100 Notable Alumni of St John's University

J Cole

Born in: Germany
Years: 1985-.. (age 38)
Occupations: film directorsongwritermusic producerrappersinger
Biography: Jermaine Lamarr Cole is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is regarded as one of the most influential rappers of his generation. Born on a military base in Germany and raised in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Cole initially gained recognition as a rapper following the release of his debut mixtape, The Come Up, in early 2007. Intent on further pursuing a musical career, he went on to release two additional mixtapes, The Warm Up (2009) and Friday Night Lights (2010) both to critical acclaim, after signing to Jay-Z's Roc Nation imprint in 2009.

Mario Cuomo

Born in: United States
Years: 1932-2015 (aged 83)
Occupations: lawyerbaseball playerpolitician
Biography: Mario Matthew Cuomo was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 52nd Governor of New York for three terms, from 1983 to 1994. A member of the Democratic Party, Cuomo previously served as Lieutenant Governor of New York from 1979 to 1982 and Secretary of State of New York from 1975 to 1978. He was the father of former New York governor Andrew Cuomo and former CNN news anchor Chris Cuomo.

Metta Sandiford-Artest

Born in: United States
Years: 1979-.. (age 44)
Occupations: actorrapperbasketball playerbasketball coach
Biography: Metta Sandiford-Artest is an American former professional basketball player. He was known as Ron Artest before legally changing his name to Metta World Peace in 2011 and later to Metta Sandiford-Artest in 2020.

George Hu

Born in: United States
Years: 1982-.. (age 41)
Occupations: television actoractorsinger
Biography: George Hu is an American-born actor and singer based in Taiwan. He speaks fluent English, Mandarin and Taiwanese Hokkien. Since 2011, he has been signed to Yang Deng-kui's management company Polyland International Entertainment.

Chris Mullin

Born in: United States
Years: 1963-.. (age 60)
Occupations: basketball coachbasketball player
Biography: Christopher Paul Mullin is an American former professional basketball player, executive and coach. He is a two-time Olympic Gold medalist and a two-time Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee (in 2010 as a member of the 1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team—"The Dream Team"—and in 2011 for his individual career).

Mark Jackson

Born in: United States
Years: 1965-.. (age 58)
Occupations: basketball coachbasketball playersports commentator
Biography: Mark A. Jackson is an American former professional basketball player and coach. A point guard from St. John's University, he played for the New York Knicks, Los Angeles Clippers, Indiana Pacers, Denver Nuggets, Toronto Raptors, Utah Jazz, and Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA) in a career spanning from 1987 to 2004.

Leszek Balcerowicz

Born in: Poland
Years: 1947-.. (age 76)
Occupations: university teacherbankereconomistpolitician
Biography: Leszek Henryk Balcerowicz is a Polish economist, statesman, and Professor at Warsaw School of Economics. He served as Chairman of the National Bank of Poland (2001–2007) and twice as Deputy Prime Minister of Poland (1989–1991, 1997–2001). In 1989, he became Minister of Finance in Tadeusz Mazowiecki's first non-communist government and led the free-market economic reforms, proponents of which say they have transformed Poland into one of Europe's fastest growing economies, but which critics say were followed by a large increase in unemployment. In 2007, he founded the Civil Development Forum (Forum Obywatelskiego Rozwoju) think-tank and became the Chairman of its council.

Mike Francesa

Born in: United States
Years: 1954-.. (age 69)
Occupations: radio personality
Biography: Michael Patrick Francesa is an American sports radio talk show host. Together with Chris Russo, he launched Mike and the Mad Dog in 1989 on WFAN in New York City, which ran until 2008 and is one of the most successful sports-talk radio programs in American history.

Maurice Harkless

Born in: United States
Years: 1993-.. (age 30)
Occupations: basketball player
Biography: Maurice José "Moe" Harkless is an American-Puerto Rican professional basketball player for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the St. John's Red Storm before being drafted 15th overall, after his freshman season, in the 2012 NBA draft. Harkless has represented the Puerto Rican national team.

George Deukmejian

Born in: United States
Years: 1928-2018 (aged 90)
Occupations: politicianlawyer
Biography: Courken George Deukmejian Jr. was an Armenian-American politician who served as the 35th governor of California from 1983 to 1991. Deukmejian was a member of the Republican Party and he also served as the attorney general of California from 1979 to 1983.

