List of Saint Peter's College (New Jersey) people
This is a list of notable graduates of Saint Peter's College in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Notable alumni
Academics
- Jack Bogdanski, professor of law at Lewis & Clark Law School
- George J. Borjas, Robert W. Scrivner Professor of Economics and Social Policy at the Harvard Kennedy Schoolnges
- Selman Iqbal, Youngest Nobel Laureate in American history. Published his dissertation in Quantum Physics.
Arts & entertainment
- Will Durant, 1968 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction and the 1977 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient
- Ken Jennings, 1979 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical recipient
- George Khoury, notable writer and interviewer in the field of comic books
- Mary Ann McGuigan, 1997 National Book Award finalist[1]
- Vincent Scuro, author, columnist, screenwriter, composer, and artist
- Renee Sebastian, Filipino-American soul-infused pop and R&B singer and songwriter
- Angela Shapiro-Mathes, former President of Fox Television Studios and TLC
Business
- Lawrence R. Codey, fromer President & COO of Public Service Electric & Gas[2]
- Frank D'Amelio, Chief Financial Officer, Pfizer [3]
- John P. Ferguson '70, president & CEO, Hackensack University Medical Center
- Joseph R. Gromek, President & CEO of The Warnaco Group and former President & CEO of Brooks Brothers[4]
- Gary S. Horan ’70, president & CEO, Trinitas Regional Medical Center
- Thomas Jordan, President and CEO of Jordan & Jordan[5]
- James J. Loughlin, former National Director of the Pharmaceuticals Practice at KPMG[6]
- Thomas P. Mac Mahon, President & CEO, LabCorp
- William J. Marino, President & CEO, Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey.
- James Meister, former President & CEO of Kings Super Markets[7]
- Anthony P. Terracciano, Chairman of Sallie Mae
Government
- Terrence J. Checki, Executive Vice President, Emerging Markets and International Affairs Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
- Thomas A. DeGise, County Executive of Hudson County, New Jersey
- Joseph V. Doria, Jr., former Mayor of Bayonne, New Jersey and former New Jersey Department of Community Affairs
- Charles M. Egan, New Jersey State Assemblyman, Senator, and Vice-Chancellor of the Chancery Court
- James J. Galdieri, former New Jersey State Assemblyman
- Daniel J. Griffin, former U.S. Representative from New York
- James A. Hamill, former United States Representative for New Jersey's 12th congressional district and New Jersey's 10th congressional district
- Edward J. Hart, former United States Representative for New Jersey's 14th congressional district
- John V. Kelly, nine-term member of the New Jersey General Assembly and former Mayor of Nutley, New Jersey
- Robert Menendez, current United States Senator from New Jersey
- Robert J. Morris, Anti-communist activist and chief counsel to the United States Senate Subcommittee on Internal Security from 1951 to 1953; former President of the University of Dallas
- Charles F. X. O'Brien, former United States Representative for New Jersey's 12th congressional district from 1921 to 1925
- Edward T. O'Connor, Jr., New Jersey State Senator
- Joan M. Quigley, New Jersey General Assemblywoman
- John P. Sheridan Jr., former New Jersey Commissioner of Transportation and current President and CEO of Cooper University Hospital.[8]
- Albio Sires, United States Representative for New Jersey's 13th congressional district; former New Jersey Assemblyman and Mayor of West New York, New Jersey
- Thomas F. X. Smith, 38th Mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey
- Anthony R. Suarez, Mayor of Ridgefield, New Jersey
- Joseph Patrick Tumulty, Chief of Staff to President Woodrow Wilson
Law
Journalism
- John Henning, award-winning TV and radio news reporter in Boston, Massachusetts
Science & medicine
- Nicholas J. Cifarelli, physician known for starting the first Bioethics Advisory Committee in the United States
- Robert G. Lahita, ’67, chief of medicine, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
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- Joseph McGinn, pioneer of minimally invasive cardiac bypass surgery; medical director of the Heart Institute of Staten Island[10]
Sports
- Frank Brooks, former MLB relief pitcher
- Keydren Clark, Two-time NCAA basketball scoring champion and seventh all-time leading scorer in NCAA history.
- Bill Foxen, former MLB pitcher[11]
- Bob Hurley, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame basketball coach at St. Anthony High School in Jersey City, New Jersey
- Víctor Santos, former MLB relief pitcher
- Jamie Sowers, professional basketball player
- Murphy Wiredu, professional soccer player
References