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List of people associated with the University of Detroit Mercy
The following is a list of notable people associated with the
University of Detroit Mercy , located in
Detroit ,
Michigan .
Notable alumni
Academics
Andreas Blass , mathematician and professor at
University of Michigan
Kevin Boyle , winner of 2004
National Book Award for
Arc of Justice : A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age ; Professor of History at
Ohio State University
Thomas Budzynski , psychologist and a pioneer in the field of
biofeedback
John A. DiBiaggio , former president of
University of Connecticut ,
Michigan State University and
Tufts University
Dudley Randall , poet, librarian, poet-in-residence
Acting, theater, film and television
Anita Barone , actress
Phil Cousineau , author, lecturer, independent scholar, screenwriter, and documentary filmmaker
Pamela Anne Eldred , Miss America 1970
[1]
David Patrick Kelly , actor
Keegan-Michael Key , actor (
Key & Peele ,
madTV ,
Animal Planet )
Connie Kreski (Kornacki), actress, 1969 Playboy Playmate of the Year
[2]
Allison Payne , news anchor
Ted Raimi , actor, best known for his roles on
seaQuest DSV and
Xena: Warrior Princess
Amy Yasbeck , actress
Business
Engineering
Journalism and writing
Bill Bonds , former longtime anchor of
WXYZ-TV news
Ron Fournier , Associated Press, chief of Washington bureau
Elmore Leonard , author, several of whose books have been made into movies, such as
Get Shorty , Be Cool , and
The Big Bounce
J. P. McCarthy , former radio host on Detroit station
WJR
George Noory , syndicated radio talk show host (
Coast to Coast AM )
Allison Payne , former anchorwoman with
WGN-TV , Chicago
Government and politics
Richard Arrington, Jr. , first African American mayor of
Birmingham, Alabama
Donald W. Banner , former United States Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks
Kyra Harris Bolden , Justice of the
Michigan Supreme Court
Thomas E. Brennan , Justice of the
Michigan Supreme Court (1967–1973); served as Chief Justice 1969–1970; founded the
Thomas M. Cooley Law School
Vincent M. Brennan , Michigan politician
James H. Brickley , 54th and 56th Lieutenant Governor of Michigan and a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court 1982–1999
Tina Brooks Green , Chief Judge of the 34th District Court,
Romulus, Michigan
Vern Buchanan , Republican Congressman representing
Florida's 16th congressional district
Tim Burns , Michigan politician
Pamela Carter , 38th
Indiana Attorney General (1993–1997)
Jerome Cavanagh , Mayor of Detroit, 1962–1970
Michael F. Cavanagh , Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, 1982–2014 (served as Chief Justice 1991–1995)
Bob Constan , Michigan State House of Representatives
Maura D. Corrigan , director, Michigan Department of Human Services;
[5] former Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, 1998–2011 (served as Chief Justice 2001–2004)
George Cushingberry, Jr. , Michigan House of Representatives
James Dinkins , Executive Associate Director of
Homeland Security Investigations 2010–2014
Robert A. Ficano , county executive of
Wayne County, Michigan , 2013–2015
Roman S. Gribbs , mayor of
Detroit , 1970–1974, Judge of the
Michigan Court of Appeals
Frank J. Kelley , longest-serving
Attorney General in
Michigan history (1961–1998)
Theodore Levin ,
U.S. District Court Judge (1946–1970); father of
Charles and Joseph Levin; uncle of Senator
Carl Levin and Representative
Sander Levin
Greg Mathis , retired Michigan 36th District Court judge and syndicated television show judge
E. Michael McCann , former Milwaukee County District Attorney
Thaddeus McCotter , former Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives from
Michigan's 11th congressional district (2003–2012)
Zenaida Moya , Mayor of
Belize City, Belize , 2006–2012
L. Brooks Patterson , lawyer and politician, formerly the
County Executive of
Oakland County, Michigan
Gary Peters ,
United States Senator from Michigan, former member of the
U.S. House of Representatives from
Michigan's 9th congressional district
Haider Abbas Rizvi , former member of the National Assembly of Pakistan; a senior leader of the
Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) party
James L. Ryan , retired Justice of the
Michigan Supreme Court , 1975–1985; Judge of the
U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit , 1985–present
Thomas Patrick Thornton ,
United States Federal Judge
Military and space
Religion
Joseph M. Breitenbeck , eighth
Bishop of Grand Rapids , 1969–1989
Joseph Cassidy ,
Anglican priest
Gary Habermas ,
PhD ,
philosophical theologian and
apologist ; defender of
Christ 's historical
Resurrection
Dario Hunter , first Muslim-born person to be ordained a rabbi
[6]
Dale Joseph Melczek , third Bishop of Gary, since 1996
Robert A. Mitchell , 1st Chancellor of University of Detroit Mercy (1990–1992)
Steven J. Raica , fifth Bishop of Gaylord, since 2014
Francis R. Reiss , auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, since 2003
Jane Dewar Schaberg (1977–2012), Professor of
Religious Studies and
Women's Studies
Sports
Grady Alderman , offensive lineman for
1969 NFL champion
Minnesota Vikings and General Manager of
Denver Broncos
John Barrett (1899–1966), professional football player
Dan Boisture (1925–2007), coach of
Eastern Michigan (1967–73) and
Detroit Wheels (1974) football teams
Lloyd Brazil (1906–1965), U of D coach and athletic director
Frank Bucher (1900–1970), professional football player
Wes Carlson , professional football player
Walt Cassidy (1899–1944), professional football player
Gus Cifelli (1926–2009), football player for Notre Dame and 1952 NFL champion
Detroit Lions
Earl Cureton , NBA player for
Philadelphia 76ers ,
Houston Rockets ,
Detroit Pistons , 2-time NBA champion
Dave DeBusschere (1940–2003),
NBA Hall of Fame, played
basketball for
Detroit Pistons and
New York Knicks , coach of Pistons; also played baseball for
Chicago White Sox
Terry Duerod , former NBA player,
Detroit Pistons ,
Boston Celtics
Bill Ebben , former NBA player
Andrew "Anvil Andy" Farkas (1916–2001), player for 1942 NFL champion
Washington Redskins
Tom Finnin , former NFL player for
Baltimore Colts
Willie Green , basketball player for
NBA 's
Orlando Magic , assistant coach
Golden State Warriors , head coach New Orleans Pelicans.
