List of Fordham University alumni

This is a partial list of notable alumni of Fordham University, a United States university in New York.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Art and literature

• Ryan Babenzien, footwear designer
• Anthony Baratta, interior designer
• Thomas Cahill, authori
• Ion Cârja, writer
• Paddy Chayefsky, playwright, screenwriter (attended, no degree)
• Mary Higgins Clark, novelist
• Maureen Corrigan, author, journalist, critic
• Keith R. A. DeCandido, science fiction and fantasy author, best known for his Star Trek tie-in novels
• Ed Dee, author
• Don DeLillo, National Book Award and PEN/Faulkner Award-winning author
• Brad Ferguson, journalist and science fiction author
• Richard Foerster, poet
• John LaFarge, painter, muralist, designer of stained-glass windows
• Virginia O'Hanlon, as a child, 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)
• John Sanford, author (no degree)
• Joseph Sansonese, author
• Valerie Sayers, author
• John Dawson Gilmary Shea, author, historian

Business

• Louis Boccardi, FCRH '58, retired CEO (1985–2003), Associated Press; member of the Pulitzer Prize Board 1994-2003
• Rose Marie Bravo, TMC '71, current Vice Executive and former CEO (1997–2005), Burberry
• Kathleen Brown, LAW '85, Senior Advisor, Head of Public Finance, Western Region, Goldman Sachs
• Kevin Burke, LAW '77, Chairman, President and CEO of Con Edison
• E. Gerald Corrigan, GSAS (Ph.D.) ’65, ’71, Chairman of GS Bank USA, the bank holding company of Goldman Sachs; former President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York; Vice-Chairman of the Federal Open Market Committee; donated $5 million to Fordham University to establish the Corrigan Chair in International Business and Finance at the Graduate School of Business
• Mario Gabelli, CBA '65, billionaire founder, Chairman, CEO, and Chief Investment Officer of GAMCO Investors; ranked #937 onForbes's 2010 list of the world's billionaires, with a net worth of $1 billion; donated $25 million to Fordham University in September 2010 for the undergraduate business school, renamed the Gabelli School of Business
• Stephen J. Hemsley, CBA '74, CEO of UnitedHealth Group
• Maria Elena Lagomasino, GBA '77, CEO (2001–2005) of JP Morgan Private Bank; Board of Directors, Coca-Cola
• John Leahy, FCRH '72, COO of Customers, Airbus
• John Mara, LAW '79, President, COO, and co-owner of the New York Giants; son of the late Wellington Mara
• Wellington Mara, FCRH '37, former owner of the NFL's New York Giants from 1959 until his death; one of the most influential and iconic figures in the history of the National Football League
• Joe Moglia, current chairman and former CEO of TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation
• Lorenzo Mendoza, Venezuelan billionaire, CEO of Empresas Polar; ranked #258 on Forbes's 2010 list of world's billionaires, with a net worth of $3.5 billion
• Angelo R. Mozilo, CBA '60, Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO, Countrywide Financial Corporation
• Anne M. Mulcahy, retired Chairman and CEO, Xerox and ranked one of the "50 Most Powerful Women in Business" in 2006 by Fortune
• Edward H. Murphy, Ph.D., retired from American Petroleum Institute
• Eugene Shvidler, GBA (MBA and MS in International Taxation), Russian-American billionaire, international oil tycoon; ranked #828 on Forbes's 2010 list of world's billionaires, with net worth of $1.2 billion
• Donald Trump, billionaire business executive, TV personality and U.S. President-Elect (attended, no degree; transferred to the University of Pennsylvania)
• Don Valentine, founder, partner, and venture capitalist at Sequoia Capital; an original investors of Apple Computer, Atari, LSI Logic, Oracle Corporation, Cisco, Electronic Arts, Google, and YouTube; "grandfather of Silicon Valley venture capital"
• Victor F. Ganzi, president and CEO of Hearst Corporation.
• Robert E. Campbell, Vice Chairman, Johnson & Johnson

