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Tamalpais High School

Tamalpais High School (often abbreviated as Tam) is a public secondary school located in Mill Valley, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is named after nearby Mount Tamalpais, which rises almost 2500 ft above Mill Valley.

Tamalpais High School is the original campus of the Tamalpais Union High School District and the second public high school in Marin County. As of 2007, Tam's attendance area includes the cities of Mill Valley and Sausalito, the nearby unincorporated areas of Marin City, Strawberry and Tamalpais-Homestead Valley, and the West Marin communities of Muir Beach, Bolinas and Stinson Beach. Mill Valley School District is the largest feeder for Tam, followed by the Sausalito Marin City School District and the Bolinas-Stinson Union School District.

History
Tamalpais Union High School District was founded in 1907, to serve students from the Mill Valley Elementary and Sausalito Elementary School Districts who had previously commuted to San Rafael to continue their education. Tamalpais Union High School held its first classes on August 4, 1908, in tent-like structures. The school opened with 70 students: 40 freshmen, 21 sophomores, five juniors, and four seniors. Ernest E. Wood took the lead in founding the District and was the first principal. In its second year, there were six teachers, 100 students, and 300 volumes in the school library. By the 1913–1914 school year, enrollment had increased to 175, with eight faculty; the library holdings had grown to 650 books plus subscriptions to eight magazines and two newspapers. E.E. Wood remained principal for 36 years; he retired in 1944.

Known in its early years as Tamalpais Polytechnic High School, Tam was a comprehensive high school from its beginning, with a curriculum that included both academic subjects and technical training. In an interview with the local newspaper the year before he died, Principal Wood said, "I believe the students learned by doing things. I believe in the philosophy of students getting in and doing work and accomplishing things." Architecture students designed the first building on campus, and students built several structures there over the years.

For a while, the Northwestern Pacific Railroad ran what they called the "School Special, a special 5-car train running from Manor to Tamalpais High School via Almonte. 2 of the cars on the school special were separated by gender - 1 boys-only car and 1 girls-only car.

News

 * On February 27, 1967, after a year of increased racial tension and disturbances, regular classes were canceled for "Breakthrough Day," a student-initiated teach-in on race relations. All students and faculty met in Mead Theater and then broke out into discussion groups around campus. The event was widely covered by local and national media.
 * In 1981, Antenna Theater premiered Chris Hardman's High School at Tam during the fourth Bay Area Playwrights Festival. The work introduced Hardman's performance art concept, "Walkmanology," with Sony Walkmans providing the narration to audience members as they walked the Tam campus observing the story. In 1982, Antenna presented the Pink Prom at Tam. In this play, unrehearsed student actors wore the Walkmans, which provided their stage direction, while the audience interacted with the actors and each other. Antenna Theater later spun off its Walkmanology concept to Antenna Audio, which has become a leading international producer of audio tours for museums and other attractions.
 * In the 1989–1990 school year, members of the student body petitioned to formally remove the school's original mascot "Indians" at the interdiction of Sacheen Littlefeather, a pretendian Marin County resident and activist for Native American causes. The original mascot had been chosen to recognize the area's indigenous inhabitants, the Miwoks, and was represented by illustrations (both dignified and caricature), costumed performers, and, beginning in the 1960s, a wooden sculpture named Charlie. Sports teams were identified only as "Tam" for the fall and winter seasons of that school year. A schoolwide contest was held, and the Red Tailed Hawks was chosen as the winner, beating out other entries such as Mountaineers and Locomotives. The Red Tailed Hawk logo and mascot was adopted beginning in the 1990–1991 school year. Tam High was one of the first American institutions to remove a "politically incorrect" Native American moniker.
 * On May 9, 1990, following the death of history teacher Charles Smith due to complications from AIDS, Principal Barbara Galyen announced that students had persuaded the administration to allow the school nurse to distribute free condoms. Tam would have been the first high school in California to dispense prophylactics without parent approval, were it not for the immediate uproar. The controversial plan was objected to by several parents, as well as San Francisco Archbishop John R. Quinn, all calling for it to be rescinded. The following week, after the parents of one student threatened to sue, the district postponed the program indefinitely. In June, Sausalito pharmacist Fred Mayer, originator of "Condom Week" in 1979, announced that he would give free condoms to high school students that summer. Despite the program being deferred, a suit was filed in June. On August 1, the Marin County Superior Court denied the request for an injunction, since the district had not approved the program. About 1990, Tam initiated the Condom Availability Program, which provides free condoms to students who have received parental permission and completed a training session.
 * In 1997, Tam sophomore Ari Hoffman won a Marin County science fair, showing that fruit flies exposed to different doses of radiation had increased mutation rates and reduced fertility in proportion to the dose. He was subsequently disqualified from the Bay Area Science Fair when officials ruled that his experiment, which resulted in the premature death of 35 of the 200 drosophila, had violated rules on the use of live animals. After widespread news coverage, Hoffman was contacted by Nobel laureate Edward B. Lewis, a geneticist who had begun his own work with fruit flies while in high school. Lewis congratulated Hoffman for his work and sent him a check. The science fair prize was reinstated. (As of 2009, after graduating from Stanford University and completing classwork at the University of California San Francisco Medical School, Hoffman is a predoctoral fellow in bioethics in the Clinical Research Training Program at the intramural campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. )
 * Parents of four African-American students from Tam filed a class-action lawsuit against the Novato Unified School District and administrators at San Marin High School over racial slurs made by San Marin students at a basketball game in 1998, charging that a "climate of intolerance" was allowed at San Marin. The Marin County Athletic League put San Marin on probation for a year because of racial insensitivity.
 * In 2001, students from Tam and other high schools in the TUHSD formed Marin Students for Liberating Education to discuss the number of prerequisite classes and level of testing. Large numbers of grade 9, 10, and 11 students at Tam and Drake High School boycotted the Stanford-9 achievement tests required by the State's STAR Program after their parents signed waivers. The boycott had been endorsed by school board member Richard Raznikov.  Since more than 10% of the students missed the test (22% at Tam and 35% at Drake), the two schools were not given Academic Performance Index (API) rankings, making the schools ineligible for the funds distributed by the State to high-scoring schools.  (The three comprehensive high schools in the District, Tam, Drake, and Redwood, received approximately $750,000 in 2000, including individual $1000 scholarships awarded to 339 high-scoring students). Raznikov resigned from the board of trustees in 2002, citing the testing controversy among the reasons.
 * Tam was the subject of local controversy during the 2004–2005 school year when several anti-gay crimes, targeting a 17-year-old female student wrestler, received coverage in the Associated Press and the local newspapers. When the police investigation suggested the "crimes" were staged, they confronted the "victim" with the evidence causing the student to confess to the hoax. Subsequent coverage of the hoax received even greater attention in the media and blogosphere.
 * On January 4, 2006, the former president of Tam's Associated Student Body, Nima Shaterian, took his own life. A citywide memorial was held in Mill Valley. In January 2007, junior Clive Barry also committed suicide.
 * In May 2006, controversy over use of a rifle in a physics class demonstration received national coverage. Teacher David Lapp, a military veteran and avid hunter, had fired his M1 carbine into a wooden block in his physics classes almost every year since 1992 to allow his students to calculate the muzzle velocity of the bullet based on conservation of momentum. After an anonymous complaint from a parent, local police and the district attorney investigated, found no illegality and dropped the case. The experiment had been authorized by the school administration, but the administration responded to pressure by banning the experiment.

 * In August 2006, physical education teacher and tennis coach Norm Burgos was arrested and charged with sexual battery against a former member of the boys tennis team. The player had been 16 years old in 2002 or 2003, when the alleged event occurred. Burgos pleaded innocent and has received public support from players and their families. Burgos was charged in July 2008 with similar behavior with two other boys. On October 7, 2008, after Burgos had been on unpaid suspension for two years, the Tamalpais Union High School District board of trustees voted to terminate him.  In 2011, the jury voted 8–4 to convict Burgos on felony charges in the Superior Court of Marin County. He was later arrested and sentenced to prison.
 * Misbehavior by parents of San Marin High School basketball players on February 2, 2008, in two games with Tam teams led to drafting of the first code-of-conduct contracts for parents of athletes at a Marin County school. Following a girls junior varsity game at Tam, the mother of a San Marin player followed two referees, shouting obscene insults; later, at San Marin, two parents of San Marin players confronted Tam's coach after he made a gesture indicating that the home team had "choked." Novato police were called and the parents were later asked not to attend the remaining games of the season.  Tam Principal Chris Holleran said that the coach's behavior was inappropriate, but declined to discuss possible disciplinary action.
 * The firings of three nontenured math teachers in February 2014 sparked bitter divisions between administrators, teachers, students, and parents. Under state law, administrators may dismiss nontenured teachers without due process; despite several petitions and protests, TUHSD's board of trustees voted to uphold the dismissals in a public forum held March 12, 2014. Critics of the firings alleged that they were politically motivated actions against the Tam math department, which had questioned district instructional policies and had not cooperated with administrators' attempts to introduce a controversial, highly costly instructional program.
 * On November 30, 2022, a bomb threat was targeted towards the school, prompting evacuation during the first period of the day.

