List of Fairfield University alumni

The following is a list of notable graduates of Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut:

Notable alumni

Arts and entertainment

• The Alternate Routes – award-winning alternative rock band formed by Eric Donnelly (2001) and Tim Warren (2003)
• Donatella Arpaia (1993) – successful New York City restaurateur; judge on The Food Network reality TV series The Next Iron Chef
• Edward J. Delaney (1979) – award-winning author; Professor of Creative Writing, Roger Williams University
• Joe DeVito (1990) – comedian and writer; appeared on Comedy Central's "Live at Gotham" and NBC's Last Comic Standing
• Bob Drury (1980) – New York Times Bestselling author
• Paul Fargis (1961) – founder of Stonesong, publisher of several bestselling reference books
• Githa Hariharan (1977) – Commonwealth Writers' Prize winning author and editor
• Pat Jordan (1965) – acclaimed author of A False Spring, ranked #37 on Sports Illustrated's 100 Top Sports Books
• Burt Kearns (1978) – founder, Frozen Television/Frozen Pictures; author, Tabloid Baby; producer, A Current Affair
• Adam LaVorgna (2011) – actor best known as Robbie Palmer in the TV Series 7th Heaven
• January LaVoy (1997) – actress best known as Noelle Ortiz on the ABC daytime drama One Life to Live
• Paul Marcarelli (1992) – actor/screenwriter best known as the face of the Verizon Wireless "Can You Hear Me Now?" national TV campaign
• Kevin Nealon – Saturday Night Live cast member; attended night classes to become starting quarterback of football team
• Ron Palillo – actor best known as Arnold Horshack on Welcome Back, Kotter; attended classes while pursuing postgraduate degree
• Neil Peng – Taiwanese screenwriter and political activist
• Paul Ryan Rudd (1970) – actor who played John F. Kennedy in the 1977 NBC movie “Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye”
• Rob Stevenson (1992) – president of Virgin Records US
• Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel (2012) – Mohegan author, historian, and storyteller

Academia

• Ronald A. Bosco (1967)– Distinguished Professor of English and American Literature, University at Albany
• William Doerner (1971) – Professor, Florida State University, College of Criminology and Criminal Justice
• James Hanrahan (1952) – founding Chancellor, St. Thomas More School
• Edward P. Hardiman (1992) – Headmaster, St. John's Preparatory School
• Kevin Kiernan (1967) – T. Marshall Hahn Sr. Professor of Arts and Sciences Emeritus, University of Kentucky
• Katherine Lapp (1978) – Executive Vice President of Harvard University
• Harry Marmion (1953) – President of Saint Xavier University, Stony Brook Southampton and United States Tennis Association
• Bernard McGrane (1969) – Associate Professor of Sociology, Chapman University
• Robert J. McMahon (1971) – Ralph D. Mershon Professor of History, The Ohio State University
• David J. McCarthy, Jr. (1957) – Dean Emeritus, Georgetown University Law Center
• Joseph Moylan (1960) – founding President, Durham Nativity School; professor of surgery, Duke University School of Medicine
• Maurice J. O'Sullivan (1966) – Kenneth Curry Chair of Literature, Rollins College
• Thomas Poon (1990) – Executive Vice President and Provost, Loyola Marymount University; Acting and Interim President, Pitzer College
• Donald Preziosi (1962) – leading art historian and author; Slade Professor of Fine Art, Oxford University; Professor Emeritus, UCLA
• Mark Reed (1996) – President of St. Joseph's University
• Charles E. Schaefer (1955) – "Father of Play Therapy"; Professor of Psychology, Fairleigh Dickinson University
• Kurt C. Schlichting (1970) – E. Gerald Corrigan Endowed Chair in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Fairfield University
• John Skoyles (1971) – poet and writer; Professor of Writing, Literature & Publishing, Emerson College