Education

• Francis J. Beckwith, philosopher at Baylor University
• Steven R. DiSalvo, President, Saint Anselm College (B.S. ’84, M.B.A. ’90, Ph.D. ‘02 from Fordham)
• Timothy S. Healy, former President, Georgetown University (master's degree from Fordham)
• Fr. Thomas Hopko, Orthodox Christian theologian
• Eamon Kelly, President Emeritus, Tulane University
• David Kolb, philosopher at Bates College
• Robert B. Lawton, President, Loyola Marymount 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)
• Guillermo Owen, mathematician, game theorist
• Anthony Picciano, author, professor, academic.
• Kevin Quinn, S.J., law professor and President of the University of Scranton since 2011
• Gerard Reedy, S.J., former President, College of the Holy Cross (1994–1998)
• Paul Reiss, President Emeritus, Saint Michael's College (master's degree from Fordham)
• John Sexton, President, New York University
• Vince Tinto (1963), theorist in the field of higher education, particularly concerning university student retention
• Lawrence G. Smith, founding dean of Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine.

Musicians and composers

• Justin Brannan, musician and lyricist, Indecision and Most Precious Blood (attended Lincoln Center campus, no degree)
• Lana Del Rey, BRIT Award-winning and Grammy Award-nominated singer-songwriter
• Kevin Devine, singer-songwriter, Capitol Records
• Faith Evans, Grammy Award-winning singer (attended, no degree)
• Norman Frauenheim, pianist and music instructor
• Tim Rose, musician and songwriter
• Cathie Ryan, singer, Celtic musician
• Alice Smith, Grammy Award-nominated singer
• Chrissy Costanza Singer,Vocalist-Against The Current

Entertainment

• Alan Alda, six-time Emmy Award and six-time Golden Globe Award-winning actor
• Prince Lorenzo Borghese, reality-televsision star (master's degree from Fordham)
• PJ Brennan, actor,
• Hilarie Burton, actress
• Thomas Calabro, actor
• Joshua Caldwell, MTV Movie Award-winning director
• Patricia Clarkson, Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated actress
• David Copperfield, magician (attended, no degree)
• John Deluca, actor
• Alison Fraser, two-time Tony Award-nominated actress and singer
• Dan Grimaldi, actor
• Regina Hall, actress
• Pat Harrington, Jr., Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award-winning actor
• Jonathan Harris, actor
• Elizabeth Hendrickson, Tony Award-winning actor and television actress
• John Benjamin Hickey, Tony Award-winning actor 2011 65th Tony Awards, Emmy Award-nominated television and movie actor
• Raúl Juliá, actor (no degree)
• Wayne J. Keeley, two-time Emmy Award-winning producer as well as a published writer and director
• Bob Keeshan, five-time Emmy Award and three-time Peabody Award-winning star and producer of the children's TV series Captain Kangaroo
• Tim Kubart, Grammy Award-winning children's musician and host of Sprout's Sunny Side Up
• Robert Sean Leonard, Tony Award-winning actor
• Lou Liberatore, Tony Award-nominated actor
• Susan Lucci, professional actress and Emmy award winner
• Edward Madden, songwriter of American standards
• Dylan McDermott, Golden Globe Award-winning actor
• Michaela McManus, actress
• Lara Jill Miller, actress
• Ilan Mitchell-Smith, actor (master's degree from Fordham)
• Brianne Moncrief, actress
• Melanie Moore, contemporary dancer (attended, no degree)
• Annie Parisse, actress
• Eddie Pepitone (attended, no degree)
• Joe Santos, actor best known for his role in The Rockford Files
• Taylor Schilling, actress
• John Scurti, actor
• Streeter Seidell, comedian, writer, actor
• Amanda Seyfried, actress, (attended, no degree)
• Raymond Siller, four-time Emmy Award-nominated writer
• Karina Smirnoff, world champion professional dancer
• Hunter Tylo, actress and former model
• Denzel Washington, two-time Academy Award, three-time Golden Globe Award and Tony Award-winning actor
• Bill Wendell, longtime television announcer
• Julie White, Tony Award-winning actress
• Virginia Williams, actress
• William Windom, Emmy Award-winning actor (attended, no degree)

