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Notable Alumni

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Despite the relative youth of the institution Fairfield University alumni are achieving considerable success and making significant contributions in the fields of business, law, medicine, education, social justice and athletics. Fairfield University counts amongst its alumni a former President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, a former Dean of the Georgetown University Law Center, a President of a mission helping Haitian street children, the Chief Judge of the Connecticut Appellate Court, the Connecticut Senate Majority Leader, a former Attorney General and Solicitor General of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; a former President of the Medical College of Georgia, an Edward R. Murrow Award and Emmy Award-winning news anchor and leaders of several major Fortune 1000 corporations and Wall Street financial institutions.

Business

Accounting & Consulting

• Nancy A. Altobello '80 (Managing Partner, Ernst & Young)
• Joseph Berardino '72 (Chairman and CEO, Profectus Biosciences; former CEO, Arthur Andersen)
• Joellin R. Comerford '74 (Managing Partner, Accenture)
• Judith E. Glaser M.A. (President & CEO, Benchmark Communications; Best Selling Business Author)
• Craig J. Leach '81 (President & CEO, Graham Pelton Consulting; Fairfield Athletic Hall of Fame Quarterback)
• John O'Neil '71 (Partner, Americas Director of Private Equity, Ernst & Young)
• Randolph Stone (CEO, Marketing Management Analytics)
• Karen H. Timmons M.A. (President & CEO, Joint Commission Resources and Joint Commission International)
• Patrick J. Waide, Jr. '59 (former President & CEO, Peter F. Drucker Foundation; Executive Vice President, Bessemer Securities; and Vice Chairman Deloitte Haskins & Sells)

Finance

• Derek Blazensky (founding Partner, Cardinal Venture Capital)
• John-Peter Bradford '64 (founding Partner, Bradford Bachinski Limited; co-founder, first CEO & Chairman of MetroPhotonics)
• Susan J. Bruno (Principal, Beacon Wealth Consulting; Board of Directors, Lance Armstrong Foundation)
• Mary Campbell M.A. (Founder and General Partner, EDF Ventures)
• Kevin Cannon '80 (CEO Zweig-Dimenna Associates)
• Ronald F. Carapezzi '81 (President, GE Commercial Finance)
• John V. Carberry (President, F.L. Putnam Investment Management)
• David H. Chafey, Jr. '76 (President, Banco Popular)
• Timothy J. Conway (President & CEO, NewStar Financial)
• E. Gerald Corrigan '63 (Managing Director, Goldman Sachs; former President & CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of New York; former Vice Chairman, Federal Open Market Committee)

