St. Bonaventure University

St. Bonaventure University is located in Cattaraugus County in western New York. The university was established by the Franciscan Brothers in 1858 and is a private, Catholic university, located near Olean, New York. It has roughly 2,750 students. The current president is Sister Margaret Carney OSF, the 20th president and the first sister religious to hold the position. Its sports teams, called the Bonnies, play NCAA Division I sports in the Atlantic 10 Conference.

Notable alumni

Notable alumni of St. Bonaventure University include:

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• Ted Marchibroda '53, NFL football coach
• Fr. Mychal Judge OFM '57, chaplain, Fire Department of New York, and Victim #1 on September 11, 2001
• Lee Coppola '64, former Buffalo television news reporter and federal prosecutor
• John "Jack" R. McGinley '65, Vice President of the Pittsburgh Steelers
• Shaun Sheehan '66, public affairs specialist and vice president, Tribune Company
• James T. Walsh '70, U.S. Congressman from New York
• Bob Lanier '70, Hall of Fame basketball player
• Charles J. Dougherty '71, President of Duquesne University
• Tom McElroy ?74, director of athletics at the University of Rhode Island
• Leslie C. Quick III '75, investment banker and president, Fleet Securities
• Maureen Keenan LeBoeuf '76, brigadier general, U.S. Army (ret.)
• Richard A. Bucci '76, mayor of Binghamton, New York
• Jim Baron '77, men's basketball coach, University of Rhode Island
• Dan Herbeck '78, Buffalo News reporter and biographer of Timothy McVeigh
• Neil Cavuto '80, Fox News Channel anchor
• Thomas M. Marra '80, executive vice president of The Hartford
• Chuck Daly, Hall of Fame NBA coach
• Jim Post, Boston University business professor and founder of the Catholic lay group Voice of the Faithful
• Eugene M. McQuade, President and Chief Operating Officer of Freddie Mac

The school also boasts five Pulitzer Prize winners as alumni.

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• Robert A. Dubill '58, former executive editor of USA Today. Won in 1980 for public service (uncovering religious fund-raising scandals).
• John Hanchette '64, former managing editor of Gannett Newspapers, now professor of journalism at St. Bonaventure. Won in 1980 for public service (uncovering religious fund-raising scandals).
• Charles J. Hanley '68, reporter for the Associated Press. Won in 2000 for investigative reporting (the massacre at No Gun Re).
• Brian Toolan '72, vice president of The Hartford Courant. Won in 1999 for breaking news reporting (shooting at the Connecticut Lottery).
• Dan Barry '80, reporter for The New York Times. Won in 1994 for investigative reporting (corruption in Rhode Island court system).

Four Members of Congress also attended St. Bonaventure.

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• Rudolph G. Tenerowicz, U.S. Congressman from Michigan (Dem. & Rep., 1939-43, 49-57)
• William F. Walsh '34, U.S. Congressman from New York (Rep., 1973-1979)
• James J. Howard '52, U.S. Congressman from New Jersey (Dem., 1965-88)
• James T. Walsh '70, U.S. Congressman from New York (Rep., 1989-present)