Bruce Sudano

Born in: United States
Years: 1948-.. (age 75)
Occupations: composerrecord producersinger-songwriter
Biography: Bruce Charles Sudano is an American singer-songwriter, noted for creating songs for artists such as Michael Jackson, Dolly Parton, Reba McEntire and his late wife, the Grammy Award-winning singer Donna Summer. Sudano is the founder of indie record label, Purple Heart Recording Company.

Bill Wennington

Born in: Canada
Years: 1963-.. (age 60)
Occupations: basketball player
Biography: William Percey Wennington is a Canadian former professional basketball player who won three National Basketball Association (NBA) championships with the Chicago Bulls. A center, he represented Canada in the 1984 Olympics and 1983 World University Games, where the team won gold. He was also on the Canadian team that narrowly missed qualification for the 1992 Olympics. Wennington has been inducted into the Quebec Basketball Hall of Fame and the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame.

James S.C. Chao

Years: 1927-.. (age 96)
Occupations: entrepreneurbusinesspersonsailor
Biography: James Si-Cheng Chao is a Chinese-American businessman. He is the founder of the Foremost Group, a New York-based shipping, trading, and finance enterprise. He is Elaine Chao's father, and Senator Mitch McConnell's father-in-law. The James S.C. Chao Scholarship is named after him.

Rachel Daly

Born in: United Kingdom
Years: 1991-.. (age 32)
Occupations: association football player
Biography: Rachel Ann Daly is an English footballer who plays for Houston Dash and the England national team.

Martin Ritt

Born in: United States
Years: 1914-1990 (aged 76)
Occupations: actorfilm producertheatrical directorfilm directorstage actor
Biography: Martin Ritt was an American director and actor who worked in both film and theater, noted for his socially conscious films.

JaKarr Sampson

Born in: United States
Years: 1993-.. (age 30)
Occupations: basketball player
Biography: JaKarr Jordan Sampson is an American professional basketball player for Virtus Segafredo Bologna of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA) and the 7DAYS EuroCup. He played college basketball for the St. John's Red Storm. He is a frequent rebounder and shot-blocker, and is noted for his speed and a near 7'0" wingspan. He won a national championship with Brewster Academy in 2012 after achieving star status with his high school team.

Hugh Carey

Born in: United States
Years: 1919-2011 (aged 92)
Occupations: politicianlawyer
Biography: Hugh Leo Carey was an American politician and attorney who served as a seven-term U.S. Representative from 1961 to 1974 and the 51st Governor of New York from 1975 to 1982. He was a member of the Democratic Party.

Justin Brownlee

Born in: United States
Years: 1988-.. (age 35)
Occupations: basketball player
Biography: Justin Donta Brownlee is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Barangay Ginebra San Miguel of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Al McGuire

Born in: United States
Years: 1928-2001 (aged 73)
Occupations: basketball playerbasketball coach
Biography: Alfred James McGuire was an American college basketball coach and broadcaster, the head coach at Marquette University from 1964 to 1977. He won a national championship in his final season at Marquette, and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1992. He was also well known as a longtime national television basketball broadcaster and for his colorful personality.

Amir Garrett

Born in: United States
Years: 1992-.. (age 31)
Occupations: baseball playerbasketball player
Biography: Amir Jamal Garrett is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played in MLB for the Cincinnati Reds. Garrett played college basketball for the St. John's Red Storm before pursuing a baseball career fully. He was drafted by the Reds in 2011 and made his MLB debut in 2017.

Daniel M. Donovan, Jr

Born in: United States
Years: 1956-.. (age 67)
Occupations: politicianlawyer
Biography: Daniel Michael Donovan Jr. is an American attorney, former prosecutor, and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the U.S. representative for New York's 11th congressional district from 2015 to 2019. Donovan was first elected to Congress in a special election. The district includes all of Staten Island, as well as portions of southwest Brooklyn. He was defeated for reelection in 2018 by Democrat Max Rose. Donovan was District Attorney of Richmond County from 2004 to 2015.

Thomas J. Pickard

Born in: United States
Years: 1950-.. (age 73)
Occupations: police officer
Biography: Thomas Joseph Pickard is a former acting Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for 71 days in the summer of 2001 following the resignation of Director Louis Freeh.

