List of Providence College alumni

This is a list of notable alumni of Providence College.

Entertainment and communications

Business
  • Brian Burke – President of Hockey Operations of the Calgary Flames, former Friars ice hockey player
  • Rich Gotham – President of Boston Celtics
  • Karen Ignagni – President and CEO of America's Health Insurance Plans
  • Lou Lamoriello – General Manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs
  • John Marinatto – former Commissioner of the Big East Conference
  • Arthur F. Ryan – former Chairman and CEO of Prudential Insurance Company of America
  • Jack Tretton – former CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment America

Politics and law

Academia

Medicine
  • Robert Gallo – biomedical researcher known for the discovery of Human Immunodeficiency Virus

Religious life
  • Joseph Augustine Di Noia – named Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments by Pope Benedict XVI.; currently the highest-ranking Dominican in the Curia of the Roman Catholic Church
  • Archbishop Christopher Cardone, O. P. - Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archbishop of Auki, The Solomon Islands since 2016.
  • Archbishop Thomas Cajetan Kelly, O.P. – Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archbishop Emeritus of Louisville, Kentucky (1982-2007)
  • Brian Shanley, O.P. – President of Providence College

Athletics

Men's basketball

Women's basketball

Men's ice hockey

Women's ice hockey
  • Chris Bailey – member of the 1992, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000 and 2001 US women's national ice hockey teams; member of the 1998 and 2002 US women's Olympic ice hockey teams; Olympic gold and silver medalist
  • Laurie Baker – member of the 1997 and 2000 US women's national ice hockey teams; member of the 1998 and 2002 US women's Olympic ice hockey teams; Olympic gold and silver medalist
  • Alana Blahoski – member of the 1997, 1999, 2000, and 2001 US women's national ice hockey teams; member of the 1998 US women's Olympic ice hockey team; Olympic gold medalist
  • Lisa Brown-Miller – member of the 1990, 1992, 1994, and 1997 US women's national ice hockey teams; member of the 1998 women's Olympic ice hockey team; Olympic gold medalist; former head coach of Princeton University's women's ice hockey team
  • Sara Decosta (born 1977) – member of the 2000 and 2001 US women's national ice hockey teams; member of the 1998 and 2002 US women's Olympic ice hockey teams; Olympic gold and silver medalist
  • Cammi Granato – member of the 1990, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, and 2005 US women's national ice hockey teams; member of the 1998 and 2002 US women's Olympic ice hockey teams; Olympic gold and silver medalist; member of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame and the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto; broadcaster during the 2010 Vancouver Olympics for NBC Sports
  • Mari Pehkonen – member of the 2006 and 2007 Finland women's national ice hockey team
  • Karen Thatcher – member of the 2009–10 United States women's national ice hockey team, Olympic silver medalist

Baseball

Track and field

Football
  • Charles Avedisian – former New York Football Giants player
  • Hank Soar – former New York Football Giants player and American League umpire

Men's soccer

References
  1. "TIERNAN, Robert Owens, (1929-)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
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