TITLE: St. Ignatius Notable Graduates
SOURCE: Paul Totah, Director of Communications, St. Ignatius College Preparatory, 2018.

• 1870 Jeremiah Sullivan: served as a justice of the California State Supreme Court
• 1876 Matthew Sullivan: Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court
• 1878 John Mongtomery made aviation history by being the first person to fly in a heavier-than-air craft when he soared in a glider near San Diego in 1883. He later taught engineering at SCU where his glider made many flights before crowds of spectators. His achievements were dramatized in a full-length 1946 Columbia Pictures feature, Gallant Journey, starring Glenn Ford and Janet Blair, and recounted in a 1967 biography, John Joseph Montgomery: Father of Basic Flying by Arthur D. Spearman, SJ. The original gliders don't exist, but parts of the originals are housed at the Smithsonian, and parts from The Evergreen were used in a facsimile, which is on display at the Hiller Aviation Museum in San Carlos along with replicas of The Gull and The Santa Clara. The City of San Diego formally renamed Gibbs Field, which opened in 1937, as Montgomery Field, with the formal dedication taking place May 20, 1950, to honor the man who made the first controlled flight in a fixed wing aircraft.
• 1884 Brigadier General Charles H. McKinstry: 1st Division Commander of the First Field Artillery Brigade during WWI.
• 1893 Judge Paul John McCormick, issued legal decision that was precendent for Brown v Board of Education. Stamp issued in his honor
• 1895 James Phelan: former US Senator and San Francisco Mayor
• 1900 Alfred Cleary cleaned up City Hall as chief administrator for Mayor Angelo Rossi; served as chief assistant for the Hetch Hetchy reservoir project.
• 1903 Robert & Edmund Rossi: owners Italian Swiss Colony
• 1906 Rev. Bernard Hubbard, S.J., was known as the Glacier Priest for his work exploring glaciers near Innsbruck, he went on to explore volcanoes and glaciers in Alaska; he was the highest paid lecturer in the U.S. in the 1930s.
• 1907 Adm. Dan Callaghan received the medal of honor for his bravery commanding Task Force Savo Sea aboard the U.S.S. San Francisco during WWII. He died in that fierce battle; he had previously served as Naval Aide to FDR.
• 1913 Brigadier General Fred Butler, in WWII, was involved in both the African and Italian campaigns and the invasion of Southern France. For his efforts, he received the Distinguished Service Cross, the Legion of Merit, the Oak Leaf Cluster, the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart. France honored him with the Croix de Guerre and the Legion of Honor, and Italy awarded him the Cross of Valor. (The October 20, 1944, edition of the G.I. Wildcat reported that “Brig. Gen. Fred Butler has been making the headlines lately. He is the leader of 'Butler's Task Force,' driving up France to Berlin.”) He was the sixth recipient of SI's Christ the King Award, the highest honor SI bestows upon one of its graduates.
• 1914 Jerome Doolan: senior vice president at Bechtel Group Co.
• 1917 Rev. Austin Fagothy, S.J., author of Right and Reason, a landmark textbook on ethics used in many universities that has gone through 9 editions since 1953.
• 1919 Thomas Bannan: President of the Western Gear Corporation (SI's Bannan Theatre is named for his family's largesse)
• 1924 Raymond Sullivan: Justice on the California Supreme Court
• 1925 Robert T. Orr, senior scientist with the California Academy of Sciences; former professor of biology at USF and the author of The Animal Kingdom.
• 1926 Varsity Basketball Team, winner of SI's first state championship
• 1929 Harold Harper, editor of Harper's Review of Biochemistry, a popular medical school textbook that has sold more than a million copies since its introduction in 1939. (Harper started editing it in 1951, marking the date the text changed its name.)
• 1929 Rev. John McGloin, S.J., history professor at USF until his death and the author of Jesuits by the Golden Gate.
• 1929 Robert A. Graham, a writer and researcher in Church history and the co-editor of the Actes et Documents du Saint Siège Relatifs à la Seconde Guerre Mondiale, the primary sources concerning the Church and the Axis powers.
• 1934 Alex Dreier, famous radio announcer, known as The Voice
• 1934 John Henning: Undersecretary of Labor in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations and former ambassador to New Zealand
• 1934 Rev. Charles W. Dullea, S.J.: President of USF.
• 1935 Rev. Harry Carlin, S.J., founder of the modern SI.
