List of University of Notre Dame alumni

This list of the University of Notre Dame alumni, includes graduates, non-graduate former students, and current students of Notre Dame and its graduate and professional schools. Since the university's founding in 1842, [cite web|url=http://newsinfo.nd.edu/content.cfm?topicid=49|title=Founding Information|publisher=University of Notre Dame|accessdate=2008-01-11] there have been 162 commencement exercises at the university. [cite news|author=Wycliff, Don & Brown, Dennis|url=http://newsinfo.nd.edu/content.cfm?topicid=21322|title=General Electric chair and CEO Jeffrey Immelt to deliver 2007 Commencement address|publisher=University of Notre Dame|date=February 16, 2007|accessdate=2008-01-11] Although only two degrees were awarded to the first class in 1849, [cite book |last=Hope, C.S.C. |first=Arthur J. |title=Notre Dame: One Hundred Years |origyear=1948 |edition=2 |year=1979 |publisher=University Press |location=Notre Dame, IN |isbn=089651501X |chapter=V] today the living alumni, known collectively as the "Fighting Irish", number near 120,000. [cite news|author=Bradley, Carol C.|url=http://newsinfo.nd.edu/printerFriendly.cfm?topicid=23426|title=A hot job market for 2007 graduates|publisher=University of Notre Dame|date=June 25, 2007|accessdate=2007-12-19]

Academia and research

Educators

Alum
name= Warren J. Baker
year= 1960
MS 1962
nota= President of California Polytechnic State University
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.calstate.edu/PA/bios/prezbio/Baker.shtml|title=Warren J. Baker|publisher=The California State University|accessdate=2008-01-12] Alum
name= William Beauchamp
year= M.Div. 1975
JD. 1981
nota= President of the University of Portland and former executive Vice-President of Notre Dame
ref= [cite news|url=http://www.up.edu/news/shownews.asp?id=2714|title=University of Portland selects 19th president, Rev. E. William Beauchamp, C.S.C.|publisher=University of Portland|date=November 20, 2003|accessdate=2008-01-12] Alum
name= James Brady
year= 1959
nota= Former president of Jacksonville University
ref=cite web|author=Schaab, Susie|url=http://www.nd.edu/~ndmag/su2003/lyonshall.html|title=Hall Portrait: Lyons|work=Notre Dame Magazine|date=Summer 2003|accessdate=2008-01-12] Alum
name= John C. Cavanaugh
year= MA 1977
Ph.D. 1978
nota= President of the University of West Florida
ref= [cite web|url=http://uwf.edu/president/bio.cfm|title=President's Bio – Dr. John Cavanaugh|publisher=University of West Florida|accessdate=2008-01-12] Alum
name= William Conroy
year= 1953
nota= Former president of New Mexico State University
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.nmsu.edu/General/Past_presidents/conroy.html|title=Presidents of NMSU - William B. Conroy|publisher=New Mexico State University|accessdate=2008-01-12] Alum
name= Thomas Day
year= 1952
nota= Former president of San Diego State University
ref=cite web|url=http://newsinfo.nd.edu/content.cfm?topicid=12076|title=Notable Alumni|publisher=University of Notre Dame|accessdate=2008-01-12] Alum
name= Charles J. Dougherty
year= MA 1973
Ph.D 1975
nota= President of Duquesne University
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.administration.duq.edu/index.html|title=The President|publisher=Duquesne University|accessdate=2008-01-12] Alum
name= Mathias F. Doyle
year= 1968
Ph.D.
nota= Former president of St. Bonaventure University
ref= [cite web|url=http://web.sbu.edu/friedsam/archives/Biographies/presidents/02617000.html|title=Fr. Mathias Doyle, OFM|work=Friedsham Memorial Library Archives|publisher=St. Bonaventure University|accessdate=2008-01-12] Alum
name= Robert E. Glennen
year= 1962
Ph.D
nota= Former president of Emporia State University
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.emporia.edu/president/past/glennen.htm|title=ROBERT E. GLENNEN|publisher=Emporia State University|accessdate=2008-01-12] Alum
name= Philip A. Glotzbach
year= 1972
nota= President of Skidmore College
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.skidmore.edu/centennial/glotzbach.htm|title=Philip A. Glotzbach|publisher=Skidmore College|accessdate=2008-01-12] Alum
name= Theodore Hesburgh
year= 1939
nota= 15^th president of Notre Dame, Medal of Freedom recipient, and holds the world record for most honorary degrees received
ref= [cite web|url=http://newsinfo.nd.edu/content.cfm?topicid=12044|title=Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C.|publisher=University of Notre Dame|accessdate=2008-01-12] Alum
name= John I. Jenkins
year= 1976
MA 1978
nota= President of Notre Dame
ref= [cite news|author=Cohen, Ed|url=http://www.nd.edu/~ndmag/su2004/jenkins.html|title=Genuine John Jenkins|date=Summer 2004|work=Notre Dame Magazine|accessdate=2008-01-12] Alum
name= Milam Joseph
year= 1959
nota= Former president of the University of Dallas
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.jesuitcp.org/HOF/2004/Msgr_Milam_Joseph.html|title=Msgr. Milam Joseph Class of 1955|work=Jesuit Sports Hall of Fame|publisher=Jesuit College Preparatory School|accessdate=2008-01-12] Alum
name= Stephen J. Kopp
year= 1973
nota= President of Marshall University
ref= [cite news|author=Pullin, Jeff|url=http://www.wtrf.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=3265|title=Kopp Introduced as 39th Marshall President|publisher=WTRF-TV|date=June 9, 2005|accessdate=2008-01-12] Alum
name= Stanley R. Liberty
year= 1965
MS 1968
Ph.D. 1971
nota= President of Kettering University
ref= [cite news|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2005_March_21/ai_n13454727|title=Kettering University Names Dr. Stanley R. Liberty as New President|date=March 21, 2005|publisher=Business Wire|accessdate=2008-01-12] Alum
name= Edward Malloy
year= 1963
MA 1967
MA 1969
nota= 16^th president of Notre Dame
ref= [cite web|url=http://newsinfo.nd.edu/content.cfm?topicid=12043|title=Rev. Edward A. (Monk) Malloy, C.S.C.|publisher=University of Notre Dame|accessdate=2008-01-12] Alum
name= Michael McGinniss
year= MA 1978
Ph.D. 1981
nota= President of La Salle University
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.lasalle.edu/president/index.php?section=bio|title=Office of the President: Brother McGinniss, F.S.C.|publisher=La Salle University|accessdate=2008-01-12] Alum
name= Jospeh McGowan
year= 1966
MA 1968
nota= President of Bellarmine University
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.bellarmine.edu/about/president/mcgowan.asp|title=about president McGowan|publisher=Bellarmine University|accessdate=2008-01-12] Alum
name= William Medland
year= 1968
nota= Former president of Viterbo University
ref= [cite news|author=Scott, Kate|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3652/is_200507/ai_n14849659/pg_1|title=Medland to step down at Viterbo in 2006|publisher=La Crosse Tribune|date=July 8, 2005|accessdate=2008-01-12] Alum
name= Percy A. Pierre
year= 1961
MS 1963
nota= Former president of Prairie View A&M University
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.egr.msu.edu/~pierre/#Biography|title=Percy Pierre, Vice President and Professor Emeritus|publisher=Michigan State University|accessdate=2008-01-12] Alum
name= Kevin P. Reilly
year= 1971
nota= President of the University of Wisconsin System
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.uwsa.edu/president/bio/|title=Office of the President: Biography|publisher=University of Wisconsin System|accessdate=2008-01-12] Alum
name= Eugene P. Trani
year= 1961
nota= President of Virginia Commonwealth University
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.news.vcu.edu/news.aspx?v=detail&nid=1254|title=VCU board votes to extend Eugene Trani’s presidency|publisher=Virginia Commonwealth University|date=May 20, 2005|accessdate=2008-01-12] Alum
name= James W. Walker
year= 1964
nota= Former president of Moorpark College
ref= [cite web|url=http://moorparkcollege.edu/htdocs/news/cn/cnspring02/home.html|title=Community News|work=Moorpark College Community News|date=Spring 2002|accessdate=2008-01-12] Alum
name= Stephen L. Weber
year= 1969
Ph.D.
nota= President of San Diego State University
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.calstate.edu/pa/news/1995/q41995.pdf|title=News Releases|date=December 8, 1995|publisher=California State University System|format=PDF|accessdate=2008-01-12]

