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Revision as of 23:23, 12 July 2006 by Mantanmoreland (talk | contribs) (moved Notable Fordham University Alumni to List of Notable Fordham University Alumni: adding "list" as per talk page)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)The following list of prominent alumni is in no way comprehensive and should be deemed, at best, representative of prominent Fordham University alumni.
Arts and Letters
- Thomas Cahill, author
- Mary Higgins Clark, bestselling suspense novelist
- Ed Dee, author
- Don DeLillo, National Book Award and PEN/Faulkner Award-winning author
- John LaFarge, painter, muralist, designer of stained-glass windows
- Virginia O'Hanlon, wrote a letter to the New York Sun asking about Santa Claus which prompted the famous response "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" (doctorate from Fordham)
Business
- Raul Alarcon, Jr., Chairman, President and CEO, Spanish Broadcasting System
- Rose Marie Bravo, CEO, Burberry
- Kathleen Brown, Senior Advisor, Head of Public Finance, Western Region, Goldman Sachs (Fordham Law alumna)
- Kevin Burke, Chairman, President and CEO, Consolidated Edison (Fordham Law alumnus)
- Robert M. Calderoni, Chairman and CEO, Ariba
- Michael J. Dolan, Executive Vice President and CFO, Viacom
- John D. Finnegan, Chairman, President and CEO, Chubb Corporation (Fordham Law alumnus)
- Dennis J. FitzSimons, Chairman, President and CEO, Tribune Company
- Mario Gabelli, Founder, Chairman, CEO and Chief Investment Officer, GAMCO Investors
- Victor F. Ganzi, President and CEO, Hearst Corporation
- John Kilcullen, President and Publisher, Billboard Information Group (includes Billboard magazine); started the "For Dummies" series of how-to books for publisher IDG Books
- Ronald L. Kuehn, Jr., Chairman, El Paso Corporation
- Richard T. Mina, President and CEO, Foot Locker, Inc. USA
- Joseph H. Moglia, CEO, TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation
- Angelo R. Mozilo, Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO, Countrywide Financial Corporation
- Finbarr J. O'Neill, President and CEO, Reynolds & Reynolds (Fordham Law alumnus)
- Frank J. Petrilli, President and CEO, Nexxar Group
- Joseph Quinlan, Chief Market Strategist, Banc of America Capital Management (master's degree from Fordham)
- Mary Lou Quinlan, Founder and CEO, Just Ask a Woman (master's degree from Fordham)
- J. Brendan Ryan, Chairman, Foote, Cone & Belding Worldwide
- David J. Shea, President and COO, Bowne & Co.
- William S. Stavropoulos, retired Chairman, The Dow Chemical Company
- Donald Trump, business executive (attended, no degree)
- William D. Walsh, Founder & Chairman, Sequoia Associates
Education
- Timothy S. Healy, S.J., former President, Georgetown University (master's degree from Fordham)
- Fr. Thomas Hopko, Orthodox Christian theologian
- Eamon Kelly, President Emeritus, Tulane University
- Gerald W. Lynch, former President, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
- William J. McGill, former President, Columbia University
- Leo J. O'Donovan, S.J., President Emeritus, Georgetown University (doctorate from Fordham)
- Gerard Reedy, S.J., former President, College of the Holy Cross
- Paul Reiss, President Emeritus, Saint Michael's College (master's degree from Fordham)
- John Sexton, President, New York University
Entertainment
- Alan Alda, five-time Emmy Award and six-time Golden Globe Award-winning actor
- Ozzie Alfonso, President, Terra Multimedia; Peabody Award and multiple Emmy Award winner
- Prince Lorenzo Borghese, reality star of ABC's ninth edition of The Bachelor (master's degree from Fordham)
- Hilarie Burton, actress, best known for her role as Peyton Sawyer on the TV series One Tree Hill (attended, no degree)
- Thomas Calabro, actor, best known for his role as Dr. Michael Mancini on the TV series Melrose Place
- Patricia Clarkson, Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated actress
- David Copperfield, magician (attended, no degree)
- Kevin Devine, singer/songwriter, Capitol Records
- Faith Evans, Grammy Award-winning singer (attended, no degree)
- Dan Grimaldi, actor, best known for his work portraying identical twin mobsters, Patsy Parisi and Phillip "Philly Spoons" Parisi, on the TV series The Sopranos
- Pat Harrington, Jr., Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award-winning actor, best known for his role as Schneider on the TV sitcom One Day at a Time
- Jonathan Harris, actor, best known for his TV work as Bradford Webster in The Third Man and Dr. Zachary Smith in Lost in Space
- Bob Keeshan, five-time Emmy Award and three-time Peabody Award-winning star and producer of the children's TV series Captain Kangaroo
- Ted May, three-time Emmy Award-winning director of the children's TV series Sesame Street
- Dylan McDermott, Golden Globe Award-winning actor, best known for his role as defense attorney Bobby Donnell on the TV series The Practice
- Lara Jill Miller, actress, best known for her role as Samantha "Sam" Kanisky on the TV sitcom Gimme a Break! (Fordham Law alumna)
- Annie Parisse, actress, best known for her role as assistant district attorney Alexandra Borgia on the TV series Law & Order
- Joe Patane, cast member of MTV's The Real World: Miami
- Amanda Seyfried, actress, Mean Girls, ABC Family's Wildfire, HBO's Big Love
- Hunter Tylo, actress, best known for her role as Dr. Taylor Hamilton on the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful
- Denzel Washington, two-time Academy Award and two-time Golden Globe Award-winning actor
Law, Politics, and Public Service
- Adrian A. Basora, U.S. Ambassador to the Czech Republic (1992-1995)
- Cornelius Blackshear, Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court (1985-2005); presided over Pan Am and Spiegel bankruptcies (Fordham Law alumnus)
- William J. Casey, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (1981-1987)
- Denny Chin, Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (Fordham Law alumnus)
