Cardinal Dougherty High School
CDHS marching band at the World Music Championship 1966
Cardinal Dougherty High School (CDHS) was a private, Roman Catholic high school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia and established in the East Oak Lane section of Philadelphia at 6301 North Second Street. Although Cardinal Dougherty was founded as a co-institutional school, it became co-educational in 1983, with boys and girls being educated together in the same classrooms.
Marching band
The CDHS marching band performed for Pope Paul VI at the Vatican, the 1962 NFL Championship Game, Lyndon B. Johnson's Presidential inauguration in 1965, and won the World Music Championship in the Netherlands in 1966.
Notable people
Alumni
- Brendan Boyle, Pennsylvania House of Representatives member
- Jim Callahan, NFL wide receiver
- Harry Swayne, NFL offensive tackle
- Jim Cooper, NFL offensive tackle
- Corporal Michael Crescenz, US Army Medal of Honor awardee
- Kyle Lowry, NBA point guard
- Cuttino Mobley, NBA shooting guard
- Jim Foster, women's basketball head coach
- Tom Gannon, Pennsylvania House of Representatives
- Florian Kempf. NFL placekicker
- Seamus McCaffery, Pennsylvania Supreme Court
- Christopher Wogan, Pennsylvania House of Representatives , Philadelphia Common Pleas Court Judge
Staff
- Alex Ely, soccer midfielder, CDHS teacher and soccer coach
External links
- Cardinal Dougherty Alumni Web Site
- Time Magazine. "Cardinal Dennis Joseph Dougherty." Volume XXIX, Number 7, February 15, 1931.
- NBC10 Philadelphia. "North Catholic, Cardinal Dougherty Closing: Schools Don't Have Enough Students to Stay Open." October 9, 2009.
- Philly.com. "Joe Conklin Recalls Dougherty in His Own Voice." June 8, 2010.
- CatholicPhilly.com. "1964: Lessons from a Memorable Team." October 29, 2009.