Nobel Laureates

Alum
name= James W. Muller
year= 1965
nota= Co-founder of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War and co-recipient of the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize
ref= [cite news|author=Foreman, Judy|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9805EED91639F932A35757C0A9659C8B63|title= A CONVERSATION WITH JAMES MULLER|publisher=The New York Times|date=April 1, 2003|accessdate=2008-01-12] Alum
name= Eric F. Wieschaus
year= 1969
nota= Developmental biologist and recipient of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
ref= [cite web|url=http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1995/wieschaus-autobio.html|title=Eric F. Wieschaus The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1995: Autobiography|publisher=NobelPrize.org|accessdate=2008-01-12]

Professors and researchers

Alum
name= G. Robert Blakey
year= 1957
J.D 1960
nota= Principal draftsman of RICO, William J. and Dorothy K. O'Neill Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame, and former chief counsel for the House Select Committee on Assassinations.
ref= [cite web|url=http://law.nd.edu/people/faculty-and-administration/teaching-and-research-faculty/g-robert-blakey|title=G. Robert Blakey|publisher=Notre Dame Law School|accessdate=2008-02-13] Alum
name= Tom Flanagan
year= 1965
nota= Professor of political science at the University of Calgary and former campaign director of Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper
ref= [cite news|author=McDonald, Marci|url=http://www.walrusmagazine.com/articles/the-man-behind-stephen-harper-tom-flanagan/|title=The Man Behind Stephen Harper|publisher="The Walrus"|date=October 2004|accessdate=2008-01-14] Alum
name= William M. Fowler
year= 1971
Ph.D
nota= Professor of History at Northeastern University and former director of the Massachusetts Historical Society
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.history.neu.edu/faculty/william_fowler/|title=William M. Fowler Jr. Distinguished Professor of History|publisher=Northeastern University|accessdate=2008-01-16] Alum
name= G. Simon Harak
year= MA
Ph.D. 1986
nota= Professor of theology at Marquette University and peace activist
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.augustana.ab.ca/centres/ronningcentre/work/atls/2003/|title=A Brief Biography of G. Simon Harak, S.J.|publisher=University of Alberta|accessdate=2008-01-16] Alum
name= James Massey
year= 1956
nota= Former professor of digital technology, information theorist, and cryptographer
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.ieee.org/web/aboutus/history_center/biography/massey.html|title=James L. Massey, 1934 -|publisher=Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers|accessdate=2008-01-16] Alum
name= Charles Misner
year= 1952
nota= Theoretical physicist, author of "Gravitation"
ref= [cite web|url=http://www2.physics.umd.edu/~misner/cwmcv.pdf|title=C.W. Misner, Curriculum Vitae|publisher=University of Maryland|accessdate=2008-08-26] Alum
name= Julius Nieuwland
year= 1899
nota= Inventor of neoprene
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.invent.org/Hall_Of_Fame/111.html|title=Inventor Profile: Julius Nieuwland|work=Invent Now Hall of Fame|publisher=Invent Now|accessdate=2008-01-12] Alum
name= James Otteson
year= 1990
nota= Director of the Honors Program and professor of philosophy at Yeshiva University, winner of 2007 Templeton Enterprise Award
ref= [cite news|url=http://spider.mc.yu.edu/news/articles/article.cfm?id=101460|title=Dr. James Otteson, Director of Men's Honors Program, Wins 2007 Templeton Enterprise Award for Important Book on Ethics|work=What's New at YU|publisher=Yeshiva University|date=November 6, 2007|accessdate=2008-01-12] Alum
name= Chet Raymo
year= 1958
Ph.D 1964
nota= Professor of physics at Stonehill College, author, and naturalist
ref= [cite web|url=http://faculty.stonehill.edu/craymo/index.htm|title=Public Home Page of Chet Raymo|publisher=Stonehill College|accessdate=2008-01-17] Alum
name= Tad Schmaltz
year= 1988
Ph.D.
nota= Professor of philosophy at Duke University
ref= [cite web|url=http://fds.duke.edu/db/aas/Philosophy/faculty/tad.schmaltz|title=Tad M Schmaltz, Professor and Department Chair|publisher=Duke University|accessdate=2008-01-16] Alum
name= John J. Shea, Jr.
year= 1943
nota= Inventor of several ear surgery techniques
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.sheaclinic.com/doctors_1.asp|title=John J. Shea, Jr.|publisher=Shea Ear Clinic|accessdate=2008-01-12] Alum
name= Joseph Skelly
year= 1985
nota = Professor of History at the College of Mount Saint Vincent, Author, Army officer & Iraq war veteran, contributor to National Review
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.mountsaintvincent.edu/1925.htm|title=Joseph Morrison Skelly Biography|publisher=College of Mount Saint Vincent|accessdate=2008-02-20] Alum
name= Jeffrey Vitter
year= 1977
nota= Dean of Science at Purdue University
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.science.purdue.edu/jsv/|title=Jeffrey S. Vitter Dean of Science|publisher=Purdue University|accessdate=2008-01-16] Alum
name= John Augustine Zahm
year= 1871
nota= Biologist and author who worked on reconciling theology and evolution
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.italnet.nd.edu/Dante/text/Zahm_Life.html|title=A Biography of John A. Zahm, C.S.C.|work=History of the Zahm Dante Collection|publisher=University of Notre Dame|accessdate=2008-01-12]

Art and architecture

Alum
name= Thom Browne
year= 1988
nota= Fashion designer
ref= [cite news|author=Larocca, Amy|url=http://nymag.com/fashion/06/fall/19389/|title=The Dapper Mr. Browne|publisher=New York Magazine|date=August 20, 2006|accessdate=2008-01-17] Alum
name= John Burgee
year= 1956
nota= Award-winning architect
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.sacredarchitecture.org/about.php|title=About the Institute|publisher=The Institute for Sacred Architecture|accessdate=2008-01-16] Alum
name= Francis D.K. Ching
year= 1966
nota= Award-winning architect and author on architecture and design
ref= [cite news|author=O'Donnell, Catherine|url=http://uwnews.washington.edu/ni/uweek/uweekarticle.asp?articleID=35756|title='Accidental academic' wins design award|date=August 2, 2007|publisher=UWeek|accessdate=2008-01-16] Alum
name= David Hayes
year= 1953
nota= Sculptor
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.davidhayes.com/|title=Biographical sketch|publisher=David Hayes|accessdate=2008-01-16] Alum
name= Jennifer Niederst Robbins
year= 1987
nota= Web designer
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.littlechair.com/Niederst_Robbins_Resume.pdf|title=Jennifer Niederst Robbins|format=PDF|publisher=Little Chair, Inc.|accessdate=2008-01-16]

