32 Notable alumni of Saint Anselm College
Updated: June 16, 2026 EliteDegrees
Saint Anselm College is ranked #3,174 in the world and #820 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 32 notable alumni from Saint Anselm College sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Saint Anselm College won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. William P. Nagle Jr
1951-. (aged 75)
politician
William P. Nagle Jr. is an American politician. Nagle was born in Northampton, Massachusetts and graduated from Northampton High School. He graduated from Saint Anselm College in 1973. Nagle served on the Northampton City Council in 1973 and is a Democrat. He then served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1975 to 2002.
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2. Jeffery Hayward
1960-. (aged 66)
politician
Jeffery J. Hayward is an American politician who represented the 10th Essex district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1991–1995. He was a candidate for the United States House of Representatives seat in Massachusetts's 6th congressional district in 1994, but lost in the Democratic primary to John F. Tierney by 538 votes.
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3. Henry J. Meade
1925-2006 (aged 81)
military officer
Henry J. Meade was Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force. Born in Brookline, Massachusetts in 1925, Meade was an ordained Roman Catholic priest. He graduated from Saint Anselm College and Saint John's Seminary. Meade died on June 22, 2006.
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4. Kevin W. Fitzgerald
1950-2007 (aged 57)
politician
Kevin W. Fitzgerald was an American politician and guidance counselor.
5. Daniel F. Keenan
1961-. (aged 65)
politician
Daniel F. Keenan is an American politician who represented the Third Hampden District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1995 to 2007. He is now the Vice President of Government Relations for Trinity Health Of New England in Springfield, Massachusetts and Hartford, Connecticut. He resides in Southwick, Massachusetts.
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6. Leo J. Sullivan
1905-1963 (aged 58)
politician
Leo J. Sullivan was an American government official from Boston who served as commissioner of the Boston Police Department from 1957 to 1962.
7. Sean Curran
1977-. (aged 49)
politician
Sean Curran is an American politician who represented the 9th Hampden District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 2005 to 2015. After six terms he declined to seek re-election; his ended on January 7, 2015.
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8. Edward B. Teague III
1949-. (aged 77)
politician
Edward B. Teague III is an American politician who represented the 1st Barnstable District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1989 to 1997. From 1992 to 1993 he was the Assistant Minority Whip, from 1993 to 1995 he was the Minority Whip, and from 1995 to 1997 he was the House Minority Leader.
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9. Sharon Dawley
1961-. (aged 65)
basketball coach
Sharon Dawley is the former head coach of the University of Massachusetts Amherst women's basketball team. She had previously served as head basketball coach for Tufts University, the assistant coach and associate head coach at Dartmouth College and the head coach for the University of Vermont.
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10. Daniel T.K. Hurley
1943-. (aged 83)
lawyer
judge
Daniel Thomas Kozachi Hurley is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
11. Michael J. McGlynn
1953-. (aged 73)
politician
Michael J. McGlynn served as the 31st Mayor of Medford, Massachusetts, from 1988–2016. He also served from 1977–1988 as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives representing the 37th Middlesex District.
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12. Jonathan DeFelice
Catholic priest
Jonathan DeFelice OSB is an American Catholic priest and the former President of Saint Anselm College in Goffstown, New Hampshire. Serving the college for 24 years, Father DeFelice was the longest serving college president in the state of New Hampshire.
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13. Joseph John Gerry
1928-2023 (aged 95)
Catholic priest
Catholic bishop
Joseph John Gerry, O.S.B., was an American Benedictine monk and prelate of the Catholic Church.
14. Rob Surette
1971-. (aged 55)
painter
Robert R. M. "Rob" Surette is an American speed-painter and public speaker known for inspiring audience members with his 6-foot paintings (created live, in 1–5 minutes each) and motivational messages.
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15. Sam Ftorek
1974-. (aged 52)
ice hockey player
Sam Ftorek is an American former professional ice hockey defenseman, who last played with the Norfolk Admirals of the ECHL. He is the son of former NHL player and coach Robbie Ftorek.
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16. Mark Krikorian
1960-. (aged 66)
association football player
association football coach
Mark Krikorian is an American sports executive and former soccer coach who is president of soccer operations and general manager of Washington Spirit.
17. Nicholas Samra
1944-. (aged 82)
Catholic deacon
Catholic bishop
Catholic priest
Nicholas James Samra is a Syrian American prelate who served as Eparch of Newton in the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 2011 to 2022. He also served as Apostolic Administrator of the Eparchy of Nuestra Señora del Paraíso in Mexico City from 2015 to 2019. Samra has written extensively on the subject of ecumenism and the Eastern Catholic Churches.
