List of Fordham University alumni

Art and literature

Ryan Babenzien, footwear designer

Anthony Baratta, interior designer

Thomas Cahill, author

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

Lauren Duca, journalist

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

Michael J. Dowling, CEO, Northwell Health

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

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"

Rosemary Vrablic, managing director and senior private banker of Deutsche Bank's US private wealth management business

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

Christopher Larkin actor, singer-songwriter

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

Ray McGovern Former CIA analyst and political activist

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

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)

Donald Trump, the 45th President of the United States (2017-present), attended the university, but left with no degree.

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

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

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"

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

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

Paul Wontorek, editor-in-chief of Broadway.com

Alexander Young, founder of music publication Consequence of Sound

Science and technology

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.