Lane Tech College Prep High School

{{Short description|Public secondary magnet school in Chicago, Illinois, US}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2023}} {{Use American English|date=October 2023}} {{Infobox school | name = Albert Grannis Lane Technical College Preparatory High School | logo = | seal_image = | image = Lane Tech High School clock tower.jpg | caption = The clock tower at Lane Tech | motto = ''Wherever you go, whatever you do, remember the honor of Lane'' | address = 2501 W. Addison Street | city = Chicago | state = Illinois | zipcode = 60618 | country = United States | coordinates = {{coord|41.9454|N|87.6907|W|type:edu|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | schooltype = Public Secondary Magnet | fundingtype = | opened = {{start date and age|1908||}} | status = <!-- only entry here should be "closed". Leave blank otherwise. --> | closed = | district = Chicago Public Schools | ceeb = 140640<ref>{{cite web| title = Code search| work = directory| publisher = College Board| year = 2010| url = http://sat.collegeboard.com/register/sat-code-search| access-date = 23 November 2010}}</ref> | principal = Edwina Thompson <ref>{{cite web| title = Administration| publisher = Lane Tech High School| url = https://lanetech.org/contact/| access-date = 19 August 2021| df = dmy-all}}</ref> | teaching_staff = 277.50 {{FTE}}<ref name="NCES"/> | ratio = 16.59<ref name="NCES"/> | grades = 7th–12th<ref name="NCES"/> | gender = Coed | campus_size = {{convert|33|acre}} | campus_type = Urban | colors = {{color box|#21421E}} Myrtle<br />{{color box|#CFB53B}} Old Gold<ref name="IHSA school info">{{cite web| title = Chicago (Lane)| publisher = Illinois High School Association (IHSA)| date = 6 October 2020| url = https://www.ihsa.org/Schools/School-Directory?url=/data/school/l.htm | access-date = 10 October 2020}}</ref> | fight_song = ''Go, Lane, Go''<ref name="History">{{cite web| title = School History| publisher = Lane Tech High School| url = http://lanetech.org/history.php| access-date = 23 November 2010| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100914152050/http://lanetech.org/history.php| archive-date = 14 September 2010| url-status = dead| df = dmy-all}}</ref> | athletic_conference = Chicago Public League | nickname = Champions<ref>{{cite web |last1=Burstein |first1=Alex |title=BREAKING: Lane announces "Champions" as new symbol |url=https://lanetechchampion.org/13479/news/breaking-lane-announces-champions-as-new-symbol/ |website=The Lane Tech Champion |access-date=12 September 2022}}</ref> | accreditation = AdvancED Higher Learning Commission<ref>{{cite web| title = Institution Summary for Lane Tech High School| work = AdvancED profile| publisher = North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement| url = http://www.advanc-ed.org/oasis2/u/par/accreditation/summary?institutionId=38689| access-date = 21 January 2019}}</ref> | publication = | newspaper = The Lane Tech Champion | yearbook = Golden Years | enrollment = 4,604<ref name="NCES">{{cite web |title=Lane Technical High School |url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?ID=170993000942 |website=Common Core of Data |publisher=National Center for Education Statistics |access-date=May 23, 2025}}</ref> | enrollment_as_of = 2024–2025 | website = {{URL|https://www.lanetech.org/}} }}

'''Lane Tech College Prep High School''' (often shortened to '''Lane Tech''', full name '''Albert Grannis Lane Technical College Preparatory High School'''), is a public four-year selective enrollment magnet high school located in the Roscoe Village neighborhood on the north side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is a part of the Chicago Public Schools district. Lane is one of the oldest schools in the city and has an enrollment of over four thousand students, making it the largest high school in the state.<ref name=Information>{{cite web |url=http://www.selectiveenrollment.org/schools/ltcphs.jsp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051024080640/http://selectiveenrollment.org/schools/ltcphs.jsp |url-status=dead |archive-date = 24 October 2005 |title=Lane Tech College Preparatory High School Information Sheet |publisher=CPS |access-date = 23 May 2007}}</ref> Lane is a selective-enrollment-based school in which students must take a test and pass a certain benchmark in order to be offered admission.<ref name=Information/> Lane is one of eleven selective enrollment schools in Chicago. It is a diverse school with many of its students coming from different ethnicities and economic backgrounds.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://research.cps.k12.il.us/resweb/SchoolProfile?unit=1440 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080111025655/http://research.cps.k12.il.us/resweb/SchoolProfile?unit=1440 |url-status=dead |archive-date = 11 January 2008 |title=Chicago Public Schools |publisher=CPS |access-date = 8 March 2008}}</ref> In 2019, Lane Tech was rated the 3rd best public high school in Illinois and 69th in the nation.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/illinois/districts/chicago-public-schools/lane-technical-high-school-6572|title=Lane Technical High School in Chicago, IL |publisher=US News|access-date = 30 April 2019}}</ref>

