Our Alumni
You will find prominent CUA alumni making their mark in a variety of fields, the following are a few CUA alumni whose names you may recognize.
Arts
- Harolyn M. Blackwell, B.M. 1977, soprano, Metropolitan Opera
- Philip M. Bosco, B.A. 1957, Tony Award winning actor
- Patricia A. Carroll, B.A. 1949, actress, voice of Ursula in Disney's The Little Mermaid
- Laurence Luckinbill, M.F.A. 1958, Emmy award winning producer, writer, actor
- Ed McMahon, B.A. 1949, entertainer
- Martin Puryear, B.A. 1963, sculptor featured in Time Magazine's America's Best issue
- Susan Sarandon, B.A. 1968, actress
- John M. Slattery, Jr., B.F.A. 1984, appeared on the hit series "Ed" and "K Street"
- W. Gresham Striegel, B.A. 1990, Senior Producer, Fox News Channel
- Paula A. Vogel, B.A. 1974, Pulitzer Prize winning playwright
- Jon P. Voight, B.A. 1960, actor
Business
- Brian M. Cashman, B.A. 1989, General Manager of the New York Yankees
- Robert E. Craves, B.A. 1965, Co-Founder of Costco Wholesale
- Martin R. Hurney, B.A. 1993, General Manager of the Carolina Panthers
- Edward M. Liddy, B.A. 1968, CEO of Allstate Insurance
- Timothy C. Scheve, B.A. 1980, President of Legg Mason
- Joseph A. Unanue, B.M.E. 1950, CEO of Goya Foods, Inc.
- James T. Vanderslice, Ph.D. 1966, former President of Dell Computer Corp.
Education
- Judith Dwyer, Ph.D. 1983, President, Xavier University, Chicago, IL
- Mary E. Hines, M.A. 1969, Ph.D. 1981, President, Carlow University, PA
- Rev. Joseph L. Levesque, C.M., S.T.D. 1977, President, Niagara University, NY
- Fr. Kevin Mackin, OFM, S.T.D. 1971, President, Siena College, NY
- Barbara Murphy, M.A. 1969, President, Johnson State College, VT
- Very Rev. David M. O'Connell, C.M., J.C.D. 1990, President, CUA
- John Q. Porter, B.A. 1973, Deputy Superintendent, Strategic Technologies & Accountability, Montgomery County Public Schools, MD
- Brian J. Shanley, O.P., Ph.L. 1985, President, Providence College, RI
- Stephen J. Sweeny, B.A. 1966, President, The College of New Rochelle, NY
- Mark Vanderheyden, MA 1965, Ph.D. 1968, President, St. Michael's College, VT
Law
- Ralph H. Baxter Jr., M.A. 1970, one of The National Law Journal's "100 Most Influential Lawyers"
- Frank Lorson, A.B. 1966, J.D. 1971, former Chief Deputy Clerk of the Supreme Court
- Kathleen Abernathy, J.D. 1983, Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission
- Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, B.A. English 1965, J.D. 1968, Judge, United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Media
- Richard Diefenbach, Jr., B.A. 1984, Veteran news journalist of ABC, CBS and Fox News, started NYC media and production firm
- Mary Alice Dwyer Dobbin, M.F.A. 1967, CEO, Proctor & Gamble Productions (As the World Turns, Guiding Light)
- Maureen B. Dowd, B.A. 1973, Columnist for The New York Times
- Alfred F. Gough, III, B.A. 1989, Executive Producer of WB's Smallville, co-wrote screenplay for Spider-Man II
- Amy Joyce, B.A. 1996, Columnist for The Washington Post
- Julie Nixon Eisenhower, M.A. 1972, author
- Alberto R. Ortiz, B.A. 1972, Executive Producer, CBS News
- James L. Rowe Jr., B.A. 1969, Sunday Editor The Washington Post
- Angela C. Santomero, B.A. 1990, Co-Creator of Blues Clues
- Rosanna D. Scotto, B.F.A. 1980, Co-Anchor of FOX-5 News (New York)
Nursing
- Brig. General William T. Bester, M.S.N. 1985, Chief, U.S. Army Nurse Corps; Commanding General, US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventative Medicine
- Lois K. Evans, D.N.Sc., FAAN, RN, Viola MacInnes/Independence Professor in Nursing; Chair, Family and Community Health Division, UPenn School of Nursing.
- Dr. M. Louise Fitzpatrick, RN, FAAN, B.S.N. 1966, Dean for 27 years at Villanova University School of Nursing
- Col. Mary Lou Keener, USAFR (Ret.), B.S.N. 1966; J.D. 1982, General Counsel of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1993-1997; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Force Management and Personnel.
Public Service and Politics
- Edward W. Gillespie, B.A. 1983, Chairman of the Republican National Committee
- Thomas R. Harkin, J.D. 1972, U.S. Senator from Iowa
- Mitchell J. Landrieu, B.A. 1982, Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana
- Terence R. McAuliffe, B.A. 1979, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee
- Martin O'Malley, B.A. 1985, Mayor of Baltimore
- Thomas P. Melady, Ph.D. 1955, former Ambassador to the Vatican, Burundi, and Uganda
- Richard G. Renzi, J.D. 2002, U.S. Congressman from Arizona
- Timothy Shriver, M.A. 1988, CEO of Special Olympics
Religion
- Msgr. William P. Fay, Ph.D. 1987, General Secretary of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
- Francis Cardinal George, M.A. 1966, Archbishop of Chicago
- James Cardinal Hickey, S.T.L. 1946, Archbishop Emeritus of Washington
- Roger Cardinal Mahony, M.S.W. 1964, Archbishop of Los Angeles
- Very Rev. David M. O'Connell, C.M., J.C.D. 1990, President of The Catholic University of America
- Most Rev. Sean Patrick O'Malley, O.F.M.Cap., Ph.D. 1978, Archbishop of Boston
- Theodore Cardinal McCarrick, Ph.D. 1963, Archbishop of Washington
- Justin Cardinal Rigali, S.T.B. 1961, Archbishop of Philadelphia
- Bishop Fulton Sheen (deceased), J.C.B. 1920, host of Life is Worth Living
Science and Engineering
- Euphemia Lofton Haynes (deceased), Ph.D. 1943, first African-American female mathemetician
- Charles H. Kaman, B.A. 1940, aviation pioneer and founder of Kaman Corporation
- Carol Nacy, B.A. 1970, M.S. 1975, Ph.D. 1977, CEO of Sequella, Inc.