List of John Carroll University people

This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness.

Revisions and sourced additions are welcome.

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This is a list of people associated with John Carroll University in University Heights, Ohio. This includes faculty, alumni, staff, and former university Presidents. John Carroll University is a private, co-educational Jesuit university in the greater Cleveland, Ohio area in the United States. The university was founded as Saint Ignatius College by the Society of Jesus. A member of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities, John Carroll was founded in 1886. The University enrolls approximately 4,000 students per year.

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Bob Kovach - CNN Producer, known for his work with Robert Novak
Tim Russert - NBC News Washington Bureau Chief and Host and Moderator of Meet the Press
Joe Ranyak - WJW, WOIO, SportsTime Ohio Producer, 5 time Regional Emmy Award Winner

Sara Bloomfield - Director, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (M.A. from John Carroll University)
Anthony Celebrezze - First Italian-American appointed to the Cabinet, United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare; Former mayor of Cleveland, Ohio
Frank D. Celebrezze I - American politician, brother of Anthony Celebrezze
Bernard Chapin - Libertarian thinker and writer
Anne Conway - United States Federal District Judge, Miami
John Cranley - Former candidate, United States House of Representatives; City Council, Cincinnati, Ohio
Timothy J. DeGeeter - State Representative, Ohio Legislature
Timothy Grendell - Member, Ohio Senate
Carter Ham - Lt. General, United States Army, Director of Operations, Joint Chiefs of Staff
Donald J. McConnell - Former United States Ambassador to Eritrea
Tom Murphy - Former Mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Mary Rose Oakar - Former Congresswoman (M.A. from John Carroll University)
Jon Powers - American politician, U.S. Army Captain, and founder of War Kids Relief
Carl E. Walz - United States colonel and astronaut (M.S. from John Carroll University)
Paweł Wojciechowski - Polish economist and former Polish Minister of Finance

Peter Anthony - CEO of UGN, Manufacturer of sound systems for the automotive industry
John Boler - Chairman, President & CEO of Boler Co.(see Hendrickson)
Jack Breen - Former CEO of Sherwin-Williams
Bob Dickinson - CEO of Carnival Cruise Lines
Charles Dolan - Founder and CEO of Cablevision
Timothy Donahue - Executive Chairman of Sprint Nextel
Umberto P. Fedeli - President & CEO of The Fedeli Group
Richard M. Hamlin, Sr. - Chairman of The Reserve Group, Inc.
Howard W. "Hoddy" Hanna, III - Chairman and CEO of Howard Hanna Real Estate Services Inc.
James F. Kirsch - President and CEO of Ferro Corporation
Richard Kramer - President, North American Tires, Goodyear ^[1]
Gerald McDonough - CEO of York International Corp.
Michael J. Merriman - President and CEO of The Lamson & Sessions Co.
James Myers - CEO of PETCO
Kathleen O'Neil - Former EVP, Advisor to the President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Nicholas Orlando - Co-owner, and President of Orlando Baking Company from 1970 to 2004.^[2]
John Pellegrene - Former EVP Marketing, Target Corporation
Michael Petras - President & CEO of GE Global Lighting & Industrial
John Rooney - President and CEO of U.S. Cellular
David W. Short - Chairman of the Board, American Funds, Inc.
John O. Winchester - EVP/Treasurer-Director of The QUIKRETE Companies

Tom Arth - Professional football player, Indianapolis Colts and Green Bay Packers
Nick Caserio - Professional football assistant coach, New England Patriots, wide receivers coach
Enrique Ecker - Former NFL player
London Fletcher-Baker - Professional football player, St. Louis Rams, Buffalo Bills, and Washington Redskins.
Josh McDaniels - Professional football assistant coach, New England Patriots offensive coordinator
Dominique Moceanu - Gold medalist, gymnastics, 1996 Summer Olympics (currently enrolled)
Diana Munz - Gold and Bronze medalist, swimming, 1996 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics
Chuck Priefer - Assistant Coach, NFL
Don Shula - Professional football player and Hall of Fame coach, Baltimore Colts and Miami Dolphins
Carl Taseff - Professional football player and coach, Baltimore Colts, Buffalo Bills, and Miami Dolphins

Paul A. Fleury - Dean, Yale University School of Engineering
John G. Peters - President, Northern Illinois University
Kevin Granata - Associate professor in the Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University who was a victim of the Virginia Tech massacre. Started his B.S. at JCU before transferring to Ohio State University.
James Danko - Dean, Villanova University College of Commerce and Finance
John Hardon - Jesuit priest, theologian, and intellectual
Tom Filsinger - author and creator of various role-playing games such as Champions of the Galaxy, currently an associate professor of Psychology at Jamestown Community College
Rev. Timothy P. Kesicki, S.J. - President of Saint Ignatius High School (Cleveland)
Mary Ann Corrigan-Davis - President of St. Joseph Academy

David Ferrie - Alleged by New Orleans district attorney, Jim Garrison, to have been involved in assassination of John F. Kennedy

Francesco Cesareo - President, Assumption College, former professor of history at John Carroll University
Vincent G. Dethier - world renowned insect physiologist and entomologist
Sarah Willis - writer and novelist
George Bilgere - poet
Steven Hayward - novelist and short story writer