List of Loyola University Chicago people

Here follows a list of notable people of Loyola University Chicago:

Prominent professors

 * Pamela L. Caughie
 * Vincent A. Mahler
 * David Schweickart

Alumni

 * Lawrence Biondi, former President of Saint Louis University
 * Margaret Callahan, Dean of the College of Nursing at Marquette University
 * Richard A. Cosier, Dean of the Krannert School of Management at Purdue University
 * Rona M. Fields, psychologist
 * Christian Gostečnik, dean of Faculty of Theology of Ljubljana
 * Marsha Linehan, psychologist who pioneered suicide research and creator of dialectical behavior therapy
 * Vincent A. Mahler, prominent political scientist
 * J. Dennis O'Connor, former Chancellor of University of Pittsburgh
 * Robert A Wild, S.J., President of Marquette University
 * Sho Yano, child prodigy

Alumni

 * Brenda C. Barnes, chairman and CEO, Sara Lee Corporation; first female CEO of Pepsi Cola
 * Frank Considine, former CEO of American National Can Corporation
 * Lori Greiner, inventor, investor, entrepreneur, and television personality
 * Joseph Grendys, CEO of Koch Foods
 * George Halas, Jr., former president/owner of the Chicago Bears
 * Joseph M. Juran, quality expert
 * Stephen McGowan, former CFO of Sun Microsystems
 * James Mulvaney, president of the United States National Bank of San Diego and president of the San Diego Padres (PCL)
 * Jennifer N. Pritzker, billionaire, and former co-owner of The Marmon Group
 * Michael R. Quinlan, McDonald's Corporation Chairman
 * Todd Ricketts, co-owner of Chicago Cubs
 * John E. Rooney, CEO of US Cellular
 * Thomas Schoewe, CFO of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
 * William Scholl, founder of Dr. Scholl's footcare
 * Mamie Till, activist, mother of Emmett Till
 * John York, co-owner of the San Francisco 49ers

Alumni

 * Leslie David Baker, actor (The Office)
 * Ian Brennan, creator of Glee
 * L. Scott Caldwell, Tony Award-winning actress
 * Karla DeVito, singer
 * David Draiman, lead singer of Disturbed
 * Wendolly Esparza, Nuestra Belleza Mexico 2014
 * Mary Gross, actress, comedian
 * James Iha, The Smashing Pumpkins and A Perfect Circle guitarist
 * Richard Kiley, Emmy-winning actor, singer and narrator (attended)
 * Tim McCoy, cowboy actor
 * Jennifer Morrison, actress (House M.D., Once Upon a Time)
 * Joel Murray, actor
 * Bob Newhart, Peabody Award-winning actor and comedian, The Bob Newhart Show and Newhart
 * Jim O'Heir, actor (Parks and Recreation)
 * David Pasquesi, actor
 * Bill Rancic, television personality
 * Sosay, professional wrestler

Activists

 * Jerry Harkness, former professional basketball player and civil rights activist
 * Jerome G. Miller, advocate for alternatives to incarceration and the deinstitutionalization of persons with developmental disabilities
 * Mary Morello, progressive activist
 * Michael Pfleger, Roman Catholic priest and social activist

Attorneys

 * Anita Alvarez, former Cook County State's Attorney
 * Richard A. Devine, former Cook County State's Attorney
 * Neil F. Hartigan, former Illinois Attorney General, candidate for Governor, former Lt. Governor
 * Donald Lee Hollowell, civil rights attorney
 * Lisa Madigan, Illinois Attorney General
 * Dan K. Webb, Chairman of Winston & Strawn LLP

Cabinet members

 * William M. Daley, President Obama's White House Chief of Staff and former United States Secretary of Commerce under President Bill Clinton
 * Susan Ralston, former White House Deputy Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor

Judges

 * William Joseph Campbell, chief judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
 * Ruben Castillo, judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
 * David H. Coar, judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
 * John W. Darrah, judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
 * Thomas R. Fitzgerald, 1st District Justice Supreme Court of Illinois
 * Lee M. Jackwig, United States Bankruptcy Judge in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa
 * Virginia Mary Kendall, judge, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
 * Howard Thomas Markey, the first Chief Justice of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
 * Peg McDonnell Breslin, member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1977 to 1991 and the first woman elected to the Illinois Appellate Court outside of Cook County.
 * Mary Ann G. McMorrow, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois
 * Mary Jane Theis, judge, Supreme Court of Illinois
 * Robert R. Thomas, current Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Illinois