• 1935 Richard Campodonico: President of Pepsi Cola Bottling Co.
• 1936 Alfred Wilsey, CEO, Wilsey-Bennett Co. SI's library is named for him.
• 1937 Ted Wurm, author of The Crookedest Railroad in the World
• 1938 William Weinmann (later William Durney): founder Durney Winery, creator of Carmel Valley Appellation
• 1939 Eddie Forrest played center, guard and linebacker for the original San Francisco '49ers.
• 1939 Rev. Robert Ignatius Burns, S.J., a preeminent scholar on medieval Spain at UCLA and the author of The Crusader Kingdom of Valencia.
• 1939 Richard Egan starred in Love Me Tender, A Summer Place and Pollyanna and had his own TV series Empire as Jim Redigo in 1962.
• 1941 William McDonnell: Owner, Tarantino and Spinnaker Restaurants
• 1942 Charlie Silvera, catcher with New York Yankees who won six World Series championship rings.
• 1942 Rev. John Lo Schiavo, S.J.: President of USF.
• 1943 Kevin O'Shea: SI basketball star and San Francisco Supervisor
• 1946 Robert J. Brophy, Professor of English, California State University, Long Beach and the author of numerous texts on the poet Robinson Jeffers.
• 1947 Arthur Latno, Executive VP for Pacific Telesis Group
• 1947 David Herlihy, a prominent Renaissance historian, who taught during his career at the University of Wisconsin, Harvard University, and Brown University. He served as president of the American Historical Association and is the author of The Black Death and the Transformation of the West.
• 1947 George Millay: founder San Diego's SeaWorld & Magic Mountain near Los Angeles.
• 1947 George Moscone: former Mayor of San Francisco, known for his progressive policies; he was assassinated (along with Harvey Milk) by Dan White.
• 1947 Jimmy Mangan played with the Pirates in 1952 and 1954 and with the New York Giants in 1956.
• 1948 Eugene C. Bianchi, Professor of Religion, Emory University, Atlanta, the author of Aging as a Spiritual Journey.
• 1948 Leo McCarthy: California Lt. Gov. & former Assembly Speaker
• 1948 Rev. James Torrens, S.J.: renowned poet and author of The Run of the City
• 1948 Thomas J. Murtagh, one of the original members of SI's first board of regents, served as assistant deputy under secretary of defense and as resident adviser to Poland's Ministry of Finance for the U.S. Department of Treasury.
• 1949 Pat Malley: famed SI and SCU football coach
• 1950 Philip F. O'Connor had two of his novels nominated for the Pulitzer Prize: Finding Brendan (1991) and Defending Civilization (1988). His novel Stealing Home (1979) was nominated in the First Novel category of the American Book Awards. He served as a Pulitzer Prize judge in both 1985 and 1989.
• 1951 Gordon Getty is a noted composer and philanthropist.
• 1951 George Stanley, award winning poet and member of the San Francisco Renaissance
• 1952 George Pasha III: President of the Pasha Group
• 1952 John Burns: executive vice president of Kaiser Cement
• 1953 Vince deBellis: founder Johnson Creek Winery
• 1953 Bishop Carlos Sevilla is the only SI grad to be named a bishop and now serves as head of the Yakima diocese in Washington State where he has championed environmental causes (as a signatory of “The Columbia River Watershed: Caring for Creation and the Common Good” pastoral letter). Bishop Sevilla, whose parents immigrated to the U.S. from Mexico, has played a prominent role on several committees of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, including consultant for the NCCB Committee on Hispanic Affairs, a member of the NCCB Committee on Marriage and Family Life, chairman of the NCCB Committee on Religious Life and Ministry and a host of other assignments.
• 1953 Donald Kelleher: President, Kelleher Lumber Corp.
• 1953 Dr. Peter Raven has directed the Missouri Botanical Garden since 1971. Time magazine named him a “hero of the planet” in its April 26 1999 issue. Back in the 1970s, he was the first scientist to warn of the twin dangers of the loss of biodiversity and the destruction of rain forests in South America. He is Home Secretary of the National Academy of Sciences and a member of President Clinton's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology. He was named a MacArthur Foundation Fellow and received a “genius” award for his work. He has authored more than 400 articles and 16 books, including two leading college textbooks. He is one of 80 members of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences who advises the Pope on matters of science and technology.
