Arts, Entertainment, and Journalism

• Maria Bello
  Maria Bello
  Maria Elena Bello is an American actress and singer known for her appearances in the movies Coyote Ugly, The Jane Austen Book Club, Permanent Midnight, Thank You for Smoking, A History of Violence, Payback, and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. For television she is known for her role as Dr...
  
   - Golden Globe-nominated actress
• Victor Buono
  Victor Buono
  Charles Victor Buono was an American actor and comic.-Early life and career:Buono was born in San Diego, California, the son of Myrtle Belle and Victor Francis Buono . His maternal grandmother, Myrtle Glied , was a Vaudeville performer on the Orpheum Circuit...
  
   - Academy Award-nominated actor
• Bradley Cooper
  Bradley Cooper
  Bradley Cooper is an American film, theater, and television actor. He is known for his roles in the films The Hangover, The A-Team, and Limitless. In 2011, People magazine named Cooper "Sexiest Man Alive".-Early life:...
  
   - actor (attended for one year)
• Jim Croce
  Jim Croce
  James Joseph "Jim" Croce January 10, 1943 – September 20, 1973 was an American singer-songwriter. Between 1966 and 1973, Croce released five studio albums and 11 singles...
  
   - recording artist
• Tim Hauser
  Tim Hauser
  Tim Hauser is an accomplished singer who was a member of the vocal group The Manhattan Transfer.-Early life:He was born in Troy, New York. Hauser, his sister Fayette, and their parents moved to the Jersey Shore when he was seven years old. He lived in Ocean Township, New Jersey and Asbury Park,...
  
   - singer and founder of the vocal group, The Manhattan Transfer
  The Manhattan Transfer
  The Manhattan Transfer is an American vocal music group. There have been two manifestations of the group, with Tim Hauser being the only person to be part of both...
  
  
• Michael Hollinger
  Michael Hollinger
  Michael Hollinger is an American playwright who is currently an assistant professor of Theatre at Villanova University and a resident playwright at . He received a Bachelor of Music in viola performance from Oberlin Conservatory in 1984 and a Master of Arts in theatre from Villanova in 1989...
  
   - playwright and screenwriter
• Toby Keith
  Toby Keith
  Toby Keith Covel , best known as Toby Keith, is an American country music singer-songwriter, record producer and actor. Keith released his first four studio albums — 1993's Toby Keith, 1994's Boomtown, 1996's Blue Moon and 1997's Dream Walkin, plus a Greatest Hits package for various divisions of...
  
   - recording artist (attended for one year, received honorary degree)
• Monica Malpass
  Monica Malpass
  Monica Malpass is an American journalist and television anchor for WPVI Action News in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She co-anchor's the WPVI 5 p.m. weekday newscast and hosts the station's political talk show, Inside Story....
  
   - M.A. in political science in 1999. News anchor and reporter for WPVI
• Gerald Marzorati
  Gerald Marzorati
  Gerald Marzorati was the editor of The New York Times Magazine for seven years before stepping down in 2010.He is also the writer of A Painter of Darkness, a book about Leon Golub.-References:...
  
   - editor, The New York Times Magazine
  The New York Times Magazine
  The New York Times Magazine is a Sunday magazine supplement included with the Sunday edition of The New York Times. It is host to feature articles longer than those typically in the newspaper and has attracted many notable contributors...
  
  and assistant managing editor, The New York Times
  The New York Times
  The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
  
  
• Don McLean
  Don McLean
  Donald "Don" McLean is an American singer-songwriter. He is most famous for the 1971 album American Pie, containing the renowned songs "American Pie" and "Vincent".-Musical roots:...
  
   - recording artist (attended for three months and did not receive a degree)
• Ryan Montbleau
  Ryan Montbleau
  Ryan Michael Montbleau is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He annually tours across the U.S. with the Ryan Montbleau Band.-Background:...
  
   - recording artist
• Vincent Piazza
  Vincent Piazza
  Vincent Piazza is an American film, television and stage actor best known for his roles in the television series Boardwalk Empire and the 2007 film Rocket Science.- Biography :...
  
   - actor (attended for a year and did not graduate)
• David Rabe - playwright (Hurlyburly
  Hurlyburly
  Hurlyburly is a dark comedy play by David Rabe, first staged in 1984.-Plot:More than three hours long, Hurlyburly focuses on the intersecting lives of several low- to mid-level Hollywood players in the 1980s. Fueled by massive amounts of drugs, they attempt to find some meaning in their isolated,...
  
  ) and screenwriter (Casualties of War
  Casualties of War
  Casualties of War is a 1989 war drama directed by Brian De Palma, with a screenplay by David Rabe, based on the actual events of the incident on Hill 192 in 1966 during the Vietnam War. It starred Michael J. Fox and Sean Penn....
  
  , The Firm)
• Greg Rikaart
  Greg Rikaart
  Gregory Andrew Rikaart is an American actor, currently on the cast of the soap opera The Young and the Restless, playing Kevin Fisher since July 2003.-Biography:...
  
   - Emmy Award
  Emmy Award
  An Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
  
  -winning actor, currently starring in the daytime soap opera
  Soap opera
  A soap opera, sometimes called "soap" for short, is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in serial format on radio or as television programming. The name soap opera stems from the original dramatic serials broadcast on radio that had soap manufacturers, such as Procter & Gamble,...
  
  , The Young and the Restless
  The Young and the Restless
  The Young and the Restless is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in a fictional Wisconsin town called Genoa City, which is unlike and unrelated to the real life village of the same name, Genoa City, Wisconsin...
  
  
• Jennifer Santiago
  Jennifer Santiago
  right|thumbnail|Jennifer SantiagoJennifer Santiago is an attorney, freelance writer, photographer and Emmy Award-Winning reporter for HDNews....
  
   - Emmy-Award-Winning reporter, CBS4 News, Miami
• Philip Terzian
  Philip Terzian
  Philip Terzian is an American journalist and has been Literary Editor of The Weekly Standard, a conservative magazine in Washington, D.C. since February 2005...
  
