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Ten things Pittsburgh Public S chool s gave the world
Zola Horovitz, PhD. saved and improved countless lives through the creation of medications for heart disease and anxiety. -ALLDERDICE
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Chuck Cooper brought equality to the NBA as the first African American player to be drafted. -WESTINGHOUSE
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Clifford Shull’s Scattered Neuron Technique won a Nobel Prize in Physics. -SCH ENLE Y
Architect Lou Astorino desig ned internationally acclaimed building The Chapel of the Holy Spirit in the Vatican. -SOUTH HILLS
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Billy Strayhorn’s song “Take The A-Train” instantly became and remains a jazz standard. -WESTINGHOUSE
Ivan Jirak ’s mapping of the Laurel Caverns in the Laurel Highlands revealed a natur al treasure. -L AN GL EY
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Marshall, Th e film Chicago won 8 Osca rs. -ALLDERDIC E
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l, The Terrible Towe n ro My invented by ved by Cope, has been wa fans. r millions of Steele E IC –ALLDERD
Wiz Khalifa’s song “Black and Yellow” helped put Pittsburgh on the hip hop ma p. -ALLDERDICE
Mac Miller's Blue Slide Park was a #1 album on the billboard charts. -ALLDERDICE