List of alumni of The Catholic University of America

The following is a list of notable alumni of The Catholic University of America, the national university of Roman Catholic Church in the United States, located in Washington, D.C..

There are several names that could appear on this list twice, but will only appear in the area for which they are best known. For example, several in the Arts category could appear in more than one subcategory. Others could appear in several categories but have been relegated to one.

This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries.

Contents 1 Religion 1.1 Cardinals 1.2 Bishops 2 Athletics 3 Business 4 Education 5 Law 6 Media 7 Science and engineering 8 Arts 8.1 Television 8.2 Theatre 8.3 Film 8.4 Other (Arts) 9 Public service and politics 9.1 Federal 9.2 State 9.3 Local 9.4 Other (Public service and politics) 10 Other 11 References

Religion

Cardinals

• Raymond Leo Burke, Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura and Emeritus Archbishop of Saint Louis
• Terence Cooke, M.A., 1949, Archbishop of New York
• Daniel DiNardo, B.A., M.A., Archbishop of Galveston-Houston
• Francis George, M.A., 1966, Archbishop of Chicago
• Patrick Joseph Hayes, S.T.L., 1894, Archbishop of New York
• Lubomyr Husar, Ukrainian Greek Major Archbishop of Kiev and Halych.
• James Hickey, S.T.L., 1946, Cardinal and retired Archbishop of Washington
• John Krol, J.C.D., 1942, Archbishop of Philadelphia
• Roger Mahony, M.S.W., 1964, Archbishop of Los Angeles
• Theodore McCarrick, Ph.D., 1963, former Archbishop of Washington
• Humberto Sousa Medeiros, M.A., 1942, S.T.L., 1946. Archbishop of Boston
• Sean O'Malley, O.F.M.Cap., Ph.D., 1978, Archbishop of Boston
• Justin Rigali, S.T.B. 1961, Archbishop of Philadelphia
• Jan Pieter Schotte, Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops and President of the Labour Office of the Apostolic See
• Donald Wuerl, M.Div., 1963, Archbishop of Washington

Bishops

• Gerald Barbarito, J.C.L. 1983, Bishop of Palm Beach
• J. Kevin Boland, Bishop of Savannah
• Earl A. Boyea, Jr., Ph.D. 1987, Bishop of Lansing
• Michael J. Bransfield, M.Phil. 1973, Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston
• Robert J. Carlson, J.C.L. 1979, Archbishop of St. Louis, Missouri
• Charles J. Chaput, Archbishop of Denver
• David R. Choby, Bishop of Nashville
• John Bosco Manat Chuabsamai, M.A. 1977, Bishop of Ratchaburi, Thailand
• Robert J. Cunningham, J.C.L. 1978, Bishop of Ogdensburg, New York
• Blase J. Cupich, S.T.L. 1979, S.T.D. 1987, Bishop of Rapid City
• Frank J. Dewane, M.A. 1975, Bishop of Venice in Florida
• Timothy Dolan, Ph. D, Archbishop of the Archdiocese of New York
• Pierre DuMaine, D.Ed 1961, Bishop of San Jose
• Raphael M. Fliss, S.T.L., former Bishop of Superior
• Roger J. Foys, Bishop of Covington, Kentucky
• Francis Joseph Gossman, J.C.D. 1959, Bishop of Raleigh
• Francis J. Haas, Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Rapids, 1943-1953
• Bernard J. Harrington, Ed.M. 1958, Bishop of Winona
• Charles M. Jarrell, B.A. 1962, M.A. 1963, Bishop of Lafayette, Louisiana
• James Vann Johnston, Jr., J.C.L. 1996, Bishop of Springfield - Cape Girardeau
• Donald Joseph Kettler, J.C.L. 1982, Bishop of Fairbanks
• John J. Leibrecht, Ph.D. 1961, Bishop Emeritus of Springfield - Cape Giradeau
• Oscar Hugh Lipscomb, Ph.D. 1963, Archbishop Emeritus of Mobile
• Martin N. Lohmuller, J.C.D. 1947, Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia
• William E. Lori, S.T.D. 1982, Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport
• Henry J. Mansell, Archbishop of Hartford
• John Joseph Mitty, S.T.B., 1907, Archbishop of San Francisco
• Robert F. Morneau, Auxiliary Bishop of Green Bay
• Robert W. Muench, Ed.M. 1968, Bishop of Baton Rouge
• James Murray, J.C.L. 1964, Bishop of Kalamazoo
• George H. Niederauer, S.T.B. 1960, Archbishop of San Francisco
• Stuart France O'Connell SM, MA 1984, Fifth Catholic Bishop of Rarotonga, Cook Islands (1996 - present)
• David M. O'Connell, J.C.L. 1987, J.C.D. 1990, Bishop of Trenton
• Joseph Perry, J.C.L. 1981, Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago
• John C. Reiss, J.C.D. 1954, Bishop of Trenton
• John H. Ricard, Ph.D., Bishop of Pensacola-Tallahassee
• Thomas J. Rodi, J.C.L. 1986, Archbishop of Mobile
• Dennis Schnurr, J.C.D. 1980, Coadjutor Archbishop of Cincinnati
• Fulton J. Sheen (deceased), J.C.B. 1920, host of Life is Worth Living
• Bennett J. Sims, sixth Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta
• John Mortimer Smith, S.T.B. 1961, J.C.D. 1966, Bishop of Trenton, New Jersey
• Stefan Soroka, B.S.T. 1982, D.S.W 1985, Metropolitan Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church in the United States
• John J. Ward, J.C.L. 1952, Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles
• Thomas Jerome Welsh, Bishop of the Diocese of Arlington and Diocese of Allentown
• Aloysius John Wycislo, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay, Wisconsin
• Gabino Zavala, J.C.L., Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles

