List of Marquette University alumni

Many Marquette University graduates are involved in the media and government, especially in Wisconsin. This influence has been referred to as the "Marquette Mafia." [Walker, Don. [http://www2.jsonline.com/sports/marq/jan01/crowd30012901.asp "Holding court a final time"] . "Milwaukee Journal Sentinel" January 29, 2001.] Alumni from Marquette's College of Communication (formerly the School of Journalism) also make up a large portion of many newspaper staffs throughout Wisconsin.

Arts and Media

*Marc Alaimo, actor

*John Barron, Chicago Sun-Times, executive editor [ [http://media.www.marquettetribune.org/media/storage/paper1130/news/2005/03/10/News/Marquette.Alum.Named.Editor.Of.Chicago.SunTimes-2631780.shtml Marquette alum named editor of Chicago Sun-Times] "Marquette Tribune" March 10, 2005]
*Joy T. Bennett Kinnon, senior editor, "Ebony" (magazine)
*Peter Bonerz, TV and film actor and director, best known for "The Bob Newhart Show" [ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0094288/bio Biography forPeter Bonerz] ]
*Mary Schmidt Boyer, sports writer with the Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper

*Jim W. Coleman, The Palm Beach Post, assistant sports editor
*Gail Collins, author, reporter and former "The New York Times'' editorial page editor [ [http://www.infoplease.com/ipea/A0880164.html Gail Collins - Infoplease.com] ]
*Anthony Crivello, Tony Award winning actor and screenwriter

*Pat Donohue, acclaimed acoustic guitarist. Mainstay of Garrison Keeler's "A Prairie Home Companion" radio program as member of the house band.
*Margaret A. Drain, vice president of National Programming, WGBH Boston [ [http://www.shemadeit.org/meet/biography.aspx?m=138 The Paley Center for Media | She Made It | Magaret Drain] ]

*Chris Farley, comedian and "Saturday Night Live" star. Wore his Marquette Rugby jacket during a college scene in Tommy Boy. [ [http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biography_story/557:166/1/Chris_Farley.htm The Biography Channel - Chris Farley] ]
*Rev. Matt Foley, Catholic priest and Marquette Rugby mate of Chris Farley. Served as inspiration for Farley's motivational speaker character of the same name. Formerly the officiate at the parish of St. Agnes of Bohemia in Chicago's Little Village he is currently serving as an army chaplain in Iraq.
*Steven Fleming, Actor/Comedian, NBC's Sports Action Team

*Hildegarde, a vocalist popular in the early twentieth century, trained at Marquette's College of Music in the 1920s.
*Paul Hoynes, sports writer and Cleveland Indians beat reporter for the Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper

*Len Kasper, Chicago Cubs broadcaster for WGN-TV
*Tom Keegan, Author, Journalist, Radio Personality
*Martin Kilcoyne, sports director, FOX 2 St. Louis
*Greg Kot, pop music critic for the Chicago Tribune and co-host of NPR's Sound Opinions

*Matthew Lesko, television commercial & infomercial personality
*James Lowder, author and editor

*Felicia Mabuza-Suttle, former host, The Felicia Show, South Africa television (12 years)
*Amy Madigan, actress

*Pat O'Brien, Actor
*Patrick Olsen, Editor-in-Chief, Cars.com; former Page One News Editor, Chicago Tribune
*Bob Odenkirk, actor, "Mr Show with Bob and David" (attended but did not graduate)

*John D. Rateliff, game designer, author, Tolkien scholar
*Steve Rushin, former columnist, "Sports Illustrated" magazine

*Tom Schimmels, actor, "American Movie"
*Rondell Sheridan, actor
*Tom Snyder, former host, CBS' Late Late Show (attended but did not graduate)
*John Solomon, executive editor of the Washington Times
*Mark Suppelsa, anchor, WGN News Chicago
*Marianne Szymanski, founder and president, [http://www.toytips.com Toy Tips, Inc.] , publisher of "toytips.com" and " [http://www.toytipsmagazine.com Toy Tips and Parenting Hints Magazine] "

*Charles P. Pierce, noted journalist and author of "Moving the Chains: Tom Brady and the Pursuit of Everything."