==School history== [[File:Albert G. Lane Technical High School 1908–1934 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Original school designed by Dwight H. Perkins, in use from 1908 to 1934.]]

===Founding=== The school is named after Albert G. Lane, a former principal and superintendent of Chicago Public Schools from 1891 until 1898. It was founded in 1908 and dedicated on Washington's Birthday in 1909, as the '''Albert Grannis Lane Manual Training High School'''.<ref>{{cite book |title=Lane Tech Student Manual |edition=2006 |page=5}}</ref> This building, designed by Board of Education Architect Dwight H. Perkins, stood at Sedgwick Avenue and Division Street.<ref name="Trib Lane at 100"/><ref>{{Cite report |url=https://www.chicago.gov/content/dam/city/depts/zlup/Historic_Preservation/Publications/CPS_Bldgs_Pre_1940_Context_Statement.pdf |title=Chicago Public School Buildings, Pre-1940 Context Statement |last1=Terry |first1=Andrea |last2=Patterson |first2=Elizabeth |date=2011 |publisher=City of Chicago: Department of Planning and Development |last3=Tuffy |first3=Eiliesh |last4=Hahn |first4=Kandalyn |last5=Sylvester |first5=Jeanne M. |last6=Crawford |first6=Matt}}</ref> During the early years of the school's operation, the school was a manual training school for boys, where students could take advantage of a wide array of technical classes. Freshmen were offered carpentry, cabinet making, and wood turning. Sophomores received training in foundry, forge, welding, coremaking, and molding. Juniors could take classes in the machine shop. Seniors were able to take electric shop which was the most advanced shop course.<ref name=History/> By the 1970s freshman were assigned to wood and electric shop for a semester each. Sophomores were forced into welding and foundry although few college bound students gained any value. Politically connected parents could influence students into auto shop.

By the 1930s, Lane had a student population of over 7,000 boys. Since the school's building was not originally planned for such a huge student population, a new site for the school was chosen, and the building was designed by Board of Education architect John C. Christensen. On its dedication day, September 17, 1934,<ref name="History"/> the student body—over 9,000 boys—and faculty gathered at Wrigley Field and from there walked en masse several miles west to the new campus. (In 1983 and 2008, to celebrate the 75th and 100th anniversaries of the school, a march was held from the school to Wrigley Field.)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://neilski.typepad.com/wwwlanetechfancom_blog/2008/07/lane-tech-marching-bandmajorettes-as-they-march-to-wrigley-field.html |title=Lane Tech Wrigley March |access-date=2011-12-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426041947/http://neilski.typepad.com/wwwlanetechfancom_blog/2008/07/lane-tech-marching-bandmajorettes-as-they-march-to-wrigley-field.html |archive-date=2012-04-26 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Lane's huge student body necessitated that classes be held in three shifts.<ref name=History/> That year (1934), the school name was changed to the '''Albert Grannis Lane Technical High School''' to reflect the school's expanding curriculum, but was known to all simply as "Lane Tech." In 2004, the school name was changed to '''Lane Technical College Prep High School''' to reflect a college preparatory mandate.

