such as obstacle courses, aquatics, rifle marksmanship, and rappelling off of 30 and 60-foot towers. English High JROTC has many partnerships with civic organizations, most notably the Roslindale Parade Committee, the Columbus Day Parade Committee, the City of Boston Veterans Day Committee and the Dorchester Day Parade Committee and the annual Special Olympics at White Stadium in Jamaica Plain. Notable alumni Bruce Bolling - first black president of the Boston City Council Benjamin A. Botkin – folklorist Robert A. Brooks, 1949, telecommunications pioneer Percy Jewett Burrell – dramatist and playwright Herb Chambers – automotive dealer George W. Coleman – publisher Allan Crite – painter William Healey Dall – malacologist and explorer of Alaska Louis Farrakhan, minister Maxwell Finland, physician and infectious diseases expert Kahlil Gibran – artist Frank Bunker Gilbreth – time and motion engineer Bobby Guindon, former MLB player (Boston Red Sox) Paul X. Kelley – Commandant of United States Marine Corps, 1983–1987 Jordan Knight – singer Charles W. Lyons – Jesuit and president of several universities Samuel Pierpont Langley – director of the Smithsonian Institution Bill Meanix – hurdler J. P. Morgan – financier Leonard Nimoy – actor Matthew Ridgway – general Mickey Roach – NHL player (Hamilton Tigers) Louis Sullivan – architect Vito Tamulis – MLB player (New York Yankees, St. Louis Browns, Brooklyn Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies) William H.C. Whiting – Confederate general Jerry Colonna – trombonist, actor, comedian, singer and songwriter Image gallery References Further reading Annals of The Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics Association, 1795–1892. The Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics Association, Boston, MA. Semi-centennial Anniversary of the English High School, May 2, 1871. Robert Cassie Waterston, Editor. Boston: Printed for the English High School Association, 1871 Annual Report of the School Committee of Boston, Boston, MA, 1820–1821. External links Educational institutions established in 1821 High schools in Boston Jamaica Plain, Boston Public high schools in Massachusetts 1821 establishments in Massachusetts