Business

Alum
name= Jim Andrews
year= 1957
nota= Co-founder of the Universal Press Syndicate
ref=cite web|url=http://www.amuniversal.com/amu/AMU_History.htm|title=History|publisher=Universal Press Syndicate|accessdate=2008-01-12] Alum
name= James Berges
year= 1969
nota= Former president of Emerson Electric Company
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.gotoemerson.com/jsp/news/crelease.jsp?ReleaseID=3037|title=Emerson President James G. Berges to Retire November 1|publisher=Emerson|work=Emerson News: Corporate Releases|date=October 10, 2005|accessdate=2008-01-12] Alum
name= Paul Charron
year= 1964
nota= Former CEO of Liz Claiborne
ref= [cite news|url=http://investor.shareholder.com/campbell/ReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=119637|title=Paul R. Charron and Les C. Vinney Nominated to Campbell Board of Directors|publisher=Campbell Soup Company|date=October 8, 2003|accessdate=2008-01-12] Alum
name= Mike Crowley
year= 1985
nota= President of the Oakland Athletics
ref= [cite web|url=http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/oak/team/exec_bios/crowley_michael.jsp|title=Michael Crowley: President|publisher=Oakland Athletics|accessdate=2008-01-12] Alum
name= Edward J. DeBartolo Jr.
year= 1968
nota= Businessman and former owner of the San Francisco 49ers
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.forbes.com/lists/2005/54/U1LO.html|title=#235 Edward John DeBartolo Jr|publisher="Forbes"|date=2005|accessdate=2008-01-12] Alum
name= Edward J. DeBartolo Sr.
year=
nota= Businessman and shopping mall pioneer
ref= [cite news|author=Bryant, Adam|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9402E2DA1338F933A15751C1A962958260|title= Edward J. DeBartolo, Developer, 85, Is Dead|date=December 20, 1994|publisher="The New York Times"|accessdate=2008-01-16] Alum
name= Alfred Decrane Jr.
year= 1953
nota= Former CEO of Texaco
ref= [cite news|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1996_Jan_29/ai_17871295|title=Alfred C. Decrane, Jr,. To Retire As Chairman And Chief Executive Officer Of Texaco Inc.|publisher=Business Wire|date=January 29, 1996|accessdate=2008-01-12] Alum
name= Larry Dolan
year= 1955
JD. 1956
nota= President of the Cleveland Indians
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.clevelandseniors.com/people/larrydolan.htm|title=Larry Dolan: Baseball has always been his game|publisher=Cleveland Indians|accessdate=2008-01-12] Alum
name= Anthony Earley Jr.
year= 1971
MS 1979
JD. 1979
nota= CEO of DTE Energy Company
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.forbes.com/finance/mktguideapps/personinfo/FromPersonIdPersonTearsheet.jhtml?passedPersonId=936043|title=Anthony F Earley Jr|publisher="Forbes"|accessdate=2008-01-12] Alum
name= Jim Fitzgerald
year= 1947
nota= Former owner of the Milwaukee Bucks and Golden State Warriors
ref=Alum
name= Cyrus F. Freidheim
year= 1957
nota= Former CEO of Chiquita Brands International
ref= [cite news|url=http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=82346|title=Cyrus F. Freidheim, Jr. elected chairman and CEO of Chiquita Brands International, Inc.|publisher=PR Newswire|accessdate=2008-01-12] Alum
name= Joe Garagiola, Jr.
year= 1972
nota= Vice President of baseball operations for Major League Baseball
ref= [cite news|url=http://www.esportstv.com/newsite/?p=news&id=365&PHPSESSID=03bb75024747bf09172ca4f064a35ec9|title=MLB VP Joins CPL Board of Directors|publisher=E Sports TV|accessdate=2008-01-16] Alum
name= Diane Gulyas
year= 1978
nota= Vice-president of DuPont and named one of the 50 Most Powerful Women in Business by "Fortune"
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.nd.edu/~ndmag/sp2007/domers.html|title=Domers in the News|publisher=Notre Dame Magazine|date=Spring 2007|accessdate=2008-01-12] Alum
name= Harry G. John
year= 1941
nota= Former president of the Miller Brewing Company and founder of the De Rance Corporation
ref= [cite web|url=http://tomroeser.com/blogview.asp?blogID=23960|title=Flashback: Newman College Comes to an End: Finale of the Great Experiment.|publisher=Tom Roeser|date=May 30, 2007|accessdate=2008-01-13] Alum
name= John McMeel
year= 1957
nota= Co-founder of Universal Press Syndicate
ref=Alum
name= Tom Mendoza
year= 1973
nota= Vice Chairman of NetApp
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.forbes.com/finance/mktguideapps/personinfo/FromMktGuideIdPersonTearsheet.jhtml?passedMktGuideId=52959|title=Thomas F Mendoza|publisher="Forbes"|accessdate=2008-01-13] Alum
name= Vince Naimoli
year= 1959
nota= Chairman, Tampa Bay Devil Rays baseball team
ref= [cite web|url=http://tampabay.rays.mlb.com/tb/team/exe_bios/naimoli_vince.html|title=Vincent J. Naimoli Managing General Partner and Chief Executive Officer|publisher=Tampa Bay Devil Rays|accessdate=2008-01-16] Alum
name= Steve Odland
year= 1980
nota= Former CEO of Office Depot
ref= [cite news|url=http://www.officedepot.co.uk/eu_content/uk/content/Press/press_Steve_Odland.htm|title=OFFICE DEPOT NAMES STEVE ODLAND AS CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER|publisher=Office Depot|date=March 14, 2005|accessdate=2008-01-13] Alum
name= Ted Phillips
year= 1979
nota= President and chief executive officer of the Chicago Bears
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.chicagobears.com/team/FrontOfficeBio.asp?front_office_id=1|title=Front Office Bio|publisher=Chicago Bears|accessdate=2008-01-16] Alum
name= Philip J. Purcell
year= 1964
nota= Former CEO of Morgan Stanley
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.forbes.com/static/pvp2005/LIRHSBS.html|title=Philip J Purcell|publisher="Forbes"|accessdate=2008-01-13] Alum
name= John F. Sandner
year= 1968
JD
nota= Former Chairman of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange
ref= [cite web|url=http://investor.cmegroup.com/investor-relations/directors.cfm?bioID=7627|title=John F. Sandner (Jack), Retired Chairman|publisher="CME Group"|accessdate=2008-03-03] Alum
name= John A. Schneider
year= 1948
nota= Former president of CBS
ref=Alum
name= Hubert Schoemaker
year=
nota= Co-founder of Centocor
ref= [cite news|author=Pollack, Andrew|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/13/business/13schoemaker.html|title=Hubert Schoemaker, a Biotech Pioneer, Dies at 55|date=January 13, 2006|publisher="The New York Times"|accessdate=2008-01-13] Alum
name= Keith Sherin
year= 1981
nota= Chief Financial Officer at General Electric
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.ge.com/company/leadership/bios_exec/keith_sherin.html|title=Keith S. Sherin Biography|publisher=General Electric|accessdate=2008-01-16] Alum
name= Max Siegel
year=1986
JD 1992
nota= President of global operations of Dale Earnhardt, Inc.
ref= [cite news|author=Perez, A.J.|url=http://www.usatoday.com/sports/motor/nascar/2007-04-08-siegel-dei_N.htm|title=Newcomer Siegel looks to steer Earnhardt Inc. to top|publisher=USA Today|accessdate=2008-01-14] Alum
name= John York
year= 1971
nota= Co-owner of the San Francisco 49ers
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.49ers.com/team/front_office_detail.php?PRKey=2|title=John York|publisher=San Francisco 49ers|accessdate=2008-01-13]

