List of St. Bonaventure University alumni

Following is a list of notable alumni from St. Bonaventure University, a private Franciscan university in St. Bonaventure, New York.

Academics

• Marion Beiter, 1948, mathematician and chairwoman of the mathematics department of Rosary Hill College
• John R. Broderick, president of Old Dominion University
• Cara Cilano, chair professor of English at Michigan State University
• Charles J. Dougherty, 1971, president of Duquesne University
• William Fulton, mayor of Ventura, California, Planning Director for the City of San Diego, and head of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research at Rice University
• Edward Goljan, professor of pathology at Oklahoma State University College of Osteopathic Medicine
• John Robert Greene, 1977, 1978 (g), author and professor emeritus, history and humanities, Cazenovia College
• James L. Hayes, dean of the School of Business Administration at Duquesne University
• Daniel Horan, Catholic priest, theologian, and director of the Center for Spirituality and professor of philosophy, Religious Studies, and Theology at Saint Mary's College
• Robert Kochersberger, 1972, associate professor of English at North Carolina State University
• Charles Kupchella, 1968 PhD, president of the University of North Dakota
• Michael Lynch, population geneticist and academic at Indiana University
• James Post, professor at Boston University
• Irena Scott, physiologist, professor, and author
• Max Wickert, poet, translator, and professor of English Emeritus at the University at Buffalo

Art and architecture

• Anthony Bannon, 1964, former director of George Eastman House and director of Burchfield-Penney Art Center
• Cajetan J. B. Baumann, 1941, a Franciscan friar and an architect

Business

• Ed Bastian, 1979, chief executive officer of Delta Air Lines
• Deb Henretta, 1983, global president of e-commerce for Procter & Gamble
• Carl Paladino, chairman of Ellicott Development Co.

Clergy

• John Boland, Roman Catholic priest involved in unionization and other social justice issues in Buffalo, New York
• Stanislaus Joseph Brzana, prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the tenth bishop of the Diocese of Ogdensburg, New York
• Joseph W. Estabrook, prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese for the Military Services and also Titular Bishop of Flenucleta
• John Mark Gannon, 1899, Catholic Titular Archbishop of Tacarata, Bishop of Erie, and Titular Bishop of Nilopolis
• Richard Thomas Guilfoyle, prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the third bishop of the Diocese of Altoona, Pennsylvania
• Daniel W. Herzog, 1964, Epsicopal Bishop Emeritus of Albany
• Louis Iasiello, 1972, Catholic priest who served as the 23rd Chief of Chaplains of the United States Navy
• Mychal Judge, Franciscan friar and Catholic priest who served as a chaplain to the New York City Fire Department
• William John Kenny, prelate of the Roman Catholic Church and bishop of the Diocese of St. Augustine in Florida
• John J. McMahon, prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.and bishop of the Diocese of Trenton in New Jersey
• Sixtus O'Connor, priest and served as pastor during the Nuremberg Trials to Catholic prison inmates
• Paschal Robinson, 1896, titular archbishop of Tyana, the first apostolic nuncio to Ireland, and professor of Medieval History at The Catholic University of America
• Francis Joseph Tief, 1905, prelate of the Catholic Church and bishop of the Diocese of Concordia in Kansas
• Thomas Walsh, prelate of the Catholic Church and the first archbishop of the Archdiocese of Newark

Entertainment

• Neil Cavuto, 1980, news anchor for Fox News and Fox Business ^[1]
• Victoria Corderi, 1979, correspondent for Dateline NBC, recipient of three national news Emmys, a George Foster Peabody Award for Excellence in Journalism, and the Edward R. Murrow Award ^[1]
• Francis Cullinan, stage director of opera, musical theater, dramas, comedies and cabaret shows
• Brent Hanks, 2007, sports commentator and professional poker player
• Fred McCarthy, cartoonist and creator of the Brother Juniper single-panel comic strip
• Adrian Wojnarowski, 1991, Senior NBA Insider at ESPN, and three-time National Sports Media Association Sportswriter of the Year ^[1]

Law

• Richard Arcara, 1962, senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York
• Peter Campbell Brown, 1951, assistant United States attorney for the Eastern District of New York City City Commissioner of Investigations, and a corporation counsel
• Morgan J. Burke Jr., non-degreed, attorney and judge
• J. Daniel Mahoney, 1952, United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
• Mark Tuohey, 1969, attorney and director of the Mayor of Washington D.C.'s Office of Legal Counsel

