- Michael Hayden
Michael Vincent Hayden (born March 17, 1945 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) holds the rank of General in the United States Air Force, and is the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. From April 21, 2005-May 26, 2006 he was the Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, a position which made him "the highest-ranking military intelligence officer in the armed forces," and he is currently the only non-rated Air Force four-star general. - Chip Ganassi
Floyd "Chip" Ganassi (born May 24, 1958 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and educated at local Duquesne University) is a former American racecar driver and current racecar owner. He is currently the owner and president of Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates which operates teams on both the IndyCar and NASCAR circuit. Ganassi began his CART (Champ Car) racing career in 1981 and competed in the Indianapolis 500 five times, with a best finish of 8th in 1983. - John Clayton
John Clayton (born Johan Clayton) is a National Football League writer and reporter for ESPN. He is a senior writer for ESPN.com and often is recognized by fellow ESPN sportscasters as "The Professor." Clayton began hosting a cable TV sports show in Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania, while still a student at Churchill Area High School in suburban Pittsburgh. His print journalism career started at a now-defunct Pittsburgh weekly, "Steel City Sports", in 1973. - Art Rooney
Arthur Joseph Rooney, Sr. (January 27, 1901 - August 25, 1988) was the founding owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers franchise in the National Football League. Rooney was a lifelong resident of the Pittsburgh area having been born and raised in the Pittsburgh suburb Coulterville. He graduated from Duquesne Prep, then went on to Duquesne University before founding the Pittsburgh Steelers. Rooney (nicknamed "The Chief") is a beloved figure in the city of Pittsburgh. - Catherine Baker Knoll
Catherine Baker Knoll (born September 3, 1930 in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania) is the present lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania. She is a member of the Democratic Party. - Bud Shuster
Elmer Greinert "Bud" Shuster (born January 23, 1932) is an American politician who represented Pennsylvania in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican from 1972 to 2001. He is best known for his advocacy of transportation projects that critics deride as "pork barrel" spending. Shuster was born in the Pittsburgh suburb of Glassport, Pennsylvania. He received his B.A. from the University of Pittsburgh in 1954, an M.B.A. from Duquesne University in 1960, … - Charles Owen Rice
Monsignor Charles Owen Rice (1908-2005) was a Roman Catholic priest and an American labor activist. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, USA to Irish immigrants. His mother died when he was four, and he and his brother were sent to Ireland to be raised by a grandmother. Seven years later he returned to the United States. In 1934, after studies at Duquesne University and Saint Vincent Seminary, he was ordained into the priesthood in the Diocese of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, … - Ed Grier
Ed Grier is president of the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, which comprises the Disneyland and Disney's California Adventure theme parks, the Disneyland Hotel, Disney's Grand Californian Hotel & Spa, Disney's Paradise Pier Hotel, and the Downtown Disney retail, dining and entertainment district. He reports to Al Weiss, president of operations for Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. Before joining the Disneyland Resort in July 2006, … - Dan Rooney
Daniel M. Rooney (born July 20, 1932 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is the owner and chairman of the Pittsburgh Steelers football team in the National Football League (NFL). He is the son of team founder and former owner Art Rooney. Rooney was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2000 for his great success as an owner. - Derrick Bell
Derrick Bell (born November 6, 1930) is a visiting professor of Constitutional Law at New York University School of Law for the past 15 years and a major figure within the legal studies discipline of Critical Race Theory. - Thomas Patrick Melady
Thomas Patrick Melady (b. March 4, 1927 in Norwich, Connecticut) served as an American ambassador under three presidents and as a sub-cabinet officer for a fourth. A former consultant for the National Urban League in New York and chairman of Seton Hall University, he was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon as Ambassador to Burundi in 1969, Senior Advisor to the US delegation to the UN General Assembly in 1970, and Ambassador to Uganda from 1972 to 1973. - Zola Levitt
Zola Levitt (December 3, 1938 - April 19, 2006) was a Messianic Jewish preacher in Dallas, Texas, who had a strong pro-Israel ministry. He led Zola Levitt Ministries, Inc., a non-profit 501(c) organization for purposes of "evangelism of the unbelievers and the exhortation of the believers". He held music degrees from Duquesne University and Indiana University (doctoral coursework completed), and an Honorary Th.D. from Faith Bible College. - Bobby Vinton
Bobby Vinton (born April 16, 1935) is an American pop music singer. Born Stanley Robert Vintula, Jr. in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania (near Pittsburgh), he was the only child of a locally popular bandleader, Stan Vinton (Stanley Vintula, Sr.). At 16, Vinton formed his first band, which played clubs around the Pittsburgh area. With the money he earned, Vinton helped finance his college education at Duquesne University, … - Terry McGovern
