List of Loyola University Chicago people

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Here follows a list of notable people of Loyola University Chicago:

Academia

Prominent professors

• Sergio Balanzino
• Mark Bosco S.J.
• Michael J. Garanzini S.J., President
• Joseph Jarabak
• Taigen Dan Leighton
• Vincent A. Mahler
• T. Jerome Overbeck S.J.
• Phil Ponce
• Mike Quigley
• Joseph F. Rychlak
• David Schweickart
• Louis W. Tordella
• Franz Jozef Van Beeck S.J.
• Joshua Marie Wilkinson
• Gordon Zahn^[1]

Alumni

• Lawrence Biondi, former President of Saint Louis University^[2]
• Margaret Callahan, Dean of the College of Nursing at Marquette University^[3]
• Richard A. Cosier, Dean of the Krannert School of Management at Purdue University
• Christian Gostečnik, dean of Faculty of Theology of Ljubljana^[4]
• Vincent A. Mahler, prominent political scientist
• J. Dennis O'Connor, former Chancellor of University of Pittsburgh
• Andrew V. Papachristos, prominent sociologist of Yale University
• Robert A Wild, S.J., President of Marquette University
• Sho Yano, child prodigy

Business

Alumni

• Patrick H. Arbor, Chicago Board of Trade Chairman^[5]
• Brenda C. Barnes, chairman and CEO, Sara Lee Corporation; first female COO of PepsiCo^[6]
• James E. Gonzales, CEO at Top Tier Safety Inc
• Lori Greiner, inventor, investor, entrepreneur, and television personality^[7]
• George Halas, Jr., former president/owner of the Chicago Bears
• Joseph M. Juran, quality expert
• Stephen McGowan, former CFO of Sun Microsystems
• Jennifer N. Pritzker, first openly transgender billionaire; former co-owner of The Marmon Group
• Michael R. Quinlan, McDonald's Corporation Chairman
• John E. Rooney, CEO of US Cellular
• Thomas Schoewe, CFO of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
• John York, co-owner of the San Francisco 49ers

Entertainment

Alumni

• Leslie David Baker, actor (The Office)
• Ian Brennan, creator of Glee
• L. Scott Caldwell, Tony Award-winning actress
• Karla DeVito, singer
• David Draiman, lead singer of Disturbed
• Wendolly Esparza, Nuestra Belleza Mexico 2014
• James Iha, The Smashing Pumpkins and A Perfect Circle guitarist
• Richard Kiley, Emmy-winning actor, singer and narrator (attended)
• Tim McCoy, cowboy actor
• Jennifer Morrison, actress (House M.D.)(Once Upon A Time)
• Joel Murray, actor
• Bob Newhart, Peabody Award-winning actor and comedian, The Bob Newhart Show and Newhart
• Jim O'Heir, actor (Parks and Recreation)^[8]
• David Pasquesi, actor
• Bill Rancic, television personality
• Sosay, professional wrestler

Government and politics

Alumni

Activists

• Jerry Harkness, former professional basketball player and civil rights activist^[9]
• Jerome G. Miller, advocate for alternatives to incarceration and the deinstitutionalization of persons with developmental disabilities
• Mary Morello, progressive activist
• Michael Pfleger, Roman Catholic priest and social activist

Attorneys

• Anita Alvarez, current Cook County State's Attorney
• Richard A. Devine, former Cook County State's Attorney
• Neil F. Hartigan, former Illinois Attorney General, candidate for Governor, former Lt. Governor
• Christopher Helt, immigration attorney
• Donald Lee Hollowell, civil rights attorney
• Lisa Madigan, Illinois Attorney General
• Dan K. Webb, Chairman of Winston & Strawn LLP

Cabinet members

• William M. Daley, President Obama's White House Chief of Staff and former United States Secretary of Commerce under President Bill Clinton
• Susan Ralston, former White House Deputy Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor

Judges

• William Joseph Campbell, chief judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois^[10]
• Ruben Castillo, judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois^[11]
• David H. Coar, judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois^[12]
• John W. Darrah, judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois^[13]
• Thomas R. Fitzgerald, 1st District Justice Supreme Court of Illinois^[14]
• Lee M. Jackwig, United States Bankruptcy Judge in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa^[15]
• Virginia Mary Kendall, judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois^[16]
• Howard Thomas Markey, the first Chief Justice of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit^[17]
• Mary Ann G. McMorrow, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois^[18]
• Mary Jane Theis, judge, Supreme Court of Illinois^[19]
• Robert R. Thomas, current Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois^[20]