Tam High Foundation
In 1996, Principal Frank Gold and a group of parents formed the nonprofit Tam High Foundation to raise funds for support of the school. The Foundation raised $60,000 its first year, increasing annual funding to $360,000 by 2007–2008. The foundation awards academic grants of up to $10,000 to teachers and administrators.

Centennial
Tam's first 100 years, 1908 to 2008, were widely recognized in local media. The Tam Centennial Committee, which included the principal, alumni, parents, retired faculty, and others, began meeting in 2006. The centennial celebration began with kickoff events on Homecoming Weekend in September 2007. Several events were scheduled for the year, including a Tam Oral History Project, a centennial documentary, and a celebration over the 2008 Memorial Day weekend.

Campus
Initially consisting of only a couple of tents on a shore front campus that allowed students to take their boats to school, the Tamalpais campus was fully developed over the years, but has seen its share of wear and tear. Following a 2004 bond measure, the campus underwent renovations to some of its nearly century-old buildings. The oldest building, Wood Hall, reopened in late August 2005. Wood Hall houses the school's administrative offices.

The 2005–2006 academic year was delayed by five days when unhealthy levels of mold were discovered in the walls of Keyser Hall. The building was closed, and portable classrooms were used instead of Keyser's 17 classrooms. The mold grew due to runoff from the hillside the building was situated on. Keyser Hall was demolished during the summer of 2006; a state-of-the-art replacement structure, also named Keyser Hall, was opened in January 2009. School administrators are consulting with architects about the construction of a handicapped elevator in front of the school's most recognizable building, Wood Hall. Architects unveiled a plan for a four-story elevator tower in front of the school's signature archway, complete with a bridge to take handicapped students into the building. Staff were shocked at the drastic proposal, which would be costly and would have an extensive impact on many of the campus' most well-known architectural features. An elevator of some sort may be necessary to comply with handicapped accessibility laws. Administrators have formed a committee to look into alternative ways to provide that accessibility.

Demographics
2014–2015
 * 1,321 students: 642 Male (48.6%), 679 Female (51.4%)

Sports
Tam has competed in the Marin County Athletic League (MCAL) since the league was established in 1959. The MCAL is in the Marin-Sonoma-Mendocino Conference, North Coast Section (NCS), of the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF). Prior to the 1959 realignment, Tam was a member of the old North Bay League. In the 1920s, the NBL included Analy High School, Napa High School, Petaluma High School, San Rafael High School, Santa Rosa High School, St. Helena High School, and Vallejo High School.

Through the 1940s and early 1950s, Tam played against NBL teams from Healdsburg, Napa, San Rafael, Santa Rosa, and Vallejo; non-league opponents included Analy and Petaluma. In the 1950s, Drake and Marin Catholic joined the League.

The MCAL offers competition in 21 sports, including baseball, cross country, football, softball, swimming and diving, track and field, and wrestling. Separate teams for boys and girls compete in basketball, golf, lacrosse, soccer, tennis, volleyball, and water polo. The only NCS sport that MCAL does not participate in is badminton.

State and North Coast Section team championships

 * Baseball – NCS Champions, 1929, 2014 (Division III); NCS second-place, 1920, 1928, and 2012
 * Basketball, Boys – NCS Division IV and State Champions, 2000
 * Cross Country, Boys – NCS Division IV Team Champions, 2008
 * Cross Country, Girls – NCS Meet of Champions, 1975; NCS Class A Champions, 1977
 * Golf, Boys – NCS Co-Champions, 1980
 * Soccer, Boys – NCS Champions, 2000, 2012
 * Soccer, Girls – NCS Champions, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2020
 * Softball, Girls – North Coast Section Champions, 2014
 * Tennis, Boys –
 * Track, Boys – NCS Redwood Empire Champions, 2006; Redwood Empire Division III Champions, 1971
 * Water Polo, Boys – North Coast Section Champions, 1994, 2016
 * Water Polo, Girls – North Coast Section Champions, 2018, 2019; NorCal Champions 2019

Three Tam teams have won NCS Scholastic Championships for the highest team Grade Point Average—the Girls Cross Country Team in 1991, with a GPA of 3.58, the Boys Swimming and Diving Team in 1998, with a 3.49 GPA, and the 2008 Softball team, which took first in the Class 2A Redwood Empire, at 3.46. In Spring 2008, the Boys Golf team took third in the NCS, with a 3.57 GPA.

Five Tam coaches have been recognized as Honor Coaches at the North Coast Section: Bruce Grant (girls track, 1982); Janis Villasenor Wood (girls track, 1985); Beth Juri (boys volleyball, 1997); and Don Smith (softball, 2003). Ed Chavez, long-time basketball coach at Tam, was named Honor Coach while coaching tennis at Branson after retiring from the Tam District.

Baseball
In 2009 Tam hired former Redwood High School pitcher Mike Terry to take over the program. After missing the playoffs in 2009 and 2010 the Hawks made it as the last seed and went out in the first round of the MCAL playoffs. In 2014 Scott Osder took over the program coming from Southern California. He brought Tamalpias High to its first NCS Championship in 85 years.

Future Major League pitcher Kenny Rosenberg pitched for the school baseball team, and was an All-MCAL First Team pitcher and first baseman in 2013, as well as an All-League goalkeeper in soccer. As a senior, on the mound Rosenberg had 75 strikeouts in 49 innings, with two shutouts.

Cross Country
Junior Dan Milechman won the 2009 State Division IV Championship, covering the 3.1-mile course in 15:37. Milechman was NCS Division IV Individual Champion in 2008 and 2009.

Football
Although Tam has never won a varsity football championship at the section level, which NCS held from 1919 to 1930 and from 1975 to present, the Fall 1966 Tamalpais Indians team set records at the league, state, and national levels. In its second year under coach Willie Hector, 1957 graduate of Tam and former NFL player, the 1966 Indians had a 4–1–1 record in the MCAL and 6–2–1 overall. After sophomore quarterback Donny Mackin broke his wrist in the opening league game, he was replaced by senior Steve Woodward, in his only season playing MCAL football. In his first game as starting quarterback, against Novato High School, Woodward set the state record for passing, at 546 yd, while split-end Mike Biber set the league record with 19 receptions. Woodward's passing record stood for 21 years, until a Southern California quarterback passed for 562 yd in 1987. Tam's total offense of 821 yd in the Novato game set the state record and was the second-highest ever recorded in the nation. Tam's state record only stood for one year, until tiny Happy Camp High School gained 912 yd against the even smaller McCloud High School.

Fifty years later, following the 2016 season, Tam's big day ranked fifth in California and is tied for twelfth in the nation.

Since the current brackets were established in 2008, Tam's varsity football team has competed in Division III and has qualified for NCS playoffs seven times with the following results: lost 35–14 to Bishop O'Dowd High School in the first round in 2008; defeated El Cerrito High School 33–13 in their first round in 2009, and lost to Alhambra High School of Martinez in the second round 34–13; lost 40–21 to Encinal High School in the first round in 2011; lost 35–7 to Encinal High School in the first round in 2012; lost 64–8 in the first round in 2013 to the eventual Champion, El Cerrito High School; lost 50–6 in the first round in 2014 to the eventual runner-up, Marin Catholic High School; and lost 55–7 to Analy High School in the first round in 2016.

Soccer
In addition to the NCS championships won by the boys team in 2000 and the girls team in 2008. The boys team won MCALS in 2010, and proceeded to win NCS in 2012, beating 1st seeded Maria Carillo in the championship game. They finished the season with a record of 20–3–3.

Tennis
The 1999 boys varsity was the MCAL champion, finishing the season 14–0, the first undefeated season in the team's history. The boys varsity team also won the MCAL title in 2007 and 2011.

On October 23, 2008, the girls varsity tennis team won the 2008 MCAL championship for the first time in nine years, beating Marin Catholic 6–3 in the finals. The team was 16-6 for the season; it beat Redwood in the semifinals 5–4.

On November 15, 2008, Tam was upset by the Marin Catholic Wildcats 5–2 in the NCS Division II finals.

Former tennis coach Normandie Burgos was sentenced in August 2019 to 255 years in prison, years after he was arrested in 2006, tried in 2010, and fired from the high school, because students reported that he had touched them inappropriately during massages and various physical exams. Despite being a convicted sex offender, he is not listed in the United States Center for SafeSport database.

Track and field
Two Tam milers have taken first place in California State Track Meets. In 1936, Simon Scott won in 4:31.2; in 1976, the mile was won by Linda Broderick in 4:56.8.

Wrestling
Anne Campbell, North Coast Section Champion, 2004 and 2005, 2004 State Heavyweight Champion (non-CIF); Kelley Charlton, 2008 North Coast Section Champion, 2009 Northern California Regional Tournament Champion (154 lbs)

Club sports
The Tam High Mountain Bike Team is one of 35 high school teams in the NorCal High School Mountain Bike Racing League (non-CIF). Tam finished third in Division II in 2007 and 8th in 2008.

