Haaren High School

Haaren High School was an American high school located in Midtown Manhattan, New York. The school was noted for its vocational program including classes focusing on internal combustion engines. The facility was constructed in 1903 to house DeWitt Clinton High School. When that school relocated in 1927, it became home to Haaren High School (named for educator John Henry Haaren) until that school closed in the late 1970s. After developers announced plans to renovate the building to house offices, production studios and retail, John Jay College purchased the structure in 1988 and remodeled it to house offices, a library, classrooms and other facilities.

Notable alumni

• Herman Badillo (1929–2014), first Puerto Rican-American U.S. congressman
• Mario Biaggi (1917–2015), decorated policeman and US Congressman
• Edd Byrnes, actor
• Ron Carey (1936–2008), president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters
• Ed Feingersh, 1950s photojournalist
• Padraic Fiacc, Irish poet
• Robert García, New York Assemblyman and congressman
• David Greenglass, 1950s Soviet spy
• Joe Hayes, Taekwondo fighter and champion
• Lynbert Johnson, NBA player
• Robert Mitchum (1917–1997), actor
• Pedro Pietri, Nuyorican poet
• Paul Rand, graphic designer and illustrator
• Albert Salmi, actor
• Ray Santos (1928–2019), Grammy Award-winning Latin musician.
• George Stade, novelist and Columbia literature professor.
• James Victor, actor
• John Worth, President and executive director of the Academy of Model Aeronautics

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