad
Science Olympiad
Science Olympiad is an American elementary, middle, or high school team competition which tests knowledge of various science topics and engineering ability. Over 6,200 teams from 49 U.S. states compete each year. Most teams compete in three levels of competition: regionals, states, and nationals...
National Tournament for 16 consecutive years, winning 3 national championships and 14 consecutive state championships in that span. Harriton is also one of only 426 high schools in the United States to offer the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program
IB Diploma Programme
The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme is a two-year educational programme for students aged 16–19that provides an internationally accepted qualification for entry into higher education, and is recognised by universities worldwide. It was developed in the early to mid-1960s in Geneva by...
.
Science Olympiad
The Harriton Science OlympiadScience Olympiad
Science Olympiad is an American elementary, middle, or high school team competition which tests knowledge of various science topics and engineering ability. Over 6,200 teams from 49 U.S. states compete each year. Most teams compete in three levels of competition: regionals, states, and nationals...
team, under head coach Brian Gauvin, is one of the most followed teams at the school. Harriton has placed first in the Pennsylvania state Science Olympiad competition for the last 14 years (1997–2011), the longest state championship streak of any competitive activity or sport in Pennsylvania, and has won the national Science Olympiad title in 1995, 2001, and 2005. It is considered one of the best teams in the nation. Most recently, in 2011, at the National Competition at the University of Wisconsin, the Harriton team placed 8th.
Harriton Theater Company
The Harriton Theater Company is one of Harriton's most prized clubs, most noted for having been a student-run organization. The shows were chosen by a student director, who then, with the guidance of a sponsor, directed the show. All of the set construction and lighting were done by students as well. In the 2007–08 school year Kevin Ginsberg, a teacher who had once directed the musicals at Welsh Valley Middle School, came to Harriton High School to direct the shows. The first show under new direction was The Who's Tommy and was followed in the spring by The VisitThe Visit
The Visit is a 1956 tragicomic play by Swiss dramatist Friedrich Dürrenmatt.-Plot summary:...
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The Harriton Theater Company moved to a new home in the 2009-10 school year--the brand new Harriton High School--which contained a brand new theater as well as a black box theater. The Harriton Theater Company has utilized the black box theater for productions such as High Fidelity
High Fidelity (musical)
High Fidelity is a musical with a book by David Lindsay-Abaire, lyrics by Amanda Green, and music by Tom Kitt. Based primarily on the Nick Hornby novel rather than the subsequent film version it inspired, the plot focuses on Rob Gordon, a Brooklyn record shop owner in his thirties obsessed with...
and Our Town
Our Town
Our Town is a three-act play by American playwright Thornton Wilder. It is a character story about an average town's citizens in the early twentieth century as depicted through their everyday lives...
. At the end of the 2009–10 school year, stage crew head Dan Bragilevsky wrote a manual describing how to use the lighting and audio systems in the brand new Harriton Auditorium.
Harriton's theater company has since become one of the premier theater companies in the area, known for pursuing edgy and inspiring shows. In the fall of 2009 they performed four sold out performances of High Fidelity the Musical
High Fidelity (musical)
High Fidelity is a musical with a book by David Lindsay-Abaire, lyrics by Amanda Green, and music by Tom Kitt. Based primarily on the Nick Hornby novel rather than the subsequent film version it inspired, the plot focuses on Rob Gordon, a Brooklyn record shop owner in his thirties obsessed with...
, making them the first school in the country to have performed it. In addition, the Harriton Theater Company performed Our Town
Our Town
Our Town is a three-act play by American playwright Thornton Wilder. It is a character story about an average town's citizens in the early twentieth century as depicted through their everyday lives...
as their winter show and the musical Hair
Hair (musical)
Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical is a rock musical with a book and lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot. A product of the hippie counter-culture and sexual revolution of the 1960s, several of its songs became anthems of the anti-Vietnam War peace movement...
to close out the season.
