Notable Alumni
Duquesne University's Institutional Research and Planning records list over 79,000 living alumni, and the School of Law reports that almost 30 percent of the practicing lawyers in western Pennsylvania are graduates of Duquesne.
Duquesne has many alumni in the media and sports fields. These include John Clayton, a writer and reporter for ESPN; Tom Atkins, an actor (Halloween III, Night of the Creeps, My Bloody Valentine); Terry McGovern, the television actor, radio personality, voice-over specialist, and acting instructor; Jesse Joyce, a comedian and writer; and World Championship Wrestling commentator and writer Mark Madden. German filmmaker Werner Herzog attended Duquesne, but did not graduate. Sports personalities Leigh Bodden, Chip Ganassi, Mike James, baseball hall-of-famer Cumberland Posey, and Chuck Cooper, possibly the first African-American basketball player in the NBA, all graduated from Duquesne, as did both the founder and current owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Art and Dan Rooney. Singer Bobby Vinton, MLB pitcher Joe Beimel, and big-band composer Sammy Nestico are also alumni. Robert Theleen (Founder and CEO of ChinaVest) is also among the alumni.
Norm Nixon, who holds the all-time assist record for the Duquesne Dukes, is perhaps the most successful alumnus to have played in the NBA. A former All-Star, he also played for the Los Angeles Lakers championship teams of 1980 and 1982. He ranks among the franchise's top ten in assist, points, steals and games played.
In addition, Duquesne has graduated at least two bishops and two cardinals in the Roman Catholic Church, including Bishops Vincent Leonard, the current ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh, David Zubik, and Cardinals Daniel DiNardo and Adam Maida. Figures in politics include Donald A. Bailey, Father James Cox, former Director of the CIA General Michael V. Hayden, former Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania Catherine Baker Knoll, Pennsylvania Representative Bud Shuster, and United States ambassadors Thomas Patrick Melady and Art Rooney.
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