- Tom Gola
Thomas Joseph Gola (born January 13, 1933 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is one of Philadelphia's most famous basketball players. Gola was praised as a great all-around player as a high school student at La Salle College High School, where he led the Explorers to a Philadelphia Catholic League Championship. He entered La Salle a year after another NBA hall of famer, Paul Arizin, graduated.
- Rasual Butler
Rasual Butler (born May 23 1979 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American professional basketball player in the NBA. He was raised in South Philadelphia in the Point Breeze area, one of the toughest sections of the city, notorious for crime. After a career at La Salle University, Butler was a second round draft choice of the Miami Heat in the 2002 NBA Draft. After three seasons, he was traded to the New Orleans Hornets as part of the largest trade in NBA history.
- John Giannini
John Giannini is the current head coach of the La Salle University men's basketball team. He is nicknamed Dr John and actually is a Ph.D.
- Steven Smith
Steven Smith (born April 12 1983 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American professional basketball player, formerly in the NBA for the Philadelphia 76ers. Smith is a graduate of La Salle University, where he won the Atlantic 10 Player of the Year Award twice (2005 and 2006). He was waived by the 76ers in January 2007. In eight total games, he averaged 0.6 points and 0.8 rebounds. He currently plays for the Anaheim Arsenal of the NBA Development League.
- Brother Michael McGinniss
Brother Michael J. McGinniss, F.S.C., Ph.D., a De La Salle Christian Brother, is the 28th president of La Salle University. McGinniss became president on July 1, 1999. He previously was a member of the LaSalle University's Religion department and was president of Christian Brothers University in Memphis, TN from 1994 to 1999. Under McGinniss' direction, La Salle University has developed a new strategic plan and significantly increased enrollment, giving, …
- Charles Willson Peale
Charles Willson Peale was an American painter, soldier and naturalist. Peale was born in Chester, Queen Anne's County, Maryland the son of Charles Peale and his wife Margaret. In 1749 his brother James Peale (1749-1831) was born. Charles became an apprentice to a saddle maker when he was thirteen years old. Upon reaching maturity, he opened his own saddle shop; however, when his Loyalist creditors discovered he had joined the Sons of Liberty organization, …
- Dennis M. O'Brien
Dennis Michael O'Brien is the 137th and current Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. O'Brien represents Pennsylvania's 169th Legislative District, which is located in Northeast Philadelphia. Born in Philadelphia in 1952, he is a graduate of Archbishop Ryan High School and La Salle University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in business administration. He is married to the former Bernadette M. Benson and they have three sons, Dennis Jr., …
- Joe Bryant
Joseph Washington "Jellybean" Bryant (born October 19 1954, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American former professional basketball player and the father of Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant. Bryant was also the coach of the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks, but was fired on April 4, 2007. After starring at La Salle University, Bryant was drafted in the first round by the Golden State Warriors in 1975. Before the season started, though, he was dealt to his hometown team, …
- Lionel Simmons
Lionel James "L-Train" Simmons (born November 14, 1968 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a former professional basketball player. A 6'7" small forward from La Salle University (where he won the Naismith College Player of the Year and John R. Wooden Award as a senior), he was selected by the Sacramento Kings with the seventh pick of the 1990 NBA Draft. Simmons is third in all-time NCAA career points with 3,217. He trails only Pete Maravich and Freeman Williams.
- Doug Overton
Doug Overton (born August 3, 1969 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Detroit Pistons in the 2nd round (40th overall) of the 1991 NBA Draft. A 6'3" point guard from La Salle University, Overton played in 11 NBA seasons for 8 different teams. He played for the Washington Bullets, Denver Nuggets, Philadelphia 76ers, Orlando Magic, New Jersey Nets, Boston Celtics, …
- Paul Westhead
Paul Westhead (born February 21, 1939 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a basketball coach in the WNBA, and a former coach in the NBA and the NCAA. He has coached three different NBA teams, and was also the coach of the Loyola Marymount University men's basketball team during that school's era of greatest basketball glory. Westhead is known for employing an unorthodox, run-and-gun style.
- Tim Legler
Timothy Eugene "Legs" Legler (born December 26, 1966 in Washington, D.C.) is an American, former professional basketball player in the NBA, and is a current ESPN analyst.
- Jim Phelan
Jim Phelan (born March 19, 1929 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA) was a collegiate basketball coach for Mount Saint Mary's University. Jim was a 1951 graduate of La Salle University and played one season for the Philadelphia Warriors of the NBA. He was famous for wearing a bow tie on the sidelines.