Business

• Michael G. Archbold (1975) – former CEO, Talbots, Vitamin Shoppe and GNC
• Joseph Berardino (1972) – managing director, Alvarez & Marsal; former CEO, Arthur Andersen
• Logan Beirne (2005) – CEO, Matterhorne Transactions; 2014 William E. Colby Award winner
• Jeff Campbell (1965) – former CEO, Burger King; ex-chairman, Pillsbury Restaurant Group
• Carlos M. Cardoso (1980) – president and CEO, Kennametal; named a Best CEO by Institutional Investor Magazine
• David H. Chafey, Jr. (1976) – president, Banco Popular de Puerto Rico
• Timothy J. Conway (1976) – founder, chairman and CEO, NewStar Financial
• E. Gerald Corrigan (1963) – chairman, Goldman Sachs Bank USA; former president and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
• William C. Crager (1986) – co-founder & President of Envestnet
• Joseph DiMenna (1980) – co-founder, Zweig-DiMenna Associates
• Charles Dolan (2016) – founder of Cablevision and HBO
• William P. Egan (1967) – founder and general partner, Alta Communications and Marion Equity Partners
• Jorge Figueredo (1982) – executive vice president, McKesson Corporation; 100 "Most Influential Hispanics" by Hispanic Business
• John L. Flannery (1983) – chairman & CEO, General Electric (GE)
• Judith E. Glaser – founder and CEO, Benchmark Communications
• Joseph E. Hasten (1974) – president and CEO, ShoreBank; former vice chairman, U.S. Bancorp
• George F. Keane (1955) – founder, Common Fund
• Joseph D. Macchia (1957) – founder and CEO, GAINSCO
• Christopher McCormick (1978) – president and CEO, L.L.Bean
• Shawn Matthews (1989) – CEO, Cantor Fitzgerald
• Kathleen Murphy (1984) – President of Fidelity Personal Investing; Fortune Magazine's 50 Most Powerful Women in Business
• Peter J. Pestillo (1960) – former chairman and CEO, Visteon
• Rick Pych (1975) – president of business operations, San Antonio Spurs
• Leslie C. Quick Jr. (1999) – co-founder of Quick & Reilly
• Larry Rafferty (1964) – founder and CEO, Rafferty Capital Markets
• Steven C. Rockefeller, Jr. (1985) - chairman and CEO, Rose Rock Group
• Eileen Rominger (1976) – former global chief investment officer, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
• Ronan Ryan (1996) – president, Investor's Exchange (IEX); character in Michael Lewis’ best-seller, Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt
• Joseph D. Sargent (1959) – former president and CEO, Guardian Life Insurance Company of America
• Phil Singleton (1993) – author and founding CEO of Kansas City Web Design

Journalism

• Sonia Isabelle (1997) – Emmy award-winning news anchor; host of Celebrity Page, a nationally syndicated TV Magazine show
• Susan King (1973) – Emmy Award winning TV news anchor; Dean, UNC School of Media and Journalism
• Bill McDonald (1975) - Pulitzer Prize winnning New York Times editor
• Donna Savarese (1984) – Emmy Award and Edward R. Murrow Award winning TV news anchor
• Bob Sullivan (1990) – award-winning journalist, New York Times best-selling author; founding staff member, msnbc.com
• Carmen Wong Ulrich (1992) – personal finance journalist; host, CNBC's On the Money
• Liz Wahl (2008) - former Russia Today news anchor who quit on air for ethical reasons

Judges

• Sean Connelly (1980) – Colorado Court of Appeals Judge; Special Attorney to U.S. Attorney Generals Ashcroft and Reno
• John A. Danaher III (1992) – Connecticut Superior Court Judge; 47th United States Attorney For the District of Connecticut
• Raymond J. Dearie (1966) – United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Judge
• Daniel J. Dinan (1952) – United States Tax Court Special Trial Judge
• Joseph P. Flynn (1962) – Connecticut Appellate Court Chief Judge
• William J. Lavery (1959) – Connecticut Appellate Court Chief Judge