The Tam High Sailing Team, is a dinghy sailing team based out of the Sausalito Yacht Club. The team competes in the local NorCal regattas, the Bay's series regattas, and the P.C.C's (Pacific coast championships). The team sails CFJ's, C420's, and laser dinghy's.

Mock Trial
Tamalpais High School's Mock Trial team won the 2005 National High School Mock Trial Championship, held in Charlotte, North Carolina. Tam had defeated Redlands East Valley High School of San Bernardino County to win the state championship. In Charlotte, competing against 44 other schools, Tam won all five rounds of the tournament, beating the previously undefeated team from Kauai High School in the finals. The members of the national championship team were Sandra Allen, Mackenzie Amara, Jason Finkelstein, Jessie Kavanagh, Courtney Khademi, Natalie Robinson, Kelly Stout, and Max Wertheimer. Outstanding Performance Awards went to Allen as attorney, and Finkelstein and Stout as witnesses. Marin County defense attorney David M. Vogelstein, coach of the team since 1997, won the Advocate of the Year Award in 2005 from the Constitutional Rights Foundation.

Tam won the State championship again in 2009, and took second place in 1998 and 2007 and third place in 2008. , the mock trial team has won the Marin County championship 19 years in a row.

On February 7, 2009, Tam won its fourteenth consecutive Marin County Championship, with captains IndiAna Gowland and Frank Alarcon winning as outstanding prosecution attorney. Tam went on to win its second State Championship on March 22, in Riverside, beating the 2007 champions, Elk Grove High School. At State, Junior Ben Harris won the best constitutional advocate award for his role as pre-trial defense lawyer. At the May 2009 National Mock Trial Competition in Atlanta, Georgia, Tam ranked 6th in the nation. Tam extended its streak to 15 Marin County Championships on February 6, 2010, advancing to the California Mock Trial Tournament, held March 19–21 in San Jose. Tam finished in sixth place, with Junior Amanda Weinberg receiving a Special Commendation as Outstanding Prosecution Witness. On February 5, 2011, Tam won its 16th consecutive Marin County mock trail championship. They competed in the California state finals in Riverside on March 25–27, securing a fourth-place finish. Sophomore Anna Lipman received a Special Commendation as Outstanding Defense Witness. On February 4, 2012, Tam won its 17th consecutive county title, besting Terra Linda High School—its championship round rival for five years running—by one point. The team will go on to the State Competition in Sacramento on March 23–25. The winning ways continued on February 2, 2013, when Tam High claimed its 18th consecutive Marin County Championship, this time with a victory over a team from Novato High School.

Vogelstein retired from his role as lead coach in 2018. He was honored by the Marin County Board of Education for 20 years of coaching the Mock Trial team. During his tenure, the team extended its winning steak for the county title to 23 consecutive years, and won three state championships and one national championship.

Performing arts
Tam High is the original home of the Conservatory Theatre Ensemble (CTE) (formerly Ensemble Theater Company (ETC)), formed by former student (Tam/Drake Class of 1952) and teacher Daniel Caldwell, notable alumni of which include Kathleen Quinlan, Michael Thomsett, Tupac Shakur, Beth Behrs, Bridgit Mendler, and Courtney Thorne-Smith. ETC expanded its presence to include Redwood High School and Drake High School in the mid-1980s. The Daniel Caldwell Performing Arts Center a new facility features a new 10000 sqft multi-use theatre building as well as significant upgrades and renovations to Ruby Scott Auditorium. The center was completed in 2006. (ETC was renamed the Conservatory Theatre Ensemble (CTE).) The theatre is regionally known for its Fall & Spring One Act festival where students both act in and direct short plays. The program receives grants to host guest artists to direct and produce shows.

Global Studies
Tam High's Global Studies program has sent students to Orthez, France; Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France; Málaga, Spain; London; Pamplona, Spain; Cuba; Ireland, Italy, Vietnam, and Hungary. In 2000 the Tam News received a license from the Treasury Department to travel to Havana, Cuba and produced their first color magazine issue. The following year, 2001, musicians, artists, and dancers from the school visited Havana's art high schools and spent time creating art together with the Cuban students. In 2013, the baseball and softball teams received permission to travel to Havana, Cuba to each play a three-game series against Cuban teams. Throughout the trip, the teams traveled the country and experienced many unique cultural opportunities including Festival Internacional del Cine Pobre. The boys finished with a 2–1 record and the girls swept with a 3–0 record.

Student publications
The school's newspaper, the Tamalpais News has won awards from the National Scholastic Press Association and the Columbia Scholastic Press Association. News staff won individual awards for Story of the Year from the NSPA in 1998 (2nd for features); 2009 (3rd Diversity); 2011 (5th News Story); 2013 (2nd Feature, 4th Diversity); and 2014 (1st Editorial/Opinion, 2nd Feature). The 2014 First place was awarded to the Staff for "All Quiet on the District Front"; the Second place was won by Isaac Cohen for "Undocumented: Navigating Life Without Citizenship." The paper introduced a website in 2006, tamnews.org, which was a finalist for the NSPA Online Pacemaker in 2007 and 2014.

In 2006, for the first time since the award was established in 1983, CSPA presented the News one of 37 Silver Crown Awards.

Tam News staff won ten individual and staff Gold Circle Awards and Certificates of Merit from the CSPA in 2001, with 17 total since 1984. In 2014, CPSA recognized four members of the News, with Cassie Jeong winning two awards for Hand-drawn Art/Illustration: 1st place for "Startup Weekend Adventures" and 3rd for "Zine Fest." The Staff received the 3rd-place award in Editorial writing for "All Quiet on the District Front"; Isaac Cohen received a Certificate of Merit in the In-depth news/feature story category for "Undocumented." Previous Gold Circle Award winners follow:
 * 1997 Single Spot News Photograph (Tabloid), 2nd, Shannon McGuire, "Mill Valley fire fighters..."
 * 2000 Entertainment Review, 2nd, Noah Flower, "Powerful novel reveals African experience"
 * 2001 Feature Photo (Single), 2nd, Sarah Wagner, "Bring Elian Home-Salremos A Alian"
 * Overall Design, 2nd, Sarah Wagner, Noah Flower, And the staff, "Tam News From Havana"
 * Title & Content Page, 2nd, Noah Flower, Sarah Wagner, "Inside"
 * Personality Profile, 3rd, Melissa Simon, "Into The Unknown"

The News has experimented with different formats, including a news magazine called THAT Magazine from 2003 to 2005. The staff adviser since 2006, Jonah Steinhart, was a partner in two Silicon Valley startups and was Editor-in-Chief of the Campanile when he was at Palo Alto High School.

Awards and recognition
Tamalpais High School was a recipient of the California Distinguished School Award in 1999, 2005, and 2009. The school has been ranked in the top five percent of American high schools since 2005, based on a system devised by Dave Matthews of the Washington Post and reported by Newsweek. Tam ranked the highest of all Marin County high schools each year, at 428 in 2005, 425 in 2006, 410 in 2007, and 979 in 2008.

Notable alumni and students
As part of its celebration of its 144th year, the San Francisco Chronicle ran a series in June 2009 listing 144 famous Bay Area high school alumni in a "roll call of fame". Tam alumni listed included Tupac Shakur, George Duke, Pat Paulsen, William L. Patterson, John Cipollina, Serge Levin and Courtney Thorne-Smith.

