Various notable individuals in many professions attended

Villanova University Villanova University is a Private university, private Catholic church, Roman Catholic research university in Villanova, Pennsylvania. It was founded by the Order of Saint Augustine, Augustinians in 1842 and named after Thomas of Villanova, Sa ...

at some point in their educational careers. Many influential and important individuals in the fields of government, business, economics, education, entertainment, arts, fashion, athletics and the sciences are alumni of Villanova.

Arts, entertainment, and journalism

* Emily Barkann -

Emmy The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the calendar year, each with the ...

award-winning journalist and

White House The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States. It is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., and has been the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in 1800. ...

correspondent *

Maria Bello Maria Elena Bello (born April 18, 1967) is an American actress and writer. Her film roles include '' Permanent Midnight'' (1998), '' Payback'' (1999), '' Coyote Ugly'' (2000), ''The Cooler'' (2003), '' A History of Violence'' (2005), '' The Mumm ...

- Golden Globe-nominated actress *

Victor Buono Victor Charles Buono (February 3, 1938January 1, 1982) was an American actor, comic, and briefly a recording artist. He was known for playing the villain King Tut in the television series ''Batman (TV series), Batman'' (1966–1968) and musician ...

Academy Award The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...

-nominated actor * Ryan J. Condal - screenwriter, TV series co-creator, executive producer *

Bradley Cooper Bradley Charles Cooper (born January 5, 1975) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is the recipient of various accolades, including a British Academy Film Award and two Grammy Awards, in addition to nominations for nine Academy Awards, si ...

- Academy Award-nominated actor (attended for one year before transferring to

Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private university, private research university in the Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789 as Georg ...

) *

Jim Croce James Joseph Croce (; January 10, 1943 – September 20, 1973) was an American folk and rock singer-songwriter. Between 1966 and 1973, he released five studio albums and numerous singles. During this period, Croce took a series of odd jobs to p ...

- recording artist *

Carmen Gentile Carmen Gentile (born June 21, 1974) is an American journalist, author and public speaker who specializes in reporting on conflicts and the developing world. He is the author of the memoir ''Blindsided by the Taliban,'' a dark-humored retelling ...

- Journalist, Author and Public Speaker *

Tim Hauser Timothy DuPron Hauser (December 12, 1941 – October 16, 2014) was a singer and founding member of the vocal group The Manhattan Transfer. He won 10 Grammy Awards as a member of The Manhattan Transfer. Early life Hauser was born in Troy, New Y ...

- singer and founder of the vocal group

The Manhattan Transfer The Manhattan Transfer is a Grammy award–winning vocal group founded in 1969 that has explored a cappella, vocalese, swing, standards, Brazilian jazz, rhythm and blues, and pop music. There have been two editions of the Manhattan Transfer, ...

Michael Hollinger Michael Hollinger (born January 13, 1962 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania) is an American playwright who is currently an associate professor of theatre at Villanova University and an alumnus of New Dramatists. He received a Bachelor of Music in viola p ...

- playwright and screenwriter * Vahan Janjigian - former ''Forbes'' magazine columnist; author of ''Even Buffett Isn't Perfect'' and ''The Forbes/CFA Institute Investment Course'' * Keith Jones -

award-winning news anchor and reporter at

WCAU WCAU (channel 10) is a television station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, airing programming from the NBC network. It is owned and operated by the network's NBC Owned Television Stations division alongside Mount Laurel, New Jer ...

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...

Toby Keith Toby Keith Covel (born July 8, 1961), known professionally as Toby Keith, is an American country music singer, songwriter, actor, and record producer. He released his first four studio albums—1993's ''Toby Keith'', 1994's ''Boomtown'', 1996' ...

- recording artist (attended for one year, received honorary degree) * Monica Malpass - M.A. in political science in 1999;

news anchor A news presenter – also known as a newsreader, newscaster (short for "news broadcaster"), anchorman or anchorwoman, news anchor or simply an anchor – is a person who presents news during a news program on TV, radio or the Internet. ...

and

reporter A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalism ...

for

WPVI WPVI-TV (channel 6), branded on-air as 6 ABC, is a television station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, airing programming from the ABC network. Owned and operated by the network's ABC Owned Television Stations division, the station ...

