Famous, Influential, and Noteworthy Alumni

Xavier University -

Charles Geschke
Chairman, Adobe Systems
'62 and '63

James M. Posey, Jr.
Denver Nuggets
'99

George Schaefer, Jr.
President/CEO, Fifth Third Bank
'74

Tyrone Hill
Cleveland Cavaliers
'90

Daniel P. Burnham
President/CEO of Raytheon
'68

John M. Grissmer
Film Producer North Salem Productions
'55

Jack Miles
1996 Pulitzer Prize winner for God: A Biography
'64

Carlos T. Alcantara
President/CEO Chalaco
'91

Sylvia Sieve Hendon
Judge, First District Court of Appeals
'65

George Castrucci
Retired President, Great American Broadcasting
'59

Charles J. Austin, PhD
Retired President, East Texas University
'56

Lawrence A. Leser
Retired Chairman, E.W. Scripps
'57

Robert P. Hummel MD
Retired Chief of Staff, UC Medical Center
'47

Richard Griffin
Inspector General, Dept. of Veterans Affairs
'71

Albert A. Carr, Jr. MD
Retired Consultant, Aventis
'53, '54 and '94

Lionel Chalmers
Los Angeles Clippers
'03

Thomas J. Fogarty MD
Professor of Surgery at Stanford University Medical Center
'56 and '88

David West
New Orleans Hornets
'03

Bill Cunningham
Radio Announcer, Attorney
'70

Paul Cashen
Co-founder/Former President, PC on Call
'93

Kim Nuesse
First female Police Chief, Sandusky, OH
'01

Bob Herzog
Local 12 Traffic Reporter, Attorney
'96

Gerald J. DeBrunner
Retired Vice President, Deloitte and Touche
'59

Russell Goings
Owner, Praise Song; pioneering African-American stockbroker on Wall Street
'59

Peter K. Hamaguchi
President, Hiroya, Inc.
'62 and '92

J. Barton Luedeke
Retired President, Rider University
'68

Robert J. Kohlhepp
President/CEO Cintas Corp.
'71

Kay Napier
Vice President, Procter and Gamble
'79

Dan Hurley
Local Historian
'68

Bill Kelly
Vice Chairman/Owner, Jelly Belly

Simon Leis
Hamilton County Sheriff
'56

Bettye Jane Ruffin
National Manager, Export Operations, Toyota
'76

Thomas H. Siemers
President/CEO, First Franklin Savings
'53 and '61

Kathy R. Wade
Executive Artistic Director, Learning Through Art
'77

Robert Conway
The Bistro (Restaurant) Group
'49

Brian Grant
Los Angeles Lakers
'94

Ken Lucas
Kentucky Congressman
'70

John A. Boehner
Ohio Congressman and House Majority Leader
'77

James Bunning
Kentucky Senator, ballplayer
'53

Daniel Pilarczyk
Cincinnati Archbishop
'65 and '75

Warren D. Eckles, Jr. MD
President/CEO American Health Group
'80

J. Kenneth Blackwell
Former Secratary of State, State of Ohio
'70 and '72

Theodore C. Annis
President, Ted Annis Foundation
'64

Tara Boothe
Professional Basketball Player in Switzerland
'06

Gene Beaupre
Local Politics Expert
'69

Gerald P. Belle
Executive Chairman, Merial
'68

Timothy S. Hogan,
Judge, Hamilton County Municipal Court
'68

Tim Burke
Chair, Hamilton County Democrat Party
'70

Gordon F. Brunner
Retired Chief Technology Officer, PandG
'65

Janet Smith Dickerson
Vice President, Princeton University
'68

Thomas P. O'Donnell
Retired Chairman, Sun Sentinel
'53

Sr. Margaret Stallmeyer, C.D.P., ME
President, Thomas More College
'72

Daniel P. Shannon MD
Chief Pediatric Services, Massachusetts General
'57 and '78

Roland F. Moores
Retired Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Dept. of State
'35

