University City High School (Missouri)
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{{Infobox school
| name = University City High School
| image =University City High School.jpg
| address = 7401 Balson Avenue
| coordinates = {{coord|38.6651|-90.3293|type:landmark_region:US-MO|display=inline,title}}
| type = Comprehensive public high school
| grades = 9–12
| principal = Mike Peoples
| location = University City, MO 63130
| country = United States
| students = 811 (2023–2024){{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=2930660&ID=293066002113|title=UNIVERSITY CITY SR. HIGH|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|access-date=February 16, 2025}}
| colors =Black and gold
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| mascot = Lions (formerly Indians)
| website = {{URL|https://www.ucityschools.org/Page/19|ucityschools.org}}
}}
University City High School (UCHS) is a public high school in University City, Missouri, United States, that is part of the School District of University City.
As part of the University City Education District, the high school building was listed, along with nearby Jackson Park Elementary School and Hanley Junior High School, in the National Register of Historic Places on January 31, 1985.{{Cite web|title=University City Education District|url=https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/85000172|access-date=2021-11-30|website=NPGallery Asset Detail, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior}}{{Cite web|date=November 15, 1984|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form: University City Education District|url=https://www.mostateparks.com/sites/mostateparks/files/University%20City%20Education%20Dist.pdf|website=MOStateparks.com|publisher=United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service}}
Notable alumni
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- David Bass, NFL football player
- Bud Black, major-league pitcher{{cite web |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/schools/index.cgi?key_school=83b5bacd |title=University City HS (University City, MO) |work=baseball-reference.com |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |access-date=June 4, 2012}}
- Harold Brodkey, writer
- Jeremy Davenport, jazz musician{{cite web|last1=Perkins|first1=Terry|title=Lion Tamers|url=http://www.riverfronttimes.com/1999-06-09/calendar/lion-tamers/|website=Riverfront Times|date=June 9, 1999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926220344/http://www.riverfronttimes.com/1999-06-09/calendar/lion-tamers/|archive-date=September 26, 2011}}
- Carl Dennis, Pulitzer Prize winning poet{{cite web|title=2002 Hall of Fame Inductee: Carl Dennis|url=https://www.ucityschools.org/cms/lib/MO02202179/Centricity/Domain/492/Dennis%20HF-bio%20041014.pdf|website=The School District of University City|access-date=June 9, 2023}}
- Bing Devine, former General Manager of the St. Louis Cardinals
- Marty Ehrlich, jazz musician
- Malcolm Frager, pianist{{cite web |url=https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/obituaries/norman-goldberg-dies-music-was-his-passion/article_9590fd3c-40da-5d6e-8ecd-00f22031f30b.html |title=Norman Goldberg dies; music was his passion |last=Hampel |first=Paul |date=April 3, 2011 |website=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |access-date=March 5, 2019}}
- Bob Gale, screenwriter, author, movie producer{{cite news|last1=Friswold|first1=Paul|last2=Gray|first2=Guy|last3=Hays |first3=Anna Teekell|last4=Whitney|first4=Christine|title=It Was Twenty Years Ago Today|date=October 5, 2005|url=https://www.riverfronttimes.com/arts/it-was-twenty-years-ago-today-2457288|newspaper=Riverfront Times|access-date=June 9, 2023}}
- Dave Garroway, broadcaster
- Bernard Gilkey, major-league outfielder
- Marty Hendin, St. Louis Cardinals former director of public relations
- Ken Holtzman, two-time All Star major-league pitcher
- Art Jimmerson, professional boxer
- Peter Martin, jazz pianistBrown Jr., Sylvester, "It'll be great St. Louis jazz – and it'll be in St. Louis", St. Louis Post-Dispatch, January 25, 2007, Section C, page 1.
- Ed Mickelson, major-league first baseman
- Samuel Moyn, historian
- Nelly, rapper
- Billy Lawrence, singer
- Virginia E. Palmer, United States Ambassador to Ghana
- Leslie Parnas, cellist{{cite news|title=St. Louisans Return to Open Civic Season |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/142213670/ |newspaper=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |date=October 25, 1964 |page=34 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=May 21, 2021}}
- Robert Person, major-league pitcher
- Leonard Roberts, actor
- Art Shamsky, major-league outfielder and Israel Baseball League manager
- William Sleator, author
- Marlene Terry, politician{{Cite web|title=Representative Marlene Terry|url=https://house.mo.gov/MemberDetails.aspx?district=066&year=2021&code=R|access-date=2021-02-12|website=house.mo.gov}}
- Tershawn Wharton, NFL player
- Tennessee Williams, playwright
- Lew Wolff, co-owner of the Oakland Athletics
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See also
Notes
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External links
- [https://www.ucityschools.org/domain/900 Official Website]
- [http://ucityschools.org University City School District website]
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Category:High schools in St. Louis County, Missouri
Category:Public high schools in Missouri
Category:Educational institutions established in 1930
Category:Buildings and structures in St. Louis County, Missouri