List of Providence College alumni

This is a list of notable alumni of Providence College.

Entertainment and communications

• David Angell – Emmy Award-winning television producer, victim of the September 11 attacks (was a passenger of American Airlines Flight 11)
• Doris Burke – sports analyst for ESPN, former Friars basketball player
• David R. Colburn – author and professor of history
• Wally Dunn – Broadway actor, most recently appeared in Gypsy and Spamalot
• Brett Epstein – actor, playwright
• Matt Farley – musician
• Peter Farrelly – film director, screenwriter, and producer
• Janeane Garofalo – actress, comedian
• Caryn James (as Caryn A. Fuoroli) – film and television critic, novelist
• Mike Leonard – television journalist on NBC's Today Show
• James O'Brien – film director, screenwriter, and producer
• John O'Hurley – actor, television host
• Sean McAdam – sportswriter covering the Boston Red Sox
• Edward Scanlon – Executive Vice President (retired) of NBC
• Paul G. Tremblay – author
• Joseph Ungaro – newspaper journalist

Business

• Brian Burke – president of hockey operations of the Pittsburgh Penguins, 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 New York Islanders
• 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

• Scott Avedisian – Mayor of Warwick, Rhode Island
• Michael Napolitano – Mayor of Cranston, Rhode Island
• Peter J. Barnes – Member of New Jersey State Parole Board, former New Jersey State Senator
• Jack Brennan – former chief of staff to Richard Nixon
• Frank Caprio – chief judge of Providence Municipal Court
• Arn Chorn-Pond – international human rights activist
• Jasiel Correia – former Mayor of Fall River, Massachusetts
• Richard M. Daley – Former Mayor of Chicago
• Richard J. Daronco – former United States federal judge
• Tom Dart – Sheriff of Cook County, Illinois
• Frank Devlin – former senior counsel to ExxonMobil in Houston, Texas
• Armando Diaz – Marshal of Italy, World War 1 commander (Providence College's first alumnus)
• Chris Dodd – former United States Senator representing Connecticut
• Thomas J. Dodd – former United States Senator representing Connecticut
• Benjamin Downing – currently the youngest Massachusetts State Senator
• John H. Fanning – former National Labor Relations Board Chair
• Joseph J. Fauliso – former Lt. Governor of Connecticut
• Raymond Flynn – former Mayor of Boston, former Friars basketball player
• Charles J. Fogarty – former Lt. Governor of Rhode Island
• John E. Fogarty – former United States Congressman representing Rhode Island
• Anthony D. Galluccio – former Massachusetts State Senator
• Maureen McKenna Goldberg – Associate Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court
• Sheila Harrington – Massachusetts State Representative for the First Middlesex District
• Patrick J. Kennedy – former United States Congressman representing Rhode Island, son of former United States Senator Ted Kennedy
• Kieran Lalor – founder of Eternal Vigilance Society and Iraq Vets for Congress
• J. Howard McGrath – former United States Attorney General and United States Senator representing Rhode Island
• William D. Mullins – member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and baseball player
• M. Teresa Paiva-Weed – President of the Rhode Island State Senate
• Michael F. Rush – member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
• John Shea – former member of Connecticut House of Representatives
• Fernand St. Germain – former United States Representative from Rhode Island
• William J. Sullivan – former Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court
• Robert Tiernan – former United States Representative from Rhode Island

Academia

• Roy Peter Clark – Vice President and Senior Scholar at the Poynter Institute
• Hank Foley – President of New York Institute of Technology
• Mark Stephen Jendrysik – Political Science and Public Administration Chair, University of North Dakota
• Timothy J. Kehoe – Professor of Economics, University of Minnesota
• Clark R. McCauley – Professor of Science and Mathematics and co-director of the Solomon Asch Center for Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict at Bryn Mawr College
• Edward J. McElroy – President of American Federation of Teachers, Vice President of AFL-CIO
• Austin Sarat – Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College

