Ras Baraka and Mikie Sherrill are both alumni of Jesuit Universities

Ras Baraka and Mikie Sherrill are both alumni of Jesuit higher education institutions. [1, 2]

The two New Jersey Democrats—who competed in the 2025 gubernatorial primary before Baraka endorsed Sherrill, who is now the Governor of New Jersey—completed different graduate degrees at distinct Jesuit universities. [1, 2, 4, 5]

Educational Breakdown

Ras Baraka: Earned his Master of Arts in Education Supervision from Saint Peter's University (located in Jersey City, NJ). Saint Peter's is a private Jesuit university founded by the Society of Jesus in 1872. [1]

Mikie Sherrill: Earned her Juris Doctor (JD) from the Georgetown University Law Center (located in Washington, D.C.). Georgetown is the oldest Catholic and Jesuit institution of higher education in the United States, founded in 1789. [1]

How Jesuit Education Influenced Their Careers

Ras Baraka's Path: His degree in educational leadership directly fed into his career within public school systems. Before serving as Mayor of Newark, Baraka spent years as a school administrator, notably serving as the principal of Newark's Central High School. [1, 2]

Mikie Sherrill's Path: Raised Catholic, Sherrill has explicitly stated that Georgetown Law was a natural fit because the Jesuits epitomize the philosophy of service and giving back to communities. She used her law degree to transition from her career as a Navy pilot into legal public service, first as a federal prosecutor and later as a public servant. [1, 2, 3]


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Famous, Influential, and Noteworthy Alumni

Today, the Jesuit, Catholic educational tradition encompasses a world-wide network of universities, colleges and schools, including 28 universities and colleges in the United States.

Listed below are just a few of the famous, influential, and noteworthy alumni from Xavier University and other Jesuit universities and colleges.

Xavier University -



Charles Geschke
Chairman, Adobe Systems
'62 and '63

James M. Posey, Jr.
Denver Nuggets
'99

George Schaefer, Jr.
President/CEO, Fifth Third Bank
'74



Tyrone Hill
Cleveland Cavaliers
'90

Daniel P. Burnham
President/CEO of Raytheon
'68

John M. Grissmer
Film Producer North Salem Productions
'55

Jack Miles
1996 Pulitzer Prize winner for God: A Biography
'64

Carlos T. Alcantara
President/CEO Chalaco
'91




Sylvia Sieve Hendon
Judge, First District Court of Appeals
'65




George Castrucci
Retired President, Great American Broadcasting
'59

Charles J. Austin, PhD
Retired President, East Texas University
'56

Lawrence A. Leser
Retired Chairman, E.W. Scripps
'57

Robert P. Hummel MD
Retired Chief of Staff, UC Medical Center
'47



 
 

Richard Griffin
Inspector General, Dept. of Veterans Affairs
'71

Albert A. Carr, Jr. MD
Retired Consultant, Aventis
'53, '54 and '94

Lionel Chalmers
Los Angeles Clippers
'03

Thomas J. Fogarty MD
Professor of Surgery at Stanford University Medical Center
'56 and '88



David West
New Orleans Hornets
'03

Bill Cunningham
Radio Announcer, Attorney
'70

Paul Cashen
Co-founder/Former President, PC on Call
'93

Kim Nuesse
First female Police Chief, Sandusky, OH
'01



Bob Herzog
Local 12 Traffic Reporter, Attorney
'96

Gerald J. DeBrunner
Retired Vice President, Deloitte & Touche
'59

Russell Goings
Owner, Praise Song; pioneering African-American stockbroker on Wall Street
'59

Peter K. Hamaguchi
President, Hiroya, Inc.
'62 and '92

J. Barton Luedeke
Retired President, Rider University
'68



Robert J. Kohlhepp
President/CEO Cintas Corp.
'71
Kay Napier
Vice President, Procter and Gamble
'79

