Snow in Havana Joseph Epstein – writer, essayist, and editor Jimmy Evert – tennis coach whose students included Jennifer Capriati and his daughter, Chris Evert William Friedkin – Academy Award–winning film director Shecky Greene – comedian Alan Hargesheimer – professional baseball player for San Francisco Giants, Chicago Cubs, and Kansas City Royals Barbara Harris – actress on stage, television, and screen Herblock (Herbert Lawrence Block) – political cartoonist, three-time Pulitzer Prize winner, and Presidential Medal of Freedom honoree Gene Honda – media spokesman and public address announcer for Chicago White Sox and Chicago Blackhawks John Jakes – bestselling author Allan Katz – comedy writer, television producer (M*A*S*H) Harvey Korman – Emmy Award-winning comedic actor Dixie Lee – actress/singer on stage and screen Lou Levy – jazz bebop artist William Keepers Maxwell, Jr. – novelist and editor Clayton Moore – actor best known for his portrayal of The Lone Ranger Lois Nettleton – actress in film and on television for nearly six decades Mike North – host of television and radio sports shows Cliff Norton – character actor and radio announcer Anita O'Day – jazz singer Malcolm Ross O'Neill – class of 1958, U.S. Army lieutenant general, PhD physicist and government official Irna Phillips – creator of radio and TV soap operas Fritz Pollard, Jr. – bronze medalist in the 110 meter hurdles at the 1936 Olympics Harold Ramis – comedy writer, film director, and actor Annette Rogers – gold medalist in 4 x 100 metres relay at 1932 Olympics and 1936 Olympics William Russo – jazz arranger and composer Sidney Sheldon – Academy Award and Tony Award-winning playwright, screenwriter, and novelist Scott Simon – Emmy and Peabody Award-winning writer and radio personality Lee Stern – trader at the Chicago Board of Trade, minority owner of Chicago White Sox and president of Chicago's former NASL soccer team, the Sting Stanley Tigerman – architect and designer Burr Tillstrom – Emmy and Peabody Award-winning puppeteer Byron Wien - class of 1950, BA & MBA Harvard, 21 years Chief (later Senior) U.S. Investment Strategist at Morgan Stanley References External links Official website Opposition website Senn High School's Big Transformation 1913 establishments in Illinois Educational institutions established in 1913 Public high schools in Chicago