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E. Gerald Corrigan, '63

• John W. Cummings (Senior VP and COO, Executive Committee Member, Merrill Lynch)
• Richard M. Ditizio (Managing Director and Head of The High Net Worth Group, Citigroup Private Bank)
• Joseph A. DiMenna, Jr. '80 (Managing Director, Zweig-DiMenna Associates)
• William Egan '67 (Founder and General Partner, Alta Communications)
• Daniel Finn '66 (President, Louis Dreyfus Energy)
• Thomas A. Franko '69 (Managing Director, General Counsel and Executive Committee Member, Pershing)
• Peter H. Gallary (COO, Investment Company Institute; former President & CEO, The Boston Company Advisors)
• Jim Garrity (Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer, Wachovia)
• Bob Gionfriddo (Executive Vice President & Chief Business Development Officer, Bridge Bank)
• Joe Hasten '74 (former Vice Chairman, U.S. Bancorp)
• Gene Helm '77 (President, Wright Investors' Service)
• Brian Hull, '80 (Senior Vice President, Global Private Client, Merrill Lynch)
• Paul J. Huston '82 (Managing Director, Liberty Capital Partners)
• George F. Keane '51 (President Emeritus and Senior Investment Advisor, The Common Fund)
• Jack L. Kelly '67 (Managing Director, Goldman Sachs)
• Charles Kenny '67 (President & Chief Operating Officer, Manufacturers Bank)
• Stephen M. Lessing (Senior Management, Head of Client Relationship Management, Lehman Brothers)
• Terry Loebs (Managing Director, MacroMarkets)
• Thomas P. Loughlin (Managing Director, Promontory Financial Group)
• Roger Lynch '63 (former Chairman, Goldman Sach Money Markets; Partner, Goldman Sachs)
• Sean McNamara '80 (Founder and Managing Director, Roundstone Advisors)
• Andrew McMahon (Executive Vice President & Executive Committee Member, AXA Financial)
• John C. Meditz (Chairman, Horizon Asset Management)
• John Mullin '82 (Venture Partner, Silicon Valley Venture Partners; former President, Datek Online)
• Kathleen Murphy (Group President, ING)
• Diane Oakley (Vice President, TIAA-CREF)
• Joanne Pace (Partner & Chief Operating Officer, FrontPoint Partners)
• Stephen Pilch '83 (Chief Operating Officer, Divco West Properties)
• Christopher C. Quick '79 (Chairman, Banc of America Specialist)
• Thomas Quick '77 (President, First Palm Beach Properties; former President and CEO, Quick & Reilly/Fleet Securities)
• Lawrence C. Rafferty '64 (Founder and CEO, Rafferty Capital Markets)
• Bruce Rigione (Chief Financial Officer, NextCard)
• Eileen Clarkin Rominger '76 (Managing Director and CIO, Goldman Sachs)
• Elisabeth Schwabe '74 (Managing Director, JPMorgan Chase)
• Maive F. Scully '76 (Vice President and CFO, GE Consumer Finance)
• Edward A. Tortorici M.A. (Executive Director, First Pacific)
• Michael N. Vittorio (President & CEO, First National Bank of Long Island)

Insurance

• Richard Brewer '69 (President, ProMutual Group)
• Sheila Kearney Davidson '83 (Executive Vice President, Law & Administration, New York Life Insurance; David Rockefeller Fellow)
• Bruce E. Hawley '71 (Senior Vice President, Stewart National Title Services; Retired Brigadier General, U.S. Air Force Reserve, recipient of the Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal and Commendation Medal)
• Joseph Macchia '57 (Founder and former CEO, Gainsco)
• William V. Malloy '80 (President & CEO, Europe/Middle East Region, Marsh)
• Joseph D. Sargent '59 (former President & CEO, Guardian Life Insurance Company of America)
• James D. Wehr (Executive Vice President & Chief Investment Officer, The Phoenix Companies)
• Marita Zuraitis (President, Property & Casualty Companies, The Hanover Insurance Group)

Manufacturing

• Carlos M. Cardoso (President & CEO, Kennametal)
• Kevin M. Conlisk '66 (Principal & CFO, Alinabal Holdings Corporation)
• Rick Geoffrion '83 (co-founder & CEO, Accelerated Technologies)
• Peter J. Pestillo '60 (former Chariman & CEO, Visteon)
• Hugh McElroy (President & CEO, Dallas Airmotive)
• Robert J. Morlino (President, Degussa)
• John Sohigian '82 M.A.'85 (Senior Vice President, Marketing, Orange County Choppers, company featured on Discovery Channel reality TV show, American Chopper)
• John G. Wallace (former President & CEO, Metrotrans Corporation)

Pharmaceuticals

• Charles M. Dombeck '71 (Vice President, Corporate Human Resources, Pfizer)
• Meghan Fitzgerald (Chief Business Officer, Vion Pharmaceuticals)
• Paul LaViolette '79 (Chief Operating Officer, Boston Scientific)
• Steve Swantek (President & CEO, Prosar)

Retail

• Jeff Campbell '65 (former CEO, Burger King; ex-Chairman, Pillsbury Restaurant Group)
• Dr. Anthony Champ '59 (Founder and Owner, award-winning White Hall Vineyards)
• Jorge Figueredo '82 (President, Liz Claiborne International)
• Christopher J. McCormick '78 (President and CEO, L.L.Bean)
• Robert Galvin (Chief Operating Officer, FILA Sport Brands International)

