List of John Carroll University people

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This is a list of people associated with John Carroll University in University Heights, Ohio. This includes faculty, alumni, staff, and former university Presidents. John Carroll University is a private, co-educational Jesuit university in the greater Cleveland, Ohio area in the United States. The university was founded as Saint Ignatius College by the Society of Jesus. A member of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities, John Carroll was founded in 1886. The University enrolls approximately 4,000 students per year.

Alumni

Media

• Tim Russert - Former NBC News Washington Bureau Chief and Host and Moderator of Meet the Press; University's Department of Communications and Theatre Arts renamed in his honor May 2009
• Paisley Dodds AP London Bureau chief
• Mary Ann Ahern - Political Reporter, NBC5 Chicago

Government

• Sara Bloomfield - Director, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (M.A. from John Carroll University)
• Frank D. Celebrezze I - American politician, brother of Anthony Celebrezze
• Anne C. Conway - Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
• John Cranley - Former candidate, United States House of Representatives; City Council, Cincinnati, Ohio
• Timothy J. DeGeeter - State Representative, Ohio Legislature
• Timothy Grendell - Member, Ohio Senate
• Donald J. McConnell - Former United States Ambassador to Eritrea
• Tom Murphy - Former Mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Mary Rose Oakar - Former Congresswoman (M.A. from John Carroll University)
• Jon Powers - American politician, U.S. Army Captain, and founder of War Kids Relief
• Paweł Wojciechowski - Polish economist and former Polish Minister of Finance

Military

• Carter Ham - General, United States Army, currently serving as Commanding General, U.S. Army, Europe
• John D. Lavelle - General, United States Air Force, 4 stars restored by President Barack Obama, 2010.
• Robert Stall - Major General, United States Army Reserve, Commanding General, 108th Training Command (Initial Entry Training)
• Carl E. Walz - United States colonel (Ret.) and astronaut (M.S. from John Carroll University)

Business

• Peter Anthony - CEO of UGN, Manufacturer of sound systems for the automotive industry
• John Boler - Chairman, President & CEO of Boler Co.(see Hendrickson International)
• Jack Breen - Former CEO of Sherwin-Williams
• Bob Dickinson - Former CEO of Carnival Cruise Lines
• Timothy Donahue - Former Executive Chairman of Sprint Nextel
• Howard W. "Hoddy" Hanna, III - Chairman and CEO of Howard Hanna Real Estate Services Inc.
• Richard Kramer - CEO of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
• James Myers - CEO of PETCO
• Kathleen O'Neil - Former EVP, Advisor to the President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
• Nicholas Orlando - Co-owner, and President of Orlando Baking Company from 1970 to 2004.
• John Pellegrene - Former EVP Marketing, Target Corporation
• Michael Petras - Former President & CEO of GE Global Lighting & Industrial
• John Rooney - Former President and CEO of U.S. Cellular
• Anthony Cafaro Jr. - Co-President Cafaro Company (largest privately owned shopping center development & management company in the U.S.)

Sports

• Tom Arth - Professional football player, Indianapolis Colts and Green Bay Packers
• Nick Caserio - Professional football assistant coach, New England Patriots, wide receivers coach
• Enrique Ecker - Former NFL player
• London Fletcher-Baker - Professional football player, St. Louis Rams, Buffalo Bills, and Washington Redskins.
• Josh McDaniels - Offensive Coordinator of the St. Louis Rams, Former head coach for the Denver Broncos
• Brian Polian - Special Team Coach, Stanford
• Chris Polian - Vice President and General Manager, Indianapolis Colts
• Chuck Priefer - Assistant Coach, NFL
• Greg Roman - Offensive Coordinator, San Francisco 49ers
• Don Shula - Professional football player and Hall of Fame coach, Baltimore Colts and Miami Dolphins
• Carl Taseff - Professional football player and coach, Baltimore Colts, Buffalo Bills, and Miami Dolphins

Religion

• Anthony Pilla - retired Bishop, Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland
• Anthony Edward Pevec - retired Auxiliary Bishop, Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland
• Donald Edmond Pelotte - Bishop, Diocese of Gallup, New Mexico
• Rev. Timothy P. Kesicki, S.J. - Provincial, Chicago and Detroit Provinces of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits; former President of Saint Ignatius High School (Cleveland)
• Neil Buckon, D.D. - Episcopal Vicar for the West Coast

Academia

• Paul A. Fleury - Dean, Yale University School of Engineering
• John G. Peters - President, Northern Illinois University
• James Danko - President, Butler University; Former Dean, Villanova University, Villanova School of Business
• John Hardon - Jesuit priest, theologian, and intellectual
• Beth LaGamba - Golden Apple Award Winner 2003
• Fred Prestello - President, LeMoyne College
• John Peters - President, Northern Illinois University

Arts and entertainment

• Elizabeth Becka (aka Lisa Black) - Mystery Author
• Eric Carmen - Singer, musician
• Brian P. Cleary - Author of more than 25 children's books
• Jack Riley - Comedic actor
• Kurt Broz - award-winning writer, actor ("The Slasher", "Garbage Head", "The White Russian")
• Orville 'Art' Antram- Account Executive, Chicago Wolves

Other

• David Ferrie - Alleged by New Orleans district attorney, Jim Garrison, to have been involved in assassination of John F. Kennedy

Faculty

• Francesco Cesareo - President, Assumption College, former professor of history at John Carroll University
• Vincent Dethier - Insect physiologist and entomologist
• Sarah Willis - writer and novelist
• George Bilgere - poet
• Charles Geschke - co-founder of Adobe Systems Inc.