• 1953 John Van der Zee, author of The Gate.
• 1954 James J. Sheehan, professor of history at Stanford University and the co-editor of The Boundaries of Humanity.
• 1954 Rev. John A. Coleman, S.J., professor at Loyola-Marymount University and editor of One Hundred Years of Catholic Social Thought.
• 1955 Jerry Brown: current attorney general and former California governor and Oakland Mayor
• 1957 Alex Golitzin: founder of Quilceda Creek Vintners in Washington State, earned a perfect score of 100 for his cabernet sauvignon.
• 1957 Bob Buich, Former Owner of Tadich's Grill
• 1958 Dudley L. Poston, professor at the University of Texas and the author of The Population of Modern China.
• 1958 Jay Fritz: founder J. Fritz Winery
• 1958 John Komes: founder Flora Springs Winery
• 1959 Bob Drucker, legendary SI basketball coach
• 1959 Tom Leonardini: founder Whitehall Lane Winery
• 1960 Rev. Robert Fabing, S.J., is an internationally known composer of liturgical music (Be Like the Sun).
• 1961 Gil Haskell former SI head football coach, Gil coached with the Los Angeles Rams, the Green Bay Packers, the Carolina Panthers, and the Seattle Seahawks.
• 1962 Jedediah Steele: founder Steel Winery and “Winemaker of the Year” in 1989
• 1962 Larry Purcell: founder of the Redwood City Catholic Worker House
• 1962 Mike Lee: winemaker, past owner of Kenwood
• 1962 Ron Elliott: lead guitarist and songwriter (“Laugh, Laugh” and “Just a Little”) for The Beau Brummels.
• 1962 Varsity Football Team: ranked first in the nation
• 1963 Bob Carson: (poet, editor of The Waterfront Writers & Emmy award winner)
• 1963 Francis Mahoney: founder Carneros Creek Winery and creator of Carneros Appellation
• 1963 Mike Tierney: founder Taft Street Winery
• 1963 Paul Vangelisti: renowned poet and author of The Extravagant Room
• 1964 Alan Saunders: former head coach of the San Diego Chargers; Associate Head Coach with the Washington Redskins now serving as offensive consultant with the Baltimore Ravens.
• 1964 Umbert Urch: founder Westwood Winery
• 1965 Bob Portman: played basketball with San Francisco Warriors
• 1965 Don Bosch played with the Pirates in 1966, the Mets in 1967 and 1968 and the Expos in 1969.
• 1965 Tim Reiterman, editor at the Los Angeles Times and author of Raven about Jim Jones. While covering Jonestown for the Examiner, Tim survived the attack on Rep. Leo Ryan and his party that preceded the mass suicide.
• 1966 Laurence Yep: prolific writer of young adult fiction, including the Newberry Honor book Dragonwings.
• 1966 Robert Pellegrini: founder, along with his brother Richard (1969) of Pellegrini Family Vineyards
• 1967 Paul Bruschera: owner Bruschera Vineyards
• 1967 Tom Rinaldi: co-founder of Duckhorn Winery
• 1968 Bob Sarlatte: Comedian & voice of the 49ers
• 1968 Dr. Peter Carroll: UCSF instructor and pioneer in prostate cancer research
• 1968 Paul Otellini CEO & President of Intel and a major force in convincing Apple to transition to Intel chips.
• 1968 Peter Casey and his two partners created Frasier, which has won more awards than any other sitcom in the history of TV. He worked on Cheers as a director and producer and created and produced Wings.
• 1968 Robert Thomas: poet and author of Door to Door
• 1968 Tom Mackey: winemaker with St. Francis Winery
• 1969 Dan Dooling: owner Mariah Vineyard
• 1969 Dan Fouts: former quarterback for the San Diego Chargers and member of the NFL Hall of Fame, CBS sports announcers
• 1969 Ron Lagomarsino directed various episodes of thirtysomething and the Broadway and touring productions of Driving Miss Daisy
• 1970 Dr. Eric Goosby, former director of National AIDS Policy for the Clinton White House and director of HIV/AIDS Policy for the Secretary of Health and Human Services and Global AIDS Coordinator for PEPFAR. Former CEO of Pangaea Global AIDS Foundation.
• 1971 Dr. Joseph O'Neill took on the job of Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy in July 2002 where he worked to influence President Bush's agenda in the fight against the disease. He helped to secure $15 billion to combat AIDS in African and Caribbean countries. This desire to stem the pandemic abroad came after O'Neill visited Africa in 1996, seeing firsthand the effects of this disease.
