List of Saint Anselm College alumni

Saint Anselm College is a Benedictine college in Goffstown, New Hampshire. Following are some of its notable alumni.

Academia and education

• William J. Baroody Sr. (1936), president of American Enterprise Institute, and chairman of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars ^[1]
• Michael McKeown Bondhus, poet, author, and teacher of English and creative writing at Raritan Valley Community College
• Joyce Clifford, chief nurse at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and member of the Harvard Medical School faculty
• Vincent Colapietro (1973), philosophy professor at Pennsylvania State University, author of many published articles and several published books ^[2]
• Joseph Grigely (1978), visual artist and professor of Visual and Critical Studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago
• William C. Martel (1977), associate professor of international security studies at the Fletcher School, Tufts University
• Nancy McGovern, digital preservation pioneer, archivist with the Center for Electronic Records at the National Archives and Records Administration and the Open Society Archives (Budapest, Hungary)
• William J. Murnane, Egyptologist, author, director of the Great Hypostyle Hall Project at Luxor Karnak Temple, research associate and professor at the Institute of Egyptian Art & Archaeology at the University of Memphis
• Frank V. Thompson (1896), educator who served as superintendent of Boston Public Schools

Business

• Joseph Boivin, co-founder and first president of the first credit union established in the United States
• Rómulo O'Farril (1937), multi-millionaire Mexican businessman; founder of Televisa in Mexico City ^[3]
• Matthew Szulik (1978), former chief executive officer and president of the S&P 500 Red Hat software company ^[4]

Entertainment

• Michael Buckley (1997), YouTube celebrity host of the WhattheBuck!? show ^[5]
• Lauren Chooljian (2010, H.D. 2024), radio journalist for New Hampshire Public Radio ^[6]
• Stephanie Gould (2007), actress, Orange Is the New Black , ^[7] The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel ^[8]
• Jay Larson (1999), comedian, actor, and writer
• Rob Surette (1993), speed-painter and public speaker ^[9]
• Keven Undergaro, creator of online broadcast network AfterBuzz TV and writer and producer for film and television

Law

• Jim McDonnell (1981), Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department ^[10] and former sheriff of Los Angeles County, recipient of the LAPD Medal of Valor
• Mark J. Sullivan (1977), former director of United States Secret Service ^[11]
• Gerard Conley Jr., assistant Maine Attorney General and member of the Maine House of Representatives
• Aaron Frey (2001), attorney general of Maine and former Maine state representative ^[12]
• Daniel T. K. Hurley (1964), lawyer and judge, serving on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida ^[13]
• Martin F. Loughlin (1947), lawyer and judge, served on the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire ^[14]
• Leo J. Sullivan, commissioner of the Boston Police Department
• Jane E. Young (1986), United States Attorney for the District of New Hampshire

Former Director of the U.S. Secret Service Mark J. Sullivan

Military

• 

  Col. Harvey C. Barnum, Jr., USMC (Ret.)

  Harvey C. Barnum Jr. (1962), Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) and Medal of Honor recipient (Vietnam). ^[15] Namesake of the USS Harvey C. Barnum Jr. (DDG-124).
• Henry J. Meade (1951), chief of chaplains of the U.S. Air Force ^[16]

Politics

• Skip Bafalis (1952), member of the United States House of Representatives from Florida's 10th congressional district, 1973 to 1983
• King Banaian (1979), Minnesota state representative ^[17]
• Laurent W. Belanger, Florida House of Representatives
• Robert F. Bossie (1963), former New Hampshire state senator (1972–1977) ^[18]
• Ross Brown, Green politician in Northern Ireland; shadow councilor on Belfast City Council
• Peter Clavelle, mayor of Burlington, Vermont
• Gerard Conley Jr., assistant Maine Attorney General and member of the Maine House of Representatives
• Sean Curran, Massachusetts House of Representatives
• David Danielson, New Hampshire House of Representatives

