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History

Mission and vision

The University of Detroit Mercy, a Catholic university in the Jesuit and Mercy traditions, exists to provide excellent student-centered undergraduate and graduate education in an urban context. A UDM education seeks to integrate the intellectual, spiritual, ethical and social development of our students.

The University of Detroit Mercy will be recognized as a premier private university in the Great Lakes (North America) region, distinguished by graduates who lead and serve in their communities.

Colleges and campuses

Detroit Titans

Fight song

Alma Mater

Notable professors

• Frank Murphy
  Frank Murphy
  
  William Francis Murphy was a politician and jurist from Michigan. He served asFirst Assistant U.S. District Attorney, Eastern Michigan District , Recorder's Court Judge, Detroit ....
   who served as Recorder's Court
  Recorder's court
  
  The Recorder's Court, in Detroit, Michigan was a state court of limited jurisdiction which had, for most of its history, exclusive jurisdiction over traffic and ordinance matters, and over all felony cases committed in the City of Detroit....
   Judge trying the Ossian Sweet
  Ossian Sweet
  
  Ossian Sweet was an American physician. He is most notable for his Right of self-defense in 1925 of his newly-purchased home in a predominantly White people neighborhood against a mob attempting to force him out of the neighborhood in Detroit, Michigan, and the subsequent acquittal by an all-white jury of murder charges against him, his fam...
   family murder trials, Mayor of Detroit, Governor of Michigan
  Governor of Michigan
  
  The Governor of Michigan is the chief executive of the U.S. state of Michigan. The current governor is Jennifer Granholm, a member of the Democratic Party , who became Michigan's first List of female state governors in the United States on January 1, 2003, when she succeeded Governor John Engler....
  , the last Governor-General of the Philippines
  Governor-General of the Philippines
  
  Governor-General of the Philippines was the title of the chief political executive during two pre-independence phases in the history of the Philippines, under Spanish and U.S....
   and the first High Commissioner of the Philippines
  Philippines
  
  The Philippines, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, is a country in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. It comprises 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean....
  , United States Attorney General
  United States Attorney General
  
  The United States Attorney General is the head of the United States Department of Justice concerned with legal affairs and is the chief law enforcement officer of the government of the United States....
  , and United States Supreme Court Associate Justice
  Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
  
  Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States are the members of the Supreme Court of the United States other than the Chief Justice of the United States....
  .
• Joyce Carol Oates
  Joyce Carol Oates
  
  Joyce Carol Oates is an United States author. Raised in rural, working-class New York, Oates published her first book in 1963 and has since published over fifty novels, as well as many volumes of short stories, poetry, and non-fiction....
   taught at the University of Detroit, publishing her first novel, With Shuddering Fall
  With Shuddering Fall
  
  With Shuddering Fall is the first novel by Joyce Carol Oates. It was published by Vanguard Press in 1964.The novel tells the story of two people, Shar and Karen, and their disastrous love affair....
  , when she was twenty-six years old. Her novel them
  Them (novel)
  
  them by Joyce Carol Oates is the third novel in The Wonderland Quartet, first published in 1969....
   received the National Book Award
  National Book Award
  
  The National Book Awards are among the most eminent literary prizes in the United States. Started in 1950, the awards are presented annually to American authors for literature published in the prior year, as well as lifetime achievement awards including the "Medal of Distinguished Contribution to American Letters" and the "Literarian Award"....
   in 1970. She has taught at Princeton University
  Princeton University
  
  Princeton University is a private university university located in Princeton, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League and has the largest per-student Financial endowment in the world....
   since 1978.
• C. Don Davidson - a professor of architecture and urban planning, circa 1967-69. Davidson was the visionary of the Pontiac Plan; a 1966-72 urban renewal project for the city of Pontiac, Michigan
  Pontiac, Michigan
  
  Pontiac is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan named after the Ottawa Chief Pontiac. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city had a total population of 66,337....
  . His determination and will was the impetus for bringing a new stadium to Pontiac. In circa 1969-71, Davidson became the stadium chief project designer of what would later become known as 'The Pontiac Silverdome
  Pontiac Silverdome
  
  The Pontiac Silverdome is a domed stadium located in the city of Pontiac, Michigan, Michigan. It hosted the Detroit Lions of the National Football League from 1975?2001, the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association from 1978?1988, the Michigan Panthers of the United States Football League from 1983?1984, the college football Che...
  ' under the direction of the architectural firm of O'dell, Hewlett & Luckenbach. C. Don Davidson was the owner and publisher of the 'Pontiac Times Newspapers', a weekly Oakland County area newspaper, circa 1972-1981.