Dan Hurley
Local Historian
'68

Bill Kelly
Vice Chairman/Owner, Jelly Belly


Simon Leis
Hamilton County Sheriff
'56

Bettye Jane Ruffin
National Manager, Export Operations, Toyota
'76

Thomas H. Siemers
President/CEO, First Franklin Savings
'53 and '61

Kathy R. Wade
Executive Artistic Director, Learning Through Art
'77

Robert Conway
The Bistro (Restaurant) Group
'49

Brian Grant
Los Angeles Lakers
'94

Ken Lucas
Kentucky Congressman
'70



John A. Boehner
Ohio Congressman and House Majority Leader
'77

James Bunning
Kentucky Senator, ballplayer
'53

Daniel Pilarczyk
Cincinnati Archbishop
'65 and '75

Warren D. Eckles, Jr. MD
President/CEO American Health Group
'80


J. Kenneth Blackwell
Former Secratary of State, State of Ohio
'70 and '72

Theodore C. Annis
President, Ted Annis Foundation
'64

Tara Boothe
Professional Basketball Player in Switzerland
'06

Gene Beaupré
Local Politics Expert
'69

Gerald P. Belle
Executive Chairman, Merial
'68

Timothy S. Hogan,
Judge, Hamilton County Municipal Court
'68



Tim Burke
Chair, Hamilton County Democrat Party
'70

Gordon F. Brunner
Retired Chief Technology Officer, P&G
'65

Janet Smith Dickerson
Vice President, Princeton University
'68

Thomas P. O'Donnell
Retired Chairman, Sun Sentinel
'53

Sr. Margaret Stallmeyer, C.D.P., ME
President, Thomas More College
'72

Daniel P. Shannon MD
Chief Pediatric Services, Massachusetts General
'57 and '78

Roland F. Moores
Retired Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Dept. of State
'35




Michael J. Conaton
Director, The Midland Co.
'55 and '95

Sr. Nancy Linenkugel, OSF, EDM, MHA
President, Chatfield College
'80

Robert R. Siegenthaler
Retired President of Operations Capital Cities/ABC
'55

Charles P. Gallagher
Chairman/CEO, Gallagher Enterprises
'60

John M. Logsdon III
Inst. Director, George Washington University
'60



Damon Jones
Assoc. Dir., External Relations, P&G Geneva,Switzerland
'97

Lloyd Ward
Former CEO, US Olympic Committee
'84

Betty Jane Ruffin
Manager, Export Operations, Toyota
'76

Diane Kamionka
President/CEO Cintech Solutions
'81



Julie Isphording
Member, First Women's Olympic Marathon Team
'83

John B. Maydonovitch
General Manager, MCE
'70

Dave Milam
Co-founder, iMark
'97

Mary Jean Ryan, F.S.M. MEA
President/CEO SSM Health Care, St. Louis
'74




Byron Larkin
Basketball Star and Announcer
'88

Joe Sunderman
Xavier Men's Basketball Broadcaster
'79

Joseph P. Viviano
Retired Vice Chairman, Hershey Foods'59


And other Jesuit universities -




Campbell Brown
CNN Anchor
Regis University '91

Vince Lombardi
Legendary Green Bay Coach
Fordham University '37

Enrique Bolanos
President of Nicaragua
Saint Louis University '62

Johnnie Cochran
Attorney
Loyola Marymount University '62

Gail Collins
New York Times Editorial Page Editor
Marquette University '67



Brandi Chastain
Soccer Player
Santa Clara University '91

Robert Shapiro
Attorney
Loyola Marymount University '68

Dennis Strigl
CEO, Verizon Wireless
Canisus College '74

Bob Newhart
Comedian
Loyola Chicago '52



Clarence Thomas
Supreme Court Justice
College of the Holy Cross '71

Pat Buchanan
Former Senior White House Advisor
Georgetown University '61

Jack Riley
Actor, Rugrats (voice of Stu Pickles)
John Caroll University '57

Eric Carmen
Musician
John Carroll University



John Zogby
President & CEO, Zogby International
Le Moyne College '70

Siobhan Fallon Hogan
Actress
Le Moyne College '83

Tim DeKay
Actor
Le Moyne College '85

Colin Hanks
Actor, Orange County
Loyola Marymount University



Elmore Leonard
Author
University of Detroit Mercy '50

Keegan-Michael Key
Actor, Mad TV
University of Detroit Mercy

Amy Yasbeck
Actress
University of Detroit Mercy

Gordon Bowker
Co-founder of Starbucks
University of San Francisco



Alejandro Toledo
Former President of Peru, 2001- 2006
University of San Francisco '71

Pierre Salinger
Former Press Secretary
University of San Francisco '47

Jason Miller
Late Actor & Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright
University of Scranton '61

