List of Barringer High School people

These are the more notable alumni and attendees of Barringer High School.

Arts and Literature

*Amiri Baraka (b. 1934), poet and playwright, New Jersey Poet Laureate. [ [http://www.nathanielturner.com/barakavnewjersey.htm Message from Amiri Baraka, New Jersey and Newark Schools' Poet Laureate] , dated July 1, 2003, accessed April 13, 2007. "Now, in an attempt to prevent my appearance at Barringer High School (my alma mater) June 30, to give the Commencement Address, they threatened to picket Barringer and otherwise cause disruption."]

*Ted Fiorito, singer and songwriter. [ [http://www.virtualnewarknj.com/memories/newark/bodianted.htm Ted Fiorito: The Newark Son of Italian Immigrants who Became One of Greats of American Music] . Virtual Newark. Accessed December 26, 2006.]

ports

*Moe Berg (b. 1902), baseball player and spy for the CIA, "the brainiest guy in baseball". [Acocella, Nick [http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/classic/bio/news/story?page=Berg_Moe "Moe Berg: Catcher and spy"] , ESPN.com, July 29, 2004, accessed April 13, 2007. "Morris Berg was born in a cold-water tenement on East 121st Street in Manhattan on March 2, 1902, to Russian-Jewish immigrant parents -- Bernard, a druggist, and Rose.... He later starred at Barringer High School."]
*Andre Tippett (1959-), former linebacker with the New England Patriots. [ [http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_action=doc&p_docid=0EFD502D5C99C190&p_docnum=2&p_queryname=NaN&p_product=NewsBank&p_theme=aggregated4&p_nbid=J4BH4EDFMTE4NTg0NzQ0OS4yODY4NjU6MTo3OnJhLTE4ODg "THE ULTIMATE NEW JERSEY HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOK: T-Z AND ALSO..."] , "The Star-Ledger", June 27, 1999. Accessed August 4, 2007.]

Government

*William J. Brennan (b. 1906), Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. [ [http://www.brennancenter.org/article.asp?key=375 Resolution Adopted by the Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States to Record Our Deep Respect and Affection for Justice William J. Brennan, Jr.] , accessed December 26, 2006. "The Justice graduated from Barringer High School in 1924."]

*Donald M. Payne, (b. 1934), Member, United States House of Representatives from New Jersey's 10th congressional district; Graduated in 1952. [ [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000149 Congressional biography of Donald Milford Payne, Jr.] , United States Congress. Accessed June 8, 2007.]
*Peter W. Rodino (1909-2005), Member, United States House of Representatives from New Jersey's 10th congressional district. [ [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000374 Congressional biography of Peter Wallace Rodino, Jr.] , United States Congress. Accessed December 26, 2006.]

*Norman Schwarzkopf, Sr., (1895-1958), first superintendent of the New Jersey State Police and father of General "Stormin' Norman" Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr.

*George M. Wallhauser (1900-1993), Member, United States House of Representatives from New Jersey's 12th congressional district; Graduated in 1918. [ [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000089 Congressional biography of George Marvin Wallhauser] , United States Congress. Accessed June 8, 2007.]

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