Alborz High School

Alborz College
دبیرستان البرز
Address
College Crossroad, Tehran
Tehran
Iran
Information
School type Public
Founded 1873
Founder James Bassett
Principal Mohammad Mohammadi
Grades 6–12
Enrollment 1,600
Alumni Alborzi

Alborz College (in Persian:دبیرستان البرز), is a college preparatory high school located in the heart of Tehran, Iran. It is one of the first modern high schools in Asia and Middle East, built by Americans, named after the Alborz mountain range north of Tehran. Its place in the shaping of Iran's intellectual elite compares with that of Eton College in England and institutions such as Phillips Academy, Phillips Exeter Academy, and Milton Academy in the United States.[1]

History

The school was founded as an elementary school in 1873 by a group of American missionaries led by James Bassett. This was in the 26th year of the reign of Nasereddin Shah Qajar, 22 years after Amir Kabir founded the Dar ul-Funun school in Tehran, and 33 years before the Constitutional Revolution in Persia (as it was known back then; later it became "Iran" during the Reza Shah Era).

When Dr. Samuel Jordan arrived in Persia in 1898, he instituted change; subsequently, Alborz became a 12-year elementary and secondary school, with its share of college courses. Thereafter, the institution came to be known as the American College of Tehran.[2]

Dr. Jordan remained president of Alborz for 42 years (1899–1940). During his tenure, Alborz grew from an elementary school to a high school and college.

In 1932, the school received a permanent charter from the Board of Regents of the State University of New York.

In 1940 and during World War II, by the order of Shah Reza Pahlavi, Alborz was removed from American management and placed under the auspices of the Iranian Ministry of Education as part of Reza Shah's modernization reforms. The school's name was changed from "College" back to "Alborz", and it was reinstated as a high school.

In 1944, Professor Mohammad Ali Mojtahedi, member of University of Tehran's faculty, was appointed as the president of Alborz. From then until 1979, and continuing after the Iranian Revolution, Alborz had the most successful period of its history.

Alborz Principals/Deans

  • Mr. Howard (1873–1889)
  • Dr. Samuel M.Jordan (1899–1940)
  • Mr. Mohammad Vahid Tonekaboni (1940–1941)
  • Mr. Mohsen Haddad (1941)
  • Mr. Ali Mohammad Partovi (1941–1942)
  • Mr. Hasan Zoghi (1942–1943)
  • Mr. Lotf Ali Sooratgar (1943–1944)
  • Dr. Mohammad Ali Mojtahedi (1944–1978)
  • Mr. Hossein Khoshnevisan (1978–1979)
  • Mr. Hasan Pour Zahed (1979–1980)
  • Mr. Naser Naseri (1980–1981)
  • Mr. Ismael Sadegh Kazemi (1981–1985)
  • Mr. Rajab Ali Yasipour (1985–1986)
  • Mr. Naser Molla Asadollah (1986)
  • Mr. Ali Mazarei (1986–1988)
  • Mr. Abbas Feiz (1988–1989)
  • Mr. Hossein Khoshnevisan (1989–1991)
  • Mr. Bagher Dezfulian (1991–1997)
  • Mr. Mahmoud Dastani (1998–1999)
  • Mr. Valiollah Sanaye (1999–2007)
  • Dr. Mazaher Hami Kargar (2007–2011)
  • Dr. Abeth Esfandiar (2011–2012)
  • Mr. Mohammad Mohammadi (2012–Present)

