University of Detroit Mercy - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

University of Detroit Mercy (UDM) is a private, Roman Catholic

Roman Catholic Church

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co-educational university

University

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in Detroit, Michigan

Michigan

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, United States

United States

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, affiliated with the Society of Jesus

Society of Jesus

The Society of Jesus is a Catholic male religious order that follows the teachings of the Catholic Church. The members are called Jesuits, and are also known colloquially as "God's Army" and as "The Company," these being references to founder Ignatius of Loyola's military background and a...

(the Jesuits) and the Sisters of Mercy

Sisters of Mercy

The Religious Order of the Sisters of Mercy is an order of Catholic women founded by Catherine McAuley in Dublin, Ireland, in 1831. , the order has about 10,000 members worldwide, organized into a number of independent congregations....

. Antoine M. Garibaldi is the president. With origins dating from 1877, it is the largest Roman Catholic university in Michigan. UDM is one of the twenty-eight member Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities

Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities

The Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities is a consortium of the 28 Jesuit colleges and universities and two theological centers in the United States committed to advancing academic excellence by promoting and coordinating collaborative activities, sharing resources, and advocating and...

in the United States. Located across three campuses in Detroit, the school offers more than a hundred academic degrees and programs of study, including liberal arts

Liberal arts

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, clinical psychology

Clinical psychology

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, business, dentistry

Dentistry

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, law, engineering

Engineering

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, architecture

Architecture

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, nursing and allied health professions. Listed below are some of the University's many distinguished alumni.

UDM was ranked in the top tier of Midwestern master's universities in U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report
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"America's Best Colleges" 2011 edition and has been for over a decade. In athletics, the University sponsors 19 NCAA Division I level varsity sports for men and women, and is a member of the Horizon League

Horizon League

The Horizon League is a ten school, NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose members are located in five of the Midwestern United States....

. UDM was the host institution for the 2009 NCAA men's basketball Final Four and championship

2009 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

The first and second round games were played at the following sites:First and Second Rounds: Thursday and Saturday, March 19 and 21, 2009-Qualifying teams:-Brackets:Results to date * – Denotes overtime periodAll times in U.S. EDT....

History

The University of Detroit Mercy's origin dates back to 1877 with the founding of Detroit College by the Society of Jesus

Society of Jesus

. The college expanded into the University of Detroit, and in 1927 established a second campus. In 1941, the Sisters of Mercy

Sisters of Mercy

opened the Mercy College of Detroit. In 1990, University of Detroit and Mercy College of Detroit consolidated to become "University of Detroit Mercy".

Mission and vision

University of Detroit Mercy's mission and vision statements reflect the traditions of its religious sponsors. founded on their collective religious traditions.

The mission statement states:

The University of Detroit Mercy, a Catholic university in the Jesuit and Mercy traditions, exists to provide excellent student-centered undergraduate and graduate education in an urban context. A UDM education seeks to integrate the intellectual, spiritual, ethical and social development of our students.

The vision statement proposes:

The University of Detroit Mercy will be recognized as a premier private university in the Great Lakes (North America) region, distinguished by graduates who lead and serve in their communities.

Like all universities, UDM strives to offer quality higher education, but it also is committed to service of faith

Faith

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and promotion of justice

Justice

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and compassionate service to persons in need, as articulated in the Jesuit worldview. Accordingly, the university, its students, staff and alumni aim to take an active role in strengthening Detroit, through community outreach and partnership with like-minded organizations.

Colleges and campuses

UDM comprises seven colleges and schools: the School of Architecture

Architecture

, College of Business Administration, School of Dentistry, College of Engineering and Science, College of Health Professions/McAuley School of Nursing, School of Law

Law

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, and College of Liberal Arts

Liberal arts

and Education.

The University has three campuses. The McNichols Campus is located on the southeast corner of McNichols Road and Livernois Avenue in northwest Detroit (near the Pilgrim Village and University District neighborhoods). The majority of the University's undergraduate and graduate programs are offered on this campus, as well as the University's main administration and athletic facilities like Calihan Hall

Calihan Hall

Calihan Hall is an 8,295-seat multi-purpose arena in Detroit, Michigan. It is home to the University of Detroit Mercy Titans basketball te am. The arena opened in 1952. The building was dedicated on May 25, 1952 as the Memorial Building. The first basketball game was played on December 2 of that...

. It is also the location of all six student residence halls.

The Riverfront Campus is home to UDM's School of Law

Law

in downtown Detroit at 651 East Jefferson across from the Renaissance Center.

The Corktown Campus, at 2700 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, houses UDM's School of Dentistry

Dentistry

and Dental Clinic. The former Outer Drive Campus has been sold to the Wayne County Community College District.

Greek life

Fraternities - Kappa Delta Rho

Kappa Delta Rho

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, Lambda Theta Pi, Phi Beta Sigma

Phi Beta Sigma

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, Phi Kappa Theta

Phi Kappa Theta

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, Sigma Pi

Sigma Pi

Sigma Pi is an international college secret and social fraternity founded in 1897 at Vincennes University. Sigma Pi International fraternity currently has 127 chapters and 4 colonies in the United States and Canada and is headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee...

