- List of alumni of Villanova University
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Various notable individuals in many professions attended Villanova University at some point in their educational careers. Many influential and important individuals in the fields of government, business, economics, education, entertainment, athletics and the sciences are alumni of Villanova.
Contents
Arts, Entertainment, and Journalism
- Maria Bello - Golden Globe-nominated actress
- Victor Buono - Academy Award-nominated actor
- Bradley Cooper - actor (attended for one year)
- Jim Croce - recording artist
- Tim Hauser - singer and founder of the vocal group, The Manhattan Transfer
- Michael Hollinger - playwright and screenwriter
- Toby Keith - recording artist (attended for one year, received honorary degree)
- Monica Malpass - M.A. in political science in 1999. News anchor and reporter for WPVI[1]
- Gerald Marzorati - editor, The New York Times Magazine and assistant managing editor, The New York Times
- Don McLean - recording artist (attended for three months and did not receive a degree)
- Ryan Montbleau - recording artist
- Vincent Piazza - actor (attended for a year and did not graduate)
- David Rabe - playwright (Hurlyburly) and screenwriter (Casualties of War, The Firm)
- Greg Rikaart - Emmy Award-winning actor, currently starring in the daytime soap opera, The Young and the Restless
- Jennifer Santiago - Emmy-Award-Winning reporter, CBS4 News, Miami
- Philip Terzian - literary editor, The Weekly Standard, author (Architects of Power: Roosevelt, Eisenhower and the American Century)
Business, Law and Economics
- Robert J. Bolger - co-founder, former president and chief executive officer of National Association of Chain Drug Stores
- Richard Closs - Director of Risk Management at Pershing LLC
- James Curvey - former president of Fidelity Investments[2]
- Robert J. Darretta, Jr. - chief financial officer and vice chairman of Johnson & Johnson
- John Drosdick - chief executive officer, Sunoco
- John P. Jones III - retired chairman, Air Products & Chemicals
- James Kim - chairman of Amkor Technology
- Tom Labrecque - former CEO of Chase Manhattan Bank.
- James Mullen - president and chief executive officer, Biogen Idec
- Paul V. Scura - former Executive Vice President and Head of Investment Bank of Prudential Securities
- Lawrence Waterhouse - Founder and chairman emeritus of TD Waterhouse Investor Services[3]
- David Worby - trial lawyer who specializes in personal injury cases, most notably Ground Zero illnesses
Education, Engineering, and the Sciences
- Andrew M. Allen - NASA astronaut and space shuttle pilot
- Sean M. Carroll - theoretical physicist
- Steve Chen - computer engineer, principal architect of Cray X-MP supercomputer
- Edward Guinan - astronomer, discovered Neptune's ring system
- Deirdre Imus - Head of the Deidre Imus Environmental Center for Pediatric Oncology
- John L. Hennessy - President, Stanford University
Government, Politics and Military
- Kelly Ayotte - junior United States Senator from the State of New Hampshire
- Larry Bathgate - Former RNC finance chair
- Jill Biden - current Second Lady of the United States.[4]
- George B. Crist - General - first Marine to be designated Commander in Chief, Central Command.
- Christopher G. Donovan - Speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives.
- Walter Doran - Admiral, United States Navy (Retired)
- William J. Fallon - Admiral, United States Navy, and Commander of United States Central Command
- Charlie Gerow - political consultant, commentator and lawyer
- David Girard-diCarlo - currently nominated as the U.S. Ambassador to Austria
- Joseph Hare - Rear Admiral, United States Navy
- Kate M. Harper - Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives since 2001
- Jerramiah T. Healy - mayor, Jersey City, New Jersey
- Charles A. Heimbold, Jr. - former U.S. ambassador to Sweden and former chairman of Bristol-Myers Squibb. Endowed Villanova's Heimbold Chair of Irish Studies.
- Paul X. Kelley - retired Marine general and former Commandant of the Marine Corps
- John LaFalce - former U.S. Congressman from New York state, 1975–2002
- William J. Martini - district court judge for the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
- Joseph J. McMenamin - Brigadier General, United States Marine Corps
- Charles A. Murphy - member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee
- Dominic Pileggi - State Senate Majority Leader of Pennsylvania
- Stanley A. Prokop - former U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1959–1961
- James M. Quigley - former U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania
- Ed Rendell - former Pennsylvania governor and general chair of the Democratic National Committee in 2000
- Marjorie Rendell - former Pennsylvania first lady and federal judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- John G. Rowland - former Connecticut governor, 1995–2004
- Matthew J. Ryan - former member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
- Dick Schulze - former U.S. congressman from the State of Pennsylvania, 1975–1993
- Xavier Suarez - former mayor of Miami
- Donald William Snyder (J.D. 1982), Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives 1981-2000 and Majority Whip.[5]
- Dan Truitt - Pennsylvania House of Representatives
- Anthony Zinni - General, United States Marine Corps (Retired). Former Commander in Chief of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM)
Religion and Philosophy
- John Joseph O'Connor - cardinal and Archbishop of the Archdiocese of New York
- Michael Francis Burbidge - Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Raleigh
Sports and Athletics
- Ralph Pasquariello - professional football player, first round draft pick of Los Angeles Rams 1950, also played for the Chicago Cardinals
- Malik Allen - professional basketball player, currently with the Denver Nuggets
- Paul Arizin - former professional basketball player, voted one of the 50 all-time greatest in NBA history in 1996
- Al Atkinson - professional football player, starting linebacker for the 1969 New York Jets.
