# List of St. Bonaventure University alumni

St. Bonaventure University is a private Franciscan university in St. Bonaventure, New York. Following is a list of its notable alumni.

## Academics

* Marion Beiter, 1948, mathematician and chairwoman of the mathematics department of Rosary Hill College
* John R. Broderick, president of Old Dominion University
* Cara Cilano, chair professor of English at Michigan State University
* Charles J. Dougherty, 1971, president of Duquesne University
* William Fulton, mayor of Ventura, California, Planning Director for the City of San Diego, and head of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research at Rice University
* Edward Goljan, professor of pathology at Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine
* John Robert Greene, 1977, 1978 (g), author and professor emeritus, history and humanities, Cazenovia College
* James L. Hayes, dean of the School of Business Administration at Duquesne University
* Daniel Horan, Catholic priest, theologian, and director of the Center for Spirituality and professor of philosophy, Religious Studies, and Theology at Saint Mary's College
* Robert Kochersberger, 1972, associate professor of English at North Carolina State University
* Charles Kupchella, 1968 PhD, president of the University of North Dakota
* Michael Lynch, population geneticist and academic at Indiana University
* James Post, professor at Boston University
* Irena Scott, physiologist, professor, and author
* Max Wickert, poet, translator, and professor of English Emeritus at the University at Buffalo

## Art and architecture

* Anthony Bannon, 1964, former director of George Eastman House and director of Burchfield-Penney Art Center
* Cajetan J. B. Baumann, 1941, a Franciscan friar and an architect

## Business

* Ed Bastian, 1979, chief executive officer of Delta Air Lines
* Deb Henretta, 1983, global president of e-commerce for Procter & Gamble
* Carl Paladino, chairman of Ellicott Development Co.

## Clergy

* John Boland, Roman Catholic priest involved in unionization and other social justice issues in Buffalo, New York
* Stanislaus Joseph Brzana, prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the tenth bishop of the Diocese of Ogdensburg, New York
* Joseph W. Estabrook, prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese for the Military Services and also Titular Bishop of Flenucleta
* John Mark Gannon, 1899, Catholic Titular Archbishop of Tacarata, Bishop of Erie, and Titular Bishop of Nilopolis
* Richard Thomas Guilfoyle, prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the third bishop of the Diocese of Altoona, Pennsylvania
* Daniel W. Herzog, 1964, Epsicopal Bishop Emeritus of Albany
* Louis Iasiello, 1972, Catholic priest who served as the 23rd Chief of Chaplains of the United States Navy
* Mychal Judge, Franciscan friar and Catholic priest who served as a chaplain to the New York City Fire Department
* William John Kenny, prelate of the Roman Catholic Church and bishop of the Diocese of St. Augustine in Florida
* John J. McMahon, prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.and bishop of the Diocese of Trenton in New Jersey
* Sixtus O'Connor, priest and served as pastor during the Nuremberg Trials to Catholic prison inmates
* Paschal Robinson, 1896, titular archbishop of Tyana, the first apostolic nuncio to Ireland, and professor of Medieval History at The Catholic University of America
* Francis Joseph Tief, 1905, prelate of the Catholic Church and bishop of the Diocese of Concordia in Kansas
* Thomas Walsh, prelate of the Catholic Church and the first archbishop of the Archdiocese of Newark

## Entertainment

* Neil Cavuto, 1980, news anchor for Fox News and Fox Business
* Victoria Corderi, 1979, correspondent for Dateline NBC, recipient of three national news Emmys, a George Foster Peabody Award for Excellence in Journalism, and the Edward R. Murrow Award
* Francis Cullinan, stage director of opera, musical theater, dramas, comedies and cabaret shows
* Brent Hanks, 2007, sports commentator and professional poker player
* Fred McCarthy, cartoonist and creator of the Brother Juniper single-panel comic strip
* Adrian Wojnarowski, 1991, Senior NBA Insider at ESPN, and three-time National Sports Media Association Sportswriter of the Year

