# 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 School

### Arts & entertainment

* Will Durant, 1968 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction and the 1977 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient
* Blaise Ffrench, actor, entrepreneur
* 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
* Francis M. Nevins, 1975 and 1989 Edgar Award-winning mystery writer, biographer, film historian and law professor
* 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 Company
* Frank D'Amelio, Chief Financial Officer, Pfizer
* Joseph R. Ettore, retail executive, former CEO of Ames, Jamesway, and Stuarts
* Joseph R. Gromek, President & CEO of The Warnaco Group and former President & CEO of Brooks Brothers
* James J. Loughlin, former National Director of the Pharmaceuticals Practice at KPMG
* William J. Marino, President & CEO, Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey.
* James Meister, former President & CEO of Kings Super Markets

### 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
* Mary Madison, member of the Iowa House of Representatives
* Mark McNulty, former Delaware Secretary of Transportation, who served in cabinet of Governor Dale E. Wolf
* Bob 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.
* 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

### 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 Stanton '56, former Judge of the New Jersey Superior Court; Saint Peter's first and only Rhodes Scholar
* 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
* Thomas O'Toole, award-winning reporter for The Washington Post and other newspapers

### 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

### Sports

* Frank Brooks, former MLB relief pitcher
* Keydren Clark, Two-time NCAA basketball scoring champion and seventh all-time leading scorer in NCAA history.
* Doug Edert, breakout star of the Peacocks' 2022 NCAA tournament run (transferred to Bryant University after that season)
* Bill Foxen, former MLB pitcher
* Rodney Hawkins, ABA basketball player
* Bob Hurley, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame basketball coach at St. Anthony High School in Jersey City, New Jersey
* KC Ndefo, another key player in the Peacocks' 2022 NCAA tournament run (transferred to Seton Hall University after that season)
* 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