Terence "Terry" McGovern was born May 11, 1942, and is an American film actor, television broadcaster, radio personality, voice-over specialist, and acting instructor. He was born the son of Roger McGovern, an actor and advertising copywriter. McGovern and his wife Molly have two sons, Brendan and Anthony, and they live in Marin, California. Although McGovern was born in Berkeley, California, he grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. - Dennis E. Fitch
Dennis E. (Denny) Fitch (born 1943) was the off-duty DC-10 training captain who helped captain Al Haynes minimize loss of life on United Airlines Flight 232 when all flight controls were lost, on July 19 1989. Fitch used differential throttle adjustment to steer the airliner to an oblique crash-landing at Sioux Gateway Airport, in Sioux City, Iowa, resulting in the survival of 185 out of 296 on-board. - Joseph M. Gaydos
Joseph Matthew Gaydos (born July 3, 1926) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Joe Gaydos was born in Braddock, Pennsylvania. He attended Duquesne University and graduated from the University of Notre Dame Law School in 1951. He served during World War II in the Pacific theater with the United States Navy Reserve, 1944-1946. He served in the Pennsylvania State Senate from 1967 to 1968. - Father James Cox
Father James Renshaw Cox (1886-1950) was an American Roman Catholic priest from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA known for his pro-labor activism. He was a candidate for President of the United States in 1932, and also the organizer of an unprecedented protest march on Washington, DC. He was born in 1886 in the Lawrenceville neighborhood of Pittsburgh, growing up in an unparalleled period of industrial expansion. He began as a cab driver and steelworker, … - Austin J. Murphy
Austin John Murphy (Born June 17, 1927) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Austin J. Murphy was born in North Charleroi, Pennsylvania, and grew up in New London, Connecticut. He graduated from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA in 1949, and the University of Pittsburgh in 1952. He served in the United States Marine Corps from 1944 to 1946. He served as assistant district attorney in Washington County, Pennsylvania, … - Donn Clendenon
Donn Alvin Clendenon was a first baseman in Major League Baseball. From 1961 through 1972, Clendenon played for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1961-68), Montreal Expos (1969[start]), New York Mets (1969[end]-1971) and St. Louis Cardinals (1972). A native of Neosho, Missouri, he batted and threw right handed. In a 12-season career, Clendenon posted a .274 batting average with 159 home runs and 682 RBI in 1362 games. - Thomas L. Thompson
Thomas L. Thompson is a biblical theologian, born Jan 7, 1939 in Detroit Michiganand currently lives in Denmark. Attended Duquesne, Oxford, Tuebingen and Temple universities He obtained a B.A. from Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1962, and his PhD at Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1976. - Mark Madden
Mark Madden is a radio sports talk-show host in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and also a former-World Championship Wrestling television commentator. - Vincent Leonard
Vincent Martin Leonard (1908-1994) was the 9th Roman Catholic Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Born December 11, 1908 in Pittsburgh, he attended St. Brigid School and the Duquesne Preparatory School, then did his undergraduate studies at Duquesne University, graduating in 1931. He then studied at Saint Vincent Seminary in Latrobe, Pennsylvania and was ordained to the priesthood on June 16, 1937. After a number of positions in the diocese, … - Thomas Hopko
Very Reverend Protopresbyter Thomas Hopko is an Orthodox Christian priest and theologian. He was the Dean of Saint Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary from September 1992 until July 1, 2002 and taught dogmatic theology in this institution from 1968 until 2002. After his retirement, he carries honorary title of "Dean Emeritus". Fr. Hopko was baptized and raised in St. Mary’s Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Greek-Catholic Church, Endicott, New York. - Sammy Nestico
Samuel "Sammy" Lewis Nestico (born February 6, 1924 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a prolific and well known composer and arranger of big band music. Nestico is most known for his arrangements for the Count Basie orchestra. - Bill Hillgrove
Bill Hillgrove is an American sports journalist, radio personality, and sports broadcaster. He is currently the lead play-by-play broadcaster for the Pittsburgh Steelers radio broadcasting network and for the Pitt Panthers football and basketball teams. He worked with a color commentator with a level of excitement almost never found on radio broadcasts. Born William Thomas Hillgrove in Pittsburgh's Lawrenceville neighborhood, he grew up in nearby Garfield. - Frank Legato
Frank Legato is an American author born in 1956 in Pittsburgh, PA. He is best known for his book "How to Win Millions Playing Slot Machines...or Lose Trying". He is also well known for founding and editing "Casino Gaming" magazine and writing a weekly humorous column about slot machines for "Strictly Slots" magazine. Legato has a bachelors in journalism and a masters in communication from Duquesne University. - Samuel A. Weiss
