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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

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Business

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Education

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Professors and researchers

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Name Year/Degree Notability Reference
John E. Brooks 1949 President 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
Robert L. Devaney 1969 Professor of mathematics at Boston University; research interests include complex dynamical systems, chaos, fractals
David Granfield 1943 Professor 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
Jane M. Hawkins 1976 Professor 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
Patrick Francis Healy 1850 first African American to earn a Ph.D. and former president of Georgetown University
Traugott Lawler 1958 medievalist scholar; expert on William Langland; emeritus professor of English at Yale University
Timothy Leary 1942 LSD-pioneering Harvard professor; attended Holy Cross before transferring to West Point
Joseph McCartin 1981 professor of history at Georgetown University; 2003 Charles Warren Fellow at Harvard University
James McCarthy 1971 President of Suffolk University in Boston
Paul Reiss 1952 14th president of Saint Michael's College, professor and author
Robert K. Wright Jr. 1968 military historian and author

Arts and entertainment

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Law, politics, and public service

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United States federal and state court justices

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Name Year/Degree Notability Reference
Andrew Augustine Caffrey 1941 United States District Judge for the District of Massachusetts; nominated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1961
Francis Patrick O'Connor 1950 appointed by Governor Edward King in 1981, served 16 years on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Christopher Droney 1976 United States Court of Appeals Judge for the Second Circuit; nominated by President Barack Obama in 2012
Conrad K. Cyr 1953 Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
John J. Farley, III 1964 Founding judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims; nominated by President George H. W. Bush in 1989
J. Philip Calabrese 1993 Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
Wendell Arthur Garrity Jr. 1941 United States district judge for the District of Massachusetts; nominated by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1966
John J. Gibbons 1947 former chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit [14]
John Greaney 1961 Associate Justice for the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts and director of the Macaronis Institute for Trial and Appellate Advocacy at Suffolk University Law School
Edward Francis Harrington 1955 United States District Judge for the District of Massachusetts; nominated by President Ronald Reagan in 1987
James Patrick Leamy 1912 United States District Judge for the District of Vermont; nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1940
Richard J. Leon 1971 United States District Judge for the District of Columbia; nominated by President George W. Bush in 2002
William T. McCarthy 1905 United States District Judge for the District of Massachusetts; nominated by President Harry S. Truman
Edward McEntee 1928 Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
Matthew Francis McGuire 1921 United States District Judge for the District of Massachusetts; nominated by President Harry S. Truman in 1949
Clarence Thomas 1971 Associate Justice, United States Supreme Court; nominated by President George H. W. Bush in 1990

Executive branch and United States Cabinet members

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Members of the United States Congress

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Senators

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Name Year/Degree Notability Reference
Robert P. Casey Jr. 1982 United States senator for Pennsylvania, served as Pennsylvania treasurer [15]
Peter Welch 1969 United States senator for Vermont, served as United States representative for Vermont's at-large district from 2007 to 2023
John A. Durkin 1959 United States senator for New Hampshire from 1975 to 1980
Thomas A. Burke 1920 United States senator for Ohio, served as the 48th mayor of Cleveland; namesake of Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport
Maurice J. Murphy 1950 United States senator for New Hampshire
David I. Walsh 1893 United States senator for Massachusetts; Massachusetts' first Irish Catholic governor

Representatives

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Name Year/Degree Notability Reference
Tim Bishop 1972 United States representative from New York's 1st congressional district [16]
William P. Connery Jr. 1920 United States representative from Massachusetts
Joseph Daniel Early 1955 United States representative from Massachusetts' 3rd congressional district from 1975 to 1993
Mark DeSaulnier 1974 United States representative from California
Ambrose Kennedy 1897 United States representative from Rhode Island
James B. Longley Jr. 1973 United States representative from Maine's 1st congressional district
Martin B. McKneally 1937 United States representative from New York
Michael R. McNulty 1969 United States representative [17]
James P. Moran Jr. 1967 United States representative [18]
Frank William Towey Jr. 1916 United States representative from New Jersey's 12th congressional district from 1937 to 1939

United States governors

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Ambassadors and other diplomats from the United States

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Foreign government officials

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Military

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Name Year/Degree Notability Reference
Barry M. Costello 1973 United States Navy commander, United States Third Fleet [25]
Peter H. Daly 1977 United States Navy vice admiral (retired) and CEO of the United States Naval Institute
Michael A. Healy Prep 1849–1854 Captain, United States Revenue Cutter Service (predecessor of United States Coast Guard), first United States Government ship commander with African-American ancestry
William J. McCarthy 1976 Commander, Operational Test and Evaluation Force, United States Navy
Bruce E. MacDonald 1978 Rear admiral, judge advocate general, United States Navy [26][27]
Bernard E. Trainor 1951 retired Marine Corps lieutenant general, bestselling author, and military analyst for NBC
Kevin Sandkuhler 1975 lawyer, retired brigadier general in the United States Marine Corps
Anthony T. Shtogren 1940 retired United States Air Force major general