Notable alumni

• Scott Barnett, brilliant mathematician who memorized the first 10,000 digits of pi.
• Anita Barone
  Anita Barone
  
  Anita Barone is an American actress. She starred in the Fox Broadcasting Company sitcom The War at Home ....
  , actress.
• Bill Bonds
  Bill Bonds
  
  Bill Bonds is an Emmy award-winning United States television anchor and reporter, best known for his work at WXYZ-TV in Detroit.A native of Detroit and a graduate of the University of Detroit, Bonds came to fame initially as a reporter for the city's Contact News on WKNR-AM, known as Keener 13....
  , journalist and longtime anchor of WXYZ-TV
  WXYZ-TV
  
  WXYZ-TV, channel 7, is the American Broadcasting Company affiliated television station in Detroit, Michigan. It is owned by The E.W. Scripps Company and is the media company's largest TV station....
  's news.
• Thomas E. Brennan
  Thomas E. Brennan
  
  Thomas E. Brennan is an attorney, former jurist and educator in the U.S. state of Michigan. He served as the 81st judge and Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court....
  , Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court (1967 -1973); served as Chief Justice from 1969 - 1970; founded the Thomas M. Cooley
  Thomas M. Cooley
  
  Thomas McIntyre Cooley, LL.D., was the 25th Justice and a Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, between 1864 and 1885. He was father to Charles Cooley, a distinguished American sociologist....
   Law School in 1972.
• winner National Book Award
  National Book Award
  
  The National Book Awards are among the most eminent literary prizes in the United States. Started in 1950, the awards are presented annually to American authors for literature published in the prior year, as well as lifetime achievement awards including the "Medal of Distinguished Contribution to American Letters" and the "Literarian Award"....
   2004 for Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age, Professor of History at Ohio State University
  Ohio State University
  
  The Ohio State University is a public university research university in the state of Ohio. It was founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and is currently the List of largest United States universities by enrollment in the United States....
  
• Emil Brolick, chief operating officer and president of U.S. Brand Building, Yum Brands
• Michael F. Cavanagh, Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, 1982–present (served as Chief Justice from 1991 to 1995).
• Maura D. Corrigan
  Maura D. Corrigan
  
  Maura D. Corrigan is a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, having been elected to the court in 1998. She served two terms as Chief Justice from 2001?2004....
  , Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, 1998–present (served as Chief Justice from 2001 to 2004).
• Earl Cureton
  Earl Cureton
  
  Earl Cureton is a retired American professional basketball player. His nickname was "The Twirl"....
  , former NBA player for the Philadelphia 76ers
  Philadelphia 76ers
  
  The Philadelphia 76ers are Major North American professional sports teams basketball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They play in the National Basketball Association ....
  .
• Dave DeBusschere
  Dave DeBusschere
  
  David Albert DeBusschere was an American professional basketball player and coach in the National Basketball Association. In 1996, DeBusschere was named as one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History...
  , NBA Hall of Famer, Played Basketball
  Basketball
  
  Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a basketball through a 10 feet  high hoop under organized rules....
   for the Detroit Pistons
  Detroit Pistons
  
  The Detroit Pistons are a team in the National Basketball Association based in the Detroit metropolitan area. The team's home arena is The Palace of Auburn Hills....
   and the New York Knicks
  New York Knicks
  
  The New York Knickerbockers are a professional basketball team based in New York City. The team plays in the National Basketball Association ....
  , Former Coach of the Detroit Pistons
  Detroit Pistons
  
  The Detroit Pistons are a team in the National Basketball Association based in the Detroit metropolitan area. The team's home arena is The Palace of Auburn Hills....
  . Also played professional baseball
  Baseball
  
  Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport of nine players each. The goal of baseball is to score run by hitting a thrown Baseball with a baseball bat and touching a series of four markers called base arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot square, or diamond. Players on one team take turns hitting against...
   for the Chicago White Sox
  Chicago White Sox
  
  The Chicago White Sox are a Major North American professional sports teams baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois. The White Sox presently play in the American League's American League Central in Major League Baseball....
  .
• Andrew "Anvil Andy" Farkas
  Andy Farkas
  
  Andrew Geza Farkas was an American football running back in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins and Detroit Lions....
  , All-American Football player at U of D, first round draft pick of the Washington Redskins in 1938, first to wear eye black
  Eye black
  
  Eye black is a grease applied under the eyes to reduce light pollution#Glare. It is often used by baseball and American football players, where sunlight or stadium lights can impair vision of an airborne ball....
   in the NFL, founder of the Gus Dorais Foundation, holds the record for the longest completed pass (99 yards).
• W. James Farrell
  W. James Farrell
  