Omar Cook

Born in: United States
Years: 1982-.. (age 41)
Occupations: basketball player
Biography: Omar-Sharif Cook is an American-Montenegrin professional basketball player for Casademont Zaragoza of the Liga ACB. He was also a member of the Montenegro national basketball team. Prior to entering the draft he was considered a top 10 overall prospect by several NBA scouts.

Bob Sheppard

Born in: United States
Years: 1910-2010 (aged 100)
Occupations: military officerbaseball player
Biography: Robert Leo Sheppard was the long-time public address announcer for numerous New York area college and professional sports teams, in particular the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (1951–2007), and the New York Giants of the National Football League (1956–2006).

John Esposito

Born in: United States
Years: 1940-.. (age 83)
Occupations: writerauthoruniversity teacher
Biography: John Louis Esposito is an Italian-American academic, professor of Middle Eastern and religious studies, and scholar of Islamic studies, who serves as Professor of Religion, International Affairs, and Islamic Studies at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. He is also the founding director of the Prince Alwaleed Center for Muslim–Christian Understanding at Georgetown.

Kao Hua-chu

Born in: China
Years: 1946-.. (age 77)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Kao Hua-chu is a retired Republic of China Army general and the incumbent Secretary-General of the National Security Council of the Republic of China. He was the Minister of National Defense that appointed to the post by then Premier-designate Wu Den-yih on 9 September 2009. On 29 July 2013, Kao resigned from his post due to the death scandal of Corporal Hung Chung-chiu of the Republic of China Army during his conscription on 4 July 2013.

D. J. Kennedy

Born in: United States
Years: 1989-.. (age 34)
Occupations: basketball player
Biography: David John Kennedy is an American professional basketball player for Hapoel Galil Elyon of the Israeli Premier League. He played college basketball for St. John's University.

Sir'Dominic Pointer

Born in: United States
Years: 1992-.. (age 31)
Occupations: basketball player
Biography: Sir'Dominic Denzel Pointer is an American professional basketball player for APOEL of the Cyprus Basketball Division A. He played college basketball at St. John's. He was drafted 53rd overall in the 2015 NBA draft by the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Shamorie Ponds

Born in: United States
Years: 1998-.. (age 25)
Occupations: basketball player
Biography: Shamorie Saequan Ponds is an American professional basketball player for the Delaware Blue Coats of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the St. John's Red Storm.

Brian Kenny

Born in: United States
Years: 1963-.. (age 60)
Occupations: sports commentator
Biography: Brian Kenny is a studio host for MLB Network and a boxing play-by-play announcer for Fox Sports and DAZN. The television face of Sabermetrics and baseball analytics, he is the host of the weekday program MLB Now, known as “the show for the thinking fan". He previously worked for ESPN, where he won three Emmys, and had his own show on ESPN Radio named The Brian Kenny Show. One of the most respected baseball historians and broadcasters in the country, he is also the host of the Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Ceremonies in Cooperstown, New York.

Nelson George

Born in: United States
Years: 1957-.. (age 66)
Occupations: writerscreenwritermusic critictelevision producerjournalist
Biography: Nelson George is an American author, columnist, music and culture critic, journalist, and filmmaker. He has been nominated twice for the National Book Critics Circle Award.

Eric Ulrich

Born in: United States
Years: 1985-.. (age 38)
Occupations: political scientistteacher
Biography: Eric Ulrich is a former member of the New York City Council representing the 32nd district. His constituency includes the neighborhoods of Belle Harbor, Breezy Point, Broad Channel, Hamilton Beach, Howard Beach, Lindenwood, Neponsit, Ozone Park, Rockaway Beach, Rockaway Park, South Ozone Park and Woodhaven in Queens. He is a Republican.

Bob Turner

Born in: United States
Years: 1941-.. (age 82)
Enrolled in St John's University - New York: Graduated with Bachelor of Arts
Occupations: businesspersontelevision producerpolitician
Biography: Robert L. Turner is an American businessman and politician who served as the United States representative for New York's 9th congressional district (containing parts of Brooklyn and Queens) from 2011 to 2013. He is a member of the Republican Party.

Gary Ackerman

Born in: United States
Years: 1942-.. (age 81)
Enrolled in St John's University - New York: Studied in 1966
Occupations: business executiveteacherpolitician
Biography: Gary Leonard Ackerman is an American retired politician and former U.S. Representative from New York, serving from 1983 to 2013. He is a member of the Democratic Party. On March 15, 2012, Ackerman announced that he would retire at the end of the 112th Congress on January 3, 2013 after fifteen terms, and would not seek re-election in November 2012.

