List of College of the Holy Cross alumni explained

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.[1]

Artists, poets and authors

Business

Education

Professors and researchers

NameYear/DegreeNotabilityReference
1949President 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
1969Professor of mathematics at Boston University; research interests include complex dynamical systems, chaos, fractals
1943Professor 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
1976Professor 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
1850first African American to earn a Ph.D. and former President of Georgetown University
1958medievalist scholar; expert on William Langland; emeritus professor of English at Yale University
1942LSD-pioneering Harvard professor; attended Holy Cross before transferring to West Point
1981professor of history at Georgetown University; 2003 Charles Warren Fellow at Harvard University
1971President of Suffolk University in Boston
195214th president of Saint Michael's College, professor and author
1968military historian and author

Arts and Entertainment

Law, politics, and public service

United States federal and state court justices

NameYear/DegreeNotabilityReference
1941United States District Judge for the District of Massachusetts; nominated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1961
1950appointed by Governor Edward King in 1981, served 16 years on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
1976United States Court of Appeals Judge for the Second Circuit; nominated by President Barack Obama in 2012
1953Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
1964Founding Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims; nominated by President George H. W. Bush in 1989
1993Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
1941United States District Judge for the District of Massachusetts; nominated by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1966
1947former Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit[14]
1961Associate Justice for the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts and Director of the Macaronis Institute for Trial and Appellate Advocacy at Suffolk University Law School
1955United States District Judge for the District of Massachusetts; nominated by President Ronald Reagan in 1987
1912United States District Judge for the District of Vermont; nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1940
1971United States District Judge for the District of Columbia; nominated by President George W. Bush in 2002
1905United States District Judge for the District of Massachusetts; nominated by President Harry S. Truman
1928Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
1921United States District Judge for the District of Massachusetts; nominated by President Harry S. Truman in 1949
1971Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court; nominated by President George H. W. Bush in 1990

Executive branch and United States Cabinet members

Members of the United States Congress

Senators

NameYear/DegreeNotabilityReference
1982United States Senator for Pennsylvania, served as Pennsylvania Treasurer[15]
Peter Welch1969United States Senator for Vermont, served as United States Representative for Vermont's at-large district from 2007 to 2023
1959United States Senator for New Hampshire from 1975 to 1980
1920United States Senator for Ohio, served as the 48th mayor of Cleveland; namesake of Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport
1950United States Senator for New Hampshire
1893United States Senator for Massachusetts; Massachusetts' first Irish Catholic governor

Representatives

NameYear/DegreeNotabilityReference
1972United States Representative from New York's 1st congressional district[16]
1920United States Representative from Massachusetts
1955United States Representative from Massachusetts' 3rd congressional district from 1975 to 1993
1974United States Representative from California
1897United States Representative from Rhode Island
1973United States Representative from Maine's 1st congressional district
1937United States Representative from New York
1969United States Representative[17]
1967United States Representative[18]
1916United States Representative from New Jersey's 12th congressional district from 1937 to 1939

United States governors

Ambassadors and other diplomats from the United States

Foreign Government officials

Other United States political and legal figures

Military

NameYear/DegreeNotabilityReference
1973United States Navy Commander, United States Third Fleet[25]
1977United States Navy Vice Admiral (Ret.) and CEO of the United States Naval Institute
Prep 1849–1854Captain, United States Revenue Cutter Service (predecessor of United States Coast Guard), first United States Government ship commander with African-American ancestry
1976Commander, Operational Test and Evaluation Force, United States Navy
1978Rear Admiral, Judge Advocate General, United States Navy[26] [27]
1951retired Marine Corps Lieutenant General, bestselling author, and military analyst for NBC
1975lawyer, retired Brigadier General in the United States Marine Corps
1940retired United States Air Force Major General

Media and communication

Religion

NameYear/DegreeNotabilityReference
Most Rev., D.D.1849first African American bishop in the United States
Most Rev., M.M., D.D.1925Maryknoll missionary to China who became the first bishop of Wuzhou; his brother, William A. Donaghy, S.J., served as the president of Holy Cross[28]
Rev. William O'Malley, S.J.1953prolific author and teacher of theology at Fordham University; famous for his role in The Exorcist
Msgr. 1970pastor of the Church of the Little Flower in Bethesda, Maryland and chaplain of The John Carroll Society in Washington, D.C.

Science, technology, and medicine

Sports

Baseball

Basketball

Football

Ice hockey

Other sports

Notable Holy Cross faculty

Presidents of the College

OrderNamePosition(s)Joined CollegeAscended presidencyLeft/retiredAlumnus/na?Reference
1President184318431845no[33]
2President18451848
3President18481851
4President18511854
5President18541857
6President18571861
7President18611867
8President18671869
9President18691873
10President18731878
11President18781883
12President18831887
13President18871889
14President18891893
15President18931895
16President18951901
17President19011906
18President19061911
19President19111918
20President19181924
21President19241927
22President19271933
23President19331939
24President19391945
25President19451948
26President19481954
27President19541960
28President19601970
29President19701994
30President19941998
Acting President19982000
31President20002012[34]
32President2012

