Here follows a list of notable people of Loyola University Chicago:
Academia
Prominent professors Robert R. Jensen Pamela L. Caughie Vincent A. Mahler David Schweickart John Allen Williams Stephen Richard Doty
Alumni Lawrence Biondi, former President of Saint Louis University Margaret Callahan, Dean of the College of Nursing at Marquette University Richard A. Cosier, Dean of the Krannert School of Management at Purdue University DeRionne P. Pollard, President of Nevada State University Rona M. Fields, psychologist Christian Gostečnik, dean of Faculty of Theology of Ljubljana Marsha Linehan, psychologist who pioneered suicide research and creator of dialectical behavior therapy Vincent A. Mahler, prominent political scientist J. Dennis O'Connor, former Chancellor of University of Pittsburgh Robert A Wild, S.J., President of Marquette University Sho Yano, child prodigy Scott Yenor, professor at Boise State University
Business
Alumni Brenda C. Barnes, chairman and CEO, Sara Lee Corporation; first female CEO of Pepsi Cola Frank Considine, former CEO of American National Can Corporation Lori Greiner, inventor, investor, entrepreneur, and television personality Joseph Grendys, CEO of Koch Foods Andrew T. Berlin, CEO of Berlin Packaging George Halas, Jr., former president of the Chicago Bears Christopher Hurn, entrepreneur who works primarily in the field of small business lending Joseph M. Juran, quality expert Stephen McGowan, former CFO of Sun Microsystems James Mulvaney, president of the United States National Bank of San Diego and president of the San Diego Padres (PCL) Jennifer N. Pritzker, billionaire, and former co-owner of The Marmon Group, member of the Pritzker family Michael R. Quinlan, McDonald's Corporation Chairman Todd Ricketts, co-owner of Chicago Cubs John E. Rooney, CEO of US Cellular Thomas Schoewe, CFO of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. William Scholl, founder of Dr. Scholl's footcare Mamie Till, activist, mother of Emmett Till 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 Jerry Lorenzo, fashion designer David Draiman, lead singer of Disturbed Wendolly Esparza, Nuestra Belleza Mexico 2014 Mary Gross, actress, comedianDavis, Michael (Chicago Sun-Times). "'Saturday Night Live' Mary Gross on a Roll". The Jersey Journal. June 10, 1982. p. 32. Retrieved January 15, 2024. 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) David Pasquesi, actor Bill Rancic, television personality Sosay, professional wrestler Meredith Marks, television personality, The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City
Government and politics
Alumni
Activists Jerry Harkness, former professional basketball player and civil rights activist 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, former 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 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 Ruben Castillo, judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois David H. Coar, judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois John W. Darrah, judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Thomas R. Fitzgerald, 1st District Justice Supreme Court of Illinois Virginia Mary Kendall, judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Howard Thomas Markey, the first Chief Justice of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Peg McDonnell Breslin, member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1977 to 1991 and the first woman elected to the Illinois Appellate Court outside of Cook County.Illinois Blue Book 1977-1979 pages 58 and 143 Mary Ann G. McMorrow, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois Mary Jane Theis, judge, Supreme Court of Illinois Robert R. Thomas, current Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois
Legislators Harry P. Beam, former U.S. Congressman Charles A. Boyle, former U.S. Congressman Emmet Byrne, former U.S. Congressman Fred Crespo, member of Illinois House of Representatives Daniel Cronin, former Illinois State Senator John Cullerton, current Illinois State Senator; President of Illinois State Senate Tom Dart, Cook County Sheriff and former Illinois State Representative Ed Derwinski, former U.S. Congressman, 1st United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs Michael Dvorak, former Indiana state representative and St. Joseph County, Indiana Prosecutor Samuel Epstein, Illinois state representative, lawyer, and physician'Illinois blue Book 1951-1952,' Biographical Sketch of Samuel S. Epstein, pg. 184-185 John N. Erlenborn, former U.S. Congressman John G. Fary, former U.S. Congressman Edward Rowan Finnegan, former U.S. Congressman Michael Patrick Flanagan, former U.S. Congressman La Shawn Ford, current member of Illinois House of Representatives John J. Gorman, former U.S. Congressman Mary Jeanne Hallstrom, former member of Illinois House of Representatives Shawn Hamerlinck, former Iowa State Senator Henry Hyde, former U.S. Congressman Daniel Hynes, current Illinois State Comptroller