===Student admission during the Cold War=== Lane adopted a closed admission policy in 1958 on the school's 50th anniversary. All remedial classes were eliminated and only top tier students were admitted to the school. This coincided with the beginning of the space race between the United States and the USSR. Lane changed its educational policy to help ensure that the United States would not fall behind the Soviets in science and technology.<ref name=History/>

===Admission of female students=== In 1971, changes were made to the admission policy due to a drop in enrollment and lack of technical schools for girls. To solve the issue, Superintendent James Redmond recommended that girls be admitted to Lane Tech. The Chicago Board of Education concurred and girls were admitted as students for the first time. Due to a fear of having a drop in academic achievement, 1,500 male students protested the admission but the decision was not changed.<ref name=History/>

==Campus== thumb|280px|The west and rear of the school. The clock tower is visible to the right of center, and to the left of the taller smokestack. Lane Tech is located on a {{convert|33|acre|adj=on}} campus at the intersection of Addison Street and Western Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. The campus includes: the main school building, Lane Stadium, Kerry Wood Cubs Field, a turf soccer field, and the parking lot.

{{clear}} ===Lane Stadium=== {{see further| Lane Stadium (Chicago)}} thumb|stadium entrance, photographed in 2024

Campus facilities include Lane Stadium, one of seven stadiums operated by Chicago Public Schools, which play host to Chicago Public League sporting events.<ref name=CPSstadiums>{{cite web |title=Facilities |url=https://cpsathletics.com/facilities/ |website=Chicago Public Schools (IL) |access-date=March 5, 2026}}</ref> As of 2022, it was typically site of approximately 1,000 games each year.<ref name="Sabino">{{cite web |last1=Sabino |first1=Pascal |title=Knute Rockne Stadium Won't Be Ready For Fall Sports After Renovation Delayed By Work Stoppage At Illinois Quarries |url=https://blockclubchicago.org/2022/07/27/knute-rockne-stadium-wont-be-ready-for-fall-sports-after-renovation-delayed-by-work-stoppage-at-illinois-quarries/ |website=Block Club Chicago |access-date=March 16, 2026 |date=July 27, 2022}}</ref>

===Memorial Garden=== thumb|280px|A picture of the side of Lane Tech College Prep facing Chicago's Addison Street.

At the west end of the Memorial Garden is the Ramo I. Zenkich Memorial, consisting of a flag pole and granite monument inscribed with the names of the students from Lane Tech who lost their lives in the Vietnam War. The Memorial Garden was rededicated in 1995. During the school's 90th anniversary celebration in 1998, a commemorative plaque was placed near the "Shooting the Stars" statue. It explains the significance of the Memorial Garden to Lane Tech and its students.

==Academics== Honor level courses are offered to qualified students. Advanced Placement (AP) courses are available in English, history, math, science, art, music, computer science, and world languages. Students can also replace their normal physical education classes with a class in Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC). The program sponsors the Proctors Club, Color Guard, Honor Guard, Drill Platoon, Drum & Bugle Corps, and Raiders of Lane.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lanetech.org/curriculumoptionsfreshmen2006.pdf |title=Curriculum Options |access-date = 3 March 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080625021818/http://lanetech.org/curriculumoptionsfreshmen2006.pdf |archive-date = 25 June 2008}}</ref> As of 2025, Lane has a 96% graduation rate.<ref name="US News and World Report">{{cite web |title=Lane Tech High School in Chicago, IL: Test Scores |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/illinois/districts/chicago-public-schools/lane-technical-high-school-6572/test-scores |publisher=U.S. News & World Report |access-date = 16 July 2018}}</ref>

As of 2025, 97% of Lane students take at least one AP exam throughout their time at Lane.<ref name="US News and World Report"/>

Lane offers courses in Aquaponics and is the second Chicago Public School to do so alongside Walter Payton College Prep.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lane Tech College Prep: Mayor Rahm Emanuel Visits Lane Tech To Tour Aquaponics & Stem Labs |date=19 November 2012 |url=http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20121119/submitted/121119832/ |publisher=Daily Herald |access-date=17 July 2018}}</ref>

Lane Tech has the most graduates who complete PhD's in the nation as of 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=Apple Unveils New Lower Cost iPad for Schools at Lane Tech |url=https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/03/27/new-apple-ipad-lane-tech/ |website=CBS Chicago |date=27 March 2018 |access-date = 16 July 2018}}</ref>

Lane Tech has the biggest computer science program in Chicago Public Schools, and is considered one of the best schools in computer science in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Course Catalog – Computer Science|url=https://lanetech.org/course-catalog/computer-science/|access-date=2021-04-04|website=Lane Tech College Prep|language=en}}</ref>

