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24 notable alumni

Notable Alumni of Loras College

Notable alumni of Loras College include Darin LaHood (U.S. Representative from Illinois), Dennis Marion Schnurr (Catholic Archbishop of Cincinnati) and Rod Blum (Former U.S. representative from Iowa and businessman).

College data and admissions

Alumni list

Politics and law

  • Darin LaHood 1968–

    U.S. Representative from Illinois

    Bachelor of Arts · Class of 1990

    Also attended: The John Marshall Law School

    Father: Ray LaHood (Bradley University, Spoon River College)

  • Rod Blum 1955–

    Former U.S. representative from Iowa and businessman

    Bachelor of Arts · Class of 1977

    Also attended: University of Dubuque

  • Bill Lipinski 1937–

    US Representative from Illinois, 1983 to 2005

    Attended until 1957

    Child: Dan Lipinski (Northwestern University, Duke University)

  • Tom Tauke 1950–

    Former Iowa congressman, lawyer and executive

    Also attended: University of Iowa

  • Tom Miller 1944–

    Former Attorney General of Iowa

    Also attended: Harvard University

  • Mike Blouin 1945–

    Former Democratic U.S. representative from Iowa

  • Pam Jochum 1954–

    Former Iowa state senator and Senate president

Arts and media

Sports

Other fields

  • Dennis Marion Schnurr 1948–

    Catholic Archbishop of Cincinnati

    Also attended: Catholic University of America

  • John Joseph Myers 1941–2020

    Former Catholic archbishop of Newark

    Also attended: Catholic University of America

  • William Edwin Franklin 1930–2026

    Bishop of Davenport, Iowa

  • Thomas G. Doran 1936–2016

    Eighth Catholic bishop of Rockford

  • James Vincent Casey 1914–1986

    Catholic Archbishop of Denver

    Also attended: Catholic University of America

  • Justin Albert Driscoll 1920–1984

    Catholic bishop of Fargo, Loras College president

    Also attended: Catholic University of America

  • John Joseph Paul 1918–2006

    Catholic bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin

    Also attended: Marquette University

  • Loras Joseph Watters 1915–2009

    Catholic bishop of Winona, Minnesota

    Also attended: Catholic University of America

  • John Jeremiah McRaith 1934–2017

    Catholic bishop of Owensboro, Kentucky

  • Edward Aloysius Fitzgerald 1893–1972

    Catholic bishop of Winona, 1949–1969

  • Edward Howard 1877–1983

    Catholic archbishop of Portland, Oregon

    Also attended: University of St Thomas (MN)

  • Henry Rohlman 1876–1957

    Catholic bishop of Davenport and archbishop of Dubuque

    Also attended: Catholic University of America

  • Joseph Michael Gilmore 1893–1962

    Catholic bishop of Helena, Montana

  • Mathias Clement Lenihan 1854–1943

    Bishop of Great Falls, Montana

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 Loras College (people who attended both).