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Various notable individuals in many professions attended
Villanova University at some point in their educational careers. Many influential and important individuals in the fields of government, business, economics, education, entertainment, arts, fashion, athletics and the sciences are alumni of Villanova.
Arts, entertainment, and journalism
Emily Barkann -
Emmy award-winning journalist and
White House correspondent
[1]
Maria Bello -
Golden Globe -nominated actress
Victor Buono -
Academy Award -nominated actor
Ryan J. Condal - screenwriter, TV series co-creator, executive producer
Bradley Cooper - Academy Award-nominated actor (attended for one year before transferring to
Georgetown University )
Jim Croce - recording artist
Carmen Gentile - journalist, author and public speaker
Tim Hauser - singer and founder of the vocal group
The Manhattan Transfer
Michael Hollinger - playwright and screenwriter
Vahan Janjigian - former Forbes magazine columnist; author of Even Buffett Isn't Perfect and The Forbes/CFA Institute Investment Course
Keith Jones -
Emmy award-winning news anchor and reporter at
WCAU in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
[2]
Toby Keith - recording artist (attended for one year, received honorary degree)
Monica Malpass - M.A. in political science in 1999;
news anchor and
reporter for
WPVI
[3]
Gerald Marzorati - editor of
The New York Times Magazine ; assistant managing editor of
The New York Times
Don McLean - recording artist (attended for three months and did not receive a degree)
Ryan Montbleau - recording artist
Vincent Piazza - actor (attended for a year; did not graduate)
David Rabe - playwright (
Hurlyburly ) and screenwriter (
Casualties of War ,
The Firm )
Murtaza Razvi - journalist, Senior Assistant Editor and Head of Magazines,
Dawn , political analyst,
The Indian Express
Greg Rikaart -
Emmy Award -winning actor, currently starring in the daytime
soap opera ,
The Young and the Restless
Jennifer Santiago - Emmy Award-winning reporter, CBS4 News,
Miami
Cole Sternberg - visual artist
Philip Terzian - literary editor,
The Weekly Standard , author (Architects of Power: Roosevelt, Eisenhower and the American Century )
Mary Walter - on-air personality, radio show host, political commentator
Wheeler Yuta (Paul Gruber) - professional wrestler
Business, law, and economics
Education, engineering, and the sciences
Government, politics, and military
Former U.S. Senator
Kelly Ayotte
Kelly Ayotte - former
U.S. Senator from the state of
New Hampshire
Jill Biden -
First Lady of the United States
[12]
G. T. Bynum - Mayor of
Tulsa, Oklahoma
David A. Christian - retired
United States Army captain and former candidate for the
Republican nomination in the
2012 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania
Joseph Clancy - former director of the
U.S. Secret Service
George B. Crist -
General ; first
Marine to be designated Commander in Chief,
Central Command
Christopher G. Donovan -
Speaker of the
Connecticut House of Representatives
Peter Doocy -
White House Correspondent for
Fox News
Walter Doran -
Admiral ,
U.S. Navy (retired)
William J. Fallon -
Admiral ,
U.S. Navy , and Commander of
United States Central Command
Jacob Frey - Mayor of
Minneapolis ,
Minnesota
Charlie Gerow - political consultant, commentator and lawyer
D. Barry Gibbons - member of the
Pennsylvania House of Representatives ,
Delaware County , 1961–1962
David Girard-diCarlo - nominated as the U.S. Ambassador to
Austria
Joseph Hare -
Rear Admiral ,
U.S. Navy
Kate M. Harper - Member of the
Pennsylvania House of Representatives since 2001
Jerramiah T. Healy -
Mayor ,
Jersey City ,
New Jersey
Charles A. Heimbold, Jr. - former U.S.