   - literary editor, The Weekly Standard
  The Weekly Standard
  The Weekly Standard is an American neoconservative opinion magazine published 48 times per year. Its founding publisher, News Corporation, debuted the title September 18, 1995. Currently edited by founder William Kristol and Fred Barnes, the Standard has been described as a "redoubt of...
  
  , author (Architects of Power: Roosevelt, Eisenhower and the American Century)

Business, Law and Economics

• Robert J. Bolger
  Robert J. Bolger
  Robert J. Bolger was an American businessman. He was the founder and president of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, and he oversaw the transition of the drug store industry from regional to national chains....
  
   - co-founder, former president and chief executive officer of National Association of Chain Drug Stores
• Richard Closs - Director of Risk Management at Pershing LLC
  Pershing LLC
  Pershing LLC is a subsidiary of The Bank of New York Mellon, the nation's oldest continuously operating bank, and one of the world's leading providers of securities services. Pershing has nearly $1 trillion in assets under administration...
  
  
• James Curvey - former president of Fidelity Investments
  Fidelity Investments
  FMR LLC or Fidelity Investments is an American multinational financial services corporation one of the largest mutual fund and financial services groups in the world. It was founded in 1946 and serves North American investors. Fidelity Ventures is its venture capital arm...
  
  
• Robert J. Darretta, Jr.
  Robert J. Darretta, Jr.
  Robert J. Darretta, Jr. is the former chief financial officer and vice chairman of the board for Johnson & Johnson. He has served as CFO since 1997 and he has been with Johnson & Johnson since 1968. He attended Villanova University where he graduated with a bachelor's degree in economics.-External...
  
   - chief financial officer and vice chairman of Johnson & Johnson
  Johnson & Johnson
  Johnson & Johnson is an American multinational pharmaceutical, medical devices and consumer packaged goods manufacturer founded in 1886. Its common stock is a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the company is listed among the Fortune 500....
  
  
• John Drosdick
  John Drosdick
  John G. Drosdick is an American businessman.Since May 2000, he has been President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sunoco Inc....
  
   - chief executive officer, Sunoco
  Sunoco
  Sunoco Inc. is an American petroleum and petrochemical manufacturer headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, formerly known as Sun Company Inc. and Sun Oil Co. ....
  
  
• John P. Jones III - retired chairman, Air Products & Chemicals
  Air Products & Chemicals
  Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. is an 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 Pennsylvania, in the United States. Air Products is the Lehigh...
  
  
• James Kim
  James Kim
  James Kim 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, and Fresh Gear...
  
   - chairman of Amkor Technology
  Amkor Technology
  Amkor Technology, Inc. is a high-tech semiconductor product manufacturer that includes Intel and IBM among its primary customers. Previously headquartered in West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, Amkor announced on June 3, 2005, that it had moved to Chandler, Arizona...
  
  
• Tom Labrecque - former CEO of Chase Manhattan Bank.
• James Mullen - president and chief executive officer, Biogen Idec
  Biogen Idec
  Biogen Idec, Inc. is a biotechnology company specializing in drugs for neurological disorders, autoimmune disorders and cancer. The company was formed in 2003 by the merger of Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Biogen Inc. and San Diego, California-based IDEC Pharmaceuticals...
  
  
• Paul V. Scura
  Paul V. Scura
  Paul V. Scura was the former Executive Vice President and Head of the Investment Bank of Prudential Securities, a subsidiary of Prudential Financial, from 1986 to 2000. He was responsible for the firm’s efforts in the areas of Mergers and Acquisitions, Restructuring and Reorganization, Private...
  
   - former Executive Vice President and Head of Investment Bank of Prudential Securities
  Prudential Financial
  The Prudential Insurance Company of America , also known as Prudential Financial, Inc., is a Fortune Global 500 and Fortune 500 company whose subsidiaries provide insurance, investment management, and other financial products and services to both retail and institutional customers throughout the...
  
  
• Lawrence Waterhouse - Founder and chairman emeritus of TD Waterhouse Investor Services
  TD Waterhouse
  TD Waterhouse is the brand used for both Canadian and British brokerages within the TD Bank Financial Group. It was also formerly used for TD's American brokerage....
  
  
• David Worby
  David Worby
  David E. Worby, JD is a trial lawyer who specializes in personal injury cases. He is a published author in American Trial Lawyers Magazine.-Villanova University affiliations:Worby graduated from Villanova University Law School in 1976 with a JD....
  
   - trial lawyer who specializes in personal injury
  Personal injury
  Personal injury is a legal term for an injury to the body, mind or emotions, as opposed to an injury to property. The term is most commonly used to refer to a type of tort lawsuit alleging that the plaintiff's injury has been caused by the negligence of another, but also arises in defamation...
  
   cases, most notably Ground Zero
  Ground zero
  The term ground zero describes the point on the Earth's surface closest to a detonation...
  
   illnesses

Education, Engineering, and the Sciences

• Andrew M. Allen
  Andrew M. Allen
  Andrew Michael "Andy" Allen is a retired United States Astronaut. A former United States Marine Corps aviator and Lt. Colonel, he worked as a test pilot before joining NASA in 1987. He flew three shuttle missions before retiring in 1997....
  
   - NASA
  NASA
  The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
  
   astronaut
  Astronaut
  An astronaut or cosmonaut is a person trained by a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft....
  
   and space shuttle
  Space Shuttle
  The Space Shuttle was a manned orbital rocket and spacecraft system operated by NASA on 135 missions from 1981 to 2011. The system combined rocket launch, orbital spacecraft, and re-entry spaceplane with modular add-ons...
  
   pilot
• Sean M. Carroll
  Sean M. Carroll
  Sean Michael Carroll is a senior research associate in the Department of Physics at the California Institute of Technology. He is a theoretical cosmologist specializing in dark energy and general relativity...
  
