List of Saint Peter's University people

This is a list of notable graduates of Saint Peter's University (formerly Saint Peter's College) in Jersey City, New Jersey.

Notable alumni

Academics

• Jack Bogdanski, professor of law at Lewis & Clark Law School
• George J. Borjas, Robert W. Scrivner Professor of Economics and Social Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School

Arts & entertainment

• Will Durant, 1968 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction and the 1977 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient
• Blaise Ffrench, actor, entrepreneur
• Ken Jennings, 1979 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical recipient
• George Khoury, notable writer and interviewer in the field of comic books
• Francis M. Nevins, 1975 and 1989 Edgar Award-winning mystery writer, biographer, film historian and law professor ^{[1] [2]}
• Renee Sebastian, Filipino-American soul-infused pop and R&B singer and songwriter

Business

• Lawrence R. Codey, former President & COO of Public Service Electric & Gas Company ^[3]
• Frank D'Amelio, Chief Financial Officer, Pfizer ^[4]
• Joseph R. Ettore, retail executive, former CEO of Ames, Jamesway, and Stuarts ^[5]
• Joseph R. Gromek, President & CEO of The Warnaco Group and former President & CEO of Brooks Brothers ^[6]
• James J. Loughlin, former National Director of the Pharmaceuticals Practice at KPMG ^[7]
• William J. Marino, President & CEO, Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey.
• James Meister, former President & CEO of Kings Super Markets ^[8]

Government

• Joseph V. Doria, Jr., former Mayor of Bayonne, New Jersey and former New Jersey Department of Community Affairs
• Charles M. Egan, New Jersey State Assemblyman, Senator, and Vice-Chancellor of the Chancery Court
• James J. Galdieri, former New Jersey State Assemblyman
• Daniel J. Griffin, former U.S. Representative from New York
• James A. Hamill, former United States Representative for New Jersey's 12th congressional district and New Jersey's 10th congressional district
• Edward J. Hart, former United States Representative for New Jersey's 14th congressional district
• John V. Kelly, nine-term member of the New Jersey General Assembly and former Mayor of Nutley, New Jersey
• Mary Madison, member of the Iowa House of Representatives
• Mark McNulty, former Delaware Secretary of Transportation, who served in cabinet of Governor Dale E. Wolf
• Bob Menendez, current United States Senator from New Jersey
• Robert J. Morris, Anti-communist activist and chief counsel to the United States Senate Subcommittee on Internal Security from 1951 to 1953; former President of the University of Dallas
• Charles F. X. O'Brien, former United States Representative for New Jersey's 12th congressional district from 1921 to 1925
• Edward T. O'Connor, Jr., New Jersey State Senator
• Joan M. Quigley, New Jersey General Assemblywoman
• John P. Sheridan Jr., former New Jersey Commissioner of Transportation and current President and CEO of Cooper University Hospital. ^[9]
• Albio Sires, United States Representative for New Jersey's 13th congressional district ; former New Jersey Assemblyman and Mayor of West New York, New Jersey
• Thomas F. X. Smith, 38th Mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey
• Anthony R. Suarez, Mayor of Ridgefield, New Jersey
• Joseph Patrick Tumulty, Chief of Staff to President Woodrow Wilson

Law

• Thomas Francis Meaney, former Judge on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
• Peter G. Sheridan, Judge on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
• Reginald Stanton '56, former Judge of the New Jersey Superior Court; Saint Peter's first and only Rhodes Scholar ^[10]
• Chester J. Straub, Senior Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Journalism

• John Henning, award-winning TV and radio news reporter in Boston, Massachusetts
• Thomas O'Toole, award-winning reporter for The Washington Post and other newspapers

Science and medicine

• Nicholas J. Cifarelli, physician known for starting the first Bioethics Advisory Committee in the United States
• Robert G. Lahita, ’67, chairman of medicine, St. Joseph's Healthcare System
• Joseph McGinn, pioneer of minimally invasive cardiac bypass surgery; medical director of the Heart Institute of Staten Island ^[11]

Sports

• Frank Brooks, former MLB relief pitcher
• Keydren Clark, Two-time NCAA basketball scoring champion and seventh all-time leading scorer in NCAA history.
• Doug Edert, breakout star of the Peacocks' 2022 NCAA tournament run (transferred to Bryant University after that season)
• Bill Foxen, former MLB pitcher ^[12]
• Rodney Hawkins, ABA basketball player
• Bob Hurley, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame basketball coach at St. Anthony High School in Jersey City, New Jersey
• KC Ndefo, another key player in the Peacocks' 2022 NCAA tournament run (transferred to Seton Hall University after that season)
• Víctor Santos, former MLB relief pitcher
• Murphy Wiredu, professional soccer player
• Bernard Cicirelli, 1st St. Peter's College basketball All-American 1954, inaugural inductee in college's Athletic Hall of Fame 1981, and 2013 inductee into the MAAC Honor Roll Exhibition at Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame ^[13]

References

1. Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, Vol. 97 . : Martindale-Hubbell. 1997. p. LS160B. ISBN   1561602671.
2. "Francis M. Nevins". St. Louis University School of Law. Retrieved March 18, 2024.
3. NNDB: Lawrence R. Codey
4. Pfizer - Meet Our Executive Leaders, Accessed August 31, 2009
5. CORPORATE FACTS: AMES DEPARTMENT STORES INC., Accessed February 15, 2022
6. NNDB: Joseph R. Gromek
7. Forbes: James J. Loughlin
8. "Forbes: James Meister". Archived from the original on 2009-05-14. Retrieved 2017-09-03.
9. Sheridan Appointed Cooper CEO, February 8, 2008. Accessed March 18, 2008.
10. "Drinker Biddle Announces Former New Jersey Superior Court Judge Reginald Stanton To Join Firm". June 22, 2010. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24.
11. The Heart Institute: Meet Dr. Joseph McGinn Archived 2011-10-13 at the Wayback Machine
12. Baseball-Reference.com: Bill Foxen
13. https://maacsports.com/hof.aspx?hof=24