Law, politics, and public service

See also, List of Fordham University School of Law alumni

• Hugh J. Addonizio, U.S. Representative from New Jersey (1949–1962)
• Rob Astorino, media personality and Westchester County Executive
• John O. Brennan, Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security (2009-2013) and CIA Director under President Barack Obama (2013-present)
• Joseph Cao, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (Louisiana)
• William J. Casey, U.S. Director of Central Intelligence (1981–1987)
• Denny Chin, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, Judge*
• E. Gerald Corrigan, former President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York (master's degree and doctorate from Fordham)
• Salvatore A. Cotillo, Italian-born New York lawyer and politician; first Italian-American to serve in both houses of the New York State Legislature, and the first to serve as Justice of the New York State Supreme Court
• Andrew Cuomo, Governor, New York State (2011–present); former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President Bill Clinton
• James B. Donovan, defended Rudolph Abel in his spy trial and later negotiated the release of Francis Gary Powers. He is the subject of Steven Spielberg's, Oscar-nominated film, "Bridge of Spies.
• Francis Edwin Dorn, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1953–1961)
• John D. Feerick, Dean, Fordham University School of Law (1982–2002)+
• Paul Feiner, Town Supervisor Greenburgh New York (1992–present)
• Geraldine Ferraro, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1979–1985) and first woman Vice Presidential candidate of a major political party*
• Vito Fossella, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1998–2008)*
• Hage Geingob, first Prime Minister of Namibia following its independence
• 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
• Arthur Gonzalez, Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court (1995–present); presided over Enron Corporation and WorldCom bankruptcies+
• John F. Good (1936-2016; class of 1954), FBI agent who created the Abscam sting operation in the late 1970s and early 1980s which led to the arrest and conviction of several elected officials at the local, state and federal level, which was portrayed in the 2013 film American Hustle.
• John M. Granville, United States Agency for International Development diplomat assassinated in Sudan
• George Harlamon, Mayor Waterbury, Connecticut, (1969–1970)
• Tim Jones, Republican member of the Missouri House of Representatives
• General John "Jack" Keane, retired four-star General and former Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army
• Wayne J. Keeley, Vice President of the Council of Better Business Bureaus, Inc. and Director of CARU
• Thomas J. Kelly, a recipient of the Medal of Honor, president of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society (1964–1969)*
• G. Gordon Liddy, lawyer, political operative for President Richard Nixon, leader of the "White House Plumber's unit", political pundit and radio show host+
• Theodore Edgar McCarrick, Cardinal Archbishop Emeritus of Washington
• Brien McMahon, U.S. Senator (1945–1952)
• Martin T. McMahon, Bvt. Major General, United States Army, recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor, United States Ambassador to Paraguay, New York State Senator, New York State Assemblyman
• William R. Meagher, former Senior Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
• Thomas Patrick Melady, American ambassador under three presidents; sub-cabinet officer for a fourth; since 2002, Senior Diplomat in residence at The Institute of World Politics in Washington, DC
• John N. Mitchell, U.S. Attorney General under President Richard Nixon
• Robert C. Morlino, Catholic Bishop of Madison, Wisconsin
• William Hughes Mulligan, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (1971–1981)
• Edward Murphy, Jr., Senator from New York; United States Senate (1893–1899)
• Robert Charles Murray, Medal of Honor recipient [1]
• Tim Murray, former Mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts, and current Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
• Jerrold Nadler, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1993–present)*
• Gerry Ottenheimer, Canadian politician and senator
• 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*
• John E. Potter, U.S. Postmaster General and CEO of the U.S. Postal Service
• Adam Clayton Powell IV, member of the New York State Assembly (2000–present)*
• Terrence Prendergast, Catholic Archbishop of Ottawa, Canada
• Loretta A. Preska, Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York*
• Thomas Vincent Quinn, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1949–1951)
• Louis Romano, member of the New Jersey General Assembly
• Justinian Rweyemamu, Tanzanian economist
• James P. Scoblick, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1946–1949)
• Bernard M. Shanley, Deputy Chief of Staff and White House Counsel to President Dwight D. Eisenhower*
• Aravella Simotas, member of the New York State Assembly (2011–present)
• Adam Smith, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1997–present)
• Donald Smith, D.C. Superior Court Judge, appointed by President Nixon in 1972 (deceased, 2002)
• Malcolm Smith, New York State Senator/Majority Leader and (Acting) Lieutenant Governor (2009)
• Francis Spellman, Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, former Archbishop of New York
• Thomas Suozzi, Nassau County Executive and candidate for Governor of New York in 2006*
• Jacob Thoomkuzhy, former bishop of Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Thrissur, India.
• Austin Tobin, executive director of the Port of New York Authority (1942–1972)
• 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+
• Lee Ward, PhD., Canadian political scientist and historian
• Ruth Whitehead Whaley, first African American woman to be admitted to the New York State and North Carolina Bar Associations*
• Malcolm Wilson, Governor of New York (1973–1975)+
• Frank Zullo, mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut (1965 – 1971)
• Richard Bond, former Chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC)
• David Norton Edelstein, United States federal judge.
• Jo Anne Simon, Assembly member for the 52nd District of the New York State Assembly.

