Born in Philadelphia, he graduated from the Duke Ellington School of the Arts of the D. C. Public Schools and attended college at the Hartt School of Music of the University of Hartford, where he studied with alto saxophonist, Jackie McLean.
He was in the drama club in 7th grade and then attended high school at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, D.C. Rucker studied at Carnegie-Mellon University and Duquesne University.
Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, D.C., formerly known as Western High School
Bachelor of Arts | high school | Duke University | Harvard Business School | Duke Ellington | London School of Economics | Harvard Medical School | Master of Arts (postgraduate) | Duke | National Endowment for the Arts | secondary school | Harvard Law School | Master of Arts | Duke of Wellington | Eastman School of Music | American Academy of Arts and Sciences | Electronic Arts | Juilliard School | Public school (government funded) | High School Musical | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston | Gymnasium (school) | Yale Law School | Rugby School | school district | Prince William, Duke of Cambridge | high school football | public school | school | New York University School of Law |
Nathanson was a teacher at Duke Ellington School of the Arts in February 1986 when he announced his run for the Ward 3 council seat of Polly Shackleton, who was not running for reelection.