Samual Artur Weiss (April 15, 1902-February 1, 1977) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Samuel Weiss was born in Krotowocz, Poland. He immigrated to the United States in 1903 with his parents, who settled in Glassport, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1925, and from the law department of the same university with a LL.B. in 1927 and J.D. in 1929. - Daniel Dinardo
The Most Rev. Daniel DiNardo (born May 23, 1949) is the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston. He was named Coadjutor Bishop of the Diocese of Galveston-Houston on January 16, 2004. On February 28, 2006 he succeeded Joseph Fiorenza as archbishop upon Pope Benedict XVI's acceptance of Fiorenza's resignation. - Henry Ellenbogen
Henry Clayton Ellenbogen (April 3, 1900-July 4, 1985) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Henry Ellenbogen was born in Vienna, Austria. He attended the University of Vienna Law School in Vienna, Austria. He immigrated to the United States and settled in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He attended Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, and received his A.B. in 1921 and J.D. in 1924. - Linda O. Johnston
Linda O. Johnston is an American author of mystery and romance novels. Johnston’s first published fiction appeared in "Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine" and won the Robert L. Fish Memorial Award for Best First Mystery Short Story of the Year. Since then, she has had several more short stories published as well as numerous romance novels. Johnston is a practicing attorney who splits her time between legal work and writing fiction. - Herman P. Eberharter
Herman Peter Eberharter(April 29, 1892-September 9, 1958) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Herman P. Eberharter was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. During the First World War, he served in the United States Army as a private in the Twentieth Infantry and was commissioned as a second lieutenant. He was a member of the Officers’ Reserve Corps with rank of captain. - Theodore L. Moritz
Theodore Leo Moritz was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Theodore L. Moritz was born in Toledo, Ohio. He graduated from St. Mary’s Institute in Dayton, Ohio, in 1913, and the University of Dayton in 1919. He attended the law department of the Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1920 to 1923. He was engaged as a teacher in parochial schools in Dayton from 1910 to 1913, in Cleveland, Ohio, from 1913 to 1916, … - Karen Garver Santorum
Karen Anne Garver Santorum (born April 22, 1960) is the wife of former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania. She resides with her husband and six children in Leesburg, Virginia. Mrs. Santorum is an author of two books: "Letters to Gabriel: The True Story of Gabriel Michael Santorum" (ISBN 1-56814-528-4) and "Everyday Graces: A Child's Book of Good Manners". One of twelve children, Santorum is a nurse and an attorney. - Donald A. Bailey
Hon. Donald Allen "Don" Bailey (born July 21, 1945) is an American politician and lawyer, from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He was a Democratic Party member of the United States House of Representatives from 1979 to 1983, Auditor General of Pennsylvania from 1985 to 1989, and a candidate for the Democratic nomination for United States Senate and Governor of Pennsylvania. His Congressional District (PA-21) included all of Westmoreland County, … - Tanya Lehman
Tanya Justine Lehman (born August 14, 1983) is a beauty queen from York, Pennsylvania who has competed in the Miss USA pageant. Lehman won the Miss Pennsylvania USA 2006 title in a state pageant held in late 2005. It was her second attempt at this title, as she placed in the semi-finals of the 2003 event. She also placed second runner-up in the Miss Pennsylvania Teen USA 2001 pageant. - Keith Donohue
Keith Donohue (b. 1960) is an American novelist. Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, he earned his B.A and M.A. from Duquesne University and his Ph.D. in English from The Catholic University of America. Currently he is Director of Communications for the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, the grant-making arm of the U. S. National Archives in Washington, DC. - David J. Brightbill
David J. Brightbill was a State Senator and Majority Leader of the Pennsylvania State Senate. He is a member of the Republican Party He was born in Lebanon, Pennsylvania to Jonathan and Verda (McGill) Brightbill and attended Pennsylvania Military College for two years before finally graduating from Pennsylvania State University in 1964. He went on to obtain a law degree at Duquesne University School of Law in 1970. Prior to being elected to the Senate in 1982, … - Gary Siplin
Gary Siplin (born October 21, 1954 in Orlando, Florida) is a Democratic State Senator for the state of Florida. - Leigh Bodden
Leigh Edmond Bodden (born September 24, 1981 in Washington, DC), is an American football cornerback for the Cleveland Browns. Bodden signed with the Browns as a undrafted free agent after a stellar career at Division I-AA Duquesne University. - Paul Yingling
Lieutenant Colonel Paul Yingling is an officer in the United States Army currently in command of the 1st Battalion 21st Field Artillery, 41st Fires Brigade. LTC Yingling has served two tours in the Iraq War, first as executive officer of 2nd Battalion, 18th Field Artillery in OIF 1, and later as the effects coordinator for the 3rd ACR from March 2005 to March 2006, during OIF III.
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