List of alumni of Villanova University
Various notable individuals in many professions attended Villanova University at some point in their educational careers. Many influential and important individuals in the fields of government, business, economics, education, entertainment, arts, fashion, athletics and the sciences are alumni of Villanova.
Arts, entertainment, and journalism
- Maria Bello - Golden Globe-nominated actress
- Victor Buono - Academy Award-nominated actor
- Roxanne Chalifoux - "Crying Piccolo Girl" meme
- Bradley Cooper - Academy Award-nominated actor (attended for one year before transferring to Georgetown University)
- Jim Croce - recording artist
- Michelle Guglielmo - former producer, The People's Court[1]
- Tim Hauser - singer and founder of the vocal group The Manhattan Transfer
- Michael Hollinger - playwright and screenwriter
- Vahan Janjigian - former Forbes magazine columnist; author of Even Buffett Isn't Perfect and The Forbes/CFA Institute Investment Course
- Keith Jones - Emmy award-winning news anchor and reporter at WCAU in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[2]
- Naomi Karam - News Director at NBC News
- Toby Keith - recording artist (attended for one year, received honorary degree)
- Monica Malpass - M.A. in political science in 1999; news anchor and reporter for WPVI[3]
- Gerald Marzorati - editor of The New York Times Magazine; assistant managing editor of The New York Times
- Kacie McDonnell - news anchor, 41 Action News traffic reporter, Kansas City, Missouri
- Don McLean - recording artist (attended for three months and did not receive a degree)
- Hannah Minx - former YouTube vlogger
- Ryan Montbleau - recording artist
- Vincent Piazza - actor (attended for a year; did not graduate)
- David Rabe - playwright (Hurlyburly) and screenwriter (Casualties of War, The Firm)
- Murtaza Razvi - journalist, Senior Assistant Editor and Head of Magazines, Dawn, Political Analyst, The Indian Express
- Greg Rikaart - Emmy Award-winning actor, currently starring in the daytime soap opera, The Young and the Restless
- Fred Santarpia - President, Chief Digital Officer, Condé Nast publications [4][5]
- Jennifer Santiago - Emmy Award-winning reporter, CBS4 News, Miami
- Cole Sternberg - visual artist
- Philip Terzian - literary editor, The Weekly Standard, author (Architects of Power: Roosevelt, Eisenhower and the American Century)
Business, law, and economics
- Ayman Asfari - British-Syrian businessman, CEO of Petrofac
- Robert J. Bolger - co-founder, former president and chief executive officer of National Association of Chain Drug Stores
- Luke Bowen and Trevor Hayward - co-founders of Evil Genius Beer Company
- Christopher J. Carey - Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of City National Bank
- Robert J. Darretta, Jr. - chief financial officer and vice chairman of Johnson & Johnson
- John Drosdick - chief executive officer, Sunoco
- John Eleuthère du Pont
- Carolyn Everson - VP, Global Marketing Solutions of Facebook
- Chris Gheysens (VSB, 1993) - president and CEO of Wawa Inc.[6]
- John D. Idol - Chairman and CEO of Michael Kors
- John Igoe - Director, Real Estate, Design & Construction of Google
- Bert Jacobs - co-founder and CEO of Life is good
- John P. Jones III - retired chairman, Air Products & Chemicals
- Patrick Kerins - venture capitalist and Special Partner at New Enterprise Associates
- James Kim - chairman of Amkor Technology
- Thomas G. Labrecque - former CEO of Chase Manhattan Bank
- John Leahy - President of KIND Healthy Snacks
- Angelina Mondavi - winemaker and co-proprietor of Dark Matter Wines
- James Mullen - president and chief executive officer, Biogen Idec
- James V. O'Donnell - retired CEO of American Eagle Outfitters
- Scott O'Neill - CEO of the Philadelphia 76ers
- Ronald O. Perelman - billionaire CEO of Mackandrews and Forbes (one semester in 1960, before transferring to University of Pennsylvania)
- Michael Silbert - Deputy General Counsel of Urban Outfitters
- Paul V. Scura - former Executive Vice President and Head of Investment Bank of Prudential Securities
- Paula Sutter - former President of Diane Von Furstenberg
- David Worby - trial lawyer who specializes in personal injury cases, most notably Ground Zero illnesses
Education, engineering, and the sciences
- Andrew M. Allen - NASA astronaut and space shuttle pilot
- William M. Brown - Chairman, President, and CEO of Harris Corporation
- Sean M. Carroll - theoretical physicist
- Steve Chen - computer engineer, principal architect of Cray X-MP supercomputer
- Nance Dicciani - chemical engineer, ranked one of The World's 100 Most Powerful Women
- Brian Glaister and Alex Pacanowski - Co-founders of Cadence Biomedical
- Edward Guinan - astronomer, discovered Neptune's ring system
- John L. Hennessy - President of Stanford University
- Jamie Hyneman - co-Host and Executive Producer of Mythbusters (honorary Doctor of Engineering & co-advisor of VU COE senior capstone project)
- Deirdre Imus - Head of the Deidre Imus Environmental Center for Pediatric Oncology
- John P. Jones - retired Chairman and CEO of Air Products and Chemicals
- Colin D. Joye - Engineer, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
- Christopher Lee - Director of Philanthrophy of The Scripps Research Insitute
- Michael T. McCulloough - VP, Environmental Design and Engineering of Walt Disney Imagineering
- Anne Mullins - VP and Chief Information Officer of Lockheed Martin
- Glenn Reitmeier - SVP Advanced Technology Standards and Policy of NBC Universal
- William J. Rhodes - Contributor to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which won a 2007 Nobel Peace Prize
- Anne Roby - SVP of Praxair Inc.