  W. James Farrell is an United States businessman, known for being the CEO of Illinois Tool Works from 1995 to 2005.Farrell was in the United States Army from 1965 to 1967 of his military service....
  , chairman and CEO, Illinois Tool Works
  Illinois Tool Works
  
  Illinois Tool Works or ITW is a Fortune 200 company that produces engineered fasteners and components, equipment and consumable systems, and specialty products....
  , 1995-2005.
• Willie Green
  Willie Green
  
  Willie J. Green is an American professional basketball player in the NBA currently with the Philadelphia 76ers....
  , basketball player for the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers
  Philadelphia 76ers
  
  The Philadelphia 76ers are Major North American professional sports teams basketball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They play in the National Basketball Association ....
  .
• Roman S. Gribbs, mayor of Detroit, 1970-1974.
• Gary Habermas
  Gary Habermas
  
  Gary Robert Habermas is an Evangelicalism, USA Christian apologetics, theologian, and philosophy of religion.Habermas is Distinguished Professor of Apologetics and Philosophy and chairman of the department of philosophy and theology at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia....
  , PhD
  PHD
  
  PHD may refer to:* Parisada Hindu Dharma, an Indonesian reform organization* PHD, a track on The Crystal Method album Tweekend* PHD finger, a protein sequence...
  . philosophical theologian
  Philosophical Theology
  
  Philosophical theology is the disciplined employment of philosophy methods in developing or analyzing theology concepts. It therefore includes natural theology as well as philosophical treatments of Orthodoxy and heterodox theology....
   and apologist; defender of Christ
  Christ
  
  Christ is the English language term for the Greek meaning "the anointing", which is a title given to the Reigning Messiah in the given age of the Zodiac....
  's historical Resurrection
  Resurrection
  
  Miraculous resurrection of one sort or another has been a recurrent theme or central doctrine of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and other Abrahamic religions....
  .
• Spencer Haywood, UDM Basketball & NBA star (see ISBN 1-56743-042-2).
• Frank J. Kelley
  Frank J. Kelley
  
  Frank J. Kelley , was the 50th Michigan Attorney General of the U.S. state of Michigan. His 37-year term of office, from 1961 to 1998, made him both the youngest and oldest Attorney General in the state's history, and led to his nickname as the "Eternal General"....
  , longest-serving Attorney General
  Attorney General
  
  In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general, or attorney-general, is the main legal advisor to the government, and in some jurisdictions he or she may in addition have executive responsibility for law enforcement or responsibility for public prosecutions....
   in Michigan
  Michigan
  
  Michigan is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States of America. It was named after Lake Michigan, whose name is a French adaptation of the Anishinaabe language term mishigama, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
   history (1961 to 1998).
• David Patrick Kelly
  David Patrick Kelly
  
  David Patrick Kelly is an United States actor and musician who has appeared in numerous films, including some major roles....
  , actor
• Keegan-Michael Key
  Keegan-Michael Key
  
  Keegan-Michael Key is an American comedian and actor best known for his appearance on MADtv. He first appeared on the show as a featured player during the 2003-04 season and was subsequently promoted to a regular cast member in the 2004-05 season....
  , film and television (madTV
  MADtv
  
  MADtv is an United States sketch comedy television series. It licenses the name and logo of Mad , but otherwise has no connection with the humor magazine outside of animated Spy vs....
   & Animal Planet
  Animal Planet
  
  Animal Planet is an United States satellite television and cable television , launched on June 1 1996 and distributed by Discovery Communications....
  ) actor
• Elmore Leonard
  Elmore Leonard
  
  Elmore John Leonard, Jr. is a popular and acclaimed United States novelist and screenwriter.His earliest published novels in the 1950s were western fictions, and Leonard went on to specialize in crime fiction and suspense thrillers, several of which have been adapted into successful motion pictures or TV movies....
  , author, several of his books have been made into movies, such as, Get Shorty
  Get Shorty
  
  Get Shorty is a 1990 in literature novel by American novelist Elmore Leonard. In 1995 in film, the novel was adapted into a Get Shorty ....
  , Be Cool
  Be Cool
  
  Be Cool is a 2005 movie which was adapted from a 1999 novel. The book was the sequel to the 1990 novel Get Shorty by Elmore Leonard about mobster Chili Palmer's entrance into the movie industry....
  , and The Big Bounce
  The Big Bounce
  
  The Big Bounce is a Crime fiction novel written by Elmore Leonard, who started offering the story to publishers and film producers in the fall of 1966....
  .
• John A. Lemke, class of 1884, first native born Roman Catholic priest to be ordained in America.
• Theodore Levin
  Theodore Levin
  
