List of Marquette University alumni

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Many Marquette University graduates are involved in the media and government, especially in Wisconsin. This influence has been referred to as the "Marquette Mafia." [1] Alumni from Marquette's College of Communication (formerly the School of Journalism) also make up a large portion of many newspaper staffs throughout Wisconsin.

This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness.
Revisions and sourced additions are welcome.

Contents

[edit] Arts and media

  • Marc Alaimo, actor
  • John Barron, Chicago Sun-Times, executive editor
  • Carrie A. Bebris, author
  • Joy T. Bennett Kinnon, senior editor, Ebony (magazine)
  • Peter Bonerz, TV and film actor and director, best known for The Bob Newhart Show
  • Jim W. Coleman, The Palm Beach Post, assistant sports editor
  • Gail Collins, author, reporter and former The New York Times'' editorial page editor
  • Anthony Crivello, Tony Award winning actor and screenwriter
  • Margaret A. Drain, vice president of National Programming, WGBH Boston
  • Chris Farley, comedian and Saturday Night Live star. Wore his Marquette Rugby jacket during a college scene in Tommy Boy.
  • 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.
  • Len Kasper, Chicago Cubs broadcaster for WGN
  • 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
  • Michael Krynski, Editor-in-Chief, ButterMouth.com[1] and RisingSpaces.com[2]
  • 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
  • Trambone
  • 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)
  • Mark Suppelsa, anchor, Fox News Chicago
  • Marianne Szymanski, founder and president, Toy Tips Inc., publisher of toytips.com and Toy Tips and Parenting Hints Magazine
  • Pat Donohue, acclaimed acoustic guitarist. Mainstay of Garrison Keeler's "A Prairie Home Companion" radio program as member of the house band.
  • Charles P. Pierce, noted journalist and author of "Moving the Chains: Tom Brady and the Pursuit of Everything."

[edit] Business

  • Luther W. Graef, Founder of Graef, Anhalt, Schloemer and Associates Inc., former President of American Society of Civil Engineers
  • Gerald Rauenhorst, Founding Chairman, Opus Corporation
  • Joseph Rauenhorst, President and CEO, Opus South Corporation
  • Mary Ellen Stanek, Managing Director and Director of Asset Management, Robert W. Baird & Company
  • Charles M. Williams, Chief Administrative Officer, Global Corporate and Investment Banking, Bank of America
  • John Ferraro, Global Chief Operating Officer, Ernst and Young, LLP
  • Richard A. Burke, co-founder and chairman, TREK Bicycle Corp.
  • Steven J. Douglass, retired president and chief executive officer, Payless Shoesource
  • Donald F. Flynn, chairman of the board of Flynn Enterprises, Inc.
  • Andrew J. Thoresen, founder of Oracle Forensics Incorporated [[3]]
  • Patrick Eugene Haggerty, founder of Texas Instruments
  • Darren Jackson, CEO of Advance Auto Parts
  • David Bolger, former CFO of Aon Corporation and current COO of Chicago 2016 bid team
  • Jeffrey Joerres, chairman, president and chief executive officer, Manpower Inc.
  • Kipton P. Lade, Director Sales and Marketing, Boston Scientific Canada
  • William R. Laidig, former chairman and chief executive officer, Great Northern Nekoosa Corp.
  • John J. Stollenwerk, chairman and chief executive officer, Allen-Edmonds Shoe Corporation
  • Charles M. Swoboda, chief executive officer, Cree, Inc.
  • Mike Van Handel, CFO, Manpower Inc.
  • Ulice Payne, Jr., president of Addison-Clifton, LLC
  • Edward Brennan, retired chairman of Sears, Roebuck and Company.
  • Vanessa M Seagraves, Senior Systems Consultant - Deloitte & Touche LLP (Tamuning, Guam)
  • Wayne Sanders, former chairman and CEO of Kimberly-Clark Corp.
  • Gregory J. Purcell, Managing Partner, Arbor Private Investment Company
  • John T. Peterson, Vice President, Hunter Marine Corporation
  • Richard J. Fotsch, head of Global Power Group at the Kohler Company
  • Dan Weinfurter, Founder and chief executive of Parson Consulting, Chief Executive Officer of Capital H Group
  • James H. Keyes, Retired President and CEO of Johnson Controls
  • Michael Krutz, Vice President of Motorola
  • James A. Runde, former vice chairman of Morgan Stanley
  • John J. Smith, founder of Smith Engineering Consultants - [SEC Group, Inc.]
  • Bill Rudolphsen, CFO and Senior Vice President of Walgreens
  • James A. McShane, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of McShane Construction Corporation and the McShane Companies
  • Ryan T. Biechler, Managing Partner of BDN, LLC (attended but awaiting diploma)
  • Gregory J. Kirschling, Vice President of Lumber Dealers Supply (Green Bay, WI)

[edit] Politics and government

[edit] Social 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

[edit] Sports

[edit] References

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  1. ^ Walker, Don. "Holding court a final time". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel January 29, 2001.