There are probably as many Notable Campion Graduates as there are Campion Graduates, however here are some of the ones people have sent me as being particularly interesting.
Also, any graduate we know of who went on to become a Jesuit is noted for where they are currently located. Or at least the last we heard!
Some people attended Campion but did not spend all four years. They are shown with the year they would have graduated with an asterisk(*).
| Name | Class Of | Noted for |
|---|---|---|
| MISC | ||
| Rev. George Zwack, S.J. | 1884* Campion College | First Campion Student arrived September 1880 |
| Fr. Joseph Zimmerman, S.J. | 1906 | Only graduate of this class |
| JE Barnett | 1911 Campion HS 1914 Campion College of Sacred Heart | Both schools |
| Dr. James West | 1932
Senior Pic | He and Dr. Richard Lawler performed world's first Human Organ transplant in 1950. Also, Betty Ford Center Pioneer. |
| Campion Teachers / Employees | ||
| Fr. Albert Zuercher, S.J. | 1912 Campion High School 1916 Campion College of Sacred Heart | 1944-48,1962-74 Counsel, Spiritual Director |
| Fr. Carl Zachman, S.J. | 1916 Campion High School 1918 Campion College of Sacred Heart | 1930-34,1945-72 Math,Latin,Religion,Dean |
| Fr. Walter H. Halloran, S.J. | 1939
Senior Pic | Scholastic 45-46 Religion, History, Coach 57-63 - Assisted Fr. Bowdern in 1949 Exorcism |
| Fr. Howard E. Kalb, S.J. | 1941
Senior Pic | Scholastic 48-51, Priest 57-66 Algebra, Sodality, Dean 57-60, President and Rector 60-66 |
| Mr. Don Sebastian | 1941 | School Barber 1952-1978 |
| Fr. John C. McNellis, S.J. | 1943 | Latin, Greek, Classics 65-73 |
| Fr. Robert Brodzeller, S.J. | 1948
Senior Pic | Modern Languages 66-72 |
| Fr. Greg Lucey, S.J. | 1951
Senior Pic | Scholastic 59-61 Latin, Sodality, Principal/President/Rector 70's |
| Mr. Paul Megan | 1954
Senior Pic | Scholastic, Latin, Art, Choir 62-64 |
| Clem Steele | 1955
Senior Pic | Math, Coach 68-73 |
| Fr. Jim Radde, S.J. | 1956
Senior Pic | Campion Spanish Teacher 1966-68 |
| Fr. John J. Callahan, S.J. | 1957
Senior Pic | Scholastic, Speech, English, Spanish 65-67 |
| Fr. James Strzok, S.J. | 1957
Senior Pic | Physics, Chemistry, Earth Science, Photography 72-75 |
| Mr. Howard F. Culver, S.J. | 1960
Senior Pic | Scholastic, Greek and Latin 67-69 |
| Mr. Thomas Zinkle, S.J. | 1962
Senior Pic | Scholastic, Math, Baseball Coach 69-70 |
| Mr. Jack Garvey, S.J. | 1963
Senior Pic | Scholastic, History, Swim & Tennis Coach 71-72 |
| John Romanowski, S.J. | 1967
Senior Pic | Scholastic, Latin, Classical 1972-73 |
| | Military / Government / Politics | |
| Col. Gregory J. Kessenich | 1914 | Inventor of the Bazooka |
| Fr. Al Schmitt, S.J. | 1928 | First Chaplain killed in WWII. Heroically went down with the U.S.S Oklahoma, Dec 7, 1941 |
| Patrick J. Lucey | 1935
Senior Pic | Governor of Wisconsin, Early 70's - Ambassador to Mexico 1977-79 |
| John P. Henebry | 1936
Senior Pic | Major General USAF (Ret.) |
| William A. Kelly II | 1936
Senior Pic | Judge |
| Dick Tuck | 1942* | Did Dick Tuck Cause Watergate? |
| Leo J. Ryan | 1943 | Congressman killed at Jones Town Mass Suicide. There is a bust of him in San Mateo Courthouse |
| Garry Wills, S.J. Garry Wills | 1951
Senior Pic | Adjunct Professor of History, Northwestern University 1993 Pulitzer Prize for Lincoln at Gettysburg NEH Presidential Medal |
