List of Loyola University New Orleans people

Many notable politicians, entertainers, and figures in United States history are alumni of Loyola University New Orleans. These include former members of the United States House of Representatives, members of the Louisiana House of Representatives and Louisiana State Senate, high ranking Presidential United States Cabinet officials, a former Head of State, a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and numerous music celebrities, including opera star Norman Treigle. The university is also home to a number of high-profile professors, including Walter Block, the free market economist and anarcho-capitalist associated with the Austrian School. This is a list of notable people associated with the university.

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Academics

• William Barnett II, Chase Distinguished Professor of International Business and Professor of Economics^[1]
• Walter Block, Harold E. Wirth Eminent Scholar Chair in Economics and Professor of Economics^[2]
• John Biguenet, Robert Hunter Distinguished Professor^[3]
• Jim Gabour, professor and award-winning film/video producer and director
• Jerry R. Goolsby, Hilton/Baldridge Distinguished Chair in Music Industry Studies and Professor of Marketing^[4]
• David Myers, Rev. Aloysius B. Goodspeed, S.J., BEGGARS Distinguished Professor in Communications^[5]
• William P. Quigley, law professor and Director of the Law Clinic and the Gillis Long Poverty Law Center ^[6]
• Ed Renwick, political science professor and CBS News contributor
• Ronal W. Serpas, professor at Loyola University; Superintendent of the New Orleans Police Department from May, 2010 to August 18, 2014^[7]
• Harry Shearer, professor, longtime voice actor for The Simpsons
• Bernard J. Ward, '44 & '49, longtime professor at Loyola University, Notre Dame Law School, and University of Texas School of Law; renowned expert in federal judiciary and federal procedure
• Reverend Kevin Wildes, S.J., Ph.D., President of Loyola University; expert in the field of bioethics

Arts

• Amy Guidry, '98, painter

Science

• Carl H. Brans, '57, physicist and co-developer of the Brans–Dicke theory of gravitation
• Dr. Gregory R. Choppin, '49, discoverer of element Md 101-mendelevium, chemistry professor at Florida State University
• Dr. Susan Plaeger, '71, leading scientist in the field of HIV/AIDS; Branch Chief, Pathogenesis and Basic Research, National Institutes of Health, Division of HIV/AIDS
• Donald Wetzel, '51, inventor of the ATM

Education

• Norman Francis, L'55, president of Xavier University of Louisiana and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
• Paul Pastorek, 1976, J.D. 1979, Louisiana State Superintendent of Education

