List of Duquesne University people

This is a list of notable persons affiliated with Duquesne University, including alumni, current and former faculty members, and students.

Notable alumni

Media

*Tom Atkins [cite web | title =Tom Atkins | publisher =NNDB | url =http://www.nndb.com/people/426/000051273/ | accessdate =2007-10-07] - Actor, notably in "Lethal Weapon", "The Rockford Files", "Harry O", and "Oz"
*John Clayton (1976)cite web | title =Prominent Alumni | work =Duquesne University, GradSource Profile | publisher =The El Group | url =http://www.gradsource.com/profile.cfm?ArtID=22188 | accessdate =2007-05-20] - NFL writer and reporter for ESPN
*Werner Herzog [cite web | title =Werner Herzog - Biography | publisher =International Movie Database | url =http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001348/bio | accessdate =2007-05-20] - Filmmaker (did not officially graduate)
*Bill Hillgrove (1962) [cite news | title =NFF Announces 2007 Major Awards Recipients | publisher =Pittsburgh Panthers Football | date =2007-05-17 | url =http://pittsburghpanthers.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/051707aaa.html | accessdate =2007-05-20] - Sports journalist, radio personality, and sports broadcaster
*Jesse Joyce - stand-up comedian and writer
*Terry McGovern [cite web| title =Acting Teacher | work= terrymcgovern.com | url =http://www.terrymcgovern.com/teacher.html | accessdate =2007-05-20] - Film actor, television broadcaster, radio personality, voice-over specialist, and acting instructor
*Mark Madden [cite news | last =Rouvalis | first =Cristina | title =Mark Madden: The mouth that roars | work =Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | publisher =PG Publishing | date =2000-03-02 | url =http://www.post-gazette.com/magazine/20000302madden2.asp | accessdate =2007-05-20] - Former World Championship Wrestling commentator and writer; current ESPN Radio personality
*Nick Perry [cite news | last =Weiskind| first =Ron | title =Obituary: Nick Perry / TV bowling kingpin, dies | work =Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | publisher =PG Publishing | date =2003-04-23 | url =http://www.post-gazette.com/obituaries/20030424perry2.asp | accessdate =2007-05-20] - Television and radio personality who became infamous after being indicted in a scandal involving the rigging of the Pennsylvania Lottery
*Tim J. Sullivan (1994) [cite web | last =Sullivan | first =Tim | title =Author Bio | work =It's Crystal Clear | publisher =New York Post| url =http://www.nypost.com/seven/12212006/sports/its_crystal_clear__take_the_gators_sports_tim_sullivan.htm | accessdate =2007-05-20] - Deputy sports editor for the New York Post
*Joe Starkey - Current writer for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review and ESPN Radio personality

Business

*Eugene P. Beard [cite web | title =Eugene P. Beard | publisher =NNDB | url =http://www.nndb.com/people/950/000160470/ | accessdate =2007-10-07] - CFO of Interpublic Group, from 1980-1999
*Jon A. Boscia (1979) [cite web | title =Jon A. Boscia | publisher =NNDB | url =http://www.nndb.com/people/804/000126426/ | accessdate =2007-10-07] - CEO of Lincoln National Corporation
*Robert Dickinson (1995) - President and CEO of Carnival Cruise Lines
*Ed Grier [cite news | title =Ed Grier Named President of the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California | publisher =Hotel.Online | date =2006-07-25 | url =http://www.hotel-online.com/News/PR2006_3rd/Jul06_EGrier.html | accessdate =2007-05-20] - President of the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, CA
*Thomas J. Meredith (1975) [cite web | title =Thomas J. Meredith | publisher =NNDB | url =http://www.nndb.com/people/709/000128325/ | accessdate =2007-10-07] - CFO of Dell, 1992-2000

Religion

*Most Rev. Daniel DiNardo (1969) [cite web | title ="Archbishop Daniel DiNardo will speak about St Augustine." | work =St. Martha Adult Faith Formation | publisher =St. Martha Catholic Church | date =September - November 2006 | url =http://www.stmarthaaff.com/index.php?pr=TUESDAY_NITES_SCHEDULE | accessdate =2007-05-20] - Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston (2006-present)
*Most Rev. Vincent Leonard - Bishop of Pittsburgh (1969–1983)
*Zola Levitt - Messianic Jewish teacher, author, and television host
*Adam Joseph Cardinal Maida (1964) - Cardinal, Archbishop of Detroit (1990-present)
*Thomas L. Thompson (1962) - Biblical theologian, closely associated with the Biblical minimalism movement
*Most. Rev. David Allen Zubik (1971) [cite news | last =Staley | first =Tony | title =New bishop to lead Green Bay Diocese | work =The Compass | publisher =Catholic Diocese of Green Bay, Wisconsin | date =2003-10-10 | url =http://www.thecompassnews.org/compass/2003-10-10/breakingnews1.shtml | accessdate =2007-05-20] - Bishop of Green Bay (2003-2007), Bishop of Pittsburgh, (2007-Present)