Media and communications

• John Andariese, radio color commentator for the New York Knicks
• Jack Armstrong, radio commentator for The Toronto Rapters and former assistant basketball coach at Fordham
• Louis Boccardi, retired President, The Associated Press
• Justin Brannan, newswriter, radio announcer, blogger (attended Lincoln Center campus, no degree)
• Mike Breen, sportscaster for NBA games on ABC and ESPN as well as New York Knicks games on MSG Network
• Patti Ann Browne, FOX News anchor and reporter
• Chris Carrino, radio play-by-play announcer for the New Jersey Nets
• Chip Cipolla, radio announcer for the New York Football Giants and other professional sports teams in the New York City area
• John M. Culkin, leading media scholar and critic, educator, writer and consultant
• Christopher Cuomo, Emmy Award-winning correspondent for ABC News*
• Jack Curry, baseball columnist and reporter for The New York Times
• Lydia Dishman, business journalist and reporter for Fast Company, Fortune, Forbes, and others
• Spero Dedes, radio play-by-play announcer for the New York Knicks (2011 season) and previously for Los Angeles Lakers
• Jim Dwyer, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
• Pete Fornatale, radio personality and music historian
• Phil Giubileo, radio play-by-play announcer for the Bridgeport Sound Tigers in the American Hockey League
• Amanda Hearst, socialite
• Michael Kay, TV play-by-play announcer for the New York Yankees
• Wayne J. Keeley, Vice President of the Council of Better Business Bureaus, Inc. and Director of CARU
• Greg Kelly, anchor, Fox 5 Evening News
• Tom Leykis, nationally syndicated radio talk show host (attended, no degree)
• Mac McGarry, host of the Washington, D.C. and Charlottesville, Virginia versions of It's Academic
• Marshall McLuhan (Visiting, 1967), communications theorist and coiner of the phrase, "the medium is the message"
• Kirk Minihane, radio host
• Malcolm Moran, sportswriter for USA Today, USBWA Hall of Famer
• Lynn Neary, award-winning NPR journalist
• 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
• Father Ralph S. Pfau, author
• Ed Randall, host of WFAN's Talking Baseball
• Tony Reali, host of ESPN's Around the Horn and 'Statboy' on Pardon the Interruption
• Lauren Scala, traffic reporter for Today in NY
• Vin Scully, Emmy Award-winning sportscaster for the Los Angeles Dodgers; Baseball Hall of Fame; Radio Hall of Fame
• Charlie Slowes, radio play-by-play announcer for the Washington Nationals
• Loretta Tofani, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
• Wen Vo, co-creator and editor of the Mcjawn online magazine
• Paul Wontorek, editor-in-chief of Broadway.com
• Alexander Young, founder of music publication Consequence of Sound

