38 Notable alumni of
Loyola University Maryland
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Loyola University Maryland is 1391st in the world, 494th in North America, and 463rd in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 38 notable alumni from Loyola University Maryland sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Tom Clancy
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- writerprose writernovelistscreenwriternon-fiction writer
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Thomas Leo Clancy Jr. was an American novelist. He is best known for his technically detailed espionage and military-science storylines set during and after the Cold War. Seventeen of his novels have been bestsellers and more than 100 million copies of his books have been sold. His name was also used on screenplays written by ghostwriters, nonfiction books on military subjects occasionally with co-authors, and video games. He was a part-owner of his hometown Major League Baseball team, the Baltimore Orioles, and vice-chairman of their community activities and public affairs committees.
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Barbara Mikulski
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- politiciansocial workeruniversity teachercommunity organizer
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Barbara Ann Mikulski is an American politician and social worker who served as a United States senator from Maryland from 1987 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she also served in the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 1987. Mikulski is the third-longest-serving female United States Senator, and the longest-serving U.S. Senator in Maryland history.
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Thomas L. J. D'Alesandro III
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- politician
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Thomas Ludwig John D'Alesandro III was an American attorney and politician who served as the 44th mayor of Baltimore from 1967 to 1971. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the president of the Baltimore City Council from 1962 to 1967. During his tenure as mayor, the Baltimore riot of 1968 occurred. He was the eldest son of Thomas D'Alesandro Jr., the 41st mayor of Baltimore; and brother of Nancy Pelosi, the 52nd speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and first woman to hold that office.
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Mark Bowden
- Occupations
- historianwritereditorscreenwriterjournalist
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Mark Bowden is an American journalist and writer. He is a former national correspondent and longtime contributor to The Atlantic. He is best known for his book Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War (1999) about the 1993 U.S. military raid in Mogadishu, Somalia. It was adapted as a motion picture of the same name that received two Academy Awards.
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Santi Aldama
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Santiago Aldama Toledo is a Spanish professional basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Loyola Greyhounds. He was named most valuable player (MVP) of the 2019 FIBA U18 European Championship.
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Jerry Parr
- Occupations
- Secret Service agentspecial agent
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Jerry S. Parr was a United States Secret Service special agent who is best known for defending President Ronald Reagan during the attempt on the president's life on March 30, 1981, in Washington, D.C. Parr pushed Reagan into the presidential limousine and made the critical decision to divert the presidential motorcade to George Washington University Hospital instead of returning to the White House. He was honored for his actions that day with U.S. Congress commendations, and is widely credited with helping to save the president's life.
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Jim McKay
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- sports commentatortelevision presentermilitary officerscreenwriterjournalist
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James Kenneth McManus, better known professionally as Jim McKay, was an American television sports journalist.
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Michael D. Griffin
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- aerospace engineerphysicistpolitician
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Michael Douglas Griffin is an American physicist and aerospace engineer who served as the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering from 2018 to 2020. He previously served as Deputy of Technology for the Strategic Defense Initiative, and as Administrator of NASA from April 13, 2005, to January 20, 2009. As NASA Administrator Griffin oversaw such areas as private spaceflight, future human spaceflight to Mars, and the fate of the Hubble telescope.
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John Hall
- Enrolled in Loyola University Maryland
- Studied in 1965-1966
- Occupations
- songwriterguitaristmusicianpoliticianbusiness executive
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John Joseph Hall is an American musician, songwriter, politician, environmentalist, and community activist. He was elected to the legislature of Ulster County, New York, in 1989 and the Saugerties, New York Board of Education in 1991, and he was the U.S. representative for New York's 19th congressional district, serving from 2007 to 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Hall also founded the rock band Orleans in 1972 and continues to perform with them.
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Katie Hoff
- Occupations
- swimmer
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Kathryn Elise Hoff is a former American competitive swimmer, she is an Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder. Hoff was known for her success in the 200-meter and 400-meter individual medley. She represented the United States at the 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics, in which she was awarded a silver medal and two bronze medals.
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John Schuerholz
- Occupations
- baseball playerteacher
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John Boland Schuerholz Jr. is an American baseball front office executive. He was the general manager of Major League Baseball's Atlanta Braves from 1990 to 2007, and then served as the Braves president for a decade from 2007 until 2016. Before joining Atlanta, he spent 22 years with the Kansas City Royals organization, including nine (1982–1990) as the club's general manager. Among the teams he built are the 1985 Royals and 1995 Braves, both World Series champions. His teams have also won their division 16 times, including 14 consecutive times in Atlanta. During his time with the Braves, they won five National League pennants and played in nine National League Championship series. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2017.