The people listed here graduated from or attended Tam. The year shown is the year of graduation for the class that they entered with, unless they are known to have graduated with or identify with a different class.
 * William L. Patterson 1911 – attorney; civil rights pioneer
 * Roger Kent c. 1923‡ – attorney; general counsel, U.S. Department of Defense, 1952–53; Democratic Party campaign manager and State chair
 * Eve Arden (Eunice Quedens) 1926* – Oscar-nominated actress, Mildred Pierce, Anatomy of a Murder, Grease, star of TV series Our Miss Brooks
 * Freddy Nagel 1926* – saxophonist, big band leader
 * Antonio "Tony" Freitas c. 1926 – pitcher MLB, Philadelphia Athletics and Cincinnati Reds, member of Pacific Coast League Hall of Fame
 * Larry Lansburgh, 1929 - director and documentarian
 * Sam Chapman 1934‡ – athlete (high school and college star, California Golden Bears; MLB's Philadelphia Athletics and Cleveland Indians)
 * Art Schallock 1943 – MLB pitcher: Yankees (1953 World Series), Orioles
 * Pat Paulsen 1945† – statesman, actor, comedian (Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour)
 * Joe DeMaestri 1946‡ – MLB shortstop: A's, St. Louis Browns, Chicago White Sox, Yankees, 1957 All Star, 1960 World Series
 * Anton Szandor LaVey (Howard Stanton Levey) ~1947 – founder of Church of Satan
 * Karl Olson 1948* – MLB outfielder: Red Sox, Senators, Tigers
 * Matt Hazeltine 1951† – athlete (linebacker, NFL San Francisco 49ers, 1963 and 1965 Pro Bowls)
 * Daniel Caldwell 1952‡ – actor; drama teacher (Daniel Caldwell Performing Arts Center opened in 2006 at Tam High)
 * Pete Gross 1954* – radio sports announcer; "Voice of the Seahawks"
 * John L. Wasserman 1955† – entertainment critic and columnist with San Francisco Chronicle from 1964 until his death in 1979; he referred to "the Frats and the Hoods" at Tam in his review of Grease
 * Willie Hector 1957 – football player
 * Rob Nilsson 1957‡ – actor and director, 9 @ Night Films (On the Edge; first American director to win both the Prix de la Caméra d'Or (Best First Film) at Cannes (for Northern Lights in 1979) and the Grand Jury Prize-Dramatic at the Sundance Film Festival (in 1988 for Heat and Sunlight))
 * Sally Champlin 1962 – actress and singer
 * Elmer Collett 1962‡ – athlete (lineman, NFL San Francisco 49ers, Baltimore Colts)
 * John A. Meacham 1962 – professor
 * George Duke 1963 – jazz pianist
 * Charlie Kelly 1963‡ – roadie (Sons of Champlin); Mountain Bike Hall of Fame
 * John Cipollina 1964* – musician (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
 * Bill Champlin 1965* – musician (Sons of Champlin, Chicago)
 * Honor Jackson 1966‡ – athlete (University of the Pacific, NFL)
 * Charlie Cunningham 1967* – mountain bike pioneer (Mountain Bike Hall of Fame first year inductee, 1988)
 * Michael Goldberg 1971‡ – writer (Rolling Stone, Addicted to Noise)
 * Tom Killion 1971‡ – artist, author, African historian and educator
 * Joe Breeze 1972‡ – mountain bike inventor (Mountain Bike Hall of Fame 1988, founder of Breezer Bikes)
 * Mario Cipollina 1972* – musician (Huey Lewis and the News)
 * Kathleen Quinlan 1972‡ – Oscar-nominated actress (American Graffiti, Apollo 13, The Doors, Breach)
 * Cassandra Webb (Cassandra Politzer) 1976‡ – actress (Starship, Sons and Daughters)
 * Merritt Butrick 1977* – actor (Square Pegs, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan)
 * Peter Shor 1977‡ – mathematician
 * Signy Coleman 1978‡ – model, actress (The Young and the Restless, Guiding Light)
 * Ann Killion 1979 – award-winning sportswriter and New York Times best-selling author; columnist for San Francisco Chronicle
 * Bryan Price 1980‡ – pitcher drafted by (California Angels), MLB pitching coach (Seattle Mariners, Arizona Diamondbacks), manager (Cincinnati Reds)
 * Adam Steltzner 1981‡ – NASA engineer at JPL; phase lead and development manager for EDL (Entry, Descent and Landing) of Curiosity rover lander, which successfully landed on Mars on August 5, 2012
 * Montgomery McFate 1984 – anthropologist, defense analyst
 * Cintra Wilson 1984 – writer
 * Courtney Thorne-Smith 1985* – actress (Melrose Place, Ally McBeal, According to Jim)
 * Vince Chhabria 1987* – United States District Judge
 * Chris Chaney 1988* – musician (Jane's Addiction, The Panic Channel)
 * Romeo Bandison 1989* – NFL (Cleveland Browns; Washington Redskins); NCAA football coach (Colorado Buffaloes)
 * Tupac Shakur 1989† – rapper, actor
 * Snatam Kaur c. 1990 – musician
 * Nyjer Morgan c. 1997 – MLB outfielder (Pittsburgh Pirates, Washington Nationals, Milwaukee Brewers)
 * Sarah Austin (journalist) 2004 – Manhattan-based Internet personality, founder of Pop17
 * Beth Behrs 2004 – actress (2 Broke Girls, American Pie Presents: The Book of Love)
 * Monica Barbaro 2007 - actress
 * Finnegan Lee Elder and Gabriel Christian Natale-Hjorth, convicted murderers (2019 murder of police officer Mario Cerciello Rega)
 * Kenny Rosenberg c. 2013 – Major League Baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels
 * Salem Ilese 2017 – singer

* Alumni listed in the 2002 Alumni Directory, address unconfirmed † Alumni listed as "reported deceased" in the 2002 Alumni Directory ‡ Alumni listed in the Biographical Section of the 2002 Alumni Directory

Notable faculty, coaches, and advisors

 * Roy "Wrongway" Riegels coached the Tamalpais High School football team in 1934 and recruited Sam Chapman to play for UC Berkeley
 * Dan Caldwell, founder, Ensemble Theatre Company
 * Willie Hector, American football player
 * Dave Meggyesy, former NFL linebacker and author of Out of Their League, was the head football coach in 1981 while teaching part-time at Stanford

Tam High in popular culture

 * Several students and faculty had credited and cameo parts in the 1968 Steve McQueen film Bullitt
 * The Tamalpais Marching Band appeared in the 1969 Woody Allen film Take the Money and Run, while Tam teachers Dan Caldwell and Don Michaelian had small roles as a prison guard and a prisoner
 * Since the late 1960s, the school hosted many live concerts during lunch breaks, after school and on Saturday nights, with performances by local bands such as Sons of Champlin,Clover, Michael Bloomfield, Cold Blood, Pablo Cruise, and Jefferson Starship
 * David Crosby's song, "Tamalpais High (At About 3)", refers to when Tam classes end for the day, and was conceived while the musician passed the school on the way to recording sessions in neighboring Sausalito, reportedly at The Plant Studios. It was recorded in February 1971 (though The Plant Studios is said to have opened in 1972). David Crosby – guitar, vocals; Jerry Garcia – guitar; Jorma Kaukonen – guitar; Phil Lesh – bass; Bill Kreutzmann – drums
 * The "Sock hop" dance in American Graffiti (1973) was filmed in the Boys (now Gustafson) Gymnasium. Tam graduate Kathleen Quinlan appears in dance and bathroom scenes, as was current Tam High French teacher Brian Zailian (then a 15-year-old Redwood High student), who is dancing in the crowd
 * The cover photograph for the 1986 album Fore! by Huey Lewis and the News was taken at Tam High. Three members of the band - Bill Gibson, Sean Hopper, and Mario Cipollina - had previously attended the school
 * A Time for Dancing, (Davida Wills Hurwin, 1995, Little Brown & Co, ISBN 0-316-38351-1) is set partly in Mill Valley and at Tam, which Julianna and Samantha, the main characters, attend; the movie based on the book was shot in 2000, with limited distribution in Europe, and was released in the United States in 2004

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Talk:Ivan Fyodorov (printer)

"Annihilated monument"
Regarding the phrase:
 * The monuments to him in Lvov were annihilated by the Ukrainian nationalists in 1997.

Disregarding any personal judgements about "Ukrainian Nationalists", I was surprised to see this because I have not heard that the monument was ruined. I found the following articles (both in Russian) of post-1997 that confirm the monument existence: this 2003 article and also this 2004 article. Please respond with any info here. The info from these articles, along with wikilinked Ukrainian WP article may be used to improve this English WP entry. I will delete the phrase about annihilation unless someone confirms it here soon. -Irpen 19:17, Jun 4, 2005 (UTC)

 * http://www.sedmitza.ru/index.html?sid=198&did=2302&p_comment=belief
 * http://pravoslavye.org.ua/index.php?r_type=&action=fullinfo&id=6297
 * These articles state that Ivan's tomb and the nearby monument were annihilated in the 1990s. Another monument, erected in 1977 near the Ascension church, was to be demolished by municipal authorities in 1997 but this didn't come to pass "through intervention of Russian population". -Ghirlandajo 07:36, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I completely dislike church sources. They are very dirty.  Ilya K 13:33, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

The best thing would be to ask someone living in the city or at least check more sources. Yes, the controversy is there, but as presented right now it is not neutral. First of all, there is a "not annihilated monument". Second, look at this article: "Во Львове открылась мемориальная доска в память о первопечатнике Иване Федорове (28 декабря 2003)". The last thing I want is to censor the info about vandalism of nationalist extremists or the local govs that choose to follow up on a convenient rhetoric. However, if we want to have this sensitive issue mentioned, we have to research an issue a little bit, stick to the facts and present it neutrally. It is still better to say nothing at all than to have an extreme POV phrase like "The monuments to him in Lvov were annihilated by the Ukrainian nationalists in 1997". This is misleading. Could anyone provide more facts on this story? Please no flames. -Irpen 18:17, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)