| William Joseph McDonough | 1952
Senior Pic | President of Federal Reserve Bank, NY |
| Guillermo Guemez | 1956 | Subgobernadores - Acerca del Banco de Mexico |
| Vicente Fox | 1960* Frosh Pic(1957) | Mexico President-Elect 2000 |
| Timothy LaFleur | 1966
Senior Pic | Was Rear Admiral - Deputy and Chief of Staff, U.S. Atlantic Fleet
Then Vice Admiral - Commander Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet |
| Terence P. Labrecque | 1968
Senior Pic | CO of NROTC at Holy Cross |
| Richard Noggle | 1970
Senior Pic | Commander ROTC Morris HS - NY |
| David Silverman | 1972
Senior Pic | Judge of 18th Judicial Circuit - Florida |
| Famous Relatives / Famous Businesses | ||
| John "Jack" Rockne | 1944 | Knute Rockne's son |
| Ernest J. DuMouchelle | 1960 | VP DuMouchelle Art Gallery Company |
| James R. Carlson | 1960
Senior Pic | Executive - Sara Lee Corp |
| David Miller | 1961
Senior Pic | President - Testor Corporation |
| Patrick J. Nugent | 1961
Senior Pic | Married President LBJ's Daughter Luci |
| Richard Uchwat | 1965* | Founder/Owner of Zanies Comedy Clubs |
| Entertainers | ||
| Kevin McCarthy | 1932 Senior Pic | Played Dr. Miles J. Binnell in Invasion of the Body Snatchers. et al |
| David Doyle | 1947 Senior Pic | Played Bosley in Charlies Angels TV Series. et al |
| Foley "Jack" Horkheimer | 1956 Senior Pic | PBS Astronomy Star Hustler - Star Gazer Director, Space Transit Planetarium, Miami |
| Tom Sheen | 1957
Senior Pic | Organist |
| Tom Walla | 1964* | Writer for several TV series |
| George Wendt | 1966 Senior Pic | Played Norm in Cheers TV series. et al |
| Keith Szarabajka | 1970* Frosh Pic Soph Pic Junior Pic | Played Mickey Kostmayer in The Equalizer TV series. et al |
| Tony Lag | 1972
Senior Pic | Played an FBI agent in Deadly Rivals. et al |
| Sports | ||
| George Ireland | 1932
Senior Pic | Coached Loyola U Basketball |
| Dick Boushka | 1951
Senior Pic | Top 100 All Time High School Players List Only CWCC player to do so 1956 US Olympic Basketball team won the gold. |
| John 'Jack' Lloyd | 1954 | Notre Dame Announcer |
| John P. Powers | 1958 | Steelers Tight End - 60s |
| Robert Castellini | 1959
Senior Pic | CEO Cincinnati REDS |
| Jerry Vainisi | 1959 | Chicago Bears Manager when they won the super bowl |
| Frank W. Krauser | 1960 | CEO of National Football League Alumni |
| George Blaha | 1962
Senior Pic | Detroit Pistons' Lead Broadcaster Michagan Sports Hall of Famer 2008 |
| Patrick Bowlen | 1962
Senior Pic | Denver Broncos Owner |
| Fr. Pat McCorkell, S.J. | 1962
Senior Pic | Denver Broncos Chaplain |
| Jim Malone | 1965 | Leading Contender - Top Golf Nut of The Year 2007 |
| John Shinners | 1965 | NFL player |
| Tony Cline | 1966* | 9 years in the NFL U. Miami Football hall of fame |
| Campion Web Sites / Newsletters | ||
| Aaron Huguenard | 1947 | Campion Forever Newsletter |
| Charles Conrad | 1956 | Class of 56 |
| Mike Kelly | 1958 | Class of 58 |
| Jim Benso | 1960 | Class of 60 |
| Frank Larkin | 1961 | Class of 61 |
| Pat Mower | 1964 | Class of 64 |
| Bill Elliott | 1965 | Class of 1965 |
| Bob Voosen | 1966 | Class of 66 |
| Bob Graver | 1968 | Campionette Online (Class of 68) |
| Jim Geldermann | 1970 | Class of 1970 |
| Thomas Olson | 1972 | Campion-Knights Nostalgia / Campion Forever Newsletter |
