- Michael Ruse
Michael Ruse (born June 21, 1940 in Birmingham, England) is a philosopher of science, working on the philosophy of the biology, and is well known for his work on the argument between creationism and evolutionary biology. He was born in England, took his undergraduate degree at the University of Bristol (1962), his master's degree at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario (1964), and Ph.D. at the University of Bristol (1970).
- Peter King
I am a US House Representative for the state of NY. I am a Republican. My religion is Catholic. I am Married. I received my BA from St. Francis College. I received my JD from Notre Dame University. I live in Seaford. I was born in Manhattan, NY. For issues within my power to resolve, write me at "1003 Park Blvd., Massapequa Park, NY 11762".
- Virgilio Elizondo
Virgilio Elizondo is a Mexican American, Roman Catholic priest who divides his time between his parish in San Antonio, Texas, and teaching at Notre Dame University in South Bend, Indiana. He is a major theologian in liberation theology and Hispanic theology. He has been named by Time Magazine as one of our most innovative spiritual leaders.
- Dan Lungren
Daniel Edward (Dan) Lungren (born September 22, 1946), is a Republican of the United States House of Representatives representing California's 3rd congressional district (see map), located in the suburbs of Sacramento where he has served since 2005.
- Kenichi Ohmae
Author of over 100 books, including the seminal work, The Mind of the Strategist , Kenichi Ohmae has an unsurpassed reputation as an advisor on global strategy to foreign governments and scores of multinational corporations. The Economist selected him as one of five management gurus in the world.
- Paul Gordon
Paul C. Gordon (born April 8 1927) is an American former professional basketball player in the NBA. He participated in four games for the Baltimore Bullets during the 1949-50 NBA season. He attended Notre Dame University.
- Peter Visclosky
I am a US House Representative for the state of IN. I am a Democrat. My religion is Catholic. I am Divorced. I received my BS from Indiana University. I received my JD from Notre Dame University. I received my LLM from Georgetown University. I live in Merrillville. I was born in Gary, IN. For issues within my power to resolve, write me at "701 E. 83rd Ave., Ste. 9, Merrillville, IN 46410".
- Millard Sheets
Millard Owen Sheets (1907-1989) was an American painter and an important representative of the California School of Painting.
- Benjamin Petit
Benjamin Marie Petit (April 8, 1811 - February 10, 1839). A native of Rennes in Brittany, Petit was a Catholic missionary sent to the Potawatomi nation of Native Americans in Indiana in 1837. In 1838, when the United States forced the removal of a band of 859 Potawatomi from the vicinity of Plymouth, Indiana, to the present-day site of Osawatomie, Kansas, Petit accompanied them on most of the two-month march, now called the Potawatomi Trail of Death.
- Joel Cummins
Joel Nathaniel Cummins (born 1973, Chicago, Illinois) is an American musician, and founding member/keyboardist for progressive rock band Umphrey's McGee. He formed the band along with Brendan Bayliss, Mike Mirro, and Ryan Stasik in December 1997 and remains with the band to this day. Cummins and Mirro were members of University of Notre Dame band Stomper Bob, who split around the same time as another local band, Tashi Station (which included Bayliss and Stasik).
- Coquese Washington
Coquese Washington , who helped lead Notre Dame to the 2001 NCAA Championship, was introduced as the fifth head coach of the Penn State women's basketball program on April 23, 2007. Washington is the first female African-American head coach in Penn State history. "I could not have dreamed of a better place to begin my head coaching career than here at Penn State. The passion that I have seen for Penn State and for Lady Lion Basketball has been off the charts.
- Jim Leonard
Jim Leonard (1910-December 2, 1993) was a two sport star at Notre Dame University during the 1930's, both as pitcher on baseball and fullback on football. After Notre Dame he played for the Philadelphia Eagles for three seasons and was team captain 1935-1936. He left the Eagles to start the football program at St. Francis College in Loretto Pennsylvania in 1937. In 1942 he joined the NFL again as a staff coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers, …
- Jim Flanigan
Jim Flanigan is a fomer defensive tackle that played from 1994-2003. Most of his success came when he was with the Chicago Bears from 1994-2000. He attended Notre Dame University for college.
- Jennifer Niederst Robbins
Jennifer Niederst Robbins has been a Web designer since 1993. She designed the web's first commercial site, O'Reilly's Global Network Navigator (GNN). A graduate of Notre Dame University she is the author of "Web Design in a Nutshell", "Learning Web Design", and "HTML and XHTML Pocket Reference". She has also written corporate identity style guides for clients such as Harcourt Publishing, Americanexpress.com, and OrangeImagineering.
