List of College of the Holy Cross alumni

This list of College of the Holy Cross alumni includes graduates and non-graduate, former students at the College of the Holy Cross. Since its founding in 1843 and its first commencement in 1849, Holy Cross has graduated 171 classes of students. As of the 2019–20 academic year, Holy Cross had approximately 38,511 alumni.

Artists, poets and authors Vito Acconci 1962, artist and architect Philip Berrigan 1950, author and activist Billy Collins 1963, former Poet Laureate of the United States Leo Cullum 1963, cartoonist best known for his work in The New YorkerGrimes, William. "Leo Cullum, New Yorker Cartoonist, Dies at 68", The New York Times, October 25, 2010. Accessed October 26, 2010. Michael Earls 1895, Jesuit priest, writer, poet, teacher, and Holy Cross administrator Michael Harrington 1947, socialist historian and author of The Other America, which is believed to have inspired Lyndon Johnson's Great Society social programs Michael Harvey 1980, author of The Chicago Way and The Fifth Floor; co-creator of the TV program Cold Case Files Jack Higgins 1976, Pulitzer Prize–winning editorial cartoonist for the Chicago Sun Times Kristan Higgins, romance author Edward P. Jones 1972, MacArthur Award winner and 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his novel The Known World Paul LeClerc 1963, president emeritus of the New York Public Library Jack O'Connell 1981, author of noir crime fiction and speculative fiction Karen M. McManus 1991, author Joe McGinniss 1964, author of The Selling of the President, Fatal Vision, and other books Jay O'Callahan 1960, storyteller Josh Pahigian 1996, author of The Ultimate Baseball Road Trip and more than a dozen other books Barry Reed 1949, Boston trial lawyer and author of The Verdict

Business William J. Abbott 1984, CEO of GAC Media Douglas M. Baker Jr. 1981, CEO of Ecolab Inc. James E. Burke 1947, former CEO of Johnson & Johnson; named one of the ten greatest CEOs of all time by Fortune Magazine Randall Caudill 1969, president and founder of Dunsford Hill Capital Partners Richard A. Davey 1995, president, New York City Transit Authority Joanna Geraghty 1990, chief executive officer of JetBlue Pedro Heilbron 1979, CEO of Copa Airlines Abraham Elias Issa 1926, Jamaican businessman, entrepreneur and hotelier Joey Issa 1989, founder of Cool Group Brian P. Kelley 1983, chairman of MPearlRock, former CEO of Keurig Green Mountain and former president of the Coca-Cola Company’s North American operations James W. Keyes 1977, former chairman and CEO of Blockbuster, Inc. John Koelmel 1974, president of HARBORcenter, former CEO of First Niagara Financial Group William J. McDonough 1956, former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and current vice chairman of Merrill Lynch William E. McKenna 1947, former president of Hunts Foods, former chairman Norton Simon Inc. Former chairman and President Technicolor Inc. Former chairman Sambos Rest.NYT, LAT. WSJ, Variety Charles E.F. Millard 1954, former chairman of the board, CEO Coca-Cola Bottling Company of New York William F. O'Neil 1907, founder of the General Tire and Rubber Company John Peterman 1963 (aka J. Peterman), catalog and retail entrepreneur James David Power III 1953, founder of J.D. Power and Associates Roberto Quarta 1971, partner of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Chairman of Italtel, and former chairman of BBA Group Loren Ferré Rangel 1992, vice president for new products at El Día, Inc. and a trustee of the Conservation Trust of Puerto Rico Frank Shakespeare 1946, former president of CBS Television; former director of the U.S. Information Agency; ambassador to Portugal and ambassador to the Vatican Joe Shoen 1971, president, chairman of the board, and chief executive officer of U-Haul Mark Shoen 1967, largest shareholder and former chairman of U-Haul Kieran Suckling 1986, co-founder of the Center for Biological Diversity Maggie Wilderotter 1977, former president and CEO, Frontier Communications and DocuSign

Education

Professors and researchers Name Year/degree Notability Reference 1949 President Emeritus of College of the Holy Cross and former president from 1970 to 1994, noted for introducing co-education at the college in 1972; member of Religious Studies faculty 1969 Professor of mathematics at Boston University; research interests include complex dynamical systems, chaos, fractals 1943 Professor Emeritus at Catholic University Law School in Washington DC; noted as a canon lawyer for his exposition of the Catholic Church's view on abortion 1976 Professor of mathematics at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; research interests include ergodic theory, smooth dynamical systems, complex dynamics, and computer generated graphics images related to nonpolynomial dynamics 1850 first African American to earn a Ph.D. and former president of Georgetown University 1958 medievalist scholar; expert on William Langland; emeritus professor of English at Yale University 1942 LSD-pioneering Harvard professor; attended Holy Cross before transferring to West Point 1981 professor of history at Georgetown University; 2003 Charles Warren Fellow at Harvard University 1971 President of Suffolk University in Boston 1952 14th president of Saint Michael's College, professor and author 1968 military historian and author

