Here follows a list of notable people of Loyola University Chicago:
Academia
Prominent professors
Alumni
- Lawrence Biondi, former President of Saint Louis University [1]
- Margaret Callahan, Dean of the College of Nursing at Marquette University [2]
- Richard A. Cosier, Dean of the Krannert School of Management at Purdue University
- Rona M. Fields, psychologist [3]
- Christian Gostečnik, dean of Faculty of Theology of Ljubljana [4]
- Marsha Linehan, psychologist who pioneered suicide research and creator of dialectical behavior therapy
- Vincent A. Mahler, prominent political scientist
- J. Dennis O'Connor, former Chancellor of University of Pittsburgh
- Robert A Wild, S.J., President of Marquette University
- Sho Yano, child prodigy
Business
Alumni
- Brenda C. Barnes, chairman and CEO, Sara Lee Corporation; first female CEO of Pepsi Cola [5]
- Frank Considine, former CEO of American National Can Corporation
- Lori Greiner, inventor, investor, entrepreneur, and television personality [6]
- George Halas, Jr., former president/owner of the Chicago Bears
- Joseph M. Juran, quality expert
- Stephen McGowan, former CFO of Sun Microsystems
- Jennifer N. Pritzker, billionaire, and former co-owner of The Marmon Group
- Michael R. Quinlan, McDonald's Corporation Chairman
- Todd Ricketts, co-owner of Chicago Cubs
- John E. Rooney, CEO of US Cellular
- Thomas Schoewe, CFO of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
- William Scholl, founder of Dr. Scholl's footcare
- Mamie Till, activist, mother of Emmett Till
- John York, co-owner of the San Francisco 49ers
Entertainment
Alumni
- Leslie David Baker, actor ( The Office)
- Ian Brennan, creator of Glee
- L. Scott Caldwell, Tony Award-winning actress
- Karla DeVito, singer
- David Draiman, lead singer of Disturbed
- Wendolly Esparza, Nuestra Belleza Mexico 2014
- Mary Gross, actress, comedian [7]
- James Iha, The Smashing Pumpkins and A Perfect Circle guitarist
- Richard Kiley, Emmy-winning actor, singer and narrator (attended)
- Tim McCoy, cowboy actor
- Jennifer Morrison, actress ( House M.D., Once Upon a Time)
- Joel Murray, actor
- Bob Newhart, Peabody Award-winning actor and comedian, The Bob Newhart Show and Newhart
- Jim O'Heir, actor ( Parks and Recreation) [8]
- David Pasquesi, actor
- Bill Rancic, television personality
- Sosay, professional wrestler
Government and politics
Alumni
Activists
- Jerry Harkness, former professional basketball player and civil rights activist [9]
- Jerome G. Miller, advocate for alternatives to incarceration and the deinstitutionalization of persons with developmental disabilities
- Mary Morello, progressive activist
- Michael Pfleger, Roman Catholic priest and social activist
Attorneys
- Anita Alvarez, former Cook County State's Attorney
- Richard A. Devine, former Cook County State's Attorney
- Neil F. Hartigan, former Illinois Attorney General, candidate for Governor, former Lt. Governor
- Donald Lee Hollowell, civil rights attorney
- Lisa Madigan, Illinois Attorney General
- Dan K. Webb, Chairman of Winston & Strawn LLP
Cabinet members
- William M. Daley, President Obama's White House Chief of Staff and former United States Secretary of Commerce under President Bill Clinton
- Susan Ralston, former White House Deputy Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor
Judges
- William Joseph Campbell, chief judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois [10]
- Ruben Castillo, judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois [11]
- David H. Coar, judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois [12]
- John W. Darrah, judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois [13]
- Thomas R. Fitzgerald, 1st District Justice Supreme Court of Illinois [14]
- Lee M. Jackwig, United States Bankruptcy Judge in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa [15]
- Virginia Mary Kendall, judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois [16]
- Howard Thomas Markey, the first Chief Justice of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit [17]
- Peg McDonnell Breslin, member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1977 to 1991 and the first woman elected to the Illinois Appellate Court outside of Cook County. [18]
- Mary Ann G. McMorrow, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois [19]
- Mary Jane Theis, judge, Supreme Court of Illinois [20]
- Robert R. Thomas, current Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois [21]
Legislators
- Harry P. Beam, former U.S. Congressman [22]
- Charles A. Boyle, former U.S. Congressman [23]
- Emmet Byrne, former U.S. Congressman [24]
- Fred Crespo, member of Illinois House of Representatives [25]
- Daniel Cronin, former Illinois State Senator [26]
- John Cullerton, current Illinois State Senator; President of Illinois State Senate [27]
- Tom Dart, Cook County Sheriff and former Illinois State Representative [28]
- Ed Derwinski, former U.S. Congressman, 1st United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs [29]
- Michael Dvorak, former Indiana state representative and St. Joseph County, Indiana Prosecutor [30]
- Samuel Epstein, Illinois state representative, lawyer, and physician [31]
- John N. Erlenborn, former U.S. Congressman [32]
- John G. Fary, former U.S. Congressman [33]
- Edward Rowan Finnegan, former U.S. Congressman [34]
- Michael Patrick Flanagan, former U.S. Congressman [35]
- La Shawn Ford, current member of Illinois House of Representatives[ citation needed]
- John J. Gorman, former U.S. Congressman [36]
- Mary Jeanne Hallstrom, former member of Illinois House of Representatives
- Shawn Hamerlinck, former Iowa State Senator[ citation needed]