## Law

* Richard Arcara, 1962, senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York
* Peter Campbell Brown, 1951, assistant United States attorney for the Eastern District of New York, City City Commissioner of Investigations, and a corporation counsel
* Morgan J. Burke Jr., non-degreed, attorney and judge
* J. Daniel Mahoney, 1952, United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
* Mark Tuohey, 1969, attorney and director of the Mayor of Washington D.C.'s Office of Legal Counsel

## Literature and journalism

* Dan Barry 1980, reporter for The New York Times who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1994 for investigative reporting
* Janet Bodnar, 1971, editor of Kiplinger's Personal Finance and journalist with The Washington Post
* Kathleen Brady, 1968, author and journalist
* Bill Briggs, 1985, reporter for The Denver Post who won the Pulitzer Prize in 2000 for breaking news reporting
* Charlene Costanzo, inspirational author and speaker
* John Curran, journalist and news correspondent with the Associated Press
* William C. Davis Jr., 1941, writer and editor on ballistics for American Rifleman magazine
* Robert A. Dubill,1958, former executive editor of USA Today who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1980 for public service
* JG Faherty, author who writes in the horror, science fiction, and dark fantasy genres
* John Hanchette, 1964, managing editor of Gannett Newspapers who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1980 for public service
* Charles J. Hanley 1968, reporter for the Associated Press who won the Pulitzer Prize in 2000 for investigative reporting
* Dan Herbeck, 1978, journalist and investigative reporter at The Buffalo News
* Patricia Kennealy-Morrison, author, journalist, editor
* Leah McGrath Goodman, 1998, writer and editor for The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones Newswires, and Barron's
* Greg Mitchell, 1970, author, editor, and Goldsmith Book Prize recipient
* Charlie Specht, 2010, chief investigative reporter for WKBW-TV who won in ne Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award in 2020
* Brian Toolan, 1972, vice president of The Hartford Courant who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1999 for breaking news reporting
* Mike Vaccaro, 1989, lead sports columnist for The New York Post
* Vincent Virga, 1964, novelist and editor

## Medicine and science

* Kevin O'Connor, physician and retired U.S. Army Colonel serving as the Physician to the President

## Military

* Patrick Frank, 1989, United States Army lieutenant general

## Politics

* Fred M. Ahern, New York State Assembly
* Frank E. Baldwin, Pennsylvania State Senate and Pennsylvania Auditor General
* John Boccieri,1992, U.S. House of Representatives, Ohio State Senate, and the Ohio House of Representatives
* Erik Bohen, New York State Assembly
* Jeffrey M. Conrad, Buffalo Common Council
* James J. Howard,1952, U.S. House of Representatives
* Peter J. Larkin, Massachusetts House of Representatives
* James Libby, Maine Senate
* John G. A. O'Neil, New York State Assembly
* Phil Palmesano, 1991, New York State Assembly
* Danica Roem, Virginia House of Delegates and Virginia State Senate
* Patrick J. Ryan, 1884, New York State Assembly and Municipal Court judge
* Thomas P. Ryan Jr., mayor of Rochester, New York
* Rudolph G. Tenerowicz, non-degreed, U.S. House of Representatives
* Daniel B. Walsh, New York State Assembly
* James T. Walsh, 1970, U.S. House of Representatives
* William F. Walsh, 1934, U.S. House of Representatives
* Catharine Young, New York State Senator
* John Zajac Jr., Connecticut House of Representatives and the Connecticut State Senate
Richard A. Bucci, Mayor, Binghamton, New York 1994-2005

## Sports
### Baseball

* John Burke, professional baseball player with the New York Giants
* George Daly, professional baseball player with the New York Giants
* Connor Grey, professional baseball player with the New York Mets
* Bud Heine, professional baseball player
* Hughie Jennings, professional baseball player, coach and manager
* Frank Loftus, professional baseball player
* Greg Mamula, college baseball coach
* Jim McCloskey, professional baseball player
* Danny McDevitt, professional baseball player with the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Minnesota Twins and Kansas City Athletics
* John McGraw, Major League baseball manager for the New York Giants and the Baltimore Orioles
* Kid McLaughlin, professional baseball player
* Paul Owens, professional baseball player and general manager with the Philadelphia Phillies
* B. J. Salerno, college baseball coach
* George Susce, professional baseball player

