41 Notable alumni of Loyola University Maryland
Updated: June 14, 2026 EliteDegrees
Loyola University Maryland is 1657st in the world, 1st in North America, and 408st in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 41 notable alumni from Loyola University Maryland sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Loyola University Maryland won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. David S. Adams
1961-. (aged 65)
David S. Adams was the Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs of the United States Department of State. He was appointed to this position in August 2011. Previously he was Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for House Affairs. Before this he served for 24 years on the staff of Gary L. Ackerman a member of the United States House.
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2. Isaac Rieman Baxley
1850-1920 (aged 70)
playwright
Isaac Rieman Baxley was an American poet and playwright.
3. F. Neale Smith
1930-2020 (aged 90)
military officer
Francis Neale Smith was a rear admiral in the United States Navy. He was Chief of the United States Naval Reserve from November 1987 until August 1989. He was an alumnus of the University of Maryland School of Law, and Loyola College in Maryland.
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4. John Michael McNamara
1878-1960 (aged 82)
Catholic priest
Catholic bishop
John Michael McNamara was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Baltimore in Maryland from 1927 to 1947 and of the Archdiocese of Washington in the District of Columbia from 1947 until his death in 1960.
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5. Jerome Daugherty
1849-1914 (aged 65)
academic administrator
educator
Catholic priest
Jerome Daugherty SJ was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit who served in many different capacities at Jesuit institutions throughout the northeast United States, eventually becoming president of Georgetown University in 1901. Born in Baltimore, he was educated at Loyola College in Maryland, before entering the Society of Jesus and becoming a member of the first class at Woodstock College....
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6. William George Read Mullan
1860-1910 (aged 50)
teacher
William George Read Mullan, SJ, was an American Jesuit and academic who served as President of Boston College from 1898 to 1903 and President of Loyola University Maryland from 1907 to 1908.
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7. Bradley M. Kühn
1973-. (aged 53)
computer scientist
programmer
engineer
Bradley M. Kühn is a free software activist from the United States.
8. Gavin Prout
1978-. (aged 48)
lacrosse player
Gavin Prout is a Canadian former professional box lacrosse player. He was inducted into the Canadian Lacrosse hall of fame in 2023.
9. Edward B. Bunn
1896-1972 (aged 76)
Catholic priest
academic administrator
Edward Bernard Bunn SJ was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit who became the president of Loyola College in Maryland and later of Georgetown University. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, he was educated at Loyola College before entering the Society of Jesus in 1919. He continued his education at St. Andrew-on-Hudson Woodstock College, and the Pontifical Gregorian University and then taught...
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10. Ginny Capicchioni
lacrosse player
Ginny Capicchioni is a lacrosse goaltender. She played women's lacrosse at Sacred Heart University. After college she played men's box lacrosse in the National Lacrosse League, senior Canadian Lacrosse Association, and for Team USA at the 2011 World Indoor Lacrosse Championship.
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11. Edwin A. Fleishman
1927-2021 (aged 94)
university teacher
psychologist
Edwin A. Fleishman was an American psychologist best known for his work in the field of industrial and organizational psychology. Among his notable achievements was a taxonomy for describing individual differences in perceptual-motor performance. The Fleishman Job Analysis Survey (F-JAS) that he developed under Management Research Institute has been cited 100 times since 1995. Additionally, Fleishman is the author of...
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12. Mark S. Chang
1977-. (aged 49)
politician
Mark Soo Chang is an American politician who has served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates representing District 32 since 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he unsuccessfully ran in the 2024 U.S. House of Representatives election in Maryland's 3rd congressional district, losing to state senator Sarah Elfreth in the Democratic primary.
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13. Miloš Kocić
1985-. (aged 41)
association football player
Miloš Kocić is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
14. Jason Rowe
1978-. (aged 48)
basketball player
Jason L. Rowe is an American former professional basketball player. He played at Buffalo Traditional School in his native Buffalo, New York, leaving as the all-time leader in points and assists, and then signed to play college basketball for the Loyola Greyhounds in the MAAC, where he was a two-time all-conference performer.
