20 Notable alumni of
University of Scranton
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The University of Scranton is 2181st in the world, 745th in North America, and 701st in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 20 notable alumni from the University of Scranton sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Kalanithi Maran
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Kalanithi Maran is an Indian billionaire media proprietor. He is the founder and chairman of Sun Group, one of India's largest media conglomerates. He owns multiple television channels, newspapers, weeklies, FM radio stations, DTH services, a movie production house (Sun Pictures), and three cricket team franchises: Sunrisers Hyderabad in the Indian Premier League, Sunrisers Eastern Cape in the SA20 League in South Africa and Sunrisers Leeds in The Hundred in England. He also held a major share in the Indian airline SpiceJet from 2010 to 2015.
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Jason Miller
- Occupations
- screenwriterfilm directorwriterplaywrightfilm actor
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Jason Miller was an American playwright and actor. He won the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best Play for his play That Championship Season, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Father Damien Karras in the 1973 horror film The Exorcist, a role he reprised in The Exorcist III (1990). He later became artistic director of the Scranton Public Theatre in Scranton, Pennsylvania, where That Championship Season was set.
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Kathleen Kane
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Kathleen Granahan Kane is an American former politician and lawyer who served as the attorney general of Pennsylvania from 2013 until her resignation in 2016, following her conviction for perjury, obstruction of justice, and related charges for illegal activities while she was attorney general. She was the first woman and first Democrat ever elected to the position.
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James M. Murray
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United States - Biography
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James M. Murray is an American former law enforcement officer who served as the 26th director of the United States Secret Service from 2019 to 2022.
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Nestor Chylak
- Occupations
- baseball playerbaseball umpire
- Biography
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Nestor George Chylak Jr. was an American umpire in Major League Baseball who worked in the American League from 1954 to 1978. He umpired in three ALCS (1969, 1972, 1973), serving as crew chief in 1969 and 1973. He also called five World Series (1957, 1960, 1966, 1971, 1977), serving as the crew chief in 1971 (in which he worked home plate in the decisive Game 7) and 1977. He also worked in six All-Star Games: 1957, 1960 (both games), 1964, 1973 and 1978, working home plate in the second 1960 game and in 1973.
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Bruce Beemer
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Bruce Beemer is an American attorney and jurist currently serving as a judge on the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. He previously served as the attorney general of Pennsylvania from 2016 to 2017 and as Inspector General of Pennsylvania from 2016 to 2019. He was nominated to the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas by Governor Tom Wolf and unanimously confirmed by the Pennsylvania State Senate in November 2019. He was sworn in on January 3, 2020.
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Kevin C. Kiley
- Years
- 1950-.. (age 76)
- Enrolled in the University of Scranton
- Graduated with bachelor's degree in biology
- Occupations
- military physicianobstetrician
- Biography
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Kevin Christopher Kiley is a former lieutenant general in the United States Army who served as the 41st Surgeon General of the United States Army and the commander of the U.S. Army Medical Command, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. He was commander of Walter Reed Army Medical Center and North Atlantic Regional Medical Command twice, from 2002 to 2004, and as acting commander, March 1–2, 2007. He submitted his request to retire from the U.S. Army on March 11, 2007, in the wake of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center neglect scandal, and was removed from his nominative billet as a lieutenant general. Pending retirement, he was assigned to a temporary billet at the General Officer Management Office at the Pentagon in the grade major general. His retirement in the grade of major general was subsequently approved.
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Yohuru Williams
- Occupations
- historian
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Yohuru R. Williams is an American academic, author and activist. Williams is a Distinguished University Chair and Professor of History and Founding Director of the Racial Justice Initiative at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. He was previously the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of St. Thomas. Before that, Williams was a professor of history and the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Fairfield University and former chief historian of the Jackie Robinson Foundation. Williams is a notable scholar of the Civil Rights and Black Power movements. In 2009, Diverse magazine named Williams one of its Top 10 Emerging Scholars Under 40.
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Kevin Byrne
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Kevin Byrne is the 6th County Executive of Putnam County, NY and is a former state legislator of the New York State Assembly. He is a registered Republican.
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Patrick O'Boyle
- Occupations
- Catholic priestCatholic bishop
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Patrick Aloysius O'Boyle was an American Catholic prelate who served as the first resident Archbishop of Washington from 1948 to 1973. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1967.
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Christopher F. Burne
- Occupations
- lawyermilitary officer
- Biography
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Christopher Francis Burne is a retired United States Air Force lieutenant general and was Judge Advocate General of the Air Force from May 2014 until May 2018. He retired on July 1, 2018.
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Malachy E. Mannion
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- lawyerjudge
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Malachy Edward Mannion is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
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Michael B. Carroll
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Michael B. Carroll is an American politician who serves as the Pennsylvania secretary of transportation since 2023. A Democrat, he previously served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 118th District from 2007 to 2023.
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Deirdre Walsh
- Enrolled in the University of Scranton
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science in international studies
- Occupations
- civil servant
- Biography
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Deirdre M. Walsh is the Executive Vice President for Strategy and Government Affairs for ARKA Group. Previous to ARKA, she served as Vice President of Strategic Operations for Ball Aerospace & Technologies. Previously as a federal government employee and member of the United States Intelligence Community, she served as the first chief operating officer for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) from February 2018 to May 2020.
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Patrick J. Boland
- Occupations
- politician
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Patrick Joseph Boland was an American tradesman and politician who served six terms as a United States representative for Pennsylvania 11th district.
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Rosemary Brown
- Years
- 1970-.. (age 56)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Rosemary Brown is an American politician. A Republican, she is a member of the Pennsylvania State Senate representing the 40th district since 2023. She previously served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives representing the 189th district from 2011-2022.
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John Cusick
- Enrolled in the University of Scranton
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science in history of the United States
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Lt. General John Joseph Cusick is a retired lieutenant general of the United States Army. Cusick served as the 42nd Quartermaster General of the United States Army from July 1991 until August 1993.
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John D. Butzner Jr
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- lawyerjudge
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John Decker Butzner Jr. was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
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Michael J. Eagen
- Occupations
- judge
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Michael John Eagen was an American chief justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania from 1977 to 1980, after serving as a Justice from 1960 to 1977. He was Lackawanna County (PA) District Attorney from 1934 to 1941 and Lackawanna County (PA) Judge from 1942 to 1959.
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Aloysius G. Casey
- Enrolled in the University of Scranton
- Studied in 1950
- Occupations
- military leader
- Biography
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Aloysius Gerald Casey was a lieutenant general in the United States Air Force who served as commander of the Space Division, Air Force Systems Command at Los Angeles Air Force Base, California. He was responsible for managing the research, design, development and acquisition of space launch, command and control, and satellite systems.