Notable Alborz Deans

Notable alumni

Politicians

Military Personnel

Scholars

  • Abolghasem Bakhtiar (1871–1970), professor of medical science
  • Solayman Haïm (1887–1970), lexicographer and translator
  • Mohsen Assadi (1895–1966), lawyer
  • Manouchehr Sotoudeh (1913–), professor of geography
  • Zeynolabedin Motamen (1914–2005), author and poet
  • Mahmoud Behzad (1914–2007), professor of biology
  • Sadeq Chubak (1916–1998), author
  • Mahmoud Sanaei (1918–1985), poet and translator
  • Ahmad Samiei (1919–), author and translator
  • Javad Sheikholeslami (1921–2000), historian
  • Lotfi A. Zadeh (1921–), mathematician and professor of computer science
  • Mohammad Jafar Mahjoub (1924–1996), author and translator
  • Harutioun Davidian (1924–2009), psychologist
  • Abdollah Anvar (1924–), translator
  • Homayoun Sanaatizadeh (1925–2009), author, translator and entrepreneur
  • Mohammad-Ali Eslami Nodooshan (1925–), poet and author
  • Ali Javan (1926–2016), physicist
  • Bijan Jalali (1927–2009) – poet
  • Manuchehr Jamali (1928–2012), philosopher and poet
  • Mohammad Qahraman (1929–2013), poet
  • Morteza Anvari (1931–2010), professor of computer science
  • Jamshid Giunashvili (1931–2017), linguist, Iranologist, diplomat, author and researcher
  • Mehdi Zarghamee, professor of computer science
  • Rustom Voskanian (1932–2013), architect
  • Morteza Kotobi (1932–), professor of psychology
  • Mehdi Bahadori (1933–), professor of mechanical engineering
  • Rahim Rahmanzadeh (1934–), surgeon
  • Firouz Partovi (1936–), physicist
  • Dariush Ashoori (1938–), author and translator
  • Iraj Kaboli (1938–), author and translator
  • Paris Moayedi (1938–), entrepreneur
  • Edward Zohrabian (1939–), architect
  • Hossein Amanat (1942–), architect
  • Homayoun Katouzian (1942–), historian and political scientist
  • Saeed Sohrabpour(1943–), professor of mechanical engineering
  • Foad Rafii (1947–), architect
  • Hesameddin Arfaei (1947–), professor of physics
  • Mehrdad Abedi (1948–), professor of electrical engineering
  • Caro Lucas (1949–2010), scientist
  • Abbas Edalat, professor of computer sciences
  • Ali Parsa (1951–), translator
  • Houchang E. Chehabi (1954–), professor of international relations and history
  • Homayoun Manafi-Khosroshahi (1965-), Rhinoplasty surgeon
  • Bahram Mobasher (1958–), professor of cosmology
  • Cumrun Vafa (1960–), string theorist
  • Farzad Nazem (1960–), former CTO of Yahoo!.
  • Houman Younessi (1963–), professor of computer science
  • Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh (1963–), scientist and physician
  • Kourosh Kalantar-zadeh (1971–), scientist and inventor
  • Sina Behmanesh (1969–), poet
  • Mehdi Yahyanejad, entrepreneur
  • Hossein Gharib, MD (1940–), professor at Mayo Clinic, Past President of AACE & ATA
  • Ramin Golestanian, theoretical physicist
  • David and Paul Merage, entrepreneurs and philanthropists
  • Freydoon Shahidi, (1947–), Mathematician
  • Parviz Kermani, (1947–), Computer Scientist and Academician/ IBM Research & Professor
  • Manoochehr Shahabi, (1935–), Psychiatrist
  • Asghar Rastegar, MD, (1941–), Professor of Medicine, Director of Global Health Program, Co-Director, Yale-Stanford Global Health Scholar Program, Yale School of Medicine, Chief, Fitkin Firm, YNHH
  • Arya Mani, Professor of Medicine and of Genetics
  • Mr. Abdulhossain Mohit, Civil Engineer. 1300-1382 —Principal Civil Engineer Hotel ShahAbbas, Esfehan 1958-1960. —principal Civil Engineer for The National Iranian Oil Company, 1960-1976.  Built roads and cellar to all the oil drilling sites.  Built other structures as requested,  notable was a storage space that could occupy 747 airplanes without any pillars.

Artists

Athletes

Media Figures

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://ibexpub.com/index.php?main_page=pubs_product_book_info&products_id=90
  2. 1 2 Lorentz, J. Historical Dictionary of Iran. 1995. ISBN
  3. ↑ "عادل،تنها پسر فوتبالی خانواده فردوسی پور". Archived from the original on 2007-05-16. Retrieved 2007-05-15. Text " پارس فوتبال " ignored (help); Text " اولین پایگاه تخصصی فوتبال ایران " ignored (help)

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