Technology

• Joseph R. Bronson '70 (former President, FormFactor)
• Harry J. Carr (CEO, Simplier Networks)
• Gerard Casale Jr. '87 (former CEO & Chairman, X-Laboratories)
• Robert J. Crowley (President, Massachusetts Technology Development Corporation)
• Hugh Davis (Co-Founder & Executive Vice President, Greenfield Online)
• John De Santis (President, CEO & Chairman of the Board, TriCipher)
• Mike Fabiaschi (Executive Vice President & General Manager, SPECTRUM Business Unit, Computer Associates)
• Frank J. Fanzilli Jr. (Chairman, Interwoven; former Managing Director and Global Chief Information Officer, Credit Suisse First Boston)
• Dan Gatti (President & CEO, OnSite Systems)
• Andrew Hidalgo (Chairman & CEO, WPCS International)
• Paul J. Hoffman (Executive Vice President, Worldwide Field Operations, Informatica)
• Stephen O. Jaeger (former Chairman, President & CEO, eBT International, acquired by Red Bridge)
• Kevin Kelleher '76 (President & CEO, Cartus)
• Robert W. Landmesser '71 (Founder, Advanced Environmental Technology Corporation)
• Stephen C. Kiely (Chairman of the Board, Stratus Technologies and Cray)
• Michele Macauda '78 (President & CEO, SBC East)
• Michael E. McGuinness ’82 (President & CEO, PanGo Networks)
• Kurt A. Mueffelmann (President & CEO, HiSoftware)
• Michael Raneri (CEO, MeeVee)
• Frank Schroth (Co-Founder & Vice President, uLocate)
• John Tedesco (Co-founder, President & CEO, Guardian Mobile Monitoring Systems)

Other

• James Bigman (former Vice Chairman and CFO, ContiGroup Companies)
• Larry Cannon '69 President, EnviroMed Services)
• Jonathan Danforth (President & CEO, BostonCoach)
• Chris D'Orso '88 (Vice President of Marketing, Orlando Magic)
• Robert Desel (CEO, Carlisle & Company)
• Paul Donovan (former Executive Vice President & CFO, Wisconsin Energy)
• George Douaire (President, Think Partnership)
• Gerard Geraghty (President & CEO, Rogers Group)
• Richard Kristof (Co-Founder, President & CEO, American Research Institute)
• Peter J. McDonald (President and COO, R.H. Donnelley)
• Hank Spring (Principal, Gaffney Bennett Public Relations; former Senior VP, Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide)
• Dan Sullivan '73 (President & CEO, Collette Vacations)
• Tina Weinfurther ’78 (President and CEO, TNS Prognostics)
• Steve Zales (Partner & COO, O'Brien Group)

Education

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• James Hanrahan M.A.'52 (Founder and Chancellor, St. Thomas More School)
• William E. Garland (Professor, Seton Hall University Law School)
• William Doerner '71 (Professor, Florida State University, College of Criminology and Criminal Justice)
• Francis X. Foley, Jr., M.A. (Headmaster, Saint Gregory's School For Boys)
• Arthur J. Gallagher M.A. (President, Johnson & Wales University, Charlotte campus)
• Dr. Ed Hardiman '92 (Principal, St. John's Preparatory School)
• Nick Macol '55 (Headmaster, The University School)
• Paul J. Magnarella '62 (Professor, University of Florida, Levin College of Law)
• Raymond B. Marcin '61 (Professor, The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law)
• Dr. Harry Marmion (former President, United States Tennis Association, Saint Xavier University & Long Island University, Southampton Graduate Campus)
• Joseph A. Merluzzi, M.A. (Headmaster, Berkeley Preparatory School)
• David J. McCarthy, Jr. (Dean Emeritus, Georgetown University Law Center)
• Dr. Donald Preziosi '62 (Professor, UCLA & Oxford University, Leading art historian & author)
• Fr. Stephen Rowan '66 (former President, Carroll College (Montana))
• Joseph R. Russoniello '63 (Dean, San Francisco Law School)
• Dr. Francis J. Tedesco '65 (President Emeritus, Medical College of Georgia)
• James A. Trowbridge (Professor, Director, Legal Clinics, Quinnipiac University School of Law)