Business

*David Bolger, former CFO of Aon Corporation and current COO of Chicago 2016 bid team
*Edward Brennan, retired chairman of Sears, Roebuck and Company.
*Richard A. Burke, co-founder and chairman, Trek Bicycle Corporation

*Steven J. Douglass, retired president and chief executive officer, Payless Shoesource

*John Ferraro, Global Chief Operating Officer, Ernst and Young, LLP
*Donald F. Flynn, chairman of the board of Flynn Enterprises, Inc. and LKQ Corporation
*Richard J. Fotsch, head of Global Power Group at the Kohler Company

*Luther W. Graef, Founder of Graef, Anhalt, Schloemer and Associates Inc., former President of American Society of Civil Engineers

*Patrick Eugene Haggerty, co-founder of Texas Instruments
*Mike Van Handel, CFO, Manpower Inc.

*Darren Jackson, CEO of Advance Auto Parts
*Jeffrey Joerres, chairman, president and chief executive officer, Manpower Inc.

*James H. Keyes, Retired President and CEO of Johnson Controls
*Michael Krutz, Vice President of Motorola

*Kipton P. Lade, Director Sales and Marketing, Boston Scientific Canada
*William R. Laidig, former chairman and chief executive officer, Great Northern Nekoosa Corp.
*Donald Layden, general counsel, Metavante

*James A. McShane, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of McShane Construction Corporation and the McShane Companies

*Ronnie Parker, CPA, Founder and Principal of Parker Financial in Boston, Massachusetts
*Ulice Payne, Jr., president of Addison-Clifton, LLC
*Gregory J. Purcell, Managing Partner, Arbor Private Investment Company

*Gerald Rauenhorst, Founding Chairman, Opus Corporation
*Joseph Rauenhorst, President and CEO, Opus South Corporation
*Bill Rudolphsen, former CFO, current Chief Risk Officer, and Senior Vice President of Walgreens
*James A. Runde, former vice chairman of Morgan Stanley

*Wayne Sanders, former chairman and CEO of Kimberly-Clark Corp.
*John J. Smith, founder of Smith Engineering Consultants - [SEC Group, Inc.]
*Mary Ellen Stanek, Managing Director and Director of Asset Management, Robert W. Baird & Company
*John J. Stollenwerk, chairman and chief executive officer, Allen-Edmonds Shoe Corporation
*Charles M. Swoboda, chief executive officer, Cree, Inc.

*Dan Weinfurter, Founder and chief executive of Parson Consulting, Chief Executive Officer of Capital H Group
*Charles M. Williams, Chief Administrative Officer, Global Corporate and Investment Banking, Bank of America

Politics and Government

*Kathleen Abernathy, partner, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, former FCC Commissioner [ [http://www.fcc.gov/commissioners/previous/abernathy/biography.html Biography of Kathleen Q. Abernathy] ]

*Colleen Carroll Campbell [http://www.colleen-campbell.com] , Ethics and Public Policy Center fellow, former speechwriter to President George W. Bush, author of The New Faithful [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0829416455/wwweppcorg-20?camp=1789&link%5Fcode=xm2] , host of Faith & Culture [http://www.ewtn.com/series/2006/fall2006/faithandculture.htm]
*Carlos Camacho, Governor of Guam
*Felix Perez Camacho, current governor of Guam
*Vincent Cianci, also known as "Buddy", former Mayor, Providence, Rhode Island
*Hon. Thomas J. Curran, Judge, United States District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin. (Appointed by President Ronald Reagan, 1983.)

*Diane Drufenbrock, Socialist candidate for Vice President in 1980.

*Terence T. Evans, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. (Appointed by President Clinton, 1995.) Former Judge and Chief Judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. (Appointed by President Jimmy Carter, 1979.)

