Name Class year Notability References Kathleen Abernathy 1983 Partner, Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP, former FCC Commissioner [ 72] [ 73] J. Waldo Ackerman 1947 (BS), 1949 (JD) U.S. District Court Judge in Illinois [ 74] Douglas J. Adams 1998 (MS) U.S. Navy admiral [ 75] Tom Ament 1959 (BS), 1962 (JD) County Executive of Milwaukee County , Wisconsin , 1992-2002 [ 76] Kristina Arriaga Vice Chair, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom , 2016-2019 [ 77] Dolores Balderamos-García Minister of Human Development, Women and Civil Society of Belize [ 78] Gary J. Barczak 1961 Wisconsin legislator [ 79] Gerald R. Beaman U.S. Navy admiral [ 80] Dismas Becker Wisconsin legislator and civil rights activist [ 81] Steven M. Biskupic 1983 (BA), 1987 (JD) Prominent U.S. attorney [ 82] Gerald J. Boileau U.S. Representative [ 83] Warren Braun 1956 (BS), 1971 (JD) Former Wisconsin State Senator [ 84] Cecil B. Brown, Jr. Wisconsin and civil rights activist [ 85] F. Taylor Brown U.S. Navy admiral [ 86] Edward R. Brunner 1970 Former Judge of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals [ 87] Brian Burke 1978 Wisconsin attorney and legislator [ 88] Ed Callahan Former Chairman of the National Credit Union Administration [ 89] Carlos Camacho Governor of Guam [ 90] Felix Perez Camacho Former Governor of Guam [ 91] Raymond Joseph Cannon U.S. Representative [ 92] Louis J. Ceci Wisconsin Supreme Court [ 93] John T. Chisholm District attorney of Milwaukee County , Wisconsin [ 94] Vincent Cianci Also known as "Buddy", former Mayor, Providence, Rhode Island [ 95] John Louis Coffey Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals [ 96] Pedro Colón 1991 First elected Latino representative of the Wisconsin State Assembly [ 97] David Cullen 1984 Member of Wisconsin State Assembly [ 98] James P. Daley U.S. National Guard general [ 99] Sara Lynn Darrow 1992 District judge on the United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois [ 100] Kerry J. Donley Member of the Alexandria, Virginia City Council; former Mayor of Alexandria, 1996-2003 [ 101] John Doyne 1934 First County Executive of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin [ 102] 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) [ 103] Scott Evertz First openly gay director of the Office of National AIDS Policy [ 104] Ray Evrard 1916 Former Brown County, Wisconsin District Attorney and 2nd president of the Green Bay Packers [ 105] Margaret Farrow 1956 Former Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin [ 19] James Fleissner 1979 Attorney and a Professor of Law at Mercer University School of Law [ 106] Gerald T. Flynn U.S. Representative [ 107] James Flynn Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin [ 108] Kurt Frank 1971 Former member of the Wisconsin State Senate [ 109] Jessica Gavora 1986 Conservative writer on politics and culture, speechwriter, and former policy adviser at the U.S. Department of Justice [ 110] Janine P. Geske Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court [ 111] John Gower Member of Wisconsin State Assembly [ 112] William C. Griesbach 1976 (BA), 1979 (JS) U.S. federal judge [ 113] E. Harold Hallows Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court [ 114] Ned R. Healy U.S. Representative from California [ 115] Mark Honadel Member of Wisconsin State Assembly Henry P. Hughes Justice of Wisconsin Supreme Court [ 116] Kathleen Hall Jamieson 1967 Dean, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania [ 19] Wade Kapszukiewicz Mayor, City of Toledo, Ohio [ 117] William K. Kelley Deputy Counsel to George W. Bush [ 118] Kristina Keneally New South Wales politician [ 119] Charles J. Kersten 1925 U.S. Representative [ 120] John C. Kleczka U.S. Representative [ 121] Dale P. Kooyenga 2007 Member of Wisconsin State Assembly [ 98] Dick Leinenkugel 1980 Current Wisconsin Secretary of Commerce [ 122] Jerris Leonard 1952 (BS), 1955 (LLB) Member of the Wisconsin Senate [ 123] Peter F. Leuch