Regis High School (New York City)

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Regis High School
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As seen from 84th Street (2019)
Address
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55 East 84th Street

New York
,
New York
10028

United States
Coordinates40°46′46″N 73°57′32″W / 40.779522°N 73.958818°W / 40.779522; -73.958818Coordinates: 40°46′46″N 73°57′32″W / 40.779522°N 73.958818°W / 40.779522; -73.958818
Information
TypePrivate
MottoDeo et Patriae Pietas Christiana Erexit
(Built by Christian Piety for God and Country)
Religious affiliation(s)Roman Catholic
Patron saint(s)St. John Francis Regis
Established1914
FounderJulia M. Grant
PresidentChristian Talbot
PrincipalRev. Anthony Andreassi, CO
Grades9-12
GenderBoys
Enrollment529
Student to teacher ratio10:1
Campus typeUrban
Color(s)Scarlet, Silver and White    
SongRegis Alma Mater
Athletics conferenceCHSAA
MascotOwl
NicknameOwls
RivalsXavier High School
AccreditationMiddle States Association of Colleges and Schools
NewspaperThe Owl
YearbookThe Regian
AffiliationJesuit
Websitewww.regis.org
[1][2][3]

Regis High School is a private Jesuit secondary school for Roman Catholic boys located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City.[4] In 2017, Regis was ranked as the top Catholic High School in the US by Town and Country Magazine.[5] Regis was also ranked as the #1 Catholic High School in the US by niche.com in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021.

History[]

Regis High School was founded in 1914, through the financial bequest of a single (originally anonymous) benefactress Julia M. Grant,[a] the widow of Mayor Hugh J. Grant. She stipulated that her gift be used to build a Jesuit high school providing a free education for Catholic boys with special consideration given to those who could not otherwise afford a Catholic education.[7] The school continues that policy and does not charge tuition.[8] The Grants' former home is the residence of the Vatican Observer to the United Nations, where the pope stays when he visits New York City.[9]

Following the death of her husband in 1910, Julia Grant met with Father David W. Hearn, S.J. and, with a stipulation of strict anonymity, gave him an envelope with the money needed to start a school to educate Catholic boys. After Mrs. Grant died, her children took over the funding of the school. The last surviving member of the family, Lucie Mackey Grant, a daughter-in-law of Julia Grant, died in 2007. Since the 1960s, Regis has relied primarily on the Grant endowments and alumni donations to keep the school tuition free. Following Lucie Mackey Grant's death, at an auction of her estate, Regis bid successfully for the original golden chalice used during Mass when the school was founded in 1914.[6]

The school building was designed by Maginnis & Walsh.[10] Television shows and film have used Regis High School as a setting. Shows include: Law & Order: Criminal Intent, The Ordained, and The Good Wife.[11] "Tru Love", a Season 6 episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent was also directed by Norberto Barba, a graduate of Regis.[12] The films Prince of the City (1981), Finding Forrester (2001), Remember Me (2010), and Straight Outta Tompkins (2013) feature scenes filmed in classrooms, hallways, and offices of Regis.[11]

In April 2021, the school announced that it was firing its president, Daniel Lahart, a Jesuit, after an investigation confirmed that he had engaged in "inappropriate and unwelcome verbal communications and physical conduct, all of a sexual nature, with adult members of the Regis community, including subordinates".[13]

Extracurricular activities[]

The Owl, the school's newspaper, interviewed CIA leak case prosecutor and alumnus Patrick J. Fitzgerald in 2006. Its article was linked on the Drudge Report and quoted by the Associated Press.[14]

Notable alumni[]

