Maine South High School - Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

• Dr. Dante "Dan" Amidei (1974) is a physicist who was one of the principal investigators and of the large Collider Detector at Fermilab collaboration which discovered, and computed the mass of the top quark, completing the quark model within the Standard Model of particle physics. He was also a principal investigator on the ATLAS experiment, a large particle detector collaboration at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN.
• Dave Bergman (1971) was a Major League Baseball first baseman who played for the 1984 World Series champion Detroit Tigers.
• Dave Butz (1969) was a NFL defensive lineman who played for the St. Louis Cardinals (1973–74) and the Washington Redskins (1975–1988). He was elected to the NFL 1980s All-Decade Team.

• Hillary Rodham Clinton (1965) is a former First Lady of the United States (1993–2001), former junior U.S. Senator from New York (2001–09), and was a major candidate for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination. As of 2012 she is the United States Secretary of State.
• Danny Corkill (1992) is a child actor.
• Joyce Farrell (1967) is an author of computer programming textbooks.
• Mark Filip was a federal district court judge for the Northern District of Illinois (2004–08). He then served as Deputy Attorney General of the United States (2008–09), and as acting Attorney General in the early days of the Barack Obama administration.
• Greg Glienna (1981) is a screenwriter (Meet The Parents).
• Mark Greenwald (1986) was a speedskater who competed in the 1988 and 1992 Winter Olympics.

• Rick Hader (1976) is better known for his character portrayal of Myron Noodleman, the "Clown Prince of Baseball".
• Tom Hoff (1991) is a three–time indoor U.S. volleyball Olympian (2000, 04, 08). He served as captain of the 2008 Olympic team which won the gold medal.
• Gary T. Johnson (1968) is President of the Chicago History Museum.
• Ray Ozzie (1973) is a software industry entrepreneur who created Lotus Notes and who was the Chief Software Architect of Microsoft.
• John Pankow (1973) is a professional actor (Cousin Ira in Mad About You, To Live and Die in LA).

• Hugh Rodham (1968) is a lawyer and former U.S. Senate candidate. He is the brother of Hillary Clinton.
• Tony Rodham (1972) is a political consultant. He was married to the daughter of Barbara Boxer at the White House.
• Adam Rosales (2001) is a major league baseball third baseman who plays for the Oakland Athletics.
• Jim Rushford had a brief Major League Baseball career as an outfielder with the Milwaukee Brewers.
• David Santee (1975) was an Olympic figure skater (1976, 80) who finished 8 times in the top three in the U.S, and finished 2nd in the world in 1981.
• Brian Schlitter is a major league baseball pitcher who plays for the Chicago Cubs,
• Janet Shamlian (1980) is a national NBC news correspondent.
• Nancy Swider (1974) was an Olympic speedskater (1976, 80, 1984, 88) who held the world record in the 3,000 meters in 1976. She was elected to the National Speed Skating Hall of Fame.
• Jim Walewander (1980) was a Major League Baseball player, playing most of his career for the Detroit Tigers.
• Joe Zdeb was a Major League Baseball outfielder (1978–79), playing his entire career for the Kansas City Royals.