Lane Technical College Prep High School - Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

• Tony Alcantar is an actor and acting teacher.
• Leonard Baldy was a pioneering Chicago Police officer and helicopter traffic reporter.
• Edgar Bergen was a ventriloquist, actor, and radio performer, best remembered for creating Charlie McCarthy.
• Rod Blagojevich is a former Governor of Illinois (attended for a short time before transferring).
• Cyron Brown is a former lineman who played in the NFL and AFL.
• Buzz Capra is a former Major League Baseball pitcher (1971–77).

• Phil Cavarretta was a Major League Baseball player (1934–55). He spent most of his playing career with, and briefly managed the Chicago Cubs.
• Len Church was a pitcher for the Chicago Cubs (1966).
• Bill Daily is an actor (I Dream of Jeannie).
• Frank Dasso was a pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds (1945–46).
• Anna Davlantes is a news anchor at WMAQ-TV Chicago.
• Otto Denning was a Major League catcher for the Cleveland Indians (1942–43).
• DJ Colette (Colette Marino) is a house music singer and DJ.
• Ralph D. Erickson was the co-founder of PADI, the largest international association of Scuba divers in the world.

• George J. Efstathiou is an architect at Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (Burj Khalifa, Chicago Symphony Center).
• Dan Evans is a former General Manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers and is a baseball executive who was in the Class of 1978.
• John Felske is a former Major League Baseball player and manager.
• 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.
• Michael Flanagan class of 1980 is a former congressman most noted for defeating Congressman Dan Rostenkowski when he was vulnerable after being accused of and later convicted in 1996 of mail fraud. He was then defeated by then State Representative Rod Blagojevich in 1996. See Dan Rostenkowski
• Neal Gabler is an author and political commentator.
• Carl Giammarese is a singer and guitarist who co-founded The Buckinghams.
• Fred Goetz, mobster implicated in the Saint Valentine's Day massacre.
• Ron Gora was a swimmer who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.

• Bato Govedarica is a former player for the Syracuse Nationals (1953–54).
• Seymour Greenberg was a national champion tennis player.
• Dennis Hejhal is a mathematician at the University of Minnesota
• Arndt Jorgens was a Norwegian-born catcher (1929–39), playing his entire career for the New York Yankees.
• Orville Jorgens was a pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies (1935–37).
• John Komlos is a professor of economics at the University of Munich. He helped found the field of anthropometric history.

• Frankie Laine was a singer/songwriter. One source notes that Laine's stage name was taken from the school.
• Ed Linke was a Major League Baseball pitcher (1933–38).
• Justina Machado is an actress (Six Feet Under).
• Irv Medlinger was a Major League Baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Browns (1949, 51).
• Richard W. Mies is a former U.S Navy admiral who served as head of the United States Strategic Command.
• Kevin Moyers is a writer (Scorn) and independent film actor.
• Ken Nordine is a voiceover and recording artist best known for his series of Word Jazz albums.
• Rachel Barton Pine is a violinist (Honorary Alumna)
• John Podesta is the former chief of staff to President Bill Clinton.

• 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.
• Marty Robinson was an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning voice-over announcer at WTTW.
• Richard Schroeppel is a mathematician
• Dave Spector is a television personality in Japan.
• Jim Suchecki is a former MLB player (Boston Red Sox, Saint Louis Browns, Pittsburgh Pirates)
• Genndy Tartakovsky is an Emmy Award-winning animator (Dexter's Laboratory, Samurai Jack, Star Wars: Clone Wars).
• Dick Triptow is a former NBL and NBA player (1944–49).
• Tung Thanh Tran is an actor (Good Morning, Vietnam).
• Mark Walker, percussionist
• Phil Weintraub was a Major League Baseball player (1933–38, 44–45).
• Johnny Weismuller 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.
• Andy Varga is a former MLB player (Chicago Cubs)
• Steve Wilkos is a talk show host (The Steve Wilkos Show) and former bodyguard (The Jerry Springer Show).
• 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)
• Earl Zindars was a composer of jazz and classical music.
• Adrian Zmed is an actor (TJ Hooker, Dance Fever).