Notable Alumni and Attendees
The University of Tampa has produced notable alumni over the years. They include Dick Greco, former Mayor of Tampa; noted educator Braulio Alonso; Pete Peterson, former U.S. Representative and Ambassador; former Secretary of the Interior of Mexico Juan Camilo Mouriño; actress and wrestler Joan Laurer; professional wrestler Paul "Mr. Wonderful" Orndorff; entertainer and multimedia artist Mikee Plastik (Michael Scott Hollash) attended 98–99; author Dennis James Kennedy; abstract painter Robin Wesner; author Amy Hill Hearth; National Football League players Freddie Solomon, Leon McQuay, and player/actor John Matuszak; and Major League Baseball players Tino Martinez and Lou Piniella.
Bob Martinez 40th Governor of Florida received a Bachelors from the University of Tampa.
Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich attended UT for two years. In 2008, his older brother Rob, a UT alumnus, delivered the May commencement speech, telling graduates that it's not what you know, but rather whom you know, that will get you ahead in life.
Frederick Ward Humphries II FBI Special Agent known for disrupting a plot to bomb the Los Angeles International Airport and known as the source that publicized the Petraeus Scandal
Rielle Hunter attended the University of Tampa under the name Lisa Jo Druck. Hunter had an affair with former presidential candidate John Edwards, who recently admitted to fathering one of Hunter's children.
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was awarded a Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree after providing the class of 2009 commencement address.
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