Gerald Marzorati Gerald Marzorati writes about tennis for newyorker.com. He is also a contributing editor to the journal ''Racquet''. He is the author of ''Late to the Ball'' (Scribner 2016), a memoir about his learning to play tennis and becoming a competitive seni ...

- editor of ''

The New York Times Magazine ''The New York Times Magazine'' is an American Sunday magazine Supplement (publishing), supplement included with the Sunday edition of ''The New York Times''. It features articles longer than those typically in the newspaper and has attracted man ...

''; assistant managing editor of ''

The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...

'' *

Don McLean Donald McLean III (born October 2, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is best known for his 1971 hit song " American Pie", an eight-and-a-half-minute folk rock "cultural touchstone" about the loss of innocence of the early ...

- recording artist (attended for three months and did not receive a degree) *

Ryan Montbleau Ryan Michael Montbleau (born June 18, 1977, in Peabody, Massachusetts, United States) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He annually tours across the U.S. with the Ryan Montbleau Band. Background Although he received his first gui ...

- recording artist *

Vincent Piazza Vincent Piazza (born May 25, 1976) is an American film, television and stage actor. He is best known for his portrayal of gangster Lucky Luciano in the HBO television series ''Boardwalk Empire''. He has also played Earl Hefner in the comedy-dra ...

- actor (attended for a year; did not graduate) *

David Rabe David William Rabe (born March 10, 1940) is an American playwright and screenwriter. He won the Tony Award for Best Play in 1972 (''Sticks and Bones'') and also received Tony award nominations for Best Play in 1974 (''In the Boom Boom Room''), 19 ...

- playwright (''

Hurlyburly ''Hurlyburly'' is a dark comedy play by David Rabe, first staged in 1984. The title refers to dialogue from Shakespeare's ''Macbeth''. Plot ''Hurlyburly'' depicts the intersecting lives of several low-to-mid-level Hollywood players in the 198 ...

'') and screenwriter (''

Casualties of War ''Casualties of War'' is a 1989 American war drama film directed by Brian De Palma and written by David Rabe, based primarily on an article written by Daniel Lang for ''The New Yorker'' in 1969, which was later published as a book. The film star ...

'', '' The Firm'') *

Murtaza Razvi Murtaza Razvi (17 December 1964 – 19 April 2012) was a senior Pakistani journalist with ''Dawn'', Karachi. Biography Murtaza Razvi held master's degrees in Ancient Indian and Islamic History (University of the Punjab, Lahore) and Politica ...

- journalist, Senior Assistant Editor and Head of Magazines, ''

Dawn Dawn is the time that marks the beginning of twilight before sunrise. It is recognized by the appearance of indirect sunlight being scattered in Earth's atmosphere, when the centre of the Sun's disc has reached 18° below the observer's horizo ...

'', Political Analyst, ''

The Indian Express ''The Indian Express'' is an English-language Indian daily newspaper founded in 1932. It is published in Mumbai by the Indian Express Group. In 1999, eight years after the group's founder Ramnath Goenka's death in 1991, the group was split betw ...

'' *

Greg Rikaart Gregory Andrew Rikaart (born February 26, 1977) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Kevin Fisher on the television soap opera ''The Young and the Restless'' since 2003, and also playing Leo Stark on '' Days Of Our Lives''. Throug ...

Emmy Award The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the calendar year, each with the ...

-winning actor, currently starring in the daytime

soap opera A soap opera, or ''soap'' for short, is a typically long-running radio or television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term "soap opera" originated from radio dramas originally being sponsored ...

, ''

The Young and the Restless ''The Young and the Restless'' (often abbreviated as ''Y&R'') is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in fictional Genoa City (not the real-life similarly-named Genoa City, Wi ...

'' *

Jennifer Santiago Jennifer Santiago is an attorney, freelance writer, photographer, model, and Emmy Award-winning reporter for HDNews. Early life and education In 1997, she received her J.D. degree, with honors, from Villanova University School of Law in Pen ...

- Emmy Award-winning reporter, CBS4 News,

Miami Miami ( ), officially the City of Miami, known as "the 305", "The Magic City", and "Gateway to the Americas", is a East Coast of the United States, coastal metropolis and the County seat, county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade C ...

* Cole Sternberg - visual artist *

Philip Terzian Philip Terzian (born 1950) is an American journalist and author. Since 2018 he has been a contributing writer of ''The Washington Examiner''. Before its closing in December 2018, he was Senior Writer at ''The Weekly Standard,'' the journal of p ...