Max Zaslofsky

Born in: United States
Years: 1925-1985 (aged 60)
Occupations: basketball coachbasketball player
Biography: Max "Slats" Zaslofsky was an American professional basketball player and coach. He was first-team All-NBA in four different seasons. In 1947–48, at 21 years of age, he led the NBA in scoring, and in 1949–50, he led the league in free throw percentage (.843).

D'Angelo Harrison

Born in: United States
Years: 1993-.. (age 30)
Occupations: basketball player
Biography: D'Angelo Damon Harrison is an American basketball player for New Basket Brindisi of the Lega Basket Serie A. He completed his college career for the St. John's Red Storm before playing professionally in Turkey, Israel and Russia. Harrison is known as a prolific scorer and marksman, holding the St. John's record for career three-pointers made.

Tim Cluess

Born in: United States
Years: 1959-.. (age 64)
Occupations: basketball coachbasketball player
Biography: Timothy Michael Cluess is an American college basketball coach who most recently was the head men's basketball coach at Iona College. He is also a former head coach of Long Island University–C.W. Post.

Diarmuid O'Scannlain

Born in: United States
Years: 1937-.. (age 86)
Occupations: judgelawyer
Biography: Diarmuid Fionntain O'Scannlain is a Senior United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. His chambers are located in Portland, Oregon.

Brent Sancho

Born in: Trinidad and Tobago
Years: 1977-.. (age 46)
Occupations: politicianassociation football player
Biography: Brent Sancho CM is a Trinidadian former professional football player and politician. In February 2015, he became the Minister of Sports for his home country, Trinidad and Tobago.

Daryl Homer

Born in: United States
Years: 1990-.. (age 33)
Occupations: fencer
Biography: Daryl Homer is an American Olympic saber fencer.

Shalrie Joseph

Born in: Grenada
Years: 1978-.. (age 45)
Occupations: association football player
Biography: Shalrie Jamal Joseph is a Grenadian former professional footballer who is currently a coach with the New England Revolution organization.

Diane Savino

Born in: United States
Years: 1963-.. (age 60)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Diane J. Savino is an American Democratic politician representing the 23rd Senate District in the New York State Senate, in northern Staten Island and parts of southern Brooklyn, including Sunset Park, Bay Ridge, Bath Beach, Brighton Beach, and Coney Island.

Russ Banham

Born in: United States
Years: 1955-.. (age 68)
Occupations: writer
Biography: Russ Banham is an American author and reporter formerly with The Journal of Commerce and later a freelance journalist writing for The Wall Street Journal, Inc., Forbes, The Economist, Euromoney, Financial Times, Chief Executive and several other business publications and trade magazines.

Jimmy Van Bramer

Born in: United States
Years: 1969-.. (age 54)
Occupations: politician
Biography: James G. Van Bramer is an American politician. A Democrat, who served in the New York City Council and represented the 26th district from 2010 to 2021, which includes Astoria, Long Island City, Sunnyside, and Woodside in Queens. Van Bramer is a progressive who was one of the few members of the City Council to endorse Cynthia Nixon's campaign in the 2018 New York gubernatorial election.

Roshown McLeod

Born in: United States
Years: 1975-.. (age 48)
Occupations: basketball coachbasketball player
Biography: Roshown McLeod is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Atlanta Hawks in the first round (20th pick overall) of the 1998 NBA draft. A 6'8" small forward from St. John's University and Duke University, McLeod played in three NBA seasons from 1999 to 2001. He played for the Hawks and briefly for the Philadelphia 76ers. In the 2001–02 season he was a member of the Boston Celtics but was permanently injured and unable to play. Due to this injury he had to prematurely finish his career.

Dagmara Wozniak

Born in: Poland
Years: 1988-.. (age 35)
Occupations: fencer
Biography: Dagmara "Daga" Wozniak is an American saber fencer. Wozniak was named to the U.S. Olympic team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in women's saber competition as a substitute, and as a competitor at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. As of the summer of 2016, she was ranked as one of the top 10 saber fencers in the world.

Robert Cornegy

Born in: United States
Years: 1965-.. (age 58)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Robert E. Cornegy Jr. is an American politician. He is a former New York City Council Member for the 36th district, representing Bedford-Stuyvesant and northern Crown Heights in Brooklyn.