• 1971 James Corum: dean of the Baltic Defence College in Estonia, formerly professor of military history at the US Army Command and General Staff College and author of numerous works on military strategy.
• 1971 Vince Gotera: poet, professor and author of Dragonfly.
• 1972 Bing Quock: assistant chairman of the Morrisson Planetarium.
• 1972 Gerald Posner is the author of numerous non-fiction works including Case Closed, which sets out to prove that Oswald was JFK's lone assassin.
• 1972 Steve Aveson: Christian Science Monitor TV anchor
• 1972 Gerald Simon, first African American fire chief for Santa Clara and Oakland, co-founder SI BSU
• 1973 Timothy Alan Simon, commissioner, state PUC, first African American appointments secretary to the governor of California, co-founder SI BSU
• 1975 Roy Cecchetti: founder Cecchetti Wine Company
• 1976 James Houghton: director of Juilliard Drama Program and founder of New York's acclaimed Signature Theatre Company.
• 1976 Kevin Sullivan: director of Barbershop II, Guess Who and How Stella Got Her Grove Back.
• 1976 Michael Homer: Vice President for Marketing at Netscape, advisor to Apple, Go, EO, Palm, TiVo, Tellme Networks and Google; founder of Kontiki and Open Media Network and served o the board of Cinequest.
• 1977 Bartlett Sher received the Tony Award as director of South Pacific and was nominated for three other Tonys.
• 1977 Charles Jadallah: former director of Netscape
• 1977 Eugene Gloria, professor, poet & author of Drivers at the Short-Time Motel
• 1977 Phil Bennet: professor of journalism at Duke University, former managing editor for the Washington Post.
• 1977 Rear Adm. Jim Shannon serves as commander of the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Washington, D.C
• 1981 Francis Jue: prominent stage actor and winner of the 2008 Lortel Award for Outstanding Feature Actor. Starred in Pacific Overtures and toured with M. Butterfly.
• 1982 Jonathan Moscone: artistic director, California Shakespeare Theatre
• 1983 Robert Wolfe: writer for Star Trek: The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine and creator of Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda series.
• 1984 Chris Scarabosio received an Emmy for his sound editing of the Young Indiana Jones TV series, and he has been nominated for an Oscar for his work on There Will be Blood.
• 1984 Derek Lam: Famous New York fashion designer
• 1985 Patrick Maguire: Owner of Java Beach and unofficial “Mayor of the Great Highway.”
• 1987 Steve McFeely: received Emmy for co-writing The Life and Death of Peter Sellers; co-author of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Prince Caspain and You Kill Me. Currently working on the script for Captain America.
• 1989 Al Madrigal: Comedian & TV sitcom actor
• 1989 Tom McGuirk raced in the 400-meter hurdles for Ireland - he holds dual citizenship - and he also competed four years later in the 2000 games in Sydney.
• 1992 Mark Farrell: Former San Francisco Supervisor and acting mayor of San Francisco
• 1993 Sean Elsbernd: Former San Francisco Supervisor
• 1994 Gwendoline Yeo has performed on General Hospital, 24, JAG, NYPD Blue, The O.C., Hannah Montana, Chuck, and had a recurring role on Desperate Housewives. She has appeared in Daughters of Joy, Night Skies, The Perfect Girl, Broken Trail and The Jane Austen Book Club.
• 1995 Sebastian Bea, at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, won the silver medal in the pairs rowing event.
• 1996 Dan Kaminsky: director of penetration for IOActive, credited with saving the Internet from attack by hackers.
• 1997 Adam Jacobs: Broadway actor, star of Les Miserables
• 1997 Marjorie Skinner: managing editor of the Portland Mercury
• 1998 Jennifer Kenny Nguyen: hailed by the San Francisco Chronicle as a “rising star chef”
• 2000 Igor Olshansky: NFL defensive end with the Dallas Cowboys, formerly with the San Diego Chargers
• 2003 Jackie Lee: alternate at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in table tennis for the U.S. team.
• 2003 Kate Brandt is a senior policy analyst for Carole Browner, one of President Obama's top aides.
