{"id":905,"date":"2025-11-03T22:28:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T22:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aboutclassmates.com\/blog\/?p=905"},"modified":"2025-12-19T10:01:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T18:01:23","slug":"pat-sajak-high-school-yearbook-photo-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/pat-sajak-high-school-yearbook-photo-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Pat Sajak High School Yearbook Photo &amp; Education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"celeb_name\">Pat Sajak<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Television Personality<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Birthdate:&nbsp;<\/strong>Oct 26, 1946<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>High School:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.classmates.com\/places\/school\/Farragut-Career-Academy\/21286791?s=80640\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Farragut High School<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Yearbooks:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.classmates.com\/siteui\/yearbooks\/227721?page=1&amp;?s=80640\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1961<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.classmates.com\/siteui\/yearbooks\/227724?page=1&amp;?s=80640\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1962<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.classmates.com\/siteui\/yearbooks\/205123?page=1&amp;?s=80640\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1964<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Yearbook photos of Pat Sajak from&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.classmates.com\/places\/school\/Farragut-Career-Academy\/21286791?s=80640\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Farragut High School<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"267\" data-id=\"907\" src=\"https:\/\/aboutclassmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/pat-sajak-yearbook-photo.png\" alt=\"Pat Sajak 1964 senior yearbook portrait\" class=\"wp-image-907\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"267\" data-id=\"908\" src=\"https:\/\/aboutclassmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/young-pat-sajak.png\" alt=\"Pat Sajak 1964 accelerated classes yearbook photo\" class=\"wp-image-908\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"267\" data-id=\"909\" src=\"https:\/\/aboutclassmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/pat-sajak-photo.png\" alt=\"Pat Sajak 1964 Senior Cabinet yearbook photo\" class=\"wp-image-909\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"267\" data-id=\"910\" src=\"https:\/\/aboutclassmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/pat-sajak-teenager.png\" alt=\"Pat Sajak 1964 Scroll staff yearbook photo\" class=\"wp-image-910\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"267\" data-id=\"911\" src=\"https:\/\/aboutclassmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/pat-sajak-high-school.png\" alt=\"Pat Sajak 1962 Sophomore Honor Society yearbook photo\" class=\"wp-image-911\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"267\" data-id=\"912\" src=\"https:\/\/aboutclassmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/pat-sajak-high-school-yearbook.png\" alt=\"Pat Sajak 1962 Scroll staff yearbook photo\" class=\"wp-image-912\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"267\" data-id=\"913\" src=\"https:\/\/aboutclassmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/pat-sajak-60s-picture.png\" alt=\"Pat Sajak 1962 accelerated classes yearbook photo\" class=\"wp-image-913\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"267\" data-id=\"914\" src=\"https:\/\/aboutclassmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/pat-sajak-education.png\" alt=\"Pat Sajak 1961 accelerated classes yearbook photo\" class=\"wp-image-914\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"323\" height=\"431\" data-id=\"915\" src=\"https:\/\/aboutclassmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/FarragutCareerAcademy-1961-yearbook-cover.png\" alt=\"Farragut High School (now Farragut Career Academy - Chicago, IL) 1961 yearbook cover\" class=\"wp-image-915\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/FarragutCareerAcademy-1961-yearbook-cover.png 323w, https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/FarragutCareerAcademy-1961-yearbook-cover-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 323px) 100vw, 323px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"323\" height=\"431\" data-id=\"916\" src=\"https:\/\/aboutclassmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/FarragutCareerAcademy-1962-yearbook-cover.png\" alt=\"Farragut High School (now Farragut Career Academy - Chicago, IL) 1962 yearbook cover\" class=\"wp-image-916\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/FarragutCareerAcademy-1962-yearbook-cover.png 323w, https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/FarragutCareerAcademy-1962-yearbook-cover-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 323px) 100vw, 323px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"323\" height=\"431\" data-id=\"917\" src=\"https:\/\/aboutclassmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/FarragutCareerAcademy-1964-yearbook-cover.png\" alt=\"Farragut High School (now Farragut Career Academy - Chicago, IL) 1964 yearbook cover\" class=\"wp-image-917\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/FarragutCareerAcademy-1964-yearbook-cover.png 323w, https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/FarragutCareerAcademy-1964-yearbook-cover-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 323px) 100vw, 323px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.classmates.com\/siteui\/yearbooks\/205123?page=72&amp;?s=80640\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.classmates.com\/siteui\/yearbooks\/205123?page=58&amp;?s=80640\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.classmates.com\/siteui\/yearbooks\/205123?page=64&amp;?s=80640\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.classmates.com\/siteui\/yearbooks\/227724?page=83&amp;?s=80640\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.classmates.com\/siteui\/yearbooks\/227724?page=93&amp;?s=80640\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.classmates.com\/siteui\/yearbooks\/227721?page=83&amp;?s=80640\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.classmates.com\/siteui\/yearbooks\/227721?page=1&amp;?s=80640\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.classmates.com\/siteui\/yearbooks\/227724?page=1&amp;?s=80640\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Pat Sajak<\/strong>&nbsp;(born Patrick Leonard Sajdak on October 26, 1946) is a television personality. He is a 1964 graduate of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.classmates.com\/places\/school\/Farragut-Career-Academy\/21286791?s=80640\">Farragut High School<\/a>&nbsp;(now Farragut Career Academy), in Chicago, IL, where he was an honors student and a member of the school\u2019s newspaper staff. Sajak started his career working in radio, getting his first job while still in college. In 1968, he joined the army and ended up as a disk jockey for Armed Forces Radio. In the following decade, he landed a position as a TV weatherman for a local news station in Nashville. Sajak moved to Los Angeles in 1977 and continued working as a weatherman (now for KNBC) until Merv Griffin noticed him and pushed to have him hired as the new host of&nbsp;<em>Wheel of Fortune<\/em>. Sajak came on board in 1983. Although he stopped hosting the daytime&nbsp;<em>Wheel<\/em>&nbsp;in 1989 (after a brief stint filming his own late-night talk show), he continues to host the very popular evening show alongside hostess Vanna White. Apart from&nbsp;<em>Wheel of Fortune<\/em>, Sajak has also been a guest host for&nbsp;<em>Larry King Live<\/em>&nbsp;as well as a regular stand-in for Regis Philbin on&nbsp;<em>Live with Regis and Kelly<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Awards:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Daytime Emmy Award for&nbsp;<strong>Outstanding Game Show Host<\/strong>&nbsp;for&nbsp;<em>Wheel of Fortune<\/em>. 1993<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Daytime Emmy Award for&nbsp;<strong>Outstanding Game Show Host<\/strong>&nbsp;for&nbsp;<em>Wheel of Fortune<\/em>. 1997-1998<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Daytime Emmy&nbsp;<strong>Lifetime Achievement Award<\/strong>. 2011<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Source: Wikipedia<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pat Sajak Television Personality Birthdate:&nbsp;Oct 26, 1946 High School:&nbsp;Farragut High School Yearbooks:&nbsp;1961&nbsp;|&nbsp;1962&nbsp;|&nbsp;1964 Yearbook photos of Pat Sajak from&nbsp;Farragut High School &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pat Sajak&nbsp;(born Patrick Leonard Sajdak on October 26, 1946) is a television personality. He is a 1964 graduate of&nbsp;Farragut High School&nbsp;(now Farragut Career Academy), in Chicago, IL, where he was an honors student and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":907,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=905"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6751,"href":"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905\/revisions\/6751"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.classmates.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}