Politics

• Ben Bagert, '68, member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature, 1970-1992
• Larry S. Bankston, '76 Law, Louisiana state senator from Baton Rouge from 1988 to 1996
• Arita M. L. Bohannan, L'02, political activist, La Fed of Republican Woman of the Year, author of Docket No. 76
• Charles Emile "Peppi" Bruneau, Jr., New Orleans attorney and member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1976-2007^[8]
• Joseph Cao, former U.S. representative for Louisiana's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives
• Cassandra Chandler, ’84, Assistant Director of Training, FBI)
• Dan Claitor, '87 Law School graduate, member of the Louisiana State Senate from Baton Rouge
• Hezekiah Leonard Clark, Jr., Democratic Executive Committee, District “E”, and President of the 9th Ward Citizen Voters League of New Orleans, Louisiana; United States Marine Corps sharpshooter, triple distinguished shooter: Rifle, Pistol and International; Master Shooter, the highest rating of the National Rifle Association
• Edwin Compass, ’00, ’02, Superintendent, New Orleans Police Department
• Patrick Connick, '83, state representative from Jefferson Parish
• James R. Domengeaux, former member of the United States House of Representatives from Lafayette.
• Jim Donelon, former state representative and current state insurance commissioner
• Hunt Downer, '72, former Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives; assistant adjutant general of the Louisiana National Guard
• Adrian G. Duplantier, L '49, former State Senator in the Louisiana State Legislature and Federal Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
• Manuel A. Esquivel, ’62, former Prime Minister of Belize
• Olaf Fink, Master's degree, member of the Louisiana State Senate from 1956 to 1972; New Orleans educator^[9]
• C.B. Forgotston, former New Orleans resident, attorney, political activist, and fellow of the Loyola Institute of Politics
• Garey Forster, former state representative and state labor secretary, fellow of Institute of Politics
• Charles Foti, L, former Attorney General of Louisiana
• Kim Gandy, L'78, President of the National Organization for Women
• Ray Garofalo, current District 103 member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
• James Garvey, Jr. B.B.A.'87; Law '91, Metairie lawyer/accountant; member of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education since 2012
• Terry W. Gee, Master's in Business, member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Jefferson and Orleans parishes from 1980-1992; taught for seven years at Loyola^[10]
• E. W. Gravolet, member of both houses of the Louisiana legislature from Plaquemines Parish
• Anthony Guarisco, Jr., 12-year state senator from Morgan City; law school graduate in 1966^[11]
• William J. Guste, 20-year attorney general of Louisiana; instrumental figure of the Carter-Mondale election of 1976
• Paul J. Hardy, attorney and former Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana
• Cynthia Hedge-Morrell, member of the New Orleans City Council, 2005-2014, retired educator
• Nita Rusich Hutter, Class of 1974, Louisiana state representative from St. Bernard Parish
• Mary Jo Jacobi, 1973, civil service commissioner appointed by Queen Elizabeth II
• Ed Karst, controversial mayor of Alexandria (1969–1973)
• Raymond Laborde, '49, mayor of Marksville (1958–1970), state representative (1972–1992), commissioner of administration (1992–1996)
• Mitch Landrieu, L'85, Mayor of New Orleans; Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana(2006–2010); candidate for the 2006 New Orleans Mayoral Election
• Moon Landrieu, ’52, L’54, former mayor of New Orleans; former Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; former Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge
• Jeff Landry, Law, Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana's 3rd congressional district, elected 2010
• Oscar M. Laurel, '41, Mexican-American politician in south Texas
• Harry Lee, L'67, former Sheriff of Jefferson Parish
• Tony Ligi, Law, State representative from Jefferson Parish since 2008
• Joseph Lopinto, B.A. and Law, member of the Louisiana State House from Jefferson Parish
• Danny Martiny, Law, member of the Louisiana State Senate from Jefferson Parish
• A.J. McNamara, Law, member of the Louisiana House (1976–1980), U.S. District Judge (1982–2001)
• Edwin R. Murray, '82, L'85, member of the Louisiana State Senate
• Sean O'Keefe, ’77, former National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Administrator; former Louisiana State University Chancellor; former United States Secretary of the Navy
• Paul Pastorek, B.A. '76 Law '79, Louisiana state superintendent of education 2007-2011
• Vance Plauche, '18, member of the United States House of Representatives from Lake Charles, 1941–1943
• Julie Quinn, Law, attorney and member of the Louisiana State Senate from Jefferson Parish since 2005
• Dan Richey, '75, former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives and Louisiana State Senate and Republican political activist
• Frances T. Scanlan, ’69, member of the Senior Foreign Service, diplomat in residence at Tulane University
• John R. Smith, member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature since 1988, Leesville businessman
• Elmer R. Tapper, '52, former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from St. Bernard Parish
• Ray Tarver, Dentistry '52, member of the Louisiana House from Natchitoches Parish from 1964 to 1968
• Suzanne Haik Terrell, L'84, former Louisiana Commissioner of Elections; Republican councilwoman in the New Orleans City Council; special adviser to President George W. Bush in the Economic Development Administration
• Steve Theriot, Accounting, state representative, legislative auditor
• Richard Alvin Tonry, '67, former member of the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana's 1st congressional district
• Mack A. "Bodi" White, Jr., state representative from East Baton Rouge Parish
• Robert Wilkie, L’88, former Assistant Secretary of Defense and Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs
• J. Skelly Wright ('32, L'34), former U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Judge, who is famous for ordering the desegregation of Louisiana schools and college during the Civil Rights Movement

Sports

• Crozet Joseph Duplantier, Sr., States-Item Sports Editor; the first person to argue publicly that New Orleans could support an NFL team, worked tirelessly to bring an NFL team to New Orleans, the "forgotten man" of Saints football per Saints owner John Mecom; journalism professor at Loyola; White House political appointee/senior executive, Member of the President's Committee on Mental Retardation; WWII Guadalcanal combat veteran, Pulitzer Honorable Mention for his 1963 non-fiction series, "My Son Chris is Retarded."
• John M. Jones, ’73, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Green Bay Packers
• Bucky Moore, NFL player
• Richie Petitbon, retired NFL safety, former Washington Redskins head coach
• Michael Smith, host of ESPN's Numbers Never Lie and His and Hers

Law

• Pascal F. Calogero, Jr., '54, former Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court
• Adrian G. Duplantier, '49, federal judge and former Louisiana state senator
• Jeannette Knoll, '66, associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court
• Joseph Morrel, '05, former clerk for Carolyn Dineen King of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, currently attorney in Houston at Porter Hedges LLP
• Michael H. O'Keefe, '55, Louisiana State Senate President; convicted felon
• Paul G. Pastorek, '79, General Counsel, NASA
• Carl E. Stewart, '74, judge U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• Chet D. Traylor, '74, Associate Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court, 1997-2009

Journalism

• Andreas Preuss, ’87, supervising producer/executive producer CNN, Atlanta
• Jerry Romig, announcer, New Orleans Saints
• Jeff McKay (Glanzer), attended 1981-84, famous traffic reporter WINS & WABC New York, columnist New York Post