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Bradley M. Kuhn
- Occupations
- computer scientistengineerprogrammer
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Bradley M. Kuhn is a free software activist from the United States.
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Soane Patita Paini Mafi
- Years
- 1961-.. (age 63)
- Occupations
- Catholic bishopCatholic priest
- Biography
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Soane Patita Paini Mafi is the fourth Roman Catholic Bishop of Tonga. At the age of 53, on 14 February 2015, he was appointed by Pope Francis as the first ever cardinal from Tonga and he became on that date the youngest member of the College of Cardinals with the title of cardinal priest assigned to the titular church of Santa Paola Romana.
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James Stafford
- Occupations
- Catholic bishopCatholic priest
- Biography
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James Francis Stafford is an American cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as major penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary from 2003 to 2009.
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Frank Cashen
- Occupations
- athlete
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John Francis "Frank" Cashen was an American Major League Baseball general manager. He was an executive when the Baltimore Orioles won the 1966 World Series, and 1970 World Series while winning three consecutive AL pennants from 1969 to 1971. Later he became general manager of the New York Mets from 1980 to 1991, and the club won the 1986 World Series during his tenure.
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Jill P. Carter
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
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Jill Priscilla Carter is an American politician and attorney who has served as a member of the Maryland Senate since 2018, representing the 41st district in Baltimore. She previously represented the district in the Maryland House of Delegates from 2003 until her resignation in 2017.
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Zach Thornton
- Occupations
- goalkeeper coachassociation football player
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Zach Thornton is an American former soccer player who is goalkeeping coach for Chicago Fire FC. A goalkeeper, he spent 16 seasons in Major League Soccer with the New York/New Jersey MetroStars (1996–97), Chicago Fire (1998–2006), Colorado Rapids (2007), New York Red Bulls (2008) and Chivas USA (2008–11). He was the starting goalkeeper for the Fire when it won MLS Cup '98 in its inaugural year. He, Chris Armas, and C. J. Brown are the only three Fire players to be a part of all six of the club's domestic championships from 1998 through 2006.
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Timothy Creamer
- Occupations
- astronaut
- Biography
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Timothy John "T. J." Creamer is a NASA flight director, retired astronaut and a colonel in the United States Army. Creamer was born in Fort Huachuca, Arizona, but considers Upper Marlboro, Maryland, to be his hometown. He is married to the former Margaret E. Hammer. They have two children.
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Robert LoCascio
- Years
- 1968-.. (age 56)
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Robert LoCascio is an American businessman. He is the founder of LivePerson, which offers brand-consumer messaging for web, social, and mobile. He is a founding member of the NYC Entrepreneurs Council of the Partnership for New York City and a mentor of the NYC Venture Fellows, a joint initiative formed by the 92Y and the NYCEDC which is designed to help the next generation of global entrepreneurs succeed in New York City. Robert founded FeedingNYC, a volunteer-based non-profit hunger-relief project. Robert also maintains a column in Huffington Post that features contributions to the greater community, and a column in Inc Magazine that covers best practices for innovative business leaders. LoCascio is recognized as one of the original pioneers in AI and it foundational communication protocol of chat.
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McKenzie Coan
- Occupations
- swimmer
- Biography
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McKenzie Coan is an American swimmer. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, she swam the 400m Freestyle in the S8 category. Coan was one of four S8 category swimmers chosen to compete for Team USA at the games. She later had her breakout games in the 2016 Summer Paralympics, where she would go on to win 3 gold medals in the category S7 50, 100, and 400M Freestyle races, with an additional silver medal in the 34-point women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle relay. In the process of getting her gold medal in the 50M Freestyle she also set a new Paralympic Record.
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Herbert O'Conor
- Enrolled in Loyola University Maryland
- Studied in 1917
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Herbert Romulus O'Conor was an American lawyer serving as the 51st Governor of Maryland from 1939 to 1947. He also served in the United States Senate, representing Maryland from 1947 to 1953. He was a Democrat.
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Dave Wojcik
- Occupations
- basketball playerbasketball coach
- Biography
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David Edward Wojcik is an American college basketball coach who was most recently head men's basketball coach at San Jose State. His brother, Doug, was also a head coach at the NCAA Division I men's level for basketball.
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Karen Ignagni
- Years
- 1954-.. (age 70)
- Occupations
- lobbyist
- Biography
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Karen Ignagni is the President and Chief Executive Officer of EmblemHealth as of 9/1/2015, until which time she was the President and Chief Executive Officer of America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), formerly HIAA (Health Insurance Association of America). She is often mentioned as one of the most effective lobbyists and the most powerful people in healthcare. She is involved in health care reform in the United States, working to benefit health insurance companies.
