title: Hamburg High School (Hamburg, New York)
text: # Hamburg High School (Hamburg, New York)
  
  Hamburg High School is a public secondary school in Hamburg, Erie County, New York, United States. Hamburg High School has approximately 1,300 students in grades 9-12. The mascot of Hamburg High School is the bulldog, and the school colors are purple and white. Their chief athletic rivals are the cross-town Frontier Falcons, Orchard Park Quakers, and Lake Shore Eagles.
  
  ## History
  
  ### Former Principals
  
  Previous assignment and reason for departure denoted in parentheses
  
  * Byron Heath
  * Ford R. Park
  * Albert H. Downey–1909–1918 (Principal – Williamsville High School, named Principal of Waterloo High School)
  * Frank N. Zurbick–1918–1926
  * Vernon Simmons–1926–1940 (History teacher – Hamburg High School, resigned)
  * Leon E. Leader–1940–1946
  * Spencer W. Ravel–1940–1972 (unknown, retired)
  * Lawrence S. Hood–1972–1998 (Assistant Principal – Westhill Junior-Senior High School, retired)
  * Jean M. Kovach–1998–2000 (Assistant Principal – West Seneca East High School, named Director of Instruction of Hamburg Central School District)
  * Jacqueline K. Peffer–2000–2005 (Principal – Middleport Elementary School, named Principal of Union Pleasant Elementary School)
  * Michael J. Gallagher–2005–2021 (Principal – North Collins Junior/Senior High School, retired)
  
  ## Notable alumni
  
  * Rosemary Barnsdall Blackmon (1939), writer and magazine editor
  * Colleen Brunner (1986), one of the victims of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103; graduated from Hamburg in 1986; a scholarship for seniors is awarded annually in her memory
  * E. Howard Hunt (1936), author; CIA officer; member of the White House Plumbers; organizer of the Watergate burglary
  * Howard J. Osborn (1936), former Director of Security at the CIA
  * Tom Toles Pulitzer prize winning political cartoonist for The Washington Post.
  * George Abbott Broadway producer.
  * Alison Pipitone singer songwriter and guitarist.
  * Kathy Hochul (1976), governor of New York.
  