Legislators

• Harry P. Beam, former US Congressman^[21]
• Charles A. Boyle, former US Congressman^[22]
• Emmet Byrne, former US Congressman^[23]
• Fred Crespo, member of Illinois House of Representatives^[24]
• Daniel Cronin, current Illinois State Senator^[25]
• John Cullerton, current Illinois State Senator; President of Illinois State Senate^[26]
• Tom Dart, Cook County Sheriff and former State Representative^[27]
• Ed Derwinski, former US Congressman, 1st United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs^[28]
• John N. Erlenborn, former US Congressman^[29]
• John G. Fary, former US Congressman^[30]
• Edward Rowan Finnegan, former US Congressman^[31]
• Michael Patrick Flanagan, former US Congressman^[32]
• La Shawn Ford, current member of Illinois House of Representatives
• John J. Gorman, former US Congressman^[33]
• Mary Jeanne Hallstrom, former member of Illinois House of Representatives
• Shawn Hamerlinck, current Iowa State Senator
• Henry Hyde, former US Congressman^[34]
• Daniel Hynes, current Illinois State Comptroller
• James T. Igoe, former US Congressman^[35]
• Peter C. Knudson, current Utah State Senator^[36]
• Gary LaPaille, former Illinois State Sanator
• Michael Madigan, current Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives and chairman of the Democratic Party of Illinois^[37]
• William T. Murphy, former US Congressman^[38]
• Thomas L. Owens, former US Congressman^[39]
• Mike Quigley, current US Congressman^[40]
• Trey Radel, former US Congressman^[41]
• Christine Radogno, current Illinois State Senator; Minority leader in the Illinois State Senate^[42]
• Daniel J. Ronan, former US Congressman^[43]
• Dan Rostenkowski, former US Congressman^[44]
• Martin Sandoval, current Illinois State Senator^[45]
• Ira Silverstein, current Illinois State Senator^[46]
• James M. Slattery, former US Senator^[47]
• Rudolph G. Tenerowicz, former US Congressman^[48]
• Donne Trotter, current Illinois State Senator^[49]
• Arthur Wilhelmi, current Illinois State Senator^[50]
• Corinne Wood, former Illinois Lt. Governor

Other

• Lieutenant General Joseph Carroll, founding director of Defense Intelligence Agency and the Air Force Office of Special Investigations
• James E. Gonzales, 1998 candidate, Water Reclamation Dist of Greater Chicago; delegate to the 2000 Democratic National Convention
• Major General Enrique Méndez, Jr., Army Deputy Surgeon General
• Edith S. Sampson, US delegate to the United Nations

Journalism

Alumni

• Susan Candiotti, CNN correspondent^[51]
• Philip Caputo, author, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist^[52]
• Susan Carlson, WBBM-TV Chicago news anchor^[53]
• Robert Jordan, WGN-TV weekend news anchor
• Christina Kahrl, co-founder of Baseball Prospectus, writer for ESPN.com
• Ernie Manouse, TV anchor and producer, PBS
• Bill Plante, CBS White House correspondent
• Victoria Recano, news anchor
• Stephen Spiewak, reporter for CBS MaxPreps and CBS College Sports Network^[54]
• Patricia Thompson, TV and film producer^[55]
• Lou Canellis, Fox News -Chicago Sports Anchor

Literature

Alumni

• Sandra Cisneros (b. 1954), author, poet, teacher^[56]
• Stuart Dybek, author
• James McManus, author
• John R. Powers, novelist and playwright; author of Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?
• Daniel Quinn, author

Religion

Alumni

• Daniel Coughlin, chaplain of the United States House of Representatives
• Norman Geisler, president of Southern Evangelical Seminary in Charlotte, North Carolina
• Roger William Gries, auxiliary bishop of Cleveland
• Daniel A. Lord, Catholic writer
• Anthony Petro Mayalla, Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mwanza^[57]
• Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster and Primate of England and Wales
• John George Vlazny, Archbishop of Portland, Oregon