 * Well, now I feel I should delete this mention. Sources you mentioned are propaganda. They contain many mistakes and unwieghted offensive phrases. I can give details if you like. Even if annihilation really took place, it should be detaily investigated. It seems to be a good fact in article about post soviet church authorities annihilating culture heritage. Ilya K 18:53, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I agree with Ilya's deletion of the text in the form it appeared. However, I disagree that the controversy about Fyoderov's memorabilia in Lvov does not deserve to be mentioned in this article at all. We should do more research on the issue and return to it mentioning the facts which are indisputable and drawn from solid sources. It's not just "post-soviet authorities" issue in general. It is about extremist wings of Ukrainian nationalism and the corrupted city authorities who choose to switch to a new ideology with an equal zeal. This is not at all a single incident in Lviv. I remember reading about changing the main city street name there from "Peace" (yes it was call the Street of Peace, not "Lenin Street") to Stepan Bandera Avenue, definitely a very controversial step and a very controversial figure to say the least. Back to our article, is it worth moving it to "Ivan Fyoderov" or "Feoderov"? What do you think? -Irpen 20:28, Jun 7, 2005 (UTC) The monument is not annihilated. It is still standing proudly in Lviv. Ukrainian Nationalists are very proud of Fedorov's monument because Fedorov loved Lviv and printed books for Ukrainian children. This year authorities plan on putting a signature on it. Till now it wasn't signed and many tourists were asking "who is this man". Euro 2012 is coming and authorities decided to sign the monument the way Fedorov signed his work in Lviv " Feodorovych Ivan" As to the name Fyodorov or Fedorov. Fyodorov is INCORRECT. Modern Russian often make that mistake. At the time of Fedorov Cyrillic alphabet had no letter «ё» sounding like "yo". It didn't exist and wasn't pronounced. He pronounced his name exactly how he wrote it FEDOROV or FEODOROVYCH or FEDOROVYCH. Never Fyodorov. Old Cyrillic letters "e" and "o" are still the same in todays Cyrillic. Nikolay, August 24, 2011 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.58.207.146 (talk) 02:07, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

Moschus in Fyodorov's name is not about the deer
At the time the inhabitants of Muscovy were called moschi (see or ); moschus is therefore simply "from Moscow". Wikidim2 (talk) 01:48, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Do you really think that tidbit "Moscovia derives from Moschi, the ancient inhabitants of etc" hold water???--Galassi (talk) 02:09, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
 * It just shows what "moschi" used to mean in Latin, that's all. I do not understand the reason for your "holding water" comment (and it sounds somewhat offensive to me). I am not using the text for its ethnological value. It is only used to illustrate the meaning of the word few centuries ago. Wikidim2 (talk) 02:17, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
 * That is WP:OR and WP:SYNTH. --Galassi (talk) 02:35, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Current text is not supported by any source either. Why did you delete the request for sources? Interpreting the Latin word in a particular way requires a source, especially if the word has many meanings, as this one does. Wikidim2 (talk) 18:35, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Galassi's work-disturbing ignorance at its best. It is common knowlegde that Ivan Fyodorov was called Iван Москвитин or "Друкар-москвитин" by Lvov locals. That's what he translated into Latin. Pretty ridiculous to interpret some deers here. --Voyevoda (talk) 20:35, 14 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Can you reliably document that?--Galassi (talk) 20:13, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
 * The tomb of Ivan Fyodorov bears the inscription in Ruthenian language: "Иоанн Федорович, друкар Москвитин, который своим тщанием друкование занебдоша обновил". What is you citation on musk-deer, stupid? Ridiculous. --Voyevoda (talk) 20:51, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
 * See the facsimile of Ivan's signature and read up on WP:NPA.--Galassi (talk) 22:29, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Where is your legendary musk-deer? --Voyevoda (talk) 10:50, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musk_deer .--Galassi (talk) 10:58, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Where is the link between Fyodorov and the musk-deer except for your illiterate interpretation of "Moschus"? --Voyevoda (talk) 11:11, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Moscovite in Latin is moscovita, and musk deer is moschus. Duh...--Galassi (talk) 11:31, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Aren't you ashamed of your ignorance? There were plenty of variations of Muscovite, Moschus is one of them. In the Middle Ages, the was a theory that the Moschi were sons of the biblical Meshech. Why don't you just remove yourself if you are not acquainted with the matter. --Voyevoda (talk) 11:57, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

Fyodorov instead of Fedorovych
As we see here, Fyodorov is more common. Please stop warring on the article name. --Voyevoda (talk) 10:56, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Google books search: "Ivan Fyodorov" - 686 hits, "Ivan Fedorovych" - 389 hits
 * Google WWW search: "Ivan Fyodorov" - 9,300 hits, "Ivan Fedorovych" - 4,700 hits.
 * Nice try. Google picks up all the wiki mirrors, and clones, so your argument is in bad faith.--Galassi (talk) 11:06, 18 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Google books, too? --Voyevoda (talk) 11:10, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

In Russia, he is known and continues to be known as Fedorov. However in pre and post Soviet Ukraine, Poland and Belarus he is and was known as Fedoroych, which is how he actually signed his name, and the way he spelled his name in his publications. Bandurist (talk) 00:42, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
 * So what? Russia has more inhabitants than Poland, Ukraine and Belarus together. This is not the matter, important is how English-language literature calls him predominantly (see above). This is an English-language Wikipedia. --Voyevoda (talk) 07:51, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Indeed it is, and Paul Magosci, a major anglophone historian calls him FedorovICH.--Galassi (talk) 13:36, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Magocsi is only ONE OF the anglophone historians. There is no justification to put him infront of all others (See Google Book results) without a scientific source that explicitely adviced to do so. Note that your gibberish and selective sympathies are not enough.
 * BTW, is your newest disgrace and embarassement concerning "Moschus" still not enogh for you? --Voyevoda (talk) 14:17, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

Howeve, Fedorovych calls himself and signed his books Fedorovych. Nowhere have I seen him sign his works Fyodorov. Bandurist (talk) 15:35, 20 September 2011 (UTC)
 * This is not a question of how he called himself. The real names of most ancient and medieval people differ in spelling or pronunciation from variants used in modern languages. As always, we should use the variant prevalent in the modern literature on the subject, in this case the English language sources. Grey Hood   Talk  15:49, 20 September 2011 (UTC)

September 2015
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Slow Poke

"Slow Poke" is a 1951 popular song.

Background
"Slow Poke" is credited to three writers: Pee Wee King, Redd Stewart, and Chilton Price. Actually Price wrote the song in 1951, as she thought the song described her friend, King, very well. King recorded the song and Stewart did the vocal. Price gave rights to the other two in exchange for publicity, as she felt she knew nothing about the music distribution business. The song did so well commercially that when Price wrote the song "You Belong to Me" the next year, she felt she could do better by ceding partial credit for authorship to King and Stewart than trying to publicize the song on her own, so that song as well was credited to King, Stewart, and Price, though Price was the sole author.

Pee Wee King recording
Pee Wee King's recording was issued by RCA Victor as catalog number 21-0489 (78rpm) and 48-0489 (45 rpm). It first entered the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on October 21, 1951 and lasted 22 weeks, peaking at #3. It was his only crossover from the country genre to score on the pop chart. It appeared on the country charts on September 21, 1951 for 31 weeks, peaking at #1 and remaining there for 15 weeks. Outside the US, topped the Australian charts in May 1952.

Other recorded versions
Other who recorded the song as "Slow Coach":
 * As "Slow Poke":
 * A Hawkshaw Hawkins version was released by King Records (USA) as catalog number 998, reached #7 on the country charts, having first charted on December 8, 1951. It lasted 4 weeks on the charts. The song also reached #26 on the pop charts.
 * The Ray Conniff Singers (1964)
 * In 1951, the recording by Ralph Flanagan and his orchestra with vocals by The Singing Winds was issued by RCA Victor on 78 rpm as catalog number 21-4373 and 45 rpm as 47-4373. It first appeared on the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on January 18, 1952, for 2 weeks  and peaked at #29.
 * The next-best-known version was the recording by Arthur Godfrey, which was released by Columbia Records as catalog number 39632. It entered the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on December 28, 1951 for 11 weeks, peaking at #12. The song was one side of a two-sided hit; the flip side, "Dance Me Loose," also reached #12.
 * Tiny Hill's version was released by Mercury Records as catalog number 5740. It entered the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on January 4, 1952 at #30, in its only week on the chart.
 * A version by Roberta Lee was issued by Decca Records, catalog number 27792, entered the Billboard magazine Best Sellers chart on December 7, 1951 and lasted 4 weeks on the chart, where it peaked at #28.
 * Helen O'Connell released her recording on Capitol Records as catalog number 1837. It first appeared on the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart beginning December 7, 1951 and lasted 11 weeks, peaking at #16.
 * Jimmie Rodgers for his album No One Will Ever Know (1962)
 * In the United Kingdom the song was called "Slow Coach." The lyric was changed to fit the British title. Pee Wee King also recorded a version with that title. The major British versions recorded by Johnny Brandon and the Ray Ellington Quartet.
 * Dyd Dean
 * Dinah Kaye
 * The Radio Revellers (1951)
 * Semprini with Rhythm Acc. Recorded in London on March 24, 1952 as the first melody of the medley "Dancing to the piano (No. 14) - Part 1. Hit Medley of Foxtrots" along with "Cry" and "Unforgettable". It was released by EMI on the His Master's Voice label as catalog number B 10263.
 * Yet another recording made by Pee Wee King used the title "Slow Bloke" (and appropriate lyric changes). This would seem to have been made for the British market ("bloke" being a British word) but since all other British versions (and the previously-mentioned King recording) use the title "Slow Coach" the actual reason for this recording is unclear. It is possible the record may have been intended for the Australian market where bloke is a common appellation.
 * As "Punk":
 * Doris Day (1955)

Samples

 * This song was sampled for the song "Punk" by British singer Red Face in 2007.