Legislators

 * Harry P. Beam, former U.S. Congressman
 * Charles A. Boyle, former U.S. Congressman
 * Emmet Byrne, former U.S. Congressman
 * Fred Crespo, member of Illinois House of Representatives
 * Daniel Cronin, former Illinois State Senator
 * John Cullerton, current Illinois State Senator; President of Illinois State Senate
 * Tom Dart, Cook County Sheriff and former Illinois State Representative
 * Ed Derwinski, former U.S. Congressman, 1st United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs
 * Michael Dvorak, former Indiana state representative and St. Joseph County, Indiana Prosecutor
 * Samuel Epstein, Illinois state representative, lawyer, and physician
 * John N. Erlenborn, former U.S. Congressman
 * John G. Fary, former U.S. Congressman
 * Edward Rowan Finnegan, former U.S. Congressman
 * Michael Patrick Flanagan, former U.S. Congressman
 * La Shawn Ford, current member of Illinois House of Representatives
 * John J. Gorman, former U.S. Congressman
 * Mary Jeanne Hallstrom, former member of Illinois House of Representatives
 * Shawn Hamerlinck, former Iowa State Senator
 * Henry Hyde, former U.S. Congressman
 * Daniel Hynes, current Illinois State Comptroller
 * James T. Igoe, former U.S. Congressman
 * Peter C. Knudson, current Utah State Senator
 * Gary LaPaille, former Illinois State Senator
 * Michael Madigan, current Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives and chairman of the Democratic Party of Illinois
 * William T. Murphy, former U.S. Congressman
 * Thomas L. Owens, former U.S. Congressman
 * Lillian Piotrowski, former Illinois State Representative
 * Mike Quigley, current U.S. Congressman
 * Trey Radel, former U.S. Congressman
 * Christine Radogno, former Illinois State Senator; former Republican Minority Leader in the Illinois State Senate
 * Daniel J. Ronan, former U.S. Congressman
 * Dan Rostenkowski, former U.S. Congressman
 * Martin Sandoval, current Illinois State Senator
 * Ira Silverstein, current Illinois State Senator
 * James M. Slattery, former U.S. Senator
 * Rudolph G. Tenerowicz, former U.S. Congressman
 * Donne Trotter, former Illinois State Senator
 * Arthur Wilhelmi, former Illinois State Senator
 * Corinne Wood, former Illinois Lieutenant Governor

Other

 * Lieutenant General Joseph Carroll, founding director of Defense Intelligence Agency and the Air Force Office of Special Investigations
 * Nina Kasniunas, Political scientist, author, and professor
 * Major General Enrique Méndez, Jr., Army Deputy Surgeon General
 * Maria Pappas, Cook County Treasurer (1998–present); earned her Ph.D. in psychology from Loyola in 1976
 * Todd Ricketts, Finance Chairman of the Republican National Committee since January 31, 2018
 * Edith S. Sampson, US delegate to the United Nations

Alumni

 * Susan Candiotti, CNN correspondent
 * Philip Caputo, author, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
 * Susan Carlson, WBBM-TV Chicago news anchor
 * Shams Charania, sports journalist covering the NBA for The Athletic and Stadium
 * Robert Jordan, WGN-TV weekend news anchor
 * Christina Kahrl, co-founder of Baseball Prospectus, writer for ESPN.com
 * Ernie Manouse, TV anchor and producer, PBS
 * Bill Plante, CBS White House correspondent
 * Jim Quinlan, credited with the story and screenplay for Michael
 * Victoria Recano, news anchor
 * Mercedes Soler, news anchor for Univision and CNN en Español
 * Patricia Thompson, TV and film producer

Alumni

 * Sandra Cisneros (b. 1954), author, poet, teacher
 * Stuart Dybek, author
 * James McManus, author
 * John R. Powers, novelist and playwright; author of Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?
 * Daniel Quinn, author
 * Dinesh Sharma, author
 * Bill Zehme, author

Alumni

 * John L. Keeley Sr., Chicago surgeon who was personal physician to two Chicago cardinals
 * Bruce Lerman, cardiologist; Chief of the Division of Cardiology and Director of the Cardiac Electrophysiology Laboratory at Weill Cornell Medicine and the New York Presbyterian Hospital
 * Charlie Pechous, Major League Baseball player and physician

Religion

 * Mark McIntosh, Professor of Christian Spirituality
 * Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, current chaplain of the men's basketball team who became a major media celebrity during the team's 2018 Final Four run

Alumni

 * Daniel Coughlin, chaplain of the United States House of Representatives
 * Norman Geisler, president of Southern Evangelical Seminary in Charlotte, North Carolina
 * Roger William Gries, auxiliary bishop of Cleveland
 * Daniel A. Lord, Catholic writer
 * Anthony Petro Mayalla, Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mwanza
 * Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster and ‘Primate of England and Wales’ (see Archbishop of Westminster for explanation)
 * Mar Awa Royel, Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East
 * John George Vlazny, Archbishop of Portland, Oregon

Alumni

 * Elliot Collier, professional soccer player
 * Clayton Custer, professional basketball player and coach
 * Milton Doyle, NBA player for the Brooklyn Nets
 * Jack Dwan, former professional basketball player
 * John Egan, basketball player
 * Armando Favela, professional golfer
 * Eric Gehrig, professional soccer player
 * Jerry Harkness, former professional basketball player
 * Alfredrick Hughes, former professional basketball player (1st round pick in 1985 NBA draft)
 * Les Hunter, former professional basketball player
 * Donte Ingram, NBA player for the Dallas Mavericks
 * Thomas Jaeschke, professional and U.S. Olympic men's volleyball player
 * Jack Kerris, former professional basketball player
 * Nick Kladis, former professional basketball player, part-owner of White Sox and St. Louis Cardinals
 * Cameron Krutwig, professional basketball player
 * LaRue Martin, former professional basketball player (# 1 pick in 1972 NBA draft)
 * Andre Moore, former professional basketball player
 * Mike Novak, former professional basketball player
 * Tom O'Hara, former indoor mile world record holder, 1964 Olympian
 * Mickey Rottner, former professional basketball player
 * Vic Rouse, basketball player, made game-winning shot to give Loyola 1963 NCAA championship
 * Lenny Sachs, Hall of Fame basketball coach
 * Blake Schilb, professional basketball player
 * Eddie Slowikowski, former NCAA All-American runner
 * Andre Wakefield, former professional basketball player
 * Phil Weintraub, Major League Baseball player
 * Brian Wheeler, broadcaster for NBA's Portland Trail Blazers