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15. Thomas Joseph Toolen
1886-1976 (aged 90)
Catholic priest
Catholic bishop
Thomas Joseph Toolen was an American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Mobile from 1927 to 1969, and was given the personal title of Archbishop in 1954.
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16. Dave Wojcik
1968-. (aged 58)
basketball coach
basketball player
David Edward Wojcik is an American basketball coach who is currently an assistant coach at Incarnate Word. He previously was a college basketball coach, most recently head men's basketball coach at San Jose State from 2013 to 2017.
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17. DiDi Haracic
1992-. (aged 34)
association football player
Dijana "DiDi" Haračić is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for San Diego Wave FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).
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18. Sheila Cameron
blogger
graphic designer
novelist
television producer
Sheila Cameron is an American artist, blogger, graphic designer and producer based in California. She is mostly known for initiating the "Free Katie" campaign, in which she designed and sold merchandise in response to the news of Katie Holmes's engagement to Tom Cruise.
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19. Herbert O'Conor
1896-1960 (aged 64)
lawyer
politician
Herbert Romulus O'Conor was an American lawyer serving as the 51st governor of Maryland from 1939 to 1947. He also served in the United States Senate, representing Maryland from 1947 to 1953. He was a Democrat.
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20. Zach Thornton
1973-. (aged 53)
association football player
goalkeeper coach
Zach Thornton is an American soccer player who is goalkeeping coach for Chicago Fire FC. A goalkeeper, he spent 16 seasons in Major League Soccer with the New York/New Jersey MetroStars (1996–97), Chicago Fire (1998–2006), Colorado Rapids (2007), New York Red Bulls (2008) and Chivas USA (2008–11). He was the starting goalkeeper for the Fire when it won MLS Cup...
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21. Timothy Creamer
1959-. (aged 67)
astronaut
Timothy John Creamer is a NASA flight director, retired astronaut and a colonel in the United States Army. Creamer was born in Fort Huachuca, Arizona, but considers Upper Marlboro, Maryland, to be his hometown. He is married to the former Margaret E. Hammer. They have two children.
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22. Frank Cashen
1925-2014 (aged 89)
athlete
John Francis "Frank" Cashen was an American Major League Baseball general manager. He was an executive when the Baltimore Orioles won the 1966 World Series and 1970 World Series, while also winning three consecutive AL pennants from 1969 to 1971. Later he became general manager of the New York Mets from 1980 to 1991, and the club won the 1986...
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23. Robert LoCascio
1968-. (aged 58)
journalist
Robert LoCascio is an American businessman. He is the founder and former CEO of LivePerson and is attributed with creating one of the foundational technologies for AI web chat.
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24. Jill P. Carter
1964-. (aged 62)
lawyer
politician
Jill Priscilla Carter is an American politician and attorney who was a member of the Maryland Senate from 2018 to 2025, representing the 41st district in Baltimore. She previously represented the district in the Maryland House of Delegates from 2003 until her resignation in 2017.
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25. Soane Patita Paini Mafi
1961-. (aged 65)
Catholic priest
Catholic bishop
Soane Patita Paini Mafi is a Tongan Catholic prelate who has served as Bishop of Tonga since 2008. Pope Francis made him the first cardinal from Tonga in 2015; he was then the youngest member of the College of Cardinals.
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26. James Stafford
1932-. (aged 94)
Catholic priest
Catholic bishop
James Francis Stafford is an American cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as major penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary from 2003 to 2009.
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27. McKenzie Coan
1996-. (aged 30)
swimmer
McKenzie Coan is an American swimmer. At the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, she swam the 400m Freestyle in the S8 category. Coan was one of four S8 category swimmers chosen to compete for Team USA at the games. She later had her breakout games in the 2016 Summer Paralympics, where she would go on to win 3 gold medals...
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28. Michael D. Griffin
1949-. (aged 77)
military flight engineer
politician
physicist
Michael Douglas Griffin is an American physicist and aerospace engineer who served as the under secretary of defense for research and engineering from 2018 to 2020. He previously served as deputy of technology for the Strategic Defense Initiative, and as administrator of NASA from April 13, 2005, to January 20, 2009. As NASA administrator, Griffin oversaw such areas as private...