Former U.S. Senator Thomas J. Dodd

• Thomas J. Dodd (1926), U.S. senator from Connecticut; influential force at the Nuremberg Trials ^[19]
• Kevin W. Fitzgerald, Massachusetts House of Representatives
• Aaron Frey (2001), attorney general of Maine and former Maine state representative ^[12]
• Bill Gannon (1984), New Hampshire state senator and former state representative
• Jeffery Hayward, Massachusetts House of Representatives
• Robert W. Heagney (1975), Connecticut state representative ^[20]
• Daniel F. Keenan, Massachusetts House of Representatives
• Karoline Leavitt (2019), 36th White House Press Secretary
• Henri Martin, Connecticut State Senate
• Michael J. McGlynn, Massachusetts House of Representatives
• Ralph Mollis (1978), former secretary of state of Rhode Island ^[21]
• William P. Nagle Jr. (1973), Massachusetts House of Representatives
• Pam Patenaude (1983), former United States Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
• Robert Preston (non-degreed), New Hampshire Senate
• Donna Soucy, New Hampshire Senate and New Hampshire House of Representatives
• Chris Spirou, New Hampshire House of Representatives
• Edward B. Teague III, Massachusetts House of Representatives
• Jordan Ulery, member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
• Roland S. Vallee, 43rd mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire
• Joshua Whitehouse (non-degreed), member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives

Religion

• Jonathan DeFelice (1969), Catholic priest and President Emeritus of Saint Anselm College
• Mark Dyer (1959), bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Bethlehem
• Joseph John Gerry (1950), former bishop of Portland, Maine, and former abbot of Saint Anselm Abbey ^[22]
• Gérald Lacroix (1975 - non-degreed), Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of Quebec and Primate of Canada
• Henry J. Meade (1951), chief of chaplains of the U.S. Air Force ^[16]
• Thomas Edmund Molloy (non-degreed), prelate of the Catholic Church and Bishop of Brooklyn 1921–1956
• Leo Edward O'Neil (non-degreed), former bishop of the Diocese of Manchester (1990–1997)
• Wilfrid Paradis, priest of the Diocese of Manchester, NH, expert at the Second Vatican Council, recipient of the US Army Silver Star ^[23]
• John Bertram Peterson (1895), bishop of the Diocese of Manchester in New Hampshire from 1932–1944
• Joseph Rummel (1896), archbishop of New Orleans and civil rights activist who desegregated New Orleans Catholic Schools in 1962 ^[24]
• Nicholas Samra, eparchial bishop emeritus of the Melkite Catholic Eparchy of Newton and Apostolic Administrator of the Melkite Greek Catholic Eparchy of Nuestra Señora del Paraíso in Mexico City
• Robert Joseph Shaheen (non-degreed), prelate of the Maronite Catholic Church; former eparch of the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles

Sports

• Chris Bagley, professional soccer player
• Nick Barese, college baseball coach
• Keith Beauregard, professional baseball player and coach ^[25]
• Bill Chamberlain, professional baseball player
• Rob Kelly, professional baseball player
• Jerry Conway, professional baseball player
• Elad Covaliu, professional gridiron football player
• Sharon Dawley (1979), head coach of the University of Massachusetts Amherst women's basketball team ^[26]
• Pat Delany, professional basketball coach
• Matt DelGuidice, professional ice hockey player
• Sam Ftorek, former professional ice hockey player
• Tim Karalexis (2001), professional soccer player in the USL First Division ^[27]
• Mark Krikorian, sports executive and former professional soccer coach
• Kevin Mackey, former head coach of men's college basketball
• Hubie McDonough (1986), NHL player for the Los Angeles Kings, San Jose Sharks and the New York Islanders ^[28]
• Warren McGuirk, longtime athletic director, University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass)
• Ray "Scooter" McLean (1940), NFL player for the Chicago Bears and coach of the Green Bay Packers ^{[29] [30]}
• Jim Mill, professional ice hockey player
• Kevin Nylen, college soccer coach
• Tom Padden, professional baseball player
• Emil Roy, professional baseball player
• John Spirida, professional football player

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