==Athletics== Lane offers many sports including, but not limited to baseball, basketball, bowling, cheerleading, cross-country, football, golf, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track, volleyball, wrestling, women's rugby,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rugbyillinois.org/t/lane-tech-wapiti/schedule|title=Schedule for Lane Tech Girls – Rugby Illinois|website=rugbyillinois.org|access-date=2018-09-06}}</ref> and water polo.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lanetech.org/sportsdirectory.html |title=Sports Directory|access-date = 3 March 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080216160917/http://lanetech.org/sportsdirectory.html |archive-date = 16 February 2008}}</ref> Lane has won 16 state championships since 1908. Numerous Lane Tech athletes have competed beyond the high school level and achieved success at the college level and beyond.<ref name=History/> Lane Tech also started a girls flag football team, winning city championships in 2024.

In 1934 the NFL-champion Chicago Bears held their practices for the Chicago College All-Star Game at Lane Tech.<ref>{{cite book |last=Schmidt |first=Raymond |year=2001 |title=Football's Stars of Summer: A History of the College All-Star Football Game Series of 1934–1976 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xiwH3cf5DvQC|location=Lanham, Maryland; London, England|publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=9780810840270 |access-date = 21 April 2015}}</ref>

==Transportation == There are several methods of transportation around the school provided by the CTA (Chicago Transit Authority), including bus routes 49, X49, and 152. Chicago Transit Authority trains "El" Red, Blue, and Brown Lines are also nearby. Lane Tech has bike racks for students and faculty biking to school and home.