   - theoretical physicist
• Steve Chen - computer engineer, principal architect of Cray
  Cray
  Cray Inc. is an American supercomputer manufacturer based in Seattle, Washington. The company's predecessor, Cray Research, Inc. , was founded in 1972 by computer designer Seymour Cray. Seymour Cray went on to form the spin-off Cray Computer Corporation , in 1989, which went bankrupt in 1995,...
  
   X-MP
  Cray X-MP
  The Cray X-MP was a supercomputer designed, built and sold by Cray Research. It was announced in 1982 as the "cleaned up" successor to the 1975 Cray-1, and was the world's fastest computer from 1983 to 1985...
  
   supercomputer
  Supercomputer
  A supercomputer is a computer at the frontline of current processing capacity, particularly speed of calculation.Supercomputers are used for highly calculation-intensive tasks such as problems including quantum physics, weather forecasting, climate research, molecular modeling A supercomputer is a...
  
  
• Edward Guinan
  Edward Guinan
  Edward F. Guinan is currently a professor in Villanova University's Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics. He and two colleagues discovered Neptune's ring system in 1968. He was also involved in building Iran's first high-powered telescope in the 1970s...
  
   - astronomer
  Astronomer
  An astronomer is a scientist who studies celestial bodies such as planets, stars and galaxies.Historically, astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky, while astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena and the differences between them using...
  
  , discovered Neptune
  Neptune
  Neptune is the eighth and farthest planet from the Sun in the Solar System. Named for the Roman god of the sea, it is the fourth-largest planet by diameter and the third largest by mass. Neptune is 17 times the mass of Earth and is slightly more massive than its near-twin Uranus, which is 15 times...
  
  's ring system
• Deirdre Imus
  Deirdre Imus
  Deirdre Coleman Imus is the founder and president of the Deirdre Imus Environmental Health Center, part of Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey, United States...
  
   - Head of the Deidre Imus Environmental Center for Pediatric Oncology
• John L. Hennessy
  John L. Hennessy
  John LeRoy Hennessy is an American computer scientist and academician. Hennessy is one of the founders of MIPS Computer Systems Inc. and is the 10th President of Stanford University.-Background:...
  
   - President, Stanford University

Government, Politics and Military

• Kelly Ayotte
  Kelly Ayotte
  Kelly A. Ayotte is the junior United States Senator from New Hampshire and a member of the Republican Party. She earlier served as the Attorney General of New Hampshire.-Early life, education and career:...
  
   - junior United States Senator from the State of New Hampshire
  New Hampshire
  New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...
  
  
• Larry Bathgate - Former RNC finance chair
• Jill Biden
  Jill Biden
  Jill Tracy Biden is an American educator and, as the wife of Vice President Joe Biden, is the Second Lady of the United States....
  
   - current Second Lady of the United States.
• George B. Crist
  George B. Crist
  George B. Crist is a retired four-star General of the United States Marine Corps and was the first Marine to be designated as a Unified Commander — serving as Commander in Chief, United States Central Command from 1985 to 1988...
  
   - General
  General (United States)
  In the United States Army, United States Air Force, and United States Marine Corps, general is a four-star general officer rank, with the pay grade of O-10. General ranks above lieutenant general and below General of the Army or General of the Air Force; the Marine Corps does not have an...
  
   - first Marine
  United States Marine Corps
  The United States Marine Corps is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for providing power projection from the sea, using the mobility of the United States Navy to deliver combined-arms task forces rapidly. It is one of seven uniformed services of the United States...
  
   to be designated Commander in Chief, Central Command
  United States Central Command
  The United States Central Command is a theater-level Unified Combatant Command unit of the U.S. armed forces, established in 1983 under the operational control of the U.S. Secretary of Defense...
  
  .
• Christopher G. Donovan
  Christopher G. Donovan
  Christopher G. Donovan is the Speaker of the Connecticut House of Representatives. He was sworn in as Speaker on January 7, 2009.-Education:...
  
   - Speaker
  Speaker (politics)
  The term speaker is a title often given to the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly, especially a legislative body. The speaker's official role is to moderate debate, make rulings on procedure, announce the results of votes, and the like. The speaker decides who may speak and has the...
  
   of the Connecticut House of Representatives
  Connecticut House of Representatives
  The Connecticut House of Representatives is the lower house in the Connecticut General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The house is composed of 151 members representing an equal number of districts, with each constituency containing nearly 22,600 residents...
  
  .
• Walter Doran
  Walter Doran
  Walter F. Doran is a retired admiral in the United States Navy, who served as the Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Fleet from May 2002 to July 2005...
  
   - Admiral
  Admiral
  Admiral is the rank, or part of the name of the ranks, of the highest naval officers. It is usually considered a full admiral and above vice admiral and below admiral of the fleet . It is usually abbreviated to "Adm" or "ADM"...
  
  , United States Navy
  United States Navy
  The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
  
   (Retired)
• William J. Fallon
  William J. Fallon
  William Joseph Fallon is a retired United States Navy four-star admiral who retired after serving for over 41 years. His last military assignment was as Commander, U.S. Central Command from March 2007 to March 2008. ADM Fallon was the first Navy officer to hold that position. His other four-star...
  
   - Admiral
  Admiral
  Admiral is the rank, or part of the name of the ranks, of the highest naval officers. It is usually considered a full admiral and above vice admiral and below admiral of the fleet . It is usually abbreviated to "Adm" or "ADM"...
  
  , United States Navy
  United States Navy
  The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
  
  , and Commander of United States Central Command
  United States Central Command
  The United States Central Command is a theater-level Unified Combatant Command unit of the U.S. armed forces, established in 1983 under the operational control of the U.S. Secretary of Defense...
  
  
• Charlie Gerow
  Charlie Gerow
  Charles R. Gerow is a prominent political consultant, commentator, and lawyer in Pennsylvania.Gerow holds a law degree from Villanova University School of Law and has been an attorney for over 25 years. He worked as a member of the field staff for the 1980 Reagan campaign. He has performed advance...
  