Starting with the 2009-2010 season, Harriton also joined the Greater Philadelphia chapter of the Critics and Awards Program, known as the Cappies. Similar to a high school version of the Tony Awards, students review other shows, and then vote to give awards to the shows for various categories. HTC received 6 nominations for HAIR (Sound, Lighting, Costumes, Choreography, Featured Actor (Peter Marshall), Lead Actor (James Butler)), and won the Cappie award for Best Costumes (Chelsea Katz).
Past Shows:
2007–10:
- The Who's Tommy
- The Visit (Drama)
2008-09
- The Bad Seed (Drama)
- Bat Boy: The Musical (Last show in the old Harriton High School)
2009-10
- High Fidelity the Musical (Black Box)
- Our Town (Drama/Black Box)
- Hair (Main Stage--New School)
2010-11
- Little Shop of Horrors
- Winter One-Act Festival: Waiting, Employees Must Wash Hands..After Murder, Aftermath
- Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Shows for 2011-12
- Once on this Island
2010 Student Leadership Positions
- Musical Direction: Daniel Carp
- Choreography: Ella Cohen, Kasie Patlove, Sofie Seymour (Cappie Award Winners)
- Stage Crew: Gabby Scher, Larissa McDonogh-Wong, Audrey O'Connor
- Costumes/Props Head: Chelsea Katz, Emma Seymour, Alana Koenig (Cappie Award Winners)
- Publicity/Program: Alex Cooper/Michael Witkes
Academic Decathlon Team
The Harriton Academic Decathlon Team under renowned coach Howard Kritzer, have dominated the decathlon circuit under his tenure. They have qualified for the state championship event five years running and are currently in the process of putting together a national championship caliber team.Harriton Music
Harriton features a full symphonic band and orchestra, currently under the direction of James M. Joseph, formerly of Conestoga High School, who also teaches IB Music and Music TheoryMusic theory
Music theory is the study of how music works. It examines the language and notation of music. It seeks to identify patterns and structures in composers' techniques across or within genres, styles, or historical periods...
. The freshman chorus and concert choir are directed by Jason Bizich. Bizich is also the AP Music Theory teacher. Harriton also features a performance jazz band, led by James Joseph. Every fall and spring Harriton has a music concert featuring all the ensembles, as well as the occasional string quartet
String quartet
A string quartet is a musical ensemble of four string players – usually two violin players, a violist and a cellist – or a piece written to be performed by such a group...
or percussion ensemble
Percussion ensemble
A percussion ensemble is a musical ensemble consisting of only percussion instruments. Although the term can be used to describe any such group, it commonly refers to groups of classically-trained percussionists performing primarily classical music. Percussion ensembles are most commonly found at...
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Every year Harriton musicians audition for positions in the PMEA district band and/or orchestra. Dozens of Harriton students attend the try-out, competing against hundreds of other students. Some succeed, and a few even go on to perform in the regional band/orchestra and all-state band/orchestra.
The Harriton Banner
Since the opening of Harriton High School in 1957, the school newspaper had been called either the Harriton Forum or the Harriton Free Forum, but in October 2006 it was renamed The Harriton Banner.Harriton Technology Student Association (TSA)
Harriton TSA can be noted for continual successes at regional, state, and national competitions, including a TSA state championship in Career Comparisons in 2010. Harriton TSA members were elected to and presently hold three of eight Pennsylvania TSA state officer positions.Harriton Student Council (HSC)
This is the main body of representation for the Harriton student body. HSC holds regular meetings that are open to any Harriton student. HSC annually recruits members, who vote on a variety of issues at these meetings. Members are also divided up into six committees: Students' Rights, Events, Communication, Finance, Planning, and Technology. There is also a sub-committee under Students' Rights that was established after the district initiated the 1:1 laptop to student initiative (the Students' Rights Technology Sub-Committee).2011-12 Officers
- Bryan Ellis (President)
- Kodi Carb (VP)
- Phil Hayes (Secretary)
- Ryan Kelly (Treasurer)
- Mara Dworkin (Sergeant-at-Arms)
2010-11 Officers
- Dan Carp (President)
- Laura Walzer (VP)
- Betsy Hurtado (Secretary)
- Eli Derrow (Treasurer)
- Austin Wortley (Sergeant-at-Arms)
Harriton Junior State of America (JSA)
A relatively new club at Harriton, JSA focuses on engaging its members in exciting political activities, such as debates, keynotes, etc. Its members are typically students who are interested in politics and government, foreign affairs, the law and education. Its mottos include, "Be the People" and "Make democracy work". The club is advised by Mr. Christopher Santa Maria.Tennis
Harriton's girls tennis team has held the PIAA State Class AA Tennis Title for the past six years, a championship streak believed to be the longest among any high school athletic program in District history. The team is also noted for winning the District 1 title since 1999, a nine year streak. The Harriton girls tennis team won its fifth straight PIAA Class AA State Championship in 2008.Perhaps the most memorable moment for the boy's team came in 1998 when second seeded doubles partner, Frank Becker became enraged at an opponent while awaiting his turn to play and asked, "Yo, it's all good over here but what's up over there?"
