Garden City High School (New York)

Notable alumni

Academia

• Gilbert Chu, biochemist and oncologist at Stanford University
• R. Inslee Clark Jr., dean of undergraduate admissions, Yale University

Arts

• Liza Huber, actress and daughter of Susan Lucci
• Joe Iconis, musical theater writer; 2019 Tony Award nominee for Be More Chill
• Susan Lucci, actress, star of All My Children, class of 1964
• Elliott Murphy, singer/songwriter, class of 1967
• John Tesh, pianist, composer

Broadcast journalism

• Greg Kelly, talk radio host, former Good Day New York host.
• Lara Spencer, television journalist, co-anchor of Good Morning America, class of 1987
• John Tesh, radio host and television presenter

Finance

• John J. Phelan Jr., former chairman and chief executive officer of the New York Stock Exchange

Government

• Michael Balboni, former deputy secretary for Public Safety for the State of New York, New York state senator and assemblyman
• Steven Chu (born 1948), former U.S. secretary of energy and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1997, class of 1966
• John R. Dunne, former U.S. assistant attorney general for civil rights and New York state senator
• Kashyap "Kash" Patel, FBI director, attorney, congressional aide, and federal government official
• Kathleen Rice, U.S. representative for New York's 4th congressional district and former district attorney of Nassau County, New York

Literature

• Sarah Langan, horror writer, class of 1992
• Sarah Smith, author of mysteries and science fiction

Science

• Gilbert Chu, biochemist and oncologist at Stanford University
• Michael Wigler, geneticist at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Sports

• Carl Braun, professional basketball player for the New York Knicks
• Matt Daley, New York Yankees relief pitcher
• Dave Jennings, NFL punter and football analyst
• Don McCauley, All-American running back at North Carolina, Baltimore Colts, College Football Hall of Fame

Miscellaneous

• John Chatterton, commercial scuba diver, subject of the bestselling book Shadow Divers

Notable faculty

• Irvin Faust, noted novelist and short-story writer; director of guidance, 1960–1995

References

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