   - political consultant, commentator and lawyer
• David Girard-diCarlo - currently nominated as the U.S. Ambassador to Austria
  Austria
  Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
  
  
• Joseph Hare
  Joseph Hare
  Rear Admiral Joseph C. Hare is a Pennsylvania native, a 1972 graduate of the Naval ROTC program of Villanova University, and a 1978 graduate of the Villanova University School of Law....
  
   - Rear Admiral
  Rear Admiral
  Rear admiral is a naval commissioned officer rank above that of a commodore and captain, and below that of a vice admiral. It is generally regarded as the lowest of the "admiral" ranks, which are also sometimes referred to as "flag officers" or "flag ranks"...
  
  , United States Navy
  United States Navy
  The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
  
  
• Kate M. Harper
  Kate M. Harper
  Catherine M. "Kate" Harper is a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. She has represented the 61st Legislative District in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania since 2000 and is a member of the Republican Party.-Biography:...
  
   - Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
  Pennsylvania House of Representatives
  The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Assembly, the legislature of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. There are 203 members, elected for two year terms from single member districts....
  
   since 2001
• Jerramiah T. Healy - mayor
  Mayor
  In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
  
  , Jersey City, New Jersey
  New Jersey
  New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
  
  
• Charles A. Heimbold, Jr.
  Charles A. Heimbold, Jr.
  Charles A. Heimbold, Jr., born May 27, 1933, is an American businessman and diplomat.Heimbold was nominated by President George W. Bush as U.S. Ambassador to Sweden on April 13, 2001. He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on August 1, 2001 and sworn in on September 12, 2001 in New York City...
  
   - former U.S. ambassador
  Ambassador
  An ambassador is the highest ranking diplomat who represents a nation and is usually accredited to a foreign sovereign or government, or to an international organization....
  
   to Sweden
  Sweden
  Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
  
   and former chairman of Bristol-Myers Squibb
  Bristol-Myers Squibb
  Bristol-Myers Squibb , often referred to as BMS, is a pharmaceutical company, headquartered in New York City. The company was formed in 1989, following the merger of its predecessors Bristol-Myers and the Squibb Corporation...
  
  . Endowed Villanova's Heimbold Chair of Irish Studies.
• Paul X. Kelley - retired Marine general and former Commandant of the Marine Corps
  Commandant of the Marine Corps
  The Commandant of the Marine Corps is normally the highest ranking officer in the United States Marine Corps and is a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff...
  
  
• John LaFalce - former U.S. Congressman from New York state, 1975–2002
• William J. Martini
  William J. Martini
  William J. "Bill" Martini is a United States district court judge for the District of New Jersey, having served in this position since November 19, 2002...
  
   - district court judge
  United States district court
  The United States district courts are the general trial courts of the United States federal court system. Both civil and criminal cases are filed in the district court, which is a court of law, equity, and admiralty. There is a United States bankruptcy court associated with each United States...
  
   for the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
  United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
  The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey is the federal district court whose jurisdiction is the state of New Jersey....
  
  
• Joseph J. McMenamin
  Joseph J. McMenamin
  Brigadier General Joseph J. McMenamin is a general officer in the United States Marine Corps and is currently the Assistant Division Commander for the 2nd Marine Division.-Early years:...
  
   - Brigadier General, United States Marine Corps
  United States Marine Corps
  The United States Marine Corps is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for providing power projection from the sea, using the mobility of the United States Navy to deliver combined-arms task forces rapidly. It is one of seven uniformed services of the United States...
  
  
• Charles A. Murphy
  Charles A. Murphy
  Charles A. "Charley" Murphy is the current representative of the 21st Middlesex District to the Massachusetts House of Representatives and the Chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means.-Biography:...
  
   - member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
  Massachusetts House of Representatives
  The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court, the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is composed of 160 members elected from single-member electoral districts across the Commonwealth. Representatives serve two-year terms...
  
   and chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee
• Dominic Pileggi
  Dominic Pileggi
  Dominic Pileggi is an American politician from Pennsylvania who serves as Republican Leader of the Pennsylvania State Senate. Pileggi represents the 9th district, which includes portions of Chester and Delaware Counties. Pileggi earned a B.A. in economics from Saint Joseph's University in 1979 and...
  
   - State Senate Majority Leader of Pennsylvania
• Stanley A. Prokop
  Stanley A. Prokop
  Stanley A. Propkop was a Democratic U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania from 1959 to 1961.Prokop was born in Throop, Pennsylvania in Lackawanna County and attended Villanova University. Upon the outbreak of World War II, he enlisted in the United States Army as a private, serving in the 30th...
  
   - former U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania
  Pennsylvania
  The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
  
  , 1959–1961
• James M. Quigley
  James M. Quigley
  James Michael Quigley was a United States Representative from Pennsylvania.James Quigley was born in Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Villanova University in 1939 and from the Dickinson School of Law in Carlisle, Pennsylvania in 1942...
  
   - former U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania
  Pennsylvania
  The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
  
  
• Ed Rendell
  Ed Rendell
  Edward Gene "Ed" Rendell is an American politician who served as the 45th Governor of Pennsylvania. Rendell, a member of the Democratic Party, was elected Governor of Pennsylvania in 2002, and his term of office began January 21, 2003...
  
   - former Pennsylvania
  Pennsylvania
  The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
  
   governor
  State government
  A state government is the government of a subnational entity in a federal form of government, which shares political power with the federal or national government. A state government may have some level of political autonomy, or be subject to the direct control of the federal government...
  
   and general chair of the Democratic National Committee
  Democratic National Committee
  The Democratic National Committee is the principal organization governing the United States Democratic Party on a day to day basis. While it is responsible for overseeing the process of writing a platform every four years, the DNC's central focus is on campaign and political activity in support...
  
   in 2000
• Marjorie Rendell
  Marjorie Rendell
  Marjorie Osterlund Rendell is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and a former First Lady of Pennsylvania. In 2003, she was named to the PoliticsPA list of "Pennsylvania's Most Politically Powerful Women".- Personal background :Rendell was born in...
  