Entertainment

Alum
name= Brendan Bayliss
year= 1998
nota= Musician, lead singer for Umphrey's McGee
ref=cite web|url=http://www.nd.edu/~ndmag/moonsu00t.htm|title=The Ballad of Umphrey's McGee] Alum
name= Tony Bill
year= 1962
nota= Actor and Academy Award winning film producer
ref= [cite news|author=Butterman, Eric|url=http://www.nd.edu/~ndmag/su2005/cafetonybill.html|title=Oscar Winner Tony Bill Still Flying High|work=Notre Dame Magazine|date=Summer 2005|publisher=University of Notre Dame|accessdate=2008-01-14] Alum
name= Pat Creadon
year= 1989
nota= Director of movie Wordplay
ref= [cite web|url=http://ftt.nd.edu/news-events/lectures/patrick_creadon/index.shtml|title=FTT Talks presents] Alum
name= Joel Cummins
year= 1998
nota= Musician, keyboardist for Umphrey's McGee
ref=Alum
name= Anne Heaton
year= 1994
nota= Folk musician
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.anneheaton.com/bio.html|title=Biography|publisher=Anne Heaton|accessdate=2008-01-14] Alum
name= Brian Kelly
year= 1953
nota= Actor best known for his role on "Flipper"
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.kellyfamilynetwork.com/BrianKellyHome.htm|title=Brian Kelly|publisher=Kelly Family Network|accessdate=2008-01-14] Alum
name= Bernard Lechowick
year= 1969
nota= Television writer and producer
ref= [cite news|url=http://sweb.uky.edu/~memarq0/homefrontbrings.html|title=“Homefront Brings ’40s Back to Life”|publisher="Indianapolis Star"|date=July 28, 1992|accessdate=2008-01-14] Alum
name= Ted Leo
year= 1993
nota= Punk rock musician
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.truepunk.com/interviews/tedleo/|title=INTERVIEW WITH TED LEO|publisher=TruePunk.com|accessdate=2008-01-14] Alum
name= William Mapother
year= 1987
nota= Actor best known for his role on "Lost"
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.williammapother.com/BioAndFilmography/BioAndFilmography.html|title=Bio and Filmography|publisher=William Mapother Official Site|accessdate=2008-01-14] Alum
name= Mike Mirro
year= 1998
nota= Musician, former drummer of Umphrey's McGee
ref=Alum
name= Don Ohlmeyer
year= 1967
nota= Television producer and former president of NBC West Coast
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/O/htmlO/ohlmeyerdon/ohlmeyerson.htm|title=OHLMEYER, DON|publisher=The Museum of Broadcast Communications|accessdate=2008-01-14] Alum
name= Richard Riehle
year= 1970
nota= Film and television actor
ref= [cite news|author=Singer, Jon|url=http://www.luminomagazine.com/2004.03/spotlight/officespace/riehlet.html|title=Riehle 'Jumps to Conclusions' about Tom Smykowski|publisher="Lumino Magazine"|date=March 2003|accessdate=2008-01-14] Alum
name= Tim Russell
year= 1969
nota= Radio voice actor and announcer, best known for his role on "A Prairie Home Companion"
ref= [cite news|author=Cohen, Ed|url=http://www.nd.edu/~ndmag/sp2005/caferussell.html|title=The Voice That's Launched 1,000 Skits|work=Notre Dame Magazine|date=Spring 2005|publisher=University of Notre Dame|accessdate=2008-01-16] Alum
name= Ryan Stasik
year= 1999
nota= Musician, bassist for Umphrey's McGee
ref= Alum
name= John Walker
year= 1978
nota= Film producer at Pixar
ref= [cite news|author=Gottumukkala, Rama|url=http://media.www.ndsmcobserver.com/media/storage/paper660/news/2005/02/02/Scene/mr.And.Mrs.Incredible-850044.shtml|title="Mr. and Mrs. Incredible"|work=The Observer|publisher=University of Notre Dame|date=February 2, 2005|accessdate=2008-01-14] Alum
name= George Wendt
year= Did Not Graduate
nota= Actor best known as Norm from "Cheers"
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,296349,00.html|title=Beyond the Norm|publisher=Entertainment Weekly|accessdate=2008-01-13] Alum
name= Jason Zimbler
year= 1998
nota= Actor best known as Ferguson Darling on "Clarissa Explains It All"
ref= [cite news|url=http://media.www.thetigernews.com/media/storage/paper863/news/2005/01/21/Timeout/Timeouts.Where.Are.They.Now-1991630.shtml|title=TimeOut's Where are they now?|work=The Tiger|publisher=Clemson University|date=January 21, 2005|accessdate=2008-01-13]

Government and law

Members of the United States Congress

Alum
name= Joe Donnelly
year= 1977 JD. 1981
nota= Representative from Indiana
ref= [cite web|url=http://donnelly.house.gov/about/biography.shtml|title=Biography|publisher=United States House of Representatives|accessdate=2008-01-11] Alum
name= Mike Ferguson
year= 1992
nota= Representative from New Jersey
ref= [cite web|url=http://ferguson.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=AboutMike.Biography|title=About Mike: Biography|publisher=United States House of Representatives|accessdate=2008-01-12] Alum
name= Joseph M. Gaydos
year= 1951
LL.B
nota= Representative from Pennsylvania
ref= [cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000105|title=GAYDOS, Joseph Matthew, (1926 - )|work=Biographical Database of the United States Congress|publisher=United States Congress|accessdate=2008-01-16] Alum
name= William J. Granfield
year= 1913
JD
nota= Representative from Massachusetts
ref= [cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000372|title=GRANFIELD, William Joseph, (1889 - 1959)|work=Biographical Database of the United States Congress|publisher=United States Congress|accessdate=2008-01-16] Alum
name= John Hall
year= Did not graduate
nota= Representative from New York and former musician in Orleans
ref= [cite web|url=http://johnhall.house.gov/Biography.asp|title=Biography|publisher=United States House of Representatives|accessdate=2008-01-16] Alum
name= Greg J. Holbrock
year=
nota= Representative from Ohio and lawyer
ref= [cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000709|title=HOLBROCK, Greg John, (1906 - 1992)|work=Biographical Database of the United States Congress|publisher=United States Congress|accessdate=2008-01-16] Alum
name= Peter T. King
year= 1968
JD.
nota= Representative from New York
ref= [cite web|url=http://peteking.house.gov/bio.shtml|title=Biography|publisher=United States House of Representatives|accessdate=2008-01-12] Alum
name= Dan Lungren
year= 1968
nota= Representative from California and former attorney general of California
ref= [cite web|url=http://lungren.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=32|title= Dan Lungren's Biography|publisher=United States House of Representatives|accessdate=2008-01-12] Alum
name= David O'Brien Martin
year= 1966
nota= Representative from New York
ref= [cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000174|title=MARTIN, David O’Brien, (1944 - )|work=Biographical Database of the United States Congress|publisher=United States Congress|accessdate=2008-01-17] Alum
name= Washington J. McCormick
year= Did not graduate
nota= Representative from Montana
ref= [cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000373|title=McCORMICK, Washington Jay, (1884 - 1949)|work=Biographical Database of the United States Congress|publisher=United States Congress|accessdate=2008-01-17] Alum
name= Joseph M. McDade
year= 1953
nota= Representative from Pennsylvania
ref= [cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000399|title=McDADE, Joseph Michael, (1931 - )|work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|publisher=United States Congress|accessdate=2008-01-12] Alum
name= William E. Miller
year= 1935
nota= Representative from New York and nominee for Vice President in the 1964 U.S. presidential election
ref= [cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=M000762|title=MILLER, William Edward, (1914 - 1983)|work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|publisher=United States Congress|accessdate=2008-01-15] Alum
name= Timothy J. Roemer
year= 1979
Ph.D. 1982
nota= Representative from Indiana, member of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States,
and president of the Center for National Policy
ref= [cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=R000385|title=ROEMER, Timothy John, (1956 - )|work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|publisher=United States Congress|accessdate=2008-01-12] Alum
name= Nicholas J. Sinnott
year= 1892
nota= Representative from Oregon
ref= [cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S000450|title=SINNOTT, Nicholas John, (1870 - 1929)|work=Biographical Database of the United States Congress|publisher=United States Congress|accessdate=2008-01-17] Alum
name= Mark Souder
year= 1974
MBA
nota= Representative from Indiana
ref= [cite web|url=http://souder.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=AboutMarkSouder.Biography|title=Biography: About Mark Souder|publisher=United States House of Representative|accessdate=2008-01-12] Alum
name= Pete Visclosky
year= 1973
JD.
nota= Representative from Indiana
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.house.gov/visclosky/bio.htm|title=About Pete|publisher=United States House of Representatives|accessdate=2008-01-12]

