List of Bradley University people explained

This list of Bradley University people includes alumni and faculty of Bradley University, a private, mid-sized university in Peoria, Illinois founded in 1897.

Alumni

Government, public service, and public policy

• David Brant — former director of Naval Criminal Investigative Service
• Richard E. Carver — former Mayor of Peoria and 16th Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Air Force
• Brad Cohen — motivational speaker and teacher
• Tom Fink — former mayor of Anchorage, Alaska and Speaker of Alaska House of Representatives
• Joseph R. Holzapple — U.S. Air Force four-star general
• Laura Kelly — 48th Governor of Kansas^[1]
• Robin Kelly — U.S. Congresswoman from Illinois' 2nd District
• Morris Kleiner — AFL-CIO Professor of Public Policy, Humphrey School, University of Minnesota
• Ray LaHood — U.S. Congressman from Illinois' 18th District and former United States Secretary of Transportation
• Ali al-Marri — convicted 9/11 co-conspirator ^[2]
• Judge Joe Billy McDade — Senior United States District Judge for the Central District of Illinois (BS '59, MS '60)
• Robert H. Michel — U.S. Congressman from Illinois' 18th District and longest serving Republican leader of the U.S. House of Representatives
• Nicholas Scoppetta — New York City Fire Commissioner
• James E. Shadid — Chief United States District Judge for Central District of Illinois
• General John M. Shalikashvili — retired chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO
• Jerald D. Slack — U.S. Air National Guard Major General, Adjutant General of Wisconsin
• Ryan Spain — Member of the Illinois House of Representatives from the 74th district
• Scott Randolph — Orange County Tax Collector and former member of the Florida House of Representatives
• Aaron Schock — former member of the US House of Representatives
• Michael D Unes — Member of the Illinois House of Representatives from the 91st district and Assistant Minority Leader
• Chuck Weaver — Member of the Illinois Senate from the 37th District

Literature, arts, and media

• Cecil Baldwin — voice of Cecil Palmer, the narrator of the podcast Welcome to Night Vale
• Jill Bennett — actress
• Merle Boyer—jewelry designer
• Jack Brickhouse — Baseball Hall of Fame radio and TV announcer for the Chicago Cubs
• Cardon V. Burnham — musical composer, arranger, conductor, performer
• Hal Corley — five-time Emmy Award-winning TV writer, nationally produced and published playwright^{[3] [4]}
• Philip José Farmer — author, known for science fiction and fantasy novels
• Neil Flynn — actor best known for his roles on Scrubs and The Middle^[5]
• Jerry Hadley — lyric tenor for the New York Metropolitan Opera
• Chick Hearn — Basketball Hall of Fame play-by-play announcer for the Los Angeles Lakers
• David Horowitz — consumer advocate
• Tami Lane — Academy Award winner (makeup, )
• Ralph Lawler — TV and radio play-by-play announcer for the Los Angeles Clippers
• Jeff Mauro — television personality on Food Network
• Rude Osolnik (1915–2001) American woodturner and educator; class of 1937^{[6] [7]}
• Lyall Smith — sportswriter, editor and Detroit Lions public-relations director
• Charley Steiner — sportscaster, ESPN's SportsCenter, radio announcer for New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers
• Richard Thomas - author, known for his neo-noir and speculative fiction
• Timothy Treadwell — environmentalist and documentarian, star of Animal Planet's Grizzly Man Diaries
• Eric Petersen — actor, best known for role of Kevin in AMC's Kevin Can F**k Himself
• Michelle Young — American television personality best known for being the Runner up on The Bachelor season 25 and being the lead of The Bachelorette season 18

Business and science

• Dr. Lillian Glass — expert in body language, columnist, TV commentator
• Jerry Hayden — former President of Peacock Engineering
• John R. Horne (MS 1964) — former CEO of Navistar^[8]
• Howard Lance — chairman, president, and chief executive officer at Harris Corporation
• Major Robert Henry Lawrence, Jr. — became the first African American astronaut in 1967
• J.J. Liu — software engineer; one of the top women poker players in the world
• Timothy L. Mounts — agricultural chemist specializing in edible oilseed
• George T. Shaheen — former CEO of Siebel Systems, Andersen Consulting, and Webvan
• Louis Skidmore — architect and co-founder of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Athletics