### Basketball

* Jaylen Adams, professional basketball player
* Jalen Adaway, professional basketball player
* Ogo Adegboye, professional basketball player
* Miles Aiken, professional basketball player
* Jim Baron, college basketball coach
* Earl Belcher, professional basketball player
* J. R. Bremer, professional basketball player
* Izaiah Brockington, professional basketball player
* George Carter, professional basketball player
* Norman Clarke, professional basketball player
* Demitrius Conger, professional basketball player
* Abdoul Karim Coulibaly, college basketball player and member of the Mali national basketball team
* Freddie Crawford, professional basketball player
* Chuck Daly, professional basketball coach
* Fred Diute, professional basketball player
* Eddie Donovan, professional basketball player, coach, and general manage
* Terrence Durham, 1999, professional basketball player
* Mike Gansey, professional basketball player and general manager for the Cleveland Cavaliers
* Glenn Hagan, 1978, professional basketball player
* Essie Hollis, professional basketball player
* Jaren Holmes, college basketball player
* Mark Jones, professional basketball player
* Bill Kenville, professional basketball player
* Ed Klimkowski, professional basketball player and coach
* Charlon Kloof, professional basketball player
* Bob Lanier, professional basketball player and inductee in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
* Rob Lanier, college basketball coach
* Michael Lee, professional basketball player
* Kyle Lofton, professional basketball player
* Whitey Martin, professional basketball player
* Brendan McCann, professional basketball player
* Matt Mobley, professional basketball player
* Barry Mungar, professional basketball player
* Ken Murray, professional basketball player
* Youssou Ndoye, professional basketball player
* Andrew Nicholson, professional basketball player
* Osun Osunniyi, professional basketball player
* Peter van Paassen, professional basketball player
* Marcus Posley, professional basketball player
* Patricio Prato, professional basketball player
* Mike Reilly, head football and head basketball coach at St. Bonaventure University
* Tyler Relph, college basketball player and trainer
* Robert Sassone, 1953, college basketball coach
* Jim Satalin, college basketball coach and the current radio play-by-play announcer
* Marquise Simmons, professional basketball player
* Sam Stith, professional basketball player
* Tom Stith, professional basketball player
* David Vanterpool, professional basketball player and coach
* Larry Weise, college basketball coach
* Dominick Welch, professional basketball player
* Bill Whitmore, college basketball coach
* Tim Winn, professional basketball player
* Matthew Wright, professional basketball player

### Football

* Jack Butler, professional football player and NFL Hall of Fame
* Matt Conte, college football coach
* Johnny Gildea, professional football player with the Pittsburgh Steelers and the New York Giants
* Hank Goodman, professional football player with the Detroit Lions.
* George Hays, professional football player
* Al Kaporch, professional football player with the Detroit Lions.
* George Kenneally, professional football player
* Frank LoVuolo, professional football player with the New York Giants.
* Ted Marchibroda, professional football player and coach
* Hugo Marcolini, professional football player with the Brooklyn Dodgers
* George Nicksich, professional football player with the Pittsburgh Steelers
* Mike Reilly, head football and head, basketball coach at St. Bonaventure University
* Drip Wilson, professional football player with the Cleveland Indians
* Stan Zajdel, professional football player and college football coach

### Golf

* Sam Urzetta, professional golfer

### Lacrosee

* Brett Dobson, professional Lacrosse Player

### Swimming

* Ayse Diker, swimmer who represented Turkey at the 2000 Summer Olympics

### Wrestling

* Ed Don George, wrestler who participated in the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics and two-time AWA World Heavyweight Champion

## Other

* Charles J. Ducey, Deputy Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus
* Joseph Scott, 1914 LL.D, attorney and vice-president of the Panama–California Exposition.
* Denise Doring VanBuren, 1983, 45th President of the Daughters of the American Revolution