Science and technology

• Philip John Basile, application developer and author
• Jason Calacanis, Internet entrepreneur, angel investor, and blogger; founder of Silicon Alley Reporter and Digital Coast Reporter
• George Coyne, S.J., astronomer, and former director of the Vatican Observatory
• Ronald A. DePinho, M.D., president of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
• Thomas D. Schiano, specialist in liver transplantation, intestinal transplantation and in the diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic liver disease
• James Joseph Walsh, M.D., LL.D., Litt.D., Sc.D., author, encyclopedia contributor and science journalist

Sports

• Nate "Tiny" Archibald, former NBA player (master's degree from Fordham)
• Steve Bellán, first Latin American to play Major League Baseball
• Sam Bowers, gridiron football player
• Matt Brennan, NFL player
• Peter A. Carlesimo, former Executive Director, National Invitation Tournament
• P.J. Carlesimo, college and professional basketball coach
• Ken Charles, former NBA basketball player, played for the Atlanta Hawks and Buffalo Braves
• Tom Courtney, two-time Olympic Games gold medalist, held world record in 880-yard run
• Ed Danowski, NFL player for the New York Giants
• Kevin Eakin, first with the NY Jets, played in NFL Europe, then CFL and now QB with Georgia Force of Arena Football League
• Frankie Frisch, Baseball Hall of Famer
• Eddie Gordon, The Ultimate Fighter 19 Finale winner, professional mixed martial artist currently fighting in the Middleweight Division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship
• Pete Harnisch, former Major League All-Star pitcher
• Bob Hassmiller, Consensus Second Team All-American basketball player in 1939
• Harry Jacunski, NFL player, college football coach
• Grant Kerr, Scottish professional soccer player in Europe
• Vince Lombardi, football coaching legend, Pro Football Hall of Famer
• John Mara, President and COO, New York Giants (law degree from Fordham)
• Wellington Mara, former owner of the New York Giants, Pro Football Hall of Famer
• Joe McCluskey, Olympic Games bronze medalist, USATF Hall of Famer
• John Mulcahy, Olympic Games gold and silver medalist
• Tommy Myers, football player
• Dan O'Sullivan, former NBA journeyman
• Smush Parker, NBA player for the Miami Heat (attended, no degree)
• John Skelton, current professional football player for the Cincinnati Bengals
• Kurt Sohn, former NFL player, New York Jets
• Walt Uzdavinis, NFL player
• Sara Whalen, former professional soccer player for the New York Power and US Women's National team. (master's degree from Fordham)
• Alex Wojciechowicz, Pro Football Hall of Famer, College Football Hall of Famer
• John Wolyniec, Major League Soccer player for the New York Red Bulls
• Leo Paquin, Johnny Druze, Ed Franco, Al Babartsky, Natty Pierce ,(along with Wojciechowicz and Lombardi) formed the legendary "Seven Blocks of Granite".
• Charles Yelverton, former All-American basketball player, drafted 25th in 1971 NBA Draft, played with Portland and in the Euro League.
• Greg Wilson (American football), NFL player
• Patrick Murray (American football), NFL Player

* Denotes alumni who have earned a Fordham University School of Law degree only.

+ Denotes alumni who have earned a Fordham Law degree in addition to a Fordham undergraduate degree.

See also

• Category:Fordham University alumni

External links

• Another partial list of notable Fordham University alumni