   - former Pennsylvania
  Pennsylvania
  The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
  
   first lady
  First Lady
  First Lady or First Gentlemanis the unofficial title used in some countries for the spouse of an elected head of state.It is not normally used to refer to the spouse or partner of a prime minister; the husband or wife of the British Prime Minister is usually informally referred to as prime...
  
   and federal judge
  Federal judge
  Federal judges are judges appointed by a federal level of government as opposed to the state / provincial / local level.-Brazil:In Brazil, federal judges of first instance are chosen exclusively by public contest...
  
   for the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
  United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
  The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts for the following districts:* District of Delaware* District of New Jersey...
  
  
• John G. Rowland
  John G. Rowland
  John Grosvenor Rowland was the 86th Governor of Connecticut from 1995 to 2004; he is a member of the Republican Party. He is married to Patty Rowland, his second wife, and the couple have five children between them...
  
   - former Connecticut
  Connecticut
  Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...
  
   governor, 1995–2004
• Matthew J. Ryan
  Matthew J. Ryan
  Matthew J. Ryan was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for over 40 years and served as Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.Ryan was a 1950 graduate of Saint Joseph's Preparatory School, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...
  
   - former member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
  Pennsylvania House of Representatives
  The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Assembly, the legislature of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. There are 203 members, elected for two year terms from single member districts....
  
  , and Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
  Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
  The speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives holds the oldest state-wide elected office in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Since its first session under the Frame of Government in 1682, presided over by William Penn, over 130 House members have been elevated to the speaker's chair...
  
  
• Dick Schulze - former U.S. congressman from the State of Pennsylvania
  Pennsylvania
  The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
  
  , 1975–1993
• Xavier Suarez
  Xavier Suarez
  Xavier L. Suarez was the first native born Cuban mayor of Miami.Suarez attended the Colegio de Belen but graduated from St. Anselm's Abbey School in 1967, earned a degree in engineering from Villanova University in 1971, and later studied government and law at Harvard University...
  
   - former mayor of Miami
• Donald William Snyder (J.D. 1982), Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
  Pennsylvania House of Representatives
  The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Assembly, the legislature of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. There are 203 members, elected for two year terms from single member districts....
  
   1981-2000 and Majority Whip.
• Dan Truitt
  Dan Truitt
  Dan Truitt is an American politician and engineer, and member of the Republican Party. In 2010, he was elected to represent the 156th District in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.-External links:* official caucus website...
  
   - Pennsylvania House of Representatives
• Anthony Zinni
  Anthony Zinni
  Anthony Charles Zinni is a retired four-star General in the United States Marine Corps and a former Commander in Chief of U.S. Central Command...
  
   - General
  General
  A general officer is an officer of high military rank, usually in the army, and in some nations, the air force. The term is widely used by many nations of the world, and when a country uses a different term, there is an equivalent title given....
  
  , United States Marine Corps
  United States Marine Corps
  The United States Marine Corps is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for providing power projection from the sea, using the mobility of the United States Navy to deliver combined-arms task forces rapidly. It is one of seven uniformed services of the United States...
  
   (Retired). Former Commander in Chief of U.S. Central Command
  United States Central Command
  The United States Central Command is a theater-level Unified Combatant Command unit of the U.S. armed forces, established in 1983 under the operational control of the U.S. Secretary of Defense...
  
   (CENTCOM)

Religion and Philosophy

• John Joseph O'Connor - cardinal
  Cardinal (Catholicism)
  A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official, usually an ordained bishop, and ecclesiastical prince of the Catholic Church. They are collectively known as the College of Cardinals, which as a body elects a new pope. The duties of the cardinals include attending the meetings of the College and...
  
   and Archbishop of the Archdiocese of New York
• Michael Francis Burbidge - Bishop
  Bishop
  A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
  
   of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Raleigh
  Roman Catholic Diocese of Raleigh
  The Diocese of Raleigh is a Roman Catholic diocese that covers the eastern half of the U.S. state of North Carolina. The bishop is seated at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Raleigh, North Carolina.- Establishment :...
  
  

Sports and Athletics

• Ralph Pasquariello
  Ralph Pasquariello
  Ralph Angelo Pasquariello was a professional American football fullback for the Los Angeles Rams and Chicago Cardinals.-Early years:...
  
   - professional football player, first round draft pick of Los Angeles Rams 1950, also played for the Chicago Cardinals
• Malik Allen
  Malik Allen
  Malik Omar Allen is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Orlando Magic.After four years at Villanova University Allen went undrafted in the 2000 NBA Draft. He began his career in the ABA with the San Diego Wildfire and in the International Basketball League with...
  
   - professional basketball player, currently with the Denver Nuggets
  Denver Nuggets
  The Denver Nuggets are a professional basketball team based in Denver, Colorado. They play in the National Basketball Association . They were founded as the Denver Rockets in 1967 as a charter franchise of the American Basketball Association, and became one of that league's more successful teams...
  
  
• Paul Arizin - former professional basketball player, voted one of the 50 all-time greatest in NBA
  National Basketball Association
  The National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
  
   history in 1996
• Al Atkinson
  Al Atkinson
  Allen Edward Atkinson is a former American football linebacker who played in the American Football League and the National Football League . He played high school ball at Monsignor Bonner High School. He played college football at Villanova University, where he was a linebacker...
  
   - professional football player, starting linebacker
  Linebacker
  A linebacker is a position in American football that was invented by football coach Fielding H. Yost of the University of Michigan. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up approximately three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage, behind the defensive linemen...
  
   for the 1969 New York Jets
  New York Jets
  The New York Jets are a professional football team headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, representing the New York metropolitan area. The team is a member of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
  
  .
• Jim Blackburn
  Jim Blackburn
  James Ray Blackburn was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Cincinnati Reds.-External links:...
  
   - Track and Field, won the Penn Relays. Hall of Fame high school track coach.
• Michael Bradley
  Michael Bradley (basketball)
  Michael Thomas Bradley is an American professional basketball player and businessman. He is a 6 ft 10 in , 235 lb , power forward/center....
  