Kathleen Abernathy
FCC Commissioner
Marquette University '82

Will Durant
Philosopher and Author
St. Peter?s College 1907

Jameer Nelson
NBA Player, Orlando Magic
St. Joseph?s University '04






Geraldine Ferraro
Vice Presidential Candidate
Fordham University Law '60

Gene Kranz
Former NASA Director of Mission Operations
St. Louis University '54

John Barrasso
Senator, Elected 2008
Georgetown University ?74

Richard J. Durbin
Senator, Elected 1996
Georgetown University '66

Michael Johanns
Senator, Elected 2008
Creighton University ?74



Mark Kirk
Senator, Elected 2010
Georgetown University ?92

Barbara A. Mikulski
Senator, Elected 1986
Loyola University Maryland ?58

Robert P. Casey, Jr.
Senator, Elected 2006
College of the Holy Cross ?82

Mazie K. Hirono
Senator, Elected 2012
Georgetown University ?78

Patrick J. Leahy
Senator, Elected 1974
Georgetown University ?64



Robert Menendez
Senator, Elected 2006
Saint Peter?s University ?76

Gwen Moore
Representative, Elected 2004
Marquette University ?78

Mick Mulvaney
Representative, Elected 2010
Georgetown University ?89

Jerrold Nadler
Representative, Elected 1992
Fordham University ?78

William J. Pascrell Jr.
Representative, Elected 1996
Fordham University ?59



Michael Capuano
Representative, Elected 1998
Boston College ?77

Henry Cuellar
Representative, Elected 2005
Georgetown University ?78

John D. Dingell
Representative, Elected 1955
Georgetown University ?49

Lois Frankel
Representative, Elected 2012
Georgetown University ?73

Steny H. Hoyer
Representative, Elected 1981
Georgetown University ?66



Hakeem Jeffries
Representative, Elected 2012
Georgetown University ?94

Ann McLane Kuster
Representative, Elected 2012
Georgetown University ?84

Zoe Lofgren
Representative, Elected 1994
Santa Clara University ?75

Edward J. Markey
Representative, Elected 1976
Boston College ?68

Juan C. Vargas
Representative, Elected 2012
Fordham University ?87



Peter J. Visclosky
Representative, Elected 1984
Georgetown University ?82

Frank Wolf
Representative, Elected 1980
Georgetown University ?65



Bill Clinton
Former President
Georgetown University '68

Denzel Washington
Best Actor
Fordham University '77

Pearl Bailey
Entertainer
Georgetown University '85

Tom Clancy
Author
Loyola College in Maryland '69



Alan Alda
Actor
Fordham University '56

Mickey Kantor
Former Secretary of Commerce
Georgetown University '68

Tim Russert
Former NBC News Senior VP
John Carroll University '72

Joseph Califano, Jr.
Former Secretary of Health, Education,
and Welfare
College of the Holy Cross '52

Mark Lamping
President and CEO, St. Louis Cardinals
Rockhurst University '80



Chris Farley
Actor and Comedian
Marquette University '86

Lionel Cartwright
Country Singer
Wheeling Jesuit University '82

John Beilein
Head Coach, University of Michigan Men?s Basketball Team
Wheeling Jesuit University '75

Jim Hendry
General Manager, Chicago Cubs
Spring Hill College



Linda Cardellini
Actress, Scooby-Doo, ER
Loyola Marymount University '01

Bob Denver
Actor, Gilligan?s Island
Loyola Marymount University '57

Bob Beemer
Oscar-winning Sound Editor
Loyola Marymount University '77

Mila Kunis
Actress, That 70s Show, Family Guy (voice)
Loyola Marymount University

William M. Daley
Former U.S. Secretary of Commerce
Loyola University Chicago



Jennifer Morrison
Actress, House M.D.
Loyola University Chicago '00

Philip Caputo
Author, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
Loyola University Chicago '64

Leslie David Baker
Actor, The Office
Loyola University Chicago

Amy Madigan
Actress
Marquette University

George Wendt
Actor, Cheers
Rockhurst University



Carmen Wong Ulrich
Financial expert, Host of On the Money
Fairfield University

Duff McKagan
Former Guns 'N Roses bassist
Seattle University

Paul Marcarelli
Actor, Verizon Wireless Commercials
Fairfield University

Mary Alice Williams
Emmy-winning journalist
Creighton University '71



Chris O?Donnell
Actor
Boston College '94

Doug Flutie
Bills and Chargers Quarterback
Boston College '85

August Busch IV
Anheuser-Busch President
St. Louis University '87

Lisa Murkowski
Senator, Elected 2004
Georgetown University ?80
Timothy H. Bishop
Representative, Elected 2002
College of the Holy Cross ?72