Sororities - Alpha Kappa Alpha

Alpha Kappa Alpha

Alpha Kappa Alpha is the first Greek-lettered sorority established and incorporated by African American college women. The sorority was founded on January 15, 1908, at Howard University in Washington, D.C., by a group of nine students, led by Ethel Hedgeman Lyle...

, Delta Sigma Theta

Delta Sigma Theta

Delta Sigma Theta is a non-profit Greek-lettered sorority of college-educated women who perform public service and place emphasis on the African American community. Delta Sigma Theta Sorority was founded on January 13, 1913 by twenty-two collegiate women at Howard University...

, Gamma Phi Beta

Gamma Phi Beta

Gamma Phi Beta is an international sorority that was founded on November 11, 1874, at Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York. The term "sorority," meaning sisterhood, was coined for Gamma Phi Beta by Dr. Frank Smalley, a professor at Syracuse University.The four founders are Helen M. Dodge,...

, Kappa Beta Gamma

Kappa Beta Gamma

Kappa Beta Gamma was founded at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Currently, there are 15 active chapters and two in the process of colonization; the sorority is recruiting both inactive and new chapters to expand the sorority's ideals and provide more leadership opportunities for...

, Sigma Sigma Sigma

Sigma Sigma Sigma

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, Zeta Phi Beta

Zeta Phi Beta

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Athletics

The Titans compete in NCAA Division I's Horizon League

Horizon League

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. The men's basketball team has consistently contended for the Horizon League title. On April 12, 2008, UDM announced the hiring of Ray McCallum as Men's Basketball Coach. McCallum is a veteran of more than 20 years in college basketball, most recently as assistant head coach at Indiana University.

McCallum's predecessor Perry Watson

Perry Watson

Perry Watson is an American college basketball coach and the former head men's basketball coach at the University of Detroit Mercy. Watson took an indefinite medical leave of absence. Watson resigned on March 5, 2008. Perry Watson was an important character witness in the University of Michigan...

led a successful program at Detroit's Southwestern High School

Southwestern High School (Michigan)

Southwestern High School is a high school in southwest Detroit, Michigan, USA. It is part of the Detroit Public Schools district.Brewster Homes/Brewster-Douglass Housing Projects, Detroit public housing, is zoned to this school.-Notable alumni:...

before coming to UDM after some years as an assistant coach at the University of Michigan

University of Michigan

The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...

and maintained strong recruiting ties within the city's public league. Watson guided Detroit Mercy to 10 winning seasons, three league titles, two NCAA Tournament appearances and an NIT Final Four during his 15 years with UDM. The Titans' two NCAA appearances also included victories over St. John's

St. John's University (New York City)

St. John's University is a private, Roman Catholic, coeducational university located in New York City, United States. Founded by the Congregation of the Mission in 1870, the school was originally located in the borough of Brooklyn in the neighborhood of Bedford–Stuyvesant...

and UCLA

UCLA Bruins men's basketball

The UCLA Bruins men's basketball program, established in 1920, owns a record 11 Division I NCAA championships. UCLA teams coached by John Wooden won 10 national titles in 12 seasons from 1964 to 1975, including 7 straight from 1967 to 1973. UCLA went undefeated a record 4 times, in 1964, 1967,...

. Between 1997-98 and 2000–01, the Titans had four straight 20-victory seasons.

Dick Vitale

Dick Vitale

Richard J. "Dick" Vitale , also known as "Dickie V", is an American basketball sportscaster. A former head coach in the college and professional ranks, he is well-known as a college basketball broadcaster and for the enthusiastic and colorful remarks he makes during games. He is known for his...

, ESPN's most well-known college basketball commentator, was the University of Detroit men's basketball Head Coach for four seasons (1973–1977) before becoming the school's Athletics Director for 1977-78. The following year he left to coach the Detroit Pistons

Detroit Pistons

The Detroit Pistons are a franchise of the National Basketball Association based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. The team's home arena is The Palace of Auburn Hills. It was originally founded in Fort Wayne, Indiana as the Fort Wayne Pistons as a member of the National Basketball League in 1941, where...

. In his final year as a college head coach in 1977, "Dickie V." led the Detroit Titans to a school record 25 victories and the Round of 16 in the 1977 NCAA Tournament

1977 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

The 1977 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 32 American schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the National Champion of Men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 12, 1977, and ended with the championship game on March 28 in Atlanta, Georgia. A...

before losing to Michigan, 86-81. Vitale rolled up a 78-30 career record as head coach of the Titans. Vitale went on to coach the Detroit Pistons before beginning his broadcasting career with ESPN in 1979 and was the color commentator for the first college basketball game carried by the new network. As its lead college basketball analyst, he helped make the network an integral part of the game's popularity. An author of six books chronicling his love affair with basketball, Vitale received the Basketball Hall of Fame's Curt Gowdy Media Award

Curt Gowdy Media Award

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(1998), won the NABC Cliff Wells Appreciation Award in 2000 and was admitted to the College Basketball Hall of Fame in 2000.

