City Honors School - Alumni

Alumni

Notable alumni from City Honors and Fosdick-Masten Park High School include:

• Distinguished poet Lucille Clifton, Class of '53
• Olympic athlete Bridget Finn, Class of '92, a member of the Women's Synchronized Swimming team that won the gold in the 1996 Summer Olympics
• Bill Burton, Class of '95, Deputy White House Press Secretary, January 2009-March 2011
• Author Jake Halpern, of the critically acclaimed Fame Junkies: The Hidden Truth Behind America's Favorite Addiction, Class of '93
• Richard Hofstadter, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian who was often cited as one of the leading public intellectuals of the 20th century, Class of '33
• Kit Klein, Class of '28, a figure skater who won gold medals in the 1932 and 1936 Winter Olympics
• Steve Mesler (bobsleigh), Class of '96, a member of the 2006 U.S. Olympic Bobsled Team and 2010 Gold Medal winner in the 4-man Bobsleigh with USA-1.
• Author Connie Porter, Class of '77
• Entertainer Buffalo Bob Smith, the host of the popular 1950s children's show Howdy Doody, Class of '33
• Rexford G. Tugwell, a member of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's "Brain Trust" who served as under-secretary of agriculture, Class of '11
• Curtis Fitzgerald ("Fitz") Williams, member of the funk band "Kool and the Gang", class of 1980