St. Louis University High School - Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

Business

• Jack Boehm, former President and CEO of Valvoline Oil Company.
• Dan Flynn, CEO/Secretary General of Major League Soccer.
• Kevin P. Mansell, President of Kohl's Department Stores.
• Stephen Pelletier, President of Prudential Financial's Group Insurance Business.
• George A. Schaefer, retired CEO of Caterpillar Inc..
• John T. Schuessler, Retired Chairman of the Board and CEO of Wendy's International.
• Thomas R. Voss, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ameren Corporation

Clergy

• The Reverend William S. Bowdern, S.J., conducted an exorcism, some details of which were portrayed in William Peter Blatty's novel, The Exorcist, as well as in the movie based upon that novel. Timothy Dalton played the role of Fr. Bowdern in his attempt to present a more accurate version of events in the movie Possessed.
• The Most Reverend Michael J. Sheridan, bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Colorado Springs

Entertainment

• Chris Albers, Emmy Award-winning comedy writer.
• Michael Beugg, Academy Award nominated movie producer.
• Dave Giuntoli, actor
• James Gunn, filmmaker and screenwriter.
• Brian Gunn, screenwriter
• Matt Gunn, writer for HBO show Real Time with Bill Maher.
• Sean Gunn, actor.
• George Hickenlooper, award-winning filmmaker.
• Ken Kwapis, film and TV director.
• Dan Potthast, ska musician and member of MU330, named after the class in which its constituents met.
• Timothy J. Sexton, Academy Award-nominated screenwriter.

Government

• John E. Bardgett, Missouri Supreme Court justice
• Alfonso J. Cervantes, former mayor of St. Louis
• Joseph Darst, former mayor of St. Louis
• Raymond Gruender, federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
• Daniel Isom, current St. Louis City Chief of Police
• Chris Koster, current Missouri Attorney General
• Mel Price, former U.S. Congressmen from southern Illinois
• William F. Quinn, first governor of the state of Hawaii, and former president of Dole Pineapple.
• Eugene R. Sullivan, former chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals (Armed Forces), counsel on Richard Nixon's defense team during the Watergate hearings, and governor of Wake Island.
• Raymond Tucker, former mayor of St. Louis. Also, former chair of mechanical engineering at Washington University in St. Louis
• George Buzz Westfall, AKA Buzz Westfall, former County Executive, and former chief prosecutor of St. Louis County.

Historical

• Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, son of Sacagawea and Toussaint Charbonneau, members of The Corps of Discovery/Lewis and Clark Expedition, pictured as an infant on the U.S. One Dollar Coin.

Humanitarianism/Activism

• Thomas Anthony Dooley III, Humanitarian, medical doctor, activist, author and Congressional Gold Medal recipient. During the late 1950s he established and worked in numerous clinics in Viet Nam and Laos. The organization he helped establish (MEDICO) was later incorporated into CARE (relief agency).
• Henry Hampton, Civil Rights activist, recipient of the Heinz Award, film maker, and producer of the documentary Eyes on the Prize.
• E. Michael Harrington, Harvard professor, author, and founder of the Democratic Socialists of America. Included among his many books is The Other America, a book which had a significant impact on John F. Kennedy's and Lyndon B. Johnson's administrations.
• Max Starkloff, founder of Paraquad.
• Jack Warner, SJ, in 1979 founded Teatro la Fragua, a Theatre Group in Honduras that gives free performances and theatre workshops for the poor, in an attempt to help them express their lives and problems. Concerning his role as Jesuit and as a promoter of theatre among the poor, Warner has said: "Art and religion spring from our need to be in touch with something beyond the littleness we feel as human beings."

Journalism

• Greg Burke, reporter for Fox News Rome bureau.
• Robert Hyland, radio executive who created the talk radio format.
• George Michael, sportscaster for The George Michael Sports Machine

Medicine/Research

• Michael R. DeBaun, M.D., M.P.H. Pediatrician, Sickle-cell disease expert and 2004 Backer Award Recipient. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine.
• Phillip M. Farrell MD, PhD., expert on cystic fibrosis and Dean of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School

Military

• Michael Blassie, former unknown soldier for Vietnam War.

Scholars, scientists, and inventors

• Joseph L. Badaracco eminent professor of business ethics at Harvard University.
• Barnaby Faherty, S.J., eminent historian and author of more than fifty books, one of which, "A Wall for San Sebastian" (1962), was the basis for the 1968 film La Bataille de San Sebastian starring Anthony Quinn and Charles Bronson.
• Gary Gutting, eminent professor of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame. In his role as a public intellectual has engaged the famed evolutionary biologist and atheist, Richard Dawkins, in debate.
• Dennis W. Jansen, eminent professor of economics at Texas A&M University, and expert on the Federal Reserve System.
• Robert J. Scherrer, eminent professor of theoretical physics, developer of a model that explains dark matter and dark energy as two aspects of a single force, chair of Vanderbilt University's Department of Physics and Astronomy, author of many science fiction works, and 2010 winner of the Klopsteg Memorial Award.
• Hubert Schlafly, studied electrical engineering and invented the teleprompter. He also helped promote the broadcasting of television signals via satellite feeds.
• Keith Schwab quantum physicist and head of Schwab Research Group at Caltech. Conducts pathbreaking work concerning quantum nature of the physical world and concerning nanotechnology.

Sports

• Nelson Burton Jr., professional bowler
• Jay Delsing, professional golfer.
• Buzz Demling, professional soccer player and former member of the U.S. Men's National Soccer Team
• Joe Germanese, former Major League Soccer player for the New England Revolution
• Cole Grossman, Major League Soccer player for the Columbus Crew
• Henry Jones, former All-Pro defensive back for the Buffalo Bills.
• Bob Kehoe, soccer player and former head coach of the U.S. Men's National Soccer Team.
• William "Ty" Keough, sports broadcaster, retired professional soccer player and former member of the U.S. Men's National Soccer Team.
• Ed Macauley, professional basketball player and member of the Basketball Hall of Fame.
• Pat McBride, professional soccer player and member of the national soccer hall of fame.
• Tommy Meyer, professional soccer player for the Los Angeles Galaxy
• Joe Schultz, professional baseball player and manager
• Hank Raymonds- Marquette University basketball coach (1961–1983)
• Ken Sanders- Former MLB player (Kansas City Athletics, Boston Red Sox, Milwaukee Brewers, Cleveland Indians, Minnesota Twins, California Angels, New York Mets, Kansas City Royals)
• Frank Simek, defender for English soccer club Carlisle United F.C. and member of the U.S. Men's National Soccer Team.
• Matt Sinclair, former professional football player, Washington Redskins
• Taylor Twellman, Major League Soccer player for the New England Revolution, named the 2005 MLS Most Valuable Player and member of the U.S. Men's National Soccer Team.
• George Werley, Former MLB player (Baltimore Orioles)