Since 1996-97, Detroit Titans athletic teams have won 14 league championships and 15 teams have competed in NCAA championships. The men's golf team won the 2007 Horizon League championship. In 2009-2010 season the mens and womens golf teams won the Horizon League championship. The University was the host institution for the 2008 NCAA Midwest Regional and 2009 NCAA Final Four men's basketball tournament at Ford Field in Detroit.

All home basketball games feature the Titan Pep Band

Titan Pep Band

The current University of Detroit Mercy Pep Band may seem to be a modern invention, but its roots stretch back over ninety years to the formation of the University’s first musical ensemble. In 1916, the University and surrounding community were delighted to hear the first performance of the...

which serenades audiences throughout the game.

Notable faculty

Frank Murphy
Frank Murphy
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, a Michigan jurist, Mayor of Detroit, Governor of Michigan
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, the last Governor-General of the Philippines
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and the first High Commissioner of the Philippines
Philippines
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, United States Attorney General
United States Attorney General
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, and United States Supreme Court Associate Justice
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.
Joyce Carol Oates
Joyce Carol Oates
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taught at the University of Detroit, publishing her first novel, With Shuddering Fall
With Shuddering Fall
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, when she was twenty-six years old. Her novel them
Them (novel)
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received the National Book Award
National Book Award
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in 1970. She has taught at Princeton University
Princeton University
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since 1978.
Richard Buckminster “Bucky” Fuller
Buckminster Fuller
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was visiting Professor in the school of architecture, University of Detroit, 1972 (?)
C. Don Davidson was a professor of architecture and urban planning, from 1965 to 1969. Davidson was the author of the Pontiac Plan; a 1966-79 urban renewal project for the city of Pontiac, Michigan
Pontiac, Michigan
Pontiac is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan named after the Ottawa Chief Pontiac, located within the Detroit metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 59,515. It is the county seat of Oakland County...

. Circa 1970, Davidson became the stadium chief project designer of what would later become known as The Pontiac Silverdome
Pontiac Silverdome
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under the direction of the architectural firm of O'dell, Hewlett & Luckenbach. In 1972, he started a weekly newspaper called "The Pontiac Times" to help further his vision for the city of Pontiac.

Academics

E. William Beauchamp, C.S.C., University of Portland
University of Portland
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's 19th President
Andreas Blass
Andreas Blass
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, mathematician and current professor at the University of Michigan
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
Kevin Boyle winner of the 2004 National Book Award
National Book Award
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for Arc of Justice: A Saga of Race, Civil Rights, and Murder in the Jazz Age, Professor of History at Ohio State University
Ohio State University
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Thomas Budzynski
Thomas Budzynski
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, American psychologist and a pioneer in the field of biofeedback
Biofeedback
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Leonard Plachta, Former President of Central Michigan University
Central Michigan University
Central Michigan University is a public research university located in Mount Pleasant in the U.S. state of Michigan...

Acting

Anita Barone
Anita Barone
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, actress
Phil Cousineau
Phil Cousineau
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, author, lecturer, independent scholar, screenwriter, and documentary filmmaker
David Patrick Kelly
David Patrick Kelly
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, actor
Keegan-Michael Key
Keegan-Michael Key
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, film and television (madTV
MADtv
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and Animal Planet
Animal Planet
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) actor
J. Thomas McCarthy
J. Thomas McCarthy
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Ted Raimi
Ted Raimi
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, actor, best known for his roles on seaQuest DSV
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and Xena: Warrior Princess
Xena: Warrior Princess
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Business

Kevin Burke, former Senior Vice President of Americas, Tech Team Global
Matthew Cullen, President & COO, Rock Ventures LLC; CEO, Rock Gaming LLC
Mark Ellis, Executive Vice President of Sales, AOL
AOL
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W. James Farrell
W. James Farrell
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, chairman and CEO, Illinois Tool Works
Illinois Tool Works
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, 1995-2005
Nancy Hazely, President & CEO, Tax Trilogy LLC, Tax Accounting Firm
Jeffrey Karafa – Senior VP & CFO, Fidelity Bank
Peter Kennedy – Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager, Comerica Bank
R. Michael McCullough, CEO Booz, Allen & Hamilton, 1984–1992
James J. O'Sullivan, President and CEO, Mazda North American Operations
Mazda North American Operations
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Jim Padilla
Jim Padilla
James "Jim" Padilla is an American automobile industry executive. He was born in Detroit, Michigan, attending the University of Detroit and earning bachelor's and master's degrees in chemical engineering and a master's degree in economics. He is also a Distinguished Eagle Scout.Padilla joined the...