- Henry Hyde, former U.S. Congressman [37]
- Daniel Hynes, current Illinois State Comptroller[ citation needed]
- James T. Igoe, former U.S. Congressman [38]
- Peter C. Knudson, current Utah State Senator [39]
- Gary LaPaille, former Illinois State Senator[ citation needed]
- Michael Madigan, current Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives and chairman of the Democratic Party of Illinois [40]
- William T. Murphy, former U.S. Congressman [41]
- Thomas L. Owens, former U.S. Congressman [42]
- Lillian Piotrowski, former Illinois State Representative [43]
- Mike Quigley, current U.S. Congressman [44]
- Trey Radel, former U.S. Congressman [45]
- Christine Radogno, former Illinois State Senator; former Republican Minority Leader in the Illinois State Senate [46]
- Daniel J. Ronan, former U.S. Congressman [47]
- Dan Rostenkowski, former U.S. Congressman [48]
- Martin Sandoval, current Illinois State Senator [49]
- Ira Silverstein, current Illinois State Senator [50]
- James M. Slattery, former U.S. Senator [51]
- Rudolph G. Tenerowicz, former U.S. Congressman [52]
- Donne Trotter, former Illinois State Senator [53]
- Arthur Wilhelmi, former Illinois State Senator [54]
- Corinne Wood, former Illinois Lieutenant Governor[ citation needed]
Other
- Lieutenant General Joseph Carroll, founding director of Defense Intelligence Agency and the Air Force Office of Special Investigations
- Nina Kasniunas, Political scientist, author, and professor
- Major General Enrique Méndez, Jr., Army Deputy Surgeon General
- Maria Pappas, Cook County Treasurer (1998–present); earned her Ph.D. in psychology from Loyola in 1976 [55]
- Todd Ricketts, Finance Chairman of the Republican National Committee since January 31, 2018
- Edith S. Sampson, US delegate to the United Nations
Journalism
Alumni
- Susan Candiotti, CNN correspondent [56]
- Philip Caputo, author, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist [57]
- Susan Carlson, WBBM-TV Chicago news anchor [58]
- Shams Charania, sports journalist covering the NBA for The Athletic and Stadium [59]
- Robert Jordan, WGN-TV weekend news anchor
- Christina Kahrl, co-founder of Baseball Prospectus, writer for ESPN.com
- Ernie Manouse, TV anchor and producer, PBS
- Bill Plante, CBS White House correspondent
- Jim Quinlan, credited with the story and screenplay for Michael
- Victoria Recano, news anchor
- Mercedes Soler, news anchor for Univision and CNN en Español
- Patricia Thompson, TV and film producer [60]
Literature
Alumni
- Sandra Cisneros (b. 1954), author, poet, teacher [61]
- Stuart Dybek, author
- James McManus, author
- John R. Powers, novelist and playwright; author of Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?
- Daniel Quinn, author
- Dinesh Sharma, author [62]
- Bill Zehme, author
Medical
Alumni
- John L. Keeley Sr., Chicago surgeon who was personal physician to two Chicago cardinals [63]
- Bruce Lerman, cardiologist; Chief of the Division of Cardiology and Director of the Cardiac Electrophysiology Laboratory at Weill Cornell Medicine and the New York Presbyterian Hospital
- Charlie Pechous, Major League Baseball player and physician [64]
Religion
- Mark McIntosh, Professor of Christian Spirituality
- Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, current chaplain of the men's basketball team who became a major media celebrity during the team's 2018 Final Four run
Alumni
- Daniel Coughlin, chaplain of the United States House of Representatives
- Norman Geisler, president of Southern Evangelical Seminary in Charlotte, North Carolina
- Roger William Gries, auxiliary bishop of Cleveland
- Daniel A. Lord, Catholic writer
- Anthony Petro Mayalla, Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mwanza [65]
- Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster and ‘Primate of England and Wales’ (see Archbishop of Westminster for explanation)
- Mar Awa Royel, Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East
- John George Vlazny, Archbishop of Portland, Oregon
Sports
Alumni
- Elliot Collier, professional soccer player
- Clayton Custer, professional basketball player and coach
- Milton Doyle, NBA player for the Brooklyn Nets [66]
- Jack Dwan, former professional basketball player [67]
- John Egan, basketball player
- Armando Favela, professional golfer [68]
- Eric Gehrig, professional soccer player [69]
- Jerry Harkness, former professional basketball player [70]
- Alfredrick Hughes, former professional basketball player (1st round pick in 1985 NBA draft) [71]
- Les Hunter, former professional basketball player [72]
- Donte Ingram, NBA player for the Dallas Mavericks
- Thomas Jaeschke, professional and U.S. Olympic men's volleyball player
- Jack Kerris, former professional basketball player
- Nick Kladis, former professional basketball player, part-owner of White Sox and St. Louis Cardinals
- Cameron Krutwig, professional basketball player
- LaRue Martin, former professional basketball player (# 1 pick in 1972 NBA draft) [73]
- Andre Moore, former professional basketball player [74]
- Mike Novak, former professional basketball player [75]
- Tom O'Hara, former indoor mile world record holder, 1964 Olympian [76]
- Mickey Rottner, former professional basketball player
- Vic Rouse, basketball player, made game-winning shot to give Loyola 1963 NCAA championship
- Lenny Sachs, Hall of Fame basketball coach [77]
- Blake Schilb, professional basketball player [78]
- Eddie Slowikowski, former NCAA All-American runner [79]
- Andre Wakefield, former professional basketball player [80]
- Phil Weintraub, Major League Baseball player [81]
- Brian Wheeler, broadcaster for NBA's Portland Trail Blazers [82]
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