- literary editor, ''

The Weekly Standard ''The Weekly Standard'' was an American neoconservative political magazine of news, analysis and commentary, published 48 times per year. Originally edited by founders Bill Kristol and Fred Barnes, the ''Standard'' had been described as a "red ...

'', author ('' Architects of Power: Roosevelt, Eisenhower and the American Century'') *

Mary Walter Mary Walter (September 10, 1912 – February 25, 1993) was a Filipina actress whose eight decade-long film acting career saw her transformation from a romantic lead in the silent film era into a wizened fixture in horror movies in the late 1 ...

- on-air personality, radio show host, political commentator

Business, law, and economics

Ayman Asfari Ayman Asfari (born 8 July 1958) is a Syrian-born British businessman. He was the chief executive (CEO) of Petrofac, a Jersey-registered multinational oilfield services company serving the oil, gas and energy production and processing industries, ...

- British-Syrian businessman, CEO of

Petrofac Petrofac Limited is an international energy services company that designs, builds, manages and maintains oil, gas, refining, petrochemicals and renewable energy infrastructure. It is registered in Jersey (number 81792), with its main corporate off ...

* Stephen Bienko - Olympic gold medalist trainer and entrepreneur * Robert J. Bolger - Co-Founder, former President and

Chief Executive Officer A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especially ...

of National Association of Chain Drug Stores * Dominic J. Caruso - former

Chief Financial Officer The chief financial officer (CFO) is an officer of a company or organization that is assigned the primary responsibility for managing the company's finances, including financial planning, management of financial risks, record-keeping, and financ ...

and Vice Chairman of

Johnson & Johnson Johnson & Johnson (J&J) is an American multinational corporation founded in 1886 that develops medical devices, pharmaceuticals, and consumer packaged goods. Its common stock is a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the company i ...

* Daniel M. DiLella - President and CEO, Equus Capital Partners Ltd. *

John Drosdick John Girard Drosdick (born August 9, 1943) is an American businessman who served 8 years as president, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sunoco Inc. As of 2006, he was the fifteenth-highest-paid chief executive ...

Sunoco Sunoco LP is an American master limited partnership organized under Delaware state laws and headquartered in Dallas, Texas, that is a wholesale distributor of motor fuels. It distributes fuel to more than 5,500 Sunoco-branded gas stations, ...

* Joseph Dugan - President and CEO, L.B. Foster Company *

John Eleuthère du Pont John Eleuthère du Pont (November 22, 1938 – December 9, 2010) was an American convicted murderer and philanthropist. An heir to the du Pont family fortune, he was a published ornithologist, philatelist, conchologist, and sports enthusiast. ...

* José Fanjul - Billionaire sugar baron *

Robert Genuario Robert Genuario (born March 31, 1952) is a Connecticut Superior Court judge appointed by Governor M. Jodi Rell in 2005. He had served as Secretary of the State of Connecticut Office of Policy and Management since January 2005. He was a seven-ter ...

- Former Connecticut State Senator,

Connecticut Superior Court The Connecticut Superior Court is the state trial court of general jurisdiction. It hears all matters other than those of original jurisdiction of the Probate Court, and hears appeals from the Probate Court. The Superior Court has 13 judicial distr ...

Judge *

Chris Gheysens Chris Gheysens (born March 31, 1971) is an American businessman who serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Wawa Inc., a privately held chain of convenience store and gas stations with over 900 locations along the East Coast of the ...

(VSB, 1993) - President and CEO of

Wawa Inc. Wawa, Inc. ( ) is an American chain of convenience stores and gas stations located along the East Coast of the United States, operating in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Florida. The company's corpo ...

Brian Higgins Brian Michael Higgins (born October 6, 1959) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for , serving since 2005. The district, numbered as the 27th district from 2005 to 2013 but as the 26th since 2013, includes Buffalo and N ...

Billionaire Hedge Fund Manager of King Street Capital Management *

James Kim James Kim (August 9, 1971December 4, 2006) was an American television personality and technology analyst for the former TechTV international cable television network, reviewing products for shows including ''The Screen Savers'', ''Call for Help' ...

- Chairman of

Amkor Technology Amkor Technology, Inc. is a semiconductor product packaging and test services provider. The company has been headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, since 2005, when it was moved from West Chester, Pennsylvania. The company was founded in 1968 and, , ha ...

