List of Carroll University alumni

Carroll University is a private liberal arts college in Waukesha, Wisconsin. Following are some of its notable alumni.

Business

Name	Class	Major	Notability	References
Steven Burd	1971	Economics	Chairman and president and CEO of Safeway Inc.	[1]
Donald Goerke	1949	Mathematics	Inventor of SpaghettiOs	[2]
Michael Jaharis	1950	Business administration	Founder of Kos Pharmaceuticals and Vatera Healthcare Partners LLC, and co-founder of Arisaph Pharmaceuticals	[3]
Gregg Steinhafel	1977	Business administration	President and chairman of the board of Target Corporation	[4]

Clergy

Name	Class	Major	Notability	References
Mel Lawrenz	1977	English and religion	Author, speaker, and former senior pastor of Elmbrook church
William C. R. Sheridan	1939	Liberal arts	Episcopal Bishop of Northern Indiana	[5]
Edward M. Turner		BA	Episcopal prelate and Bishop of the Virgin Islands
Robert Varley	1945	BA	Bishop of The Episcopal Church	[6]
Arthur A. Vogel		non-degreed	Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of West Missouri	[7]

Education

Name	Class	Major	Notability	References
Stephen Blumenfeld	1979	Sociology	Senior lecturer and director of the Centre for Labour Employment and Work at Victoria University of Wellington	[8]
James Bonk	1953	Chemistry	Chemistry professor at Duke University	[9]
Howard Fuller	1962	Sociology and history	Civil rights activist and co-founder of the Malcolm X Liberation University	[10]
Ray David Owen	1937	Biology	Chairman of the Caltech Division of Biology	[11]
Michael Persinger		non-degreed	Professor of psychology at Laurentian University	[12]
Grant Showerman		non-degreed	Classical scholar.at the University of Wisconsin–Madison	[13]
David A. Strand	1958		President of Illinois State University	[14][15]

Art and entertainment

Name	Class	Major	Notability	References
Matt Christman			Co-host of Chapo Trap House	[16]
James Daly		non-degreed	Theater, film, and Emmy Award winning television actor	[17]
Alfred Lunt	1914	non-degreed	Actor and director	[18][19]
Fred MacMurray		non-degreed	Film and television actor	[20]
Dennis Morgan	1930		Actor	[21]
Olaf Odegaard	1961		Artist and playwright	[22][23]
Janet Parshall			Syndicated radio talk show host	[24]
Harper Starling		Kinesiology	Recording artist, songwriter, and dancer
Eric Szmanda	1997		Actor known for the television show CSI	[25]
William A. Wojnar	1974		Classical organist and professor of music	[26]

Government and civil service

Name	Class	Major	Notability	References
Laura Gutiérrez	1995	Spanish and biology	Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services	[27]
Justin Jacobs	2003	Mathematics and computer science	Applied research mathematician at the National Security Agency, independent sports analytics researcher, and 2014 PECASE winner	[28]
Maybelle Maud Park	1891		Physician and director of the Wisconsin Child Welfare Department of the State Board of Control	[29]
Antonio R. Riley	1987	Political science and history	Midwest Regional Administrator of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development	[30]

Law

Name	Class	Major	Notability	References
David L. Dancey	1938		Wisconsin Circuit Court judge and Wisconsin State Assembly	[31]
Fred Foreman	1970		United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois
Daniel Kelly	1986	Spanish and political science	Attorney and former justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court	[32]

Literature and journalism

Name	Class	Major	Notability	References
John Ball	1934		Novelist, music critic, and Emmy Award recipient from the Mystery Writers of America	[33]
Doug Larson		English	Columnist and editor for the Door County Advocate	[34]
Lucius W. Nieman			Founder of the Milwaukee Journal	[35][36]

Military

Name	Class	Major	Notability	References
James P. Daley	1977	Political science and history	U.S. National Guard general	[37]
Michael J. Schwerin	1988	Psychology	U.S. Navy Rear Admiral	[38]
John Patten Story	1857		Major general in the United States Army	[39]
David W. Winn		Non-degreed	U.S. Air Force general	[40]

Politics

Name	Class	Major	Notability	References
Sheryl Albers		non-degreed	Wisconsin State Assembly	[41]
John M. Alberts	1957	B.S.	Wisconsin State Assembly	[42]
John F. Buckley			Wisconsin State Assembly	[43]
Cushman K. Davis		Non-degreeed	Governor of Minnesota and U.S. Senator
David L. Dancey	1938		Wisconsin State Assembly and Wisconsin Circuit Court judge	[31]
Cushman Kellogg Davis		Non-degreed	United States Senate and Governor of Minnesota	[44][45]
Lyle E. Douglass			Wisconsin State Assembly	[46]
William Edwards			Wisconsin Senate and Wisconsin State Assembly	[47]
Lucius Fairchild		Non-degreed	Governor of Wisconsin and United States as Minister to Spain	[48]
Paul Farrow	1991		Wisconsin Senate	[49]
William Henry Hardy			Wisconsin State Assembly	[50]
Manville S. Hodgson			Wisconsin State Assembly	[51]
Oswald H. Johnson		PhD	Wisconsin State Assembly	[52]
Phil H. Jones	1894		Wisconsin State Assembly	[53]
Theodore S. Jones		Non-degreed	Wisconsin State Assembly	[54]
Einer P. Lund		PhD	Wisconsin State Assembly	[55]
Vincent R. Mathews	1934	Business	Wisconsin State Assembly	[56]
James A. McKenzie			Wisconsin State Assembly	[57]
Paul Melotik	1979	Accounting and business management	Wisconsin State Assembly	[58]
Earl D. Morton	1949	A.B.	Wisconsin State Assembly	[59]
Adam Neylon	2008	B.A.	Wisconsin State Assembly	[60]
David W. Opitz	1968	BS	Wisconsin Senate	[61]
Watkins Overton		A.B.	Mayor of Memphis, Tennessee.
Henry C. Schadeberg	1938	B.A.	United States House of Representatives	[62]
Douglas C. Steltz			Wisconsin State Assembly	[63]
Vernon W. Thomson		Non-degreed	Former Wisconsin governor and United States House of Representatives	[64]

Sports

Name	Class	Major	Notability	References
Walt Ambrose	1930		Professional football player	[65]
Herb Bizer	1930		Professional football player	[66][67][68]
John W. Breen	1935		Professional football player and NFL personnel manager	[69]
Pat Cerroni	1992		Head football coach at the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh
Moxie Dalton			Professional football player	[70]
John Edmund Fries	1910		College football coach	[71]
Karl George			Professional football player	[72]
Rudy Gollomb			Professional football player with the Philadelphia Eagles	[73][74]
Bill Hempel			Professional football player	[75]
Kirk Hershey			Professional football player	[76]
Frank Hertz			Professional football player with the Milwaukee Badgers	[77]
Bill Irwin	1962		Professional wrestler	[78]
Buzz Knoblauch	1936		Professional basketball player
Mark Krzykowski			College athletics administrator and former college football coach
Wally Lemm	1942		NFL head coach and college football coach	[79][80]
Ivan Quinn			Professional football player	[81][82]
Ed Sparr			Professional football player	[83]
Gil Sterr			Professional football player	[84]
Claude Taugher		Non-degreed	Professional football player for the Green Bay Packers	[85][86]
Augie Vander Meulen	1932		Professional basketball player
Buff Wagner			Professional football player for the Green Bay Packers	[87]