ambassador to
Sweden and former chairman of
Bristol-Myers Squibb ; endowed Villanova's Heimbold Chair of Irish Studies
Paul X. Kelley - retired Marine general and former
Commandant of the Marine Corps
John LaFalce - former
U.S. Congressman from
New York state , 1975–2002
Frank J. Larkin - Sergeant at Arms of the U.S. Senate
[13]
William J. Martini -
district court judge for the
United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
Joseph J. McMenamin - Brigadier General,
U.S. Marine Corps
Nicholas Micozzie - Pennsylvania State Representative for the 163rd district (1979-2014)
Charles A. Murphy - member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives and chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee
[14]
Peter O'Keefe - Pennsylvania State Representative 1975-1978
Samuel J. Paparo Jr. - Admiral, US Navy, 64th Commander of the Pacific Fleet;
[15] [
circular reference ]
Jerry Pappert - Attorney General of Pennsylvania 2003–2005;
[11] Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
[10]
John A. Pica, Jr. - State Senator in Maryland, 1983–1997; Delegate, 1979–1983; lobbyist and attorney, Pica & Associates, LLC
Dominic Pileggi - State Senate Majority Leader of Pennsylvania
Stanley A. Prokop - former
U.S. Congressman from
Pennsylvania , 1959–1961
James M. Quigley - former U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania
Ed Rendell - former Pennsylvania
governor and general chair of the
Democratic National Committee in 2000
Marjorie Rendell - former
first lady of Pennsylvania;
federal judge for the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Stefan Roots - mayor of
Chester, Pennsylvania
John G. Rowland - former
Connecticut
governor , 1995–2004
[16]
Matthew J. Ryan - former member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives;
Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Dick Schulze - former U.S. congressman from the State of Pennsylvania, 1975–1993
Donald Snyder (J.D. 1982) - Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1981–2000; Majority Whip
[17]
Xavier Suarez - former Mayor of Miami
Dan Truitt - member of Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Anthony Zinni -
General ,
U.S. Marine Corps (retired); former Commander in Chief of
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM)
Religion and philosophy
Sports and athletics
Malik Allen - former professional basketball player, currently an assistant coach with the
Miami Heat
Ryan Arcidiacono - professional basketball player, currently with the
New York Knicks , most outstanding player of the
2016 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
Paul Arizin - former professional basketball player, member of Basketball Hall of Fame, voted one of the 50 all-time greatest in
NBA history in 1996
Al Atkinson - professional football player, starting
linebacker for the Super Bowl Champion 1969
New York Jets
James Bell (born 1992) - professional basketball player for Japanese team
Passlab Yamagata Wyverns
Michael Bradley - former professional basketball player, NBA and European leagues
Don Bragg - 1960 Olympic pole vaulting gold medalist
Mikal Bridges - professional basketball player, currently with the
Brooklyn Nets
Jalen Brunson - professional basketball player, currently with the
New York Knicks
Rolando Cruz - three-time Olympic pole vaulter for
Puerto Rico
Eamonn Coghlan - track and field athlete, four-time
Olympian and the only man over age 40 to run a sub-
four-minute mile
Jim Curtin - former
Major League Soccer player and current head coach of the
Philadelphia Union
Ron Delany - track and field athlete, gold medalist in 1500 meters at the
1956 Olympic Games
Denise Dillon - VU Hall of Fame; former Drexel University head women's basketball coach; Villanova University head women’s basketball coach
Tim Donaghy - former professional basketball referee
Jumbo Elliott - track and field coach, inducted into National Track & Field Hall of Fame, 1981
Brian Finneran - former professional football player,
Philadelphia Eagles ('99) and
Atlanta Falcons (2000–2009), Walter Payton Award winner 1997
Michael Fitzmaurice - swimmer, gold medal winner 1967 Pan American Games, former US and NCAA record holder, 8-time All American[
citation needed ]
Chris Ford - former professional basketball player and coach of the
Milwaukee Bucks ,
Boston Celtics ,
Los Angeles Clippers and
Philadelphia 76ers
Randy Foye - former professional basketball player
Stan Galazin - professional football player
Josh Hart - professional basketball player, currently playing with the
New York Knicks
Darrun Hilliard (born 1993) - basketball player for
Maccabi Tel Aviv of the
Israeli Basketball Premier League
Larry James - track and field athlete, 1968 Olympic gold and silver medalist in 1600 m relay and 400 m, respectively; director of athletics and recreation at
Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