United States governors

Alum
name= Bruce Babbitt
year=1960
nota= Former governor of Arizona and United States Secretary of the Interior
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/govt/admin/babbitt.htm|title=Bruce Babbitt: Interior Secretary|publisher=Washington Post|accessdate=2008-01-14] Alum
name= Thomas Lee Judge
year= 1957
nota= Former governor of Montana
ref= [cite web| url=http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=0948224971c81010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD| title=Montana Governor Thomas Lee Judge| publisher=National Governor's Association|accessdate=2008-01-14] Alum
name= Joe Kernan
year= 1968
nota= Former governor of Indiana
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.statelib.lib.in.us/www/ihb/govportraits/kernan.html|title=Indiana Governor Joseph E. Kernan (b. 1946)|publisher=Indiana Historical Bureau|accessdate=2008-01-14]

Ambassadors from the United States

Alum
name= Robert A. Bradtke
year= 1971
nota= Ambassador to Croatia
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/73752.htm|title=Bradtke, Robert A.|publisher=U.S. Department of State|accessdate=2008-01-14] Alum
name= Carey Cavanaugh
year= 1978
MA
nota= Former ambassador
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.clintonpresidentialcenter.org/legacy/020200-president-names-carey-cavanaugh-for-the-rank-of-ambassador.htm|title=PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMES CAREY CAVANAUGH FOR RANK OF AMBASSADOR AS SPECIAL NEGOTIATOR FOR NAGORNO-KARABAKH AND NEW INDEPENDENT STATES |publisher=The Clinton Presidential Center|date=February 2, 2000|accessdate=2008-01-14] Alum
name= James Creagan
year= 1962
nota= Former ambassador to Honduras
ref= [cite web|url=http://dosfan.lib.uic.edu/ERC/biographies/creagan_james.html|title=James Creagan: Ambassador to Honduras|publisher=University of Illinois (Chicago)|accessdate=2008-01-14]

Government officials outside of the United States

Alum
name= Ernesto Pérez Balladares
year= 1967
MA 1969
nota= Former president of Panama
ref=Alum
name= Elizabeth Azcona Bocock
year= MBA
nota= Ministry of Industry and Commerce of Honduras
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.sic.gob.hn/noticias/perfil_ministra.htm|title=PERFIL BIOGRAFICO MINISTRA DE INDUSTRIA Y COMERCIO|language=Spanish|publisher=Secretaría de Industria y Comercio|accessdate=2008-01-14] Alum
name= Adolfo Calero
year= 1953
nota= Leader of the rebel Nicaraguan group Contras
ref= [cite news|author=Sciolino, Elaine|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE5D9173EF93BA25751C0A961948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all|title= U.S. PLAYS DOWN SPLIT IN CONTRAS|date=February 18, 1987|publisher="The New York Times"|accessdate=2008-01-16] Alum
name= José Napoleón Duarte
year= 1948
nota= Former president of El Salvador
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/kbank/profiles/duarte/|title=José Napoleón Duarte Fuentes: President of El Salavador|work=Cold War Profiles|publisher=CNN|accessdate=2008-01-14] Alum
name= Abraham González
year=
nota= Governor of the Mexican state of Chihuahua during the Mexican Revolution
ref= [cite news|url=http://www.periodismoelectronico.com/?a=1624&c=118|title=Conmemoran aniversario luctuoso de Abraham González|date=March 7, 2007|publisher=Periodismo Electrónico Chihuahua Mexico|accessdate=2008-01-14] Alum
name= Luis Cosenza-Jimenez
year= Ph.D.
nota= Former minister of the president of Honduras, Ricardo Maduro, and representative of Central America in the Inter-American Development Bank
ref= [cite news|url=http://kellogg.nd.edu/students/lasp/NL6.pdf|title=Focus on Faculty|format=PDF|work=Nuestro Mondo|publisher=University of Notre Dame|date=January 2007|accessdate=2008-01-14] Alum
name= Pedro Rosselló
year= 1966
nota= Former governor of Puerto Rico
ref=