* Thomas G. Labrecque - former CEO of Chase Manhattan Bank * James Mullen - President and

Biogen Idec Biogen Inc. is an American multinational biotechnology company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, specializing in the discovery, development, and delivery of therapies for the treatment of neurological diseases to patients worldwide. History ...

* Jerry Pappert - Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania,; Attorney General of Pennsylvania 2003–2005; * Ronald O. Perelman - Billionaire CEO of Mackandrews and ''Forbes'' (one semester in 1960, before transferring to University of Pennsylvania) * Michael G. Rubin - drop-out Billionaire CEO of

eBay Enterprise eBay Enterprise, Inc. (formerly GSI Commerce, Inc.) was a multinational e-commerce corporation that specialized in creating, developing and running online shopping sites for brick and mortar brands and retailers. The company also provided a varie ...

* Paul V. Scura - former Executive Vice President and Head of Investment Bank of

Prudential Securities Prudential Securities, also formerly known as Prudential Securities Incorporated (PSI), was the financial services arm of the insurer, Prudential Financial. In 2003, Prudential Securities was merged into Wachovia Securities, a division of Wacho ...

* David Worby -

Trial Lawyer A lawyer is a person who Practice of law, practices law. The role of a lawyer varies greatly across different Jurisdiction, legal jurisdictions. A lawyer can be classified as an advocate, attorney at law, attorney, barrister, canonist, canon l ...

who specializes in

personal injury Personal injury is a legal term for an injury to the body, mind or emotions, as opposed to an injury to property. In common law jurisdictions the term is most commonly used to refer to a type of tort lawsuit in which the person bringing the suit (t ...

cases, most notably

Ground Zero In relation to nuclear explosions and other large bombs, ground zero (also called surface zero) is the point on the Earth's surface closest to a detonation. In the case of an explosion above the ground, ''ground zero'' is the point on the ground ...

illnesses * John Waldron - American criminal defense Lawyer * Tom Doll - President and CEO, Subaru of America

Education, engineering, and the sciences

Andrew M. Allen Andrew Michael "Andy" Allen (born 4 August 1955) is a retired American astronaut. A former Marine aviator and lieutenant colonel, he worked as a test pilot before joining NASA in 1987. He flew three Space Shuttle missions before retiring in 199 ...

NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research. NASA was established in 1958, succeeding t ...

astronaut An astronaut (from the Ancient Greek (), meaning 'star', and (), meaning 'sailor') is a person trained, equipped, and deployed by a human spaceflight program to serve as a commander or crew member aboard a spacecraft. Although generally r ...

and

Space Shuttle The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program. Its official program na ...

pilot *

Sean M. Carroll Sean Michael Carroll (born October 5, 1966) is an American theoretical physicist and philosopher who specializes in quantum mechanics, gravity, and cosmology. He is (formerly) a research professor in the Walter Burke Institute for Theoretical ...

- theoretical physicist *

Steve Chen Steve Chen (; born August 25, 1978) is a Taiwanese-American Internet entrepreneur who is one of the co-founders and previous chief technology officer of the video-sharing website YouTube. After having co-founded the company AVOS Systems, Inc. a ...

- computer engineer, principal architect of

Cray Cray Inc., a subsidiary of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, is an American supercomputer manufacturer headquartered in Seattle, Washington. It also manufactures systems for data storage and analytics. Several Cray supercomputer systems are listed ...

X-MP

supercomputer A supercomputer is a computer with a high level of performance as compared to a general-purpose computer. The performance of a supercomputer is commonly measured in floating-point operations per second ( FLOPS) instead of million instructions ...

* Nance Dicciani - chemical engineer, ranked one of

The World's 100 Most Powerful Women Since 2004, the American business magazine ''Forbes'' compiled an annual list of the 100 most powerful women in the world. It is edited by notable ''Forbes'' journalists, including Moira Forbes, and is based on visibility and economic impact. F ...

* ''Michael Greene'' - philosophy and religious studies professor at

Bradley University Bradley University is a private university in Peoria, Illinois. Founded in 1897, Bradley University enrolls 5,400 students who are pursuing degrees in more than 100 undergraduate programs and more than 30 graduate programs in five colleges. Th ...

