12 Notable alumni of St Catherine University
Updated: June 13, 2026 EliteDegrees
St Catherine University is ranked #2,237 in the world and #579 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 12 notable alumni from St Catherine University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with St Catherine University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Mary Kunesh
1960-. (aged 66)
politician
librarian
Mary Kelly Kunesh is an American politician and member of the Minnesota State Senate. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), she represents District 39, which includes parts of Ramsey, Hennepin, and Anoka Counties and the cities of Fridley, Spring Lake Park, Columbia Heights, Hilltop, New Brighton, and St. Anthony.
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2. Laurie Halverson
1969-. (aged 57)
politician
Laurie Halverson is an American politician who serves as County Commissioner for Dakota County in Minnesota. Previously, she has served as a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives from 2013 to 2021. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), she represented District 51B in the southern Twin Cities metropolitan area.
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3. Shukran Hussein Gure
1978-. (aged 48)
politician
Shukran Hussein Gure is a Kenyan politician. She hails from the Auliyahan subdivision of the Somali Ogaden Darod clan. Gure is a Member of the Kenyan Parliament representing the Garissa County. She was elected to the position in March 2013 on a Wiper Democratic Movement ticket. She is of Somali ethnicity.
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4. Michelle Benson
1968-. (aged 58)
politician
Michelle R. Benson is an American accountant, politician, and Republican member of the Minnesota Senate. She represents District 31, which includes portions of Anoka, Isanti and Sherburne counties in the northern Twin Cities metropolitan area. Benson is the Deputy Majority Leader of the Minnesota Senate.
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5. Heather M. Hodges
1946-. (aged 80)
diplomat
Heather Mary Hodges is a career United States foreign service officer. She has been the United States Ambassador to Moldova and the United States Ambassador to Ecuador.
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6. Betty McCollum
1954-. (aged 72)
politician
Betty Louise McCollum is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Minnesota's 4th congressional district, serving since 2001. She is a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL). McCollum's district centers on St. Paul, Minnesota's capital city. She is the second woman elected to Congress from Minnesota. McCollum has been the dean of Minnesota's congressional delegation since 2021, when...
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7. Madeleine Bordallo
1933-. (aged 93)
politician
Madeleine Mary Zeien Bordallo is an American-Guamanian politician who served as the delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives for Guam's at-large congressional district from January 3, 2003, to January 3, 2019.
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8. Cam Gordon
1955-. (aged 71)
politician
Cameron A. Gordon is an American politician who was a Green Party member of the Minneapolis City Council from 2006 to 2022. He was a co-founder of the Green Party of Minnesota and was called "the most prominent Green elected official in the US."
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9. Ann Louise Winblad
1950-. (aged 76)
businessperson
Ann L. Winblad is an American businesswoman. She is a founding partner of Hummer Winblad Venture Partners.
10. Mary Jo McGuire
1956-. (aged 70)
lawyer
politician
Mary Jo McGuire is an American politician and former member of the Minnesota Senate who represented District 66, which included portions of Ramsey County in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. She previously served in the Minnesota House of Representatives from 1989 to 2003, representing District 54A. Prior to the 1992 legislative redistricting, the area was known as District 63A. She...
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11. Anne McKeig
1967-. (aged 59)
judge
Anne K. McKeig is an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court. She is its first Native American justice and the first Native American Woman to serve on any State Supreme Court. She was a judge of the Minnesota Fourth District Court in Hennepin County from 2008 to 2016.
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12. Erin Murphy
1960-. (aged 66)
politician
Erin Murphy is an American politician serving as Majority Leader of the Minnesota Senate since 2024. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), she represents District 64, which includes the Highland Park, Macalester-Groveland, Merriam Park, Summit Hill, and St. Anthony Park, neighborhoods of the city of Saint Paul in Ramsey County in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. She is...
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