List of Canisius College people
This is a list of notable students, alumni, staff and faculty of Canisius College in Buffalo, New York.
Academia
- James Demske, S.J., B.A. '47 – President of Canisius College (1966–1993)[1]
- Steven Seegel, Ph.D. (Class of 1999) - Professor of Slavic and Eurasian Studies at University of Texas at Austin[2]
Business
- Mary E. Belle '73 – President of Licensing, Jones Apparel Group
- Michael Buczkowski '86 - General Manager / Vice President of the Buffalo Bisons
- Peter M. Cuviello '69 – Vice President and Managing Director, Lockheed Martin
- Calvin Darden '72 – Senior Vice President, United Parcel Service; named 8th most powerful black executive in the U.S. by Fortune magazine
- Gene F. Jankowski '55 – former Chairman, CBS Broadcast Group: Chairman and CEO, Jankowski
- Gregory R. Maday '70 – Senior Vice President, Warner Bros.
- George Mathewson '72 – Chairman of the Board, Royal Bank of Scotland
- Carl J. Montante '64 - founder, President, and Managing Director of Uniland Development; named 2010 Buffalo Outstanding Citizen[3]
- Charles Moran Jr. - President and COO, Delaware North[4]
- John W. Rowe '66 – Chairman and CEO, Aetna, Inc.; member of the Academy of Science
Education
- H. James Birx - Professor of Anthropology, Canisius College
- Paul G. Bulger - President of Buffalo State College
- John Hurley - President of Canisius College
- Mark Huson - Professor of Finance, University of Alberta, Faculty of Business
- Paul G. Gassman '57 - former Chair of University of Minnesota Chemistry Department
- Thomas J. Lawley '68 - Dean of the Emory University School of Medicine
Journalism
- Anne Burrell '91 – Food Network chef
- J. Michael Collins – co-founder of PBS Buffalo; Emmy winner for executive producing Reading Rainbow
- Michael Scheuer '74 – CBS News terrorism analyst; former CIA employee
- Elaine Sciolino ’70 – author; Paris Bureau Chief for The New York Times
- Cynthia L. Skrzycki '76 – financial columnist for The Washington Post
- Adam Zyglis '04 – editorial cartoonist for The Buffalo News, winner of 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning
Medicine and science
- Sister Marion Beiter, '44 - mathematician, Rosary Hill College
- Thomas J. Dougherty, Ph.D. '55 – Chief of Radiation/Biology Dept., Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Thomas J. Lawley, M.D. '68 – Dean, School of Medicine, Emory University
- Mark J. Lema, M.D., Ph.D. '71 – Chairman, Critical Care Medicine & Pain Medicine, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Robert J. Lull, M.D. (deceased) '62 – Chief of Nuclear Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital
- George E. Schreiner '43 – Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine
- Edward G. Zubler '49, inventor of the halogen lamp[5]
Politics, government, and law
- Hon. Charles S. Desmond (deceased) '17 – retired Chief Judge, New York Court of Appeals
- Hon. Dennis Thomas Flynn, Delegate to Congress from the Oklahoma territory
- Hon. Matthew J. Jasen '37 – retired judge, NY State Court of Appeals; Jasen and Jasen, PC
- Hon. John J. LaFalce '61 – former Congressman (NY); Peter Canisius Distinguished University Professor, Canisius College
- Hon. Michael Liebel, Jr. (Class of 1887), former Mayor of Erie, Pennsylvania and United States Representative for Pennsylvania
- Hon. Salvatore R. Martoche, JSC '62 – New York State Supreme Court Justice; former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
- Hon. Anthony M. Masiello '69 – former Mayor of Buffalo, New York
- James T. Molloy '58 – former Doorkeeper, U.S. House of Representatives
- Hon. Henry J. Nowak '57 – former Congressman (NY), U.S. House of Representatives
- Hon. L. William Paxon '77 – former Congressman (NY); Senior Advisor, Akin, Gump, Hauer, Strauss & Feld
- Denise O'Donnell, former United States Attorney, candidate for New York State Attorney General and New York State Director of Criminal Justice Services
- Michael Scheuer '74, Ph.D. – former Chief of the Bin Laden Issue Station (aka Alec Station); Special Advisor to the Chief of the bin Laden unit from September 2001 to November 2004; author of Imperial Hubris: Why the West is Losing the War on Terror
- Robin Schimminger '69 – State Assemblyman
- Dale Volker '63 – State Senator
Sports
Dan Carey- professional lacrosse player and now General Manager of the Rochester knight hawks
- Michael Buczkowski - General Manager/Vice President of the Buffalo Bisons
- Tommy Colella - football player
- Leroy Chollet - basketball player
- Corey Herring '08 − basketball player
- Robert A. MacKinnon '50 – former General Manager, Assistant Coach, New Jersey Nets
- Johnny McCarthy - NBA player and coach; coached Golden Griffins Men's Basketball
- Gerry Meehan - former NHL player and General Manager of the Buffalo Sabres
- Michael Meeks - basketball player
- Beth Phoenix − WWE professional wrestler; Class of 2017 WWE Hall of Famer, former WWE Divas Champion & three-time WWE Women's Champion
- Dick Poillon − early National Football League player
- Michael F. Smrek '85 – former professional basketball player, NBA Los Angeles Lakers
- Eyal Yaffe '86 - basketball player, Israeli Basketball Premier League
References
- Pace, Eric (1994-06-17). "James Demske, 72, A Jesuit Priest Who Led Canisius College". New York Times. Retrieved 2017-07-28.
- https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/slavic/faculty/ss98865
- Uniland Development: Carl J. Montante, accessed June 4, 2011.
- Delaware North Executive Bios: Charles Moran Jr., accessed January 6, 2011
- NNDB: Edward G. Zubler, accessed February 28, 2011.
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