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Photo change?
Don't be so sure. I posted the record cover photo (the front cover of which was signed and dedicated by Brion in Paris in 1985) out of nostalgia for someone I respected. I won't "take issue" and, in fact, encourage anyone with a less "kind of silly" photo to replace it. -Regards. --- —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.202.6.189 (talk) 21:28, 23 April 2008 (UTC) How about a photo of Gysin alone? The image posted is kind of silly, considering there are better shots, ones which don't need to state 'upper left' in order to be understood. That said, I'm sure whoever posted it will take issue. --- Sounds like a cool guy. --- What about Gysin's drawings and paintings? - Biography published: "Nothing is True - Everything is Permitted: The Life of Brion Gysin" by John Geiger - Born in England (Location?) of Swiss descent, raised in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Became a naturalized American, who lived most of his life in Morocco and France. - How does one pronounce his name? - I've seen a lot of different resources that have his name as "Byron Gysin". I was recently reading a book, Acid Dreams, that mentions a "Byron Gysin". Does anyone know what his real name is, or possibly why this is so?

- he was born in england on a army base. his grandfather was swiss and moved to england. his father born in england. his mother was canadian. he was raised in edmonton canada. born as brian john gysin,it became brion from a mistake on a passport. pornounce as brian 'guy - sin' ...went to university in england,went to france,greece,many other european places. he was a member of the surrealist group,but was kicked out most likely for being openly homosexual. joined the american army where he met a relative of the real 'uncle tom' and wrote 'to master a long good night' joined the canadian army also and studied calligraphy.he was a friend of paul bowels he went to morocco and ran a unsuccessful restaurant,and also recorded music of jajouka,long before brian jones of the stones stones did. mostly known as a writter he was also a great visual artist as well as a sound artist. some recordings include BG special,the pool K III,music of jajouka,recordings1964-81,songs with steeve lacy and matta. and self portrait jumping. his name is misspelled alot,ive seen brian guyson,brion guysan ect. in morocco sometimes he went as brion van der gysin. the biography by John Geiger is pretty usefull and full of small details. john also wrote a book and the dreamachine,an invention of gysin and ian sommerville. a man named david woodard sells dreamachines and his web site says 'invented by a 'canadian-islamic' ... im really not sure where to say brion was 'from' england,canada,france,morocco...he usualy claimed to be swiss,but i have never read any info on brion even visiting switzerland,much less BEING swiss. but islamic. no. he had interest in theologies,but never persued with any zeal.

 * I don't know if one ought to take advice on the pronunciation of Brion Gysin's name from someone who writes that he was a friend of "paul bowels [sic]." I must say, though, that was really funny. Wikipedia comes through again. 66.108.4.183 02:30, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

 * wtf? someone writes out an informative paragraph and you pick out a typo. well done.

radiophonic edit
Firstly, I'll have to apologise because I don't actually know too much about what sounds like a really interesting guy here. What I do know is that, despite quite a lot of searching I can find no link between Gysin and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop as was previously stated (and, in fact, is repeated on the 60 or so articles copied the material on this page). He did indeed make what would be considered radiophonic works, and the "pistol poem" (which was mentioned in relation to the workshop before i deleted it) was indeed made for the BBC as it says here, so I can understand where the mix-up would come from. However I can find no evidence he was ever at the Radiophonic Workshop. If anyone can find any source which states otherwise (and isn't connected to the material on this page) then I truly apologise but for now I thought it was best to get rid of it. I've also deleted a couple of links because they didn't seem to link to anything concerning Gysin. I've also discussed it for too long on this page! --Thetriangleguy 19:36, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

In Recordings: 1960-81 on the track "Thoughts on the BBC," he says he was invited by the BBC in the early 60's to play around with a new 32-track they had obtained. He worked with a producer named Douglas Cleverdon. He says he did the Pistol Poem with Cleverton. He doesn't, however, make it clear if it was done at the BBC Workshop. It's pretty clear he did visit the BBC at some point. I don't know enough about the Workshop to know if it's definitely where he would have visited at the BBC, or if he might have visited some other recording studio, so I'll leave the actual judgement to somebody else. Either way, I'd definitely like to see this article grow. He seems to have been vastly undercredited in his influence of Burroughs and others. From these recordings, it sounds as if he was briefly involved with Breton and the Surrealists, as well as Jean Genet. Recnilgiarc 14:16, 2 January 2007 (UTC) In the Radiophonic Workshop's official 25th Anniversary book from 1983 it is referred to. He came to the Workshop and recorded a programme. Frustratingly, the book does not say what year this happened but states his performance included "I Am That I Am", "Rub Out The Words" and "Junk Is No Good Baby". They even devote a whole page to a transcript of "I Am That I Am". Ned

- "He is best known for his rediscovery of Tristan Tzara's cut-up technique" This seems misleading because Gysin discovered this technique independently, and not because of Tzara (besides, their techniques had differences).

If you listen to Dead city radio(burroughs album) he mentions Brion Gysin afew times. He pronounces it 'guy sin' ,furthermore he was friends with Bowles, even lived with Paul&Jane for a short time. It's all in the Geiger biography.

The Process
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Article protected
I've just protected this article and a few other related articles as per the mediation process going on at User:FayssalF/JK. Thanks for your understanding. -- FayssalF  - Wiki me up®  15:29, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

recent rewrite
recent rewrite has neglected years 1961 to 1984 ie most of this persons life.

Will help rework

opiumjones 23 (talk) 00:48, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

Japanese Language learning in World War Two
As Donald Keene tells us in his memoirs, the World War Two Army-courses included first lessons in "grass"-script - after the soldiers had mastered writing their Kanji in "Japanese elementary school"-script, the stuff universities manage not to teach in years. It is interesting to compare Gysin's Japanese-style with the handwritten examples in some, non-infantile, US-textbooks teaching Kanji (Eleanor Harz Jorden).--Radh (talk) 17:47, 9 January 2011 (UTC)

Misogyny
comment about his misogyny:

'Nasty Burroughs proclaimed him a confirmed misogynist, causing Gysin to respond: “Don’t go calling me a misogynist…a mere misogynist. I am a monumental misanthropist. Man is a bad animal…. Me, I AM a compromise, a compromise between the sexes in a dualistic universe.”'

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Flute Music
I recall listening to an album of flute music, performed inside a very large dome (I assume a mosque); the flautist used the echo in the dome as part of the instrument. It was seriously spacey music. I would like to know more about this album.

At the time, I understood that this music was attributable to Bryon Gysin. BTW, I would like to see some guidance on the correct pronunciation of his name; I have always pronounced it (well, since the mid-seventies) as "Ron Geesin". MrDemeanour (talk) 17:51, 6 January 2020 (UTC)

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Loulé

Loulé is a city and municipality in the region of Algarve, district of Faro, Portugal. In 2011, the population of the entire municipality was 70,622 inhabitants, in an area of approximately 763.67 km2. The municipality has two principal cities: Loulé (the seat of the municipality) and Quarteira.

History
Human presence in the territory of Loulé remotes to the Later Paleolithic. The growth of the settlement of Loulé likely stemmed from the late Neolithic, when small bands began rotating agricultural crops and herds around numerous subterranean cavities in its proximity (specifically around Goldra, Esparguina and Matos da Nora). Within the following millennium, the settlements began to grow and intensify with spread of Mediterranean cultures, that progressively penetrated the southwestern part of the peninsula. This culminated in the arrival of the Phoenicians and Carthaginians, who founded the first trading posts along the maritime coast, increasing fishing, prospecting for minerals and commercial activities.

After the 2nd century Punic War, the Roman provided a new impulse to economic activities, expanding the canning industry, agriculture and exploration of copper and iron. In the urban area of Loulé, a sculpted altar to the Goddess Diana, the rustic villages of Clareanes and Apra, and necropolises suggested the extent of Roman occupation. In the 5th century, the Suevians and Vandals, and later the Visigoths, destroyed many of the vestiges of Roman Empire, adapting and assimilating these earlier models of settlement and the cultural experiences of the native populations.