Law and government

• Stephen L. Braga (1978) – lawyer known for pro bono representation of Martin Tankleff and the West Memphis Three
• Thomas C. O'Connor (1955) – Mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut
• Stephen Buoniconti (1991) – Massachusetts State Senator
• J. Edward Caldwell (1967) – Connecticut State Comptroller and State Senator
• Vincent Cianci (1962) – 32nd and 34th Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island; longest standing mayor in the United States
• Donald DeFronzo (1970) – Connecticut State Senator; Chief Assistant Majority Leader; Mayor, New Britain, Connecticut
• J. Michael Farren (1977) – Deputy White House Counsel; Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade
• C. Frank Figliuzzi (1987) – Assistant Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Counterintelligence Division
• Michael Fedele (1980) – 87th Lieutenant Governor of the State of Connecticut
• Brian J. Flaherty (1987) – eight-term Connecticut State Representative; Deputy House Minority Leader
• Thomas J. Josefiak (1968) – Chairman, Federal Election Commission; Chief Counsel, Republican National Committee
• Kevin C. Kelly (1985) – Connecticut State Senator
• Daniel Knapik (1989) – Mayor of Westfield, Massachusetts
• Martin Looney (1970) – President Pro Tempore of the Connecticut State Senate
• Richard Morgan Downey (1968) – executive director and CEO, American Obesity Association
• Edward Mazurek (1968) – Maine State Senator
• Leonard S. Paoletta (1956) – 48th Mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut
• Jorge E. Pérez-Díaz (1977) – Attorney General and Solicitor General, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
• Rosa Rebimbas (2004) – Connecticut State Representative
• David Rothbard – co-founder and president, Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT)
• Joseph Russoniello (1963) – two-term U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California
• Steve Shannon (1993) – Virginia State Delegate
• Thomas Spota (1980) – District Attorney of Suffolk County, New York
• Nancy Vaughan (1981) – Mayor of Greensboro, North Carolina
• Roy J. Wells – president and managing director, Triad Strategies

Medicine and science

• James L. Abbruzzese (1974) – internationally recognized pancreatic cancer researcher at the Duke Cancer Institute
• J. Kevin Dorsey (1964) – dean and provost of the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
• Steven Flanagan (1984) – nationally renowned expert on Traumatic Brain Injuries at the Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine
• Tatiana Foroud (1987) – internationally recognized genetic researcher at the Indiana University School of Medicine
• Doris Troth Lippman – Vietnam Women's Memorial Vice-Chair; Honorary Purple Heart recipient
• John T. Lis (1970) – 2000 Guggenheim Fellow; Barbara McClintock Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics at Cornell University
• Jean Malecki – Local Legend honoree by the National Library of Medicine
• Gregory J. Martin (1980) – Chief of Infectious Diseases, Bethesda Naval Hospital; U.S. Navy Legion of Merit recipient
• Brian Monahan (1980) – Attending Physician of the United States Congress; Rear Admiral in the United States Navy
• Caitlin O'Connell-Rodwell (1987) – world renowned elephant expert; instructor at Stanford University Medical School
• Peter Pronovost (1984) – 2008 MacArthur Fellow and Time 100 World's Most Influential People
• Richard Proto (1962) - noted cryptographer elected to the United States National Security Agency Hall of Honor
• Julio Ramirez (1977) – national leader in neuroscience education; R. Stuart Dickson Professor of Psychology at Davidson College
• Francis J. Tedesco (1965) – president emeritus, Medical College of Georgia

Social action and community service

• Paula Donovan (1977) – executive director, AIDS-Free World; Salem Award for Human Rights and Social Justice Foundation recipient
• Michael Donnelly (1981) – leading activist for sufferers of Gulf War Syndrome; author of Falcon's Cry
• G. Simon Harak (1970) – Director of the Center for Peacemaking at Marquette University
• Stephen V. Kobasa (1969) – peace and political activist
• Robert J. Wicks (1968) – leading writer about the intersection of spirituality and psychology; Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice recipient

