Famous Marquette Alumni

[Avenue Commons]

Probably qualifies as more of a local celebrity, but Brian Hanley of the Score (sports radio) and the Chicago Sun Times is a proud Marquette grad. Always promotes MU on the show and has TC on as a frequent guest.

[Avenue Commons]

"A product of Proviso East High School in Maywood, Illinois, Rivers earned the nickname "Doc" from former Marquette coach Rick Majerus, when he wore a "Dr. J" t-shirt to a summer basketball camp. Rivers played for the United States at the 1982 World Championship of Basketball, leading the U.S. to a silver medal and earning tournament MVP honors after averaging a team-best 18.6 points per game During the summer of 2001, he served as an assistant coach for the USA Men's Basketball Team at the Goodwill Games in Brisbane, Australia, that captured the Gold Medal.

Rivers earned a pre-law/political science degree from Marquette in 1985 and was honored by the Pro Basketball Writers with the 1990 J. Walter Kennedy Basketball Citizenship Award."

[Avenue Commons]

Why hasn't anyone brought this guy up? He went to Marquette for undergrad and law school and was a United States Senator.

[Sir Lawrence]

He's on the original posting--right beneath D-Wade.  So is Doc Rivers--to the left of Chris Farley. 

[StillAWarrior]

An inexcusable oversight:



It's not every alum who is the subject of an academy award/golden globe winning motion picture.

[Avenue Commons]

An inexcusable oversight:



It's not every alum who is the subject of an academy award/golden globe winning motion picture.

Thought: Is he famous, or is the movie famous?

[StillAWarrior]

Thought: Is he famous, or is the movie famous?

In my opinion, if you write a book about your life and the book is made into an Oscar winning movie, then you're famous.  Or, perhaps, infamous.

[SoCalwarrior]

How about the Governor of Guam and the founder of Texas Instruments.

[Sir Lawrence]

Former Secretary of the Department of Administration for the state of Wisconsin under Governor Jim Doyle (and spent some time in the Old Gym).

[Avenue Commons]

Former Secretary of the Department of Administration for the state of Wisconsin under Governor Jim Doyle (and spent some time in the Old Gym).

No disrespect to him, but a mid level state bureaucrat isn't exactly "famous."

[Dish]

'00 grad Nathan Baliva is the radio play by play voice of the Peoria Chiefs, the Cubs "A" team.

Soon to be famous perhaps?

[StillAWarrior]

How about the Governor of Guam...

OT-- Camacho might be the current governor of Guam, but he cannot hope to live up to the standards set by the governor of Guam when I lived there -- Ricky Bordallo.  Ricky certainly had a sense of style, right up to the very end.

[SoCalwarrior]

'00 grad Nathan Baliva is the radio play by play voice of the Peoria Chiefs, the Cubs "A" team.

Soon to be famous perhaps?

mu_hilltopper, what do you think of this one

[Sir Lawrence]

Former Secretary of the Department of Administration for the state of Wisconsin under Governor Jim Doyle (and spent some time in the Old Gym).

No disrespect to him, but a mid level state bureaucrat isn't exactly "famous."

Probably not, but he was a pretty good rebounder for us in the 80's.

[drunkenmidget]

Is that Len Kasper?  No offense to him but he sucks as the Cubs announcer.

is it baseball you don't understand, or announcing? i'm in mo way a Cubs fan, but Len is very very good at what he does.

[4everwarriors]

[herboturbo]

You guys are forgetting the bestest MU alum of all, besides Peter Bonerz that is




*edit: I just noticed the small photo amongst them all, but I'll leave the giant one here for all to see....Peter Bonerz - what a great name. 

[SoCalwarrior]

some business additions...

   •   Gerald Rauenhorst, Founding Chairman, Opus Corporation
   •   Joseph Rauenhorst, President and CEO, Opus South Corporation
   •   Mary Ellen Stanek, Managing Director and Director of Asset Management, Robert W. Baird & Company
   •   Charles M. Williams, Chief Administrative Officer, Global Corporate and Investment Banking, Bank of America
   •   John Ferraro, Global Chief Operating Officer, Ernst and Young, LLP
   •   Richard A. Burke, co-founder and chairman, TREK Bicycle Corp.
   •   Steven J. Douglass, retired president and chief executive officer, Payless Shoesource
   •   Donald F. Flynn, chairman of the board of Flynn Enterprises, Inc.
   •   Patrick Eugene Haggerty, founder of Texas Instruments
   •   Darren Jackson, CFO and senior vice president of Best Buy
   •   Jeffrey Joerres, chairman, president and chief executive officer, Manpower Inc.
   •   William R. Laidig, former chairman and chief executive officer, Great Northern Nekoosa Corp.
   •   John J. Stollenwerk, chairman and chief executive officer, Allen-Edmonds Shoe Corporation
   •   Charles M. Swoboda, chief executive officer, Cree, Inc.
   •   Ulice Payne, Jr., president of Addison-Clifton, LLC
   •   Edward Brennan, retired chairman of Sears Roebuck and Co.
   •   Wayne Sanders, former chairman and CEO of Kimberly-Clark Corp.
   •   Richard J. Fotsch, head of Global Power Group at the Kohler Company
   •   Dan Weinfurter, Founder and chief executive of Parson Consulting, Chief Executive Officer of Capital H Group
   •   James H. Keyes, Retired President and CEO of Johnson Controls
   •   James A. Runde, former vice chairman of Morgan Stanley

[ajodemon]

damn over-achievers...

<disclaimer> of course, by that token, I would be one too  </disclaimer>

hahahaha. please.

[gjreda]

if we are going to do local celebrities... rob hart (currently of 720 WGN news in chicago and formerly of WTMJ radio in milwaukee) graduated from MU a few years back.

as did an Illinois state senator and member of crain's business magazines "top 40 under 40"... MU's Dave Sullivan

[ajodemon]

"famous" then is used as losely as possible.

[pbiflyer]

I can't find a picture of him, but his IMDb entry can be found here:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0370907/

He didn't graduate, as he took an extended summer vacation one year. In the movie, they hold up a Marquette t-shirt, while searching his luggage.

Saw he speak at MU in 84, quite the interesting guy.

[WashDCWarrior]

The made a movie out of it, but it was very "Hollywood."  The book is the true story and a great read.

[Sir Lawrence]

And his photo can be found at Reply #29 in this thread.

[77fan88warrior]

How about William Gates? He represented the University well and has gone on to serve public from what I have read. I could only find a high school photo and don't know how to edit. Here is a link for an older article.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27976-2004Jul4.html