page_title: Samuel J. Tilden High School
section_title: Notable alumni and teachers
hierarchical_section_title: Samuel J. Tilden High School / Notable alumni and teachers
caption_attribution_description: English: bench coach willie randolph
context_page_description: Samuel J. Tilden High School is a New York City public high school in the East Flatbush section of Brooklyn, New York City. It was named for Samuel J. Tilden, the former governor of New York State and presidential candidate who, although carrying the popular vote, lost to Rutherford B. Hayes in the disputed election of 1876.
  In order to save the New York City government money during the Great Depression, Samuel J. Tilden High School, Bayside High School, Abraham Lincoln High School, John Adams High School, Walton High School, Andrew Jackson High School, and Grover Cleveland High School and Far Rockaway High School were all built from one set of blueprints.
context_section_description: L. B. Schwartz, Noted Bankruptcy Expert. Class of 1967.
  Ed Cota – professional basketball player
  James E. Davis – Class of 1980. NYPD Police Officer, Christian Minister, Political activist, New York City Councilperson (D-35th District)
  Charles S. Dubin – film and television director
  Jake Ehrenreich – Class of 1974. Actor/writer. Creator of A Jew Grows in Brooklyn New York Times review  
  Mitchell Jay Feigenbaum – Mathematical physicist and discoverer of the Feigenbaum constants
  Fresh Kid Ice - rapper
  Henry J. Foner - teacher; union activist
  Nelson George – author
  Owen Gill – NFL Indianapolis Colts
  Bill Gold – graphic designer and film poster artist
  Don Goldstein - All American and Pan American champion basketball player
  Sid Gordon – 2-time All Star major league baseball player
  Arnold Greenberg - co-founder of Snapple
  Josh Greenfeld – writer
  Sidney (Sonny) Hertzberg – NBA basketball player
  Jerry Hyman, trombone Blood, Sweat & Tears, Albums II, III, Greatest Hits
  Paula A. Johnson, MD, MPH, Class of 1976, Researcher and Professor, President Wellesley College
  Sam Levenson, Spanish teacher who became a humorist and popular television personality
  Bill Macy – actor, most notably in TV series Maude
  Paul Marks - cancer researcher
  Leonard Marsh - co-founder of Snapple
  Neil Meron – Hollywood producer
  William Messing – mathematician
  Amy Paulin – New York State Assemblywoman (D-88th District)
  Sam Perkins – professional basketball player
  Willie Randolph – professional baseball player; 6-time American League All Star; played on two World Series Champion teams (New York Yankees); and former manager of the New York Mets
  Dr. Gail Reed-Barnett - former New York State Committeewoman/District Leader, Assembly District 58th
  Eleanor Reissa - actress, singer, director, choreographer / Broadway, Off-Broadway, Yiddish Theater
  Busta Rhymes, rapper and actor
  Lucille Roberts – businesswoman and founder of health club chain bearing her name
  Ossie Schectman – NBA basketball player - credited with scoring 1st basket in NBA History (New York Knickerbockers 1946-47)
  Al Sharpton – Pentecostal minister, political activist, civil rights activist, and former candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in 2004.
  Dean Silvers – film producer/writer/director/entertainment lawyer
  Richard J. Smith – Class of 1965. Anthropologist
  Curtis Stevens – professional boxer
  Irv Torgoff - professional basketball player
  Earl Ubell – science and health journalist
  Gary I. Wadler – sports physician
  Marilyn B. Young – Class of 1953. Historian.
  Special Ed (rapper)
caption: Willie Randolph
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