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29. Katie Hoff
1989-. (aged 37)
swimmer
Kathryn Elise Hoff is an American former competitive swimmer, Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder. Hoff was known for the 200-meter and 400-meter individual medley events. She represented the United States at the 2004 Summer Olympics and 2008 Summer Olympics, where she won a silver medal and two bronze medals.
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30. John Schuerholz
1940-. (aged 86)
teacher
baseball player
John Boland Schuerholz Jr. is an American baseball front office executive. He was the general manager of Major League Baseball's Atlanta Braves from 1990 to 2007, and then served as the Braves president for a decade from 2007 until 2016. Before joining Atlanta, he spent 22 years with the Kansas City Royals organization, including nine (1982–1990) as the club's general...
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31. Mark Bowden
1951-. (aged 75)
screenwriter
editor
writer
historian
journalist
Mark Bowden is an American journalist and writer. He is a former national correspondent and longtime contributor to The Atlantic. Bowden is best known for his book Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War (1999) about the 1993 U.S. military raid in Mogadishu, which was later adapted into a motion picture of the same name that received two Academy...
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32. Jim McKay
1921-2008 (aged 87)
military officer
television presenter
sports commentator
journalist
screenwriter
James Kenneth McManus, better known professionally as Jim McKay, was an American television sports journalist.
33. Cam Spencer
2000-. (aged 26)
basketball player
Cameron Spencer is an American professional basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Loyola Greyhounds, the Rutgers Scarlet Knights, and the UConn Huskies.
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34. Santi Aldama
2001-. (aged 25)
basketball player
Santiago Aldama Toledo is a Spanish professional basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was named most valuable player (MVP) of the 2019 FIBA U18 European Championship.
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35. Thomas L. J. D'Alesandro III
1929-2019 (aged 90)
politician
Thomas Ludwig John D'Alesandro III was an American attorney and politician who served as the 44th mayor of Baltimore from 1967 to 1971. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the president of the Baltimore City Council from 1962 to 1967. During his tenure as mayor, the Baltimore riot of 1968 occurred. He was the eldest son of Thomas...
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36. Barbara Mikulski
1936-. (aged 90)
community organizer
university teacher
social worker
politician
Barbara Ann Mikulski is an American politician and social worker who served as a United States senator from Maryland from 1987 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she also served in the United States House of Representatives from 1977 to 1987. Mikulski is the third-longest-serving female United States senator, and the longest-serving U.S. senator in Maryland history.
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37. Tom Clancy
1947-2013 (aged 66)
screenwriter
novelist
prose writer
writer
non-fiction writer
Thomas Leo Clancy Jr. was an American novelist. He is best known for his technically detailed espionage and military-science storylines set during and after the Cold War. Seventeen of his novels have been bestsellers and more than 100 million copies of his books have been sold. His name has also been used on screenplays written by ghostwriters, nonfiction books on...
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38. Karen Ignagni
1954-. (aged 72)
lobbyist
Karen Ignagni is an American health care executive and lobbyist who is the Executive Board Chair of EmblemHealth. From September 2015 to January 2025, she was the company’s President and Chief Executive Officer. Prior to that, she was the President and Chief Executive Officer of America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP), formerly HIAA (Health Insurance Association of America). She is often...
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39. Bryan Simonaire
1963-. (aged 63)
engineer
politician
Bryan Warner Simonaire is an American politician who serves as a Maryland state senator representing District 31, which encompasses much of northern Anne Arundel County's Baltimore suburbs. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the minority leader of the Maryland Senate from 2020 to 2023.
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40. Jerry Parr
1930-2015 (aged 85)
special agent
U.S. Secret Service agent
Jerry S. Parr was a United States Secret Service agent who is best known for defending President Ronald Reagan during the attempt on the president's life on March 30, 1981, in Washington, D.C. Parr pushed Reagan into the presidential limousine and made the critical decision to divert the presidential motorcade to George Washington University Hospital instead of returning to the...
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41. John Hall
1948-. (aged 78)
musician
guitarist
songwriter
business executive
politician
John Robert Hall is an English retired priest of the Church of England. He was the Dean of Westminster and a chaplain to Queen Elizabeth II.