  Theodore Levin was a prominent immigration lawyer and United States federal jurist who served on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan from 1946 until his death in 1970....
  , U.S. District Court Judge (1946 to 1970), father of Charles
  Charles Levin
  
  For the actor, see Charles Levin .'Charles Leonard Levin' was a Michigan jurist. He served as a Michigan Court of Appeals judge from 1966 to 1972 and as a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1973 to 1996....
   and Joseph Levin and uncle of Senator Carl Levin
  Carl Levin
  
  Carl Milton Levin is a Democratic Party United States Senate from Michigan and is the Chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Armed Services....
   and Representative Sander Levin
  Sander M. Levin
  
  Sander Martin Levin, sometimes known as Sandy Levin, is a U.S. Democratic Party U.S. Representative from the Michigan's 12th congressional district in Michigan, having served since 1983....
  .
• Glynn Lunney
  Glynn Lunney
  
  Glynn S. Lunney is a retired NASA engineer. An employee of NASA since its foundation in 1958, Lunney was a flight controller during the Project Gemini and Project Apollo programs, and was on duty during historic events such as the Apollo 11 lunar ascent and the pivotal hours of the Apollo 13 crisis....
  , NASA
  NASA
  
  The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an agency of the Federal government of the United States, responsible for the nation's public list of space agencies....
   flight director
  Flight controller
  
  Flight controllers are personnel who aid in the operations of a space flight, working in Mission Control Centers such as NASA's Mission Control Center, or ESA's European Space Operations Centre....
  .
• Ted Marchibroda, NFL Coach, twice head coach of Baltimore Colts
  History of the Indianapolis Colts
  
  The Indianapolis Colts are a professional football team based in Indianapolis, Indiana. They are 2006 champions of the American Football Conference and the National Football League ....
  /Indianapolis Colts
  Indianapolis Colts
  
  The Indianapolis Colts are a professional American football team based in Indianapolis, Indiana. The team is part of the American Football Conference South Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League ....
  , offensive co-ordinator for Buffalo Bills
  Buffalo Bills
  
  The Buffalo Bills are a professional American football team based in the metropolitan area of Buffalo, New York. They sold out every game in 2008....
   Super Bowl
  Super Bowl
  
  In professional American football, the Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League . The game and its ancillary festivities constitute Super Bowl Sunday....
   teams, current broadcaster Indianapolis Colts.
• Judge Greg Mathis
  Greg Mathis
  
  Greg Mathis is a retired Michigan 36th District Court judge and syndicated television show judge. His show Judge Mathis is produced by Telepictures Productions, and distributed by Warner Brothers....
  , University of Detroit School of Law J.D. graduate. Mathis is a retired Michigan 36th District Court judge and syndicated television show judge.
• J.P. McCarthy, former radio host on Detroit station WJR
  WJR
  
  WJR is a radio station in Detroit, Michigan, United States. It broadcasts a news/talk format. It is a List of broadcast station classes clear channel station whose broadcasts can be heard throughout most of the central and eastern United States and Canada at night, making it one of the most powerful radio stations in the United States....
  .
• Thaddeus McCotter, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's 11th district.
• George Noory
  George Noory
  
  George Ralph Noory is an American Talk radio host.As of 2008, he is the weekday host of the late-night radio talk show Coast to Coast AM....
  , syndicated radio talk show host (Coast to Coast AM).
• James J. O'Sullivan, president and CEO, Mazda North American Operations
  Mazda North American Operations
  
  Mazda North American Operations is Mazda Motor Corporation's North American arm, and constitutes the largest component of that company outside Japan....
  
• L. Brooks Patterson
  L. Brooks Patterson
  
  Lewis Brooks Patterson is an United States lawyer and politician, currently County Executive of Oakland County, Michigan. Oakland County has an affluent population of over a million, that includes the northern and northwestern suburbs of Detroit, Michigan....
  , an American lawyer and politician, currently County Executive
  County executive
  
  A county executive is the head of the executive of government in a county. This position is common in the United States.The executive may be an elected or an appointed position....
   of Oakland County, Michigan
  Oakland County, Michigan
  
  Oakland County is a Counties of the United States in the U.S. state of Michigan. , the population was estimated at 1,206,089. The county seat is Pontiac, Michigan....
  .
• Allison Payne
  Allison Payne
  
  Allison Payne is the co-anchor of WGN-TV News at Nine in Chicago, a position she's held since she started with the station in 1990. During her tenure with WGN, Payne has won numerous awards including seven Emmys for reporting....
  , news anchor for WGN-TV
  WGN-TV
  