- John Gutekunst
John Gutekunst was the head football coach at the University of Minnesota from 1985 to 1991. During his tenure there, his teams compiled a 29-37-2 record. His first game as interim coach was the 1985 Independence Bowl after Lou Holtz left the team to become the coach at Notre Dame in 1985 and he was promoted to head coach before the next season. He served as an assistant coach at the University of South Carolina, Rutgers University, Wake Forest University, …
- Dean Pees
Dean Pees (born September 4, 1949 in Dunkirk, Ohio) is the current American football defensive coordinator for the New England Patriots of the National Football League. Pees was also a former head coach at Kent State University. Prior to the 2004 NFL season, Pees left Kent State for the Patriots, spending two years as the Patriots' linebackers coach. On January 17, 2006, Pees was promoted to defensive coordinator.
- John Mazur
John Mazur (born June 17, 1930) is a former football player and coach who was a quarterback for Notre Dame University and also served as head coach for the New England Patriots from 1970 to 1972. Mazur's outstanding quarterback skills at Plymouth High School in Pennsylvania caught the attention of Notre Dame coaches, leading him to play for the Fighting Irish from 1949 to 1951, starting for the 1951 squad that finished 7-2-1.
- Zack Hudgins
Zack Hudgins is the State Representative for Washington State's 11th Legislative District, Position 1. Hudgins worked at Amazon.com as a project manager and program manager with Microsoft, before coming to the Legislature. His background includes several years as a campaign manager for various Democratic Congressional candidates. His District includes Renton, Tukwila and South Seattle.
- Joseph P. O'Hara
Joseph Patrick O'Hara was a U.S. Representative from Minnesota; born in Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa, January 23, 1895; attended the public schools and graduated from Spirit Lake, Iowa, High School; during the First World War was commissioned a second lieutenant of Infantry in the Officers’ Reserve Corps and later promoted to captain in the Quartermaster Corps, and served from May 13, 1917, to August 15, 1919, …
- Shanele Stires
Shanele Marie Stires (born May 21 1972) is a former collegiate and professional women's basketball player. She is currently a coach on the collegiate level. Stires attended Cloud County Community College during her freshman year before transferring to Kansas State University, where she graduated in 1995 with a B.S. degree in Social Science. She started her American professional career playing for the Columbus Quest in the now-defunct American Basketball League (ABL).
- Joe Bach
DatabaseFootballCoach=BACHJOE01Joe Bach was one of Notre Dame University's famed "seven mules" and later an NFL coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers. At Notre Dame he was a defensive lineman on the 1924 National Title team--the first Irish team to win a championship, and had a pivotal role in Notre Dame's first Rose Bowl trip.
- Charles S. Johnson
Charles S. Johnson played American football for the University of Colorado Buffaloes. He was the backup quarterback (behind Darian Hagan) in the 1989 and 1990 seasons. Johnson is noted for his pivotal role in the infamous Fifth Down game at Missouri on October 6 1990. He is the player who ran for the decisive touchdown on fifth down, which was the last play of the game. At the end of the 1990 season, Colorado played in the Orange Bowl game on January 1 1991, …
- E.G. Bailey
e.g. bailey (no capitalization) is a Liberian American multidisciplinary artist and producer based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Primarily known as a leading spoken word artist, e.g. bailey also actively works in theatre, radio and as a producer. Born in Saclepea, Liberia, he grew up in Illinois and attended Notre Dame University.
- Kermit Roosevelt III
Kermit Roosevelt , Professor of Law, works in a diverse range of fields, focusing on constitutional law and conflict of laws. [More] Kermit Roosevelt , Professor of Law, works in a diverse range of fields, focusing on constitutional law and conflict of laws. His new book, The Myth of Judicial Activism: Making Sense of Supreme Court Decisions (Yale Univ. Press, 2006) sets out standards by which citizens can determine whether the Supreme Court is abusing its authority.
- Leo Barnhorst
Leo A. Barnhorst (born May 11, 1924) is a retired American basketball player. A 6'4" forward/guard from Cathedral High School in Indianapolis, Barnhorst played four seasons at Notre Dame University, where he was an honorable mention All-American. He then played professionally in the NBA for the Chicago Stags, Indianapolis Olympians, Baltimore Bullets and Fort Wayne Pistons. Barnhorst appeared in two NBA All-Star Games (1952, 1953) and scored 3,232 career points.
- Donald McGinley
Donald Francis McGinley (June 30, 1920 - July 6, 2005) was a Democratic politician from Nebraska who served a single term in the United States House of Representatives from 1959 to 1961 and as Nebraska Lieutenant Governor from 1983 to 1987. McGinley was a highly-educated attorney with degrees from Notre Dame University and Georgetown University. Before practicing law, he served in the Army Air Corps during World War II and was a reporter for the Denver Register.
- Xiaohui Ma
Xiaohui Ma is soloist on the Erhu and is one of China’s premiere musical artists. A graduate of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, she has won numerous competitions and awards including First Prize for the National Guangdong Music Competition (Gaohu Section) in 1987, the Baosteel Classic Arts Award in 1994 and 1999, and the First Prize for the 1st Shanghai Spring International Music Festival in 2001.