Former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly [ 124] Gerald Lorge Wisconsin politician [ 125] Steven D. Loucks 1983 Former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly [ 126] Brian E. Luther 1984 U.S. Navy admiral [ 127] Donald A. Manzullo U.S. representative from Illinois , Republican [ 128] William A. Matheny U.S. Air Force general [ 129] Mary Beth Maxwell Senior Advisor in the United States Department of Labor [ 130] Joseph McCarthy U.S. Senator, Republican [ 131] Earl F. McEssy 1939 Former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly [ 132] Ralph Metcalfe US Olympian, U.S. Representative [ 133] Gerald L. Miller 1964 U.S. Marine Corps general [ 134] Louis Molepske 2001 Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly [ 98] Gwendolynne S. Moore 1978 U.S. Representative [ 98] Stephen Murphy III 1984 Federal judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan [ 135] Edouard Nomo-Ongolo Former Government Minister for Commerce and Industry (Cameroon ); former General Manager of Chase Bank, Cameroon; retired diplomat [ 136] Richard C. Nowakowski N/A Former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly [ 137] Leo P. O'Brien Former member of the Wisconsin State Senate [ 138] Jim Ott 2000 Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly [ 98] Tony Palomo B.S. Journalism, 1954 Journalist; historian of Guam ; Senator in the 12th, 14th, and 15th Guam Legislatures [ 139] Rudolf "Rudy" Perpich Former Governor of Minnesota [ 140] Douglas G. Perry U.S. Navy Vice Admiral [ 141] Milton Rice Polland Progressive Republican leader, ambassador-at-large for the Republic of the Marshall Islands [ 142] 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 [ 98] Kenneth M. Quinn President of the World Food Prize Foundation , former U.S. Ambassador to Cambodia [ 143] David Rabinovitz 1927 U.S. District Court Judge [ 144] Michele Radosevich 1969 U.S. politician and lawyer [ 145] Toby Roth U.S. Representative [ 146] Loret Miller Ruppe U.S. diplomat [ 147] Ben L. Salomon Medal of Honor recipient [ 148] Paul J. Schlise 1989 (BS) U.S. Navy admiral [ 149] John Schmitz U.S. Representative, 1972 American Independent Party Presidential candidate [ 150] Martin J. Schreiber Former governor of Wisconsin [ 151] Wilfred Schuele Former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and Wisconsin State Senate [ 152] Kevin R. Slates 1982 U.S. Navy admiral [ 153] Francis Slay Mayor of St. Louis, Missouri [ citation needed ] Douglas W. Small 1988 (BS) U.S. Navy admiral [ 154] Lawrence H. Smith U.S. Representative [ 155] Greg Stanton 1992 (BA) U.S. Representative Dave Sullivan State Senator of Illinois, 1998-2006; Crane's Chicago Business "Top 40 Under 40" [ 156] 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 [ 157] John H. Szymarek 1895 Former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly [ 158] 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 [ 159] Robert Emmet Tehan 1927 (AB), 1929 (LL.B.) Former United States federal judge [ 160] Froilan Tenorio 1967 Former Governor of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands [ 161] Lewis D. Thill U.S. Representative [ 162] Barbara Toles 1997 Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly [ 98] Stephen A. Turcotte U.S. Navy admiral [ 163] Luis R. Visot U.S. Army Major General [ 164] Leah Vukmir 1980 Member of Wisconsin Senate [ 98] Scott Walker N/A Former Governor of Wisconsin; Walker did not actually graduate from Marquette University [ 165] Thaddeus Wasielewski U.S. Representative [ 166] Don S. Wenger U.S. Air Force Major General [ 167] 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 [ 168] Francis A. Yindra Former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and the Wisconsin State Senate [ 169] Clement J. Zablocki U.S. Representative [ 170] Richard J. Zaborski 1953 Former member of the Wisconsin State Senate [ 171] Carl Zeidler Former Mayor of Milwaukee [ 172] Annette Ziegler 1989 Justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court [ 98]