List of Loyola University New Orleans people

This is a list of notable people associated with Loyola University New Orleans, including alumni, former students, and professors.Those listed are sorted by category and alphabetized within each category.

Academics

• William Barnett II, Chase Distinguished Professor of International Business and Professor of Economics.
• Walter Block, Harold E. Wirth Eminent Scholar Chair in Economics and Professor of Economics.
• John Biguenet, Robert Hunter Distinguished Professor.
• Jerry R. Goolsby, Hilton/Baldridge Distinguished Chair in Music Industry Studies and Professor of Marketing.
• William P. Quigley Law Professor and Director of the Law Clinic and the Gillis Long Poverty Law Center
• David Myers, Rev. Aloysius B. Goodspeed, S.J., BEGGARS Distinguished Professor in Communications.
• Ed Renwick, political science professor and CBS News contributor.
• Bernard J. Ward '44 & '49, longtime professor at Loyola University New Orleans, Notre Dame Law School, and University of Texas School of Law; renowned expert in Federal Judiciary and Federal Procedure.

Science

• Carl H. Brans, '57, Physicist and co-developer of Brans-Dicke scalar-tensor theory of gravitation.
• Dr. Gregory R. Choppin, ’49, discoverer of Element Md 101-Mendelevium, chemistry professor at Florida State University
• Dr. Susan Plaeger, '71, Leading scientist in the field of HIV/AIDS, Branch Chief, Pathogenesis and Basic Research, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Division of HIV/AIDS (DAIDS).

Education

• Norman Francis '55 (law), president of Xavier University of Louisiana
• Sean O'Keefe, ’77, Former National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Administrator; former LSU Chancellor

Politics

• Ben Bagert, '68, member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature from 1970-1992.
• Edwin Compass, ’00, ’02, Superintendent, New Orleans Police Department
• Hunt Downer, '72, former Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives.
• Manuel A. Esquivel, ’62, former Prime Minister of Belize
• Kim Gandy, L'78, President of the National Organization for Women (NOW)
• William J. Guste, 20 year attorney general of Louisiana and instrumental figure of the Carter-Mondale election of 1976.
• Suzanne Haik Terrell, L, former Louisiana Commissioner of Elections.
• Cynthia Hedge-Morrell, member of the New Orleans City Council
• Ed Karst, controversial mayor of Alexandria (1969–1973)
• Mitch Landrieu, L'85, Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana; Candidate for the 2006 New Orleans Mayoral Election.
• Moon Landrieu, ’52, L’54, former mayor of New Orleans; former Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; Former Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge
• Oscar M. Laurel, '41, Mexican-American politician in south Texas
• Harry Lee, L'67, former Sheriff of Jefferson Parish.
• Cassandra McWilliams Chandler, ’84, Assistant Director of Training, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
• Vance Plauche, '18, U.S. representative from Lake Charles, 1941-1943
• Dan Richey, '75, former state representative and state senator and Republican political activist
• Frances T. “Paco” Scanlan, ’69, member of the senior foreign service, diplomat in residence at Tulane University
• Robert Wilkie, ’88, Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, The White House, Washington, D.C.

Sports

• John M. Jones, ’73, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Green Bay Packers

Law

• Pascal F. Calogero, Jr., '54, Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court.
• Adrian G. Duplantier, '49, federal judge and former Louisiana state senator
• Paul G. Pastorek, ’79, General Counsel, NASA
• J. Skelly Wright, L'34, former United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana Judge during the Civil Rights Movement; former U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Judge.

News

• Andreas Preuss, ’87, supervising producer CNN International, Atlanta

Entertainment

• Col. John Bourgeois, '51, former director of the United States Marine Band, “The President’s Own,” Washington, D.C.
• Seán Brett Duggan, ’76, a finalist in the 1972 International Golbert Competition; the only two-time, first-place winner of the International Bach Competition
• Ellis Marsalis, ’86, nationally known jazz pianist and recording artist.
• Russell Myerson, ’76, Executive Vice President, Warner Brothers Television
• Beth Patterson, ’93, world-renowned Irish and Celtic musician and producer
• Abby Terkuhle, ’77, president, MTV Animation, and creative director, MTV, New York
• Norman Treigle, '51, opera star

Business

• Philip J. Carroll, '58, former CEO of Shell Oil. In 2003 he was appointed by the Bush administration to head the policy planning advisory board of the Iraqi Oil Ministry.
• Klaus G. Dorfi, ’65, chairman of the board and CEO, Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company, New York
• Ken Hoffman, ’65, president and CEO, Hart, Schaffner & Marx, Chicago