• 2006 Varsity 8 Crew: The SI crew that year won the regional and national championships before traveling to England to win the Henley-on-Thames Royal Regatta. They were later named Crew of the Year by Mike Vespoli and named among the top 8 men's crews to come out of North America in the past 50 years.
• 2007 Elise Wilson: first place winner at the world indoor rowing championship in 2007.

Attended but did not graduate from St. Ignatius:

• (1912) Henry Doelger, Jr., attended SI in the 6th, 7th and 8th grades (back when SI also taught grammar school); he left at 12 to support his family after his father died. His company built many of the homes in San Francisco and Daly City.
• (1927) Anthony Morabito, who left SI in his sophomore year, was one of
the founders and owners of the San Francisco 49ers professional football franchise in the old American Conference that later merged into the National Football League.
• (1948) John Savant: renowned poet, professor at Dominican University and author of Brendan's Voyage and Other Poems.
• (1963) Allan Gallagher, who played third base for the Giants from 1970-1973, and who finished his career with the Angels, attended SI for part of his high school years before he went on to Mission High School where he became AAA Player of the Year.
• (1971) Tim O'Reilly is the founder of O'Reilly Media (formerly O'Reilly & Associates) and a supporter of the free software and open source movements. He is widely credited with coining the term Web 2.0.

• Graduates who have served as USF Presidents in addition to Frs. Dullea & Lo Schiavo
  • Rev. William J. Dunne, S.J.: President of USF
  • Patrick Foote (1861-1948) entered July 15, 1881 “ex colleg. S. Ignatii S. Franc.” according to his personnel sheet. (President 1915-1919)
  • Edward J. Whelan (1887-1971) entered August 14, 1905 “ex. Colleg. S. Ignatii” (President 1925-1932)
  • William I. Lonergan (1884-1936) entered July 22, 1904 “ex colleg. S. Ignatii.” (President 1932-1934)
  • Harold E. Ring (1893-1973) entered July 15, 1913, ditto. (President 1934-1938)
  • William J. Dunne (1897-1980) entered Jesuits 15 July 1915 “ex colleg. San Francisco,” (President 1938-1954)
  • John F. X. Connolly (1915-1969) was SI Class of 1933 (President 1954-1963)

• Athletes & Coaches
  • Olympians: Sebastian Bea, Tom McGuirk, Jackie Lee,
  • Int'l champions: Elise Wilson, Varsity 8 Henley
  • Dan Fouts, Gil Haskell, Charlie Silvera, Igor Olshansky
  • Eddie Forrest (original 49er)
  • Pat Malley, Bob Drucker, Al Saunders
• Former San Francisco Supervisors
  • Gerald J. O’Gara ’18 (1942)
  • Joseph E. Tinney ’27 (1961-66)
  • J. Joseph Sullivan ’28 (1947-1951)
  • John J. Ferdon ’33 (1952-64)
  • Kevin O’Shea ’43 (1966-67)
  • George Moscone ’47 (1963-66)
  • Leo T. McCarthy ’48 (1963-68)
  • Ronald Pelosi ’52 (1968-79)
  • Gordon J. Lau ’59 (1977-79)
  • Kevin Shelley ’73 (1991-96)
  • Mark Farrell ’92 (2011-2018)
  • Sean Elsbernd ’93 (2004-2012)
• Judges
  • The Hon. Daniel Creed, Superior Court Judge, State of California
  • The Hon. Eugene Lynch '49, Federal Judge, US District Court
  • The Hon. J. Dominique Olcomendy, Municipal Court Judge, City & County of San Francisco
  • The Hon. Max Wilcox, ret. judge
  • The Hon. Ray Williamson, Judge, San Francisco Superior Court
  • The Hon. Robert Dossee, Appellate Judge, California State Court of Appeals
  • The Hon. Timothy Reardon, Appellate Judge, California State Court of Appeals
  • The Hon. William Mallen
• Politics
  • James Phelan, who graduated with his AB Degree from SI College in 1881, served as Mayor between 1897 and 1902 before becoming a US Senator (1915-1921).
  • Goerge Moscone ’47 served as Mayor between Jan. 8, 1976 and Nov. 27, 1978, when he was assassinated while still in office.