Athletics

• Michael Bidwill, President of the Arizona Cardinals.
• Brian Cashman, B.A. 1989, Senior Vice-President and General Manager, New York Yankees
• John Douglas, 1995, shortstop, Toronto Blue Jays
• Marty Hurney, General Manager of the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League
• Jimmy Patsos, B.A. 1989, men's basketball head coach, Loyola College in Maryland^[1]
• Wally Pipp, A.B. 1914, first base, New York Yankees

Business

• Nessa Feddis, J.D., lobbyist, vice president and senior counsel to the American bankers Association (ABA).
• Edward M. Liddy, B.A. 1968, CEO of American Insurance Group.
• Tarek Saab, B.E.E. 2001, Contestant on the 5th season of NBC's The Apprentice
• Joseph A. Unanue, B.M.E. 1950, CEO of Goya Foods

Education

• Sanford Berman, M.S. 1961, radical librarian
• Mary Daly, M.A., radical feminist theologian and advocate of parthenogenesis
• Peter M. Donohue, O.S.A., M.A. 1983, President, Villanova University
• Andrew Gonzalez, M.A., President of De La Salle University
• Mark A. Heckler, M.F.A 1979, President, Valparaiso University
• Theodore Hesburgh, CSC, S.T.D. 1945, President Emeritus of the University of Notre Dame
• Kenneth Ozmon, M.A. 1963, President of Mount Allison University
• Judith C. Russell, M.L.S. Current Dean of the University of Florida Library System
• Gary Vena, M.A., Professor of English and Drama at Manhattan College
• Spiro Zavos, M.A. 1967, Australasian historian, journalist and writer

Law

• Kathleen Abernathy, J.D. 1983, Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission
• Alice S. Fisher, J.D. Assistant Attorney General and head, United States Department of Justice Criminal Division
• Arthur J. Gajarsa, M.A. 1964, Circuit Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, B.A. 1965, J.D. 1968, Judge, United States District Court for the District of Columbia and presiding judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
• John T. Noonan, Jr., M.A. 1948, Ph.D. 1951, Senior Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Peggy Quince, J.D. 1975, Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court and first African-American woman to sit on that bench
• James G. Gilbert, J.D., 1988, Chief Administrative Law Judge for the United States Postal Service
• Maribeth Raffinan, J.D. 1996, Judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, first Filipino-American female to sit on that bench

Media

• Maureen B. Dowd, B.A. 1973, columnist for The New York Times
• Mary Alice Dwyer-Dobbin, M.F.A. 1967, CEO, Procter & Gamble Productions (producers of As the World Turns and Guiding Light)
• Julie Nixon Eisenhower, M.A. 1972, author
• Alfred Gough, B.A. 1989, Executive Producer of WB’s Smallville, co-wrote screenplay for Spider-Man 2
• John Harrington (photographer, author)
• Michael J. Hurd, M.A. 1985, radio commentator
• Kathryn Jean Lopez, B.A. 1997, Web Editor, National Review
• Scott P. Richert, M.A. 1992, Executive Editor, Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture
• Rosanna Scotto, B.F.A. 1980, Co-Anchor of FOX-5 News (New York)
• Brian Williams, Anchor, NBC Nightly News, attended briefly but did not graduate
• Dennis Wholey, B.A. 1959, Host of This is America with Dennis Wholey

Science and engineering

• Hugh Everett, 1953, physicist who first proposed the many-worlds interpretation of quantum physics
• Michael Griffin, NASA Administrator
• Charles Kaman, B.A. 1940, aviation pioneer and founder of Kaman Aircraft
• Rev. Julius Nieuwland, C.S.C., Ph.D. 1904, discoverer of synthetic rubber.
• Marguerite Thomas Williams, Ph.D. 1942, first African American to earn a Ph.D. in geology^[2]
• Joseph Weber, Ph.D. 1951, developed the first gravitational wave detectors and first suggested the use of laser interferometry in the field

Arts

Television

• Norma Candal, actress and comedian
• Henry Gibson, cast member of Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In
• John Carroll Lynch, actor, Drew Carey's brother on The Drew Carey Show
• Ed McMahon, B.A. 1949, announcer on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" and host of "Star Search"
• Colleen Zenk Pinter, Emmy award winning actress best known for her role on As The World Turns