- Larry Miller
Larry G. Miller, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is a American sports executive. He is currently president of the Portland Trail Blazers National Basketball Association fanchise, being hired for the position on June 20 2007.. Miller replaced interim president Tod Leiweke in the role. Miller held a variety of executive positions at Nike, Inc, most recently Vice President and General Manager, Basketball, and prior to that President of the Jordan Brand.
- Ken Loeffler
Kenneth D. Loeffler (April 14 1902 - January 1 1975) was an American collegiate and professional basketball coach. He was mostly known for guiding the La Salle University men's basketball team to the 1954 NCAA Championship and the 1952 National Invitation Tournament Championship. After earning a Bachelor's degree at Pennsylvania State University (1920-24) and a short pro basketball career (1924-29), the Beaver Falls, …
- John Lukacs
John Lukacs is a Hungarian-born American historian who has written more than twenty-five books, including "Five Days in London, May 1940" and "A New Republic". He was a professor of history at Chestnut Hill College (where he succeeded Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn) from 1947 to 1994, and the chair of that history department from 1947 to 1974. He has served as a visiting professor at Johns Hopkins University, Columbia University, Princeton University, …
- Randy Woods
Randy Woods (born September 23, 1970 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American former professional basketball player who was selected by the Los Angeles Clippers with the 16th overall pick of the 1992 NBA Draft. Woods played in 4 NBA seasons for the Clippers and Denver Nuggets, averaging 2.4 ppg in his career. He played collegiately at La Salle University.
- Marie Hicks
Marie Hicks was an African American civil rights activist best known for leading thousands of pickets in 1965-1966 around the wall at Girard College. Her efforts led to her sons being enrolled in the formerly all-white school in 1968. She later took a maid job at La Salle University and attended night classes there. In 1980, earned a bachelor's degree in sociology from La Salle. Hicks died of Parkinson's disease Germantown, Pennsylvania.
- Jackie Moore
John T. "Jackie" Moore (born September 24, 1932) is a retired American professional basketball player. A 6'5" forward from La Salle University, Moore played three seasons (1954-1957) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Philadelphia Warriors. He averaged 2.7 points per game in his career and won a league championship in 1956.
- Jim Pollard
James Clifford "Jim" Pollard (b. July 9, 1922 in Oakland, California - d. January 22, 1993 in Stockton, California) was a former pro basketball player. In college, Pollard played for Stanford and was a key member of Stanford's 1942 national championship team (though due to illness, he did not play in the final game). In the NBA, Pollard was considered one of the best forwards in the 50s and was known for his leaping ability, earning him the nickname "The Kangaroo Kid".
- Larry Foust
Lawrence Michael Foust (June 24, 1928-October 27, 1984) was an American basketball player who spent 12 seasons in the NBA and was an 8-time All-Star. He attended South Catholic High School in Philadelphia. Pa and was instumental in winning the city championship against archrival Southern High School by scoring a last second basket.
- John Uelses
John Uelses is a retired American pole vaulter and Corporal in the United States Marine Corps who graduated from La Salle University in Philadelphia in 1965. He was the first person to ever pole vault 16' (4.88 m) he held the world record in the pole vault for a short time with his personal best of 4.89 m. Uelses being one of the first vaulters to jump on a fiberglass pole, made this new style of vaulting pole the standard with is 16' jump.
- Francis L. Bodine
Francis L. Bodine (born January 10, 1936) is an American Democratic Party politician, who has served in the New Jersey General Assembly since 1994, where he represents the 8th legislative district. He has served in the Assembly as Deputy Leader from 2006-2007, served as the Assistant Republican Whip from 2002-2006 and was the Assistant Majority Whip during 2000-2001.
- Roland Taylor
Roland Morris “Fatty” Taylor is a former professional basketball player. A 6’0” guard from La Salle University, Taylor joined the American Basketball Association in 1969. After one year playing for the Washington Capitals, he moved on to the Virginia Squires, with whom he spent the prime of his career, tallying 3,495 points, 1,737 assists, and 1,715 rebounds in five seasons. For one-and-a-half seasons Taylor was a teammate of George Gervin, …
- Michael William Brescia
Michael William Brescia is a convicted bank robber who has also been alleged to have been involved in the Oklahoma City Bombing. Born to a firefighter father and accountant mother in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Brescia became an Eagle Scout. He was a member of the Aryan Republican Army and was a part-time student at La Salle University at the time of his arrest.
- Keydren Clark
Keydren "Kee-Kee" Clark (born October 8, 1984 in Alabama) was one of the most prolific scorers in NCAA Division I history, amassing 3,058 points and averaging 25.9 ppg for his career. Not heavily recruited on a Rice High School team in New York City that featured four Division I-bound seniors, Clark became one of the shortest players ever to lead Division I in scoring at 5'9" (1.75 m), doing so twice and finishing in the top five his senior year.
