List of Villanova University alumni

Various notable individuals in many professions attended Villanova University at some point in their educational careers. Many influential and important individuals in the fields of government, business, economics, education, entertainment, athletics and the sciences are alumni of Villanova.

Arts, entertainment, and journalism

• Maria Bello - Golden Globe-nominated actress
• Victor Buono - Academy Award-nominated actor
• Bradley Cooper - Academy Award-nominated actor (attended for one year before transferring to Georgetown University)
• Jim Croce - recording artist
• Michelle Guglielmo - former producer, The People's Court
• Tim Hauser - singer and founder of the vocal group, The Manhattan Transfer
• Michael Hollinger - playwright and screenwriter
• Vahan Janjigian - former Forbes magazine columnist. Author Even Buffett Isn't Perfect and The Forbes/CFA Institute Investment Course
• Keith Jones - Emmy award winning News Anchor/Reporter at WCAU in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Toby Keith - recording artist (attended for one year, received honorary degree)
• Monica Malpass - M.A. in political science in 1999. News anchor and reporter for WPVI
• Gerald Marzorati - editor, The New York Times Magazine and assistant managing editor, The New York Times
• Don McLean - recording artist (attended for three months and did not receive a degree)
• Hannah Minx - former YouTube vlogger
• Ryan Montbleau - recording artist
• Vincent Piazza - actor (attended for a year and did not graduate)
• David Rabe - playwright (Hurlyburly) and screenwriter (Casualties of War, The Firm)
• Murtaza Razvi - Journalist, Senior Assistant Editor and Head of Magazines, Dawn, Political Analyst, The Indian Express
• Greg Rikaart - Emmy Award-winning actor, currently starring in the daytime soap opera, The Young and the Restless
• Jennifer Santiago - Emmy-Award-Winning reporter, CBS4 News, Miami
• Philip Terzian - literary editor, The Weekly Standard, author (Architects of Power: Roosevelt, Eisenhower and the American Century)
• Josh Wade - producer, "Duck Dynasty", writer "Guy's Choice Awards"
• Kacie McDonnell - news anchor, "41 Action News Traffic Reporter- Kansas City,MO"

Business, law, and economics

• Ayman Asfari - British-Syrian businessman, CEO of Petrofac
• Robert J. Bolger - co-founder, former president and chief executive officer of National Association of Chain Drug Stores
• Christopher J. Carey - Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of City National Bank
• Robert J. Darretta, Jr. - chief financial officer and vice chairman of Johnson & Johnson
• John Drosdick - chief executive officer, Sunoco
• John Eleuthère du Pont
• Chris Gheysens (VSB, 1993) - president and CEO of Wawa Inc.
• Bert Jacobs - co-founder and CEO of Life is good
• James V. O'Donnell - retired CEO of American Eagle Outfitters
• John P. Jones III - retired chairman, Air Products & Chemicals
• James Kim - chairman of Amkor Technology
• Thomas G. Labrecque - former CEO of Chase Manhattan Bank.
• James Mullen - president and chief executive officer, Biogen Idec
• Ronald O. Perelman - billionaire CEO of Mackandrews and Forbes (One semester in 1960, before transferring to University of Pennsylvania)
• Paul V. Scura - former Executive Vice President and Head of Investment Bank of Prudential Securities
• David Worby - trial lawyer who specializes in personal injury cases, most notably Ground Zero illnesses

Education, engineering, and the sciences

• Andrew M. Allen - NASA astronaut and space shuttle pilot
• Sean M. Carroll - theoretical physicist
• Steve Chen - computer engineer, principal architect of Cray X-MP supercomputer
• Edward Guinan - astronomer, discovered Neptune's ring system
• John L. Hennessy - President, Stanford University
• Deirdre Imus - Head of the Deidre Imus Environmental Center for Pediatric Oncology
• Jay Olenowski - Statistics Lecturer, California Polytechnic State University

Government, politics, and military

• Kelly Ayotte - junior United States Senator from the State of New Hampshire
• Jill Biden - current Second Lady of the United States.
• Joseph Clancy - current director of the US Secret Service.
• George B. Crist - General - first Marine to be designated Commander in Chief, Central Command.
• Christopher G. Donovan - Speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives.
• Walter Doran - Admiral, United States Navy (Retired)
• William J. Fallon - Admiral, United States Navy, and Commander of United States Central Command
• Charlie Gerow - political consultant, commentator and lawyer
• David Girard-diCarlo - currently nominated as the U.S. Ambassador to Austria
• Joseph Hare - Rear Admiral, United States Navy
• Kate M. Harper - Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives since 2001
• Jerramiah T. Healy - mayor, Jersey City, New Jersey
• Charles A. Heimbold, Jr. - former U.S. ambassador to Sweden and former chairman of Bristol-Myers Squibb. Endowed Villanova's Heimbold Chair of Irish Studies.
• Paul X. Kelley - retired Marine general and former Commandant of the Marine Corps
• John LaFalce - former U.S. Congressman from New York state, 1975–2002
• Frank J. Larkin - Sergeant at Arms of the United States Senate
• William J. Martini - district court judge for the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
• Joseph J. McMenamin - Brigadier General, United States Marine Corps
• Charles A. Murphy - member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee
• Dominic Pileggi - State Senate Majority Leader of Pennsylvania
• Stanley A. Prokop - former U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1959–1961
• James M. Quigley - former U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania
• Ed Rendell - former Pennsylvania governor and general chair of the Democratic National Committee in 2000
• Marjorie Rendell - former Pennsylvania first lady and federal judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
• John G. Rowland - former Connecticut governor, 1995–2004
• Matthew J. Ryan - former member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
• Dick Schulze - former U.S. congressman from the State of Pennsylvania, 1975–1993
• Xavier Suarez - former mayor of Miami
• Donald William Snyder (J.D. 1982), Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives 1981-2000 and Majority Whip.
• Dan Truitt - Pennsylvania House of Representatives
• Anthony Zinni - General, United States Marine Corps (Retired). Former Commander in Chief of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM)

