George W. Hewlett High School
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George W. Hewlett High School (commonly known as Hewlett High School) is a high school in Hewlett, New York, which is a part of the Five Towns. The school is the only high school in the Hewlett-Woodmere Public School District (District 14). Effective July 1, 2006 the school's principal is David Gutmann (previous principal Joyce Bisso left to take a position as Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction for the [school district]).
Notable alumni
- Josh Appell, pitcher on Brooklyn Cyclones Class-A farm team for the New York Mets
- Ed Burns - actor, producer, writer, and director.
- Ross Bleckner - artist
- Peter Breggin, Psychiatrist
- George Brooks - saxophonist
- John DiResta, Comedian
- Gordeon Edelstein, Artistic Director of the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut
- Jane Friedman, President and CEO, HarperCollins ; She was recently named on Vanity Fair's list of 200 Women Legends, Leaders and Trailblazers
- Lisa Glasberg (aka Lisa G), NYC Radio DJ
- Barbara Gaines, David Letterman (and Emmy Award winning) Producer
- Rande Gerber - nightclub owner, married to Cindy Crawford
- Brent D. Glass, director of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History
- Louise Glück, Poet, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1993, United States Poet Laureate 2003-04
- Carolyn Gusoff - news anchor/reporter WNBC Channel 4, NYC
- David Israel - TV producer, former sports announcer
- Donna Karan - fashion designer
- Tony Kornheiser - Sportscaster/Sportswriter
- Stan Krangel, President of Lenox, Inc.
- Matthew Laurance (Birth name: Matthew Dyckoff), actor, sideline analyst on the "Duke Radio Network" [link]
- Mitchell Laurance (Birth name: Mitchell Dyckoff), actor [link][link]
- Bruce Murray - host, Murray in the Morning
- Hon. Emily Pines, Justice of the New York Supreme Court
- Seth Rudetsky - Emmy Award-winning writer at the Rosie O'Donnell Show, Musician
- Lisa Schwarzbaum - Movie Critic
- Joe Sobel - Weatherman
- Jim Steinman, Musical Producer (most famous for collaboration with Meatloaf on Bat out of Hell)
- Jon Tiomkin, Olympic Athlete (Fencing) "Member gold-medal 2003 Pan Am Games team; earned silver medal individually. 2003 and 1999 U.S. National Champion." [link]
- Stuart Weitzman - Shoe Designer
- Alan Zweibel - Writer/Producer
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