 The naming of the high school was of some controversy, as local residents wanted to preserve the history of the area while many thought "Friendship" was an inappropriate name for a high school.Dan Lurie

Dan Lurie (April 1, 1923 - November 6, 2013) was a founding father of bodybuilding, television star, entrepreneur, world record holder for amazing feats of strength and a physical fitness pioneer that won the Mr. America title of "America's Most Muscular Man" four times by 1949 and made history arm wrestling U.S. President Ronald Reagan on the Oval Office desk of the White House.Lurie was born in Brooklyn, New York and later moved to Long Island where he lived until age 90.