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18. Louis A. Bafalis
1929-2023 (aged 94)
investment banker
entrepreneur
politician
Louis Arthur "Skip" Bafalis was an American businessman and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Florida's 10th congressional district from 1973 to 1983. A member of the Republican Party, he was the party's nominee in the 1982 Florida gubernatorial election, and previously represented district 33 in the Florida Senate from 1966 to 1970.
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19. Peter Clavelle
1949-. (aged 77)
politician
Peter A. Clavelle is an American politician who served as the 38th and 40th mayor of Burlington, Vermont, and was the first member of a third party to hold the office since James Edmund Burke in 1935. Bernie Sanders also won several elections as an independent candidate in the 1980s (e.g. in 1981, in 1983, in 1985, in 1987), defeating...
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20. Kevin Mackey
1946-2025 (aged 79)
basketball coach
Kevin Mackey was an American basketball coach who was the head coach of men's basketball at Cleveland State University. His CSU Vikings upset the Indiana Hoosiers and the Saint Joseph's Hawks to make the Sweet 16 in the 1986 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. He is also known for recruiting future NBA player Manute Bol. In 2024 Mackey was...
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21. Pam Patenaude
1961-. (aged 65)
politician
Pamela Hughes Patenaude is a former United States Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, having served from September 2017 to January 2019, under President Donald Trump.
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22. Harvey C. Barnum, Jr
1940-. (aged 86)
military officer
Harvey Curtiss Barnum Jr. is a retired United States Marine Corps officer who received the Medal of Honor during the Vietnam War. He was the fourth Marine to receive the medal for actions in Vietnam. He retired from the Marine Corps in 1989 after more than 27 years of service. Barnum served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for...
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23. Mark J. Sullivan
1955-. (aged 71)
special agent
U.S. Secret Service agent
Mark J. Sullivan is a former federal law enforcement agent who served as the 22nd Director of the United States Secret Service from May 31, 2006, to March 27, 2013. Sullivan succeeded W. Ralph Basham and was succeeded by Julia Pierson.
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24. Rómulo O'Farrill
1917-2006 (aged 89)
entrepreneur
Rómulo O'Farrill II was a Mexican multi-millionaire businessman.
25. Karoline Leavitt
1997-. (aged 29)
political staffer
Karoline Leavitt is an American political spokesperson who has served as the 36th White House press secretary since 2025. A member of the Republican Party, she was the party's nominee in the 2022 election for New Hampshire's 1st congressional district.
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26. Jim McDonnell
1960-. (aged 66)
James McDonnell is an American law enforcement officer who has been the 59th Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department since November 8, 2024.
27. Jay Larson
actor
Jason "Jay" Larson is an American comedian, actor, and writer. He currently resides in Los Angeles.
28. Donna Soucy
1967-. (aged 59)
politician
Donna M. Soucy is an American attorney and former Democratic member of the New Hampshire Senate, first elected in 2012 in the 18th district. She is previously served as the President of the New Hampshire Senate, from December 5, 2018 until December 2, 2020. Soucy served on the Senate Commerce, and Rules and Enrolled Bills committees, in addition to the...
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29. Michael Buckley
1975-. (aged 51)
actor
screenwriter
writer
television producer
dub actor
Michael William Buckley is an American children's author whose works include The Sisters Grimm, the N.E.R.D.S. book series, and Finn and the Intergalactic Lunchbox. He is also the co-creator of the animated TV series Robotomy.
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30. Thomas J. Dodd
1907-1971 (aged 64)
politician
lawyer
diplomat
United States senator
jurist
Thomas Joseph Dodd was an American attorney and diplomat who served as a United States Senator and Representative from Connecticut.
31. Charlie Bondhus
1981-. (aged 45)
poet
Michael McKeown Bondhus is an American poet and author of four books. His second book, All the Heat We Could Carry, was the winner of the 2013 Main Street Rag Poetry Book Award, the 2014 Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry, and a finalist for the Gival Press Poetry Book Award.
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32. Gérald Lacroix
1957-. (aged 69)
Catholic deacon
Catholic bishop
Catholic priest
Gérald Cyprien Lacroix ISPX is a Canadian Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of Quebec and Primate of Canada since 2011. He was previously Auxiliary Bishop of Quebec from 2009 to 2011. A member of the Council of Cardinals and the Secular Institute Pius X, he was made a cardinal in 2014.
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