Wali Jones - former professional basketball player
Kerry Kittles - former professional basketball player with the
New Jersey Nets and
Los Angeles Clippers , First Team Basketball All-American 1996
Marty Liquori - track and field athlete, competed in the 1968 Olympics as a freshman in the 1500 meter
Howie Long - former professional football player and
Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee,
Oakland Raiders (1981–1993), football analyst, actor
Kyle Lowry - professional basketball player, 2019 NBA Champion, currently with the
Miami Heat
Art Mahan - former professional baseball player for the
Philadelphia Phillies , United States Navy officer, Villanova baseball coach and athletic director
Sydney Maree - track and field athlete, 1988 Olympian, three NCAA titles (1500: 1980, 81; 5000: 1979)
Bill Melchionni - former professional basketball player, number retired by NBA Nets
John Mellus - professional football player; named All-American while at Villanova
Jimmy Murray - former general manager of the
Philadelphia Eagles , co-founder of
Ronald McDonald House
Marcus O'Sullivan - Villanova University head coach; three-time indoor world champion; four-time Olympian
Sonia O'Sullivan - track and field athlete, 2000 Olympic silver medalist in 5000 m
Don Paige - track and field athlete
Richie Phillips - lawyer, players' agent, former head of MLB Umpires and NBA officials unions
Ed Pinckney - former professional basketball player, MVP of 1985 Final Four, member of 1985 National Championship winning basketball team
John Pinone - Second Team Basketball All-American, 1983
Howard Porter - former professional basketball player, First Team Basketball All-American 1971
Summer Rappaport - triathlete, 2020 Olympic Games
Allan Ray - former professional basketball player
Kevin Reilly - former professional football player
Scottie Reynolds - professional basketball player for Polish team
Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski ; First Team Basketball All-American 2009
John Ricco - baseball executive; senior vice president and chief of staff for the New York Mets
Browning Ross - Olympic long-distance runner (1948 and 1952) and gold medal winner at the 1951
Pan American Games
Mike Seamon - professional soccer player for
MLS Seattle Sounders
Mike Siani - NFL wide receiver,
No. 1 draft choice of the
Oakland Raiders
Rory Sparrow - former professional basketball player
Art Spector (1920–1987) -
Boston Celtics basketball player
Matt Szczur - former professional baseball player; member of
2009 National Championship winning football team
Tim Thomas - former professional basketball player
Raymond Ventrone - former professional football player, currently special teams coach for the
Indianapolis Colts ; 2008 Super Bowl participant with NFL Patriots
Doug West - former professional basketball player; unsuccessfully recruited by then-Pitt assistant coach John Calipari
Brian Westbrook - former professional football player, 2001 Walter Payton Award winner, 2006 Super Bowl participant with
Philadelphia Eagles
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^ NBC10 Philadelphia
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"Monica Malpass biography" .
WPVI . Archived from
the original on 2010-02-11. Retrieved 2010-07-29 .
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"Board approved: Who lives at 960 Fifth Avenue?" . Archived from
the original on 2017-08-11. Retrieved 2017-08-11 .
^ Nicholson, Chris.
"Driving Success Through Business Analytics: Wawa's President Speaks to Students"
Archived 2016-03-04 at the
Wayback Machine , Villanova Business , Summer 2012. Accessed October 8, 2015. "Chris Gheysens ’93 VSB, CFO and President of Wawa, discusses his company's use of business analytics to expand its profitability."
^ Dorisca, Samantha (Sep 27, 2023).
"EXCLUSIVE: BLCK VC Announces Two-Time Founder, Investor Robert Gordon IV As Its New CEO" . AFROTECH . pp. 1–2.
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"BLCK VC Appoints New CEO To Lead Diversity And Change In Venture Capital" . POCIT. Telling the stories and thoughts of people of color in tech . 2023-10-02. Retrieved 2024-01-24 .
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"Dr. Jill Biden | HuffPost" .
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Frank J. Larkin-United States Senate
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"CHARLES 'CHARLEY' A. MURPHY'S BIOGRAPHY" . Project Vote Smart. Retrieved February 2, 2013 .
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"Samuel Paparo" .
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"John G. Rowland" . www.nga.org . Archived from
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"Donald William Snyder (Republican)" . Official Pennsylvania House of Representatives Profile . Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Archived from
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