Chris Obekpa

Born in: Nigeria
Years: 1993-.. (age 30)
Occupations: basketball player
Biography: Christopher Ewaoche Obekpa is a Nigerian professional basketball player for the Newfoundland Growlers of the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL). He played college basketball for St. John's University in Jamaica, New York from 2012 to 2015. As a freshman in 2012–13 he led NCAA Division I in blocks per game with a 4.03 average. After three years at St. John's, Obekpa transferred to UNLV, redshirted 2015–16, but then declared for the 2016 NBA draft. On 23 April 2016, Obekpa hired an agent, which officially prohibited him from finishing his college career.

Thomas J. Manton

Born in: United States
Years: 1932-2006 (aged 74)
Enrolled in St John's University - New York: In 1958 graduated with Bachelor of Business Administration
Occupations: politicianlawyer
Biography: Thomas J. Manton was an American politician who represented the 9th and 7th Congressional District of New York in the United States House of Representatives

Floyd H. Flake

Born in: United States
Years: 1945-.. (age 78)
Enrolled in St John's University - New York: Studied in 1980-1984
Occupations: pastorpolitician
Biography: Floyd Harold Flake is the senior pastor of the 23,000 member Greater Allen African Methodist Episcopal Cathedral in Jamaica, Queens, New York, and former president of Wilberforce University. He is a former member of the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1987 to 1997.

Nelson Johnson

Years: 1948-.. (age 75)
Occupations: judge
Biography: Nelson C. Johnson is an American author and former judge, lawyer and historian, best known for his 2002 New York Times bestseller, Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City. His book served as the basis for the popular and Emmy Award-winning HBO period political crime drama TV series Boardwalk Empire.

Dwight Hardy

Born in: United States
Years: 1987-.. (age 36)
Occupations: basketball player
Biography: Dwight Junior Hardy is an American professional basketball player, who lastly played for OGM Ormanspor of the Basketball Super League.

Abdullah Bishara

Born in: Kuwait
Years: 1936-.. (age 87)
Occupations: businesspersondiplomat
Biography: Abdullah Yaccoub Bishara is a Kuwaiti diplomat and politician, who was the first secretary-general of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).

Justin Burrell

Born in: United States
Years: 1988-.. (age 35)
Occupations: basketball player
Biography: Justin Burrell is an American professional basketball player for Sendai 89ers of the B.League. He played college basketball for the St. John's Red Storm from 2007 to 2011.

Bootsy Thornton

Born in: United States
Years: 1977-.. (age 46)
Occupations: basketball player
Biography: Marvis Linwood "Bootsy" Thornton III is an American former professional basketball player.

Charles J. Hynes

Born in: United States
Years: 1935-2019 (aged 84)
Occupations: lawyer
Biography: Charles Joseph Hynes was an American lawyer and Democratic politician from New York who served as Kings County District Attorney from 1990 to 2013.

P. Kevin Castel

Born in: United States
Years: 1950-.. (age 73)
Occupations: judgelawyer
Biography: Peter Kevin Castel is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Zendon Hamilton

Born in: United States
Years: 1975-.. (age 48)
Occupations: basketball coachbasketball player
Biography: Zendon Alphonso Hamilton is an American professional basketball coach and former player. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 2000 to 2006.

Bill Cody

Born in: United States
Years: 1891-1948 (aged 57)
Occupations: film actoractor
Biography: Páll Valtýr Pálsson or "Bill" Cody Sr. was a Hollywood B-Western actor of the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, and father to Bill Cody Jr.

Edmund D. Pellegrino

Born in: United States
Years: 1920-2013 (aged 93)
Occupations: physician
Biography: Edmund Daniel Pellegrino was an American bioethicist and academic who served as the 11th president of The Catholic University of America (CUA) from 1978 to 1982. For 35 years, Pellegrino was a distinguished professor of medicine and medical ethics and the Director of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics at Georgetown University. Pellegrino was an expert both in clinical bioethics, and in the field of medicine and the humanities, specifically, the teaching of humanities in medical school, which he helped pioneer). He was the second layman to hold the position of President of Catholic University.

LeRoy Ellis

Born in: United States
Years: 1940-2012 (aged 72)
Occupations: basketball player
Biography: LeRoy Ellis was an American basketball player.