Religion and philosophy

• Michael Francis Burbidge - Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Raleigh
• John Joseph O'Connor - cardinal and Archbishop of the Archdiocese of New York

Sports and athletics

• Kevin Reilly - former professional football player, linebacker and captain of special teams. ('73) Miami Dolphins, ('73-'74) Philadelphia Eagles and ('75) NE Patriots. Currently, Motivational Speaker; Sports broadcaster for Philadelphia Eagles and Villanova Football.
• Darrun Hilliard - professional basketball player, currently with the Detroit Pistons
• Malik Allen - former professional basketball player, currently an assistant coach with the Detroit Pistons
• Paul Arizin - former professional basketball player, member of Basketball Hall of Fame, voted one of the 50 all-time greatest in NBA history in 1996
• Al Atkinson - professional football player, starting linebacker for the Super Bowl Champion 1969 New York Jets.
• Don Bragg - 1960 Olympic pole vaulting Gold medalist.
• Eamonn Coghlan - Track and Field, four-time Olympian and the only man over age 40 to run a sub-four-minute mile.
• Ron Delany - Track and Field, gold medalist in 1500 meters at the 1956 Olympic Games
• Denise Dillon - VU Hall of Fame. Drexel University Head Women's Basketball Coach
• Jumbo Elliott - noted track and field coach, inducted into National Track & Field Hall of Fame, 1981
• Brian Finneran - former professional football player, Philadelphia Eagles ('99) and Atlanta Falcons (2000–2009), Walter Payton Award winner 1997.
• Michael Fitzmaurice - Swimming, gold medalist in the 1967 Pan American Games; American Record and NCAA Record holder
• Chris Ford - former professional basketball player and coach of the Milwaukee Bucks, Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Clippers and Philadelphia 76ers
• Randy Foye - professional basketball player
• Stan Galazin - professional football player
• Larry James - Track & Field, 1968 Olympic gold- and silver-medalist in 1600 m relay and 400 m, respectively; Director of Athletics and Recreation at Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
• Wali Jones - former professional basketball player
• Kerry Kittles - former professional basketball player with the New Jersey Nets and Los Angeles Clippers, First Team Basketball All-American 1996
• Marty Liquori - Track & Field, 1968 Olympics as a freshman in the 1500 meter distance.
• Howie Long - former professional football player and Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee, Oakland Raiders (1981–1993), football analyst, actor
• Kyle Lowry - professional basketball player, currently with the Toronto Raptors
• Art Mahan - former professional baseball player for the Philadelphia Phillies, United States Navy officer, Villanova baseball coach & athletic director
• Sydney Maree - Track & Field, 1988 Olympian, 3 NCAA titles (1500: 1980, 81; 5000: 1979)
• Bill Melchionni - former professional basketball player, number retired by NBA Nets.
• Jimmy Murray - former general manager of the Philadelphia Eagles, co-founder of Ronald McDonald House
• Sonia O'Sullivan - Track & Field, 2000 Olympic silver medalist in 5000 m
• Don Paige - Track and Field All-American, NCAA Champion, Penn Relays Champion and member of 1980 United States Olympic Team that President Carter banned from competing in Moscow Olympics.
• Richie Phillips - lawyer, players agent & former head of MLB Umpires & NBA officials unions.
• Ed Pinckney - former professional basketball player, MVP of 1985 Final Four, member of 1985 National Championship winning basketball team.
• John Pinone - Second Team Basketball All-American 1983.
• Howard Porter - former professional basketball player, First Team Basketball All-American 1971.
• Allan Ray - professional basketball player, formerly with the Boston Celtics and currently playing in Italy.
• Scottie Reynolds - professional basketball player. First Team Basketball All-American 2009.
• Browning Ross - an Olympic long-distance runner (1948 and 1952) and gold medal winner at the 1951 Pan American Games
• Mike Seamon - professional soccer player for MLS Seattle Sounders
• Rory Sparrow - former professional basketball player.
• Matt Szczur - professional baseball player, currently with the Chicago Cubs; member of 2009 National Championship winning football team.
• Tim Thomas - former professional basketball player.
• Raymond Ventrone - professional football player, 2008 Super Bowl participant with NFL Patriots.
• Brian Westbrook - former professional football player, 2001 Walter Payton Award winner, 2006 Super Bowl participant with Philadelphia Eagles.
• Doug West - former professional basketball player; unsuccessfully recruited by then-Pitt assistant coach John Calipari.

External links

• http://www.villanova.edu/alumni/ Villanova University Office of Alumni Relations
• http://www.villanova.edu Villanova University