Name Class year Notability References Kathleen Abernathy 1983 Partner, Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP, former FCC Commissioner [ 70] [ 71] J. Waldo Ackerman 1947 (BS), 1949 (JD) U.S. District Court Judge in Illinois [ 72] Tom Ament 1959 (BS), 1962 (JD) County Executive of Milwaukee County , Wisconsin , 1992-2002 [ 73] Kristina Arriaga Vice Chair, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom , 2016-2019 [ 74] Dolores Balderamos-García Minister of Human Development, Women and Civil Society of Belize [ 75] Gary J. Barczak 1961 Wisconsin legislator [ 76] Gerald R. Beaman U.S. Navy admiral [ 77] Dismas Becker Wisconsin legislator and civil rights activist [ 78] Steven M. Biskupic 1983 (BA), 1987 (JD) Prominent U.S. attorney [ 79] Gerald J. Boileau U.S. Representative [ 80] Warren Braun 1956 (BS), 1971 (JD) Former Wisconsin State Senator [ 81] Cecil B. Brown, Jr. Wisconsin and civil rights activist [ 82] F. Taylor Brown U.S. Navy admiral [ 83] Edward R. Brunner 1970 Former Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals [ 84] Brian Burke 1978 Wisconsin attorney and legislator [ 85] Ed Callahan Former Chairman of the National Credit Union Administration [ 86] Carlos Camacho Governor of Guam [ 87] Felix Perez Camacho Former Governor of Guam [ 88] Raymond Joseph Cannon U.S. Representative [ 89] Louis J. Ceci Wisconsin Supreme Court [ 90] John T. Chisholm District attorney of Milwaukee County , Wisconsin [ 91] Vincent Cianci Also known as "Buddy", former Mayor, Providence, Rhode Island [ 92] John Louis Coffey Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals [ 93] Pedro Colón 1991 First elected Latino representative of the Wisconsin State Assembly [ 94] David Cullen 1984 Member of Wisconsin State Assembly [ 95] James P. Daley U.S. National Guard general [ 96] Sara Lynn Darrow 1992 District judge on the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois [ 97] Kerry J. Donley Member of the Alexandria, Virginia City Council; former Mayor of Alexandria, 1996-2003 [ 98] John Doyne 1934 First County Executive of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin [ 99] Diane Drufenbrock Nun and Socialist candidate for Vice President in 1980 [ citation needed ] Terence T. Evans Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (appointed by President Bill Clinton , 1995); former Judge and Chief Judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin (appointed by President Jimmy Carter , 1979) [ 100] Scott Evertz First openly gay director of the Office of National AIDS Policy [ 101] Ray Evrard 1916 Former Brown County, Wisconsin District Attorney and 2nd president of the Green Bay Packers [ 102] Margaret Farrow 1956 Former Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin [ 19] James Fleissner 1979 Attorney and a Professor of Law at Mercer University School of Law [ 103] Gerald T. Flynn U.S. Representative [ 104] James Flynn Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin [ 105] Kurt Frank 1971 Former member of the Wisconsin State Senate [ 106] Jessica Gavora 1986 Conservative writer on politics and culture, speechwriter, and former policy adviser at the U.S. Department of Justice [ 107] Janine P. Geske Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court [ 108] John Gower Member of Wisconsin State Assembly [ 109] William C. Griesbach 1976 (BA), 1979 (JS) U.S. federal judge [ 110] E. Harold Hallows Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court [ 111] Ned R. Healy U.S. Representative from California [ 112] Mark Honadel Member of Wisconsin State Assembly Henry P. Hughes Justice of Wisconsin Supreme Court [ 113] Kathleen Hall Jamieson 1967 Dean, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania [ 19] Wade Kapszukiewicz Mayor, City of Toledo, Ohio [ 114] William K. Kelley Deputy Counsel to George W. Bush [ 115] Kristina Keneally New South Wales politician [ 116] Charles J. Kersten 1925 U.S. Representative [ 117] John C. Kleczka U.S. Representative [ 118] Dale P. Kooyenga 2007 Member of Wisconsin State Assembly [ 95] Dick Leinenkugel 1980 Current Wisconsin Secretary of Commerce [ 119] Jerris Leonard 1952 (BS), 1955 (LLB) Member of the Wisconsin Senate [ 120] Peter F. Leuch Former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly [ 121] Gerald Lorge Wisconsin politician [ 122] Steven D. Loucks 1983 Former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly [ 123] Brian E. Luther 1984 U.S. Navy admiral [ 124] Donald A. Manzullo U.S. Representative , Republican [ 125] William A. Matheny U.S. Air Force general [ 126] Mary Beth Maxwell Senior Advisor in the United States Department of Labor [ 127] Joseph McCarthy U.S. Senator, Republican [ 128] Earl F. McEssy 1939 Former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly [ 129] Ralph Metcalfe US Olympian, U.S. Representative [ 130] Gerald L. Miller 1964 U.S. Marine Corps general [ 131] Louis Molepske 2001 Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly [ 95] Gwendolynne S. Moore 1978 U.S. Representative [ 95] Stephen Murphy III 1984 Federal judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan [ 132] Edouard Nomo-Ongolo Former Government Minister for Commerce and Industry (Cameroon ); former General Manager of Chase Bank, Cameroon; retired diplomat [ 133] Richard C. Nowakowski N/A Former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly [ 134] Leo P. O'Brien Former member of the Wisconsin State Senate [ 135] Jim Ott 2000 Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly [ 95] Tony Palomo B.S. Journalism, 1954 Journalist; historian of Guam ; Senator in the 12th, 14th, and 15th Guam Legislatures [ 136] Rudolf "Rudy" Perpich Former Governor of Minnesota [ 137] Milton Rice Polland Progressive Republican leader, ambassador-at-large for the Republic of the Marshall Islands [ 138] Dean G. Popps 1970 Former Acting United States Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology [ citation needed ] Don Pridemore 1977 Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly [ 95] Kenneth M. Quinn President of the World Food Prize Foundation , former U.S. Ambassador to Cambodia [ 139] David Rabinovitz 1927 U.S. District Court Judge [ 140] Michele Radosevich 1969 U.S. politician and lawyer [ 141] Toby Roth U.S. Representative [ 142] Loret Miller Ruppe U.S. diplomat [ 143] Ben L. Salomon Medal of Honor recipient [ 144] Paul J. Schlise 1989 (BS) U.S. Navy admiral [ 145] John Schmitz U.S. Representative, 1972 American Independent Party Presidential candidate [ 146] Martin J. Schreiber Former governor of Wisconsin [ 147] Wilfred Schuele Former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and Wisconsin State Senate [ 148] Kevin R. Slates 1982 U.S. Navy admiral [ 149] Francis Slay Mayor of St. Louis, Missouri [ citation needed ] Douglas W. Small 1988 (BS) U.S. Navy admiral [ 150] Lawrence H. Smith U.S. Representative [ 151] Greg Stanton 1992 (BA) U.S. Representative Dave Sullivan State Senator of Illinois, 1998-2006; Crane's Chicago Business "Top 40 Under 40" [ 152] Diane S. Sykes Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit; former Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court; appointed by President George W. Bush, 2002 [ 153] John H. Szymarek 1895 Former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly [ 154] John F. Tefft Deputy Chief of Mission at the United States Embassy in Moscow, 1996-1999; United States Ambassador to Lithuania, 2000-2003; Ambassador of the United States of America to Georgia, 2005–present [ 155] Robert Emmet Tehan 1927 (AB), 1929 (LL.B.) Former United States federal judge [ 156] Froilan Tenorio 1967 Former Governor of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands [ 157] Lewis D. Thill U.S. Representative [ 158] Barbara Toles 1997 Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly [ 95] Stephen A. Turcotte U.S. Navy admiral [ 159] Luis R. Visot U.S. Army Major General [ 160] Leah Vukmir 1980 Member of Wisconsin Senate [ 95] Scott Walker N/A Former Governor of Wisconsin; Walker did not actually graduate from Marquette University [ 161] Thaddeus Wasielewski U.S. Representative [ 162] Don S. Wenger U.S. Air Force Major General [ 163] Patrick Willis 1972 Circuit Court Judge in Manitowoc County , Wisconsin Tadashi Yamamoto MBA 1962 Founder of the Japan Center for International Exchange , the Shimoda Conference , and the U.S.-Japan Parliamentary Exchange Program [ 164] Francis A. Yindra Former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and the Wisconsin State Senate [ 165] Clement J. Zablocki U.S. Representative [ 166] Richard J. Zaborski 1953 Former member of the Wisconsin State Senate [ 167] Carl Zeidler Former Mayor of Milwaukee [ 168] Annette Ziegler 1989 Justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court [ 95]