Groundbreaking for UCHS

The shovel-in-hand dignitaries are University of Pennsylvania president Gaylord P. Harnwell (left), School District superintendent Mark Shedd (center) & Board of Education member George Hutt (right). Harnwell—a renowned nuclear physicist, lead organizer of the multi-institutional West Philadelphia Corporation, and powerbroker for the University City Science Center—had a heavy hand in the original plan for the new high school, which was to be a high school of science & technology affiliated with the Science Center.The building in the background is the Charles R. Drew Elementary School.