* Edward Guinan -

astronomer An astronomer is a scientist in the field of astronomy who focuses their studies on a specific question or field outside the scope of Earth. They observe astronomical objects such as stars, planets, natural satellite, moons, comets and galaxy, g ...

, discovered

Neptune Neptune is the eighth planet from the Sun and the farthest known planet in the Solar System. It is the fourth-largest planet in the Solar System by diameter, the third-most-massive planet, and the densest giant planet. It is 17 times ...

's ring system *

John L. Hennessy John Leroy Hennessy (born September 22, 1952) is an American computer scientist, academician and businessman who serves as Chairman of Alphabet Inc. Hennessy is one of the founders of MIPS Computer Systems Inc. as well as Atheros and served as t ...

- retired President of

Stanford University Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...

Jamie Hyneman James Franklin Hyneman (born September 25, 1956) is an American special effects expert who is best known as the former co-host of the television series '' MythBusters'' alongside Adam Savage, where he became known for his distinctive beret and ...

- co-host and Executive Producer of ''

Mythbusters ''MythBusters'' is a science entertainment television program, developed by Peter Rees and produced by Australia's Beyond Television Productions. The series premiered on the Discovery Channel on January 23, 2003. It was broadcast internatio ...

'' (honorary Doctor of Engineering and co-advisor of VU COE senior capstone project) * Deirdre Imus - Head of the Deidre Imus Environmental Center for Pediatric Oncology * John P. Jones - retired Chairman and CEO of

Air Products and Chemicals Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. is an American international corporation whose principal business is selling gases and chemicals for industrial uses. Air Products' headquarters is in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of Pen ...

Christopher Lee Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee (27 May 1922 – 7 June 2015) was an English actor and singer. In a long career spanning more than 60 years, Lee often portrayed villains, and appeared as Count Dracula in seven Hammer Horror films, ultimat ...

- Director of Philanthropy of the

Scripps Research Institute Scripps Research, previously known as The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), is a nonprofit American medical research facility that focuses on research and education in the biomedical sciences. Headquartered in San Diego, California, the institu ...

* Emanuel Rubin - American pathologist known for his achievements in clinical and laboratory research, and medical education * Bridgette (Brawner) Rice - nurse researcher and professor

Government, politics, and military

Kelly Ayotte Kelly Ann Ayotte ( ; born June 27, 1968) is an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from New Hampshire from 2011 to 2017. A member of the Republican Party, Ayotte served as New Hampshire Attorney General from ...

- former

U.S. Senator The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States. The composition and powe ...

from the State of

New Hampshire New Hampshire is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Gulf of Maine to the east, and the Canadian province of Quebec t ...

Jill Biden Jill Tracy Jacobs Biden (born June 3, 1951) is an American educator and the current first lady of the United States since 2021, as the wife of President Joe Biden. She was the second lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017 when her hus ...

First Lady of the United States The first lady of the United States (FLOTUS) is the title held by the hostess of the White House, usually the wife of the president of the United States, concurrent with the president's term in office. Although the first lady's role has never ...

G. T. Bynum George Theron Bynum IV (born August 28, 1977) is an American politician and lobbyist from the state of Oklahoma. A member of the Republican Party, Bynum is the 40th mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Prior to becoming mayor, he served as a city councilo ...

- Mayor of

Tulsa, Oklahoma Tulsa () is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 47th-most populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066 as of the 2020 census. It is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a region with ...

* David A. Christian - retired

United States Army The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight U.S. uniformed services, and is designated as the Army of the United States in the U.S. Constitution.Article II, section 2, cla ...

captain and former candidate for the

Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...

nomination in the 2012 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania * Joseph Clancy - former director of the U.S. Secret Service * George B. Crist -

General A general officer is an Officer (armed forces), officer of highest military ranks, high rank in the army, armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry. In some usages the term "general officer" refers t ...

- first Marine to be designated Commander in Chief, Central Command * Christopher G. Donovan -

Speaker Speaker may refer to: Society and politics * Speaker (politics), the presiding officer in a legislative assembly * Public speaker, one who gives a speech or lecture * A person producing speech: the producer of a given utterance, especially: ** I ...

of the

Connecticut House of Representatives The Connecticut State House of Representatives is the lower house in the Connecticut General Assembly, the state legislature (United States), state legislature of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The house is composed of 151 members representing an ...