  WGN-TV, channel 9, is a television station in Chicago, Illinois. It has been owned by the Tribune Company since its inception, and is an affiliate of the CW Television Network....
  ; founded the Kathryn Payne Memorial Scholarship fund, a UDM Scholarship in the name of her late mother, a former UDM mathematics graduate.
• Marlena Peleo-Lazar, chief creative officer, McDonald's
  McDonald's
  
  McDonald's Corporation is the world's largest chain of fast food restaurants, serving nearly 58 million customers daily. McDonald's primarily sells hamburgers, cheeseburgers, chicken products, French fries, breakfast items, soft drinks, milkshakes, and desserts....
   USA.
• Lauren McAuley, a graduate of both the College of Liberal Arts and UDM's law school; internet blogger and unpublished author
• Ted Raimi
  Ted Raimi
  
  Theodore "Ted" Raimi is an United States actor, perhaps best known for his roles as Tim O'Neill in seaQuest DSV and Joxer in Xena: Warrior Princess/Hercules: The Legendary Journeys....
  , actor, best known for his roles on seaQuest DSV
  SeaQuest DSV
  
  seaQuest DSV is an American science fiction television series created by Rockne S. O'Bannon. It originally aired on NBC between 1993 and 1996....
   and Xena: Warrior Princess
  Xena: Warrior Princess
  
  Xena: Warrior Princess is an United States television series that aired from September 15, 1995 until June 18, 2001. The series was produced by Renaissance Pictures in association with Universal Studios....
  .
• James L. Ryan
  James L. Ryan
  
  James Leo Ryan is a senior judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Prior to joining the Sixth Circuit, Ryan was the 89th Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, serving from 1975 through 1985....
  , Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court
  Michigan Supreme Court
  
  The Michigan Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is known as Michigan's "court of last resort" and consists of seven justices, who are elected to eight-year terms....
  , 1975 - 1985; Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit
  United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
  
  The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit is a United States federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the United States district court in the following United States federal judicial district:...
  , 1985 - present.
• Neal Shine, former editor and publisher of the Detroit Free Press
  Detroit Free Press
  
  The Detroit Free Press is the largest daily newspaper in Detroit, Michigan, Michigan, United States. The Sunday edition is titled the Sunday Free Press....
  . The computer lab of the Varsity News, UDM's campus newspaper, is named in his honor.
• Emil Simon, former director of marketing for Molson Breweries and Guinness
  Guinness
  
  Guinness is a popular dry stout that originated in Arthur Guinness' first brewery in Leixlip, County Kildare but it then moved to its present home at St....
  . Founder and Owner of the the Rollick Beverage Co..
• Robert P. Soulliere, president and chief executive officer of ThyssenKrupp
  ThyssenKrupp
  
  ThyssenKrupp Aktiengesellschaft is a large Germany industry Conglomerate , with more than 200,000 employees. The corporation consists of 670 companies worldwide....
   Steel USA LLC
• Victoria Toensing
  Victoria Toensing
  
  Victoria Toensing is a lawyer and partner with her husband, Joseph DiGenova, in the Washington law firm, DiGenova and Toensing. Her practice specializes in white-collar criminal defense, regulatory inquiries, and legislative advocacy....
  , UDM law graduate, former US Deputy Assistant Attorney General
  United States Attorney General
  
  The United States Attorney General is the head of the United States Department of Justice concerned with legal affairs and is the chief law enforcement officer of the government of the United States....
  , founding partner of DiGenova & Toensing, a Washington law firm.
• Amy Yasbeck
  Amy Yasbeck
  
  Amy Marie Yasbeck is an United States film and television actor....
  , film and television actress; widow of John Ritter
  John Ritter
  
  Jonathan Southworth ?John? Ritter was an United States actor and comedian perhaps best known for playing Jack Tripper in the American Broadcasting Company sitcom Three's Company....
  
• Judge Shalina D. Kumar, Oakland County Circuit Court Justice, 2007-Present.
• Meghan Tonjes, a musician currently releasing first album, 'Be In Want'.

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McNichols Campus

Riverfront Campus (School of Law)

See also

• Archdiocese of Detroit
• The University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy
  University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy
  
  The University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy, founded in 1877, is one of two Society of Jesus high schools in the city of Detroit, Michigan ....
   had a common early history with the University.

• The Titan Pep Band
  Titan Pep Band
  
  Origins The current University of Detroit Mercy pep band may seem to be a modern invention, but its roots stretch back over ninety years to the formation of the University?s first musical ensemble....
   is the University's primary instrumental ensemble.

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