==Notable alumni== * Tony Alcantar is an actor and acting teacher.<ref name="highschool">{{cite news|url=http://www.suntimes.com/sports/preps/highschool/386780,CST-SPT-spot16.article |title=Lane Tech :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: High School of the Week |publisher=Suntimes |access-date = 3 August 2008 |date = 16 May 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080824123103/http://www.suntimes.com/sports/preps/highschool/386780%2CCST-SPT-spot16.article |archive-date = 24 August 2008}}</ref> * Leonard Baldy was a pioneering Chicago police officer and helicopter traffic reporter. * Franz Benteler was a classical violinist and leader of the Royal Strings Orchestra.<ref>{{cite web| title = Franz Benteler, 1925 -2010 Ambassador of Music for Chicago | work=Chicago Tribune | date=March 15, 2010 | url= http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-03-15/news/ct-met-0316-benteler-obit-20100315_1_westin-michigan-avenue-mayor-richard-j-daley-music | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140313001155/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-03-15/news/ct-met-0316-benteler-obit-20100315_1_westin-michigan-avenue-mayor-richard-j-daley-music | url-status= dead | archive-date= March 13, 2014 | access-date = 15 March 2010}}</ref> * Edgar Bergen was a ventriloquist, actor, and radio performer, best remembered for creating Charlie McCarthy.<ref name="CPS alumni HoF">{{cite web|title=Lane, Albert G. Lane Technical High School Honor Roll |publisher=Chicago Public Schools Alumni.org |url=http://www.cpsalumni.org/honor_roll/1655 |access-date = 22 November 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110528003534/http://www.cpsalumni.org/honor_roll/1655 |archive-date = 28 May 2011}}</ref> * Rod Blagojevich is a former Governor of Illinois (attended for a short time before transferring).<ref>{{Citation|last=Washington |first=Robin |title=A true story about Rod Blagojevich |newspaper=The Daily Voice |date=16 December 2008 |url=http://thedailyvoice.com/voice/2008/12/a-true-story-about-rod-blagoje-001454.php |access-date = 21 November 2010 |quote=It was spring 1972, and Rod Blagojevich and I were swimming naked in the Lane Tech High School pool when – All right, a clarification: The Illinois governor accused of attempting to auction off President-elect Barack Obama's Senate seat was in my Chicago high school class, though he transferred after two years. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110423164952/http://thedailyvoice.com/voice/2008/12/a-true-story-about-rod-blagoje-001454.php |archive-date = 23 April 2011 }}</ref> * Aimee Boorman is a gymnastics coach who was the head coach of the Final Five at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Boorman was the personal coach of Simone Biles. * Cyron Brown is a former lineman who played in the NFL and AFL.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cyron Brown |work=statistical and biographic sketch |publisher=Dallas Desperados |year=2007 |url=http://www.dallasdesperados.com/dd_player_brown_cyron.cfm |access-date = 23 November 2010 |quote=PERSONAL: Brown was a standout performer at Albert G. Lane Tech High School in Chicago, Ill. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090503191912/http://www.dallasdesperados.com/dd_player_brown_cyron.cfm |archive-date = 3 May 2009 }}</ref> * Buzz Capra is a former Major League Baseball pitcher (1971–77).<ref name="BaseballDigest99">{{Cite journal| title = High Schools That Produced Most Major League Players| journal =Baseball Digest | volume = 58| issue = 2| page = 76| publisher = Century Publishing| location = Evanston, Illinois, USA| date = February 1999| issn = 0005-609X}}</ref> * Phil Cavarretta was a Major League Baseball player (1934–55). He spent most of his playing career with, and briefly managed the Chicago Cubs.<ref name="highschool"/><ref name="CPS alumni HoF"/><ref name="BaseballDigest99"/> * Ertharin Cousin is the former executive director of the United Nations World Food Programme. * Len Church was a pitcher for the Chicago Cubs (1966).<ref name="BaseballDigest99"/> * Bill Daily was an actor (''I Dream of Jeannie'', ''The Bob Newhart Show'').<ref>{{cite web| title = INTERVIEW WITH BILL DAILY, JUNE 2003| work = interview transcript| publisher = The Jeannie Sisters Website| date = June 2003| url = http://www.jeanniesisters.com/fanpages/interviewbill.html| access-date = 23 November 2010| quote = Bill Daily was interviewed for a television legends show. Here are some of the fine points made on this 2 hour long interview ... He went to Lane Tech High School in Chicago.}}</ref> * Frank Dasso was a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds (1945–46).<ref name="BaseballDigest99"/><ref>{{cite web| title = Frank Dasso| work = statistical and biographic info| publisher = Baseball Reference.com| url = https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/d/dassofr01.shtml| access-date = 21 November 2010| quote = High School: Lane Technical (Chicago, IL)}}</ref> * Anna Davlantes has been a news anchor at WMAQ-TV and WFLD-TV.