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

• Marvin Barnes – former NBA and ABA all-star player
• Ben Bentil (born 1995) - Ghanaian basketball player for Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
• Ira Bowman – former NBA player
• Marques Bragg – former NBA player
• Marshon Brooks – NBA player with New Jersey Nets
• Troy Brown – former NBA player
• Marty Conlon – former NBA player
• Austin Croshere – former NBA player
• Sharaud Curry – international professional basketball player
• Ernie DiGregorio – former NBA player
• Billy Donovan – current head coach of Chicago Bulls. Former head coach of Oklahoma City Thunder, and two-time NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship head coach of Florida Gators men's basketball
• Marcus Douthit – NBA and international professional basketball player
• Kris Dunn – current NBA player, Utah Jazz
• Weyinmi Efejuku – international professional basketball player
• Johnny Egan – former NBA player and coach
• Raymond Flynn – former Mayor of Boston
• Rubén Garcés – former NBA and international professional basketball player
• Ryan Gomes – NBA player with Los Angeles D-Fenders
• Joe Hassett – former NBA player
• Herbert Hill – NBA and international professional basketball player
• Jonathan Kale – international professional basketball player
• Tuukka Kotti – international professional basketball player
• Māris Ä»aksa – international professional basketball player
• Jim Larranaga – head coach of Miami Hurricanes men's basketball
• John Linehan – international professional basketball player
• Erron Maxey – international professional basketball player
• Ken McDonald – head coach of the Austin Spurs
• Donnie McGrath – international professional basketball player
• Eric Murdock – former NBA player
• Richard Pitino – head basketball coach for University of Minnesota
• Mike Riordan – former NBA player
• Andy Ronan - Olympic marathon runner and track coach for Stony Brook University
• Karim Shabazz – international professional basketball player
• God Shammgod – former NBA player
• Abdul Shamsid-Deen – former international professional basketball player
• Dickey Simpkins – former NBA player
• Michael Smith – former NBA player
• Kevin Stacom – former NBA player
• Jamel Thomas – former NBA player
• John Thompson – former Basketball Hall of Fame head coach of Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball
• Otis Thorpe – former NBA all-star player
• Jimmy Walker – former NBA all-star player
• Franklin Western – international professional basketball player
• Lenny Wilkens – Basketball Hall of Fame coach and player
• Eric Williams – former NBA player
• Jeff Xavier – international professional basketball player

Women's basketball

• Doris Burke – sports analyst for ESPN

Men's ice hockey

• Noel Acciari - Forward, Pittsburgh Penguins
• Tim Army
• Brian Burke – Former President and General Manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs
• Rich Costello
• Craig Darby
• John Ferguson, Jr.
• Rob Gaudreau
• Hal Gill
• Jon Gillies - Goaltender, New Jersey Devils
• Paul Guay
• Joe Hulbig
• Dave Kelly
• Regan Kelly
• Kurt Kleinendorst
• Jim Korn
• Jeff Mason
• Colin McDonald
• Bob Nicholson
• Gaetano Orlando
• Fernando Pisani
• Steve Rooney
• Nolan Schaefer
• Jeff Serowik
• Peter Taglianetti
• Brandon Tanev - Forward, Seattle Kraken
• Chris Terreri
• Chris Therien
• Randy Velischek
• Ron Wilson
• Pete Zingoni

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

• John McDonald
• Lou Merloni
• William D. Mullins
• Birdie Tebbetts

Track and field

• Mary Cullen – 2006 NCAA Champion, Irish long distance runner
• Martin Fagan – Irish Olympic distance runner
• Roisin McGettigan – Olympic 3000m steeplechase runner
• Emily Sisson – Olympian, holds the record for fastest American woman's marathon
• Geoff Smith – won Boston Marathon in 1984 and 1985
• Kim Smith – four-time NCAA Champion, Olympic distance runner for New Zealand
• John Treacy – 1984 silver medal winner at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Football

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

Men's soccer

• Chaka Daley
• Chris Konopka
• Ryan Maduro – All-American
• Julian Gressel
• Mac Steeves
• Karl Anderson
• Brendan McSorley

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