The boy's team was better known for incidents like this one than PIAA success--further drama occurred when Scott Savett, decidedly the second best player on the team was forced to play the #4 singles because of his "pusher" style.
Laptop privacy lawsuit
In the 2010 WebcamGate case, plaintiffs charged Harriton High School and Lower Merion High School secretly spied on students by surreptitiously and remotely activating webcams embedded in school-issued laptops the students were using at home, and therefore infringed on their privacy rights. The schools admitted to secretly snapping over 66,000 webshots and screenshots, including webcam shots of students in their bedrooms. In October 2010, the school district agreed to pay $610,000 to settle the Robbins and parallel Hasan lawsuits against it.On February 11, 2010, the plaintiffs filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The plaintiffs were a Harriton High School student and his parents. Plaintiffs said the student had been confronted by an assistant principal regarding behavior that had occurred in the student's bedroom, based upon an image allegedly taken by the student's webcam. The school district said that a software tracking and security feature it had installed on the students' laptops was only intended to recover stolen laptops, and potentially certain loaner laptops. After the suit was brought, the school district revealed that it had secretly snapped more than 66,000 images.
On February 19, 2010, the School District acknowledged that there had been "no explicit notification [to parents or students] that the laptop[s] contained the security software", and that "[t]his notice should have been given and we regret that was not done."
As the result of emergency proceedings commenced by the plaintiffs seeking a temporary restraining order, on February 20, 2010, District Judge Jan E. DuBois
Jan E. DuBois
Jan Ely DuBois is a United States federal judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.A native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Judge DuBois graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1952. From 1952 to 1954 he served in the United States Army. He...
ordered that the School District was prohibited from activating the webcams during the litigation, and further ordered the District to preserve all webcam images, data, files, and storage media related to the allegations. The judge also ordered the district to pay plaintiffs' attorney fees for bringing the action.
The complaint alleged violations by the School District of the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution
The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution is the part of the Bill of Rights which guards against unreasonable searches and seizures, along with requiring any warrant to be judicially sanctioned and supported by probable cause...
, the Electronic Communication Privacy Act, the Computer Fraud Abuse Act, the Stored Communications Act, Section 1983 of the Civil Rights Act, the Pennsylvania Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Act, and Pennsylvania common law.
The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), U.S. Attorney's Office, and Montgomery County District Attorney all initiated criminal investigations of the matter, which they combined and then closed because they did not find evidence "that would establish beyond a reasonable doubt that anyone involved had criminal intent". In addition, a U.S. Senate Judiciary subcommittee held hearings on the issues raised by the schools' secret surveillance, and Senator Arlen Specter introduced draft legislation in the Senate to protect against it in the future. Parents, media, and academicians criticized the schools, and the matter was cited as a cautionary example of how modern technology can be used to infringe on personal privacy.