Merchant Marine

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Media and communication

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Religion

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Name Year/Degree Notability Reference
Most Rev. James Augustine Healy, D.D. 1849 first African American bishop in the United States
Most Rev. Frederick Anthony Donaghy, M.M., D.D. 1925 Maryknoll missionary to China who became the first bishop of Wuzhou; his brother, William A. Donaghy, S.J., served as the president of Holy Cross [32]
Rev. William O'Malley, S.J. 1953 prolific author and teacher of theology at Fordham University; famous for his role in The Exorcist
Msgr. Peter Vaghi 1970 pastor 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

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Sports

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Baseball

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Basketball

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Bob Cousy
Jehyve Floyd

Football

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Ice hockey

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Other sports

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  • Frank Carroll 1960, Olympic figure skating coach, former competitive skater
  • Bob Daughters 1936, MLB player and former president of the Holy Cross Varsity Club
  • Neil Fingleton 2004, the United Kingdom's tallest British-born man, professional basketball player, actor, and clothing retailer
  • Keitani Graham 2003, competed in London 2012 Olympic Games as a wrestler for Micronesia
  • Paul Harney 1952, professional golfer and golf course owner; won 11 professional events including six on the PGA Tour; in 2005, enshrined into the PGA of America Hall of Fame
  • Leo Larrivee 1925, winner of bronze medal in 3000 m team at the 1924 Summer Olympics
  • Patrick McCann, 2013, professional soccer player for Finn Harps FC
  • Alejandro Melean 2010, professional soccer player for the Bolivian club Oriente Petrolero
  • Paul Pearl 1989, men's ice hockey head coach at Holy Cross
  • James F. "Jimmy" Quinn 1928, winner of gold medal in 4 × 100 m relay at the 1928 Summer Olympics
  • Richard Regan 1976, Athletic Director at Holy Cross; former operations director of NFL International
  • Kevin Swords 1982, most "capped" player on the Eagles, the U.S. national rugby team; played in the 1987 World Cup Rugby and captained the US team in the 1991 World Cup
  • Willie Turnesa 1938, known as "Willie the Wedge", one of 13 men who have won both the British Amateur (1947) and U.S. Amateur Championships (1938, 1948)
  • Ralph Willard 1967, former NBA coach; head coach of the Holy Cross basketball team

Notable Holy Cross faculty

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Presidents of the college

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Order Name Position(s) Joined College Ascended presidency Left/retired Alumnus/na? Reference
1 Rev. Thomas F. Mulledy, S.J. President 1843 1843 1845 no [37]
2 Rev. James A. Ryder, S.J. President 1845 1848 [37]
3 Rev. John Early, S.J. President 1848 1851 [37]
4 Rev. Anthony F. Ciampi, S.J. President 1851 1854 [37]
5 Rev. Peter J. Blenkinsop, S.J. President 1854 1857 [37]
6 Rev. Anthony F. Ciampi, S.J. President 1857 1861 [37]
7 Rev. James Clark, S.J. President 1861 1867
8 Rev. Robert W. Brady, S.J. President 1867 1869
9 Rev. Anthony F. Ciampi, S.J. President 1869 1873
10 Rev. Joseph B. O'Hagan, S.J. President 1873 1878
11 Rev. Edward D. Boone, S.J. President 1878 1883
12 Rev. Robert W. Brady, S.J. President 1883 1887
13 Rev. Samuel Cahill, S.J. President 1887 1889
14 Rev. Michael O'Kane, S.J. President 1889 1893
15 Rev. Edward A. McGurk, S.J. President 1893 1895
16 Rev. John F. Lehy, S.J. President 1895 1901
17 Rev. Joseph F. Hanselman, S.J. President 1901 1906
18 Rev. Thomas E. Murphy, S.J. President 1906 1911
19 Bishop Joseph N. Dinand, S.J. President 1911 1918
20 Rev. James J. Carlin, S.J. President 1918 1924
21 Bishop Joseph N. Dinand, S.J. President 1924 1927
22 Rev. John M. Fox, S.J. President 1927 1933
23 Rev. Francis J. Dolan, S.J. President 1933 1939
24 Rev. Joseph R.N. Maxwell, S.J. President 1939 1945
25 Rev. William J. Healy, S.J. President 1945 1948
26 Rev. John A. O'Brien, S.J. President 1948 1954
27 Rev. William A. Donaghy, S.J. President 1954 1960
28 Rev. Raymond J. Swords, S.J. President 1960 1970
29 Rev. John E. Brooks, S.J. President 1970 1994
30 Rev. Gerard Reedy, S.J. President 1994 1998
Frank Vellaccio, Ph.D. Acting President 1998 2000
31 Rev. Michael C. McFarland, S.J. President 2000 2012 [38]
32 Rev. Philip L. Boroughs, S.J. President 2012

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