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CHICAGO -- A Chicago actor-director-writer is about to be honored in a big way.

Second City announced Tuesday it'll be opening "the world's first film school dedicated to comedy,"and naming it after the late Second City alum Harold Ramis.

"Harold is the perfect person to have a school named after him," Comedian Martin Short said in a recent interview. "He taught us all how to act and how to live. He was the ultimate teacher."

Short will be the on the advisory board of the new school, along with Steve Carell, Eugene Kevy and Keegan-Michael Key.

The Harold Ramis Film School will accept its first students in September.

More info: ramisfilmschool.com