  • Jerry Brown, Leo McCarthy, George Moscone, Sean Elsbernd, Alfred J. Cleary, Kevin O'Shea, Mark Farrell, Albert Boro '53: Mayor of San Rafael
  • Jerry Brown '55: Four-term California Governor, Oakland Mayor
  • Frank Egger '56: The longest serving City Councilmember in California history (38 years), and former Mayor of Fairfax
  • Dr. Eric Goosby '70: Former Director, Office of AIDS Policy
  • Dr. Joseph O'Neill '71: Former Director, Office of AIDS Policy
  • Tim Simon '73: Appointments Secretary for Gov. Schwarzenegger
  • Peter Siggins '73: Former Acting Chief of Staff to Gov. Schwarzenegger; currently a judge on the First District Court of Appeal
  • Thomas Henry '77: Former Aide to two LA city councilmen for 17 years; City Planner for the Los Angeles City Planning Department
  • Tim Grace '83: Former Assistant to May- or Frank Jordan
  • Frederick L Jones II '88: Chief Spokesman for the National Security Council
  • Kevin Rooney '93: Senior Legislative Aide for San Mateo Supervisor Mark Church
  • Gian-Paolo Veronese '94: Member of the San Francisco Police Commission
  • Gabrielle (Kaho) Gaetani '96: Former Aide to Barbara Boxer
  • Michelle Los Banos-Jardina '96: U.S. Department of State Cultural Affairs Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Nicaragua
  • David Benchener '99: Planning Officer with U.S. State Department's Office of International Security
  • Martha Flores '00: Constituent Service Representative to Sen. Dianne Feinstein
  • Pete Arrigoni '49: Former mayor and Councilman for Fairfax; supervisor for Marin County; director of the Golden Gate bridge Transportation and highway district; director of the bay Area Air Quality management district; Trustee of Marin Community Foundation; current Trustee of the Marin County retirement board.
  • Richard Wall '52: U.S. representative to the Un human rights Commission & Republican Party campaigner in san Francisco; former member of board of Visitors of west Point; currently member board of directors of Vietnam education Foundation.
  • Edward A. Chow, MD '55: The senior member of the San Francisco health Commission, having served since 1989 under appointments from mayors Agnos, Jordan, brown and Newsom.
  • Phillip Favro '55: Former California state Fire Marshall.
  • Baxter rice '55: Former director, California department of Alcoholic beverage Control.
  • Peter Finnegan '56: former chairman Alcohol beverage Control Appeals board; worked four years at White House with LBJ; elected member of SF Community College board; principal in lobbying arm with offices in Sacramento.
  • Richard Spohn '60: Former director of the California department of Consumer Affairs.
  • Ray Leonardini '61: Former division Chief of the California Consumer services.
  • Dick Spotswood '65: Politics and government columnist for The Marin Independent Journal and co-anchor for KRCb-TV in Cotati/Rohnert Park where he has earned awards for his election coverage. Former Council member and three-term mayor of Mill Valley; director of the Golden Gate bridge district, representing Marin's 11 cities and towns.
  • Donald A. Casper '66: republican Chairman for San Francisco and current Civil service Commissioner.
  • Kevin Shelley '73: Former California secretary of state, California Assemblyman,Ssan Francisco supervisor and President of the board of supervisors.
  • Charles Higueras '74: Appointed Library Commissioner by mayor brown in 1996 and reappointed by Mayor Newsom; president of the commission since 1999.
  • Dave Schmidt '74: Currently Publications editor for the EPA; former assistant to Sen. James Abourezk; executive director of Greater Washington Americans for Democratic Action; founder of Initiative Resource Center and bay Area volunteer coordinator for Forests Forever initiative Campaign.
  • William (Bill) Grayson '76: Member Board of Directors for SF Presidio Trust served as second- in-command of the Army's inspector Generals' Pentagon office during George H.W. Bush's administration and ran for the San Francisco board of supervisors.
  • Terry Jeffrey '76: Currently managing editor of Human Events magazine; former political director and campaign manager on Pat Buchanan's 1992 and 1996 presidential campaigns.
  • Chip Meyers '79: Currently representing UPS on Capitol Hill as part of the company's Public Affairs team, lobbying 25 members of the house and senate.
  • Edward McFadden '82: Former chief speech- writer to Attorney General John Ashcroft and speechwriter for President George W. bush; currently senior political and communications strategist for former sen. Fred Thompson.
  • Robert Twomey '82: Former deputy Labor Commissioner for the California division of Labor standards enforcement and former Assistant to the director of the state department of industrial relations; district director for Assembly majority whip Fiona Ma.
