List of Duquesne University people

This is a list of notable persons affiliated with Duquesne University, including alumni, current and former faculty members, and students.

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Notable alumni

Media

German filmmaker Werner Herzog briefly attended Duquesne University

• Jim Anderson - Grammy-winning recording engineer^[1]
• Tom Atkins – actor; Lethal Weapon, The Rockford Files, Harry O, Oz^[2]
• Peter Brunette – film critic (Hollywood Reporter) and film historian
• John Clayton (1976)^[3] – NFL writer and reporter for ESPN
• Werner Herzog^[4] – filmmaker (did not officially graduate)
• Bill Hillgrove (1962)^[5] – sports journalist, radio personality, and sports broadcaster
• Jesse Joyce – stand-up comedian and writer
• Mark Madden^[6] – former World Championship Wrestling commentator and writer; current ESPN Radio personality
• Terry McGovern^[7] – film actor, television broadcaster, radio personality, voice-over specialist, and acting instructor
• Nick Perry^[8] – television and radio personality who became infamous after being indicted in a scandal involving the rigging of the Pennsylvania Lottery
• Joe Starkey – writer for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review; ESPN Radio personality
• Tim J. Sullivan (1994)^[9] – deputy sports editor for the New York Post

Business

• Eugene P. Beard^[10] – CFO of Interpublic Group, 1980–1999
• Jon A. Boscia (1979)^[11] – CEO of Lincoln National Corporation
• Keith Botti – Director, Capital Markets at ProShares
• Alan N. Braverman – Senior Executive Vice President, Secretary, and General Counsel of The Walt Disney Company, 2003–present
• Robert Dickinson (1995)^[3] – President and CEO of Carnival Cruise Lines
• Pat Dudley, (MA) President and marketing director of Bethel Heights Vineyard
• Ed Grier^[12] – President of the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California
• Thomas J. Meredith (1975)^[13] – CFO of Dell, 1992–2000
• Tom Tribone – founder and CEO of Guggenheim Global Infrastructure Company
• Robert G. Alberino Jr. - Vice President and Executive Producer, San Francisco 49ers

Religion

Archbishop Daniel DiNardo of Galveston-Houston

• Most Rev. Richard Henry Ackerman – Bishop of Covington (Kentucky), 1960-1978; attended the Second Vatican Council
• Most Rev. Daniel DiNardo (1969)^[14] – Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston (2006–present)
• Most Rev. Ralph Leo Hayes – Bishop of Helena (1933–1935), Rector of the Pontifical North American College (1935–1944), and Bishop of Davenport (1944–1966)
• Most Rev. Vincent Leonard – Bishop of Pittsburgh (1969–1983)
• Zola Levitt – Messianic Jewish teacher, author, and television host
• Adam Joseph Cardinal Maida (1964)^[3] – Cardinal, Archbishop of Detroit (1990–present)
• Thomas L. Thompson (1962) – Biblical theologian, closely associated with the Biblical minimalism movement
• Most Rev. David Zubik (1971)^[15] – Bishop of Green Bay (2003–2007), Bishop of Pittsburgh (2007–present)