, former CEO, Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company
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Mark A. Schmid, Vice President – Chief Investment Officer, University of Chicago
Laura Soave, MBA '00, Head of Fiat
Fiat
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Brand North America
John Sofia – Vice President, Commercial Vehicles Business Unit, American Axel and Manufacturing, Inc
Robert P. Soulliere, President and CEO, ThyssenKrupp
ThyssenKrupp
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Steel USA, LLC
Thomas Thewes
Thomas Thewes
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, co-founder, Compuware Corporation

Engineering

Jim Padilla
Jim Padilla
James "Jim" Padilla is an American automobile industry executive. He was born in Detroit, Michigan, attending the University of Detroit and earning bachelor's and master's degrees in chemical engineering and a master's degree in economics. He is also a Distinguished Eagle Scout.Padilla joined the...

, former CEO, Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company is an American multinational automaker based in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. The automaker was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. In addition to the Ford and Lincoln brands, Ford also owns a small stake in Mazda in Japan and Aston Martin in the UK...
Otmar Szafnauer
Otmar Szafnauer
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, Chief Planning Analyst, Ford

Journalism

Bill Bonds
Bill Bonds
Bill Bonds is an American television anchor and reporter, best known for his work at WXYZ-TV in Detroit, Michigan. Born in 1933, Bonds became an Action News anchorman beginning in the early 1970s.-Early career:...

, journalist and former longtime anchor of WXYZ-TV
WXYZ-TV
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's news
Ron Fournier
Ron Fournier
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, Associated Press, Chief of Washington Bureau
Elmore Leonard
Elmore Leonard
Elmore John Leonard Jr. , better known as Elmore Leonard, is an American novelist and screenwriter. His earliest published novels in the 1950s were westerns, but Leonard went on to specialize in crime fiction and suspense thrillers, many of which have been adapted into motion pictures.Among his...

, author, several of whose books have been made into movies, such as Get Shorty
Get Shorty
Get Shorty is a 1990 novel by American novelist Elmore Leonard. In 1995, the novel was adapted into a film of the same name.-Plot summary:...

, Be Cool
Be Cool
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, and The Big Bounce
J.P. McCarthy, former radio host on Detroit station WJR
WJR
WJR is a radio station in Detroit, Michigan, United States. It broadcasts a news/talk format. It is a class A clear channel station whose broadcasts can be heard throughout most of the Midwest, eastern United States and Canada at night, making it one of the most powerful radio stations in the...
George Noory
George Noory
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, syndicated radio talk show host (Coast to Coast AM
Coast to Coast AM
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)
Neal Shine, former editor and publisher of the Detroit Free Press
Detroit Free Press
The Detroit Free Press is the largest daily newspaper in Detroit, Michigan, USA. The Sunday edition is entitled the Sunday Free Press. It is sometimes informally referred to as the "Freep"...

; the computer lab of the Varsity News, UDM's campus newspaper, is named in his honor

Government & Politics

Richard Arrington, Jr., first African American mayor of Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham, Alabama
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Donald W. Banner
Donald W. Banner
Donald W. Banner was a former United States Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks.Donald Banner was born in Chicago in 1924, he served as a P-47 pilot during World War II. He was shot down over Italy, and held in a German POW camp until April 29, 1945.After the war Donald attended Purdue...

, former United States Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks
Thomas E. Brennan
Thomas E. Brennan
Thomas E. Brennan is the founder of Thomas M. Cooley Law School, the 81st Justice and Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, an attorney, and former jurist and educator in the U.S. state of Michigan.-Early life:...

, Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court
Michigan Supreme Court
The Michigan Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is known as Michigan's "court of last resort" and consists of seven justices who are elected to eight-year terms. Candidates are nominated by political parties and are elected on a nonpartisan ballot...

(1967–1973); served as Chief Justice from 1969–1970; founded the Thomas M. Cooley Law School
Thomas M. Cooley Law School
Thomas M. Cooley Law School is an American Bar Association accredited law school in the United States. Located in Michigan, its main campus is in Lansing, and its satellite campuses are in Ann Arbor, Auburn Hills, and Grand Rapids. Cooley plans on opening another satellite campus in Tampa Bay,...
Vincent M. Brennan
Vincent M. Brennan
Vincent Morrison Brennan was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.Brennan was born in Mount Clemens, Michigan and moved with his parents to Detroit in 1895. He graduated from SS...

, Michigan politician
James H. Brickley
James H. Brickley
James H. Brickley was the 54th and 56th Lieutenant Governor of Michigan and a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1982-1999.-Biography:Brickley was born in Flint, Michigan...

, 54th and 56th Lieutenant Governor of Michigan and a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1982-1999
Vern Buchanan
Vern Buchanan
Vernon G. "Vern" Buchanan is the Congressman for , serving since 2007. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life and education:...

, Republican Congressman representing Florida's 13th congressional district
Tim Burns, Michigan politician
Michael F. Cavanagh, Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, 1982–present (served as Chief Justice from 1991 to 1995)
Bob Constan
Bob Constan
Robert Constan is a politician from the state of Michigan. He is a member of the Michigan State House of Representatives. A Democrat, he represents the 16th District in Wayne County, and includes the portions of Dearborn Heights, Garden City, Inkster and Allen Park.-Early life:Constan graduated...