  • Jim Stofan '85: Former deputy Assistant Administrator for education Programs at NASA where he was a member of the United States senior executive service, based in Washington, DC.
  • Jose Tengco '90: Deputy Political director for California democratic Party. During 2004, he served as the Washington State communications director for John Kerry for President. Prior to that, he served as the campaign media director for the California Labor Federation, AFL-CIO.
• Medicine
  • Dr. Eric Goosby, Dr. Joseph O'Neill, Dr. Peter Carroll
• Science & Technology
  • Dr. Peter Raven, John Montgomery, Fr. Bernard Hubbard
• Computer Science
  • Paul Otellini, Dan Kaminsky
• Writers & Editors
  • Phil Bennett, Phil O'Connor, Robert Carson, Jim Torrens, Paul Vangelisti, Steve McFeely, Laurence Yep, Gerald Posner, John Van der Zee, Ted Wurm, Marjorie Skinner (managing editor Portland Mercury), Robert Thomas, Vince Gotera, Eugene Gloria
• Military
  • Adm. Dan Callaghan, Adm. William Callaghan, Adm. Jim Shannon, Brigadier General Charles H. McKinstry, General Fred Butler
• Law
  • Matthew Sullivan, Jeremiah Sullivan, Raymond Sullivan
• Clerics
  • Bishop Carlos Sevilla, Larry Purcell (former priest and founder of Redwood City Catholic Worker), Fr. Bob Fabing (well known composer of liturgical music and founder of Jesuit Institute for Family Life)
• Food
  • Sam Mogannam, winemaker in Snohomish, all the SI winemakers, Buick, Jeff Hanuck, Bill McDonnell, Jennifer Kenny Nguyen
• Scholars
  • Fr. Austin Fagothy, Robert Orr, Robert Graham, Harold Harper, John McGloin, Fr. Robert Ignatius Burns, Robert Brophy, Egene Bianchi, David Herlihy, Fr. John Coleman, James Sheehan, Dudley Poston
• Entertainment
  • Richard Egan, Bart Sher, Peter Casey, Gwendoline Yeo, Kevin Sullivan, James Houghton, Francis Jue, Jon Moscone, Al Madrigal, Adam Jacobs, Chris Scarabosio, Bob Sarlatte, Gordon Getty, Ron Elliott
• Directors/Producers
  • James Houghton '76 – Tony Award director of Signature Theatre Company (NYC), currently recipient of Richard Rodgers Grant as Artistic Director for the Julliard School of Theatre, former director the O'Neill Festival. During his tenure as artistic director of the Signature Theatre, the company's work received 2 Pultizer Prizes for the playwrights (Horton Foote, Edward Albee). Produced and Directed the New York premieres of Horton Foote's Last of the Thorntons, Laura Dennis, Edward Albee's The Goal or Who is Sylvia?, Athur Miller's The American Clock, Sam Shepherd's Curse of the Starving Class. Factulty Member at the Yale School of Drama (MFA/Doctoral Program), the Kennedy Center Theatre School, the Actor's Studio, and the Dramatists' Guild.
  • Bartlett Sher '77 – South Pacific (Tony Award), Awake and Sing (Tony Nomination), Light in the Piazza (Tony Nomination), Joe Tuner's Come and Gone (Tony Nomination), Metropolitan Opera of NY Barber of Seville, Tales of Hoffman, Brooklyn Academy of Theatre: Cymbeline, Don Juan, Pericles.Newly Appointed Artistic Director for the Lincoln Center Theatre Company, Artistic Director of the Intiman Theatre Company in Seattle (Tony Award for Regional Theatre Company).
  • Jonathan Moscone '82 – artistic director for the California Shakespeare Festival (recently received the Regional Theatre Award from the Society of Stage Director and Stage Managers), also directs for the Berkeley Repertory Theatre, American Conservatory Theatre, Intiman Theatre of Seattle, Dallas Theatre Company.
• Technical Theatre:
  • F.X. Crowley '73 – IATSE (International Alliance of Theatre Stage Empoloyees, Motion Pictures/Television Artists) - oresient of the San Francisco chapter.
  • Mark Hannon '74 – Broadway, Radio City Music Hall, Carnegie Hall, Madison Square Garden, national tours for various rock concerts – Grateful Dead, etc..
  • John Canton '74 – Olseon Theatre Lighting, Los Angeles, Disney Epcot Center Florida. Designed computer lighting systems.