Sports

Mike James

Shawn James

• Mike Basrak^[16] – played center and linebacker for the NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers
• Joe Beimel^[17] – relief pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates
• Leigh Bodden – NFL defensive back, New England Patriots
• Boyd Brumbaugh – former NFL player and first-round draft pick
• Donn Clendenon (1978)^[18] – MLB alumnus; 1969 World Series MVP
• Chuck Cooper^[19] - first African American player to be drafted into the NBA
• Mickey Davis - former NBA player
• Aldo Donelli^[20] – played and head coached in the NFL; member of the United States National Soccer Hall of Fame
• Candace Futrell^[21] – WNBA player
• Chip Ganassi^[22] – former professional racecar driver; current professional race team owner
• Sihugo Green^[23] – NBA (1957; 1959–1966)
• Korie Hlede^[24] – WNBA player
• Chuck Holupka^[25] – CEO and President of the Board of Trustees of M&H Sports Marketing
• Mike James^[26] – plays for the Washington Wizards in the NBA; has won one NBA Championship
• Shawn James - professional basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv^[27]
• Stefan Lundberg^[3] – professional soccer player for the Pittsburgh Riverhounds
• Harrison McIntire^[28] – President and CMO of M&H Sports Marketing
• Barry Nelson – former NBA player
• Norm Nixon^[29] – former professional basketballer for the Los Angeles Lakers and the Los Angeles Clippers
• Cumberland Posey^[30] – former Negro Leagues baseball player, manager, and team owner; Baseball Hall of Famer
• Dave Ricketts – former MLB player
• Dick Ricketts^[31] – NBA's first overall pick in annual player draft (1955); also played Major League Baseball
• Art Rooney^[3] – Pittsburgh Steelers founder and former owner
• Dan Rooney^[3] – Pittsburgh Steelers president and chairman
• Jimmy Smith^[32] – former MLB player; won one World Series
• Dwayne Woodruff^[33] – Played defensive back for the NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers (1979–1990), winning one Super Bowl; founding partner of Woodruff, Flaherty & Fardo law firm (now Flaherty Fardo, LLC); currently Judge of Court of Common Pleas in Pittsburgh
• Ray Kemp - First African American Football Player In Steeler's History

Politics and law

Michael V. Hayden, former director of the CIA

• Donald A. Bailey – politician and lawyer^[34]
• Derrick Bell^[35] – legal theorist
• Anthony Colaizzo - former Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1989-1999
• Father James Cox^[36] – Roman Catholic priest, labor activist, and presidential candidate
• Bob Cranmer^[37][38] – County Commissioner of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, 1995-1999; former Chairman of the Republican Party of Allegheny County
• Henry Ellenbogen – Pennsylvania Congressman (1933-1938)^[39]
• Gerald Feierstein (M.A. c:a 1975) – diplomat^[40]
• Joseph M. Gaydos (1947)^[41] – Pennsylvania delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives; first Slovak-American to be elected to US Congress
• General Michael V. Hayden (1967) (1969)^[3] – retired United States Air Force General; former Director of the CIA^[42]
• Ernest Kline – Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania, 1971–1979; dropped out because of inability to pay^[43]
• Catherine Baker Knoll – Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania^[44]
• Thomas Patrick Melady (1970)^[3] – diplomat and professor at the Institute of World Politics
• Charles Owen Rice – Roman Catholic priest; labor activist
• Karen Garver Santorum – wife of U.S. Senator Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania
• Thomas E. Scanlon – Pennsylvania Congressman (1941-1945)
• Bud Shuster – Pennsylvania Congressman (1972-2001)
• Terry Van Horne (1968) - member of Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1981–2000^[45]
• Samuel A. Weiss – Judge and Pennsylvania Congressman (1941 to 1946)

Music

Sammy Nestico, prolific big band composer

• Joseph Carl Breil – first person to compose a score specifically for a motion picture
• David Budway and Maureen Budway (The Budways) - jazz pianist and singer sibling duo
• Gene Forrell – composer and conductor
• Sammy Nestico – composer and arranger of big band music
• William Schultz (1950)^[3] – President and CEO of Fender Musical Instruments Corporation
• Bobby Vinton (graduated 1956; honorary Doctorate in Music in 1978)^[3] – "The Polish Prince"; called the all-time most successful love singer of the rock era

Literature

• Ray DiPalma (1966) – poet and visual artist
• Keith Donohue – novelist; Director of Communications for the National Historical Publications and Records Commission
• Linda O. Johnston – author of mystery and romance novels
• Frank Legato – author on gambling
• Mark Tabbert – author of American Freemasons: Three Centuries of Building Communities

Other

• Delfin Carbonell Basset – lexicographer and creator of the Unialphabet system
• Victoria Bechtold – Miss Pennsylvania (2004)
• Constance Flanagan – professor of civil society and community studies^[46]
• Tanya Lehman – Miss Pennsylvania USA (2006)

