List of Niagara University people

Academics

• Elsa Salazar Cade, award-winning science teacher and entomologist
• Teresa J. Domzal, Dean of the George Mason University School of Management
• Dennis Holtschneider C.M., President of DePaul University.
• David M. O'Connell C.M., former president of The Catholic University of America
• David Sylvester, Principal of King's University College

Arts & entertainment

• Eric Gale, American jazz and session guitarist
• Jim Hutton, actor noted for role in Where the Boys Are attended Niagara University, but did not graduate.
• Peter Makuck, poet, short story writer, and critic
• Becky O'Donohue, American Idol contestant and Maxim (magazine) model
• Jessie O'Donohue, Maxim (magazine) model
• John O'Hara, noted American writer
• Gregory Pearl Peck, father of actor Gregory Peck
• Michele Ragusa, American actress and singer

Business

• Robert Alexander, Chairman New York Tri-State Region, CB Richard Ellis
• Douglas E. Artusio, Chairman and CEO Dellisart Lodging
• Cathy Barr,CEO of Bethesda Hospital, ST. PAUL, MN
• Jerry Bisgrove, Arizona philanthropist; Chairman and CEO of Stardust Companies.
• James Boldt, CEO, Computer Task Group, Incorporated
• Harold C. Brown, Partner and Founder Brown & Company, LLP, Certified Public Accountants
• Richard Chapdelaine, founder of Chapdelaine & Co. and Chapdelaine Corporate Securities Co.^[1]
• Kevin Clarke President and CEO of Catalyst Paper Corp.
• Eugene R. Corasanti founded and Chief Executive Officer of Conmed Corp., holding company of Linvatec Corporation
• Kevin F. Crawford, Chairman and CEO, Unimin Corporation
• Pasquale J. D'Amuro, Chairman and CEO of Giuliani Security and Safety
• Peter Dunn, president of CBS Television Stations^[2]
• Jeffrey R. Holzschuh, Vice-Chairman, Institutional Securities, Morgan Stanley
• Joseph A. Magliarditi, president & CEO of Hard Rock Hotel and Casino (Las Vegas)^[3]
• Paul McManus, President and CEO, The Leading Hotels of the World, Ltd.
• Donald Meagher, President, Coastal Exchange Group, real estate investors, Encinitas, Calif.
• Philip J. Schulz, former Managing Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers^[4]
• Robert Wegman, Founder, Wegmans Super Markets.

Government

• Kyle Andrews, Niagara County Treasurer.
• Alfred F. Beiter, former U.S. Representative from New York (1933-1939, 1941-1943).
• John P. Bobo, United States Marine Corps officer; posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism in Vietnam.
• Earl Brydges, former Temporary President and Majority Leader of the New York State Senate.
• Thomas F. Burchill, former U.S. Representative from New York
• Joseph L. Carrigg, former U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania (1951-1958).
• Jerome C. Gorski, Judge on the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division (Fourth Department).
• Dave Levac, Canadian politician.
• Patrick Sarsfield Manley, World War I Flying Ace and Prisoner of War^[5]
• George Maziarz, Republican New York State Senator from Niagara County.
• Kandia Milton, Convicted ex-Deputy Mayor, city of Detroit, Michigan. Plead guilty to accepting bribes while acting as a public official.
• Kimberley A. Minkel, Executive Director, Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA)
• Leo W. O'Brien, U.S. Representative from New York State (1952-1966).
• Frank D. O'Connor, former Judge on the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division; Member of the New York State Senate
• Robert P. O'Neill, Judge, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles
• Gilbert Parent, past member of Canadian Parliament, srved as Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons between 1994 and 2001.
• Dan Schaefer, Republican U.S. Representative from Colorado (1983-1999).
• Michael Scheuer, CIA analyst and author of Imperial Hubris.
• Hugh B. Scott, Magistrate Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York; first African American to become Assistant United States Attorney^[6]
• Frederick J. Scullin, Senior Judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York
• James Shanahan, U.S. Army Brigadier General; Aide to U.S. President Harry S. Truman
• Hon. Joseph D. Valentino, Supreme Court Justice, Monroe County, New York

Religion

• Anthony Raymond Ceresko, Old Testament scholar
• Venerable Nelson Baker, Founder of the "City of Charity" in Lackawanna, NY under the patronage of Our Lady of Victory
• Octavio Cisneros, Cuban American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church; Auxiliary Bishop of Brooklyn
• Rev. Lt. Thomas J. Conway, US Navy chaplain and World War II hero
• Edmund Michael Dunne, American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church; Bishop of Peoria
• Joseph Lennox Federal, American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church; Bishop of Salt Lake City
• Edmund Gibbons, American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church; Bishop of Albany
• Thomas Francis Lillis, American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church; Bishop of Leavenworth & Bishop of Kansas City
• James Johnston Navagh, American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church; Bishop of Ogdensburg & Bishop of Paterson
• Jan Pitass, Founder of St. Stanislaus Parish in Buffalo
• Donald Walter Trautman, American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church; Bishop of Erie

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