List of Fordham University People - Law, Politics, and Public Service

Law, Politics, and Public Service

See also, List of Fordham University School of Law alumni

• Lee Ward, PhD., Canadian Political Scientist and Historian
• Hugh J. Addonizio, U.S. Representative from New Jersey (1949–1962)
• Rob Astorino, media personality and Westchester County Executive
• John O. Brennan, Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security under President Barack Obama (2009–Present)
• Joseph Cao, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (Louisiana)
• William J. Casey, U.S. Director of Central Intelligence (1981–1987)
• Denny Chin, Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York*
• E. Gerald Corrigan, former President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York (master's degree and doctorate from Fordham)
• Andrew Cuomo, Governor, New York State (2011–Present); former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President Bill Clinton
• Francis Edwin Dorn, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1953–1961)
• John D. Feerick, Dean, Fordham University School of Law (1982–2002)+
• Paul Feiner, Town Supervisor Greenburgh New York (1992–present)
• Geraldine Ferraro, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1979–1985) and first woman Vice Presidential candidate of a major political party*
• Vito Fossella, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1998–2008)*
• Hage Geingob, first Prime Minister of Namibia following its independence
• Robert Giaimo, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1959–1981)
• Michael N. Gianaris, member of the New York State Assembly (2001–Present) and candidate for New York State Attorney General in 2006
• Arthur Gonzalez, Judge, U.S. Bankruptcy Court (1995–present); presided over Enron Corporation and WorldCom bankruptcies+
• John M. Granville, United States Agency for International Development diplomat assassinated in Sudan
• George Harlamon, Mayor Waterbury, Connecticut, (1969–1970)
• Tim Jones, Republican member of the Missouri House of Representatives
• General John "Jack" Keane, retired four-star General and former Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army
• Wayne J. Keeley, Vice President of the Council of Better Business Bureaus, Inc. and Director of CARU
• Thomas J. Kelly, a recipient of the Medal of Honor, president of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society (1964–1969)*
• G. Gordon Liddy, lawyer, political operative for President Richard Nixon, leader of the "White House Plumber's unit", political pundit and radio show host+
• Theodore Edgar McCarrick, Archbishop of Washington D.C.
• Brien McMahon, U.S. Senator (1945–1952)
• Major General Martin Thomas McMahon, American Civil War officer and Medal of Honor recipient
• William R. Meagher, former Senior Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
• Thomas Patrick Melady, American ambassador under three presidents and as a sub-cabinet officer for a fourth, and remains active in foreign affairs and international relations. Since 2002, he is Senior Diplomat in residence at The Institute of World Politics in Washington, DC.
• John N. Mitchell, U.S. Attorney General under President Richard Nixon
• Robert C. Morlino, Catholic Bishop of Madison, Wisconsin
• William Hughes Mulligan, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (1971–1981)
• Edward Murphy, Jr., Senator from New York; United States Senate (1893–1899)
• Robert Charles Murray, Medal of Honor recipient
• Tim Murray, former Mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts, and current Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts.
• Jerrold Nadler, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1993–Present)*
• Gerry Ottenheimer, Canadian politician and senator
• Bill Pascrell, Jr., member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1997–present)
• Marilyn Hall Patel, Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California*
• John E. Potter, U.S. Postmaster General and CEO of the U.S. Postal Service
• Adam Clayton Powell IV, member of the New York State Assembly (2000–present)*
• Terrence Prendergast, Catholic Archbishop of Ottawa, Canada
• Loretta A. Preska, Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York*
• Thomas Vincent Quinn, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1949–1951)
• Louis Romano, member of the New Jersey General Assembly.
• Justinian Rweyemamu. Tanzanian economist
• James P. Scoblick, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1946–1949)
• Bernard M. Shanley, Deputy Chief of Staff and White House Counsel to President Dwight D. Eisenhower*
• Aravella Simotas, member of the New York State Assembly (2011–Present)
• Adam Smith, member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1997–present)
• Malcolm Smith, New York State Senator/Majority Leader and (Acting) Lieutenant Governor (2009)
• Francis Spellman, Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
• Thomas Suozzi, Nassau County Executive and candidate for Governor of New York in 2006*
• Jacob Thoomkuzhy, former bishop of Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Thrissur, India.
• Austin Tobin, executive director of the Port of New York Authority (1942–1972)
• Peter Vallone, Jr., member of the New York City Council (2002–Present)+
• Peter Vallone, Sr., first and longtime Speaker of the New York City Council+
• Ruth Whitehead Whaley, first African American woman to be admitted to the New York State and North Carolina Bar Associations*
• Malcolm Wilson, Governor of New York (1973–1975)