, Michigan State House of Representatives
Maura D. Corrigan
Maura D. Corrigan
Maura D. Corrigan is the Incumbent Director of the Michigan Department of Human Services. She was also a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, serving from 1998-2011.-Background:...

, Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, 1998–present (served as Chief Justice from 2001 to 2004)
George Cushingberry, Jr.
George Cushingberry, Jr.
George Cushingberry, Jr. is an African American member of the Michigan House of Representatives. A Democrat, Cushingberry represents Michigan's 8th House District, which is located located in North-Western Detroit, bordering 8 Mile Road to the North. As chairman of the powerful Appropriations...

, Michigan House of Representatives
Robert A. Ficano
Robert A. Ficano
Robert Anthony Ficano, American politician, is County Executive of Wayne County, Michigan.He received his BA in 1974 from Michigan State University, and his JD in 1977 from University of Detroit. He worked as an attorney, and was assistant city attorney for the city of Westland, Michigan...

, County Executive of Wayne County, Michigan
Wayne County, Michigan
-History:Wayne County was one of the first counties formed when the Northwest Territory was organized. It was named for the American general "Mad Anthony" Wayne. It originally encompassed the entire area of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, as well as small sections that are now part of northern...
Roman S. Gribbs, mayor of Detroit, 1970-1974
Diane Hathaway
Diane Hathaway
Diane Hathaway has been a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court since 2008.Hathaway was born and raised in Detroit. She was a nurse for several years. She studied at Wayne State University and eventually earned a law degree from the University of Detroit Law School.Hathaway served on the Wayne...

, Michigan Supreme Court Justice
Frank J. Kelley
Frank J. Kelley
Frank J. Kelley , was the 50th Attorney General of the U.S. state of Michigan. His 37-year term of office, from 1961 to 1998, made him both the youngest and oldest Attorney General in the state's history, and led to his nickname as the "Eternal General". He is the longest serving state attorney...

, longest-serving Attorney General
Attorney General
In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general, or attorney-general, is the main legal advisor to the government, and in some jurisdictions he or she may also have executive responsibility for law enforcement or responsibility for public prosecutions.The term is used to refer to any person...

in Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....

history (1961 to 1998)
Theodore Levin
Theodore Levin
Theodore Levin was a was a prominent immigration lawyer and United States federal judge who served on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan from 1946 until his death in 1970....

, U.S. District Court Judge (1946 to 1970), father of Charles
Charles Levin
Charles Leonard Levin was a Michigan jurist. He served as a Michigan Court of Appeals judge from 1966 to 1972 and as a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1973 to 1996. He attended the University of Michigan where he received his B.A. in 1946 and his LL.B...

and Joseph Levin and uncle of Senator Carl Levin
Carl Levin
Carl Milton Levin is a Jewish-American United States Senator from Michigan, serving since 1979. He is the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Armed Services. He is a member of the Democratic Party....

and Representative Sander Levin
Sander M. Levin
Sander Martin Levin, generally known as Sandy Levin, is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1983, and the ranking Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee...
Judge Greg Mathis
Greg Mathis
Greg Mathis is a retired Michigan 36th District Court judge and syndicated television show judge. His show Judge Mathis is produced by Telepictures Productions, and distributed by Warner Brothers. It is seen five days a week in most television markets in North America...

, University of Detroit School of Law J.D. graduate; retired Michigan 36th District Court judge and syndicated television show judge
E. Michael McCann
E. Michael McCann
Edward Michael McCann was the District Attorney of Milwaukee County in Wisconsin from 1968 to 2006. After retiring from the public service in January 2007, McCann joined Marquette University Law School, where he became a Boden Teaching Fellow and Adjunct Professor of Law.McCann attended Marquette...

, former Milwaukee County District Attorney
Thaddeus McCotter, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's 11th congressional district
Michigan's 11th congressional district
Michigan's 11th congressional district is a United States Congressional District located just northwest of Detroit, consisting of northwestern Wayne and southwestern Oakland counties...
Zanaida Moya, Mayor of Belize City, Belize, 2006–present
L. Brooks Patterson
L. Brooks Patterson
Lewis Brooks Patterson is serving his fifth term as County Executive of Oakland County, Michigan. Patterson has been a major figure in Michigan politics for more than three decades, noted for his populist conservatism.- Education :...

, an American lawyer and politician, currently County Executive
County executive
A county executive is the head of the executive branch of government in a county. This position is common in the United States.The executive may be an elected or an appointed position...

of Oakland County, Michigan
Oakland County, Michigan
-Demographics:As of the 2010 Census, there were 1,202,362 people, 471,115 households, and 315,175 families residing in the county. The population density as of the 2000 census was 1,369 people per square mile . There were 492,006 housing units at an average density of 564 per square mile...
Gary Peters
Gary Peters
Gary Charles Peters is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball. The Chicago White Sox drafted Peters as an amateur free agent in after he graduated from Grove City College. He joined the major league club for keeps in and proceeded to win Rookie of the Year honors that year...

, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan's 9th congressional district
Michigan's 9th Congressional District
Michigan's 9th congressional district is contained within Oakland County in the southeast areas of the state of Michigan and encompasses most of the county. It is the only congressional district to lie entirely within Oakland County....
James L. Ryan
James L. Ryan
James Leo Ryan is a former Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.-Biography:...

, Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court
Michigan Supreme Court
The Michigan Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is known as Michigan's "court of last resort" and consists of seven justices who are elected to eight-year terms. Candidates are nominated by political parties and are elected on a nonpartisan ballot...

, 1975–1985; Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:* Eastern District of Kentucky* Western District of Kentucky...

, 1985–present
Thomas Patrick Thornton
Thomas Patrick Thornton
Thomas Patrick Thornton was a United States federal judge.Born in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Thornton received an LL.B. from the University of Detroit School of Law in 1926. He was in private practice in Detroit, Michigan from 1926 to 1937. He was an assistant U.S. Attorney of the Eastern...

, United States Federal Judge
United States federal judge
In the United States, the title of federal judge usually means a judge appointed by the President of the United States and confirmed by the United States Senate in accordance with Article II of the United States Constitution....

Military & Space

Paul Bikle
Paul Bikle
Paul F. Bikle Director of the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Dryden Flight Research Facility from 1959 until 1971, and author of more than 40 technical publications, has been associated with major aeronautical research programs including the supersonic X-15 rocket plane, and...

, former Director of the NASA
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...

Flight Research Center
Robert J. Elder, Jr, Former United States Air Force
United States Air Force
The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...

Lt. General
Glynn Lunney
Glynn Lunney
Glynn S. Lunney is a retired NASA engineer. An employee of NASA since its foundation in 1958, Lunney was a flight director during the Gemini and Apollo programs, and was on duty during historic events such as the Apollo 11 lunar ascent and the pivotal hours of the Apollo 13 crisis...

, NASA
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...

flight director

Religion

Joseph M. Breitenbeck
Joseph M. Breitenbeck
Joseph Matthew Breitenbeck was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the eighth Bishop of Grand Rapids from 1969 to 1989, having previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Detroit .-Early life and education:Breitenbeck was born in Detroit, Michigan, one of...

, eighth Bishop of Grand Rapids from 1969 to 1989
Joseph Cassidy
Joseph Cassidy
Joseph "Joe" Cassidy was a Scottish football player. His favoured position was as a forward. Cassidy started his career with Motherwell and Blythe...

, Anglican priest
Gary Habermas
Gary Habermas
Gary Robert Habermas is an American evangelical Christian apologist, historian, and philosopher of religion. He is a prolific author, lecturer, and debater on the topic of the Resurrection of Jesus...

, PhD
PHD
PHD may refer to:*Ph.D., a doctorate of philosophy*Ph.D. , a 1980s British group*PHD finger, a protein sequence*PHD Mountain Software, an outdoor clothing and equipment company*PhD Docbook renderer, an XML renderer...

, philosophical theologian
Philosophical Theology
Philosophical theology is the disciplined employment of philosophical methods in developing or analyzing theological concepts. It therefore includes natural theology as well as philosophical treatments of orthodox and heterodox theology....

and apologist; defender of Christ
Christ
Christ is the English term for the Greek meaning "the anointed one". It is a translation of the Hebrew , usually transliterated into English as Messiah or Mashiach...

's historical Resurrection
Resurrection
Resurrection refers to the literal coming back to life of the biologically dead. It is used both with respect to particular individuals or the belief in a General Resurrection of the dead at the end of the world. The General Resurrection is featured prominently in Jewish, Christian, and Muslim...
John A. Lemke, class of 1884, first native born Roman Catholic priest of Polish descent to be ordained in America.

Sports

Grady Alderman
Grady Alderman
Grady Alderman was an offensive lineman who played sixteen seasons in the NFL. He played most of his career with the Minnesota Vikings, and he played in three Super Bowls and was selected to five Pro Bowls...

, NFL offensive lineman and former General Manager of Denver Broncos
Denver Broncos
The Denver Broncos are a professional American football team based in Denver, Colorado. They are currently members of the West Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
John Barrett
John Barrett
John Barrett is the name of:* John Barrett , Irish track and field athlete who represented Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics* John Barrett , Australian Senator...

, American Football
Dan Boisture
Dan Boisture
Daniel P. Boisture, Jr. was an American football coach. He was the head coach of the Eastern Michigan Eagles football team from 1967 to 1973, compiling a record of 83-38-5....

, coach of the Eastern Michigan
Eastern Michigan Eagles football
The Eastern Michigan Eagles are a college football program at Eastern Michigan University. They compete in Division I Football Bowl Subdivision and the Mid-American Conference...