Theatre

• Fabiana Bravo, acclaimed Argentine operatic soprano, Metropolitan Opera
• Harolyn M. Blackwell, B.M. 1977, M.M. 1980, soprano, Metropolitan Opera
• John Aler, B.M. 1971, M.M. 1972, tenor, Eight-Time Grammy Winner
• Walter Bobbie, dancer, choreographer, director and actor
• Philip Bosco, B.A. 1957, Tony Award winning actor
• Mart Crowley, playwright
• George Herman, M.F.A 1954, playwright
• Jason Miller, playwright
• Joe Plummer, B.A. 1954, actor and playwright
• Gerome Ragni, musical writer and actor
• Frances Sternhagen, Broadway, film and television actress
• Paula Vogel, B.A. 1974, Pulitzer Prize winning playwright

Film

• Susan Anspach, actress. 1951 - did not graduate
• Pat Carroll, B.A. 1989, actress, voice of Ursula in Disney’s The Little Mermaid
• Saeed Jaffrey, Indian actor and Fulbright scholar
• Laurence Luckinbill, M.F.A. 1958, Emmy award winning producer, writer, actor
• David L. Paterson, B.A., 1989, producer and screenwriter of Disney’s Bridge to Terabithia
• Chris Sarandon, M.F.A., actor
• Susan Sarandon, B.A. 1968, Academy Award winning actress
• John Slattery, B.F.A. 1984, actor
• Jon Voight, B.A. 1960, Academy Award winning actor.

Other (Arts)

• Mark Adamo, B.M., 1990, American Composer
• Yazmany Arboleda, School of Architecture and Planning, 2005, Installation artist
• Joseph Fitzmartin, composer, conductor and arranger
• Elizabeth Hand, B.A., author
• John Harrington, B.A. 1990, photographer, author
• Nick Lowe, Comic book editor
• Paul Neebe, Ph.D., American classical trumpeter
• Father Norman O'Connor (1921-2003), priest, jazz music aficionado, writer, radio and TV show host
• Martin Puryear, B.A. 1963, sculptor
• John Vachon, photographer

Public service and politics

Federal

• Charlene Barshefsky, J.D.1975, Ambassador, United States Trade Representative under Bill Clinton.
• Robert Patrick Casey, Jr., J.D. 1988, U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania.
• Thomas E. Donilon, B.A., 1977, Deputy National Security Adviser.
• Edward W. Gillespie, B.A. 1983, former Chairman of the Republican National Committee
• Camille Gravel, giant in Louisiana and national Democratic politics for more than six decades
• Patrick Guerriero, B.A. 1990, executive director of the Log Cabin Republicans
• Luis Guinot, former United States Ambassador to Costa Rica
• Thomas R. Harkin, J.D. 1972, U.S. Senator from Iowa
• John P. Hart, president and CEO of the American Democracy Institute
• Terence R. McAuliffe, B.A. 1979, former Chairman of the Democratic National Committee
• Thomas P. Melady, Ph.D. 1955, former U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican, Burundi, and Uganda
• Jack Miller, United States Senator from Iowa
• Richard G. Renzi, J.D. 2002, U.S. Congressman from Arizona

State

• Forrest H. Anderson, J.D. 1938, former Governor of Montana
• Bob Duckworth, B.A., Clerk of the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, Maryland
• Reed Gusciora, B.A., New Jersey General Assemblyman
• Mitchell J. Landrieu, B.A. 1982, Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana. He was a candidate for the Mayor of New Orleans in the 1993 and 2006 election seasons.
• Jim McGreevey, former Governor of New Jersey. Attended but did not graduate.^[3]
• Agnes Mary Mansour, president of Mercy College of Detroit 1971–1983, director of the Michigan Department of Community Health 1983–1987
• Daniel O'Donnell, New York State Assembly Member
• Martin O'Malley, B.A. 1985, former mayor of Baltimore, Maryland and current Governor of Maryland
• Brian E. Rumpf, B.A., New Jersey General Assemblyman

Local

• Joseph Alioto, 1940, mayor of San Francisco
• Kathleen Rice, B.A. 1987, District Attorney of Nassau County, New York
• Daniel G. Birmingham, B.A 1990, J.D. 1995, County Legislator of Putnam County, New York

Other (Public service and politics)

• John P. Hart, President, American Democracy Institute
• Thomasina Jordan, Ed. D, American Indian activist
• Hani Miletski, Israeli Senior Representative of the Defense Mission to the U.S. for Strategic Defense Initiative Programs
• Tom G. Palmer, M.A., Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute and director of the Institute's educational division
• Timothy Shriver, M.A. 1989, CEO of the Special Olympics
• James Chu-yu Soong, M.S. 1971, Taiwanese politician and founder of the People First Party
• James Kavanaugh, Ph.D, former American Roman Catholic priest and writer calling for reform in the church
• Matthew Hennessy, B.S. Managing Director, Tremont Public Advisors [1]

Other

• Thomas Berry, Ph. D., cultural historian and ecotheologian
• Robert R. Brett, Navy chaplain^[4]
• Francis P. Duffy, Ph. D., Military chaplain, war hero, and namesake of Time Square's Duffy Square
• Patrick Fahey, OSA, Prior Provincial of the Australian Province of the Order of St Augustine
• Charles Kekumano, Ph. D.

References