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looking for,from Rick Latham ( Amader)610 906 2291

Bab Bobins class of 68 ? Neil Resnick 64

Ros Cohen 63

Yearbook

Graduate of the class of 67 is looking to obtain a yearbook that was lost. Anyone know how to go about securing the yearbook.

Franklin Taylor class of 1974

Campus Manager, Austin Community College, Riverside Campus, Austin, Texas

Notable Alumni

*Councilman Curtis Jones, Jr.
*Alfred Spivey, Jr., Chief of Staff at City Council-Philadelphia
*Tony Costner - NBA player
*Rich Laurel - NBA player
*Hal Lear - NBA player
*Lewis Lloyd - NBA player
*Andre McCarter - NBA player
*Jackie Moore - NBA player

Notable Alumni

*Dee Dee Sharp, singer
* Will Smith, Oscar-nominated actor, Rapper; owner Overbrook Entertainment
* Kimani C. Toussaint, Jr., Engineering professor, optical physics and advanced microscopy expert U. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
* Willie L. Williams, former police commissioner, Phila. and Los Angeles

Notable alumni

Notable alumni of Overbrook High School include:

* Len Barry, lead singer/songwriter, The Dovells
* John Blake, jazz violinist
* Jerry Blavat, disc jockey
* Bill Bloom, songwriter and musician; best known for writing and producing "Double Dutch Bus"
* Guion S. Bluford, Jr., space-shuttle astronaut; first African-American in space
* Solomon Burke, soul music legend
* Bill Cash, Negro League star, Baseball Hall of Famer
* Wilt "The Stilt" Chamberlain, NBA legend*
* Lee Daniels, film director, "Precious," "Shadowboxer"*
* Chaka Fattah, U.S. Congressman (D-PA)
* Mike Gale, NBA/ABA basketball player
* Bobb Goldsteinn, songwriter ("Washington Square"); producer; coiner of the term 'multimedia'
* Walt Hazzard (Mahdi Abdul-Rahmad), former NBA guard; UCLA All-American player and coach
* Rosetta Hightower, lead singer, The Orlons
* Wayne Hightower, former NBA and ABA power forward, center in 1960s and early 70s.
* Wali Jones, former NBA player; Miami Heat executive
* Philip Allen, star of E-A-G-L-E-S-the Movie, sports talk radio icon. Negro League Baseball Historian.
* Jacob Landau, nationally recognized artist,teacher
* James Lassiter, film producer; Will Smith's business partner in Overbrook Entertainment
* Frank Piasecki, helicopter inventor; National Medal of Technology winner
* Marion Ramsey, Actress; Best known role-Sgt. Hooks in "Police Academy" movies
* Malik Rose,