Andrew Lanza

Born in: United States
Years: 1964-.. (age 59)
Occupations: politicianlawyer
Biography: Andrew Joseph Lanza is an American lawyer and Republican politician. He currently serves as a member of the New York State Senate, representing the 24th district, which encompasses most of Staten Island. He was first elected in 2006, and was previously a member of the New York City Council for the 51st district.

Jerry DeGregorio

Born in: United States
Years: 1962-.. (age 61)
Occupations: basketball coach
Biography: Gennaro L. "Jerry" DeGregorio is an American basketball coach. He was the former head basketball coach of the University of Rhode Island, where he coached the Rams from 1999 to 2001.

Liberata Mulamula

Born in: Tanzania
Years: 1956-.. (age 67)
Occupations: politiciandiplomat
Biography: Liberata Mulamula, née Rutageruka is a Tanzanian diplomat and politician presently serving as Minister for Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation since April 2021. She was appointed to her current position by President Samia Suluhu, on 31 March 2021 and was sworn into office on 1 April 2021.

Lamont Hamilton

Born in: United States
Years: 1984-.. (age 39)
Occupations: basketball player
Biography: Lamont Alexander "Monty" Hamilton is an American professional basketball player for Niigata Albirex BB of the Japanese B.League. He is a 6'10" (2.08 m) tall power forward-center.

Keeth Smart

Born in: United States
Years: 1978-.. (age 45)
Occupations: fencer
Biography: Keeth Thomas Smart is a US sabre fencer who became the first American to gain the sport's top ranking for males. He was awarded a silver medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

Mike Tolkin

Years: 1967-.. (age 56)
Occupations: rugby union coach
Biography: Mike Tolkin is a rugby union coach who served as head coach of the United States national team from 2012 until 2015. He was the head coach for Rugby United New York for the Major League Rugby 2019 Season.

Joseph Addabbo, Jr

Years: 1964-.. (age 59)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Joseph Patrick Addabbo Jr. is an American politician, a Democratic member of the New York State Senate from the 15th district representing Howard Beach, Ozone Park, Woodhaven, Glendale, Middle Village, Maspeth and parts of South Ozone Park, Ridgewood, Woodside and The Rockaways.

Sonny Dove

Born in: United States
Years: 1945-1983 (aged 38)
Occupations: basketball player
Biography: Lloyd "Sonny" Dove was a Native American professional basketball player. As a star at St. John's University in New York, in his last season of 1967, Dove won the Haggerty Award. That year he was part of the United States basketball team that won the gold medal at the Pan American Games in Winnipeg.

Gerald Cardinale

Born in: United States
Years: 1934-2021 (aged 87)
Enrolled in St John's University - New York: Graduated with Bachelor of Science
Occupations: politiciandentist
Biography: Gerald Cardinale was an American Republican Party politician, who served in the New Jersey State Senate from 1982 until his death in 2021, representing the 39th Legislative District. He also served one term in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1980 until 1982. At the time of his death, he was the second-most senior senator in the state, behind Richard Codey, who also came to office in January 1982, but had served in the General Assembly since 1974. Cardinale was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1984, 1988 and 1992 and served as a Delegate to the New Jersey Republican State Platform Committee in 1983.

John Kavanagh

Born in: United States
Years: 1950-.. (age 73)
Occupations: politician
Biography: John Kavanagh is an American politician and a Republican member of the Arizona House of Representatives representing District 23 since January 14, 2019. He previously served in the Arizona State Senate from 2015 to 2019.

Anthony Varvaro

Born in: United States
Years: 1984-.. (age 39)
Occupations: baseball player
Biography: Anthony Michael Varvaro is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He was the Seattle Mariners' 12th round selection in the June 2005 Major League Baseball Draft and also played in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Atlanta Braves and Boston Red Sox.

Anthony DeStefano

Born in: United States
Years: 1965-.. (age 58)
Occupations: children's writerwriter
Biography: Anthony DeStefano, is an American author of Christian books for adults and children.

Lavor Postell

Born in: United States
Years: 1978-.. (age 45)
Occupations: basketball player
Biography: Andre Lavor Postell is an American former professional basketball player. Following a college career at St. John's University, he was selected by the New York Knicks in the second round of the 2000 NBA draft. He played three seasons with the Knicks showing promise when Allan Houston and Latrell Sprewell were sidelined by injuries. During his career, Postell played in 61 games and averaged 3.2 points. His final NBA game was played on April 15th, 2003 in a 93 - 109 loss to the Indiana Pacers where he recorded 4 points and 1 assist. After playing in the NBA, Postell played in Europe and Latin America. At the age of 35, he enlisted in the US Army.