| Bob Valerie | 1956 | Yahoo Group - Campion Alumni |
| David Robbins | 1965 | Yahoo Group - Campion 1965 |
| Chris Lamal | 1970 | Yahoo Group - Campion Knights |
| Campion JHS Promoters | ||
| Richard Hamlin | 1945 | Hamlin Hall at JCU named after him |
| George Sweeney | 1951 | Pushed for JCU Campion Hall |
| Tony Culicchia | 1960 | Pushed for JCU Campion Hall |
| | CAA Campion Alumni Association | |
| George Braasch | 1954 | CAA President |
| John Duskey | 1963 | CAA Newsletter Editor |
| | Jebbies | |
| Rev. J.C. Friedl, S.J. | 1916 | |
| Charles Mehok, S.J. | 1935 | Milwaukee |
| Fr. John Holbrook, S.J. | 1938 | Creighton - School of Denistry |
| Fr. Robert Kalb, S.J. | 1938 | |
| Fr. Fagan, S.J. | 1938 | |
| Fr. Clarence M. Wagener, S.J. | 1939 | Creighton University Astronomy/Physics Professor |
| Fr. John Ginsterblum, S.J. | 1939 | Creighton University |
| Joseph F. Eagan, S.J. | 1940 | Wauwatosa |
| William Dooley, S.J. | 1941 | Wauwatosa |
| Willard Dressel, S.J. | 1941 | Omaha |
| William Faherty, S.J. | 1941 | St. Louis |
| Gerald Guida, S.J. | 1941 | Denver |
| Fr. William J. Kelly, S.J. | 1941 | Marguette University |
| James Kramper, S.J. | 1941 | Omaha |
| John Padberg, S.J. | 1941 | St. Louis |
| John Walsh, S.J. | 1941 | St. Louis |
| John Bernbrock, S.J. | 1944 | Scottsdale |
| William King, S.J. | 1944 | Cincinnati |
| William Madden, S.J. | 1944 | Chicago |
| Lee McNamee, S.J. | 1944 | Minneapolis |
| Bernard Borer, S.J. | 1945 | Colorado Springs |
| Edwin Daly, S.J. | 1945 | |
| Fr. William "Bill" F. Kelly, S.J. | 1945 | Marquette University |
| Fr. Roger Lucey, S.J. | 1945 | Pleasanton, CA |
| Bernard Streicher, S.J. | 1946 | Cleveland |
| Leo Sweeney, S.J. | 1946 | Chicago |
| Ronald Zinkle, S.J. | 1946 | Lydon Station |
| Peter Carey, S.J. | 1948 | Indianapolis |
| Patrick Stewart, S.J. | 1948 | Portland |
| Fr. Bill Sullivan, S.J. | 1948 | Performed Matrimony on Bill Gates of Microsoft fame. Chancellor - Seattle University |
| Patrick Boyle, S.J. | 1949 | Mundelein |
| Fr. James Serrick, S.J. | 1949 | Bloomfield Hills |
| Patrick Murphy, S.J. | 1950 | Lake City |
| Fr. Bill Synder, S.J. | 1950 | St. Louis |
| Fr. Gene Nevins, S.J. | 1950 | Indiana |
| Fr. Keth Ulrich, S.J. | 1950 | Japan |
| William McKenna | 1951 | Jersey City |
| Fr. Pat Donnelly, S.J. | 1952 | Marquette University |
| Fr. Don Driscoll, S.J. | 1952 | Creighton University |
| Fr. Vincent "John" Daly, S.J. | 1953 | Korea |
| James Gladstone, S.J. | 1953 | Milwaukee |
| Fr. Paul Otting | 1953 | Dubuque, IA |
| Most Rev. Thomas G. Doran | 1954 | Bishop of Rockford Diocese |
| William Gerut, S.J. | 1954 | Prairie du Chien |
| Cletus Pfab, S.J. | 1955 | Milwaukee |
| William Kurz, S.J. | 1957 | Milwaukee |
| Anthony Daly, S.J. | 1959 | St. Louis |
| Fr. Tony Wach, S.J. | 1960 | Provincial Nigeria |
| Fr. David Haschka, S.J. | 1961 | Washington DC |
| Fr. Jim Egan, S.J. | 1962 | E Africa |
| Fr. Charlie Baumann, S.J. | 1963 | Jesuit Provincial Offices |
| Fr. John Campbell, S.J. | 1963 | Associate Pastor at the Gesu |
| Fr. Jonathan Haschka, S.J. | 1963 | Dar es-Salaam, Tanzania, Africa |
| Fr. Emil Denemark, S.J. | 1967 | Korea |
| Fr. Kevin F. Burke, S.J. | 1971 | VP of Mission and Identity at Regis U.,Denver, CO. |
| Fr. Brian Paulson, S.J. | 1977* | President of St. Ignatius College Prep, Chicago |