Entertainment

• Royd Anderson, '98, documentary filmmaker
• Charles Anthony, tenor
• Maria Celeste Arraras, Telemundo presenter
• Paul Bouche, TV producer, host, comedian, A Oscuras Pero Encendidos
• Col. John Bourgeois, '51, former director of the United States Marine Band, “The President’s Own,” Washington, D.C.
• Wanda Brister, mezzo-soprano
• Elise Cambon, pedagogue
• Harry Connick, Jr., award-winning jazz singer, pianist, and humanitarian
• Kyan Douglas, television personality and grooming expert
• Woods Drinkwater, 2007, Grammy Award winner in 2009 for his engineering work on a Cajun music album
• Seán Brett Duggan, ’76, finalist in the 1972 International Golbert Competition; the only two-time, first-place winner of the International Bach Competition; Benedictine monk
• John Ellis, tenor saxophonist
• Ruth Falcon, '64, soprano and pedagogue
• G-Eazy, born Gerald Gillum, rapper
• Victor Goines, jazz saxophonist and clarinetist
• Greer Grimsley, bass-baritone
• Bryan Hymel, tenor
• Anthony Laciura, '74, tenor and actor
• Rick Margitza, tenor saxophonist, played with the Maria Schneider Orchestra
• Ellis Marsalis, ’86, jazz pianist and recording artist
• Victor J. Montilla, '98, president, Puerto Rico Corporation of Public Broadcasting
• Russell Myerson, ’76, Executive Vice President of Warner Brothers Television; Executive Vice President of CW Television Network
• Liz and Julia Nolan, '14 reality television personalities and Big Brother 17 contestants
• Jim Paratore, television producer and executive (The Ellen DeGeneres Show), co-creator of TMZ^[12]
• Beth Patterson, ’93, Irish and Celtic musician and producer
• Marguerite Piazza, '40, soprano and entertainer
• Natalia Rom, soprano
• Biff Rose, '55, comedian and artist
• Audrey Schuh, '50, celebrated soprano
• Kelcie Schwab, comedian
• Abby Terkuhle, ’77, president, MTV Animation; creative director, MTV, New York
• Harry Theyard, '57, tenor
• Mary Tortorich, '42, pedagogue
• Norman Treigle, '51, bass-baritone
• Phyllis Treigle, '81, soprano

Business

• Tom Benson, ’87, owner of the New Orleans Saints and Fox Broadcasting Company affiliate WVUE-DT
• Kyle Berner, 2003, co-owner of the eco-friendly flip-flop company Feelgoodz
• Philip J. Carroll, '58, former CEO of Shell Oil; appointed in 2003 by President George W. Bush to head the policy planning advisory board of the Iraqi Oil Ministry
• Klaus G. Dorfi, ’65, chairman of the board and CEO, Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company, New York
• Ken Hoffman, ’65, president and CEO, Hart, Schaffner & Marx, Chicago
• Diane E. Offereins, ’80, Executive Vice President and CTO, Discover Financial Services, Chicago

Photo gallery

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  Norman Francis receives Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2006 from President George W. Bush

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  Walter Block, Harold E. Wirth Eminent Scholar Chair in Economics and Professor of Economics associated with the Austrian School

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  Harry Connick, Jr., international musician, actor, and humanitarian

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  Ellis Marsalis, Jr, considered one of the premier pianists in modern jazz

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  Sean O'Keefe, former Navy Secretary under President George H. W. Bush, former LSU Chancellor, former National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Administrator under President George W. Bush

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  Robert Wilkie, Assistant Secretary of Defense under President George W. Bush

References

1. http://business.loyno.edu/faculty/wbarnett/
2. http://www.cba.loyno.edu/faculty/wblock/
3. http://www.harpercollins.com/authorintro/index.asp?authorid=19938/
4. http://www.cba.loyno.edu/faculty/jgoolsby/
5. http://www.loyno.edu/~dmyers/
6. http://law.loyno.edu/faculty/bio/quigley
7. Supt. Ronal Serpas steps down at NOPD (WWLTV.com article)
8. House District 94, Encyclopedia Louisiana at enlou.org (1999)
9. "Fink, Olaf J.". A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography by the Louisiana Historical Association. Retrieved July 7, 2015.
10. "Ecoloclean Industries, Inc. Hires Assistant Vice President of Capital Sourcing, February 2005". thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved May 25, 2014.
11. "Anthony J. Guarisco, Jr.". martindale.com. Retrieved June 24, 2013.
12. "Jim Paratore Passes Away - Longtime Telepictures, Warner Bros. exec produced 'TMZ,' 'Ellen DeGeneres,' 'Rosie O'Donnell' and many other programs". Broadcasting and Cable. 2012-05-29. Retrieved 2012-06-18.