Law and Politics

Attorneys

• Herve H. Aitken '67 (Partner, Ford Harrison, The Best Lawyers of America)
• Diane Allison '75 (Partner, Gunn, Godfrey and Allison)
• Stephen L Braga '78 (Partner, Baker Botts, The Best Lawyers in America)
• Thomas J. Colucci '69 (Founding Principal, Walsh, Colucci, Stackhouse, Emrich & Lubeley)
• Kathryn M. Fenton '75 (Partner, Vice-Chair, Antitrust Law, Jones Day, The Best Lawyers in America)
• Richard E. Floor '62 (Partner, Chair, Corporate Law, Goodwin Proctor, The Best Lawyers in America)
• William F. Gallagher '59 (Attorney, The Gallagher Law Firm, The Best Lawyers in America)
• John L. Hardiman '79 (Partner, Head, European Litigation, Sullivan & Cromwell, The Best Lawyers in America)
• Robert Harrison III '98 (President, George W. Crawford Black Bar Association)
• Tara Knight (Founder, Knight, Conway & Cerritelli, The Best Lawyers in America, Guest Commentator, Court TV & MSNBC)
• William J. Kuhne '94 (Partner, Morrison Foerster, New York)
• Jean D. Larosiliere '85 (Attorney)
• Harry A. Rissetto '65 (Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, The Best Lawyers in America)
• Diane P. Sullivan '84 (Partner, Dechert, The Best Lawyers in America)
• Shaun Sullivan '62 (Partner, Chair, Corporate Law, Wiggin & Dana, The Best Lawyers in America, Best of the Best)
• T. Paul Tremont '55 (founder and Managing Partner, Tremont and Sheldon; awarded Lifetime Achievement Award from the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association)
• John J. Walsh '52 (Senior Counsel, Carter, Ledyard & Milburn, leading media and First Amendment lawyer)

Government

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Sen. Martin Looney

• Stephen J. Buoniconti '91 (Senator, Massachusetts State Senate)
• Vincent Cianci '62 (former Mayor, Providence, RI)
• Donald A. Browne '55 (State's Attorney of Fairfield County/Judicial District of Fairfield)
• Patrick Cleary (Author, The Negotiation Handbook; former Chairman, National Mediation Board; Senior Vice President, National Association of Manufacturers)
• Susan Cogswell (Commissioner, Connecticut Insurance Department)
• Donald DeFronzo (Chief Assistant Majority Leader, Connecticut Senate)
• J. Michael Farren '77 (Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, International Trade Administration)
• Michael Fedele (Lieutenant Governor, State of Connecticut)
• Brian J. Flaherty '87 (former Deputy House Minorty Leader, Connecticut General Assembly)
• Katherine Lapp (Executive Director, The State of New York, Metropolitan Transportation Authority)
• Frederick Lisman '60 (former six term Mayor, Milford, Connecticut)
• Martin Looney (Majority Leader, Connecticut Senate)
• David O'Brien M.A.'94 (Commissioner, Department of Public Service, State of Vermont)
• William O'Malley '69 (Assistant United States Attorney, former Chief of Narcotics Section)
• Leonard Paoletta '56 (former Mayor, Bridgeport, Connecticut; Judge, Connecticut Workers' Compensation Commission; founder, Bridgeport Area Cultural Italian Organization)
• Jorge E. Perez-Diaz '77 (former Attorney General and Solicitor General, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico)
• J. Michael Quinlan (Former Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons)
• Felipe Reinoso M.A.'88 (Deputy Majority Leader, Connecticut General Assembly; President's Volunteer Service Award winner)
• Steve Shannon '93 (Delegate, Virginia House of Delegates)
• Gerard Smyth '67 (Chief Public Defender, State of Connecticut)