Walter Doran Walter Francis Doran (born October 15, 1945) is a retired admiral in the United States Navy, who served as the Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Fleet (CINCPACFLT) from May 2002 to July 2005. He lives with his wife, Ginny and has two sons ...

Admiral Admiral is one of the highest ranks in some navies. In the Commonwealth nations and the United States, a "full" admiral is equivalent to a "full" general in the army or the air force, and is above vice admiral and below admiral of the fleet, ...

U.S. Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage o ...

(retired) * William J. Fallon -

, and Commander of United States Central Command * Jacob Frey - Mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota *Peter Doocy - White House Correspondent for Fox News * Charlie Gerow - political consultant, commentator and lawyer *D. Barry Gibbons - member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Delaware County from 1961 to 1962 * David Girard-diCarlo - nominated as the U.S. Ambassador to Austria * Joseph Hare - Rear Admiral,

* Kate M. Harper - Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives since 2001 * Jerramiah T. Healy - Mayor, Jersey City, NJ, Jersey City, New Jersey * Charles A. Heimbold, Jr. - former U.S. ambassador to Sweden and former chairman of Bristol-Myers Squibb; endowed Villanova's Heimbold Chair of Irish Studies * Gen. Paul X. Kelley, Paul X. Kelley - retired Marine general and former Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, Commandant of the Marine Corps * John LaFalce - former U.S. Congressman from New York state, 1975–2002 * Frank J. Larkin - Sergeant at Arms of the U.S. Senate * William J. Martini - U.S. District Court, district court judge for the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey * Joseph J. McMenamin - Brigadier General, U.S. Marine Corps *Nicholas Micozzie - Pennsylvania State Representative for the 163rd district (1979-2014) * Charles A. Murphy - member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee *Rinaldo Nazzarro - Founder and leader of political group The Base (hate group), The Base *Peter O'Keefe - Pennsylvania State Representative 1975-1978 * Samuel J. Paparo Jr. - Admiral, US Navy, 64th Commander of the Pacific Fleet; * Jerry Pappert - Attorney General of Pennsylvania 2003–2005; Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, * John A. Pica, Jr. - State Senator in Maryland, 1983–1997;Delegate, 1979–1983. Lobbyist and attorney, Pica & Associates, LLC * Dominic Pileggi - State Senate Majority Leader of Pennsylvania * Stanley A. Prokop - former U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1959–1961 * James M. Quigley - former U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania * Ed Rendell - former Pennsylvania state government, governor and general chair of the Democratic National Committee in 2000 * Marjorie Rendell - former first lady of Pennsylvania; federal judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit * John G. Rowland - former Connecticut Governor of Connecticut, governor, 1995–2004 * Matthew J. Ryan - former member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives; Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives * Dick Schulze - former U.S. congressman from the State of Pennsylvania, 1975–1993 * Donald Snyder (J.D. 1982) - Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, 1981–2000; Majority Whip * Xavier Suarez - former Mayor of Miami * Dan Truitt - Pennsylvania House of Representatives * Anthony Zinni - General, U.S. Marine Corps (retired); former Commander in Chief of United States Central Command, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM)

Religion and philosophy

* Michael Francis Burbidge - Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Arlington * Salvador Miranda (historian), Salvador Miranda - church historian * John O'Connor (cardinal), John Joseph O'Connor - Cardinal (Catholicism), cardinal and Archbishop of the Archdiocese of New York