Sports

Alumni

• William Leroy Clark, M.D.
• Jack Dwan, former professional basketball player^[58]
• Armando Favela, professional golfer^[59]
• Eric Gehrig, professional soccer player^[60]
• Jerry Harkness, former professional basketball player^[61]
• Alfredrick Hughes, former professional basketball player (1st round pick in 1985 NBA Draft)^[62]
• Les Hunter, former professional basketball player^[63]
• Jack Kerris, former professional basketball player
• Nick Kladis, former professional basketball player, part-owner of White Sox and St. Louis Cardinals
• LaRue Martin, former professional basketball player (# 1 pick in 1972 NBA Draft)^[64]
• Andre Moore, former professional basketball player^[65]
• Mike Novak, former professional basketball player^[66]
• Tom O'Hara, former indoor mile world record holder, 1964 Olympian^[67]
• Mickey Rottner, former professional basketball player
• Vic Rouse, basketball player, made game-winning shot to give Loyola 1963 NCAA championship
• Lenny Sachs, Hall of Fame basketball coach^[68]
• Blake Schilb, professional basketball player^[69]
• Eddie Slowikowski, former NCAA All-American runner^[70]
• Andre Wakefield, former professional basketball player^[71]
• Phil Weintraub, major league baseball player^[72]
• Brian Wheeler, broadcaster for NBA's Portland Trail Blazers^[73]

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4. "Gostečnik Christian OFM" (in Slovenian). Faculty of Theology, Ljubljana. Retrieved January 23, 2012.
5. Frazier, Christopher (2006-03-25). "About Us". Patrickarbor.com. Retrieved 2015-04-24.
6. Archived March 21, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
7. "Subscription Center". ChicagoBusiness.com. Retrieved 2015-04-24.
8. Kamin, Kari (2012-05-03). "Jim O'Heir · Interview · The A.V. Club". Avclub.com. Retrieved 2015-04-24.
9. "Jerry Harkness". Loyola University. Retrieved December 28, 2013.
10. "Library of the U.S. Courts Seventh Circuit | Judge Campbell". Lb7.uscourts.gov. Retrieved 2015-04-24.
11. "Ruben Castillo". Federal Judicial Center. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
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29. "John N. Erlenborn". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
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31. "Edward Rowan Finnegan". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
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33. "John J. Gorman". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
34. "Henry Hyde". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
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36. "Peter C. Knudson". utahsenate.org. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
37. "Michael Madigan". housedem.state.il.us. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
38. "William T. Murphy". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
39. "Thomas L. Owens". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
40. "Mike Quigley". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
41. "Trey Radel". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
42. "Christine Radogno". .ilga.gov. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
43. "Daniel J. Ronan". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
44. "Dan Rostenkowski". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
45. "Martin Sandoval". .ilga.gov. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
46. "Ira Silverstein". .ilga.gov. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
47. "James M. Slattery". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
48. "Rudolph G. Tenerowicz". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
49. "Donne Trotter". senatedem.ilga.gov. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
50. "Arthur Wilhelmi". ilga.gov. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
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52. "Philip Caputo - "The American Novel" - 1999 Key West Literary Seminar". Keywestliteraryseminar.org. Retrieved 2015-04-24.
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55. Simons, Marlise. "Patricia Thompson, TV Producer and Documentary Maker, Dies at 63". New York Times. Retrieved December 22, 2010.
56. "Hispanic Heritage Month – Sep. 15 – Oct. 15, 2007". Tanzania.USEmbassy.gov. U.S. Dept. of State. Retrieved November 19, 2008.
57. Magubira, Patty (2009-08-20). "Catholic cleric Mayalla dies of heart attack". The Citizen (Tanzania). Retrieved 2009-08-20.
58. "Jack Dwan". Pro-Basketball Reference . Com. Retrieved January 6, 2014.
59. "Armando Favela – Profile". PGA Tour Latinoamérica. Archived from the original on April 4, 2014. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
60. "Loyola Legends: Eric Gehrig Loyola University Chicago Official Athletic Site". Loyolaramblers.com. Retrieved 2015-04-24.
61. "Jerry Harkness". Pro-Basketball Reference . Com. Retrieved January 6, 2014.
62. "Alfredrick Hughes". Retrieved January 6, 2014.
63. "Les Hunter". Pro-Basketball Reference . Com. Retrieved January 6, 2014.
64. "LaRue Martin". Pro-Basketball Reference . Com. Retrieved January 6, 2014.
65. "Andre Moore". Pro-Basketball Reference . Com. Retrieved January 6, 2014.
66. "Mike Novak". Pro-Basketball Reference . Com. Retrieved January 6, 2014.
67. "Tom O'Hara". LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO. Retrieved January 6, 2014.
68. "Lenny Sachs". LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO. Retrieved January 6, 2014.
69. "Blake Schilb". CBS Interactive. Retrieved January 6, 2014.
70. "Eddie Slowikowski". CBS Interactive. Retrieved January 6, 2014.
71. "Andre Wakefield". Pro-Basketball Reference . Com. Retrieved January 6, 2014.
72. "Phil Weintraub". Pro-Baseball Reference.com. Retrieved January 6, 2014.
73. "Brian Wheeler". NBA Media Ventures. Retrieved January 6, 2014.