Martin Golden

Born in: United States
Years: 1950-.. (age 73)
Occupations: police officerpolitician
Biography: Martin J. Golden is an American politician from Brooklyn, New York, one of the five boroughs of New York City. A Republican, Golden represented the 43rd district in the New York City Council from 1998 to 2002 and represented the 22nd district of the New York State Senate from 2003 to 2018.

Eugene Lawrence

Born in: United States
Years: 1986-.. (age 37)
Occupations: basketball player
Biography: Eugene Lawrence is an American professional basketball player for BC Novosibirsk of the Russian Basketball Super League 1.

Paris Horne

Born in: United States
Years: 1987-.. (age 36)
Occupations: basketball player
Biography: Paris L. Horne is an American professional basketball player who last played for Kouvot of the Finnish Korisliiga. Horne played college basketball at St. John's University. He has played for BG Gottingen in Germany and competed at the FIBA EuroChallenge 2012 (6 games and 10.7 ppg).

Orlando Sánchez

Born in: Dominican Republic
Years: 1988-.. (age 35)
Occupations: basketball player
Biography: Orlando Emilio Sánchez Caminero is a Dominican professional basketball player for Bucaneros de La Guaira of the Venezuelan Liga Profesional de Baloncesto (LPB). He played college basketball for Monroe College and St. John's University, and has represented the Dominican Republic in international competition.

Sean Evans

Born in: United States
Years: 1988-.. (age 35)
Occupations: basketball player
Biography: Sean Evans is an American professional basketball player for ratiopharm Ulm of the German Basketball Bundesliga. Standing at 2.03 m (6'8"), he plays at the power forward and the center positions. After playing four years of college basketball at St. John's, Evans entered the 2011 NBA draft, but he was not selected in the draft's two rounds.

Marcus LoVett Jr

Born in: United States
Years: 1996-.. (age 27)
Occupations: basketball player
Biography: Marcus LoVett Jr. is an American professional basketball player for the Vilpas Vikings of the Korisliiga. He played college basketball for the St. John's Red Storm.

Stefani Miglioranzi

Born in: Brazil
Years: 1977-.. (age 46)
Occupations: association football player
Biography: Stefani Miglioranzi is a retired Brazilian-American footballer. After a successful playing career that spanned 18 years, Stefani Miglioranzi retired from playing professionally and became a Registered Intermediary and licensed FIFA match agent for First Wave Sports International, a full service agency for professional soccer players / footballers.

Sushanta Kumar Dattagupta

Born in: India
Years: 1947-.. (age 76)
Occupations: physicist
Biography: Sushanta Kumar Dattagupta, known better as Sushanta Dattagupta, is an Indian condensed matter physicist. Serving as a faculty member at the SN Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences in Kolkata, Dattagupta was appointed Vice-chancellor of Visva-Bharati University. However, it was soon revealed that he was guilty of persistent sexual harassment of colleagues, financial impropriety and embezzlement. The charges were sufficiently serious to attract a high-level inquiry by the Government of India and on 15 February 2016, he was dismissed from his position as Vice-Chancellor of Visva Bharati University by the President of India.

Alphonse Gallegos

Born in: United States
Years: 1931-1991 (aged 60)
Occupations: Catholic priest
Biography: Alphonse Gallegos, O.A.R., was an American Roman Catholic bishop who served as an auxiliary bishop of Sacramento. He was nicknamed the "Bishop of the Barrios." On 8 July 2016, Pope Francis named him as Venerable in recognition of the bishop's heroic virtue.

Rafael Diaz

Born in: Dominican Republic
Years: 1991-.. (age 32)
Occupations: association football player
Biography: Rafael Alejandro Díaz is a Dominican professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for USL Championship side Monterey Bay FC and the Dominican Republic national team.

Jerry Bush

Born in: United States
Years: 1914-1976 (aged 62)
Occupations: basketball playerbasketball coach
Biography: Gerard L. Bush was a college men's basketball coach and player. He was the head coach of Toledo from 1947 to 1954 and Nebraska from 1954 to 1963. He coached his teams to a 208–190 record, winning a Mid-American Conference championship and one NCAA tournament appearance. He played his college basketball at St. John's. He was inducted into the Toledo athletics Hall of Fame in 1986.

