List of DePaul University alumni

This is a list of notable alumni of DePaul University in Chicago.

Business leaders

• Richard Driehaus, CEO, Driehaus Capital Management
• Jack Greenberg, former CEO, McDonald's Corporation
• James M. Jenness, former CEO, Kellogg Company
• Philip Kotler, Northwestern University, S.C. Johnson & Son Professor in International Marketing, known as the "Father of Modern Marketing"
• Curtis J. Crawford, CEO, XCEO, Inc.
• Martin Jahn, General Director, Volkswagen Group RUS
• Daniel Ustian, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Navistar International Corp.
• Kerrie L. Holley, Chief Architect of IBM Global Services and IBM Distinguished Engineer; IBM Black Engineer of the Year Award Recipient 2003
• Dan Evans, Former Vice President and General Manager, Los Angeles Dodgers

Politicians, government officials and civic leaders

• Frank Annunzio, U.S. Representative from Illinois (1965–1993)
• Michael A. Bilandic, former Mayor of Chicago
• Dorothy Brown, Clerk of Cook County Circuit Court
• Anne M. Burke, Illinois Supreme Court Justice, 1st District
• Joseph Burke, judge of the Illinois Appellate Court (1939–76)
• Richard M. Daley, former Mayor of Chicago
• Richard J. Daley, former Mayor of Chicago
• Terrance Gainer, Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate
• Arthur Goldberg, former Justice of the United States Supreme Court
• Benjamin Hooks, former Executive Director of the NAACP
• Theodore Matlak, former 32nd ward Chicago alderman
• Laura Spurr, Chairwoman of the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi (2000–2001, 2003–2010)[1]
• Samuel Skinner, former Chief Federal Prosecutor, U.S. Secretary of Transportation; Chief of Staff to President George H. W. Bush
• Charles E. Tucker, Jr., U.S. Air Force Major General
• Cormac Molloy, Peace Corps Member and Housing Specialist

Athletes and sports figures

• Mark Aguirre, Forward, NBA 1982 – 1994 (Dallas, Detroit)
• Bill Boedeker, Halfback, NFL 1946–1950 (4 different teams)
• Andre Brown, Forward, NBA 2007–present (currently with Bandırma Banvit of Turkey)
• Latasha Byears, women's basketball player in the WNBA
• Wilson Chandler, Forward, NBA 2007–present (currently with Denver Nuggets)
• Dallas Comegys, Forward, NBA 1987–1989 (New Jersey, San Antonio)
• Tyrone Corbin, Forward, NBA 1985 – 2000 (9 different teams)
• Dave Corzine, Center, NBA 1978 – 1990 (5 different teams)
• Terry Cummings, Forward, NBA 1982 – 2000 (7 different teams)
• Kevin Edwards, Guard, NBA 1988 – 2000 (4 different teams)
• Elene Gedevanishvili, Georgian figure skater
• Stephen Howard, Forward, NBA 1992–1998 (3 different teams)
• Steven Hunter, Center, NBA 2000–2010
• Johnny Jorgensen, Guard, pro basketball 1947-49
• George Mikan, one of the NBA's 50 greatest players
• Angelo Poffo, professional wrestler; father of "Macho Man" Randy Savage
• Allie Quigley, Guard, WNBA 2008–present
• Quentin Richardson, Guard, NBA 2000–2013
• Bobby Simmons, Guard, NBA 2001–2012
• Rod Strickland, Guard, NBA 1988 – 2005 (9 different teams)

Authors

• Tarell Alvin McCraney, playwright and winner of a 2013 MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant
• William Granger, Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times columnist; author of The November Man series of novels
• Patrick Hicks, novelist, poet
• James Conroyd Martin, author of Push not the River and its sequel, Against a Crimson Sky
• Sean Stephenson, author of Get Off Your "But"
• Thomas Moore (spiritual writer), author of Care of the Soul

• Christian Picciolini, author of the autobiography "Romantic Violence: Memoirs of an American Skinhead and a contributor to Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt and Google Ideas Director Jared Cohen's 2013 book "The New Digital Age"^[1]

Musicians

• Jeremy Barnes, drummer of indie rock bands Neutral Milk Hotel, Bright Eyes
• Frank Catalano, jazz musician
• Ryan Cohan, jazz musician
• Brian Culbertson, jazz musician
• Greg Davis, musician, sound artist
• Tristen Gaspadarek, singer-songwriter
• James William Guercio, producer for Chicago (band) and former owner of Country Music Television
• Ramsey Lewis, jazz musician
• Lee Loughnane, trumpet player, Chicago (band)
• Abraham Lubin, Hazzan
• Ray Manzarek, keyboardist for 1960's rock band The Doors
• Kris Myers, drummer of the Chicago-based progressive rock group Umphrey's McGee
• Tim Nordwind, bass and vocals for the band Ok Go
• Jim O'Rourke, Grammy Award-winning producer, composer, musician, sound-artist
• Walter Parazaider, woodwind player, Chicago (band)
• James Pankow, trombone player, Chicago (band)
• George Perle, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer
• Christian Picciolini, guitarist for Random55, CEO of Goldmill Group and former CEO of Sinister Muse Records and Chaos Records
• Pete Wentz, bassist for Fall Out Boy (dropped out 10 weeks shy of graduation)

Film, theater and media personalities

References

External links

• DePaul University Office of Alumni Relations website