Literature and Journalism

• Dan Barry 1980, reporter for The New York Times who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1994 for investigative reporting ^[1]
• Janet Bodnar, 1971, editor of Kiplinger's Personal Finance and journlist with The Washington Post ^[1]
• Kathleen Brady, 1968, author and journalist
• Bill Briggs, 1985, reporter for The Denver Post who won the Pulitzer Prize in 2000 for breaking news reporting ^{[2] [1]}
• Charlene Costanzo, inspirational author and speaker
• John Curran, journalist and news correspondent with the Associated Press
• William C. Davis Jr., 1941, writer and editor on ballistics for American Rifleman magazine
• Robert A. Dubill,1958, former executive editor of USA Today who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1980 for public service ^{[3] [1]}
• JG Faherty, author who writes in the horror, science fiction, and dark fantasy genres
• John Hanchette, 1964, managing editor of Gannett Newspapers who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1980 for public service ^{[3] [1]}
• Charles J. Hanley 1968, reporter for the Associated Press who won the Pulitzer Prize in 2000 for investigative reporting ^[1]
• Dan Herbeck, 1978, journalist and investigative reporter at The Buffalo News ^[1]
• Patricia Kennealy-Morrison, author, journalist, editor
• Leah McGrath Goodman, 1998, writer and editor for The Wall Street Journal , Dow Jones Newswires, and Barron's
• Greg Mitchell, 1970, author, editor, and Goldsmith Book Prize recipient ^[1]
• Charlie Specht, 2010, chief investigative reporter for WKBW-TV who won in ne Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award in 2020 ^[4]
• Brian Toolan, 1972, vice president of The Hartford Courant who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1999 for breaking news reporting ^[5]
• Mike Vaccaro, 1989, lead sports columnist for The New York Post ^[1]
• Vincent Virga, 1964, novelist and editor

Medicine and science

• Kevin O'Connor, physician and retired U.S. Army Colonel serving as the Physician to the President

Military

• Patrick Frank, 1989, United States Army lieutenant general

John Boccieri

James T. Walsh

Politics

• Fred M. Ahern, New York State Assembly
• Frank E. Baldwin, Pennsylvania State Senate and Pennsylvania Auditor General
• John Boccieri,1992, U.S. House of Representatives, Ohio State Senate, and the Ohio House of Representatives
• Erik Bohen, New York State Assembly
• Jeffrey M. Conrad, Buffalo Common Council
• James J. Howard,1952, U.S. House of Representatives
• Peter J. Larkin, Massachusetts House of Representatives
• James D. Libby, Maine Senate
• John G. A. O'Neil, New York State Assembly
• Phil Palmesano, 1991, New York State Assembly
• Danica Roem, Virginia House of Delegates and Virginia State Senate

State Sen. Danica Roem

• Patrick J. Ryan, 1884, New York State Assembly and Municipal Court judge
• Thomas P. Ryan Jr., mayor of Rochester, New York
• Rudolph G. Tenerowicz, non-degreed, U.S. House of Representatives
• Daniel B. Walsh, New York State Assembly
• James T. Walsh, 1970, U.S. House of Representatives ^{[6] [7] [8]}
• William F. Walsh, 1934, U.S. House of Representatives ^{[9] [10]}
• Catharine Young, New York State Senator
• John Zajac Jr., Connecticut House of Representatives and the Connecticut State Senate

Sports

Baseball

• John Burke, professional baseball player with the New York Giants
• George Daly, professional baseball player with the New York Giants
• Connor Grey, professional baseball player with the New York Mets
• Bud Heine, professional baseball player
• Hughie Jennings, professional baseball player, coach and manager
• Frank Loftus, professional baseball player
• Greg Mamula, college baseball coach
• Jim McCloskey, professional baseball player
• Danny McDevitt, professional baseball player with the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Minnesota Twins and Kansas City Athletics
• John McGraw, Major League baseball manager for the New York Giants and the Baltimore Orioles
• Kid McLaughlin, professional baseball player
• Paul Owens, professional baseball player and general manager with the Philadelphia Phillies
• B. J. Salerno, college baseball coach
• George Susce, professional baseball player