Other U.S. political and legal figures

Alum
name= Alfonso Aguilar
year= 1991
nota= Chief of the Office of Citizenship in the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
ref= [cite web |url=http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f614176543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=8ab50c594dafd010VgnVCM1000000ecd190aRCRD&vgnextchannel=c0fbab0a43b5d010VgnVCM10000048f3d6a1RCRD |title=Alfonso Aguilar, Chief, Office of Citizenship, USCIS|publisher=U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services|accessdate=2008-01-15] Alum
name= Richard V. Allen
year= 1957
MA 1958
nota= Former United States National Security Advisor
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.hoover.org/bios/allen.html|title=Richard V. Allen |publisher=Hoover Institution|accessdate=2008-01-15] Alum
name= James A. Baker
year=
nota= Staff attorney in the United States Department of Justice
ref= [cite web|url=http://commdocs.house.gov/committees/judiciary/hju20875.000/hju20875_0.HTM|title=IMPLEMENTATION OF THE USA PATRIOT ACT: SECTIONS OF THE ACT THAT ADDRESS THE FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE ACT (FISA) (Hearing)|publisher=United States House of Representatives|accessdate=2008-01-15] Alum
name= Jerry Brady
year= 1958
nota= Former Democratic candidate for governor of Idaho and newspaper owner
ref= [cite web|url=http://democraticgovernors.org/content/805/jerry-brady-biography|title=Jerry Brady: Biography|publisher=Democratic Governors Association|accessdate=2008-01-16] Alum
name= B. Patrick Bauer
year= 1966
nota= Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives
ref= [cite web|url=http://capwiz.com/infb/bio/?id=3446|title=Representative B. Patrick Bauer (D-IN 6th)|publisher=Indiana Farm Bureau|accessdate=2008-01-15] Alum
name= Joseph Cari Jr.
year= 1974
JD 1978
nota= Lawyer, businessman, and public policy expert
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.lawyerroster.com/website/Lawid306178.html|title=Joseph Cari Jr.|publisher=National Lawyer Directory|accessdate=2008-01-16] Alum
name= Quin Denvir
year= 1962
nota= Public defense attorney best known for representing Theodore Kaczynski
ref= [cite news|author=Mintz, Howard|url=http://www.lectlaw.com/files/cur71.htm|title=Complete Lawyer in Kaczynski's Corner|publisher='Lectric Law Library|date=June 18, 1996|accessdate=2008-01-15] Alum
name= Peter F. Flaherty
year= 1951
JD
nota= Former mayor of Pittsburgh and deputy United States Attorney General
ref= [cite news|author=Fox, Margalit|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/21/national/21flaherty.html|title=Peter Flaherty, 80, Politician and Former Pittsburgh Mayor, Dies|publisher="The New York Times"|date=April 21, 2005|accessdate=2008-01-15] Alum
name= Emilio M. Garza
year= 1969
MA 1970
nota= Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
ref=Alum
name= Camille Gravel
year=
nota= Louisiana defense attorney and gubernatorial advisor
ref= [cite news|author=Gaunthier, Lester|url=http://www.lacdl.org/Newsletters/LACDLwinter2006.pdf|title=Camille Gravel: An Icon In the Louisiana Criminal Justice SystemAnd In Louisiana Politics|publisher=Louisiana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers|work=LACDL Newsletter|date=Winter 2006|format=PDF|accessdate=2008-01-15] Alum
name= Kevin Hasson
year= MA
JD 1985
nota= Lawyer and founder of religious law firm
ref= [cite web|url=http://becketfund.org/index.php/person/3.html|title=Kevin J. Hasson, Esq.|publisher=The Becket Fund|accessdate=2008-01-16] Alum
name= Walter J. Kavanaugh
year= 1955
nota= Former senator in the New Jersey state legislature
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.c-n.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080113/NEWS04/801130427/1039|title=Walter J. Kavanaugh, former state senator|publisher=Courier News|accessdate=2008-01-16] Alum
name= Matt Kelty
year= 1988
nota= Indiana politician, architect, and candidate for mayor of Fort Wayne
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.allencountygop.com/candidates/candidate.html?id=1173797633|title=Matt Kelty|publisher=Republican Party of Allen County|accessdate=2008-01-17] Alum
name= John Kilkenny
year= 1925
LL.B.
nota= United States federal judge
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/tGetInfo?jid=1277|title=Kilkenny, John Francis|publisher=Federal Judicial Center|accessdate=2008-01-17] Alum
name= Frank LaGrotta
year= 1980
MA 1981
nota= Pennsylvania state representative
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.vote-smart.org/bio.php?can_id=BS028248|title=Frank LaGrotta|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=2008-01-17] Alum
name= Edward Leavy
year= 1953
LL.B.
nota= Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/tGetInfo?jid=1362|title=Leavy, Edward|publisher=Federal Judicial Center|accessdate=2008-01-15] Alum
name= Michael Madigan
year=
nota= Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives and chairman of the Democratic Party of Illinois
ref= [cite web|url=http://ilga.gov/house/Rep.asp?MemberID=1172|title=Representative Michael J. Madigan (D)|publisher=Illinois General Assembly|accessdate=2008-01-17] Alum
name= Eduardo Malapit
year= 1962
JD
nota= Former Mayor of Kauai, Hawaii, first Filipino American mayor in the United States
ref= [cite news|author=Bernardo, Rosemarie|url=http://starbulletin.com/2007/08/29/news/story09.html|title=EDUARDO ENABORE MALAPIT / 1933-2007|publisher=Honolulu Star Bulletin|date=August 29, 2007|accessdate=2008-01-17] Alum
name= Ralph McGehee
year= 1949
nota= Former officer for the Central Intelligence Agency who went on to be an outspoken critic of the Agency as the author of "Deadly Deceits: My 25 Years in the CIA"
ref= [cite web|author=Frazier, Wade|url=http://www.ahealedplanet.net/mcgehee.htm|title=Ralph McGehee, the CIA and Deadly Deceits|publisher=A Healed Planet|accessdate=2008-01-15] Alum
name= William McGurn
year= 1980
nota= President George W. Bush's chief speechwriter and chief editorial writer and member of "The Wall Street Journal's" editorial board
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.opinionjournal.com/bios/bio_mcgurn.html|title=William McGurn|publisher="The Wall Street Journal|accessdate=2008-01-15] Alum
name= Jerry Meek
year=
nota= Lawyer and chairman of the North Carolina Democratic Party
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.ncdp.org/meekbio|title=Chair's Biography|publisher=North Carolina Democratic Party|accessdate=2008-01-17] Alum
name= Michael Murphy
year= 1979
nota= Indiana state representative
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.in.gov/legislative/homepages/R90/meet.html|title=Meet Mike Murphy|publisher=Indiana House of Representatives|accessdate=2008-01-15] Alum
name= Ralph Neas
year= 1968
nota= Politician and former president of the People for the American Way
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=2033|title=Ralph G. Neas Biography|publisher=People for the American Way|accessdate=2008-01-17] Alum
name= Paul V. Niemeyer
year= 1966
JD
nota= Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/tGetInfo?jid=1766|title=Niemeyer, Paul Victor|publisher=Federal Judicial Center|accessdate=2008-01-15] Alum
name= Kevin J. O'Connor
year= 1989
nota= United States Attorney from Connecticut
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/ct/usattorney.html|title=Kevin J. O'Connor|publisher=United States Department of Justice|accessdate=2008-01-17] Alum
name= Condoleezza Rice
year= 1975
MA
nota= United States Secretary of State and former National Security Advisor
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/41252.htm|title=BIOGRAPHY|publisher=US State Department|accessdate=2008-01-15] Alum
name= John Sears
year= 1961
nota= Campaign manager for Ronald Reagan
ref= [cite news|author=Oreskes, Michael|url=http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/08/06/reviews/000806.06oresket.html|title=John Who? |publisher="The New York Times"|date=August 6, 2000|accessdate=2008-01-15] Alum
name= Matthew J. Slaughter
year= 1990
nota= Economist and former member of the Council of Economic Advisers
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.whitehouse.gov/cea/mslaughterbio.html|title=Biography of Matthew J. Slaughter|publisher=The White House|accessdate=2008-01-16] Alum
name= Thomas W. Sneddon Jr.
year= 1963
nota= District Attorney of Santa Barbara County, California
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.ndaa.org/ndaa/profile/tom_sneddon_jan_feb_2003.html|title=Thomas W. (Tom) Sneddon, Jr.|publisher=National District Attorney's Association|accessdate=2008-01-15] Alum
name= Casper R. Taylor, Jr.
year= 1956
nota= Former House Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/former/html/msa12312.html|title=CASPER R. TAYLOR, JR., House Speaker, 1975-2003|publisher=Maryland House of Delegates|accessdate=2008-01-15] Alum
name=Steven T. Walther
year=1965
nota=Vice-Chairman of the Federal Election Commission
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.fec.gov/members/walther/walther_bio.shtml|title=Biographical Information of FEC Commisioner Steven T. Walther|publisher=Federal Election Commission|accessdate=2008-08-29] Alum
name= Charles R. Wilson
year= 1976
JD 1979
nota= Judge in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/tGetInfo?jid=2830|title=Wilson, Charles R.|publisher=Federal Judicial Center|accessdate=2008-01-17]