The arrival of Muslim Moors, in the 8th century, lead to the rise of the historic Al-'Ulya' (Loulé), consisting of a small almedina (fortified city) under the reign of Niebla, under the command of Taifa Ibne Mafom. The second half of the 12th century was an epoch marked by great political and military instability, with internal dissensions across the Garb Andaluz, supported by military constructions. It is possible that Al-'Ulya' was fortified during this period. The remains of the primitive keep remain, practically intact, the Taipa tower (Torre da Vela) situated along the old Rua da Corredora (today the Rua Engº Duarte Pacheco).

The bell tower of Loulé St. Clemens Church (São Clemente) was originally a minaret of a former Muslim mosque. It is one of the few remaining Islamic religious architectural elements from the Moor rule in Portugal. Located across the church is Jardim dos Amuados, which is an old Moor Muslim cemetery.

Kingdom
In 1249, King D. Afonso III supported by D. Paio Peres Correia, Knight and Master of the Order of Santiago, conquered the castle from the Moors, and integrated into the possessions of the Portuguese Crown. The first foral (charter) was issued to the settlement in 1266. A second foral was issued in 1269, to the southern suburbs of Mouraria with narrow winding streets and medieval toponyms, such as Rua da Mouraria and Rua dos Oleiros. The consequences of the Christian Reconquista had a negative effect on the economy of Loulé and its region, which was dependent trade from northern Africa and Andalusia. King D. Denis ordered the establishment of a fair in Loulé, unique to the Algarve, that lasted 15 days in September: it was located in Rossio, in front of the Horta D’El Rei, alongside the Porta de Silves. The new economy, based on agriculture, supported by bartering across regions was insufficient to augment the isolation and stagnation by the end of the 14th century. The desolate environment in which Loulé was present, were supported by the 1385 Actas de Vereação (Acts of Town Council), by which Camareiro-Mor João Afonso affirmed that the village was unpopulated, its castle in ruins and debris littered the field. In order to alleviate the situation, King D. John I bestowed special privileges on the village to expand the settlement, then donated land in front of the Church of São Clemente for a courtyard. The Actas also gave notice that the King of Castile was prepared to enter Portugal. In order to prevent its eventual attack, there was a move to repair the tower over the Porta de Faro and raise the walls along the southern flank. This area, until the 16th century, for reasons of defense and accessibility was the principal urban space, penetrated by a various roadways: the Largo da Matriz which crossed the principal arterials (the Rua Martim Farto, Rua da Cadeia and Rua da Matriz) which connected the principal spaces of the village, alcaldery, town council, jailhouse and gates.

During Portugal's maritime expansion, the Algarve entered a new economic phase. Loulé, in this context, occupied an important place in the export of wine, olive oil, dried fruit, handicrafts, salt and fish which allowed it to prosper and recover from many years of stagnation and decay: allowing the town to expand public spaces and construct new infrastructures. In 1422, the walls were rebuilt under the orders of D. Henrique de Meneses, first Count of Loulé. In 1471, the old shelter was transformed, by order of King D. Afonso V, into the first hospital in the Algarve, in order to help injured soldiers that regressed from the battles in Tangiers. To the north, and outside the walls, new residential spaces were organized, along the roadways that would become Rua do Poço, Travessa do Outeiro, Rua da Laranjeira and the Rua do Alto de São Domingos (where the Order of Santiago indicated existed the Hermitage of São Domingos in 1565). In the west, they constructed the Hermitage of São Sebastião half a league from the centre, and the Hermitage of Nossa Senhora da Piedade, which complimented the Church of Nossa Senhora dos Pobres (which was erected in 1400).

By the end of the 16th century, Portugal had lost its independence following the events of Alcácer Quibir. The region and village of Loulé was, once again, threatened by coastal attacks from pirates along the coast, yet the castle defenses had already become threatened and had fallen into ruin. After 1630, the economic vitality of the Algarve began to fall, its populations stagnating and political instability contributing to Barbary Coast piracy. The regions expansion suffered, even as new buildings were being constructed: in 1600, the Church of Portas do Ceu was constructed; in the three of the gates of the castle they constructed hermitages to Nossa Senhora da Conceição, Nossa Senhora do Pilar and Nossa Senhora do Carmo; in the courtyard, they constructed the Church of Espírito Santo (then recovered and expanded in 1693); expanded the nunnery of Convent of Nossa Senhora da Conceição; and in the east, D. Francisco Barreto, second bishop of the Algarve, laid the cornerstone of the Convent of Santo António (1675). After the Restoration, the castle took on a defensive role and lands surrounding the structure were occupied by new construction.

By the beginning of the 18th century, during the reign of John V, Portugal lived a period of economic prosperity sustained by gold from Brazil. Many of the churches and chapels were enriched by the spoils of conquest; gold, azulejo, rich woods, and artistic treasures were used to beautify the religious structures of the kingdom, by artesans in the region and factories in the north. A group of public works expanded to the edge of the town, primarily west of the Convent of Graça, south of the old Corredoura, east of the old Largo dos Inocentes square and Rua da Carreira, and north to the Rua da Praça and Rua da Laranjeira. But, much of the village was destroyed in the 1722 and 1755 earthquakes: the towers of the castle cracked, walls crumbled, church and Convent of Graça collapsed, and the parochial church experienced grave damage; those civilian buildings that were not destroyed became uninhabited and the municipal hall was so damaged that sessions were realized in a small house along Rua Ancha, later in a building on the edge of the municipal square. After the reconstruction of the village new residential areas began to pop-up with several occupied by the local merchant-class.

In the first quarter of the 19th century, the political instability generated by the Napoleonic Wars, the flight of the monarchy and the Liberal Wars provoked an economic crisis. In order to alleviate the financial burden and consolidate the public debit, Ministro da Fazenda (Minister of Finances), Mouzinho da Silveira decreed the sale of national possessions and expropriation of convents. As a consequence, the Convent of Espírito Santo, closed since 1836, was occupied and transformed into the municipal hall and judicial tribunal, while the church converted into a theatre. Meanwhile, alongside the walls of the old castle, the lots were occupied for residential and commercial purposes. However, the greatest transformation occurred with the opening of Avenida Marçal Pacheco that connected the east and west, along the Rua da Praça (today Avenida Praça da República), resulting in the demolition the hermitage of Carmo and part of the wall alongside. The Rua da Praça was along the principal circulation of the most important social, economic and cultural space in the tow. In 1885, it began to symbolize the most important political space in the town, after the municipal council was transferred to its current place. At the end of the 19th century, the town had expanded to the west, initiating a new phase of urbanization in Quinta do Olival de São Francisco, which was integrated into the new civil parish of São Sebastião, created in 1890 after São Clemente was divided. This new zone had a modern plan with roads design from existing roadways, forming rectangular blocks and triangular public spaces. The urban and demographic growth in this period was associated with industrialization that attracted a nascent population to small artisanal factories. This process was aided by the evolution of transport, the construction of rail lines in the Algarve and the development of communication lines that contributed to the demographic shift of the municipality.

Before the establishment of the First Republic, many of the contemporary architectural structures were constructed, including the municipal market, a project of architect Mota Gomes. This project substantially altered the urban character of the town, provoking the considerable destruction of the castle. But, it was the opening of the Avenida José da Costa Mealha that had a considerable logistic and architectural impact on the town. Until the establishment of the Estado Novo, the greatest improvements came from replacing the public lighting and installation of a water supply and drainage system. Following the military coup on 28 May 1926, until the Carnation Revolution, the growth of Loulé proceed moderately with the modernization of Avenida José da Costa Mealha (today Avenida 25 de Abril), that helped to spur many of the more expressive buildings in the town (such as the Cine-Teatro Louletano and the Duarte Pacheco monument). These developments assisted in accelerating the construction in Loulé. To the northeast and south of Avenida José da Costa Mealha large residential blocks occupied old agricultural properties and traditional architecture.

Geography
Loulé is well known for the sandy beaches, such as Quarteira. Inland, Loulé shows a rich geology, paleontology, and wildlife. The seat of the municipality, the city of Loulé proper, is about 10 kilometres inland from the nearest coast at an elevation exceeding 100 meters and higher.

Administratively, the municipality is divided into 9 civil parishes (freguesias):
 * Almancil
 * Alte
 * Ameixial
 * Boliqueime
 * Quarteira
 * Querença, Tôr e Benafim
 * Salir
 * São Clemente
 * São Sebastião

Culture
A highlight of the summer months in Loulé is Noite Branca, the Festival of White Night held to celebrate the end of summer. Locals and tourists, all wearing white, converge on the town, where a dazzling display of music, dance and pageantry awaits. Young people wander the streets, dressed in white as princes and princesses, demons and winged fantasy figures, while live bands play in the background. Loulé is also the largest municipality in the Algarve and includes well-known towns near the sea (like Vilamoura or Quinta do Lago) but also the hidden villages in the Algarve mountains where there are unmistakable landscapes.