Notable faculty

• Dr. Francesco Cesareo – Renaissance historian, President of Assumption College (former Dean of the McAnulty College of Liberal Arts)
• Samuel John Hazo – author of poetry, fiction, essays and plays (Emeritus McAnulty Distinguished Professor of English)
• James Houlik – tenor saxophonist (Professor of Saxophone and Chair of Woodwinds)
• Paul Johnson – organic chemistry professor
• Dr. Patrick Juola – expert in the field of computer linguistics and security, credited with co-creating the original biometric word list (Professor of Computer Science)
• Maureen Lally-Green – Judge on the Superior Court of Pennsylvania (Adjunct Professor at the School of Law)
• Aaron L. Mackler – conservative rabbi (Professor of Theology)
• Cardinal Adam Maida – current Archbishop of Detroit (former adjunct Professor of Theology at the School of Law)
• Magali Cornier Michael – feminist literary theorist (Associate Professor of English and co-director of the Women's and Gender Studies program)
• Dr. John E. Murray – author of Murray on Contracts; former dean of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and the Villanova University School of Law (University Chancellor and Professor of Law)
• John Walker – Concert organist, choirmaster, and recording artist (Adjunct Professor of Organ and Sacred Music (1997–2006))
• Dr. Cyril Wecht – controversial forensic pathologist (Adjunct Professor at the School of Law)
• Dr. Michael Welner – pioneering figure in the field of forensic psychiatry

Heads of Duquesne University

Father Joseph Strub, founder of the Pittsburgh Catholic College

Father William Patrick Power, the first rector of the college

Duquesne University was founded in 1878 as the Pittsburgh Catholic College of the Holy Ghost by a group of Spiritan priests under the leadership of Father Joseph Strub.

Table

	Name	Tenure	Title
1.	Rev. William P. Power	1878–1885	Rector of the Pittsburgh Catholic College
2.	Rev. John S. Willms	1885–1886
3.	Rev. John T. Murphy	1886–1899	President of the Pittsburgh Catholic College (In 1911, the school achieved university status.)
4.	Rev. Martin A. Hehir	1899–1931
			President of Duquesne University
5.	Rev. Jeremiah J. Callahan	1931–1940
6.	Rev. Raymond V. Kirk	1940–1946
7.	Rev. Francis P. Smith	1946–1950
8.	Rev. Vernon F. Gallagher	1950–1959
9.	Rev. Henry J. McAnulty	1959–1980
10.	Rev. Donald S. Nesti	1980–1988
11.	Dr. John E. Murray, Jr.	1988–2001
12.	Dr. Charles J. Dougherty	2001–2016
13.	Dr. Ken Gormley	Appointed