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Holy Cross at a Glance | College of the Holy Cross.
  2. Grimes, William. "Leo Cullum, New Yorker Cartoonist, Dies at 68", The New York Times, October 25, 2010. Accessed October 26, 2010.
  3. Web site: www.horatioalger.com . The Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans: Members, Arthur A. Ciocca . 2007-04-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20061030010213/http://www.horatioalger.com/members/member_info.cfm?memberid=cio00 . 2006-10-30 . dead .
  4. Web site: GraceKennedy Directors - The Hon. John Joseph Issa. 9 December 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20071209051247/https://www.gracekennedy.com/grace/dir_JJIssa.htm . 17 March 2023. December 9, 2007 .
  5. Web site: News from the Hill, Ludwig '73 delivers Thomas More Lecture, Holy Cross Magazine, fall 2006 vol.40 no.4. 17 March 2023.
  6. Web site: Archived copy . January 13, 2013 . May 17, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140517210343/http://www.coach.com/online/handbags/genWCM-10551-10051-en-/Coach_US/CompanyInformation/CorporateGovernance/ExecutiveOfficers/Victor%20Luis . dead .
  7. NYT, LAT. WSJ, Variety
  8. Web site: Alumni/Advancement: Carolyn Risoli '86: Fashioning a Life, Holy Cross Magazine, winter 2001 vol.35 no.1. 17 March 2023.
  9. Web site: MMC News : MMC VICE CHAIRMAN JOHN T. SINNOTT TO RETIRE. 30 September 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070930203347/http://www.mmc.com/news/pressReleases_277.php . 17 March 2023. September 30, 2007 .
  10. Web site: Archived copy . January 14, 2017 . December 3, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161203000028/http://sports.yahoo.com/news/william-j-teuber-joins-bridge-133000530.html . dead .
  11. Web site: Archived copy . May 24, 2013 . October 31, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121031040116/http://bostonconservatory.edu/bio/neil-donohoe . dead .
  12. Web site: Alumni/Advancement: Dave Holmes '94: Say What?, Holy Cross Magazine, winter 2001 vol.35 no.1. 17 March 2023.
  13. Web site: Biography of Bob Wright, Autism Speaks. 17 March 2023.
  14. Web site: John J. Gibbons . 2010-06-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130815085727/http://www.gibbonslaw.com/biographies/attorney_biography.php?attorney_id=78 . 2013-08-15 . dead .
  15. Web site: Senator Robert P. Casey, Senate.gov . 2007-03-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070303093110/http://casey.senate.gov/sc.html . 2007-03-03 . dead .
  16. Web site: Congressman Tim Bishop, House.gov . 2007-03-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070228193136/http://wwwc.house.gov/timbishop/Biography.htm . 2007-02-28 . dead .
  17. Web site: Congressman Michael McNulty, House.gov. https://web.archive.org/web/20070820171419/http://www.house.gov/mcnulty/bio.html. dead. 20 August 2007. 17 March 2023.
  18. Web site: Congressman Jim Moran's biography page, House.gov. https://web.archive.org/web/20100202202921/http://moran.house.gov/biography.shtml. dead. 2 February 2010. 17 March 2023.
  19. https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/mcguire-kevin-joseph . Kevin Joseph McGuire (1943-)
  20. https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/199232.htm Harry K. Thomas, Jr.
  21. Web site: Portrait of Former Mayor of Worcester and Holy Cross Professor John Anderson '57 Arrives at City Hall . news.holycross.edu . 29 July 2023.
  22. Book: Holy Cross College Bulletin. College of the Holy Cross. Worcester, Mass. 60. 1906. 17 January 2016.
  23. Conley. Patrick T.. Rhode Island Hall of Fame Honorees: Six Legal Luminaries. Rhode Island Bar Journal. May/June 2015. 63. 27–30. 17 January 2016. Rhode Island Bar Association. 1079-9230.
  24. Book: Lamb, Wallace E. . 1940 . The Lake Champlain and Lake George Valleys . 3 . 259–260 . New York, NY . The American Historical Company, Inc. . .
  25. Web site: US Navy Leadership, Biographies, US Navy website. 17 March 2023.
  26. Web site: US Navy Leadership, Biographies, US Navy website. 17 March 2023.
  27. Web site: US Navy Leadership, Biographies, US Navy website. 17 March 2023.
  28. Web site: Bishop Frederick A. Donaghy, MM. Maryknoll Mission Archives. 2014-02-20. February 26, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140226235750/http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/index.php/history/92-donaghybpfredericka?p=2. dead.
  29. Web site: Gerard M. Doherty, MD - Brigham and Women's Hospital. physiciandirectory.brighamandwomens.org. 2020-04-15.
  30. Web site: Athletics: From Fitton Field to The Big Show, Holy Cross Magazine, summer 2005 vol.39 no.3. 17 March 2023.
  31. Book: College of the Holy Cross Alumni Directory 1843-1990 . Bernard C. Harris Publishing Company, Inc..
  32. Web site: DraftHistory.com. www.drafthistory.com. 17 March 2023.
  33. Web site: College Presidents | College of the Holy Cross . www.holycross.edu . 19 April 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080128232643/http://www.holycross.edu/abouthc/why/history/presidents/ . 28 January 2008 . dead.
  34. Web site: About the President . College of the Holy Cross . 2010-09-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060421015420/http://www.holycross.edu/president/about . 2006-04-21 .

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