List of Saint Peter's University people
This is a list of notable graduates of Saint Peter's University (formerly Saint Peter's College) in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Notable alumni
Academics
- Jack Bogdanski, professor of law at Lewis & Clark Law School
- George J. Borjas, Robert W. Scrivner Professor of Economics and Social Policy at the Harvard Kennedy Schoolnges
Arts & entertainment
- Will Durant, 1968 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction and the 1977 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient
- Ken Jennings, 1979 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical recipient
- George Khoury, notable writer and interviewer in the field of comic books
- Renee Sebastian, Filipino-American soul-infused pop and R&B singer and songwriter
Business
- Lawrence R. Codey, former President & COO of Public Service Electric & Gas[1]
- Frank D'Amelio, Chief Financial Officer, Pfizer [2]
- John P. Ferguson '70, president & CEO, Hackensack University Medical Center
- Joseph R. Gromek, President & CEO of The Warnaco Group and former President & CEO of Brooks Brothers[3]
- Gary S. Horan ’70, president & CEO, Trinitas Regional Medical Center
- Thomas Jordan, President and CEO of Jordan & Jordan[4]
- James J. Loughlin, former National Director of the Pharmaceuticals Practice at KPMG[5]
- Thomas P. Mac Mahon, President & CEO, LabCorp
- William J. Marino, President & CEO, Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey.
- James Meister, former President & CEO of Kings Super Markets[6]
- Anthony P. Terracciano, Chairman of Sallie Mae
- Edmond J. Jabbour '41, Late CEO of R. Jabbour and Sons
Government
- Joseph V. Doria, Jr., former Mayor of Bayonne, New Jersey and former New Jersey Department of Community Affairs
- Charles M. Egan, New Jersey State Assemblyman, Senator, and Vice-Chancellor of the Chancery Court
- James J. Galdieri, former New Jersey State Assemblyman
- Daniel J. Griffin, former U.S. Representative from New York
- James A. Hamill, former United States Representative for New Jersey's 12th congressional district and New Jersey's 10th congressional district
- Edward J. Hart, former United States Representative for New Jersey's 14th congressional district
- John V. Kelly, nine-term member of the New Jersey General Assembly and former Mayor of Nutley, New Jersey
- Mark McNulty (politician), former Delaware Secretary of Transportation, who served in cabinet of Governor Dale E. Wolf
- Robert Menendez, current United States Senator from New Jersey
- Robert J. Morris, Anti-communist activist and chief counsel to the United States Senate Subcommittee on Internal Security from 1951 to 1953; former President of the University of Dallas
- Charles F. X. O'Brien, former United States Representative for New Jersey's 12th congressional district from 1921 to 1925
- Edward T. O'Connor, Jr., New Jersey State Senator
- Joan M. Quigley, New Jersey General Assemblywoman
- John P. Sheridan Jr., former New Jersey Commissioner of Transportation and current President and CEO of Cooper University Hospital.[7]
- Albio Sires, United States Representative for New Jersey's 13th congressional district; former New Jersey Assemblyman and Mayor of West New York, New Jersey
- Thomas F. X. Smith, 38th Mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey
- Anthony R. Suarez, Mayor of Ridgefield, New Jersey
- Joseph Patrick Tumulty, Chief of Staff to President Woodrow Wilson
Thomas J. Donohue, Retired FBI Agent responsible for the investigation and arrest of numerous bank robbers tied to the notorious Dawson Gang [8]
Law
- Thomas Francis Meaney, former Judge on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
- Peter G. Sheridan, Judge on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
- Reginald Staton '56, former Judge of the New Jersey Superior Court; Saint Peter’s first and only Rhodes Scholar[9]
- Chester J. Straub, Senior Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Journalism
- John Henning, award-winning TV and radio news reporter in Boston, Massachusetts
Science and medicine
- Nicholas J. Cifarelli, physician known for starting the first Bioethics Advisory Committee in the United States
- Robert G. Lahita, ’67, chairman of medicine, St. Joseph's Healthcare System
- Joseph McGinn, pioneer of minimally invasive cardiac bypass surgery; medical director of the Heart Institute of Staten Island[10]
Sports
- Frank Brooks, former MLB relief pitcher
- Keydren Clark, Two-time NCAA basketball scoring champion and seventh all-time leading scorer in NCAA history.
- Bill Foxen, former MLB pitcher[11]
- Bob Hurley, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame basketball coach at St. Anthony High School in Jersey City, New Jersey
- Víctor Santos, former MLB relief pitcher
- Murphy Wiredu, professional soccer player
- Bernard Cicirelli, 1st St. Peter's College basketball All-American 1954. Inaugural inductee in college's Athletic Hall of Fame 1981 and 2013 inductee into the MAAC Honor Roll Exhibition at Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Springfield, MA.[12]
References
- ^ NNDB: Lawrence R. Codey
- ^ Pfizer - Meet Our Executive Leaders, Accessed August 31, 2009
- ^ NNDB: Joseph R. Gromek
- ^ MarketsWiki: Thomas Jordan
- ^ Forbes: James J. Loughlin
- ^ "Forbes: James Meister". Archived from the original on 2009-05-14. Retrieved 2017-09-03.
- ^ Sheridan Appointed Cooper CEO, February 8, 2008. Accessed March 18, 2008.
- ^ US District Court SC, Greenville News Piedmont
- ^ Drinker Biddle Announces Former New Jersey Superior Court Judge Reginald Stanton To Join Firm Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved June 22, 2010.
- ^ The Heart Institute: Meet Dr. Joseph McGinn Archived 2011-10-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Baseball-Reference.com: Bill Foxen
- ^ maacsports.com/hof