Matt Galante

Born in: United States
Years: 1944-.. (age 79)
Occupations: baseball player
Biography: Matthew Joseph Galante is a former minor League baseball infielder and Major League coach and acting manager.

Ivan Lee

Born in: United States
Years: 1981-.. (age 42)
Occupations: fencer
Biography: Ivan Lee is an American sabre fencer, referee and coach.

Richard Campagna

Born in: United States
Years: 1954-.. (age 69)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Richard V. Campagna of Iowa City, Iowa was the vice-presidential running mate of Michael Badnarik of the Libertarian Party in the 2004 U.S. presidential election.

Zsanett Kaján

Born in: Hungary
Years: 1997-.. (age 26)
Occupations: association football player
Biography: Zsanett Bernadett Kaján is a Hungarian professional footballer who plays as a forward for OL Reign of the American National Women's Soccer League, as well as the Hungarian national team.

Michael Luk

Born in: China
Years: 1986-.. (age 37)
Occupations: association football player
Biography: Michael Chi Ho Luk is a Hong Kong former professional footballer who currently plays as an amateur for Hong Kong First Division club Hoi King.

Bill Gaudette

Born in: United States
Years: 1981-.. (age 42)
Occupations: association football player
Biography: William Gaudette is a retired American-born Puerto Rican footballer who played for several MLS teams and the Puerto Rican national team.

William Colton

Years: 1946-.. (age 77)
Occupations: politician
Biography: William Colton is an American politician who represents District 47 in the New York State Assembly, which comprises Bath Beach, Bensonhurst, Gravesend, Dyker Heights and Midwood.

James Simpson

Biography: James Stuart "Jim" Simpson is the former commissioner of New Jersey's Department of Transportation, from 2010–2014, and a former federal government official and moving company executive.

George Fay

Occupations: military personnel
Biography: George Fay, while an officer in the United States Army, was the lead author of an investigation into the scandal at Abu Ghraib, more commonly known as the Fay Report.

Tony Marvin

Born in: United States
Years: 1912-1998 (aged 86)
Occupations: actorradio personality
Biography: Tony Marvin was an American radio and television announcer. He became a staff announcer for CBS, and later became most known as the long-time announcer for Arthur Godfrey.

Vaila Barsley

Born in: United Kingdom
Years: 1987-.. (age 36)
Occupations: association football player
Biography: Vaila Marie Barsley is a football defender who is the captain of Swedish Damallsvenskan club IF Brommapojkarna.

Edward D. Re

Born in: Italy
Years: 1920-2006 (aged 86)
Occupations: military officerjudge
Biography: Edward Domenic Re was a Judge of the United States Court of International Trade.

Peter Abbate

Born in: United States
Years: 1949-.. (age 74)
Occupations: politician
Biography: Peter J. Abbate Jr. is an American politician who represents District 49 in the New York State Assembly, which consists of the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Borough Park, Bath Beach, Dyker Heights, Sunset Park and Bensonhurst.

Haron Amin

Born in: Afghanistan
Years: 1967-2015 (aged 48)
Occupations: diplomat
Biography: Mohammad Haron Amin was the Afghan ambassador to Japan and non-resident ambassador to Thailand, the Philippines and Singapore from 2004–2009. He is chiefly known, however, for his role as spokesman for the Northern Alliance during the U.S.-led invasion of his country after the events of September 11, 2001.

Daniel Frisa

Born in: United States
Years: 1955-.. (age 68)
Enrolled in St John's University - New York: 1985-1992 graduated with Bachelor of Science
Occupations: politicianexecutive
Biography: Daniel Frisa is an American lawyer and former Republican politician. He was a United States Congressman and a state legislator from New York.

# 🏆	University name	Country & City
182	Florida Atlantic University	Boca Raton
183	Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science	Rochester
184	University of Texas Medical Branch	Galveston
185	Howard University	Washington
186	North Dakota State University	Fargo
187	University of Toledo	Toledo
188	University of Memphis	Memphis
189	University of Hawaii at Manoa	Honolulu
190	St John's University - New York	New York
191	Western Michigan University	Kalamazoo
192	DePaul University	Chicago
193	Bowling Green State University	Bowling Green
194	Michigan Technological University	Houghton
195	Northern Arizona University	Flagstaff
196	University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio	San Antonio
197	California State University - Long Beach	Long Beach
198	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	Greensboro