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Added Marilyn Monroe to the pre-1962 grad list. Otherwise list suggests that no prominent actors or females emerged from pre-1962 public schools.
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Given that public schools educate about 90% of [[Americans]], it is astounding how few prominent Americans attended public school after the banning of school prayer in 1962.  Here is an impressive list of prominent Americans who attended public schools ''before'' the banning of prayer.
 
Given that public schools educate about 90% of [[Americans]], it is astounding how few prominent Americans attended public school after the banning of school prayer in 1962.  Here is an impressive list of prominent Americans who attended public schools ''before'' the banning of prayer.
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*[[Marilyn Monroe]] attended several public schools in the Los Angeles area, including Emerson Jr. High School, Van Nuys High School, and University High School, before dropping out in 10th grade.<ref>http://www.marilynmonroe.ca/camera/yearbook/</ref>
 
*[[Ronald Reagan]]<ref>http://www.dixonil.com/reagan/reagan2.htm</ref> graduated from Dixon High School, Illinois
 
*[[Ronald Reagan]]<ref>http://www.dixonil.com/reagan/reagan2.htm</ref> graduated from Dixon High School, Illinois
 
*[[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]<ref>http://www.eisenhower.archives.gov/press_releases/2007/PR07_11_August_02_2007_Eisenhower_Co_Sponsor_Little_Rock.pdf</ref> attended Abilene High School in Abilene, Kansas
 
*[[Dwight D. Eisenhower]]<ref>http://www.eisenhower.archives.gov/press_releases/2007/PR07_11_August_02_2007_Eisenhower_Co_Sponsor_Little_Rock.pdf</ref> attended Abilene High School in Abilene, Kansas
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