ports

*Mike Basrak [cite web | title =Duquesne University Football History | publisher =CSTV.com | url =http://goduquesne.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/091402aab.html | accessdate =2007-05-20] - Played center and linebacker for the NFL's Pittsburgh franchise
*Boyd Brumbaugh - former NFL player and first-round draft pick
*Joe Beimel [cite web | title =Joe Beimel Profile | publisher =Scout.com | url =http://scout.scout.com/a.z?s=283&p=8&c=1&nid=3000234 | accessdate =2007-05-20] - Relief pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers
*Leigh Bodden - NFL defensive back, Detroit Lions
*Donn Clendenon (1978) [cite news | last =Goldstein | first =Richard | title =Donn Clendenon, 70, M.V.P. for the 1969 'Miracle Mets,' Dies | work =New York Times | date =2005-09-19 | url =http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/19/sports/baseball/19clendenon.html?ex=1284782400&en=e57d0eb5f8bdc189&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss | accessdate =2007-05-20] - MLB alumnus; 1969 World Series MVP
*Chuck Cooper [cite web | title =Chuck Cooper, one of the NBA's first Black players | work =The African American Registry | date =2005-09-29 | url =http://www.aaregistry.com/african_american_history/1175/Chuck_Cooper_one_of_the_NBAs_first_Black__players | accessdate =2007-05-20] - One of three players with legitimate claims to be the first African American basketball player in the NBA
*Aldo Donelli [cite web | title =Aldo Teo Donelli | publisher =National Soccer Hall of Fame | url =http://www.soccerhall.org/famers/aldo_donelli.htm | accessdate =2007-05-20] - Both played and head coached in the NFL; member of the United States National Soccer Hall of Fame
*Candace Futrell [cite web | title =Candace Futrell, Duquesne University | work=WNBA Draft | url =http://www.wnba.com/draft2004/prospect_candace_futrell.html | accessdate =2007-05-20] - WNBA player
*Chip Ganassi [cite web | title =Chip Ganassi Biography | publisher =Havoline | url =http://www.texacohavoline42.com/media/42team/chip_ganassi.asp | accessdate =2007-05-20] - Former professional racecar driver and current professional race team owner
*Sihugo Green [cite news | last =Axelrod | first =Phil | title =50 years ago, Sihugo Green and Dick Ricketts led Duquesne to the title in basketball's No. 1 tournament -- the NIT | work =Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | date =2005-03-16 | url =http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05075/478804.stm | accessdate =2007-05-20] - Had a nine-year (1957; 1959-1966) NBA career
*Korie Hlede [cite web | title =Korie Hlede | publisher =freeplayers.com | url =http://www.freeplayers.com/koriehlede.html | accessdate =2007-05-20] - WNBA player
*Mike James [cite web | title =Mike James Info Page | publisher =NBA.com | url =http://www.nba.com/playerfile/mike_james/bio.html | accessdate =2007-05-20] - Plays for the Houston Rockets in the NBA; has won one NBA Championship
*Norm Nixon [cite web | title =Norm Nixon Statistics | publisher =Basketball-Reference.com | url =http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/n/nixonno01.html | accessdate =2007-05-20] - Former professional basketballer for the Los Angeles Lakers and the Los Angeles Clippers
*Cumberland Posey [cite web | title =Personal Profiles: Cumberland Posey | publisher =Negro Leagues Baseball eMuseum | url =http://www.coe.ksu.edu/nlbemuseum/history/players/posey.html | accessdate =2007-05-20] - Former Negro Leagues baseball player, manager, and team owner, and Baseball Hall of Famer
*Dave Ricketts - former MLB player
*Dick Ricketts [cite web | title =Dick Ricketts Statistics | publisher =Basketball-Reference.com | url =http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/rickedi01.html | accessdate =2007-05-20] - The NBA's first overall pick in its annual player draft (1955); also played Major League Baseball
*Art Rooney - Pittsburgh Steelers founder and former owner
*Dan Rooney - Pittsburgh Steelers president and chairman
*Jimmy Smith [cite web | title =Jimmy Smith Statistics | publisher =Baseball-Reference.com | url =http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/smithji01.shtml | accessdate =2007-05-20] - Former MLB player; won one World Series
*Dwayne Woodruff [cite news | last =Boykowycz | first =Andrea | title =Woodruff, Dwayne | publisher =Progress Pittsburgh | date =2002-11-02 | url =http://kb.progresspittsburgh.org/DocumentVersions.php?blockid=451 | accessdate =2007-05-20] - Played defensive back for the NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers (1979-1990), winning one Super Bowl; founding partner of Woodruff, Flaherty & Fardo law firm; currently Judge of Court of Common Pleas in Pittsburgh