(1967–73) and the Detroit Wheels
Detroit Wheels
The Detroit Wheels were an American football team, a charter member of the ill-fated World Football League.The Wheels were founded December 13, 1973 by ten investors, whose number eventually grew to 33, including singer Marvin Gaye, Motown Records vice-president Esther Edwards, and Little Caesars...

(1974) football teams
Lloyd Brazil
Lloyd Brazil
Lloyd Brazil was an American athlete, coach and athletic director at the University of Detroit for 38 years. He played halfback for the University of Detroit football team from 1927–1929 and was selected as an All-American in 1928 and 1929. After graduating, he remained at the University of...

, Football
Frank Bucher
Frank Bucher
Frank H. Bucher was a football player from Fairport, New York. He played during the early years of the National Football League for the Pottsville Maroons from 1925-1926. In 1925 Bucher helped the Maroons win the NFL Championship, before it was stripped from the team due to a disputed rules...

, former NFL player
Wes Carlson
Wes Carlson
Wesley W. Carlson was a guard and tackle in the National Football League.-Career:Carlson played with the Green Bay Packers during the 1926 NFL season. He played at the collegiate level at the University of Detroit Mercy....

, former NFL player
Walt Cassidy
Walt Cassidy
Walt Cassidy is a former player in the National Football League. He played with the Kenosha Maroons during the 1924 NFL season.-References:...

, former NFL player
Gus Cifelli
Gus Cifelli
August Blase "Gus" Cifelli was an American football offensive tackle who played for three College Football National Championship teams with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team and won the 1952 NFL championship with the Detroit Lions...

, Football
Earl Cureton
Earl Cureton
Earl Cureton is a retired American professional basketball player. His nickname was "The Twirl".-NBA player:...

, former NBA player for the Philadelphia 76ers
Philadelphia 76ers
The Philadelphia 76ers are a professional basketball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They play in the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association . Originally known as the Syracuse Nationals, they are one of the oldest franchises in the NBA...
Dave DeBusschere
Dave DeBusschere
David Albert DeBusschere was an American NBA and major league baseball player and coach in the NBA. In 1996, DeBusschere was named as one of the 50 greatest players in NBA history....

, NBA Hall of Fame, played basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

for the Detroit Pistons
Detroit Pistons
The Detroit Pistons are a franchise of the National Basketball Association based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. The team's home arena is The Palace of Auburn Hills. It was originally founded in Fort Wayne, Indiana as the Fort Wayne Pistons as a member of the National Basketball League in 1941, where...

and the New York Knicks
New York Knicks
The New York Knickerbockers, prominently known as the Knicks, are a professional basketball team based in New York City. They are part of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference in the National Basketball Association...

, former Coach of the Detroit Pistons
Detroit Pistons
The Detroit Pistons are a franchise of the National Basketball Association based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. The team's home arena is The Palace of Auburn Hills. It was originally founded in Fort Wayne, Indiana as the Fort Wayne Pistons as a member of the National Basketball League in 1941, where...

; also played professional baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

for the Chicago White Sox
Chicago White Sox
The Chicago White Sox are a Major League Baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois.The White Sox play in the American League's Central Division. Since , the White Sox have played in U.S. Cellular Field, which was originally called New Comiskey Park and nicknamed The Cell by local fans...
Terry Duerod
Terry Duerod
Terry Duerod is a retired American professional basketball player.A 6'2" guard, Duerod played college basketball under Dick Vitale at the University of Detroit...

, former NBA player
Andrew "Anvil Andy" Farkas
Andy Farkas
Andrew Geza Farkas was an American football fullback in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins and the Detroit Lions.-Early life:Farkas was born in Clay Center, Ohio of Hungarian origins, and attended St...

, football player at U of D, first round draft pick of the Washington Redskins
Washington Redskins
The Washington Redskins are a professional American football team and members of the East Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team plays at FedExField in Landover, Maryland, while its headquarters and training facility are at Redskin Park in Ashburn,...

in 1938, first to wear eye black
Eye black
Eye black is a grease applied under the eyes to reduce glare. It is often used by baseball and American football players, where sunlight or stadium lights can impair vision of an airborne ball. Eye black has been used for centuries to help reduce the glare of the sun.Traditional grease consists of...

in the NFL, founder of the Gus Dorais Foundation, holds the record for the longest completed pass (99 yards)
Tom Finnin
Tom Finnin
Tom Finnin is a former defensive tackle in the National Football League.-Career:Finnin was drafted in the twenty-fourth round of the 1950 NFL Draft by the New York Giants and would later play four seasons with the Baltimore Colts before splitting his final season with the Chicago Cardinals and...

, former NFL player
Willie Green
Willie Green
Willie J. Green is an American professional basketball player who last played for the New Orleans Hornets in the NBA. He was selected in the second round of the 2003 NBA Draft by the Seattle SuperSonics and later acquired by Philadelphia from Seattle in a draft-night trade for the draft rights...

, basketball player for the NBA's New Orleans Hornets
Jody Handley
Jody Handley
Jody Handley is an English football player from Stafford. She is a pacy and experienced attacking player, and plays mainly as a wide midfielder for England Women, and as a striker for Everton Ladies...