Sports

Basketball

• Maurice Barrow (2014) – professional basketball player
• Troy Bradford (1989) – professional basketball player; 3x 1st Team Small American
• Ajou Deng (2003) – professional basketball player; member of the Great Britain national basketball team
• Joe DeSantis (1979) – All-American and professional basketball player
• Kathy Fedorjaka (1990) – women's college basketball coach
• Greg Francis (1997) – Canadian Olympic basketball player and Junior National Men's basketball coach
• Deng Gai (2005) – professional basketball player; 2005 NCAA Division I blocks leader
• Marcus Gilbert (2016) – professional basketball player
• Pete Gillen (1968) – college basketball analyst and men's basketball coach
• Drew Henderson (1993) – professional basketball player; member of the Dutch national basketball team
• Art Kenny (1968) - professional basketball player; No. 18 retired by Olimpia Milano
• Nick Macarchuk (1963) – men's college basketball coach
• Derek Needham (2013) – professional basketball player; member of the Montenegro national basketball team
• Tim O'Toole (1988) – men's college basketball coach
• Darren Phillip (2000) – professional basketball player; 2000 NCAA Division I rebounding leader
• Tricia Fabbri (1991) – women's college basketball coach
• Rakim Sanders (2012) – professional basketball player; 2x Italian League champion
• Brendan Suhr (1979) – men's college basketball coach
• Robert Thomson (2004) – professional basketball player in Europe; member of the Rwanda national basketball team
• A. J. Wynder (1987) – National Basketball Association player

Lacrosse

• Brent Adams (2012) – All-American, Major League Lacrosse All-Star and Team USA midfielder
• Chris Ajemian (2009) – Major League Lacrosse midfielder
• Nate Bauers (2004) – Major League Lacrosse defenseman
• Mike Bocklet (2007) – Major League Lacrosse All-Star attackman
• Charlie Cipriano (2012) – All-American and Major League Lacrosse goalkeeper
• Greg Downing (2007) – All-American, Major League Lacrosse All-Star and Team USA midfielder
• C.J. Kemp (2003) – All-American and Major League Lacrosse goalkeeper
• Joe Marra (2010) – Major League Lacrosse All-Star goalkeeper
• Jack Murphy (2015) – Major League Lacrosse goalkeeper
• TJ Neubauer (2016) - All-American and Major League Lacrosse midfielder
• Spencer Steele (2000) – All-American and Major League Lacrosse attackman
• Peter Vlahakis (2004) – All-American and Major League Lacrosse All-Star face-off midfielder

Soccer

• Abby Allan (2001) – New Zealand national football player
• Adam Braz (2001) – Technical Director, Montreal Impact; Canadian international and Major League Soccer player
• Robyn Decker (2008) – professional football player
• Bryan Harkin (2001) – United Soccer League player
• Brett Maron (2008) – National Women's Soccer League player
• Jim McElderry (1993) – Fordham University men's soccer coach and United Soccer League player
• Mark Longwell (1982) – U.S. international and United Soccer League player
• Michael O'Keeffe (2013) – New Zealand national football and 2014 Olympic player
• Nikki Stanton (2013) – National Women's Soccer League player
• Justin Thompson (2003) – Canadian international and professional soccer player
• Matt Turner (2015) – Major League Soccer player
• Matthew Uy (2010) – Philippines national football player

Other

• Will Brazier (2005) – All-American, U.S. international and Super League rugby player
• Keefe Cato (1979) – Major League Baseball player
• Evan Centopani (2004) – professional bodybuilder
• Paul Sheehy (1985) – U.S. international and Super League rugby player
• Brad Troup (2003) – All-American and Super League rugby player