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Miloš Kocić
- Occupations
- association football player
- Biography
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Miloš Kocić is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
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Sheila Cameron
- Occupations
- novelistgraphic designerbloggertelevision producer
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Sheila Cameron is an American artist, blogger, graphic designer and producer based in California. She is mostly known for initiating the "Free Katie" campaign, in which she designed and sold merchandise in response to the news of Katie Holmes's engagement to Tom Cruise.
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Bryan Simonaire
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- politicianengineer
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Bryan Warner Simonaire is an American politician who serves as a Maryland state senator representing District 31, which encompasses much of northern Anne Arundel County's Baltimore suburbs. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the minority leader of the Maryland Senate from 2020 to 2023.
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Thomas Joseph Toolen
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- Catholic bishopCatholic priest
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Thomas Joseph Toolen was an American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Mobile from 1927 to 1969, and was given the personal title of Archbishop in 1954.
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Jason Rowe
- Occupations
- basketball player
- Biography
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Jason Lee Rowe is an American former professional basketball player. He played at Buffalo Traditional School in his native Buffalo, New York, leaving as the all-time leader in points and assists, and then signed to play college basketball for the Loyola Greyhounds in the MAAC, where he was a two-time all-conference performer.
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Edwin A. Fleishman
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- psychologistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Edwin A. Fleishman was an American psychologist best known for his work in the field of industrial and organizational psychology. Among his notable achievements was a taxonomy for describing individual differences in perceptual-motor performance. The Fleishman Job Analysis Survey (F-JAS) that he developed under Management Research Institute has been cited 100 times since 1995. Additionally, Fleishman is the author of more than 250 research articles and journals.
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Ginny Capicchioni
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United States - Occupations
- lacrosse player
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Ginny Capicchioni is a lacrosse goaltender. She played women's lacrosse at Sacred Heart University. After college she played men's box lacrosse in the National Lacrosse League, senior Canadian Lacrosse Association, and for Team USA at the 2011 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship.
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Gavin Prout
- Occupations
- lacrosse player
- Biography
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Gavin Prout is a Canadian professional lacrosse player who plays for the Colorado Mammoth in the National Lacrosse League, and formerly of the Hamilton Nationals in Major League Lacrosse. He was also a member of the Team Canada squad that won the gold medal during the 2006 World Lacrosse Championship.
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Edward B. Bunn
- Enrolled in Loyola University Maryland
- In 1917 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- academic administratorCatholic priest
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Edward Bernard Bunn was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit who became the president of Loyola College in Maryland and later of Georgetown University. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, he was educated at Loyola College before entering the Society of Jesus in 1919. He continued his education at St. Andrew-on-Hudson Woodstock College, and the Pontifical Gregorian University and then taught at Brooklyn Preparatory School and Canisius College.
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John Michael McNamara
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- 1878-1960 (aged 82)
- Occupations
- Catholic bishopCatholic priest
- Biography
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John Michael McNamara was an American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Baltimore from 1927 to 1947 and of the Archdiocese of Washington from 1947 until his death in 1960.
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Jerome Daugherty
- Occupations
- Catholic priesteducatoracademic administrator
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Jerome Daugherty was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit who served in many different capacities at Jesuit institutions throughout the northeast United States, eventually becoming president of Georgetown University in 1901. Born in Baltimore, he was educated at Loyola College in Maryland, before entering the Society of Jesus and becoming a member of the first class at Woodstock College. He then taught various subjects, including mathematics, Latin, Ancient Greek, rhetoric, and the humanities in Massachusetts, New York City, and Washington, D.C., and served as minister at many of the institutions there.
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David S. Adams
- Years
- 1961-.. (age 63)
- Biography
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David S. Adams was the Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs of the United States Department of State. He was appointed to this position in August 2011. Previously he was Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for House Affairs. Before this he served for 24 years on the staff of Gary L. Ackerman a member of the United States House.
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William George Read Mullan
- Occupations
- teacher
- Biography
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William George Read Mullan, SJ, was an American Jesuit and academic who served as President of Boston College from 1898 to 1903 and President of Loyola University Maryland from 1907 to 1908.
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Isaac Rieman Baxley
- Years
- 1850-1920 (aged 70)
- Occupations
- playwright
- Biography
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Isaac Rieman Baxley was an American poet and playwright.
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F. Neale Smith
- Enrolled in Loyola University Maryland
- Graduated with bachelor's degree
- Occupations
- military officer
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Francis Neale Smith was a rear admiral in the United States Navy. He was Chief of the United States Naval Reserve from November 1987 until August 1989. He was an alumnus of the University of Maryland School of Law, and Loyola College in Maryland.
