Notable alumni of St. Bonaventure University include:
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Jim Post, Boston University business professor and founder of the Catholic lay
group Voice of the Faithful
The school also boasts five Pulitzer Prize winners as alumni.
- Robert A. Dubill '58,
former executive editor of USA Today. Won in 1980 for public service
(uncovering religious fund-raising scandals).
- John Hanchett '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).