Annette Rogers Kelly (October 22, 1913-2006) - Kelly won Gold in the 1932 and 1936 Olympics as part of the Track and Field 400 meter relay team.

Burr Tillstrom (October 13, 1917-1985) - Creator of the Kukla, Fran and Ollie Show, which featured Tillstrom's puppets. The show entertained audiences for decades and won two Emmy's and a Peabody Award.

Clayton Moore (September 14, 1914-1999) - Born Jack Carlton Moore, Clayton started show biz at a young age as a circus performer, even performing at the 1934 Worlds Fair.  After modeling and working as a stuntman for B movies, Moore donned the Lone Ranger mask when the show made the move from radio to television. He continued with the show for its entire run, save one year because of a contract dispute. Even after the show ended, Moore continued make appearances as the Lone Ranger saying "I will continue wearing the white hat and black mask until I ride up into the big ranch in the sky." Photo Credit: Clayton Moore as the Lone Ranger.” 1940s ca., Arcade card, #2002.203.2.1188, John Zeransky Collection, Dickinson Research Center, National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum, Oklahoma City, OK.

Clifford "Cliff" Aberson (August 28, 1921-1973) - Cliff played football with the Greenbay Packers in 1946 before joining the Chicago Cubs for three seasons 1947-1949.

Frederick "Fritz" Pollard, Jr. (February 18, 1915-2003) - Son of the legendary Fritz Pollard, Sr. (also on the CPS Honor Roll) the younger Pollard made his name in track and won bronz medal in the 1936 Olympics in the 110 meter hurdles.

Harold Ramis (November 21, 1944 - Present) - Ramis started out at Second City and graduated to feature films as one of the screenwriters of Animal House. His writing and directing credits include Caddyshack, Stripes, Ghostbusters, and Groundhog Day.

Harvey Korman (February 15, 1927 - 2008) - Korman won 4 Emmys and a Golden Globe for his work on the Carol Burnett Show. His filmography includes Mel Brook's Blazing Saddles and History of the World Part I.

Herbert Block (October 13, 1909 - 2001) - For nearly all of his professional life, Herblock was the preeminent policical cartoonist. He won his first Pulitzer in 1942, two more would follow. He started at the age 19 at the Chicago Daily News. From there he joined the Newspaper Enterprise Association for many years, and finally in 1946 he took up a 55 year residency at the Washington Post. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1994 and each year the Herb Block Foundation honors excellence in editorial and political cartooning with the Herblock Prize.

Irna Phillips (1902-1973) - Credited with creating the "first daytime serial specifically targeted for women," Phillips is best known for creating radio and TV soap operas. Her first show was called Painted Dreams. Her second show was entitled Today's Children. Phillips went on to create or co-created the most popular soaps of all time, including: Another World, As the World Turns, Days of our Lives, The Brighter Day, The Road of Life, These Are My Children, Guiding Light, Love is a Many Splendored Thing, and Our Private World. Phillips is also widely noted for mentoring two other bright stars in the world of soaps, Agnes Nixon and William J. Bell.

John Jakes (March 31, 1932-present) - The first author ever to have three books on the New York Times Best Seller list, Jakes is the prolific writer behind several popular series, the Kent Family Chronicles, North And South Trilogy and the Crown Family Saga. Jakes has had 18 consecutive best sellers and many of his books have been made into television mini-series.

A popular and often controversial sports media personality, North got his start in radio with the "NFL Handicap Show" on WSBC in 1990. Then, in 1992, he moved to The Score Sports Radio 820. In 1999, Mike began hosting "The Mike North Show", on WSCR. In addition to his radio work, North has hosted shows on WJYS TV channel 62,, WBBM-TV channel 2, and on CLTV. North’s honors include two Emmys and four Achievement in Radio Awards. Currently North is currently hosting a morning show with his long time partner, Dan Jiggetts on Comcast Sportsnet.

Scott Simon (March 16, 1952-Present) - A Peabody and Emmy Award winning journalist, Simon is currently host of National Public Radio's Weekend Edition. He is a frequent host of television specials for PBS ("Voices of Vision", "Life on the Internet") and BBC Television ( the series "Eyewitness" and a special on the White House Press Corps). In addition to radio and television, Simon is a respected and popular author. His best selling books include Home and Away: Memoir of a Fan, Jackie Robinson and the Integration of Baseball, and Pretty Birds. His most recent book, "Windy City," is set in Chicago and features two teenage sisters who attend Senn High School. References to other CPS schools are scattered throughout the book.

Sidney Sheldon (February 11, 1917-2007) - "Sheldon has over 200 television scripts, twenty-five major motion pictures, six Broadway plays, eighteen novels (which have sold over 300 million copies) and one memoir to his credit, ranking him as one of the world's most prolific writers." - www.Sidney Sheldon.com. Born Sidney Schechtel, Sheldon's prolific writing career began at age 10. By the time of his death, Sheldon had conquered Broadway, Hollywood, the New York Times Best Seller list and even the Guinness Book of World Records, earning an Oscar, a Tony, an Edgar Allen Poe Award and a Hollywood Star along the way.

Stanley Tigerman (September 20, 1930-present). The winner of more than 130 design awards including the American Institute of Architect, Topaz Medallion for Excellence in Architecture Education, Stanley Tigerman is the co-founder of Archeworks, an innovative design school within the University of Illinois at Chicago. He holds degrees from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Chicago Institute of Design, and Yale University. He has designed numerous buildings in the United States, Bangladesh, Germany and Japan. His most recent design, the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, opened in Skokie, Illinois in 2009.

William Maxwell, Jr. (1908 - 2000) - In addition to being a widely respected novelist in his own right and nominee for the Pulitzer, Maxwell served as the fiction editor of The New Yorker magazine for forty years. His novel, So Long, See You Tomorrow won the American Book Award and was partially inspired by his time at Senn High.

William Russo (June 25, 1928 – 2003) – A legendary composer, musician and educator, Russo’s lasting contributions to jazz and classical music include compositions like Halls of Brass, the rock cantata The Civil War, and Symphony No. 2 in C (TITANS). Russo began composing at the age of 13 and by 1950 was playing and arranging for the legendary Stan Kenton Orchestra. He went on to found the London Jazz Orchestra, The Chicago Jazz Ensemble, and Columbia College’s music department – where he was the college’s first full-time faculty member. Russo was also the Director of Orchestral Studies at Scuola Europea d’Orchestra Jazz in Palermo, Italy. Russo received a Grammy Award for Lifetime Achievement, a career that included more than 200 compositions, over 30 recordings of his work, and three books: Composing for the Jazz Orchestra; Jazz Composition and Orchestration; and Composing Music: A New Approach.