- Robert Slegelmilch - VP Engineering and Technology, Information Systems and Global Solutions of Lockheed Martin
- Susan Ward - former CFO of Shell Midstream Partners
Government, politics, and military
- Kelly Ayotte - junior United States Senator from the State of New Hampshire
- Jill Biden - current Second Lady of the United States[7]
- Joseph Clancy - current director of the US Secret Service
- George B. Crist - General - first Marine to be designated Commander in Chief, Central Command
- Christopher G. Donovan - Speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives
- Walter Doran - Admiral, United States Navy (retired)
- William J. Fallon - Admiral, United States Navy, and Commander of United States Central Command
- Charlie Gerow - political consultant, commentator and lawyer
- David Girard-diCarlo - nominated as the US Ambassador to Austria
- Joseph Hare - Rear Admiral, United States Navy
- Kate M. Harper - Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives since 2001
- Jerramiah T. Healy - mayor, Jersey City, New Jersey
- Charles A. Heimbold, Jr. - former US ambassador to Sweden and former chairman of Bristol-Myers Squibb; endowed Villanova's Heimbold Chair of Irish Studies
- Thomas J. Kearney - Rear Admiral, Unites States Navy]] (retired)
- Paul X. Kelley - retired Marine general and former Commandant of the Marine Corps
- John LaFalce - former US Congressman from New York state, 1975–2002
- Frank J. Larkin - Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate [8]
- William J. Martini - district court judge for the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
- Joseph J. McMenamin - Brigadier General, United States Marine Corps
- Charles A. Murphy - member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee[9]
- Maite O. Rodriguez - Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico
- Dominic Pileggi - State Senate Majority Leader of Pennsylvania
- Stanley A. Prokop - former US Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1959–1961
- James M. Quigley - former US Congressman from Pennsylvania
- Ed Rendell - former Pennsylvania governor and general chair of the Democratic National Committee in 2000
- Marjorie Rendell - former first lady of Pennsylvania; federal judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- John G. Rowland - former Connecticut governor, 1995–2004[10]
- Matthew J. Ryan - former member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
- Dick Schulze - former US congressman from the State of Pennsylvania, 1975–1993
- Donald William Snyder (J.D. 1982) - Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1981-2000; Majority Whip[11]
- Xavier Suarez - former mayor of Miami
- Dan Truitt - Pennsylvania House of Representatives
- Anthony Zinni - General, United States Marine Corps (retired); former Commander in Chief of US Central Command (CENTCOM)
Religion and philosophy
- Michael Francis Burbidge - Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Raleigh
- Daniel Mark - Vice Chair of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom
- John Joseph O'Connor - cardinal and Archbishop of the Archdiocese of New York
Sports and athletics
- Malik Allen - former professional basketball player, currently an assistant coach with the Detroit Pistons
- Ryan Arcidiacono - professional basketball player, currently with the San Antonio Spurs, most outstanding player of the 2016 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
- Paul Arizin - former professional basketball player, member of Basketball Hall of Fame, voted one of the 50 all-time greatest in NBA history in 1996
- Al Atkinson - professional football player, starting linebacker for the Super Bowl Champion 1969 New York Jets
- James Bell (born 1992) - professional basketball player for Israeli team Hapoel Holon
- Michael Bradley - former professional basketball player, NBA and European leagues
- Don Bragg - 1960 Olympic pole vaulting gold medalist
- Eamonn Coghlan - track and field athlete, four-time Olympian and the only man over age 40 to run a sub-four-minute mile
- Ron Delany - track and field athlete, gold medalist in 1500 meters at the 1956 Olympic Games
- Denise Dillon - VU Hall of Fame; Drexel University Head Women's Basketball Coach
- Jumbo Elliott - track and field coach, inducted into National Track & Field Hall of Fame, 1981
- Brian Finneran - former professional football player, Philadelphia Eagles ('99) and Atlanta Falcons (2000–2009), Walter Payton Award winner 1997
- Michael Fitzmaurice - swimmer, gold medalist in the 1967 Pan American Games; American Record and NCAA Record holder
- Chris Ford - former professional basketball player and coach of the Milwaukee Bucks, Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Clippers and Philadelphia 76ers