Jody Handley , soccer player for
England women's national football team
Spencer Haywood , U of D basketball player, Olympic gold medalist, 4-time NBA All-Star,
Basketball Hall of Fame
[7]
Dave Hill (1937–2011),
PGA Tour golfer with 13 tour wins
Lee Knorek (1921–2003), NBA player for
New York Knicks
Joe Kopicki , professional basketball player
Dutch Lauer (1898–1978), professional football player
John Long , professional basketball player, member of 1989 NBA champion
Detroit Pistons
Bruce Maher , former NFL player for
Detroit Lions
Ted Marchibroda (1931–2016), twice head coach of NFL's
Baltimore Colts /
Indianapolis Colts , offensive co-ordinator for
Buffalo Bills
Super Bowl teams
Ray McCallum, Jr. , NBA player for San Antonio Spurs
Bob Miller (1926–2020), former MLB player (1949–58) and U-D baseball coach (1965–2000); career Titans coaching record of 896-780-2; named to Titans Hall of Fame 1979
Guy Murray ,
Detroit Titans cross country/track and field head coach
Dorie Murrey , NBA player for
Detroit Pistons ,
Seattle SuperSonics
A. C. Muthiah , president of Board of Control for
Cricket in India 1999–2001
Tip O'Neill (1898–1984), professional football player
Andrew Ornoch , Mississauga Eagles FC
Chase Simon (born 1989), basketball player for
Maccabi Ashdod of the
Israeli Basketball Premier League
Jimmy Simpson (1897–1979), professional football player
Gino Sovran (1924–2016), professional basketball player
Guy Sparrow , former NBA player for
New York Knicks
Art Stolkey (1920–2013), professional basketball player
Terry Thomas (1953–1998), former NBA player
Terry Tyler , NBA player for
Detroit Pistons ,
Sacramento Kings
Owen Wells (1950–1993), professional basketball player
Notable faculty
Richard Buckminster "Bucky" Fuller , visiting professor in the School of Architecture at University of Detroit, 1970
[8]
Robert S. Johnston (1901–1902), classics, English, and mathematics teacher;
[9] later president of Saint Louis University
[10]
Isaiah McKinnon
John P. McNichols , S.J., Jesuit priest and 11th president of University of Detroit 1921–1932; established the McNichols Campus, and is the namesake for McNichols Road in
Detroit
Frank Murphy , law instructor; Michigan jurist;
Mayor of Detroit ;
Governor of Michigan ; the last
Governor-General of the Philippines ; and the first
High Commissioner of the
Philippines ,
United States Attorney General , and
United States Supreme Court
Associate Justice
Joyce Carol Oates , taught at the University of Detroit; published her first novel,
With Shuddering Fall , when she was 26 years old; her novel
them received the
National Book Award in 1970; has taught at
Princeton University since 1978
Dick Vitale , basketball coach and broadcaster, head coach of
Detroit Titans men's basketball 1973–1977
References
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"There she is - our Miss America! Pamela Eldred" . UDM Libraries Archives. September 2013.
^ "Mercy! How Far You've Traveled, Connie Kreski". Detroit Free Press. April 27, 1969. p. 143.
^
"Q&A with Otmar Szafnauer" . forceindiaf1.com . Force India Formula One Team. Archived from
the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2012 .
^ Spurgeon, Brad (2012-11-16).
"An engineer's passion for his racing work" . The New York Times . Retrieved 14 December 2012 .
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"DHS – Maura D. Corrigan, Director" . michigan.gov . State of Michigan. Retrieved 14 December 2012 .
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"NYC: Ex-Muslim to be ordained as rabbi" . YNetNews.com . July 7, 2012. Retrieved August 27, 2012 .
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ISBN
1-56743-042-2 )
^ Sieden, Lloyd Steven (2000). Buckminster Fuller's Universe . Basic Books. pp. 434–435.
ISBN
9780738203799 .
^ Watrous, Jerome Anthony (1909).
Memoirs of Milwaukee County . Vol. 2. Madison, Wisconsin: Western Historical Association. p. 131. Then for a period of four years [Johnston] was professor of classics, English and mathematics at
Detroit College and served in a like capacity at St. Xavier's College of Cincinnati for another year.
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"Rev. R. S. Johnston Dies in Milwaukee; Ex-Head of St. Louis University, Professor at Marquette" (fee required) . The New York Times . February 20, 1944. Retrieved December 17, 2009 . He was a teacher in ... St. Xavier High School, Cincinnati, 1901–02, ...
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