A High School (Name) Education

At the end of the fall semester, we offered our inaugural "Who Are These Guys?" quiz, challenging you to match the description of the person with the Washington area high school that bears his name.

We present our second installment, given that it is the end of the spring semester. Why? Because you read these school names over and over in the high school sports pages without knowing who the heck these people are.

The athletes move on after four years. These guys make All-Met every time.

Last time, we encountered William Francis Bullis (Navy commander and school founder), C.H. Flowers (Tuskegee Airman), C.D. Hylton (real estate developer), Richard Montgomery (Revolutionary War general), Joel Elias Spingarn (helped found the NAACP), T.C. Williams (school superintendent), W.T. Woodson (school superintendent) and Thomas Stone (Declaration of Independence signer).

This time, we'd like to introduce you to the following. Match the school name with the description:

The Schools

1. James Hubert Blake (Montgomery County)

2. Francis Cardozo (the District)

3. George Catlett Marshall (Fairfax County)

4. Gabriel Duvall/DuVall/DuVal (spellings vary, Prince George's County)

5. Manley Garber/Grover Manderfield = Gar-Field (Prince William County)

6. Henry Ellis Lackey (Charles County)

7. James W. Robinson (Fairfax County)

8. Henry A. Wise (Prince George's County)

The Men

A. Dubbed the "Organizer of Victory" in World War II, this man was chief military adviser to Franklin D. Roosevelt, who told him, "I couldn't sleep nights . . . if you were out of Washington." He served as secretary of state and secretary of defense under Harry S. Truman and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1953 for a European reconstruction plan that bears his name. There is a school named after him in Turkey. Sports hint: This school had a different graduate in three straight Super Bowls early this decade.

B. The first African American to hold an administrative office in South Carolina, first as secretary of state and then as state treasurer, he later worked as a school principal in Washington. His name also is in a Metro stop. He was once portrayed by actor Billy Dee Williams. Sports hint: Former Los Angeles Dodgers great Maury Wills attended this school, as did former NBA player Moochie Norris.

C. This jazz pianist, who lived to 100, wrote for Broadway shows and "late in life became known as the last living link to ragtime," according to AllMusic.com. Among his better-known songs are "I'm Just Wild About Harry," "You're Lucky to Me" and "Memories of You." The school for which he is named is known for its arts and humanities program.

D. This area physician -- he even made house calls -- and former medical director at an area university was a World War II combat pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen of the Army Air Forces.

E. This Norfolk-born rear admiral, buried in Rock Creek Cemetery in the District, fought in the Spanish-American War, was the inspector in charge of the Naval Proving Ground in Indian Head during World War I and also commanded the cruiser USS Memphis, which transported Charles Lindbergh and his Spirit of St. Louis to Washington after Lindy's nonstop flight from New York to Paris. The school named after him originally was known by only his last name, but student government representatives voted to rename the school by adding the man's first name and middle initial because they believed using only his last name carried a negative connotation.

F. Here's a gimme: These two men donated land for their namesake school, though not the current location of the school. The school name is a combination of their last names. Trivia: Country musician Emmylou Harris used to cheer for the athletes at this school.

G. A native of the jurisdiction whose school bears his name, this man was a U.S. representative and comptroller of the Treasury under Thomas Jefferson before becoming an associate justice of the Supreme Court from 1812 to 1835, serving under renowned Chief Justice John Marshall. He was dubbed "the most insignificant U.S. Supreme Court justice" by University of Chicago law professor David P. Currie. He wrote one opinion on a constitutional case, and it was three words long. (Pull a stunt like that on a term paper and see if you get away with it.)

H. This former Marine and Army sergeant lived in the area where the school named for him stands. He died saving the lives of several men in his company and destroying an enemy machine gun position in Vietnam in April 1966. He was 25. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor in 1967. There also is an elementary school named after him in his native Illinois, as well as an Army Reserve Training Center. A high school football player himself, he would fit right in at his namesake school.

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Answers: 1-C, 2-B, 3-A, 4-G, 5-F, 6-E, 7-H, 8-D.