   - professional basketball player
• Don Bragg
  Don Bragg
  Don Bragg was an American athlete who competed mainly in the pole vault. He competed for the United States in the men's pole vault event at the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy where he won the gold medal.Bragg grew up in Penns Grove, New Jersey, where he attended Penns Grove High...
  
   - 1960 Olympic pole vaulting Gold medalist
• Eamonn Coghlan
  Eamonn Coghlan
  Eamonn Christopher Coghlan is an Irish Senator and former athlete, who specialised in middle distance track events and the 5000 metres...
  
   - Track and Field, four-time Olympian
  Olympic Games
  The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
  
   and the only man over age 40 to run a sub-four minute mile
  Four Minute Mile
  Four Minute Mile is the first full-length album released by Kansas City, Missouri emo band The Get Up Kids.-Recording:The album was recorded in April 1997 on a budget of $4,000. It was produced by Shellac bassist Bob Weston in Chicago over the course of two and a half days. It was released by...
  
  .
• Dante Cunningham
  Dante Cunningham
  Dante Cunningham is an American professional basketball player who plays for the Charlotte Bobcats. Dante was drafted in the second round of the 2009 NBA Draft by the Portland Trail Blazers of the NBA...
  
   – 33rd pick in the 2009 NBA Draft
  2009 NBA Draft
  The 2009 NBA Draft was held on June 25, 2009, the WaMu Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. In this draft, National Basketball Association teams took turns selecting amateur U.S...
  
   to the Portland Trail Blazers
  Portland Trail Blazers
  The Portland Trail Blazers, commonly known as the Blazers, are an American professional basketball team based in Portland, Oregon. They play in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association . The Trail Blazers originally played their home games in the...
  
  .
• Clarence Curry
  Clarence Curry
  Clarence Curry is an Arena football Defensive specialist for the Reading Express of the Indoor Football League. He was originally signed by the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League...
  
   - Arena football
  Arena football
  Arena football is a variety of gridiron football played by the Arena Football League . It is a proprietary game, the rights to which are owned by Gridiron Enterprises, and is played indoors on a smaller field than American or Canadian outdoor football, resulting in a faster and higher-scoring game....
  
   player, former Arizona Cardinals
  Arizona Cardinals
  The Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football team based in Glendale, Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
  
  , Rhein Fire
  Rhein Fire
  The Rhein Fire was a professional American football team in NFL Europe, formerly the World League of American Football. Established in Germany in 1995, the franchise resurrected the name of the former Birmingham Fire team which was active during the 1991-1992 WLAF seasons.-History:The team was...
  
  , Philadelphia Soul
  Philadelphia Soul
  The Philadelphia Soul are an Arena Football League team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They began play in as an expansion team. The team plays in the Eastern Division of the American Conference. They won their first ArenaBowl in 2008, defeating the San Jose SaberCats 59–56 in ArenaBowl XXII...
  
  , Los Angeles Avengers
  Los Angeles Avengers
  The Los Angeles Avengers was an Arena Football League team based in Los Angeles, California from 2000 through 2008. They folded on April 19, 2009.-History:...
  
  , New Orleans VooDoo
  New Orleans VooDoo
  The New Orleans VooDoo are an Arena Football League team based in New Orleans, Louisiana. They play their home games in New Orleans Arena....
  
   and Nashville Kats
  Nashville Kats
  The Nashville Kats were an Arena Football League team, located in Nashville, Tennessee. They were last coached by Pat Sperduto, who coached the team's original incarnation to two ArenaBowl appearances prior to the original franchise's move to Atlanta in 2002...
  
   player, currently plays for the Mahoning Valley Thunder
  Mahoning Valley Thunder
  The Mahoning Valley Thunder was a professional af2 arena football team from 2007-2009.Having entered af2 as an expansion team in 2007, the Thunder played its home games at Cortland Banks Field at the Covelli Centre in downtown Youngstown, Ohio....
  
   of af2
  Af2
  AF2 was the name of the Arena Football League's developmental league; it was founded in 1999 and played its first season in 2000. Like parent AFL, the AF2 played using the same arena football rules and style of play. League seasons ran from April through July with the postseason and ArenaCup...
  
  .
• Ron Delany
  Ron Delany
  Ronald Michael Delany , better known as Ron or Ronnie is a former Irish athlete, who specialised in middle distance running.Born in Arklow, Delany moved with his family to Dublin when he was 6...
  
   - Track and Field, gold medalist in 1500 meters at the 1956 Olympic Games
  1956 Summer Olympics
  The 1956 Melbourne Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in Melbourne, Australia, in 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, which could not be held in Australia due to quarantine regulations...
  
  
• Tim Donaghy
  Tim Donaghy
  Tim Donaghy is a former professional basketball referee who worked in the National Basketball Association for 13 seasons, from 1994 to 2007. During his career in the NBA, Donaghy officiated in 772 regular season games and 20 playoff games...
  
   - NBA referee indicted on federal racketeering and gambling charges
• Red Donahue
  Red Donahue
  Francis Rostell "Red" Donahue was an American Major League Baseball pitcher from Waterbury, Connecticut, who played for 13 seasons both in the National League and the American League from through .-Career:...
  
   - former professional baseball player
• Jumbo Elliott - noted track and field coach, inducted into National Track & Field Hall of Fame, 1981
• Brian Finneran
  Brian Finneran
  Brian Finneran is an American football wide receiver for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League. He was signed by the Seattle Seahawks as an undrafted free agent in 1998...
  
   - professional football player, Philadelphia Eagles
  Philadelphia Eagles
  The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
  
   ('99) and Atlanta Falcons
  Atlanta Falcons
  The Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta, Georgia. They are a member of the South Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
  
   (2000–present)
• Chris Ford
  Chris Ford
  Christopher Joseph Ford is a former professional basketball player and head coach. A 6-foot-5 guard, he played high school basketball at Holy Spirit High School in Absecon, New Jersey,...
  
