 Valerie J. Reidy, Principal
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About Alumni
The Alumni Association of The Bronx High School of Science is for alumni to re-connect with each other and their roots at the high school.
It is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.Among the important functions of the Alumni Association are updating graduates on news and achievements of classmates. Some of the activities are the publication of alumni newsletters for dues payers, support of class reunions, Gardner scholarships for excellence in English, and Mantel grants for service to the alumni office. The annual dues pay for the operation and expenses of the Alumni Association. All gifts above the annual dues benefit programs for current and future students at the high school such as technology needs.
Founded in 1938, the first graduating class was in 1941. Within 10 years, 5 graduates would later be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics. Two others joined them for a total of 7, a figure very few nations can match.
A short list of alumni achievements include:
- 7 Nobel Prizes in Physics
- 6 Pulitzer Prizes (not counting team reporting)
- 7 National Medal of Science
- 1 National Medal of Technology
- Past Secretary of Defense, Air Force, Navy
- President of Amherst College (2003 to present)
- President of Columbia University (1980 to 1993)
- President of Teachers College (1994 to 2006)
- Chancellor of UCLA (1997 to 2006)
- Dozens who clerked for U.S. Supreme Court Justices
- 1% of the membership (selected by peers) at:
- National Academy of Sciences,
- National Academy of Engineering
- Institute of Medicine
- Executive Editor of The New York Times (1994 to 2001, 2003)
- Editor-in-Chief of BusinessWeek (1984 to 2005)
- Other awards such as:
- Rhodes Scholars
- Guggenheim Fellows
- MacArthur "Genius" Fellows
- Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of S&P 500 companies.