- Jim Blackburn - Track and Field, won the Penn Relays. Hall of Fame high school track coach.
- Michael Bradley - professional basketball player
- Don Bragg - 1960 Olympic pole vaulting Gold medalist
- Eamonn Coghlan - Track and Field, four-time Olympian and the only man over age 40 to run a sub-four minute mile.
- Dante Cunningham – 33rd pick in the 2009 NBA Draft to the Portland Trail Blazers.
- Clarence Curry - Arena football player, former Arizona Cardinals, Rhein Fire, Philadelphia Soul, Los Angeles Avengers, New Orleans VooDoo and Nashville Kats player, currently plays for the Mahoning Valley Thunder of af2.
- Ron Delany - Track and Field, gold medalist in 1500 meters at the 1956 Olympic Games
- Tim Donaghy - NBA referee indicted on federal racketeering and gambling charges
- Red Donahue - former professional baseball player
- Jumbo Elliott - noted track and field coach, inducted into National Track & Field Hall of Fame, 1981
- Brian Finneran - professional football player, Philadelphia Eagles ('99) and Atlanta Falcons (2000–present)
- Chris Ford - former professional basketball player and coach of the Milwaukee Bucks, Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Clippers and Philadelphia 76ers
- Randy Foye - professional basketball player, currently with the Washington Wizards
- Ben Geraghty - former professional baseball player and minor league manager influential in the career of Hank Aaron
- Larry James - Track & Field, 1968 Olympic gold- and silver-medalist in 1600 m relay and 400 m, respectively; Director of Athletics and Recreation at Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
- Wali Jones - former professional basketball player
- Dan Kelly – professional poker player; winner of a bracelet at the 2010 World Series of Poker and Player of the Year in the 2009 World Championship of Online Poker
- Kerry Kittles - former professional basketball player who played with the New Jersey Nets and Los Angeles Clippers
- Red Klotz - professional basketball player
- Chuck Kornegay - professional basketball player
- Howie Long - former professional football player and Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee, Oakland Raiders (1981–1993), football analyst, actor
- Kyle Lowry - professional basketball player, currently with the Houston Rockets
- Art Mahan - professional baseball player for the Philadelphia Phillies, United States Navy officer and Villanova baseball coach & athletic director
- Sydney Maree - Track & Field, 1988 Olympics, 3 NCAA titles (1500: 1980, 81; 5000: 1979)
- Bill Melchionni - former professional basketball player
- Jimmy Murray - former general manager of the Philadelphia Eagles, co-founder of Ronald McDonald House
- Dr. Hank Nichols - former NCAA officials supervisor
- Sonia O'Sullivan - Track & Field, 2000 Olympic silver medalist in 5000 m
- Don Paige - member of 1980 United States Olympic Team
- Richie Phillips - lawyer, agent & former head of MLB Umpires & NBA officials unions
- Howard Porter - former professional basketball player
- Allan Ray - professional basketball player, formerly with the Boston Celtics and currently playing in Italy
- Scottie Reynolds - current NBA D-league player for the Springfield Armor
- Browning Ross - an Olympic long-distance runner (1948 and 1952) and gold medal winner at the 1951 Pan-Am Games
- Mike Seamon - professional soccer player for MLS Seattle Sounders
- Rory Sparrow - former professional basketball player
- Tim Thomas - professional basketball player, currently with the Dallas Mavericks
- Brian Westbrook - professional football player, Philadelphia Eagles (2002–2010), current San Francisco 49ers running back
- Alvin Williams - former professional basketball player
- Doug West - former professional basketball player
References
- ^ "Monica Malpass biography". WPVI. http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/bio?section=resources/inside_station/newsteam&id=5771844. Retrieved 2010-07-29.
- ^ http://www.businessweek.com/1998/37/b3595168.htm
- ^ http://www.philly.com/inquirer/home_top_left_story/46700167.html
- ^ http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/jill_biden/
- ^ "Donald William Snyder (Republican)". Official Pennsylvania House of Representatives Profile. Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Archived from the original on 2000-02-01. http://web.archive.org/web/20000201200904/www.house.state.pa.us/members/districts/134/134.htm.
External links
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