  • Vito Acconci, performance artist and architect[15]
  • Norberto Barba, TV and film director
  • Adrian Basora (born 1938), U.S. Ambassador to the Czech Republic (1993–95)
  • Michael Bérubé (born 1961), Paterno Family Professor in Literature, Pennsylvania State University[16]
  • Kevin Burke, Chairman, President, and CEO of Consolidated Edison[citation needed]
  • Frank Caggiano (born 1959), Bishop of Bridgeport, Connecticut[17]
  • Thomas Cahill, scholar and writer, author of the Hinges of History series[18]
  • Timothy Chorba (born 1946), U.S. Ambassador to Singapore (1994–97)[19]
  • Bill Condon (born 1955), director and Academy Award-winning screenwriter[20]
  • Edward Conlon (born 1965), NYPD police officer and bestselling author[21]
  • John M. Corridan (1911–1984), Jesuit priest and organized crime fighter on the NYC waterfront, inspiration for Fr. Barry in On the Waterfront[22]
  • John D'Agostino, exchange markets expert and subject of Ben Mezrich's Rigged[23]
  • John D'Emilio, academic, historian, and activist[24]
  • Lou DiBella, boxing promoter[25]
  • John Donvan (born 1955), journalist, ABC News Nightline correspondent[26]
  • Anthony Fauci, infectious diseases physician, HIV/AIDS researcher, head of the NIAID,[19][21]
  • John D. Feeley, diplomat, U.S. Ambassador to Panama (2016–18)[27]
  • Patrick Fitzgerald, U.S. Attorney and CIA Leak Investigation Special Prosecutor[19][21]
  • Steve Fuller, founder of social epistemology, professor at University of Warwick, UK[28]
  • Greg Giraldo (1965–2010), comedian and television personality[29]
  • Robert Giroux (1914–2008), publisher at Harcourt, Brace & Company and Farrar, Straus and Giroux[30]
  • Frederick Gluck, Managing Director of McKinsey & Company from 1988–1994[31]
  • Pete Hamill (1935–2020), writer and columnist; did not graduate (attended until age 16), awarded honorary diploma in 2010[32]
  • Charles Harbutt (1935–2015), photographer[33]
  • Donald J. Harrington, former president of St. John's University, former president of Niagara University[34]
  • Andrew P. Harris, Member of Congress[35]
  • Timothy S. Healy (1923–1992), president of Georgetown University and the New York Public Library[36]
  • Rich Hickey, creator of the programming language Clojure[citation needed]
  • Robert Hilferty, filmmaker, journalist, and noted HIV/AIDS activist[37]
  • Steve Hirdt, Executive Vice President, Elias Sports Bureau[38]
  • Colin Jost (born 1982), Head Writer and Weekend Update co-anchor at Saturday Night Live, stand up comedian[39]
  • Brian P. Kavanagh, New York State Senator[40]
  • John F. Keenan (born 1929), U.S. District Court Judge for the Southern District of New York[41]
  • Thomas C. Kelly (1931–2011), Archbishop of Louisville, Kentucky[42]
  • Tom Kelly (1924–2008), Boston Celtics basketball player[43]
  • Phil Klay (born 1983), winner of the National Book Award for fiction in 2014 for Redeployment[44][45]
  • John Koeltl (born 1945), U.S. District Court Judge for the Southern District of New York[19][46]
  • David Lat (born 1975), founder and Managing Editor of legal blog, Above the Law[47]
  • John Leo, author and former columnist, U.S. News & World Report[48]
  • Thomas Lippman (born 1939), journalist and author, Middle East specialist[citation needed]
  • Chris Lowney, Christian author and speaker[49]
  • Gerard E. Lynch (born 1951), circuit judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit[50]
  • John Maguire (1904–1989), Bishop, New York archdiocese[51]
  • Eugene T. Maleska (1916–1993), editor, New York Times crossword puzzle[52]
  • Robert Marasco (1936–1998), playwright[53][b]
  • Mark Mazzetti (born 1974), Pulitzer Prize winning New York Times writer[19][55]
  • Ken McCarthy, Internet commercialization pioneer, educator, activist[56]
  • Mac McGarry (1926–2013), host of the Washington, D.C., and Charlottesville, Virginia, versions of It's Academic[57]
  • John McGiver (1913–1975), motion picture and television character actor[58]
  • Joseph M. McShane (born 1949), president of Fordham University[59]
  • Ronald J. Mellor, scholar of ancient history and religion[60]
  • Arthur Minson Jr., Co-CEO, WeWork[61]
  • Alexander J. Motyl (born 1953), political scientist at Rutgers University[citation needed]
  • Thomas Francis Murphy (1906–1995), government official, in the perjury trials of Alger Hiss.[62]
  • John Nonna (born 1948), 1972 Summer Olympics fencer[63]
  • Frank S. Nugent (1908–1965), New York Times film critic, screenwriter (The Quiet Man, 1952; The Searchers 1956)[64]
  • Edward J. O'Donnell (1931–2009), Bishop, Diocese of Lafayette, Louisiana
  • Joseph A. O'Hare (1931–2020), President of Fordham University, Chairman of New York City Campaign Finance Board, editor at America Magazine
  • John O'Keefe (born 1939), Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine 2014[65]
  • Francis Edward Peters (born 1927), scholar of Middle East religion, New York University
  • Patrick Quinlan, political activist and author[citation needed]
  • Gerard Reedy (1939–2016), president of the College of the Holy Cross[66]
  • Ken Rosato, journalist and WABC Eyewitness News Anchor.
  • Luc Sante (born 1954), writer and critic[67](did not graduate)
  • Jon Sciambi (born 1970), sportscaster for ESPN[68]
  • Jim Sciutto (born 1970), journalist, Chief National Security Correspondent for CNN[19][69]
  • Joe Sheehan, founding member of BaseballProspectus.com, sports writer[70]
  • Brian Thomsen (1959–2008), science fiction writer[71]
  • Robert Tomasulo (1934–2008), computer scientist who devised the algorithm named for him[72]
  • Pablo S. Torre, sportswriter for ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine, panelist on ESPN shows such as Around the Horn
  • Mike Walczewski (born 1956), New York Knicks/Madison Square Garden public address announcer
  • William Braucher Wood (born 1950), diplomat, U.S. Ambassador to Colombia (2003–07) and Afghanistan (2007–09)[19]

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ The identity of the school's founding benefactor was officially kept secret for decades, though the large portrait in the school's first floor conference room titled "Julia Grant" contradicted the official policy. The online announcement, of an auction that included items related to the school's founding, did so as well.[6] Finally, on October 26, 2009, a documentary film revealed her identity and detailed the circumstances of her gift.
  2. ^ When Marasco's Child's Play premiered on Broadway in 1970, "he refused to reveal the name of his school because he thought that theatergoers would think the work was based on reality". He said the plot originated with a news story about a teacher's suicide and the Bergman film Torment.[54]

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