James T. Igoe, former U.S. Congressman Peter C. Knudson, former Utah State Senator Gary LaPaille, former Illinois State Senator Michael Madigan, former Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives and chairman of the Democratic Party of Illinois William T. Murphy, former U.S. Congressman Kevin Olickal, current Illinois State Representative Thomas L. Owens, former U.S. Congressman Lillian Piotrowski, former Illinois State Representative'Illinois Blue Book 1963,' Biographical Sketch of Lillian Piotrowski, pg. 264 Mike Quigley, current U.S. Congressman Trey Radel, former U.S. Congressman Christine Radogno, former Illinois State Senator; former Republican Minority Leader in the Illinois State Senate Daniel J. Ronan, former U.S. Congressman Dan Rostenkowski, former U.S. Congressman Martin Sandoval, current Illinois State Senator Ira Silverstein, current Illinois State Senator James M. Slattery, former U.S. Senator Rudolph G. Tenerowicz, former U.S. Congressman Donne Trotter, former Illinois State Senator Arthur Wilhelmi, former Illinois State Senator Corinne Wood, former Illinois Lieutenant Governor
Other Lieutenant General Joseph Carroll, founding director of Defense Intelligence Agency and the Air Force Office of Special Investigations Nina Kasniunas, Political scientist, author, and professor Major General Enrique Méndez, Jr., Army Deputy Surgeon General Maria Pappas, Cook County Treasurer (1998–present); earned her Ph.D. in psychology from Loyola in 1976 Tom Philpott, former professor of history at the University of Texas and researcher into child prostitution Todd Ricketts, Finance Chairman of the Republican National Committee since January 31, 2018 Edith S. Sampson, US delegate to the United Nations
Journalism
Alumni Susan Candiotti, CNN correspondent Philip Caputo, author, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Susan Carlson, WBBM-TV Chicago news anchor Shams Charania, sports journalist covering the NBA for The Athletic and Stadium 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 Jim Quinlan, credited with the story and screenplay for Michael Victoria Recano, news anchor Mercedes Soler, news anchor for Univision and CNN en Español Patricia Thompson, TV and film producer
Literature
Alumni Sandra Cisneros (b. 1954), author, poet, teacher 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 Dinesh Sharma, author Bill Zehme, author
Medical
Alumni John L. Keeley Sr., Chicago surgeon who was personal physician to two Chicago cardinals Bruce Lerman, cardiologist; Chief of the Division of Cardiology and Director of the Cardiac Electrophysiology Laboratory at Weill Cornell Medicine and the New York Presbyterian Hospital Charlie Pechous, Major League Baseball player and physician
Religion Mark McIntosh, Professor of Christian Spirituality Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, former chaplain of the men's basketball team who became a major media celebrity during the team's 2018 Final Four run
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 Ronald A. Hicks, Archbishop-elect of New York Daniel A. Lord, Catholic writer Anthony Petro Mayalla, Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mwanza Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster and ‘Primate of England and Wales’ (see Archbishop of Westminster for explanation) Mar Awa Royel, Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East John George Vlazny, Archbishop of Portland, Oregon
Sports
Alumni Lucas Bartlett, professional soccer player Elliot Collier, professional soccer player Clayton Custer, professional basketball player and coach Milton Doyle, professional basketball player Jack Dwan, former professional basketball player John Egan, basketball player Armando Favela, professional golfer Eric Gehrig, professional soccer player Jerry Harkness, former professional basketball player Alfredrick Hughes, former professional basketball player (1st round pick in 1985 NBA draft) Les Hunter, former professional basketball player Donte Ingram, professional basketball player. Thomas Jaeschke, professional and U.S. Olympic men's volleyball player Jeffrey Jendryk, professional and U.S. Olympic men’s volleyball player Jack Kerris, former professional basketball player Nick Kladis, former professional basketball player, part-owner of White Sox and St. Louis Cardinals Cameron Krutwig, professional basketball player LaRue Martin, former professional basketball player (# 1 pick in 1972 NBA draft) Andre Moore, former professional basketball player Mike Novak, former professional basketball player Tom O'Hara, former indoor mile world record holder, 1964 Olympian 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 Blake Schilb, professional basketball player Eddie Slowikowski, former NCAA All-American runner Andre Wakefield, former professional basketball player Phil Weintraub, Major League Baseball player Brian Wheeler, broadcaster for NBA's Portland Trail Blazers
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