   - former professional basketball player and coach of the Milwaukee Bucks
  Milwaukee Bucks
  The Milwaukee Bucks are a professional basketball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. They are part of the Central Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association . The team was founded in 1968 as an expansion team, and currently plays at the Bradley Center....
  
  , Boston Celtics
  Boston Celtics
  The Boston Celtics are a National Basketball Association team based in Boston, Massachusetts. They play in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. Founded in 1946, the team is currently owned by Boston Basketball Partners LLC. The Celtics play their home games at the TD Garden, which...
  
  , Los Angeles Clippers
  Los Angeles Clippers
  The Los Angeles Clippers are a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, United States. They play in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association...
  
   and Philadelphia 76ers
  Philadelphia 76ers
  The Philadelphia 76ers are a professional basketball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They play in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association . Originally known as the Syracuse Nationals, they are one of the oldest franchises in the NBA...
  
  
• Randy Foye
  Randy Foye
  Randy Foye is an American professional basketball player currently with the NBA's Los Angeles Clippers. He played collegiately at Villanova University. He was selected seventh overall in the 2006 NBA Draft by the Boston Celtics, immediately traded to the Portland Trail Blazers, and later traded to...
  
   - professional basketball player, currently with the Washington Wizards
  Washington Wizards
  The Washington Wizards are a professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C., previously known as Washington Bullets. They play in the National Basketball Association .-Early years:...
  
  
• Ben Geraghty
  Ben Geraghty
  Benjamin Raymond Geraghty was an American infielder in Major League Baseball and one of the most successful and respected minor league managers of the 1950s....
  
   - former professional baseball player and minor league
  Minor league baseball
  Minor league baseball is a hierarchy of professional baseball leagues in the Americas that compete at levels below Major League Baseball and provide opportunities for player development. All of the minor leagues are operated as independent businesses...
  
   manager
  Manager (baseball)
  In baseball, the field manager is an individual who is responsible for matters of team strategy on the field and team leadership. Managers are typically assisted by between one and six assistant coaches, whose responsibilities are specialized...
  
   influential in the career of Hank Aaron
• Larry James
  Larry James
  George Lawrence "Larry" James was an American track athlete.-Biography:James was born on November 6, 1947, in Mount Pleasant, New York, and took up track in seventh grade...
  
   - Track & Field, 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
  Wali Jones
  Walter "Wali" Jones is a retired American professional basketball player. He was a 6'2" 180 lb guard....
  
   - former professional basketball player
• Dan Kelly
  Dan Kelly (poker player)
  Daniel J. Kelly is an American professional poker player from Potomac, Maryland who won his first bracelet at the 2010 World Series of Poker in the $25,000 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed event, earning $1,315,518....
  
   – professional poker player; winner of a bracelet
  World Series of Poker bracelet
  The World Series of Poker bracelet is considered the most coveted non-monetary prize a poker player can win. Since 1976, a bracelet has been awarded to the winner of every event at the annual WSOP. Even if the victory occurred before 1976, WSOP championships are now counted as "bracelets". ...
  
   at the 2010 World Series of Poker
  2010 World Series of Poker
  The 2010 World Series of Poker was the 41st annual World Series of Poker , held at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, and ran from May 28 to July 17. There were 57 bracelet events, culminating in the $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Championship that began on July 5...
  
   and Player of the Year in the 2009 World Championship of Online Poker
  World Championship of Online Poker
  The World Championship of Online Poker is an online poker tournament series sponsored by PokerStars. It is played on the PokerStars site in September....
  
  
• Kerry Kittles
  Kerry Kittles
  Kerry Kittles is an American former professional basketball player who last played with the Los Angeles Clippers in the National Basketball Association in 2004-05. He was raised in New Orleans and attended St...
  
   - former professional basketball player who played with the New Jersey Nets
  New Jersey Nets
  The New Jersey Nets are a professional basketball team based in Newark, New Jersey. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association...
  
   and Los Angeles Clippers
  Los Angeles Clippers
  The Los Angeles Clippers are a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, United States. They play in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association...
  
  
• Red Klotz
  Red Klotz
  Louis Herman "Red" Klotz is a former NBA point guard with the original Baltimore Bullets, who is best known for forming the teams that play against and tour with the Harlem Globetrotters: the Washington Generals and the New York Nationals.-Background:Klotz was born in Philadelphia on October 21,...
  
   - professional basketball player
• Chuck Kornegay
  Charles Kornegay
  Charles MacArthur Kornegay, Junior, also known as Chuck Kornegay, is an American-Spaniard and international professional basketball player. The 6' 9", 235-lb power forward gained notoriety at Villanova University, before going on to star for the Raleigh Cougars of the USBL, and ultimately overseas...
  
   - professional basketball player
• Howie Long
  Howie Long
  Howard "Howie" Matthew Moses Long is an American former National Football League defensive end and actor. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2000...
  
   - former professional football player and Pro Football Hall of Fame
  Pro Football Hall of Fame
  The Pro Football Hall of Fame is the hall of fame of professional football in the United States with an emphasis on the National Football League . It opened in Canton, Ohio, on September 7, 1963, with 17 charter inductees...
  
   inductee, Oakland Raiders
  Oakland Raiders
  The Oakland Raiders are a professional American football team based in Oakland, California. They currently play in the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
  
   (1981–1993), football analyst, actor
• Kyle Lowry
  Kyle Lowry
  Kyle Lowry is an American professional basketball player with the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association. He attended Cardinal Dougherty High School in Philadelphia where former Rocket Cuttino Mobley went. He was selected by the Grizzlies with the 24th pick in the 2006 NBA Draft...
  
   - professional basketball player, currently with the Houston Rockets
  Houston Rockets
  The Houston Rockets are an American professional basketball team based in Houston, Texas. The team plays in the Southwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association . The team was established in 1967, and played in San Diego, California for four years, before being...
  
  
• Art Mahan
  Art Mahan
  Arthur Leo Mahan was a former professional baseball player, who played as a first baseman in the major leagues for the Philadelphia Phillies during the season. Born in Somerville, Massachusetts, he batted and threw left-handed.Mahan played in the Boston Red Sox organization from 1936 until he...
  