Basketball

• Jaylen Adams, professional basketball player
• Jalen Adaway, professional basketball player
• Ogo Adegboye, professional basketball player
• Miles Aiken, professional basketball player
• Jim Baron, college basketball coach
• Earl Belcher, professional basketball player
• J. R. Bremer, professional basketball player
• Izaiah Brockington, professional basketball player
• George Carter, professional basketball player
• Norman Clarke, professional basketball player
• Demitrius Conger, professional basketball player
• Abdoul Karim Coulibaly, college basketball player and member of the Mali national basketball team
• Freddie Crawford, professional basketball player
• Chuck Daly, professional basketball coach
• Fred Diute, professional basketball player
• Eddie Donovan, professional basketball player, coach, and general manage
• Terrence Durham, 1999, professional basketball player
• Mike Gansey, professional basketball player and general manager for the Cleveland Cavaliers
• Glenn Hagan, 1978, professional basketball player
• Essie Hollis, professional basketball player
• Jaren Holmes, college basektball player
• Mark Jones, professional basketball player
• Bill Kenville, professional basketball player
• Ed Klimkowski, professional basketball player and coach
• Charlon Kloof, professional basketball player
• Bob Lanier, professional basketball player and inductee in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
• Rob Lanier, college basketball coach
• Michael Lee, professional basketball player
• Kyle Lofton, professional basketball player
• Whitey Martin, professional basketball player
• Brendan McCann, professional basketball player
• Matt Mobley, professional basketball player
• Barry Mungar, professional basketball player
• Ken Murray, professional basketball player
• Youssou Ndoye, professional basketball player
• Andrew Nicholson, professional basketball player
• Osun Osunniyi, professional basketball player
• Peter van Paassen, professional basketball player
• Marcus Posley, professional basketball player
• Patricio Prato, professional basketball player
• Mike Reilly, head football and head basketball coach at St. Bonaventure University
• Tyler Relph, college basketball player and trainer
• Robert Sassone, 1953, college basketball coach
• Jim Satalin, college basketball coach and the current radio play-by-play announcer
• Marquise Simmons, professional basketball player
• Sam Stith, professional basketball player
• Tom Stith, professional basketball player
• David Vanterpool, professional basketball player and coach
• Larry Weise, college basketball coach
• Dominick Welch, professional basketball player
• Bill Whitmore, college basketball coach
• Tim Winn, professional basketball player
• Matthew Wright, professional basketball player

Football

• Jack Butler, professional football player and NFL Hall of Fame
• Matt Conte, college football coach
• Johnny Gildea, professional football player with the Pittsburgh Steelers and the New York Giants
• Hank Goodman, professional football player with the Detroit Lions.
• George Hays, professional football player
• Al Kaporch, professional football player with the Detroit Lions.
• George Kenneally, professional football player
• Frank LoVuolo, professional football player with the New York Giants.
• Ted Marchibroda, professional football player and coach
• Hugo Marcolini, professional football player with the Brooklyn Dodgers
• George Nicksich, professional football player with the Pittsburgh Steelers
• Mike Reilly, head football and head, basketball coach at St. Bonaventure University
• Drip Wilson, professional football player with the Cleveland Indians
• Stan Zajdel, professional football player and college football coach

Golf

• Sam Urzetta, professional golfer

Lacrosee

• Brett Dobson, professional Lacrosse Player ^[11]

Swimming

• Ayse Diker, swimmer who represented Turkey at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

• Ed Don George, wrestler who participated in the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics and two-time AWA World Heavyweight Champion

Other

• Charles J. Ducey, Deputy Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus
• Joseph Scott, 1914 LL.D, attorney and vice-president of the Panama-California Exposition.
• Denise Doring VanBuren, 1983, 45th President of the Daughters of the American Revolution
• Zachary R. Warren, 2014, has not really accomplished anything yet, but had a really great time.

References

1. "Distinguished Graduates | Jandoli School of Communication". St. Bonaventure University. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
2. "The 2000 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Breaking News Reporting". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2018-12-10.
3. Kathy, Kellogg (2000-04-29). "Globe Editor Bemoans Decline in Journalism". The Buffalo News. Retrieved 2018-12-10.
4. "2020 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award Winners Announced: Public Media Garners Top Wins | Columbia Journalism School". journalism.columbia.edu.
5. "'Snubbed' author to sign copies of book on Bonnies on Saturday in the RC". The Bradford Era. 2017-02-21. Retrieved 2023-10-19.
6. Walsh, James T., Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, Washington, DC, Retrieved 16 January 2014.
7. Jim Walsh remembered: Herald American profile from 1988, The Post-Standard, Syracuse, New York: Syracuse Media Group, Repost 21 January 2008 by Carlic, S., Original 30 October 1988 by Kane, D., & Bramstedt, C., Retrieved 16 January 2014.
8. Biographical profile for James T. Walsh, Vote NY, Reston, VA: Vote USA, Undated, Retrieved 17 January 2014.
9. Walsh, William Francis, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, Washington, DC: US Congress, Undated, Retrieved 21 January 2014.
10. William F. Walsh, former Syracuse mayor and congressman, dies at 98, The Post-Standard, Syracuse, New York: Syracuse Media Group, 8 January 2011, Weiner, M., Retrieved 21 January 2014.
11. "Brett Dobson".