Judicial

• Honorable Mark Baldwin '69 (Judge, New Jersey Superior Court)
• Honorable Stephen Bucaria (Justice, New York State Supreme Court; Deputy Commander, New York Guard)
• Honorable Raymond J. Dearie (Judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York)
• Honorable Sean M. Dunphy '62 (Chief Justice, Massachusetts Probate and Family Court)
• Honorable Ralph Fabrizio '78 (Justice, New York State Supreme Court)
• Honorable Joseph P. Flynn (Chief Judge, Connecticut Appellate Court)
• Honorable James Ginocchio '72 (Judge, Connecticut Superior Court)
• Honorable John Harrington '70 (Judge, New Jersey Superior Court)
• Honorable John J. Langan Jr. (Judge, New Jersey Superior Court)
• Honorable James J. Lawlor (Court Administrator, Connecticut Probate Court)
• Honorable John R. Maher '64 (Judge, New Hampshire Probate Court)
• Honorable William J. Lavery '59 (Chief Court Administrator, Connecticut Appellate Court)
• Honorable Richard Marano (Judge, Connecticut Superior Court)
• Honorable Michael F. Mullen '59 (Justice, New York State Supreme Court)
• Honorable Joseph H. Pellegrino M.A.'62 (Judge, Connecticut Appellate Court)
• Honorable Thomas H. Scuccimarra (Judge, New York Court of Claims)
• Honorable James F. Stapleton '54 (former Judge, Connecticut Superior Court)

Public Policy

• Patrick Cass (CEO, Columbus Medical Association)
• Morgan Downey '68 (Executive Director and CEO, American Obesity Association)
• Thomas J. Josefiak (Chief Counsel, Republican National Committee; former Commissioner, Federal Election Commission)
• David Rothbard, (President, Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT))
• Richard Umbdenstock (President, American Hospital Association)

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Sonia Baghdady

Media and Entertainment

• Sonia Baghdady (News Anchor, News Channel 8, WTNH, Emmy Award winner)
• Jeanne Begley ’84 (Producer/Director, AE's Biography, Emmy Award winner)
• Eric Donnelly '01 (Musician, The Alternate Routes, Independent Music Award winner )
• John Gizzi '79 (Political Editor, Human Events, William A. Rusher Award for Journalistic Excellence winner)
• Patricia E. Hutton '85 (Executive Vice President and CFO, NBC Universal Studios)
• Burt Kearns '78 (Founder, Frozen Television/Frozen Pictures, Author, Tabloid Baby, Producer, A Current Affair)
• Susan Robinson King M.A. (Vice President, Carnegie Corporation; former News Anchor, Emmy Award winner)
• Robert H. Laska '69 (President & Publisher, Connecticut Post)
• Alexandra McHale (Comedian, NBC's "Tonight Show with Jay Leno", CBS's "The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn" & Comedy Central's "Premium Blend" appearances)

Donna Savarese

• Robert J. Murphy, Jr. '71 (Vice President of TV News Coverage, American Broadcasting Company)
• Thomas E. McKinney '72 (Motivational Trainer, Thom McKinney & Associates, former President & CEO, Rainbow Advertising Sales, Cabletelevision Advertising Bureau)
• Tom Okon '91 (Kid in "Mean Joe Greene" Coca-Cola commercial, voted "Best Super Bowl Spot Ever")
• Steven C. Rockefeller, Jr. (President, Educational Adventures; Philanthropist; Microcredit expert)
• Christopher Sachs '79 (Vice President & Publisher, National Geographic Adventure)
• Donna Savarese (News Anchor, News 4 St. Louis, KMOV, Emmy Award and Edward R. Murrow Award winner)
• Christopher Scanlan (Director, The Poynter Institute; Editor, Best Newspaper Writing; Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award winner)
• Tim Warren '03 (Musician, The Alternate Routes, Independent Music Award winner)