  • Mark Roos '75 – founder/director of Black Box, Inc, San Francisco sound design, projects include SF Opera, American Conservatory Theatre, SF Ballet, national consultants for Dallas Opera, LA Opera, etc. Yale School of Drama.
  • Ken Ryan '78 – San Francisco Opera, San Francisco Ballet, and touring companies at the Opera House – lighting, stage management.
  • Brendan Quigley '79 – Wicked (Broadway, London, national tours); Disney's Aida (Broadway, national tours); The Little Mermaid (Broadway); Disney's Tarzan (Broadway); Mary Poppins (Broadway, national tours). Technical Theatre, lighting.
  • Daniel Jue '84 – Disney Epcot Center.
  • Bill Wald '86 – IATSE stage hands union, SF Opera, SF Ballet, Best of Broadway, American Conservatory Theatre, SF Film/Television unit at Treasure Island.
  • Joaby Deal '92 – artistic director for Studio One, sound design for movies and television, including theatre companies on the West Coast.
  • Katie Dworak '96 – SF Opera, SF Ballet, off-Broadway New York – stage management.
  • Connor O'Gara '97 – Broadway lighting crew for Hal Prince's Lincoln Center production of Parade.
• Actors
  • Patrick Stretch '80 – American Conservatory Theatre MFA, New York off-Broadway (The Misanthrope), Chicago, and regional theatre companies: Normal Heart, Cloud Nine, The Seagull, Eastern Standard, SF Shakespeare Richard III,
  • Matthew Martin '81 – San Francisco Smuin Ballet Company, Aurora Theatre Company, New Conservatory Theatre Company, numerous other local musical productions.
  • Francies Jue '81 – M. Butterfly, Thoroughly Modern Mille (Tony Award for Best Musical) , Pacific Overtures (revival - Tony Nomination Best Revival)), New York Shakespeare Festival productions of King Lear, Hamlet, Timon of Athens, Pericles, Richard II, Winter's Tale, Yellow Face, Caroaline (this season) and regional productions thorughout the US, including Theatreworks, St. Louis Municipal Light Opera, American Conservatory Theatre, etc.– has received several Bay Area Theatre Awards as Best Actor for M Butterfly, Peter Pan, Yellow Face.
  • John Bantay '81 – King and I Broadway Tony winningrevival (1996), Hello, Dolly! revival with Carol Channing (1995), Singing in the Rain Broadway and national tour, Pacific Overtures (revival); currently choeographer for SBNY's Musical Mondays.
  • Alan Villareal '82 – San Francisco Ballet (dancer, teacher), Oakland Ballet.
  • Joe Ponce '85 – New York Shakespeare Festival, regional theatre companies.
  • Mark Montalbano '85 – off-Broadway revival of 110 in the Shade, national tour of Singing in the Rain.
  • Ricardo Ibarra-Rivera '88 – television New York Undercover, regional theatre, one-man show opens in SF 2010.
  • Jennifer Eng '93 – Miss Saigon, Paul McCartney's recent national and world-wide Concert Tour.
  • Kelly King (Simpson) '93 – television: Two and a Half Men, movies: Release the Dogs, commercial advertising.
  • Bill Duggan '93 – television series: Doing Da Vinci, Curb Appeal; movies: The Shield, Nash Bridges, General Hospital, Princess Diaries II, Copy Cat.
  • Mary Dolson '94 – ACT's MFA program, Utah Shakespeare Festival, Texas Theatre Festival (regional and touring companies): Two Gentlemen of Verona, Anthony and Cleopatra, Merchant of Venice, Arsenic and Old Lace, Christmas Carol.
  • Alex Alioto '95 – Off-Broadway The Maine Play, Men of Steel, La Mama Theatre Company, film The Oh in Ohio.
  • Adam Jacobs '97 – Les Miserables, national tour Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella, SF Opera world premiere Harvey Milk, national tours West Side Story, Footloose, Grease and Radio City Music Hall Spectacular.
  • Celine Allwyn '98 – Broadway and national tour for Bombay Dreams. ODC Dance Company of San Francisco, DX Productions on national tour.
  • Gwendoline See-Hian Yeo (94) was on Desperate Housewives and the Jane Austen Book club.
  • Darren Criss '05 was in Glee, Eastwick, and The Assassination of Gianni Versace (2018).