- John M. Gearin
John McDermeid Gearin (August 15, 1851 - November 12, 1930) was a United States Senator from Oregon. Born near Pendleton, he attended the country schools, St. Mary's College (San Francisco), and graduated from Notre Dame University in 1871. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1873 and commenced practice in Portland. He was a member of the Oregon House of Representatives in 1874 and was city attorney of Portland in 1875.
- Casey Clausen
Casey Clausen (born January 9, 1981) is a former American football player who played college football for the University of Tennessee. He took over the starting position from A.J. Suggs. Clausen started 44 of 47 games at the quarterback position in his career and had a 14-1 record on the road with a 34-10 record overall.
- Vince Scott
Vince Scott was a Canadian football player. He played for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, and was later a Hamilton city councillor. Scott was born in Leroy, New York. He suffered from polio as a child and was left with a slightly shrunken left leg, although this did not inhibit his sports career. He made the Notre Dame University team as a lineman, and played for two seasons with the Buffalo Bills of the AAFC before joining the Hamilton Wildcats franchise in 1949.
- George Despot
George Joseph Despot (January 28, 1927 -- February 14, 1991) was a Shreveport businessman and a pioneer in the establishment of a competitive Republican Party in Louisiana. He was the state Republican chairman from 1978-1985. His leadership began when the state party was so small that there was a standing joke that the Louisiana GOP could operate out of a phone booth. Despot was born in Shreveport to George G. Despot (1898-1969) and Katherine "Katie" Despot (1901-1977).
- Jerome Collins
Jerome Vincent Collins (born August 18 1982 in Columbus, Georgia, USA) is an American football player for the Indianapolis Colts of the NFL. He was the 144th pick of the 2005 NFL Draft by the St. Louis Rams from the University of Notre Dame. He played for the Rams and the Dallas Cowboys practice squads before coming to the Colts on October 4 2006. He was placed on injured reserve after injuring his achilles tendon during practice in December 2006.
- Frank Minis Johnson
Frank Minis Johnson, Jr. United States Federal judge, made a number of landmark civil rights rulings that helped end segregation in the South. In the words of Bill Moyers, he "altered forever the face of the South,". An alumnus of The University of Alabama and the University of Alabama School of Law (one of Johnson's classmates was future George C. Wallace, who would be Johnson's "bête noire" in the civil rights litigation of the 1960s), …
- Gary Tuck
Gary Robert Tuck (born 1954 in Amsterdam, New York) is currently the bullpen coach for the Boston Red Sox. A graduate of Indiana University, Tuck has 23 years of professional coaching experience. He started his baseball career as a catcher for the Montreal Expos organization and played for them during three minor league seasons. Following his playing retirement, he served as an assistant coach at Notre Dame Universityin 1980, and Arizona State University in 1981.
- Bob Skoglund
Robert W. "Bob" Skoglund (born July 29, 1925 in Chicago, Illinois; died January 1, 1949) was an American professional football player. Skoglund starred at Loyola Academy in Wilmette, Illinois before attending the University of Notre Dame. A 6'1" end, he particpated in the 1945 and 1946 East-West games and earned three letters with the Fighting Irish. He later played with the Green Bay Packers during the 1947 NFL season. Skoglund died suddenly of a kidney infection in 1949.
- Mikhail Turovsky
Mikhail Turovsky (born in Kyiv, Ukraine in 1933) is an American artist-painter, and writer-aphorist, resident in New York since 1979. Mikhail Turovsky was born in 1933 in Kyiv. During the Second World War he was evacuated to Samarkand with his mother and an older brother. His father volonteered for active duty even though he over the draft age, and was killed in action in 1943. Turovsky attended the art school in Samarcand.
- Ken Adamson
Ken Adamson (born December 10, 1938) was an American college and professional football player. An offensive guard, he played college football at the Notre Dame University, and played professionally in the American Football League for the Denver Broncos from 1960 through 1962. He was an AFL All-Star in 1961.
- Byron Beams
Byron Beams was an American college and professional football player. A defensive and offensive tackle, he played college football at Notre Dame, and played professionally in the NFL for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1959-1960, and in the American Football League for the league champion Houston Oilers in 1961.
- Greg J. Holbrock
Greg John Holbrock (June 21, 1906-September 4, 1992) was an attorney, politician and member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio. Greg J. Holbrock was born in Hamilton, Ohio, the son of George H. and Clara C. (Beck) Holbrock. His father was a shoemaker by trade who became a successful merchant and partner with his younger brother William G. Holbrock in the Holbrock Brothers Dry Goods store in Hamilton and a branch, Middletown Dry Goods, in Middletown, …
- Patrick McCay
Patrick McCay is an Irish born Scottish/ American painter who resides in the Boston area. He earned an undergraduate degree in fine art and a Masters in painting from the Glasgow School of Art, in Scotland (1970-76). Later he earned a second Masters degree from Notre Dame University in the United States (1988). McCay’s paintings are rich in color and composition and combine abstract and figurative elements.