- E. Gerald Corrigan, former President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York (master's degree and doctorate from Fordham)
- Andrew Cuomo, U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President Clinton
- Francis Edwin Dorn, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1953-1961)
- Claire Eagan, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma (Fordham Law alumna)
- Geraldine Ferraro, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1979-1985) and first woman Vice Presidential candidate of a major political party (Fordham Law alumna)
- Vito Fossella, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1998-Present) (Fordham Law alumnus)
- Robert Giaimo, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1959-1981)
- Michael N. Gianaris, member of the New York State Assembly (2001-Present) and candidate for New York State Attorney General in 2006
- James F. Gill, Chairman, Battery Park City Authority (Fordham Law alumnus)
- Arthur Gonzalez, Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court (1995-Present); presided over Enron Corporation and WorldCom bankruptcies
- John Keane, retired four-star General and former Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army
- G. Gordon Liddy, Watergate conspirator, nationally syndicated radio talk show host
- Joseph M. McLaughlin, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (1990-Present)
- William R. Meagher, former Senior Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
- John N. Mitchell, U.S. Attorney General under President Nixon
- William Hughes Mulligan, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (1971-1981)
- Jerrold Nadler, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1993-Present) (Fordham Law alumnus)
- Bill Pascrell, Jr., member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1997-Present)
- Marilyn Hall Patel, Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (Fordham Law alumna)
- John E. Potter, U.S. Postmaster General and CEO of the U.S. Postal Service
- Loretta A. Preska, Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (Fordham Law alumna)
- Thomas Vincent Quinn, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1949-1951)
- Anthony M. Santomero, President, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
- Bernard M. Shanley, Deputy Chief of Staff and White House Counsel to President Eisenhower (Fordham Law alumnus)
- Adam Smith, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1997-Present)
- Thomas Suozzi, Nassau County Executive and candidate for Governor of New York in 2006 (Fordham Law alumnus)
- Peter Vallone, Jr., member of the New York City Council (2002-Present)
- Peter Vallone, Sr., first and longtime Speaker of the New York City Council
- Malcolm Wilson, Governor of New York (1973-1975)
Media and Communications
- John Andariese, radio color commentator for the New York Knicks
- Caterina Bandini, news anchor for Boston's NBC affiliate, WHDH-TV
- Louis Boccardi, retired President, The Associated Press
- Mike Breen, sportscaster for NBA games on ABC and ESPN as well as New York Knicks games on MSG Network
- Chris Carrino, radio play-by-play announcer for the New Jersey Nets
- Christopher Cuomo, Emmy Award-winning correspondent for ABC News (Fordham Law alumnus)
- Jack Curry, baseball columnist and reporter for The New York Times
- Pat Dawson, Emmy Award-winning correspondent for NBC News
- Spero Dedes, radio play-by-play announcer for the Los Angeles Lakers
- Jim Dwyer, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
- Jack Ford, co-anchor of Court TV's Banfield & Ford: Courtside, Peabody Award and two-time Emmy Award winner (Fordham Law alumnus)
- John Giannone, co-anchor of MSG Network's MSG SportsDesk
- Herbert A. Granath, Chairman Emeritus, ESPN; two-time Emmy Award and two-time Tony Award winner
- Michael Kay, TV play-by-play announcer for the New York Yankees
- Greg Kelly, correspondent for Fox News Channel
- Tom Leykis, nationally syndicated radio talk show host (attended, no degree)
- Sal Marchiano, two-time Emmy Award-winning sports anchor for New York City's WB affiliate, WPIX-TV
- Malcolm Moran, sportswriter for USA Today, USBWA Hall of Famer
- Lynn Neary, correspondent for NPR
- Charles Osgood, three-time Emmy Award and two-time Peabody Award-winning journalist for CBS, Radio Hall of Famer
- Bob Papa, radio play-by-play announcer for the New York Giants
- Ed Randall, host of WFAN's Talking Baseball
- Tony Reali, host of ESPN's Around the Horn
- Chris Reilly, radio newscaster for 1010 WINS and WNYC in New York City
- Vin Scully, Emmy Award-winning sportscaster for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Baseball Hall of Famer, Radio Hall of Famer
- Charlie Slowes, radio play-by-play announcer for the Washington Nationals
- Susan L. Taylor, Editorial Director, Essence magazine
- Loretta Tofani, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
Sports
- Steve Bellán, first Latin American to play Major League Baseball
- Peter A. Carlesimo, former Executive Director, National Invitation Tournament
- P.J. Carlesimo, college and professional basketball coach
- Tom Courtney, two-time Olympic gold medalist, held world record in 880-yard run
- Frankie Frisch, Baseball Hall of Famer
- Pete Harnisch, former Major League All-Star pitcher
- Harry Jacunski, NFL player, college football coach
- Vince Lombardi, football coaching legend, Pro Football Hall of Famer
- John Mara, President and COO, New York Giants (Fordham Law alumnus)
- Wellington Mara, deceased owner of the New York Giants, Pro Football Hall of Famer
- Joe McCluskey, Olympic bronze medalist, USATF Hall of Famer
- John Mulcahy, Olympic gold and silver medalist
- Gene Orza, COO, Major League Baseball Players Association
- Smush Parker, NBA player for the Los Angeles Lakers (attended, no degree)
- Steve Ryan, Commissioner, Major Indoor Soccer League
- Alex Wojciechowicz, Pro Football Hall of Famer, College Football Hall of Famer
- John Wolyniec, Major League Soccer player for the Columbus Crew