Alumni Success Stories
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Matt Chmura ’03
Communications executive -
Ann Dowd ’78
Actress - TV, film, stage -
Jim Collins ’87
Biomedical engineer -
Anthony Fauci '62
AIDS researcher -
Jon Favreau ’03
Obama’s speechwriter -
Peter Jankowski ’86
Producer, Law & Order -
Edward P. Jones ’72
Award-winning novelist -
Chris Matthews ’67
Host, Hardball -
Joyce O’Shaughnessy ’78
Prominent oncologist -
J.D. “Dave” Power III ’53
Founder, J.D. Power -
Carolyn Risoli ’86
President, Marc Jacobs -
Mary Pat Ryan ’78
Marketing executive -
Bernadette Semple '82
U.S. Navy Commander -
Bart Sher '81
Tony Award winner -
Clarence Thomas '71 Supreme Court justice -
Maggie Wilderotter '77
Telecommunications CEO
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Alumni Success Stories
Anthony Fauci '62
Anthony Fauci, M.D., ’62 fights HIV/AIDS with science and compassion — a powerful combination that draws on his background as a premed classics major at Holy Cross. Since 1984, Fauci has been director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. As a researcher, he has made groundbreaking scientific observations about the regulation of the human immune response and developed effective therapies for formerly fatal diseases. He has also contributed significantly to the scientific understanding and treatment of HIV/AIDS.
Fauci graduated from Cornell University’s medical school and joined NIAID after completing his internship and residency at a Cornell-affiliated teaching hospital. He has written and edited more than 1,000 scientific publications and been named one of the most cited scientists in the world. His work has been recognized with numerous high-profile awards, including the National Medal of Science. Yet Fauci has never lost sight of the people who suffer from the diseases he studies. AIDS, he notes, “was and is a combination of a real disease in the classic sense, a huge societal problem with disenfranchised populations, an ethical issue, a social issue, a very charged political issue.” These qualities make the disease the perfect challenge for Fauci, who credits Holy Cross with helping him to develop a deep social consciousness.