Medical

• Dr. James L. Abbruzzese (World Renowned Pancreatic Cancer Researcher, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center)
• Christopher Cannon '77 (Director, Yale-New Haven Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response)
• Dr. Patrick Carolan '59 (Chief, Orthopaedic Division of St. Vincent's Hospital)
• Mary Ann Christopher (President and CEO, Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey Health Group)
• Dr. Philip J. Guerin, Jr. '59 (Co-Founder, Center for Family Learning)
• Dr. Peter A. Indelicato '65 (Wayne Huizenga Professor of Sports Medicine, Head Team Physician, University of Florida, National College Team Physician of the Year)
• Dr. Patricia M. Joyce '75 (Director, University of Connecticut's Health Center Pediatric Clinic at Mount Sinai Hospital)
• Dr. Elliott Kulakowski (President, RAM Strategy Group, Research administration and management expert & author)
• Capt. Gregory J. Martin ’80 (Chief of Infectious Diseases, Bethesda Naval Hospital and U.S. Navy’s Legion of Merit recipient)
• Dr. Michael P. Madaio '70 (Chief of Nephrology, Temple University Hospital, 2006 Top Doctors, Philadelphia Magazine)
• Dr. Len Pietrafesa '65 (Director, External affairs, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences at North Carolina State University; The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research's 2002 National Champion of Science)
• Dr. Terrence Sacchi (Chief of Cardiology, New York Methodist Hospital)
• Dr. Donald E. Sweet (former Chairman, Department of Bone and Joint Pathology, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Internationally known bone disease expert)
• Dr. Charles E. Schaefer '55 (Professor of psychology and Director of the Center for Psychological Services at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Author of many parenting books, including Raising Baby Right (with T. DiGeronimo) which won the Child magazine award for the Best Parenting Book of 1992; co-founder of Association of Play Therapy)
• Geralyn Radowiecki Spollett '76 (Associate Director, Yale Diabetes Center, Yale University School of Medicine)
• Dr. Jules Toraya (Chief of Staff, St. Joseph’s/Candler Hospital; President, Georgia Medical Society; Georgia Physicians Partnership Governor appointee)
• Dr. Matthew Whelan '70 (Co-Founder & President, Chesapeake Research Review)

Religion and Social Justice

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Major Michael Donnelly '81

• Bruce John Anderson '69 (President, Danforth Foundation)
• Andrea M. Bertone '94 (Director, HumanTrafficking.org, Academy for Educational Development)
• Ned Coll '62 (Social Activist; Founder, Revitalization Corps)
• Paula Donovan '77 (Senior Advisor in the office of the UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for AIDS in Africa; awarded 2005 Salem Award for Human Rights and Social Justice Foundation)
• Major Michael Donnelly '81 (Leading activist for sufferers of Gulf War Syndrome; Author, Falcon's Cry: A Desert Storm Memoir)
• Susan B. Dunn (President & CEO, United Way of the Capital Area)
• G. Simon Harak, S.J. '70 (Peace Activist; Co-Founder, Voices in the Wilderness; Established "Stop the Merchants of Death" speaking tour)
• Marian L. Heard M.A.'95 (President & CEO, Oxen Hill Partners; former President & CEO, United Way of New England)
• Jack Healy M.A. (President & CEO, United Way of Greater New Haven)
• Rev. Robert J. Levens, S.J. '66 (Provincial, New England Province of the Society of Jesus)
• Daniel E. Martin MBA '95 (President and CEO, Housing Partnership Development Corporation)
• Rob McCann '91 (Executive Director, Catholic Charities, Roman Catholic Diocese of Spokane)
• Doug Perlitz '92 (President, Project Pierre Toussaint)
• Jeffrey F. Rizzo (Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Community Service Society)

Sports

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Pete Gillen '68

• Brian Cleary '90 (Head Coach-Baseball, University of Cincinnati)
• Don Cook (Athletic Director, Sacred Heart University}
• Joe DeSantis '79 (Head Coach-Men's Basketball, Quinnipiac University)
• Deng Gai '05 (NBA, Philadelphia 76ers)
• Pete Gillen '68 (CSTV Basketball Analyst, Head Coach-Men's Basketball, Virginia, Providence, Xavier)
• CJ Kemp '03 (Major League Lacrosse, Rochester Rattlers)
• Jim McElderry '93 (Head Coach-Men's Soccer, Fordham University)
• Christian McEvoy '04 (Ran across the United States in 5 1/2 months to raise money for cancer research.)
• Tricia Sacca-Fabbri '91 (Head Coach-Women's Basketball, Quinnipiac University)
• Peter Vlahakis '04 (Major League Lacrosse, Long Island Lizards, New Jersey Pride)
• AJ Wynder '88 (NBA, Boston Celtics; Head Coach-Men's Basketball, Nassau CC)