<ref name="Trib Lane at 100">{{Citation| title = Lane Tech at 100: Despite Makeovers, The Iconic City High School Remains A Melting Pot| newspaper = Chicago Tribune| date = 30 November 2008| url = https://www.chicagotribune.com/2008/11/30/lane-tech-at-100/| access-date = 22 November 2010}}</ref><ref name="highschool"/><ref name="CPS alumni HoF"/><ref name="Trib article">{{Citation| last = Selch| first = Emily| title = Lane Tech| newspaper = The Mash (Chicago Tribune)| date = 7 January 2010| url = https://www.chicagotribune.com/2010/01/07/lane-tech-35/| access-date = 22 November 2010| quote = Famous alumni: Steve Wilkos, host of "The Steve Wilkos Show" and a former security guard on "The Jerry Springer Show;" Rachel Barton Pine, a violinist; and news anchor Anna Davlantes of Fox-owned WFLD-Ch. 32.}}</ref> * Otto Denning was a Major League Baseball catcher for the Cleveland Indians (1942–43).<ref name="BaseballDigest99"/> * DJ Colette (Colette Marino) is a house music singer and DJ.<ref>{{cite web| title = Colette| work = biographic sketch & discography| publisher = Apple, Inc. (iTunes)| year = 2010| url = https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/colette/id17215987| access-date = 23 November 2010| quote = House music innovator DJ Colette was born Colette Marino in Chicago in 1975 — at the age of nine, she began studying classical vocal performance, later studying painting and music at the Windy City institution Lane Tech.}}</ref> * George J. Efstathiou is an architect at Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (Burj Khalifa, Chicago Symphony Center).<ref name="Trib Lane at 100"/> * Dan Evans is a former General Manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers and a baseball executive, Class of 1978. * John Felske is a former Major League Baseball player and manager.<ref name="BaseballDigest99"/> * Bill Fischer was a lineman for the Chicago Cardinals (1949–53). A member of the College Football Hall of Fame, he won the Outland Trophy in 1948.<ref name=highschool/> *Michael Patrick Flanagan, class of 1980, is a former congressman.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | title=FLANAGAN, Michael P. | url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=F000187 | dictionary=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress | accessdate=May 26, 2016}}</ref> *Allan Friedman is former chairman of neurosurgery at Duke University * Neal Gabler is an author and political commentator.<ref name="CPS alumni HoF"/> * Theaster Gates is an American Social Practice installation artist.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thehistorymakers.com/biography/theaster-gates | title=Theaster Gates's Biography }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-theaster-gates-kogan-sidewalks-20140214-column.html|title = Union League drafts exceptional artist in Theaster Gates|website = Chicago Tribune| date=February 14, 2014 }}</ref> * Carl Giammarese is a singer and guitarist who co-founded The Buckinghams.<ref name="CPS alumni HoF"/> * Earl Gillespie was a sports broadcaster for the Milwaukee Braves and Green Bay Packers * Godfrey is a comedian and actor. * Fred Goetz, mobster implicated in the Saint Valentine's Day massacre.<ref>{{cite news|title='College Gangster' is UI's not-so-funny Valentine |author=Jim Dey |newspaper=The News-Gazette |date=12 February 2005 |url=http://www.uillinois.edu/clips/february-15-2005.pdf |access-date = 5 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100531212700/http://www.uillinois.edu/clips/february-15-2005.pdf |archive-date = 31 May 2010}}</ref> * Ron Gora was a swimmer who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.<ref name="highschool"/><ref name="CPS alumni HoF"/> * Stuart Gordon, film and theater director * Bato Govedarica is a former player for the Syracuse Nationals (1953–54).<ref name=highschool/> * Seymour Greenberg was a national champion tennis player.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-tennis/spec-rel/042006aac.html|title=Wildcats remember a program pioneer|publisher=Northwestern University|access-date = 3 August 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090316214304/http://nusports.cstv.com/sports/m-tennis/spec-rel/042006aac.html|archive-date = 16 March 2009}}</ref> * Dwight D. Guilfoil Jr., manufacturing executive, advocate for disabled workers * Herbert Hans Haupt was a Nazi spy during World War II executed by U.S. Government for his role in Operation Pastorius. * Dennis Hejhal is a mathematician at the University of Minnesota. * Robert Irsay (1923–1997), owner of the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/861215-swift-bobirsaybio "Now You See Him, Now you Don't,"] ''Sports Illustrated,'' vol. 65, no. 26 (Dec. 15, 1986), p. 88.</ref> * Maxwell Jenkins (born 2005—), an American film and television actor.<ref name=SD>{{cite web|url= https://screendollars.com/biography/maxwell-jenkins/|title=Maxwell Jenkins — Producer, Writer, Director|work=Screen Dollars|accessdate=April 24, 2024}}</ref> * Arndt Jorgens was a Norwegian-born catcher (1929–39), playing his entire career for the New York Yankees.