List of Loyola University Chicago people

Academia

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
• Christian Gostečnik, dean of Faculty of Theology of Ljubljana
• 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

  Business

Alumni

• Brenda C. Barnes, chairman and CEO, Sara Lee Corporation; first female CEO of Pepsi Cola
• Lori Greiner, inventor, investor, entrepreneur, and television personality
• George Halas, Jr., former president/owner of the Chicago Bears
• Joseph M. Juran, quality expert
• Jess Loren, entrepreneur, international speaker, and author
• Stephen McGowan, former CFO of Sun Microsystems
• Jennifer N. Pritzker, billionaire, and former co-owner of The Marmon Group
• Frank Considine, former CEO of American National Can Corporation
• 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

  Entertainment

Alumni

• Leslie David Baker, actor
• 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
• James Iha, The Smashing Pumpkins and A Perfect Circle guitarist
• Richard Kiley, Emmy-winning actor, singer and narrator
• Tim McCoy, cowboy actor
• Jennifer Morrison, actress
• Joel Murray, actor
• Bob Newhart, Peabody Award-winning actor and comedian, The Bob Newhart Show and Newhart
• Jim O'Heir, actor
• David Pasquesi, actor
• Bill Rancic, television personality
• Sosay, professional wrestler

  Government and politics

Alumni

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 1977-1991 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
• 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
• Major General Enrique Méndez, Jr., Army Deputy Surgeon General
• Nina Kasniunas, Political scientist, author, and professor
• Maria Pappas, Cook County Treasurer. Pappas 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

  Journalism

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

  Literature

Alumni

• Sandra Cisneros, 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

  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’
• John George Vlazny, Archbishop of Portland, Oregon

  Sports

Alumni

• Elliot Collier, Professional Soccer player for Major League SoccerTeam Chicago Fire
• Clayton Custer, current Ramblers basketball player
• Donte Ingram, NBA player for the Dallas Mavericks
• Milton Doyle, NBA player for the Brooklyn Nets.
• Jack Dwan, former professional basketball player
• Armando Favela, professional golfer
• David Gale, assistant coach, Delaware 87ers
• Eric Gehrig, professional soccer player
• Thomas Jaeschke, professional and U.S. Olympic men's volleyball player
• Jerry Harkness, former professional basketball player
• Alfredrick Hughes, former professional basketball player
• Les Hunter, former professional basketball player
• Jack Kerris, former professional basketball player
• Nick Kladis, former professional basketball player, part-owner of White Sox and St. Louis Cardinals
• Cameron Krutwig, current Ramblers basketball player
• LaRue Martin, former professional basketball player
• 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