List of University of Dayton people

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This is a list of University of Dayton people of whom have some significant affiliation with the school. Individuals listed may have only attended the university at one point and not necessarily have graduated.

Faculty

• Bob Taft - distinguished research associate in the School of Education; former two-term governor of Ohio; great-grandson of President Taft ^[1]
• Perry Yaney - fellow of the American Physical Society

Alumni

Athletics

• David Abidor '13 - soccer player
• Lalas Abubakar - soccer player for Colorado Rapids
• Jerry Blevins - MLB pitcher
• Bucky Bockhorn '58 - former NBA player
• Koby Brea - NBA player for Phoenix Suns
• Toumani Camara '23 - NBA player for Portland Trail Blazers
• Bob DeMarco '59 - former NFL player, All-Pro center for St. Louis Cardinals
• Fred Dugan '57 - former NFL player
• Gerry Faust '58 - head football coach at the University of Notre Dame ^[2]
• Anthony Grant '87 - current University of Dayton men's basketball coach
• Jon Gruden '86 - Super Bowl-winning head coach (2002) of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers; former Las Vegas Raiders head coach
• Mike Hauschild - pitcher, Texas Rangers
• Chris Johnson '12 - NBA player, Utah Jazz, player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League ^[3]
• Emil Karas '58 - former NFL player
• Jim Katcavage '56 - All-Pro defensive tackle for the NFL New York Giants
• Ally Malott '15 - WNBA player ^[4]
• Don May '68 - professional basketball player 1968–1975
• Don Meineke '52 - former NBA player 1952-1958 and First NBA Rookie of the Year
• Chuck Noll '53 - four-time Super Bowl winning head coach (Pittsburgh Steelers 1975, 1976, 1979, 1980; inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1993) ^[5]
• Dan Patrick '79 - sportscaster with NBC Sports ^[6]
• Brian Roberts '08 - NBA player, Charlotte Hornets ^[7]
• Dasan Robinson - professional soccer player
• Chris Rolfe '05 - professional soccer player; ^[8] also played on United States Men's National Soccer Team in 2005 ^[9]
• Vincent Sanford (born 1990) - basketball player for Hapoel Galil Elyon of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Devon Scott '15 - basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League
• Brandon Staley - former Los Angeles Chargers head coach
• Craig Stammen - pitcher, Washington Nationals and San Diego Padres
• Obi Toppin - NBA player, Indiana Pacers
• Adam Trautman '20 - NFL player, tight end for Denver Broncos
• Chris Wright '11 - professional basketball player

Arts & entertainment

• Chip Bok '74 - two-time National Cartoonist Society (NCS) editorial cartoonist of the year ^[10]
• Erma Bombeck '49 - humorist and newspaper columnist ^[11]
• Bruce Graham - architect of the Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower)
• Don Novello (stage name Father Guido Sarducci) '64 - actor, writer and comedian ^[12]
• James Oliver - first Black graduate of University of Mississippi Medical Center ^[13]
• Charles J. Pedersen '26 - winner of 1987 Nobel Prize in Chemistry ^[14]
• Amy Schneider - Jeopardy! champion with the second longest winning streak

Politics

• Michael B. Coleman (JD '80) - first African-American mayor of Columbus, Ohio ^[15]
• Tom Demmer '08 - member of the Illinois House of Representatives
• Ray Gricar - District attorney of Centre County, Pennsylvania ^[16]
• Jon Husted '89, '93 (MA) - Ohio lieutenant governor (2019–2025), U.S. Senator from Ohio (2025–present) ^[17]
• Gregory Karle (B.S.'77) (J.D.'80) - politician, retired City Solicitor (City attorney) of Erie, Pennsylvania (1994–2018); argued and won landmark First Amendment case at the Supreme Court of the United States ^{[18] [19]}
• Bob Schaffer '84 - U.S. Congressman from Colorado ^[20]
• David Taylor (J.D.) - Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 2nd congressional district ^[21]
• Mike Turner '92 (graduate of Business School) - Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 10th congressional district ^[22]
• Charles W. Whalen, Jr. '42 - U.S. Congressman from Ohio's 3rd congressional district (1967–1979), author ^[23]
• Nan Whaley '98 - politician, mayor of Dayton ^[24]

Other

• David J. Bradley '71 - inventor of the "Control-Alt-Delete" computer keyboard command ^[25]
• Erica Chenoweth '02 - Frank Stanton Professor of the First Amendment at the Harvard Kennedy School
• Joseph Desch '26 - creator of decoding machine to crack Nazi Enigma code in World War II ^[26]
• Michael Eismann '04 - IEEE fellow and chief scientist at the Air Force Research Laboratory ^[27]
• Theresa Flores - sex-trafficking activist
• Mike Gallagher - political commentator, radio talk show host, writer
• Jessie Scott Hathcock '30 - first female African American graduate; humanitarian, educator, and civil rights leader ^[28]
• Kristina Keneally '91 - first female Premier of New South Wales ^[29]
• Bill Klesse '81 - CEO of Valero Energy ^[30]
• Omar J. Marrero - Secretary of State of Puerto Rico
• Scott Douglas Miller - president of Virginia Wesleyan University, former president of Bethany College, Wesley College, and Lincoln Memorial University
• Richard Rohr, Franciscan, mystic, speaker
• Richard Schoen '72 - Wolf Prize in Mathematics winner for "striking contributions to analysis and geometry" ^[31]
• Jerry Sharkey '65 - historic preservationist and Wright brothers historian, conceived idea for Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park ^[32]
• Robert Stack '76 - disability rights activist; founder of Community Options ^[33]

See also

• List of people from Dayton, Ohio

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