Michael J. Conaton
Director, The Midland Co.
'55 and '95

Sr. Nancy Linenkugel, OSF, EDM, MHA
President, Chatfield College
'80

Robert R. Siegenthaler
Retired President of Operations Capital Cities/ABC
'55

Charles P. Gallagher
Chairman/CEO, Gallagher Enterprises
'60

John M. Logsdon III
Inst. Director, George Washington University
'60

Damon Jones
Assoc. Dir., External Relations, PandG Geneva, Switzerland
'97

Lloyd Ward
Former CEO, US Olympic Committee
'84

Betty Jane Ruffin
Manager, Export Operations, Toyota
'76

Diane Kamionka
President/CEO Cintech Solutions
'81

Julie Isphording
Member, First Women's Olympic Marathon Team
'83

John B. Maydonovitch
General Manager, MCE
'70

Dave Milam
Co-founder, iMark
'97

Mary Jean Ryan, F.S.M. MEA
President/CEO SSM Health Care, St. Louis
'74

Byron Larkin
Basketball Star and Announcer
'88

Joe Sunderman
Xavier Men's Basketball Broadcaster
'79

Joseph P. Viviano
Retired Vice Chairman, Hershey Foods
'59

And other Jesuit universities -

Campbell Brown
CNN Anchor
Regis University '91

Vince Lombardi
Legendary Green Bay Coach
Fordham University '37

Enrique Bolanos
President of Nicaragua
Saint Louis University '62

Johnnie Cochran
Attorney
Loyola Marymount University '62

Gail Collins
New York Times Editorial Page Editor
Marquette University '67

Brandi Chastain
Soccer Player
Santa Clara University '91

Robert Shapiro
Attorney
Loyola Marymount University '68

Dennis Strigl
CEO, Verizon Wireless
Canisus College '74

Bob Newhart
Comedian
Loyola Chicago '52

Clarence Thomas
Supreme Court Justice
College of the Holy Cross '71

Pat Buchanan
Former Senior White House Advisor
Georgetown University '61

Jack Riley
Actor, Rugrats (voice of Stu Pickles)
John Caroll University '57

Eric Carmen
Musician
John Carroll University

John Zogby
President and CEO, Zogby International
Le Moyne College '70

Siobhan Fallon Hogan
Actress
Le Moyne College '83

Tim DeKay
Actor
Le Moyne College '85

Colin Hanks
Actor, Orange County
Loyola Marymount University

Elmore Leonard
Author
University of Detroit Mercy '50

Keegan-Michael Key
Actor, Mad TV
University of Detroit Mercy

Amy Yasbeck
Actress
University of Detroit Mercy

Gordon Bowker
Co-founder of Starbucks
University of San Francisco

Alejandro Toledo
Former President of Peru, 2001- 2006
University of San Francisco '71

Pierre Salinger
Former Press Secretary
University of San Francisco '47

Jason Miller
Late Actor and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright
University of Scranton '61

Kathleen Abernathy
FCC Commissioner
Marquette University '82

Will Durant
Philosopher and Author
St. Peter's College 1907

Jameer Nelson
NBA Player, Orlando Magic
St. Joseph's University '04

Geraldine Ferraro
Vice Presidential Candidate
Fordham University Law '60

Gene Kranz
Former NASA Director of Mission Operations
St. Louis University '54

John Barrasso
Senator, Elected 2008
Georgetown University '74

Richard J. Durbin
Senator, Elected 1996
Georgetown University '66

Michael Johanns
Senator, Elected 2008
Creighton University '74

Mark Kirk
Senator, Elected 2010
Georgetown University '92

Barbara A. Mikulski
Senator, Elected 1986
Loyola University Maryland '58

Robert P. Casey, Jr.
Senator, Elected 2006
College of the Holy Cross '82

Mazie K. Hirono
Senator, Elected 2012
Georgetown University '78

Patrick J. Leahy
Senator, Elected 1974
Georgetown University '64

Robert Menendez
Senator, Elected 2006
Saint Peter's University '76

Gwen Moore
Representative, Elected 2004
Marquette University '78

Mick Mulvaney
Representative, Elected 2010
Georgetown University '89

Jerrold Nadler
Representative, Elected 1992
Fordham University '78

William J. Pascrell Jr.
Representative, Elected 1996
Fordham University '59

Michael Capuano
Representative, Elected 1998
Boston College '77

Henry Cuellar
Representative, Elected 2005
Georgetown University '78

John D. Dingell
Representative, Elected 1955
Georgetown University '49

Lois Frankel
Representative, Elected 2012
Georgetown University '73

Steny H. Hoyer
Representative, Elected 1981
Georgetown University '66

Hakeem Jeffries
Representative, Elected 2012
Georgetown University '94

Ann McLane Kuster
Representative, Elected 2012
Georgetown University '84

Zoe Lofgren
Representative, Elected 1994
Santa Clara University '75

Edward J. Markey
Representative, Elected 1976
Boston College '68

Juan C. Vargas
Representative, Elected 2012
Fordham University '87

Peter J. Visclosky
Representative, Elected 1984
Georgetown University '82

Frank Wolf
Representative, Elected 1980
Georgetown University '65