Vern Buchanan
Representative, Elected 2006
University of Detroit Mercy ?86

David Cicilline
Representative, Elected 2010
Georgetown University ?86

John Delaney
Representative, Elected 2012
Georgetown University ?88

Jeff Fortenberry
Representative, Elected 2004
Georgetown University ?86

Paul Gosar
Representative, Elected 2010
Creighton University ?81



Jared Huffman
Representative, Elected 2012
Boston College ?90

William Keating
Representative, Elected 2010
Boston College ?74

Frank A. LoBiondo
Representative, Elected 1994
Saint Joseph?s University ?68

Stephen Lynch
Representative, Elected 2000
Boston College ?91

Michael Quigley
Representative, Elected 2009
Loyola University Chicago ?89



Robert C. Scott
Representative, Elected 1992
Boston College ?73

Adam Smith
Representative, Elected 1996
Fordham University ?87

Chris Van Hollen Jr.
Representative, Elected 2002
Georgetown University ?90

Filemon Vela
Representative, Elected 2012
Georgetown University ?85

Peter Welch
Representative, Elected 2006
College of the Holy Cross ?69

James P. Moran
Representative, Elected 1990
College of the Holy Cross ?67

Timothy F. Murphy
Representative, Elected 2002
Wheeling Jesuit University ?74

Bill Owens
Representative, Elected 2010
Fordham University ?74

Gary Peters
Representative, Elected 2008
University of Detroit Mercy ?84

Trey Radel
Representative, Elected 2012
Loyola University Chicago ?99



Albio Sires
Representative, Elected 2006
Saint Peter?s University ?74

Lee Terry
Representative, Elected 1998
Creighton University ?87



Source: http://www.xavier.edu/jesuitresource/jesuit-a-z/Jesuit-Alumni.cfm

Jesuits Call on Jesuit Alumni in Congress to Protect Central American Children Crossing U.S. Border

July 30, 2014 — The Society of Jesus in the United States (the Jesuit order) is making a personal plea to the 43 Congressional representatives who graduated from U.S. Jesuit high schools and colleges to “uphold the dignity of the human person and the sacredness of human life” when considering policy solutions to address the influx of children fleeing violence in Central America.

In a letter to Speaker John Boehner (Xavier University), copied to Jesuit alumni in Congress, Fr. Thomas H. Smolich, SJ, president of the Jesuit Conference, called on Congress to uphold the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (TVPRA).

Currently, most unaccompanied minors detained by Border Patrol agents are handed over to the Department of Health and Human Services, which coordinates their care and provides an opportunity for children to tell their story to an adult they can trust. As part of his response to the increase in the number of children arriving at the border, President Obama asked Congress to consider weakening the TVPRA in order to fast-track deportations of children. Now, House leadership is seeking to change the law, which would allow a single Border Patrol agent to render a deportation decision and quickly deport a child back to his or her home country.

Fr. Smolich said that a change to the TVPRA, “would result in children having a one-shot chance to disclose their persecution to a Customs and Border Protection agent or officer…” He called any attempt to dilute TVPRA “inhumane and an insult to American values,” particularly since some children might have been “victimized by armed men in uniform.”

The letter also asked Speaker Boehner and Congressional alumni of Jesuit institutions to protect the due process rights of vulnerable children and examine the root causes leading children to flee in unprecedented numbers.

“This is not a new crisis, nor is it primarily at our border. Rather it has been escalating over the last decade…90 children are murdered or disappeared in Honduras every month,” said Fr. Smolich, who also reminds Speaker Boehner that “this is the equivalent of eight children being executed in your Congressional district every thirty days.”

Recalling the assassination of six Jesuits in El Salvador nearly 25 years ago, Fr. Smolich emphasized the Jesuits’ commitment to working with fellow Jesuits and lay partners in Central America, who live the reality of widespread violence. They see “the elementary school teacher murdered when he tried to prevent gangs from forcibly recruiting his students; the young girl pulled from her home, offered as a birthday present to a gang leader and then raped by 16 men; lay colleagues of Jesuits assassinated and harassed by the police.”

Fr. Smolich closed his letter by asking the Speaker and his fellow Jesuit alumni in Congress to “uphold an American tradition” of welcoming “the refugee, the victim of trafficking, the child who has been abused or abandoned.”

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Senate approves and confirms John O. Brennan as CIA director

Just who is John Brennan?  