- Randy Foye - professional basketball player
- Stan Galazin - professional football player
- Darrun Hilliard - professional basketball player, currently with the Detroit Pistons
- Larry James - track and field athlete, 1968 Olympic gold and silver medalist in 1600 m relay and 400 m, respectively; Director of Athletics and Recreation at Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
- Wali Jones - former professional basketball player
- Kerry Kittles - former professional basketball player with the New Jersey Nets and Los Angeles Clippers, First Team Basketball All-American 1996
- Marty Liquori - track and field athlete, competed in the 1968 Olympics as a freshman in the 1500 meter
- Howie Long - former professional football player and Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee, Oakland Raiders (1981–1993), football analyst, actor
- Kyle Lowry - professional basketball player, currently with the Toronto Raptors
- Art Mahan - former professional baseball player for the Philadelphia Phillies, United States Navy officer, Villanova baseball coach and athletic director
- Sydney Maree - track and field athlete, 1988 Olympian, three NCAA titles (1500: 1980, 81; 5000: 1979)
- Bill Melchionni - former professional basketball player, number retired by NBA Nets
- Jimmy Murray - former general manager of the Philadelphia Eagles, co-founder of Ronald McDonald House
- Sonia O'Sullivan - track and field athlete, 2000 Olympic silver medalist in 5000 m
- Don Paige - track and field All-American, NCAA Champion, Penn Relays Champion and a member of 1980 United States Olympic Team that President Carter banned from competing in Moscow Olympics
- Richie Phillips - lawyer, players' agent, former head of MLB Umpires and NBA officials unions
- Ed Pinckney - former professional basketball player, MVP of 1985 Final Four, member of 1985 National Championship winning basketball team
- John Pinone - Second Team Basketball All-American, 1983
- Howard Porter - former professional basketball player, First Team Basketball All-American 1971
- Allan Ray - professional basketball player, formerly with the Boston Celtics and currently playing in Italy
- Kevin Reilly - former professional football player, linebacker and captain of special teams; ('73) Miami Dolphins, ('73-'74) Philadelphia Eagles and ('75) NE Patriots; currently a motivational speaker; sports broadcaster for Philadelphia Eagles and Villanova Football
- Scottie Reynolds - professional basketball player; First Team Basketball All-American 2009
- Browning Ross - Olympic long-distance runner (1948 and 1952) and gold medal winner at the 1951 Pan American Games
- Mike Seamon - professional soccer player for MLS Seattle Sounders
- Rory Sparrow - former professional basketball player
- Matt Szczur - professional baseball player, currently with the Chicago Cubs; member of 2009 National Championship winning football team
- Tim Thomas - former professional basketball player
- Raymond Ventrone - professional football player, 2008 Super Bowl participant with NFL Patriots
- Brian Westbrook - former professional football player, 2001 Walter Payton Award winner, 2006 Super Bowl participant with Philadelphia Eagles
- Doug West - former professional basketball player; unsuccessfully recruited by then-Pitt assistant coach John Calipari
References
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm5540055/
- ↑ NBC10 Philadelphia Bio: Keith Jones
- ↑ "Monica Malpass biography". WPVI. Retrieved 2010-07-29.
- ↑ Conde Nast Publications Press Release http://www.condenast.com/press/press-releases/2014/10/27/conde-nast-names-fred-santarpia-executive-vice-president-and-chief-d
- ↑ http://wwd.com/media-news/publishing/year-in-fashion-shakeup-conde-nast-ceo-10297685/
- ↑ Nicholson, Chris. "Driving Success Through Business Analytics: Wawa’s President Speaks to Students", Villanova Business, Summer 2012. Accessed October 8, 2015. "Chris Gheysens ’93 VSB, CFO and President of Wawa, discusses his company’s use of business analytics to expand its profitability."
- ↑ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-jill-biden
- ↑ Frank J. Larkin-United States Senate
- ↑ "CHARLES 'CHARLEY' A. MURPHY'S BIOGRAPHY". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
- ↑ http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_connecticut/col2-content/main-content-list/title_rowland_john.html
- ↑ "Donald William Snyder (Republican)". Official Pennsylvania House of Representatives Profile. Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Archived from the original on 2000-02-01.
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