Journalists and media personalities

Alum
name= Don Criqui
year= 1962
nota= Sportscaster for CBS
ref= [cite web|url=http://cbs.sportsline.com/cbssports/team/dcriqui|title=CBS Sports Team|publihser=CBS Sports|accessdate=2008-01-15] Alum
name= George Dohrmann
year= 1995
nota= Reporter and 2000 Pulitzer Prize winner for beat reporting
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.pulitzer.org/year/2000/beat-reporting/bio/|title=BEAT REPORTING - Biography|work=The Pulitzer Prize Winners 2000|publisher=The Pulitzer Board|accessdate=2008-01-14] Alum
name= Phil Donahue
year= 1957
nota= Talk show host and creator of "The Phil Donahue Show"
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/D/htmlD/donahuephil/donahuephil.htm|title=DONAHUE, PHIL|publisher=The Museum of Broadcast Communications|accessdate=2008-01-15] Alum
name= David Freddoso
year=1999
nota= "National Review" journalist and best-selling author of "The Case Against Barack Obama"
ref= [cite web|url=http://author.nationalreview.com/bio/?q=MjY4Nw=|title=David Freddoso Bio on National Review Online|publisher=National Review|accessdate=2008-08-29] Alum
name= Jerry Kammer
year= 1971
nota= Journalist and co-Pulitzer Prize winner
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.pulitzer.org/year/2006/national-reporting/bio/copleybios.html|title=Staffs of Copley News Service and The San Diego Union-Tribune|publisher=The Pulitzer Board|accessdate=2008-01-14] Alum
name= Andrew Napolitano
year= 1975
JD
nota= Correspondent for the Fox News Channel and former New Jersey Superior Court judge
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,2155,00.html|title=Andrew P. Napolitano|publisher=Fox News|accessdate=2008-01-15] Alum
name= Walter O'Keefe
year= 1921
nota= Songwriter, actor, syndicated columnist, Broadway composer, radio host, screenwriter, musical arranger and TV host
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.irishlegends.com/pages/campuslife/campuslife6.html|title=Campus Life|publisher=Irishlegends.com|accessdate=2008-01-15] Alum
name= Regis Philbin
year= 1953
nota= Television personality best known for hosting Live with Regis and Kelly
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/search/article.do?id=9542101|title=Regis Philbin Biography (1933-)|publisher=Biography.com|accessdate=2008-01-15] Alum
name= Ted Robinson
year= 1978
nota= Sportscaster best known for Olympics coverage
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.tbs.com/stories/story/0,,120591,00.html|title=Ted Robinson|publisher=Turner Broadcasting System|accessdate=2008-01-15] Alum
name= Mark Shields
year= 1959
nota= Political columnist and commentator for CNN and "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer"
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.pbs.org/newshour/indepth_coverage/politics/political_wrap/bio_shields.html|title=Mark Shields|publisher=Public Broadcasting Service|accessdate=2008-01-15] Alum
name= Red Smith
year= 1927
nota= Sportswriter for the "New York Herald Tribune" and Pulitzer Prize winner
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=4067|title=Walter "Red" Smith|publisher=Find A Grave|accessdate=2008-01-16] Alum
name= Terence Smith
year= 1960
nota= Journalist and media correspondent for "The News Hour with Jim Lehrer"
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.pbs.org/newshour/aboutus/bio_smith.html|title=Terence Smith, Media Correspondent and Senior Producer|publisher=Public Broadcasting Service|accessdate=2008-01-16] Alum
name= Hannah Storm
year= 1983
nota= Television personality best known as co-host of the CBS Early Show
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/10/14/earlyshow/bios/main525455.shtml|title=Hannah Storm|publisher=CBS News|accessdate=2008-01-15] Alum
name= Kate Sullivan
year= 1998
nota= Television news presenter
ref= [cite web|url=http://wcbstv.com/bios/WCBS.WCBS.TV.9.8565.html|title=Kate Sullivan|publisher=WCBS TV|accessdate=2008-01-16] Alum
name= Anne Thompson
year= 1979
nota= Correspondent for NBC News
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3689485/|title=Anne Thompson|publisher=MSNBC|accessdate=2008-01-15] Alum
name= Kenneth L. Woodward
year= 1957
nota= Religion Editor for Newsweek
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.homileticsonline.com/subscriber/interviews/woodward.asp |title=God is not my Buddy]

Literature and writing

Alum
name= John Bellairs
year= 1959
nota= Gothic novelist best known for work in the horror and mystery genre
ref= [cite news|author=Schaal, Carol|url=http://www.nd.edu/~ndmag/su2003/bellairs.html|title=John Bellairs: The Spooky Writer Who Cast a Magic Spell|work=Notre Dame Magazine|date=Summer 2003|publisher=University of Notre Dame|accessdate=2008-01-15] Alum
name= John Dearie
year= 1986
nota= Author and Vice President of Policy and Research at the Financial Services Forum
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.financialservicesforum.org/site/c.mtJ2J7MKIsE/b.1538031/k.927A/John_R_Dearie.htm|title=John R. Dearie|publisher=The Financial Services Forum|accessdate=2008-01-16] Alum
name= Samuel John Hazo
year= 1949
nota= Author, poet, and first poet laureate of Pennsylvania
ref=cite news|url=http://www.nd.edu/~ndmag/w0405/abriefs.html|title=Alumni Briefs|work=Notre Dame Magazine|date=Winter 2004-05|publisher=University of Notre Dame|accessdate=2008-01-16] Alum
name=Angela Hur
year=2005 (MFA)
nota=Author; Sparks Prize recipient
ref=citation|url=http://sfgate.info/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/08/19/RVUVR48OC.DTL&hw=gangster&sn=093&sc=223|title='Queens of K-Town' are lonely young girls gone wild|last=Wyman|first=Anne Julia|date=2007-08-19|accessdate=2008-03-14|periodical=The San Francisco Chronicle] Alum
name= James Patrick Kelly
year= 1972
nota= Author best known for work in science fiction and two-time winner of the Hugo Award
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.scifi.com/scifiction/originals/originals_archive/kelly/kelly_bio.html|title=Author Biography and Bibliography|publisher=Scifi.com|accessdate=2008-01-15] Alum
name= Barry Lopez
year= 1966
MAT 1968
nota= Essayist, poet, and fiction writer
ref= [cite news|author=O'Connell, Nicholas|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/AT+ONE+WITH+THE+NATURAL+WORLD+-+Barry+Lopez's+adventure+with+the+word...-a061764149|title=AT ONE WITH THE NATURAL WORLD|work=Commonweal|publisher=The Free Library|date=March 24, 2000|accessdate=2008-01-15] Alum
name= Edwin O'Connor
year= 1939
nota= Author and Pulitzer Prize winner for the novel "The Last Hurrah"
ref= [cite news|author=Witt, John Paul|url=http://media.www.ndsmcobserver.com/media/storage/paper660/news/2007/04/20/News/Notre.Dame.Alumnus.Part.Of.Pulitzer.Team-2871142.shtml|title=Notre Dame alumnus part of Pulitzer team|work=The Observer|publisher=University of Notre Dame|date=April 20, 2007|accessdate=2008-01-15] Alum
name= Nicholas Sparks
year= 1988
nota= Author best known for novels "A Walk to Remember" and "The Notebook"
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.nicholassparks.com/ShortBio.html|title=Formal Biography|publisher=Nicholas Sparks|accessdate=2008-01-15] Alum
name= James Reese
year=
nota= Author of gothic novels
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.harpercollins.com/author/authorExtra.aspx?authorID=20781&isbn13=9780061031847&displayType=bookessay|title=James Reese on The Book of Shadows|publisher=Harper Collins|accessdate=2008-01-16]

Military

Alum
name= Mark W. Balmert
year=
nota= Naval Rear Admiral commander of the joint Navy and Marine Corps Expeditionary Strike Group 3
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.navy.mil/navydata/bios/bio.asp?bioID=36|title=Rear Admiral Mark W. Balmert Commander Expeditionary Strike Group 3|work=US Navy Biographies|publisher=US Navy|accessdate=2008-01-16] Alum
name= Vincente T. Blaz
year= 1951
nota= Marine Corps Brigadier General and formerly served as Deputy Chief of Staff for Reserve Affairs
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.tecom.usmc.mil/HD/Whos_Who/Blaz_VT.htm|title=BRIGADIER GENERAL VINCENTE T. BLAZ, USMC (RETIRED)|work=Who's Who in Marine Corps History|publisher=The United States Marine Corps History Division|accessdate=2008-01-16] Alum
name= Francis J. Harvey
year= 1965
nota= Former United States Secretary of the Army
ref= [cite news|url=http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/09/20040915-5.html|title=Personnel Announcement |date=September 15, 2004|publisher=The White House|accessdate=2008-01-15] Alum
name= John Henebry
year= 1940
nota= General in the United States Air Force
ref= [cite news|author=Goldstein, Richard|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/07/us/07henebry.html|title=John P. Henebry, Innovative Combat Pilot, Dies at 89|publisher="The New York Times"|date=October 7, 2007|accessdate=2008-01-15] Alum
name= Donald B. Rice
year= 1961
nota= Former Secretary of the Air Force
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.af.mil/bios/bio.asp?bioID=6895|title=DR. DONALD B. RICE|publisher=The United States Air Force|accessdate=2008-01-15]