<ref name="BaseballDigest99"/> * Orville Jorgens was a pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies (1935–37).<ref name="BaseballDigest99"/> * John T. Joyce, Illinois businessman and state legislator<ref>'Illinois Blue Book 1929–1930,' Biographical Sketch of John T. Joyce, pg. 244–245</ref> * John Komlos is a professor of economics at LMU Munich. He helped found the field of anthropometric history.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.econhist.vwl.lmu.de/index.html |title=Wirtschaftsgeschichte John Komlos |publisher=Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München |access-date = 6 July 2009|website=EconHist - Seminar für Wirtschaftsgeschichte|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719055531/https://www.econhist.vwl.lmu.de/index.html|archive-date=19 July 2011}}</ref> * Frankie Laine was a singer, songwriter and actor. One source notes that Laine's stage name was taken from the school.<ref name="CPS alumni HoF"/><ref>{{Citation| title = Frankie Laine| newspaper = The Telegraph |location=London, UK| date = 8 February 2007| url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1541885/Frankie-Laine.html| access-date = 22 November 2010| quote = At 15, while attending Lane Technical School, he sang in front of a crowd at the Merry Garden Ballroom in Chicago and also did weekly performances for a radio station, where the programme director suggested he should change his name to Frankie Laine.}}</ref><ref>{{Citation| last1 = Parrish| first1 = James Robert| last2 = Pitts| first2 = Michael R.| title = Hollywood Songsters: Singers who Act and Actors who Sing| place = New York, USA| publisher = Routledge| year = 2003| volume = 2| edition = 2nd| isbn = 0-415-94333-7| quote = (p. 469) Frankie Laine was born Francesco Paolo LoVecchio ... in Chicago's Little Italy ... He later attended Lane Technical School, from which he was to derive his stage name.}}</ref> * Ed Linke was a Major League Baseball pitcher (1933–38).<ref name="BaseballDigest99"/> * Naysha Lopez is a Drag queen (Miss Continental 2013) * Justina Machado is an actress (''Six Feet Under, One Day at a Time, Jane the Virgin '').<ref name="highschool"/><ref name="CPS alumni HoF"/> * Irv Medlinger was a Major League Baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Browns (1949, 51).<ref name="BaseballDigest99"/> * Bus Mertes was a professional football player and college head coach at Bradley, Drake and Kansas State. * Richard W. Mies is a former U.S. Navy admiral who served as head of the United States Strategic Command.<ref name="CPS alumni HoF"/> * Donna Miller, Cook County commissioner<ref name="CST1">{{cite web |title=Cook County Board 6th District Democratic candidate: Donna Miller |url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/2018/10/4/18476801/cook-county-board-6th-district-democratic-candidate-donna-miller |website=Chicago Sun-Times |access-date=8 November 2020 |language=en |date=4 October 2018}}</ref> * Ken Nordine is a voiceover and recording artist best known for his series of Word Jazz albums.<ref name="CPS alumni HoF"/><ref>{{cite web| title = Ken Nordine: Biography| work = biographic sketch| publisher = Amazon.com| url = https://www.amazon.com/Ken-Nordine/e/B000APX8H2| access-date = 22 November 2010| quote = ... Ken Nordine was born in Cherokee, Iowa. The family later moved to Chicago, where he attended Lane Technical College Prep High School and the University of Chicago.}}</ref> * Louis Trinca-Pasat was a football defensive tackle for the St. Louis Rams of the National Football League (NFL). *Frank Piatek is an artist and professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.<ref name="Smith962">Smith, Courtney A. "Frank Piatek," [https://www.amazon.com/Art-Chicago-1945-1995-Jeff-Abell/dp/050023728X ''Art in Chicago 1945–1995''.] Museum of Contemporary Art, ed. Lynne Warren, New York: Thames and Hudson, 1996, p. 275. Retrieved August 2, 2019.</ref> * Rachel Barton Pine is a violinist (Honorary Alumna)<ref name="Trib article"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lanetech.org/|title=Lane Technical College Prep High School|publisher=CPS|access-date = 3 August 2008}}</ref> * John Podesta is the former chief of staff to President Bill Clinton.<ref name="Trib Lane at 100"/><ref name=highschool/><ref name="CPS alumni HoF"/> * Fritz Pollard is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame and Pro Football Hall of Fame. He was the first African-American to be a head coach in the NFL.<ref name="highschool"/><ref name="CPS alumni HoF"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://dl.lib.brown.edu/pollard/aboutpollard.html |title=About Fritz Pollard |access-date = 15 January 2009 |publisher=Brown University Library }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/member.jsp?player_id=242|title = Fritz Pollard &#124; Pro Football Hall of Fame Official Site}}</ref> *Corey Postiglione is an artist and Professor Emeritus of Columbia College Chicago.