List of Saint Peter's University people

This is a list of notable graduates of Saint Peter's University (formerly Saint Peter's College) in Jersey City, New Jersey.

Notable alumni

Academics

• Jack Bogdanski, professor of law at Lewis & Clark Law School
• George J. Borjas, Robert W. Scrivner Professor of Economics and Social Policy at the Harvard Kennedy Schoolnges

Arts & entertainment

• Will Durant, 1968 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction and the 1977 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient
• Ken Jennings, 1979 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical recipient
• George Khoury, notable writer and interviewer in the field of comic books
• Vincent Scuro, author, columnist, screenwriter, composer, and artist
• Renee Sebastian, Filipino-American soul-infused pop and R&B singer and songwriter

Business

• Lawrence R. Codey, former President & COO of Public Service Electric & Gas^[1]
• Frank D'Amelio, Chief Financial Officer, Pfizer ^[2]
• John P. Ferguson '70, president & CEO, Hackensack University Medical Center
• Joseph R. Gromek, President & CEO of The Warnaco Group and former President & CEO of Brooks Brothers^[3]
• Gary S. Horan ’70, president & CEO, Trinitas Regional Medical Center
• Thomas Jordan, President and CEO of Jordan & Jordan^[4]
• James J. Loughlin, former National Director of the Pharmaceuticals Practice at KPMG^[5]
• Thomas P. Mac Mahon, President & CEO, LabCorp
• William J. Marino, President & CEO, Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey.
• James Meister, former President & CEO of Kings Super Markets^[6]
• Anthony P. Terracciano, Chairman of Sallie Mae
• Edmond J. Jabbour '41, Late CEO of R. Jabbour and Sons

Government

• Terrence J. Checki, Executive Vice President, Emerging Markets and International Affairs Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
• Thomas A. DeGise, County Executive of Hudson County, New Jersey
• Joseph V. Doria, Jr., former Mayor of Bayonne, New Jersey and former New Jersey Department of Community Affairs
• Charles M. Egan, New Jersey State Assemblyman, Senator, and Vice-Chancellor of the Chancery Court
• James J. Galdieri, former New Jersey State Assemblyman
• Daniel J. Griffin, former U.S. Representative from New York
• James A. Hamill, former United States Representative for New Jersey's 12th congressional district and New Jersey's 10th congressional district
• Edward J. Hart, former United States Representative for New Jersey's 14th congressional district
• John V. Kelly, nine-term member of the New Jersey General Assembly and former Mayor of Nutley, New Jersey
• Mark McNulty (politician), former Delaware Secretary of Transportation, who served in cabinet of Governor Dale E. Wolf
• Robert Menendez, current United States Senator from New Jersey
• Robert J. Morris, Anti-communist activist and chief counsel to the United States Senate Subcommittee on Internal Security from 1951 to 1953; former President of the University of Dallas
• Charles F. X. O'Brien, former United States Representative for New Jersey's 12th congressional district from 1921 to 1925
• Edward T. O'Connor, Jr., New Jersey State Senator
• Joan M. Quigley, New Jersey General Assemblywoman
• John P. Sheridan Jr., former New Jersey Commissioner of Transportation and current President and CEO of Cooper University Hospital.^[7]
• Albio Sires, United States Representative for New Jersey's 13th congressional district; former New Jersey Assemblyman and Mayor of West New York, New Jersey
• Thomas F. X. Smith, 38th Mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey
• Anthony R. Suarez, Mayor of Ridgefield, New Jersey
• Joseph Patrick Tumulty, Chief of Staff to President Woodrow Wilson

Law

• Thomas Francis Meaney, former Judge on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
• Peter G. Sheridan, Judge on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
• Reginald Staton '56, former Judge of the New Jersey Superior Court; Saint Peter’s first and only Rhodes Scholar^[8]
• Chester J. Straub, Senior Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Journalism

• John Henning, award-winning TV and radio news reporter in Boston, Massachusetts

Science & medicine

• Nicholas J. Cifarelli, physician known for starting the first Bioethics Advisory Committee in the United States
• Robert G. Lahita, ’67, chief of medicine, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
• Joseph McGinn, pioneer of minimally invasive cardiac bypass surgery; medical director of the Heart Institute of Staten Island^[9]

Sports

• Frank Brooks, former MLB relief pitcher
• Keydren Clark, Two-time NCAA basketball scoring champion and seventh all-time leading scorer in NCAA history.
• Bill Foxen, former MLB pitcher^[10]
• Bob Hurley, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame basketball coach at St. Anthony High School in Jersey City, New Jersey
• Víctor Santos, former MLB relief pitcher
• Murphy Wiredu, professional soccer player

References

1. NNDB: Lawrence R. Codey
2. Pfizer - Meet Our Executive Leaders, Accessed August 31, 2009
3. NNDB: Joseph R. Gromek
4. MarketsWiki: Thomas Jordan
5. Forbes: James J. Loughlin
6. Forbes: James Meister
7. Sheridan Appointed Cooper CEO, February 8, 2008. Accessed March 18, 2008.
8. Drinker Biddle Announces Former New Jersey Superior Court Judge Reginald Stanton To Join Firm , Retrieved June 22, 2010.
9. The Heart Institute: Meet Dr. Joseph McGinn
10. Baseball-Reference.com: Bill Foxen