NASA astronauts and administrators

Alum
name= Kevin Ford
year= 1982
nota= NASA astronaut
ref= [cite web|url=http://www11.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/ford-ka.html|title= Kevin A. Ford (Colonel, USAF) NASA Astronaut (Pilot)|publisher=NASA|accessdate=2008-01-15] Alum
name= Michael T. Good
year= 1984
MS 1986
nota= NASA astronaut
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/good-mt.html|title=Michael T. Good (Colonel, USAF ) NASA Astronaut|publisher=NASA|accessdate=2008-01-14] Alum
name= Annette Hasbrook
year= 1985
nota= Former Flight Director of Johnson Space Center
ref= [cite news|url=http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-011901a.html|title=NASA names ten new flight directors|date=January 19, 2001|accessdate=2008-01-14] Alum
name= Jim Wetherbee
year= 1974
nota= Former astronaut and deputy director of Johnson Space Center
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/wetherbe.html|title= James D. Wetherbee (Captain, USN Ret.) NASA ASTRONAUT (FORMER)|publisher=NASA|accessdate=2008-01-15]

Religion

Alum
name= William Donald Borders
year= 1947
nota= Former archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.cathedralofmary.org/history/archbishops5.htm|title=Archbishops of Baltimore|publisher=The Archdiocese of Baltimore|accessdate=2008-01-15] Alum
name= Joan Chittister
year= 1968
MA
nota= Nun, social activism lecturer, and columnist
ref=Alum
name= Kevin Ranaghan
year= Ph.D.
nota= Religious scholar
ref= [cite web|url=http://ccc.garg.com/ccc/articles/nonattributed/Profiles/Ranaghan.html|title=Kevin Ranaghan: A Profile in Ecumenism|publisher=Catholic Charismatic Center|accessdate=2008-01-16]

ports

Although Notre Dame is highly ranked academically, [cite web|url=http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1natudoc_brief.php|title=National Universities: Top Schools|publisher=US News and World Report|accessdate=2007-12-12] it is also strong in athletics, producing a large number of athletes. [cite web|url=http://und.cstv.com/genrel/040804aaa.html|title=Notre Dame Named Best Intramural Athletic Program In The Country|publisher=University of Notre Dame|date=April 8, 2004|accessdate=2007-12-16] Over 400 students have gone on to play professional American football in the National Football League, American Football League, or the All America Football Conference, [cite web|url=http://und.cstv.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/nd/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/07fbguidehistory|title=History and Records|work=Notre Dame Football Media Guide|publisher=University of Notre Dame|accessdate=2008-01-29] including recent graduates, like Brady Quinn and Pro Football Hall of Famers like Joe Montana. Additionally, Notre Dame had had 47 former students inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame, [cite news|url=http://und.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/050907aab.html|title=Chris Zorich Named To College Football Hall Of Fame|date=May 9, 2007|publisher=und.com|accessdate=2007-12-17] including football pioneer Knute Rockne. In addition to football, Notre Dame has had a number of athletes go professional in basketball, like Women's National Basketball Association member Megan Duffy, in baseball, like National Baseball Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski, and in other sports. Notre Dame has also produced a number of Olympians, including current student Mariel Zagunis.

Coaches

Alum
name= Dutch Bergman
year=
nota= Football coach for The Catholic University of America and the Washington Redskins
ref= [cite news|author=Grosshandler, Stan|url=http://www.footballresearch.com/articles/frpage.cfm?topic=1943nadir|title=1943 - THE NADIR|work=The Coffin Corner|publisher=Professional Football Researchers Association|date=1993|accessdate=2008-01-22] Alum
name= Charlie Weis
year= 1978
nota= Current head football coach at Notre Dame
ref= [cite news|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=1943710|title=Weis to be introduced as Irish coach Monday|publisher=ESPN|date=December 13, 2004|accessdate=2008-01-22]

Other

Alum
name= Steve Bartman
year= 1999
nota= Fan who interfered with a foul ball in the 2003 National League Championship Series
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.nd.edu/~ndmag/w0304/domers.html|title=Domers in the News|work=Notre Dame Magazine|publisher=University of Notre Dame|date=Winter 2003-04|accessdate=2008-01-14] Alum
name= Thomas Anthony Dooley III
year= 1944
nota= Physician, humanitarian, and anti-Communism activist
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.umsl.edu/~whmc/exhibits/dooley/dooleybio.htm|title=DR. THOMAS A. DOOLEY BIOGRAPHY|publisher=University of Missouri, St. Louis|accessdate=2008-01-17] Alum
name= Marc Maurer
year= 1974
nota= President of the National Federation of the Blind
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.nfb.org/nfb/Marc_Maurer_Bio.asp|title=Marc Maurer, President|publisher=National Federation of the Blind|accessdate=2008-01-16] Alum
name= Vincent Meli
year= 1944
nota= Mobster
ref= [cite web|url=http://www.hbo.com/apps/band/site/client/stories/curated_story.jsp?exid=449|title=Vincent Meli|work=Stories from WWII|publisher=Home Box Office|accessdate=2008-01-16] Alum
name= Hubert Schlafly
year= 1941
nota= Designed and patented the teleprompter
ref= [cite news|author=Cohen, Ed|url=http://nd.edu/~ndmag/w2000_01/hubw00.html|title=A Figure of Speech|work=Notre Dame Magazine|publisher=University of Notre Dame|date=Winter 2000-01|accessdate=2008-01-14]

Fictional

Alum
name= Jed Bartlet
year=
nota= President of the United States in "The West Wing"
ref=cite episode|title=The Portland Trip|episodelink=The Portland Trip|series=The West Wing|serieslink=The West Wing|airdate=November 15, 2000|season=2|number=7] Alum
name= Danny Concannon
year=
nota= Member of the White House Press Corps on "The West Wing"
ref=Alum
name= Paul Lassiter
year=
nota= Press secretary on "Spin City"
ref= [cite episode|title=The Great Pretender|series=Spin City|serieslink=Spin City|airdate=September 24, 1996|season=1|number=2] Alum
name= Edward Montgomery
year=
nota= Greg's father on "Dharma & Greg"
ref= [cite episode|title=Your Place or Mine|series=Dharma & Greg|serieslink=Dharma & Greg|airdate=May 2, 2000|season=3|episode=22] Alum
name= Lt. Walter J. "Touchdown" Schinoski
year=
nota= Claims to have played football at Notre Dame in Stanley Kubrick's "Full Metal Jacket"
ref= [cite video|people=Stanley Kubrick (Director)|title=Full Metal Jacket|medium=DVD|location=United States|publisher=Warner Bros. Pictures|year=1987] Alum
name= John Smith
year=
nota= Professional hit-man in "Mr. & Mrs. Smith"
ref= [cite video|people=Doug Liman (Director)|title=Mr. & Mrs. Smith|medium=DVD|location=United States|publisher=20th Century Fox|year=2005]

References

* [http://newsinfo.nd.edu/content.cfm?topicid=12076 Noable Alumni] University of Notre Dame. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.

External links

* [http://www.nd.edu University of Notre Dame official website]
* [http://alumni.nd.edu University of Notre Dame Alumni Association]