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
 * 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
 * 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

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
 * Janet Bodnar, 1971, editor of Kiplinger's Personal Finance and journlist with The Washington Post
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * Charles J. Hanley 1968, reporter for the Associated Press who won the Pulitzer Prize in 2000 for investigative reporting
 * Dan Herbeck, 1978, journalist and investigative reporter at The Buffalo News 
 * 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
 * Charlie Specht, 2010, chief investigative reporter for WKBW-TV who won in ne Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award in 2020
 * Brian Toolan, 1972, vice president of The Hartford Courant who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1999 for breaking news reporting
 * Mike Vaccaro, 1989, lead sports columnist for The New York Post 
 * 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



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
 * 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
 * William F. Walsh, 1934, U.S. House of Representatives
 * Catharine Young, New York State Senator
 * John Zajac Jr., Connecticut House of Representatives and the Connecticut State Senate

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

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