Let's go way back to see where he is coming from:

Early life and education

Brennan, the son of Irish immigrants from Roscommon, Ireland, was raised in North Bergen, New Jersey.[10] He attended the Immaculate Heart of Mary Elementary School, and graduated from Saint Joseph of the Palisades High School in West New York, New Jersey.[6]

While riding a bus to class at Fordham University, he saw an ad in The New York Times that said the CIA was recruiting, and felt a CIA career would be a good match for his "wanderlust" and his desire to do public service.[6] He received a B.A. in political science from Fordham in 1977.[3] His studies included a junior year abroad learning Arabic and taking Middle Eastern studies courses at the American University in Cairo.[3][6] He also received a Master of Arts in government with a concentration in Middle Eastern studies from the University of Texas at Austin in 1980.[6] He speaks Arabic fluently.[10]

John Owen Brennan (born September 22, 1955) is chief counterterrorism advisor to U.S. President Barack Obama; officially his title is Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, and Assistant to the President.^[2][3][5] His responsibilities include overseeing plans to protect the country from terrorism and respond to natural disasters, and he meets with the President daily.^[6][7] Previously, he advised Obama on foreign policy and intelligence issues during the 2008 presidential campaign and transition.^[8] Brennan withdrew his name from consideration for Director of the CIA in the first Obama administration over concerns about his support for the use of torture by the CIA underPresident George W. Bush.^[3][6] Instead, Brennan was appointed Deputy National Security Advisor, a position which did not require Senate confirmation.^[3][6][9]

Brennan's 25 years with the CIA included work as a Near East and South Asia analyst, as station chief in Saudi Arabia, and as director of theNational Counterterrorism Center.^[3][6][10] After leaving government service in 2005, Brennan became CEO of The Analysis Corporation, a security consulting business, and served as chairman of the Intelligence and National Security Alliance, an association of intelligence professionals.^[11]

President Obama nominated Brennan as his next director of the Central Intelligence Agency January 7, 2013.^[12][13][14] The ACLU called for the Senate not to proceed with the appointment until it confirms that "all of his conduct was within the law" at the CIA and White House.^[15] John Brennan was approved by the Senate Intelligence Committee on March 5, 2013 to succeed David Petraeus as the Director of the Central Intelligence Agencyby a vote of 12 to 3.^[16]

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Nearly 10 Percent of the 113th U.S. Congress Hail From Jesuit Institutions

10 January 2013

Among the 535 members of the 113th U.S. Congress that were sworn in on January 3, 52 are alumni of Jesuit colleges and universities, comprising almost 10 percent of the entire Congress. There are 11 Jesuit alumni serving in the Senate and 41 in the House of Representatives.

Congressman John Boehner (R-OH, Xavier University, Cincinnati, alumnus) is serving his second term as Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Congressman Steny Hoyer (D-MD, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., alumnus) continues to serve as the House Minority Whip. In the Senate, Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL, Georgetown University alumnus) continues his service as the Assistant Majority Leader.

Of the 52 alumni, nine were elected in 2012. Of the newly-elected alumni, Representative Juan C. Vargas (D-CA, Fordham University, N.Y., alumnus) was once a Jesuit in studies for the priesthood before leaving the Society.

There are currently 14 Jesuit institutions represented by alumni in the U.S. Congress. Georgetown University has the most alumni with a total of 21, followed by Boston College with 7 and Fordham University with 5. The College of the Holy Cross (Worcester, Mass.) has 4, Creighton University (Omaha, Neb.) has 3 and Loyola University Chicago, Saint Peter’s University (Jersey City, N.J.) and University of Detroit Mercy all have two alumni represented. The remaining schools with alumni in Congress are Loyola University Maryland, Marquette University (Milwaukee), Saint Joseph’s University (Philadelphia), Santa Clara University (Santa Clara, Calif.), Wheeling Jesuit University (Wheeling, W.V.) and Xavier University.

“We are proud that nearly 10 percent of Congress are alumni of Jesuit colleges and universities,” said Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU) President Jesuit Father Gregory Lucey. “We are grateful for their leadership, and we look forward to strengthening the excellent working relationships we have already established with those in Congress and forging ties with new members of the 113th Congress.”

President Barack Obama has also appointed several Jesuit college and university alumni to serve in key leadership positions. Members of the Obama administration from AJCU institutions include Department of Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta (Santa Clara University); Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet A. Napolitano (Santa Clara University); and White House Chief of Staff Jacob Lew (Georgetown University).

To download the full list of Jesuit alumni in the 113th U.S. Congress, click here. [Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities]

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