Politics and law

*Donald A. Bailey - Politician and lawyer
*Derrick Bell [cite web | title =Derrick Bell | work =Faculty Profiles | publisher =University of Pittsburgh | url =http://www.law.pitt.edu/faculty/profiles/belld.php | accessdate =2007-05-20] - Legal theorist
*Father James Cox [cite web | title =Cox, James R. | work =Our Campaigns | date =2006-10-08 | url =http://ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=26726 | accessdate =2007-05-20] - Roman Catholic priest, labor activist, and presidential candidate
*Bob Cranmer - Politician who was previously a County Commissioner of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania from 1995 to 1999, as well as a former Chairman of the Republican Party of Allegheny County
*Henry Ellenbogen - Pennsylvania Congressman (1933 to 1938)
*Joseph M. Gaydos (1947) [cite web | title =Joseph M. Gaydos | publisher =NNDB | url =http://www.nndb.com/people/963/000129576/ | accessdate =2007-10-07] - Pennsylvania delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives; first Slovak-American to be elected to US Congress
*General Michael V. Hayden (1967) (1969) - Retired United States Air Force General and Director of the CIA
*Catherine Baker Knoll - Lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania
*Thomas Patrick Melady (1970) - Diplomat and professor at the Institute of World Politics
*Charles Owen Rice - Roman Catholic priest and American labor activist
*Karen Garver Santorum - wife of U.S. Senator Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania
*Thomas E. Scanlon - Pennsylvania Congressman (1941 to 1945)
*Bud Shuster - Pennsylvania Congressman (1972 to 2001)
*Samuel A. Weiss - Judge and Pennsylvania Congressman (1941 to 1946)

Music

*Joseph Carl Breil - The first person to compose a score specifically for a motion picture
*Gene Forrell - Composer and conductor
*Sammy Nestico - Prolific and well-known composer and arranger of big band music
*William Schultz (1950) - President and CEO of Fender Musical Instruments Corporation
*Jeremy Sment - Composer and contrabassist
*Bobby Vinton (graduated 1960s; honorary Doctorate in Music in 1978) - "The Polish Prince"; called the all-time most successful love singer of the Rock era

Literature

*Ray DiPalma (1966) - Poet and visual artist
*Keith Donohue - Novelist and current Director of Communications for the National Historical Publications and Records Commission
*Frank Legato - Author on gambling
*Linda O. Johnston - Author of mystery and romance novels
*Mark Tabbert - Author of "American Freemasons: Three Centuries of Building Communities"
*Vince Palamara - "Leading civilian authority" on the United States Secret Service and the assassination of John F. Kennedy

Other

*Delfin Carbonell Basset - Lexicographer and creator of the Unialphabet system
*Tanya Lehman - Miss Pennsylvania USA (2006)

Notable faculty

*Dr. Francesco Cesareo - Renaissance historian, President of Assumption College (former Dean of the McAnulty College of Liberal Arts)
*Samuel John Hazo - Author of poetry, fiction, essays and plays (Emeritus McAnulty Distinguished Professor of English)
*James Houlik - Tenor saxophonist (Professor of Saxophone and Chair of Woodwinds)
*Dr. Patrick Juola - Expert in the field of computer linguistics and security, credited with co-creating the original biometric word list (Professor of Computer Science)
*Maureen Lally-Green - Judge on the Superior Court of Pennsylvania (Adjunct Professor at the School of Law)
*Aaron L. Mackler - Conservative rabbi (Professor of Theology)
*Cardinal Adam Maida - Current Archbishop of Detroit (former adjunct Professor of Theology at the School of Law)
*Magali Cornier Michael - Feminist literary theorist (Associate Professor of English and co-director of the Women's and Gender Studies program)
*Dr. John E. Murray - Author of "Murray on Contracts" and former dean of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and the Villanova University School of Law (University Chancellor and Professor of Law)
*Helen C. Sobehart - Former associate provost and associate academic vice president, President-Elect of Cardinal Stritch University
*David F. Stock - Professor of Music and Guggenheim Fellow, 1974
*John Walker - Concert organist, choirmaster, and recording artist (Adjunct Professor of Organ and Sacred Music (1997–2006))
*Dr. Cyril Wecht - Controversial forensic pathologist (Adjunct Professor at the School of Law)
*Dr. Michael Welner - Pioneering figure in the field of forensic psychiatry

Heads of Duquesne University

Rectors of Pittsburgh Catholic College of the Holy Ghost

Timeline

Notes and references

Notable alumni

Heads of Duquesne University

*cite web | work=Early History | title=Duquesne's Leaders | publisher =Duquesne University | url =http://www.duq.edu/frontpages/aboutdu/historyEarly.html | accessdate =2007-05-19