<ref name="Isaacs2">Isaacs, Deanna (February 26, 2004).[https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/postigliones-women/Content?oid=914682 “Postiglione's Women”]. ''Chicago Reader''. Retrieved January 11, 2018</ref> * Marty Robinson was an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning voice-over announcer at WTTW.<ref name="highschool"/> * Richard Schroeppel is a mathematician. * Nadine Barrie Smith was a medical researcher. * Joey Soloway is a 2014 Golden Globe award-winning producer and writer, known for ''Transparent'' (2014), ''Six Feet Under'' (2001) and ''Afternoon Delight'' (2013). * Dave Spector is a television personality in Japan.<ref name="CPS alumni HoF"/> * Jim Suchecki is a former MLB player (Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Browns, Pittsburgh Pirates). * Genndy Tartakovsky is an Emmy Award-winning animator (''Dexter's Laboratory'', ''Samurai Jack'', ''Star Wars: Clone Wars'').<ref name="Trib Lane at 100"/> * Laken Tomlinson is a guard for the Seattle Seahawks.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Seahawks Guard Laken Tomlinson: 'The Culture Here Is Awesome' |url=https://www.seahawks.com/news/new-seahawks-guard-laken-tomlinson-the-culture-here-is-awesome#:~:text=New%20Seahawks%20guard%20Laken%20Tomlinson%20discusses%20joining%20the%20Seahawks,%20his,grandparents%20had%20on%20his%20life.&text=During%20his%20nine%20seasons%20in,about%20playing%20for%20the%20Seahawks |access-date=2024-08-18 |website=www.seahawks.com |language=en-US}}</ref> * Towkio is a rapper and producer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.redeyechicago.com/music/redeye-towkio-wav-theory-interview-cover-20150427-htmlstory.html|title=Rising Chicago rapper Towkio can free your mind|date=April 27, 2015 }}</ref> * Dick Triptow is a former NBL and NBA player (1944–49).<ref>{{cite web| title = Dick Triptow| work = biographic sketch and statistics| publisher = Basketball Reference.com| year = 2010| url = https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/t/triptdi01.html| access-date = 23 November 2010| quote = High School: Lane Tech in Chicago, Illinois}}</ref> * Joe Vodicka was a football player.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.profootballarchives.com/vodi00200.html | title=JOE VODICKA | publisher=profootballarchives.com | accessdate=May 1, 2015 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909202548/http://www.profootballarchives.com/vodi00200.html | archivedate=September 9, 2015 }}</ref> * Phil Weintraub was a Major League Baseball player (1933–38, 44–45).<ref name="BaseballDigest99"/> * Johnny Weissmuller was a five-time Olympic gold medal-winning swimmer who later became an actor, best known for his portrayal of Tarzan in the MGM film series 1932–42.<ref name="highschool"/><ref name="CPS alumni HoF"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ihsa.org/initiatives/hstoric/swimming_boys_splash.htm |title=IHSA – Illinois H.S.toric: IHSA Boys Swimmers Made a Splash in the 20th Century|publisher=IHSA|access-date = 3 August 2008}}</ref> * Warren Winiarski California grape grower, founder and former winemaker of Stag's Leap Wine Cellars<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/wine/article/THE-WINIARSKI-WAY-In-1976-Warren-Winiarski-s-2800232.php|title = THE WINIARSKI WAY / In 1976, Warren Winiarski's Cabernet bested Bordeaux, and Stag's Leap Wine Cellars became famous. At age 76, he's still in control|date = April 2004}}</ref> * Steve Wilkos is a talk show host (''The Steve Wilkos Show'') and former bodyguard (''Jerry Springer'').<ref name="Trib article"/> * Bob Weiland is a former MLB player (Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Browns, St. Louis Cardinals). * Jim Woods is a former MLB player (Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies). * Adrian Zmed is an actor (''TJ Hooker'', ''Grease 2'', ''Dance Fever'').<ref name="highschool"/><ref name="CPS alumni HoF"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tv.com/adrian-zmed/person/4988/summary.html |title=Adrian Zmed|publisher=TV.com|access-date = 3 August 2008}}</ref>

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==Further reading== * Kosell, Edward (Loyola University Chicago). "[http://ecommons.luc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1770&context=luc_diss A Historical Study of Vocational Education in the Chicago Public and Technical and Vocational High Schools, 1917–1963]" ([ Archive]; PhD thesis). June 1965.

==External links== * {{official website|https://www.lanetech.org/}} * [http://www.lanetechchampion.org/ The Champion, the school newspaper] * [https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Lane+Technical+High+School,+Chicago,+IL&hl=en&ll=41.945263,-87.690994&spn=0.004924,0.009227&sll=41.944601,-87.690028&sspn=0.004924,0.009227&hq=Lane+Technical+High+School,+Chicago,+IL&t=h&z=17 Lane Tech campus view from above]

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