- Joe Verdeur
Joe Verdeur was an Olympic gold medalist in swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. He is a graduate of La Salle University and Northeast Catholic High School in Philadelphia PA. During his career he set 19 world swimming records.
- Jack George
John Edwin George, Jr. (November 13, 1928-January 30, 1989) was an American professional basketball player. George played basketball and baseball at La Salle University in the early 1950s. He was selected by the Philadelphia Warriors in the 1953 National Basketball Association Draft and played eight seasons in the league with the Warriors and New York Knicks.
- Sal Calabro
Sal Calabro, M.D., is a plastic surgeon whose practice is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, and who is famous for performing breast implants and other cosmetic surgery for people, mostly women, who have appeared on the Howard Stern radio show. In a classic Stern "bit", a woman is allowed into the studio after convincing Gary Dell'Abate or another Stern staffer of their need for a "boob job" or some other surgery and requesting Howard pay for the surgery.
- Diane Moyer
Diane Marie Moyer, Ph.D. (born July 29, 1958) was a player for the United States women's field hockey team that won the bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. She graduated from La Salle University and is currently an Associate Professor of the Psychology Department at Cedar Crest College in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
- Kathy McGahey
Kathy McGahey, was a player for the United States women's field hockey team that won the bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. She graduated from La Salle University.
- Michael Saxe
Michael A. Saxe (born December 22, 1886; died May 26, 1955, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was an American basketball player and coach. Saxe was the captain of the basketball team at Philadelphia's Central High School in 1906. He attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he played from 1908-10, leading the Quakers to a 23-4 record and an Ivy League championship in 1908. He graduated from Penn Law School in 1910, …
- Patrick J. Cronin
Patrick J. Cronin is an actor, primarily on television. He portrayed Sid Farkus in 2 episodes of "Seinfeld" and Sparky in "Home Improvement" (1996 - 1999). He received a B.A. degree from La Salle University and a master's in directing from Temple University. He teaches Theater and English at East Tennessee State University. He was married to the actress Beatrice Colen from 1977 until her death in 1999.
- Jack Conners
Jack Conners (born July 10, 1943) is an American Democratic Party politician, who serves in the New Jersey General Assembly since 1998, where he represents the 7th legislative district. Conners serves in the Assembly on the Military and Veterans' Affairs Committee (as Chair), the Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee (as Vice Chair) and the State Government Committee. Assemblyman Conners has served on the Board of the Pennsauken High School Foundation since 1993.
- Steven Petrosino
Steven Petrosino is the world record holder for drinking 1 liter, ½ liter and ¼ liter of beer the fastest. The "Guinness Book of World Records" only recognized his 1 liter accomplishment (1.3 seconds), however: speed drinking video He served in the Marine Corps, garnered the rank of Lt. Colonel and retired in 2004. He is a member of Mensa International, a black belt in Tae Kwon Do karate and is married with two adult children.
- Bruce C. Clarke
General Bruce Cooper Clarke was a commander of Continental Army Command from 1958-1960 and Commander, U.S. Army Europe from 1960-1962. He also commanded the U.S. Army, Pacific from December 1954 to April 1956. He dropped out of high school to enlist in the Army in 1917 and gained appointment to the United States Military Academy through the New York National Guard. He graduated in 1925 with a commission into the Corps of Engineers. In addition to his degree from West Point, …
- Diane Bracalente
Diana Renee Bracalente (born in Quakertown, Pennsylvania) is a former field hockey player from the United States, who finished in eighth position with "Team USA" in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. Bracalente twice earned All-America honors. During her four years at the Old Dominion University as a "Lady Monarch", she compiled a 75-4-2 record. This included three NCAA national championships and one third place finish.
- Karla Drenner
Dr Karla Lea Drenner (born September 10 1961) is an American academic and politician from Georgia. A Democrat, she is a member of the Georgia House of Representatives representing the state's 86th district in DeKalb County. A resident of Avondale Estates, Drenner was first elected to the state house in 2000, winning in what was then the 66th district. In this heavily Democratic district, the primary election was the key contest and she won it by just 68 votes - 52% to 48%.
- Charles Kieffer
Charles Kieffer was an Olympic gold medalist in crew at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He is a graduate of La Salle University.
- La Salle University
I am one of the top departments at La Salle University, a Christian Brothers institution located in Philadelphia, Pennslyvania. I exist inside a squat, wide two-story building with state-of-the-art technology and just a pinch of pinchable love handles starting to show on the sides. Fortunately, I am located next to a fitness center.