Arts and entertainment Dick Cusack 1950, actor, director and producer Ann Dowd 1978, stage, film, and television actress Brian Gallivan 1991, improvisational actor and executive producer of The McCarthys Thomas Ian Griffith 1982, actor, screenwriter, producer, musician, and martial artist Brian Gunn 1992, screenwriter Mark Gunn 1993, screenwriter Dave Holmes 1994, MTV host Neil Hopkins 1999, television and film actor and writer Peter Jankowski 1986, executive producer, Law & Order Douglas Netter 1942, founder, Netter Digital Entertainment and executive producer of Babylon 5 Kevin O'Connor 1990, host of PBS's This Old House Thomas F. O'Neil 1937, former chairman of RKO General Studios, who brought movies to television and experimented with an early coin-operated pay TV system Bartlett Sher 1981, director of Broadway musicals South Pacific and The Light in the Piazza Tony Wolf 1993, actor Bob Wright 1965, chairman of the board and former CEO of NBC Universal; Vice Chairman of General Electric; co-founder of Autism Speaks

Law, politics, and public service

United States federal and state court justices Name Year/degree Notability Reference 1941 United States district judge for the District of Massachusetts; nominated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1961 1950 Appointed by Governor Edward King in 1981, served 16 years on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court 1976 United States Court of Appeals judge for the Second Circuit; nominated by President Barack Obama in 2012 1953 Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit 1964 Founding judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims; nominated by President George H. W. Bush in 1989 1993 Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio 1941 United States district judge for the District of Massachusetts; nominated by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1966 1947 Former chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit 1961 Associate justice for the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, director of the Macaronis Institute for Trial and Appellate Advocacy at Suffolk University Law School 1955 United States district judge for the District of Massachusetts; nominated by President Ronald Reagan in 1987 1912 United States district judge for the District of Vermont; nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1940 1971 United States district judge for the District of Columbia; nominated by President George W. Bush in 2002 1905 United States district judge for the District of Massachusetts; nominated by President Harry S. Truman 1928 Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. 1921 United States district judge for the District of Massachusetts; nominated by President Harry S. Truman in 1949 1971 Associate justice, United States Supreme Court; nominated by President George H. W. Bush in 1990

Executive branch and United States Cabinet members Joseph A. Califano Jr. 1952, former U.S. secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare; chairman of the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse Broderick D. Johnson 1978, White House cabinet secretary for President Obama John William Middendorf II 1945, former U.S. ambassador to the Netherlands and secretary of the Navy

Members of the United States Congress

Senators Name Year/degree Notability Reference 1982 United States senator for Pennsylvania, served as Pennsylvania treasurerPeter Welch 1969United States senator for Vermont, served as United States representative for Vermont's at-large district from 2007 to 2023 1959 United States senator for New Hampshire 1975–1980 1920 United States senator for Ohio, served as the 48th mayor of Cleveland; namesake of Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport 1950 United States senator for New Hampshire 1893 United States senator for Massachusetts; Massachusetts' first Irish Catholic governor

Representatives Name Year/degree Notability Reference 1972 United States representative from New York's 1st congressional district 1920 United States representative from Massachusetts 1955 United States representative from Massachusetts' 3rd congressional district 1975–1993 1974 United States representative from California 1897 United States representative from Rhode Island 1973 United States representative from Maine's 1st congressional district 1937 United States representative from New York 1969 United States representative 1967 United States representative 1916 United States representative from New Jersey's 12th congressional district 1937–1939

United States governors Bob Casey Sr. 1953, Governor of Pennsylvania 1987–1995 Edward D. DiPrete 1955, Governor of Rhode Island 1985–1991 David I. Walsh 1893, first Irish Catholic governor and U.S. senator for Massachusetts

Ambassadors and other diplomats from the United States Christopher P. Henzel, 1984 U.S. ambassador to YemenChristopher P. Henzel (1962-) U.S. Department of State John William Middendorf II 1945, former U.S. ambassador to the Netherlands and secretary of the Navy Harry K. Thomas Jr. 1978, U.S. ambassador to Bangladesh, the Philippines, and ZimbabweHarry K. Thomas, Jr., U.S. Department of State

Foreign government officials Henri Bourassa 1890, French Canadian political leader and publisher; ideological father of French-Canadian nationalism Guillermo Felipe Pérez-Argüello 1973, Nicaraguan diplomat, nephew of Javier Perez de Cuellar Louis-Rodrigue Masson 1853, Canadian member of Parliament, senator, and Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec Jarosław Wałęsa 2001, member of the Sejm, the lower chamber of Poland's Parliament; son of Lech Wałęsa

Other United States political and legal figures Liz Beretta-Perik, chairwoman of the Rhode Island Democratic Party Jose Cojuangco Jr. 1955, former Philippine congressman Michael Delaney 1991, New Hampshire attorney general 2009–present Mark DeSaulnier 1973, representing California's 7th State Senate district Christopher Doherty, 1980, Mayor of Scranton, Pennsylvania, since 2002 Daniel M. Donahue 2009, Massachusetts state representative in the 16th Worcester district John Droney 1968, participated in Connecticut state politics; senior partner of Levy & Droney Jon Favreau 2003, chief speechwriter for Barack Obama Joseph H. Gainer 1899, 26th mayor of Providence, Rhode Island William Glendon 1941, attorney who specialized in issues relating to the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and represented The Washington Post in the Pentagon Papers case Kirby Hendee, Wisconsin state senator Joseph T. Higgins 1916, member of the New York State Assembly Robert Maheu 1939, lawyer, worked for the FBI and CIA, chief executive of Nevada operations for Howard Hughes