In July 2010, another student filed a parallel second suit. The district was put on notice of a third parallel suit that a third student intends to bring against the district, for—following "interrogation" of the student—"improper surveillance of the student on his school issued laptop", which included taking over 700 webcam shots.
Notable alumni
- Lynda ResnickLynda ResnickLynda Rae Resnick is an American entrepreneur and businesswoman. Resnick is married to Stewart A. Resnick, who is also her business partner. Through their holding company they own the POM Wonderful and FIJI Water brands, the Teleflora floral wire service company, large industrial citrus and nut...
(1960) – President/CEO Roll International Corporation (POM Wonderful, Fiji Water, Teleflora). - Andy HertzfeldAndy HertzfeldAndy Hertzfeld is a computer scientist who was a member of the original Apple Macintosh development team during the 1980s. After buying an Apple II in January 1978, he went to work for Apple Computer from August 1979 until March 1984, where he was a designer for the Macintosh system software...
(1971) – Personal computing pioneer, member of the original Apple Macintosh design team. - Susan KareSusan KareSusan Kare is an artist and graphic designer who created many of the interface elements for the Apple Macintosh in the 1980s. She was also one of the original employees of NeXT , working as the Creative Director.-Background:Kare was born in Ithaca, New York and is the sister of aerospace engineer...
(1971) – Graphic designer and originator of icons and typefaces for Apple Computer. - Lawrence SummersLawrence SummersLawrence Henry Summers is an American economist. He served as the 71st United States Secretary of the Treasury from 1999 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. He was Director of the White House United States National Economic Council for President Barack Obama until November 2010.Summers is the...
(1972) – Former President of Harvard UniversityPresident of Harvard UniversityThe President of Harvard University is the chief administrator of the university. Ex officio the chairman of the Harvard Corporation, he or she is appointed by and is responsible to the other members of that body, who delegate to him or her the day-to-day running of the university...
, former Secretary of the Treasury, current Director of the National Economic Council. Summers returned to Harriton in 2009 to speak at the school's 50th commencement. - Arn TellemArn TellemArn H. Tellem is a sports agent notable for his representation of basketball and baseball players. He is the principal of WMG Management, a part of the Wasserman Media Group headed by Casey Wasserman. Since 2009 he has written a weekly sports column for The Huffington Post...
(1972) – Sports agent named "One of the 50 Most Influential People in Sports Business". - David Crane (1975) – Emmy-award winning TV writer/producer/director, creator of "FriendsFriendsFriends is an American sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994 to May 6, 2004. The series revolves around a group of friends in Manhattan. The series was produced by Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television...
". - Adena HalpernAdena HalpernAdena Halpern is an American author best known for her "chick lit" novels, "The Ten Best Days of My Life," "29" and "Pinch Me."-Career:...
(1987) - Author, The Ten Best Days of my Life (2008, Plume), 29 (2010, Touchstone), Pinch Me (2011, Touchstone) - Bonnie Rosen (1988) – Gold-medal lacrosse star for U.S. National Team; Temple women's lacrosse coach.
- Cherie Greer (1990) – Member of the U.S. National Lacrosse Team, U.S. Lacrosse Hall of Fame.
- Katie WrightKatie WrightKatie Wright is a former American actress. She was born Katherine Wright in Kansas City, Missouri, and grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.-Biography:...
(1990) – Actress, Melrose Place. - Other notable Harriton graduates include Indy film producer Barry Shils (Vampire's KissVampire's KissVampire's Kiss is a 1989 American dark comedy/psychological horror film. It was written by Joseph Minion, who also penned Martin Scorsese's darkly humorous After Hours, and stars actors Nicolas Cage, María Conchita Alonso, Jennifer Beals and Elizabeth Ashley.- Plot summary :Vampire's Kiss is the...
) and Jordin KareJordin KareJordin Kare is a physicist and aerospace engineer known for his research on laser propulsion. In particular, he was responsible for Mockingbird, a conceptual design for an extremely small reusable launch vehicle, and was involved in the Clementine lunar mapping mission.Kare is also known as...
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