*Margaret Farrow, former Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin
*Dr. Leona Patt Franciosi, president, World Federation for Mental Health

*Kathleen Hall Jamieson, dean, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania

*Theodore Liberski, Candidate for the Michigan House of Representatives, Executive Committee Member of the Kent County Republican Party

*Donald A. Manzullo, U. S. Representative, Republican
*Joseph McCarthy, U.S. Senator, Republican
*Ralph Metcalfe, US Olympian, U. S. Representative
*Gwendolynne S. Moore, U.S. Representative, Democrat

*Rudolf "Rudy" Perpich, Governor of Minnesota, Democrat
*Milton Rice Polland, candidate for Vice President of the United States, ambassador-at-large for the Republic of the Marshall Islands
*John Pudner, Founder & President, www.concentricgrasstops.com, national government affairs, Bush 2000, Romney 2008

*David Rosko, Mayor, Oak Forest, IL

*John Schmitz, U.S. Representative, 1972 American Independent Party Presidential candidate
*Francis Slay, Mayor of St. Louis, Missouri
*Dave Sullivan State Senator of Illinois, 1998-2006. Crane's Chicago Business "Top 40 Under 40."
*Diane S. Sykes, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Former Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. (Appointed by President George W. Bush, 2002.)

*Scott Walker, Milwaukee County Executive, former 2006 candidate for Governor, Republican (Attended, did not graduate) [Schultze, Steve. [http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/mar02/30928.asp "Walker was drawn to politics from his earliest days"] . "Milwaukee Journal Sentinel" March 29, 2002.]

*Carl Zeidler, former Mayor of Milwaukee

ocial Sciences

*Robert J. Beck, scholar of international law and international relations

*Marc H. Ellis, theologian, philosopher

*Mel Lawrenz, author, speaker, and senior pastor of Elmbrook Church, the largest church in Wisconsin

ports

*George Andrie, acclaimed Dallas Cowboys player

*Jim Boylan, former interim coach of the Chicago Bulls.
*Richard Burton, commissioner, Australian National Basketball League (NBL)

*Jim Chones, former ABA and NBA player.
*Chris Crawford, played seven years with the NBA's Atlanta Hawks.
*Ward Cuff, former New York Giants player

*Travis Diener, point guard with the NBA's Indiana Pacers.

*Maurice "Bo" Ellis, former NBA player and college basketball coach

*Lawrence Frank, head coach of New Jersey Nets

*Bob Harlan, former president and chief executive officer, Green Bay Packers
*Stephanie Kershek, Milwaukee Bar Association Office Manager, 2005 WBA Women's Boxing Association Middleweight Champion

*Don Kojis, two-time NBA All-Star

*Erica Larson, five time winner of the Pikes Peak marathon.
*Alfred "Butch" Lee, MOP of the 1977 Final Four and former NBA player
*Maurice Lucas, won 1977 NBA Championship with Portland Trail Blazers

*Rick Majerus, head basketball coach of St. Louis University; former commentator for ESPN, head basketball coach at Marquette University, Ball State University and the University of Utah
*Jim McIlvaine, played seven years in the NBA with the Washington Bullets, Seattle Supersonics and New Jersey Nets.
*Ralph Metcalfe, world-record holding sprinter and Olympic gold medalist.
*Dean "The Dream" Meminger, former NBA--NY Nicks-- player, NIT-1970-MVP, College AP-UPI-All-American 1971, NEVER LOST A HOME GAME.

*Steve Novak drafted in the second round of the 2006 NBA Draft by the Houston Rockets.

*Glenn "Doc" Rivers, NBA Basketball star, head coach of Boston Celtics

*Tony Smith, former NBA Player drafted by the Los Angeles Lakers in 1990.

*Dwyane Wade, NBA All-Star guard with the Miami Heat, NBA Champion, NBA Finals MVP, captain of the 2006 USA national basketball team. (Attended but did not graduate). His number was retired on February 3, 2007 by Marquette.

Other

*William Gates, a protagonist in the movie Hoop Dreams.

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