, soccer player for the England women's national football team
England women's national football team
The England women's national football team represents England in international women's football. The side has been quite successful of late, qualifying for three World Cups, 1995, 2007 and 2011...
Spencer Haywood
Spencer Haywood
Spencer Haywood is a retired American professional basketball player.- High school :In 1964, Haywood moved to Detroit, Michigan, where he attended Pershing High School...

, U of D Basketball and NBA star.
Dave Hill
Dave Hill (golfer)
James David Hill was an American professional golfer. He was the brother of golfer Mike Hill.Hill was born in Jackson, Michigan. He attended the University of Detroit, where he played on the golf team. Hill won 13 times on the PGA Tour, three of which came during his career year of 1969, when he...

, former PGA Tour
PGA Tour
The PGA Tour is the organizer of the main men's professional golf tours in the United States and North America...

golfer with 13 Tour wins
Joe Kopicki, former NBA player
Dutch Lauer
Dutch Lauer
Harold Sebastian "Dutch" Lauer was a player in the National Football League.-Career:Lauer split the 1922 NFL season between the Rock Island Independents and the Green Bay Packers...

, former NFL player
John Long
John Long
John Long may refer to:*John Long , English Member of Parliament for Cricklade*John Long , Archbishop of Armagh*John Long , member of the Parliament of Ireland in 1689 for Midleton, County Cork...

, former NBA player
Bruce Maher
Bruce Maher
Bruce David Maher is a former American football safety in the National Football League for the Detroit Lions and New York Giants. He played college football at the University of Detroit Mercy and was drafted in the 15th round of the 1959 NFL Draft....

, former NFL player
Ted Marchibroda
Ted Marchibroda
Theodore "Ted" Joseph Marchibroda is a former American football quarterback and head coach in the National Football League.-Player:...

, NFL Coach, twice head coach of Baltimore Colts
History of the Indianapolis Colts
The Indianapolis Colts are a professional football team based in Indianapolis, Indiana. They play in the AFC South division of the National Football League. They have won 3 NFL championships and 2 Super Bowls....

/Indianapolis Colts
Indianapolis Colts
The Indianapolis Colts are a professional American football team based in Indianapolis. They are currently members of the South Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League ....

, offensive co-ordinator for Buffalo Bills
Buffalo Bills
The Buffalo Bills are a professional football team based in Buffalo, New York. They are currently members of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

Super Bowl
Super Bowl
The Super Bowl is the championship game of the National Football League , the highest level of professional American football in the United States, culminating a season that begins in the late summer of the previous calendar year. The Super Bowl uses Roman numerals to identify each game, rather...

teams, current sports broadcaster
Bob Miller, former MLB player (1950-59) and U-D Titans baseball coach (1965-2000); career Titans coaching record of 896-780-2; named to Titans Hall of Fame 1979
Guy Murray
Guy Murray
Guy Murray is the current men's and women's cross country and track and field head coach at the University of Detroit Mercy. Murray was one of the top runners in U of D history as a distance runner and he was also a marathon runner...

, former student-athlete and current Detroit Titans
Detroit Titans
The Detroit Titans are the NCAA Division I team of the University of Detroit Mercy . The school competes in the Horizon League.-Basketball :On April 12, 2008, UDM announced the hiring of Ray McCallum as Men's Basketball Coach...

cross country/track and field head coach
Tip O'Neill
Tip O'Neill (American football)
Tip O'Neill was a player in the National Football League. He played for the Dayton Triangles.-References:...

, former NFL player+
Andrew Ornoch
Andrew Ornoch
Andrew Ornoch is a Polish-born Canadian professional footballer who currently plays for Telstar in the Eerste divisie. He attended St...

, Mississauga Eagles FC
Jimmy Simpson
Jimmy Simpson (American football)
Jimmy Simpson is a former blocking back in the National Football League. Simpson first played with the Toledo Maroons during the 1922 NFL season. The following season he was a member of the St. Louis All-Stars, but did not see any playing time during a regular season game...

, former NFL player
Guy Sparrow
Guy Sparrow
Guy Ratcliff Sparrow was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire during the 1905 season.Sparrow was born in Aston, Warwickshire, the son of Walter Sparrow and his wife Emma Gertrude Ratcliff. His father was assistant surgeon to the 9th Warwickshire Rifle Volunteer Corps...

, former NBA player
Terry Thomas
Terry Thomas
Terry Thomas may refer to:* Terry-Thomas , English comic actor* Terry Thomas , American NBA player* Terence Thomas, Baron Thomas of Macclesfield , British peer...

, former NBA player
Terry Tyler
Terry Tyler
Terry Christopher Tyler is a retired American basketball player.A 6'7" forward/guard from Northwestern High School and the University of Detroit , Tyler played 11 seasons in the NBA as a member of the Detroit Pistons, Sacramento Kings, and Dallas Mavericks...

, former NBA player
Owen Wells, former NBA player

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