Former residentBorn 1926; high school 1940–43

Alan Greenspan

Greenspan was born in Washington Heights in 1926, grew up there with his mother and grandparents, and attended George Washington High School.

George Washington High School

Official portrait of Alan Greenspan as Federal Reserve chairman
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Wikipedia says he was born on March 6, 1926 in the Washington Heights neighborhood, grew up with his mother in his maternal grandparents’ household, and attended George Washington High School from 1940 until June 1943, where he played clarinet and saxophone. He studied clarinet at Juilliard in 1943–44.