• Alon Badat (born 1989) - Israeli soccer player
• Pat Brady — professional football player for Pittsburgh Steelers
• Gavin Glinton — professional soccer player for Nam Dinh FC and Turks and Caicos Islands national football team
• Curt Hasler — professional baseball player and current bullpen coach for Chicago White Sox
• Hersey Hawkins — professional basketball player for Chicago Bulls, Seattle SuperSonics, Charlotte Hornets and Philadelphia 76ers; also bronze medalist, 1988 Summer Olympics; all-time leading scorer for Bradley men's basketball
• Harry Jacobs — professional football player for Boston Patriots, Buffalo Bills and New Orleans Saints
• Scottie James (born 1996) - basketball player for Hapoel Haifa in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Jerry Krause — legendary General Manager for the Chicago Bulls; managed the Bulls to six NBA Championships and two-time recipient of the NBA's Executive of the Year award
• Walt Lemon Jr. (born 1992) - basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League
• Jim Les — professional basketball player for Utah Jazz, Los Angeles Clippers, Sacramento Kings and Atlanta Hawks; assistant coach for WNBA's Sacramento Monarchs; former head coach at Bradley
• Bobby Joe Mason — professional basketball player for Harlem Globetrotters
• Shellie McMillon — professional basketball player for Detroit Pistons
• Gene Melchiorre — basketball player, first overall pick in 1951 NBA Draft
• Steve Miller — coach, Kansas State athletic director, Nike and Professional Bowlers Association executive, University of Oregon faculty member
• Dennis Morgan — professional football player for Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles
• Bryan Namoff — soccer player, defensive starter for Major League Soccer team D.C. United
• Patrick O'Bryant — professional basketball player drafted ninth overall in the 2006 NBA draft by Golden State Warriors
• Anthony Parker — professional basketball player for Toronto Raptors, Orlando Magic, Philadelphia 76ers, and Cleveland Cavaliers
• Marcus Pollard — professional football player for Detroit Lions, Indianapolis Colts and Seattle Seahawks
• Kirby Puckett — 1981 One of just six professional baseball players for Minnesota Twins inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame
• Ray Ramsey — professional football player for the Chicago Cardinals
• Bryan Rekar — professional baseball player for Colorado Rockies, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, and Kansas City Royals
• Bill Roehnelt — professional football player for Chicago Bears, Washington Redskins and Denver Broncos
• Matt Savoie — figure skater, U.S. bronze medalist, member of 2006 Winter Olympics U.S. team
• Rob Scahill — professional baseball player for Colorado Rockies and Pittsburgh Pirates
• Leo Schrall — baseball head coach from 1949 through 1972, led Bradley Braves to two College World Series appearances and five Missouri Valley Conference championships
• Brian Shouse — professional baseball player for Tampa Bay Rays
• Bill Stone — football player, halfback for Baltimore Colts, Chicago Bears ('51–'54), Bradley football head coach
• Levern Tart — professional basketball player for several ABA teams
• Mike Tauchman (born 1990) - outfielder for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball
• David Thirdkill — professional basketball player, member of 1985–86 Boston Celtics championship team, also played for Detroit Pistons and Phoenix Suns, 1993 Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP
• Bill Tuttle — professional baseball player for Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Athletics, and Minnesota Twins
• John M. Veitch — Hall of Fame thoroughbred racehorse trainer
• Chet Walker — Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee, professional basketball player for Syracuse Nationals, Philadelphia 76ers, and Chicago Bulls

Faculty

People who did not attend Bradley as a student but were on the Bradley staff or faculty include:

• John R. Brazil — president of Bradley, 1992–2000
• Phil Crane — Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 13th district (1969-1973), 12th district (1973-1993), and 8th district (1993-2005)
• Claire Etaugh — Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
• Ernst Ising — German physicist: developed the Ising model in statistical mechanics
• Sibyl Moholy-Nagy - German-American architectural writer, in 1948^[9]
• David P. Schmitt — Personality psychologist, founder of the International Sexuality Description Project, (1995–present)
• Kevin Stein — Poet Laureate of Illinois (2003–present)
• Charles E. Tucker, Jr. — retired U.S. Air Force Major General^[10] and Executive Director of the World Engagement Institute^[11]
• Olive B. White — novelist, English professor, longtime Dean of Women

Notes and References

1. News: Laura Kelly, a Kansas Democrat, Tops Kobach in Governor's Race. 2018-11-08. en.
2. http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/02/27/enemy.combatant.almarri/ Alleged terrorist charged with conspiracy - CNN.com
3. Web site: Nick Madigan. February 21, 1999. Variety Magazine. The write track: Scribes honored at WGA ceremony. October 27, 2020. ...In daytime serials, “All My Children” took the prize for its writers — Agnes Nixon ... Hal Corley,.....
4. Web site: Walter F. Rodriguez. January 4, 2013. Playwrights Theater of New Jersey. 5 Questions With Hal Corley. October 27, 2020. ... You are a five time Emmys and two WGA Awards winner.....
5. News: Rosenberger. Tim. TV Star Returns to Bradley to Receive Alumni Award. April 3, 2017. Peoria Journal Star. Peoria, Illinois. August 28, 2017.
6. Web site: November 21, 2001 . Obituaries . limited . 2023-11-28 . Lexington Herald-Leader . 18 . en . Newspapers.com.
7. Book: Kardon, Janet . Revivals! Diverse Traditions, 1920-1945: The History of Twentieth-century American Craft . Coe . Ralph T. . 1994 . H.N. Abrams . 978-0-8109-1955-6 . 243 . en.
8. Web site: Corrections Corp Of America (CXW:New York): John R. Horne. Bloomberg. June 24, 2017.
9. Web site: Guide to the Sibyl Moholy-Nagy Collection MS.043 at UC Santa Cruz . Online Archive of California . 7 June 2021.
10. http://www.nationalguard.mil/ngbgomo/bio/bio-show.aspx?id=1879&name=Major%20General%20Charles%20E%20Tucker%20Jr Nationalguard.mil
11. Web site: World Engagement Institute - The World Engagement Institute (WEI). World Engagement Institute. May 26, 2016.