List of Canisius University people

This is a list of notable students, alumni, staff and faculty of Canisius College in Buffalo, New York.

Academia

Sister Marion Beiter, '44 - mathematician, Chairman of Mathematics for Rosary Hill College
H. James Birx - Professor of Anthropology, Canisius College
Paul G. Bulger - President of Buffalo State College
James Demske, S.J., B.A. '47 – President of Canisius College (1966–1993)^[1]
John Hurley - President of Canisius College
Mark Huson - Professor of Finance, University of Alberta, Faculty of Business
Paul G. Gassman '57 - former Chair of University of Minnesota Chemistry Department
Thomas J. Lawley '68 - Dean of the Emory University School of Medicine
Steven Seegel, Ph.D. ’99 - Professor of Slavic and Eurasian Studies at University of Texas at Austin^[2]

Mary E. Belle '73 – President of Licensing, Jones Apparel Group
Michael Buczkowski '86 - General Manager / Vice President of the Buffalo Bisons
Peter M. Cuviello '69 – Vice President and Managing Director, Lockheed Martin
Calvin Darden '72 – Senior Vice President, United Parcel Service; named 8th most powerful black executive in the U.S. by Fortune magazine
Gene F. Jankowski '55 – former Chairman, CBS Broadcast Group: Chairman and CEO, Jankowski
Gregory R. Maday '70 – Senior Vice President, Warner Bros.
George Mathewson '72 – Chairman of the Board, Royal Bank of Scotland
Carl J. Montante '64 - founder, President, and Managing Director of Uniland Development; named 2010 Buffalo Outstanding Citizen^[3]
Charles Moran Jr. - President and COO, Delaware North^[4]
John W. Rowe '66 – Chairman and CEO, Aetna, Inc.; member of the Academy of Science

Anne Burrell '91 – Food Network chef
J. Michael Collins – co-founder of PBS Buffalo; Emmy Award winner for executive producing Reading Rainbow
Elizabeth MacDonald '84 - Gerald Loeb Award and multiple other awards winning financial journalist with The Wall Street Journal, anchorwoman on Fox Business, appeared on NBC's The Today Show, ABC's World News Tonight, Outnumbered, Your World with Neil Cavuto, CBS This Morning, C-SPAN, Court TV, ABC News Radio, NPR, and others
Michael Scheuer '74 – CBS News terrorism analyst; former CIA employee
Elaine Sciolino ’70 – author; Paris Bureau Chief for The New York Times
Cynthia L. Skrzycki '76 – financial columnist for The Washington Post
Adam Zyglis '04 – editorial cartoonist for The Buffalo News, winner of 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning

Sister Marion Beiter, '44 - mathematician, Chairman of Mathematics for Rosary Hill College
Thomas J. Dougherty, Ph.D. '55 – Chief of Radiation/Biology Dept., Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Thomas J. Lawley, M.D. '68 – Dean, School of Medicine, Emory University
Mark J. Lema, M.D., Ph.D. '71 – Chairman, Critical Care Medicine & Pain Medicine, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Robert J. Lull, M.D. (deceased) '62 – Chief of Nuclear Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital
George E. Schreiner '43 – Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine
Edward G. Zubler '49, inventor of the halogen lamp^[5]

Hon. Charles S. Desmond (deceased) '17 – retired Chief Judge, New York Court of Appeals
Hon. Dennis Thomas Flynn, Delegate to Congress from the Oklahoma territory
Hon. Matthew J. Jasen '37 – retired judge, NY State Court of Appeals; Jasen and Jasen, PC
Hon. John J. LaFalce '61 – former Congressman (NY); Peter Canisius Distinguished University Professor, Canisius College
Hon. Michael Liebel, Jr. (Class of 1887), former Mayor of Erie, Pennsylvania and United States Representative for Pennsylvania
Hon. Salvatore R. Martoche, JSC '62 – New York State Supreme Court Justice; former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Hon. Anthony M. Masiello '69 – former Mayor of Buffalo, New York
James T. Molloy '58 – former Doorkeeper, U.S. House of Representatives
Hon. Henry J. Nowak '57 – former Congressman (NY), U.S. House of Representatives
Hon. L. William Paxon '77 – former Congressman (NY); Senior Advisor, Akin, Gump, Hauer, Strauss & Feld
Denise O'Donnell, former United States Attorney, candidate for New York State Attorney General and New York State Director of Criminal Justice Services
Michael Scheuer '74, Ph.D. – former Chief of the Bin Laden Issue Station (aka Alec Station); Special Advisor to the Chief of the bin Laden unit from September 2001 to November 2004; author of Imperial Hubris: Why the West is Losing the War on Terror
Robin Schimminger '69 – State Assemblyman
Dale Volker '63 – State Senator

Dan Carey- professional lacrosse player and now General Manager of the Rochester knight hawks

Michael Buczkowski - General Manager/Vice President of the Buffalo Bisons
Tommy Colella - football player
Leroy Chollet - basketball player
Corey Herring '08 − basketball player
Robert A. MacKinnon '50 – former General Manager, Assistant Coach, New Jersey Nets
Johnny McCarthy - NBA player and coach; coached Golden Griffins Men's Basketball
Gerry Meehan - former NHL player and General Manager of the Buffalo Sabres
Michael Meeks - basketball player
Beth Phoenix − WWE professional wrestler; Class of 2017 WWE Hall of Famer, former WWE Divas Champion & three-time WWE Women's Champion
Dick Poillon − early National Football League player
Michael F. Smrek '85 – former professional basketball player, NBA Los Angeles Lakers
Eyal Yaffe '86 - basketball player, Israeli Basketball Premier League