24 notable alumni

Notable Alumni of University of Saint Mary of the Lake

Notable alumni of University of Saint Mary of the Lake include Francis Arinze (Nigerian Catholic cardinal and former Vatican prefect), Wilton Daniel Gregory (Catholic cardinal, former Archbishop of Washington) and Robert Barron (Catholic bishop and theologian).

College data and admissions

Alumni list

Politics and law

Edwin R. Chess 1913–2000

Air Force major general and Chief of Chaplains

Bachelor of Arts

Also attended: DePaul University
Philip J. Rock 1937–2016

Former President of the Illinois Senate

Science and academia

John Dominic Crossan 1934–

New Testament scholar and DePaul University professor emeritus

Attended until 1968

Also attended: Catholic Theological Union at Chicago

Arts and media

Andrew Greeley 1928–2013

Catholic priest, sociologist and novelist

Bachelor of Arts · Class of 1950

Also attended: University of Chicago
Dawn Eden 1968–

Author, theologian and canon lawyer

Also attended: Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies, New York University

Other fields

Francis Arinze 1932–

Nigerian Catholic cardinal and former Vatican prefect

Also attended: Catholic University of America, University of Notre Dame, Seton Hall University
Wilton Daniel Gregory 1947–

Catholic cardinal, former Archbishop of Washington

Also attended: Loyola University Chicago
Robert Barron 1959–

Catholic bishop and theologian

Also attended: Catholic University of America
Edward Egan 1932–2015

Catholic cardinal, former Archbishop of New York
Ronald Hicks 1967–

Catholic Archbishop of New York
Thomas J. Paprocki 1952–

Catholic bishop of Springfield in Illinois

Also attended: Loyola University Chicago
Gerald Frederick Kicanas 1941–

Former Catholic bishop of Tucson, Arizona

Also attended: Loyola University Chicago
Edward James Slattery 1940–2024

Catholic bishop of Tulsa from 1993 to 2016

Also attended: Loyola University Chicago
Patrick William Riordan 1841–1914

Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco

Also attended: University of Notre Dame
Aloysius John Wycislo 1908–2005

Eighth Catholic bishop of Green Bay

Also attended: Catholic University of America
Francis J. Kane 1942–

Former auxiliary bishop of Chicago

Also attended: Loyola University Chicago
Michael Pfleger 1949–

Chicago Catholic priest and social activist

Also attended: Loyola University Chicago
Jerome Edward Listecki 1949–

Former Catholic archbishop of Milwaukee

Also attended: DePaul University, Loyola University Chicago
John George Vlazny 1937–2025

Former archbishop of Portland in Oregon

Also attended: Loyola University Chicago, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Alberto Rojas 1965–

Catholic Bishop of San Bernardino
Edward Braxton 1944–

Former Catholic Bishop of Belleville
Joseph M. Siegel 1963–

Catholic bishop of Evansville, Indiana
James S. Wall 1964–

Catholic Bishop of Gallup

Also attended: Arizona State University-Tempe
Thomas Joseph Murphy 1932–1997

Catholic archbishop of Seattle

From Wikidata “educated at” records (including people who attended without graduating), ordered by the number of Wikipedia language editions. Degrees and years follow Wikidata and are left out where it has none.

Alumni network

Colleges that share the most alumni with University of Saint Mary of the Lake (people who attended both).