Graphical timeline

Heads of Duquesne University

References for notable alumni

1. http://clivedavisdept.tisch.nyu.edu/object/andersonj.html
2. "Tom Atkins". NNDB. Retrieved October 7, 2007.
3. "Prominent Alumni". Duquesne University, GradSource Profile. The El Group. Retrieved May 20, 2007.
4. Biography for Werner Herzog at the Internet Movie Database
5. "NFF Announces 2007 Major Awards Recipients". Pittsburgh Panthers Football. May 17, 2007. Retrieved May 20, 2007.
6. Rouvalis, Cristina (March 2, 2000). "Mark Madden: The mouth that roars". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (PG Publishing). Retrieved May 20, 2007.
7. "Acting Teacher". terrymcgovern.com. Retrieved May 20, 2007.
8. Weiskind, Ron (April 23, 2003). "Obituary: Nick Perry / TV bowling kingpin, dies". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (PG Publishing). Retrieved May 20, 2007.
9. Sullivan, Tim. "Author Bio". It's Crystal Clear (New York Post). Archived from the original on January 28, 2007. Retrieved May 20, 2007.
10. "Eugene P. Beard". NNDB. Retrieved October 7, 2007.
11. "Jon A. Boscia". NNDB. Retrieved October 7, 2007.
12. "Ed Grier Named President of the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California". Hotel.Online. July 25, 2006. Retrieved May 20, 2007.
13. "Thomas J. Meredith". NNDB. Retrieved October 7, 2007.
14. "Archbishop Daniel DiNardo will speak about St Augustine.". St. Martha Adult Faith Formation. St. Martha Catholic Church. September–November 2006. Retrieved May 20, 2007.
15. Staley, Tony (October 10, 2003). "New bishop to lead Green Bay Diocese". The Compass (Catholic Diocese of Green Bay, Wisconsin). Retrieved May 20, 2007.
16. "Duquesne University Football History". CSTV.com. Retrieved May 20, 2007.
17. "Joe Beimel Profile". Scout.com. Retrieved May 20, 2007.
18. Goldstein, Richard (September 19, 2005). "Donn Clendenon, 70, M.V.P. for the 1969 'Miracle Mets,' Dies". New York Times. Retrieved May 20, 2007.
19. "Chuck Cooper, one of the NBA's first Black players". The African American Registry. September 29, 2005. Archived from the original on July 1, 2007. Retrieved May 20, 2007.
20. "Aldo Teo Donelli". National Soccer Hall of Fame. Retrieved May 20, 2007.
21. "Candace Futrell, Duquesne University". WNBA Draft. Retrieved May 20, 2007.
22. "Chip Ganassi Biography". Havoline. Retrieved May 20, 2007.
23. Axelrod, Phil (March 16, 2005). "50 years ago, Sihugo Green and Dick Ricketts led Duquesne to the title in basketball's No. 1 tournament – the NIT". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved May 20, 2007.
24. "Korie Hlede". freeplayers.com. Archived from the original on September 24, 2007. Retrieved May 20, 2007.
25. "M&H Sports Marketing". Sports & Entertainment Marketing. Sports Business Journal. 2014. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
26. "Mike James Info Page". NBA.com. Retrieved May 20, 2007.
28. "M&H Sports Marketing". Sports & Entertainment Marketing. Sports Business Journal. 2014. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
29. "Norm Nixon Statistics". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 20, 2007.
30. "Personal Profiles: Cumberland Posey". Negro Leagues Baseball eMuseum. Retrieved May 20, 2007.
31. "Dick Ricketts Statistics". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 20, 2007.
32. "Jimmy Smith Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved May 20, 2007.
33. Boykowycz, Andrea (November 2, 2002). "Woodruff, Dwayne". Progress Pittsburgh. Retrieved May 20, 2007.
34. "Donald A. Bailey". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved February 28, 2013.
35. "Derrick Bell". Faculty Profiles. University of Pittsburgh. Retrieved May 20, 2007.
36. "Cox, James R.". Our Campaigns. October 8, 2006. Retrieved May 20, 2007.
37. "Editorial: Cranmer's county". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. September 1, 1998. Retrieved July 1, 1999. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
38. "Editorial: Cranmer's exit". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. January 7, 1999. Retrieved July 1, 1999. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
39. "Henry Ellenbogen". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved February 28, 2013.
40. "Gerald Feierstein". Bureau of Public Affairs. Retrieved February 28, 2013.
41. "Joseph M. Gaydos". NNDB. Retrieved October 7, 2007.
42. "Michael Hayden". Notable Names Data Base. Retrieved February 28, 2013.
43. Gurman, Sadie (May 15, 2009). "Obituary: Ernest P. Kline / Lieutenant governor under Shapp". Pittsburgh Post Gazette.
44. "Catherine Baker Knoll". Notable Names Data Base. Retrieved February 28, 2013.
45. "Terry E. Van Horne (Democrat)". Official Pennsylvania House of Representatives Profile. Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Archived from the original on October 11, 2000.
46. https://sohe.wisc.edu/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/CV__Flanagan_32015.pdf

References for heads of Duquesne University

• "Duquesne's Leaders". Early History. Duquesne University. Retrieved May 19, 2007.