Famous Marquette Alumni

[warthog-driver]

The guy who played Billy Jack was an MU grad. So too was William Hayes, the guy who got rolled up in Midnight Express. From the movie I think his back side  got rolled up, too while he was in that Turkish prison.

[Murffieus]

John Bennett was a silver medalist in the 1956 Olympics (long jump)

Ken Wiesner a silver medalist in the 1948 or 52 Olympics (high jump)

[SaintPaulWarrior]

Don't know if Pat Finn was mentioned.  Lengthy resume including Joe Mayo in Seinfeld....also in the Golden Corrall commercials that are all over TV.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0278156/

[warthog-driver]

What about Nestor Figueroa? He was a proud member of ASMU, worked nights at the Danish Bookstore on WI ave and his cousin was none other than Ed Figueroa.

[mr.MUskie]

mark suppelsa, wgn tv news anchor.

[Henry Sugar]

Greg Kot, Chicago Tribune Rock Critic, and co-host of "the world's only rock and roll talk show".



I also note from his website he is a basketball fan and author.

http://www.gregkot.com/about.html

[LON]

also - the guy in the picture with Joel McHale on NBC'S COMMUNITY is Danny Pudi.  he is a theatre grad. from '01.  He is a huge MU hoops fan and one hell of a nice guy.

Community is funnier and funnier each week, hope that guy blows up as his character is beyond weird but always good for a laugh...

Him doing Batman in the Halloween episode was great.

[bma725]

The guy who played Billy Jack was an MU grad.

Not exactly.  For decades Tom Laughlin(Billy Jack) has lied about his past.  At various points he's claimed to have attended and played football at several different schools, including Marquette, Minnesota, Indiana, Wisconsin and the University of South Dakota. 

While MU did have a guy named Tom Laughlin that played footbal during the correct period, they are not the same guy.

[Lighthouse 84]

I don't have a picture, but what about "Smo"?

[damuts222]

I remember looking at Marquette's wiki page a year or so ago and this fine creature was noted as a Marquette alum.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

I remember looking at Marquette's wiki page a year or so ago and this fine creature was noted as a Marquette alum.

I can confirm....lived in Cobeen in 1997.  Dated Rawdog for awhile too.

[Ari Gold]

99 Grad

Ralph metcalfe
A gold and silver medalist in berlin, a silver and bronze medalist in LA and a US Congressman CoFounder of CBC

George Andrie too... he was last great football player to come through MU

Addition: Danny Pudi The Not Joe McHale guy from Community

[warthog-driver]

Ari

who's the babe?

[MUSF]

Community is funnier and funnier each week, hope that guy blows up as his character is beyond weird but always good for a laugh...

Him doing Batman in the Halloween episode was great.

Pudi is one of the first people I met at MU.

He is hilarious, always high energy, and genuinely a very nice guy.

I hope he makes it.

[Ari Gold]

Ari

who's the babe?

Trenni Kusnierek. She's a former Brewers/FSN WI girl. Now with MLB Network and Big Ten

[LON]

Trenni Kusnierek. She's a former Brewers/FSN WI girl. Now with MLB Network and Big Ten

And when in Milwaukee she's a staple at RC's...

[Chili]

And when in Milwaukee she's a staple at RC's...

And in her later years Jo Cats.

[warthog-driver]

Trenni Kusnierek. She's a former Brewers/FSN WI girl. Now with MLB Network and Big Ten

Are you certain she went to MU? This sort of talent was not on campus in my day...

[Hards Alumni]

Are you certain she went to MU? This sort of talent was not on campus in my day...

yes, she did.

and many girls look good when made up to look good...

wink wink nudge nudge.

[warthog-driver]

yes, she did.

and many girls look good when made up to look good...

wink wink nudge nudge.

Got it. We've all been there, brother. Back in the wilder single days the Fighter Bars were usually well stocked with a very high spandex factor of young women dedicated to supporting military aviation. There were mornings, however, when I  wondered how could my radar have been so badly calibrated, if you know what I mean...

[GoldenDieners32]

Couldn't find anywhere else to post this. On friday I played Milwaukee Lutheran High school who's coach is Marcus Jackson, he's got a real good team and hes a really good coach

[Warrior Code]

I had NO idea that Hunter from The Office was an MU grad, haha

"You took me by the hand..."

[Frenns Liquor Depot]

I had NO idea that Hunter from The Office was an MU grad, haha

"You took me by the hand..."

Topper will like this (from his wiki page)

D'Agosto was born in Omaha, Nebraska, the son of Deanna Rae (née Vellinga) and Alan D'Agosto, Omaha's major Arby's restaurant franchisee.[1][2][3] His mother is from Sioux City, Iowa, while his father is from Omaha.[4]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_D%27Agosto

[Marqevans]

Marcus Lamonas? Also I think we had a "playmate" back in the 70's she posed for the coed's edition.

[dgies9156]

99 Grad

Ralph Metcalfe
A gold and silver medalist in Berlin, a silver and bronze medalist in LA and a US Congressman Co-Founder of CBC

George Andrie too... he was last great football player to come through MU

Mr. Metcalfe is someone we should be very proud of, not just for his athletic achievement but his Congressional record and eventual standing up to the Daley Machine in Chicago.

Gwen Moore is an MU grad and a Congresswoman from Milwaukee as well. Worth the "famous" list, as is Joan Biskupic, who covered the Supreme Count for the Washington Post and USA Today and wrote a book about Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.

Incidentally, I don't think Tom Snyder ever was graduated from Marquette.