Economy
The tertiary sector is the engine of the economy of Loulé municipality and is related to tourism, namely sun and beach tourism in such places like Vilamoura and Quarteira. In the primary sector, the agricultural area occupies about 34.2% of the area of the municipality, with the predominance of cereals for grain, citrus, vines and dried fruits, temporary grassland and forage crops. With regard to livestock, poultry, sheep and pigs stand out as the main species produced. Loulé has a high forest density of almost 50% (49.8%) of the useful agricultural area, which corresponds to 12,216 ha, devoted essentially to plantations of pine tree. The food, construction and cement industries (CIMPOR has a major cement plant in Loulé ) are the main economic activities of the secondary sector.

Sport
In Pavilhão Desportivo Municipal de Loulé (an indoor sports arena), a World Cup is held every year in the sport of trampolining. The most noteworthy football team in Loulé is the Louletano D.C. Louletano-Loulé Concelho is a professional cycling team based in Loulé.

Notable citizens

 * José Mendes Cabeçadas (1883–1965) a Navy officer, freemason, republican and revolutionary
 * Duarte Pacheco (1900–1943) a Government minister responsible for improving Portuguese infrastructure in the Estado Novo era
 * Pedro Correia de Barros (1911–1968) navy officer and governor of Mozambique 1958-1961
 * Laura Ayres (1922–1992) a virologist, a pioneer in the fight against AIDS
 * John Jacob Lavranos (1926–2018) a Greek/South African insurance broker and botanist, lived in Loulé from 1995
 * Aníbal Cavaco Silva (born 1939) a Portuguese economist, scholar, Prime Minister of Portugal 1985-1995 and 19th President of Portugal 2006-2016
 * António Carrilho (born 1942) a Roman Catholic priest and Bishop of Funchal
 * Vítor Aleixo (born 1956) the current mayor of Loulé
 * Nuno Guerreiro (born 1972), Portuguese singer (lead vocalist of Ala dos Namorados).
 * Jamila Madeira (born 1975) a politician and Member of the European Parliament
 * Dânia Neto (born 1983) an actress and model

Tourism
Loulé has developed its Cultural Tourism through exhibitions, markets, fairs and processions. It is an official Creative Tourism City and offers to tourists cultural authenticity.

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Gamtoos River

Gamtoos River or Gamptoos River is a river in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. It is formed by the confluence of the Kouga River and the Groot River and is approximately 645 km long with a catchment area of 34635 km2.

Course
The Gamtoos river system is formed by the Groot, the Kouga and the Baviaanskloof rivers. The latter is a tributary of the Kouga.

Although the rainfall in the catchment area is low, it supports a commercial irrigated agriculture in the lower catchment in which oranges, tobacco, citrus fruit and vegetables are grown. There is an estuary where the Gamtoos river enters the Indian Ocean. It is located between Jeffreys Bay and Port Elizabeth and the Gamtoos River Mouth Nature Reserve is in the area. The towns of Hankey, the oldest town situated in the Gamtoos river valley, and Patensie are situated in the lower catchment. Further inland are the towns of Steytlerville, Joubertina, Uniondale, Willowmore and Murraysburg.

Tributaries include the Loerie River, Klein River, Hol River, besides the Groot and the Kouga that form the Gamtoos.

History
Saartjie Baartman - the "Hottentot Venus" - was born around 1789 in the vicinity of the Gamtoos river.

In 1877 during a severe drought in the region, the Gamtoos River dried up completely. During the floods of October 1867, according to John Croumbie Brown, the level of water in some parts of the river rose by up to 70 ft.

Two bridges cross the Gamtoos close to its mouth in the Kouga. The original 600 ft bridge on the R102 was opened in 1895 in order to replace the ferry that had been in use up to that time. A modern concrete bridge was built during the construction of the N2 in the early 1970s.

Dams in the basin
Presently this river is part of the Fish to Tsitsikama Water Management Area.
 * Kouga Dam in the Kouga River

Ecology
In 1995 specimens of the Cape galaxias (Galaxias zebratus), a South African fish species endemic to the Cape Floristic Region, were found in the Krom River and subsequently they were also found in the Gamtoos River system. Until then it had been thought that its distribution was restricted to the area between the Keurbooms and the Olifants River. Although in South Africa this relatively delicate fish is only classified as near threatened, in Australia species of the same genus were driven to extinction by competing salmonids and other introduced species of fish.

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It's Loulé. Fix this bug please.

Mayor's name and affiliation
I've changed the line about the Mayor. He is, in fact, Sebastião, but he's much more known as simply Seruca Emídio. He's also a Social Democratic, not a Socialist.

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Canton of Redange

Redange (Réiden) is a canton in the northwest of Luxembourg. Its namesake commune is Redange, officially known as Redange-sur-Attert. It borders the cantons of Wiltz to the north, Diekirch and Mersch to the east, Capellen to the south and Belgium to the west (Province de Luxembourg).

Geography
The canton lies right on the border of the two main landscapes of Luxembourg.

To the north, the landscape is dominated by the Oesling mountain range, which is a part of the greater Ardennes region. This region is characterised by densely forested hills with an average altitude of 400 to 500m above sealevel, with the highest point being Napoléonsgaard standing at 554m.

Furthermore this region shows deep valleys which were carved into the ground by rivers and streams, the Sauer and Wark being the most notable ones. The upper Sûre lake reservoir also lies partly within the Canton of Redange, at the border with the Canton of Wiltz.

The Oesling part of the Canton mainly comprises the communes of Rambrouch and Groussbus-Wal with the communes of Ell, Redange and Préitzerdaul partly being situated in the Oesling region.

To the south, the landscape is dominated by the Gutland plain. This area is characterised by lower altitudes, averaging at around 300m above sealevel.

Wide shallow river valleys dominate the landscape with less forest coverage than in the north. The most important river in this region is the Attert.

The communes lying in the Gutland part of the Canton are Beckerich, Saeul, Useldange, and Vichten.

Urbanisation and Infrastructure
The canton of Redange has a rural character. The only major town with more than 1'000 inhabitants is Redange-sur-Attert, the capital of the canton. Most infrastructure is therefore concentrated around the capital. Here a secondary school, supermarkets and a retirement home can be found.

Furthermore, there is a high concentration of gas stations linked to fuel tourism along the border with Belgium, in towns such as Haut-Martelange and Oberpallen.

Transportation
The canton of Redange is not connected to the national Railway network.

By road, the canton of Redange is linked to various routes nationales, for example the N12 between Luxembourg City and Wiltz, or between Arlon (B) and Ettelbruck. Furthermore, the canton is covered by an extensive public bus network, which is a part of the Régime général des transports routiers (RGTR).

Administrative divisions
Redange Canton consists of the following nine communes:

Mergers

 * On 25 July 1846 the former commune of Oberpallen was absorbed into the commune of Beckerich.
 * On 1 January 1979 the former communes of Arsdorf, Bigonville, Folschette and Perlé (all from Redange Canton) were merged to create the commune of Rambrouch. The law creating Rambrouch was passed on 27 July 1978.
 * On 27 July 2021 the inhabitants of the communes of Grosbous and Wahl voted in favor of a fusion of the two communes in a referendum. The fusion was implemented on 1 September 2023, creating the new commune of Groussbus-Wal

History
Human civilizations have settled in the canton of Redange since antiquity.

Gallo-roman period
The most important archeological discovery in the canton of Redange from the gallo-roman period is a 10.36 × 5.92m mosaic that was discovered in 1994 in Vichten, in the east of the canton.

The mosaic was part of the floor in the entrance hall of a villa rustica and depicts the nine muses alongside the greek poet Homer. It was most likely created around 240 AD.

Furthermore, numerous other archaeological sites can be fount throughout the canton, for example in Rippweiler, Hovelange and Schandel, among others.

Middle Ages
During the middle ages, the territory of the canton of Redange was part of the Duchy of Luxembourg, and was ruled by numerous lords and counts, who resided in castles dotted all around the canton. Even today, many ruins of castles can be found across the canton, the most notable one being Useldange castle.

French revolution and establishment of the canton
During the French revolution, the Duchy of Luxembourg was incorporated into the French Republic as part of the Département des Forêts. Following multiple territorial reforms, communes were established, and in October 1796 the Département des Forêts was divided into 26 cantons. Among those the canton of Ospern, with most borders identical to the present-day canton of Redange (except the present-day eastern border with Belgium, which was established in 1839 following the 3rd partition of Luxembourg).

On 12 October 1841, the capital of the canton was ordered to be transferred from Ospern to Redange.

Industrialisation
Towards the end of the 17th century, slate mines were excavated near present-day Haut-Martelange and Rombach, in the northwest of the canton.

The importance of this site grew significantly after investments were made by the Rother family from Frankfurt. The connection of Haut-Martelange to the Noerdange-Martelange railway line (Jhangeli) in 1890 provided the possibility for high-volume exports across the whole of Europe.

During this time, the slate mines of Haut-Martelange accounted for a significant amount of Luxembourg's exports and were a major provider of labour in the region. The underground mines grew to become among the most important producers of slate in Europe.

The extraction of slate stopped in 1986 after the death of Christiane Rother in 1985, the last descendant of the Rother family.

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