   - professional baseball player for the Philadelphia Phillies
  Philadelphia Phillies
  The Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball team. They are the oldest continuous, one-name, one-city franchise in all of professional American sports, dating to 1883. The Phillies are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League...
  
  , United States Navy officer and Villanova baseball coach & athletic director
• Sydney Maree
  Sydney Maree
  Sydney Maree is a former middle distance runner who competed at the international level in the 1980s. He was born in South Africa, in the dusty mining town of Cullinan, east of Pretoria, but later became a U.S...
  
   - Track & Field, 1988 Olympics, 3 NCAA titles (1500: 1980, 81; 5000: 1979)
• Bill Melchionni
  Bill Melchionni
  William P. "Bill" Melchionni is a former NBA and ABA player.Melchionni was a wispy guard from Bishop Eustace Prep who was a collegiate star in the mid-1960s at Villanova University and was the Most Valuable Player in the 1966 NIT...
  
   - former professional basketball player
• Jimmy Murray
  Jim Murray (football)
  Jim Murray is the co-founder of the Ronald McDonald House and a former General Manager of the Philadelphia Eagles. He is a native of West Philadelphia and is also president of Jim Murray Ltd, a sports promotion and marketing firm.-Childhood Influences:...
  
   - former general manager of the Philadelphia Eagles
  Philadelphia Eagles
  The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
  
  , co-founder of Ronald McDonald House
• Dr. Hank Nichols - former NCAA officials supervisor
• Sonia O'Sullivan
  Sonia O'Sullivan
  Sonia O'Sullivan in Cobh, County Cork. She began her running career in Ballymore Running Club which is located in the eastern side of Cobh Town. She was one of the world's leading female 5000 m runners for most of the 1990s and early first decade of the 21st century...
  
   - Track & Field, 2000 Olympic silver medalist in 5000 m
• Don Paige - member of 1980 United States Olympic Team
• Richie Phillips
  Richie Phillips
  Richard G. Phillips is the former general counsel and executive director of the 52-member Major League Umpires Association , having held those positions from 1978 to 2000. He is most notable for recommending that the union baseball umpires resign en masse effective September 2, 1999 to leverage...
  
   - lawyer, agent & former head of MLB Umpires & NBA officials unions
• Howard Porter
  Howard Porter (basketball)
  Howard Porter was an American professional basketball player. At 6'8" and 220 pounds, he played as a forward and a center....
  
   - former professional basketball player
• Allan Ray
  Allan Ray
  Allan Ray is an American professional basketball player. He currently plays for the French team Pau-Orthez. He played college basketball for four years at Villanova University. He played one season with the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association...
  
   - professional basketball player, formerly with the Boston Celtics
  Boston Celtics
  The Boston Celtics are a National Basketball Association team based in Boston, Massachusetts. They play in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. Founded in 1946, the team is currently owned by Boston Basketball Partners LLC. The Celtics play their home games at the TD Garden, which...
  
   and currently playing in Italy
• Scottie Reynolds
  Scottie Reynolds
  Scottie Reynolds is an American professional basketball player who will play for the Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters of the Philippine Basketball Association. The Huntsville, Alabama native played for Villanova University in the Big East Conference of the NCAA...
  
   - current NBA D-league player for the Springfield Armor
• Browning Ross - an Olympic long-distance runner (1948 and 1952) and gold medal winner at the 1951 Pan-Am Games
• Mike Seamon
  Mike Seamon
  Mike Seamon is an American soccer player who currently plays for Seattle Sounders FC in Major League Soccer.-College and Amateur:Seamon was born in New Jersey and attended Union Catholic Regional High School....
  
   - professional soccer player for MLS Seattle Sounders
  Seattle Sounders FC
  Seattle Sounders FC is an American professional soccer club based in Seattle, Washington. The club competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. Sounders FC was established in November 2007 as a MLS expansion team, making it the 15th team in...
  
  
• Rory Sparrow
  Rory Sparrow
  Rory Darnell Sparrow is a retired American professional basketball player in the NBA.Sparrow played at Eastside High School in Paterson, New Jersey, and was an inaugual inductee into the school's Hall of Fame....
  
   - former professional basketball player
• Tim Thomas
  Tim Thomas (basketball)
  Timothy Mark "Tim" Thomas is an American professional basketball player, in the small forward position.-High school / College:...
  
   - professional basketball player, currently with the Dallas Mavericks
  Dallas Mavericks
  The Dallas Mavericks are a professional basketball team based in Dallas, Texas. They are members of the Southwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association , and the reigning NBA champions, having defeated the Miami Heat in the 2011 NBA Finals.According to a 2011...
  
  
• Brian Westbrook
  Brian Westbrook
  Brian Collins Westbrook is an American football running back who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the third round of the 2002 NFL Draft after playing college football at Villanova...
  
   - professional football player, Philadelphia Eagles
  Philadelphia Eagles
  The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...
  
   (2002–2010), current San Francisco 49ers
  San Francisco 49ers
  The San Francisco 49ers are a professional American football team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the West Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team was founded in 1946 as a charter member of the All-America Football Conference and...
  
   running back
  Running back
  A running back is a gridiron football position, who is typically lined up in the offensive backfield. The primary roles of a running back are to receive handoffs from the quarterback for a rushing play, to catch passes from out of the backfield, and to block.There are usually one or two running...
  
  
• Alvin Williams
  Alvin Williams
  Alvin Leon Williams is a retired American professional basketball player of the National Basketball Association, and current Director of Player Development of the Toronto Raptors.-Basketball career:...
  
   - former professional basketball player
• Doug West
  Doug West
  Jeffery Douglas "Doug" West is a retired American professional basketball player.A 6'7" shooting guard/small forward from Villanova University, West was selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the second round of the 1989 NBA Draft...
  
  - former professional basketball player

External links

• http://www.villanova.edu/alumni/ Villanova University Office of Alumni Relations
• http://www.villanova.edu Villanova University