Sports and athletics

* Malik Allen - former professional basketball player, currently an assistant coach with the Miami Heat * Ryan Arcidiacono - professional basketball player, currently with the New York Knicks, most outstanding player of the 2016 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament * Paul Arizin - former professional basketball player, member of Basketball Hall of Fame, voted one of the 50 all-time greatest in National Basketball Association, NBA history in 1996 * Al Atkinson - professional football player, starting linebacker for the Super Bowl Champion 1969 New York Jets *James Bell (basketball), James Bell (born 1992) - professional basketball player for Japanese team Passlab Yamagata Wyverns * Michael Bradley (basketball), Michael Bradley - former professional basketball player, NBA and European leagues * Don Bragg - 1960 Olympic pole vaulting gold medalist * Rolando Cruz - three-time Olympic pole vaulter for Puerto Rico * Eamonn Coghlan - track and field athlete, four-time Olympic Games, Olympian and the only man over age 40 to run a sub-four-minute mile * Jim Curtin - former Major League Soccer player and current head coach of the Philadelphia Union * Ron Delany - track and field athlete, gold medalist in 1500 meters at the 1956 Summer Olympics, 1956 Olympic Games * Denise Dillon - VU Hall of Fame; former Drexel University head women's basketball coach; Villanova University head women’s basketball coach * Tim Donaghy - former professional basketball referee * Jumbo Elliott (athletics), Jumbo Elliott - track and field coach, inducted into National Track & Field Hall of Fame, 1981 * Brian Finneran - former professional football player, Philadelphia Eagles ('99) and Atlanta Falcons (2000–2009), Walter Payton Award winner 1997 * Michael Fitzmaurice (swimmer), Michael Fitzmaurice - swimmer, Gold medal winner 1967 Pan American Games, former US and NCAA record holder, 8-time All American * Chris Ford - former professional basketball player and coach of the Milwaukee Bucks, Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Clippers and Philadelphia 76ers * Randy Foye - former professional basketball player * Stan Galazin - professional football player * Josh Hart (basketball), Josh Hart - professional basketball player, currently playing with the Portland Trail Blazers, New Orleans Pelicans * Darrun Hilliard (born 1993) - basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C., Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League * Larry James - track and field athlete, 1968 Olympic gold and silver medalist in 1600 m relay and 400 m, respectively; director of athletics and recreation at Richard Stockton College of New Jersey * Wali Jones - former professional basketball player * Kerry Kittles - former professional basketball player with the New Jersey Nets and Los Angeles Clippers, First Team Basketball All-American 1996 * Marty Liquori - track and field athlete, competed in the 1968 Olympics as a freshman in the 1500 meter * Howie Long - former professional football player and Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee, Oakland Raiders (1981–1993), football analyst, actor * Kyle Lowry - professional basketball player, 2019 NBA Champion, currently with the Miami Heat * Art Mahan - former professional baseball player for the Philadelphia Phillies, United States Navy officer, Villanova baseball coach and athletic director * Sydney Maree - track and field athlete, 1988 Olympian, three NCAA titles (1500: 1980, 81; 5000: 1979) * Bill Melchionni - former professional basketball player, number retired by NBA Nets * John Mellus - professional football player - named All-American while at Villanova * Jim Murray (football), Jimmy Murray - former general manager of the Philadelphia Eagles, co-founder of Ronald McDonald House * Marcus O'Sullivan - Villanova University head coach; three-time indoor world champion; four-time Olympian * Sonia O'Sullivan - track and field athlete, 2000 Olympic silver medalist in 5000 m * Don Paige - track and field athlete * Richie Phillips - lawyer, players' agent, former head of MLB Umpires and NBA officials unions * Ed Pinckney - former professional basketball player, MVP of 1985 Final Four, member of 1985 National Championship winning basketball team * John Pinone - Second Team Basketball All-American, 1983 * Howard Porter (basketball), Howard Porter - former professional basketball player, First Team Basketball All-American 1971 * Summer Rappaport - triathlete, 2020 Olympic Games * Allan Ray - former professional basketball player * Kevin Reilly (NFL player), Kevin Reilly - former professional football player * Scottie Reynolds - professional basketball player for Polish team Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski; First Team Basketball All-American 2009 * Browning Ross - Olympic long-distance runner (1948 and 1952) and gold medal winner at the 1951 Pan American Games * Mike Seamon - professional soccer player for Seattle Sounders FC, MLS Seattle Sounders * Mike Siani (American football), Mike Siani – NFL wide receiver, 1972 NFL Draft, No. 1 draft choice of the Oakland Raiders * Rory Sparrow - former professional basketball player * Art Spector (1920–1987) - Boston Celtics basketball player * Matt Szczur - former professional baseball player; member of 2009 Villanova Wildcats football team, 2009 National Championship winning football team * Tim Thomas (basketball), Tim Thomas - former professional basketball player * Raymond Ventrone - former professional football player, currently special teams coach for the Indianapolis Colts; 2008 Super Bowl participant with NFL Patriots * Doug West - former professional basketball player; unsuccessfully recruited by then-Pitt assistant coach John Calipari * Brian Westbrook - former professional football player, 2001 Walter Payton Award winner, 2006 Super Bowl participant with Philadelphia Eagles

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External links

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