Richard A. La Vay, (1975) former Maryland State Delegate
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John LaFarge, artist
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Francisco I. Madero, democratic president of Mexico from 1911–1913; boarding school graduate [3]
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John McCloskey, first American Cardinal, archbishop of New York 1864-1885, first president of Fordham University 1841-43; university and seminary graduate
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Susan O'Malley, first female president of an NBA franchise, the Washington Wizards
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James William Reilly, Ohio state representative and American Civil War general in the Union Army
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Kevin C. Rhoades, Bishop of the Fort Wayne-South Bend Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church
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Peter Rono, gold-medal winner of the 1,500 metres event at the 1988 Summer Olympics; university graduate [4]
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Stanley Rother, priest and martyr; seminary graduate[8]
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Harry A. Slattery, US Under Secretary of the Interior, 1938–39; the Slattery Report
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John F. Sullivan, basketball (1953–57), later played in American Basketball League
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Michael Lashinsky, team lead, Human Terrain Systems
Faculty
Connection to the University of Notre Dame and Saint Mary's College in South Bend, IN
Main article: Simon Bruté
In 1834 Simon Bruté was appointed the founding bishop of the Diocese of Vincennes, modern day Indiana and Eastern Illinois. His experience of developing Mount Saint Mary's would have been highly prized as Notre Dame was being formed. Like the Mount, in its early years Notre Dame was a university in name only. It encompassed religious novitiates, preparatory and grade schools and a manual labor school, but its classical collegiate curriculum never attracted more than a dozen students a year in the early decades. This is a model that Bruté could have impressed on the Holy Cross Brothers who founded the university. Again, there is a French connection in the Congregation of the Holy Cross and Bruté who both held deep devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. While Bruté was a modest man, leaving no published works behind, his influence can be seen in the University of Notre Dame and its sister school Saint Mary's College.
There is the obvious parallel between the three school's names (Notre Dame is 'Our Lady,' a term of endearment for Saint Mary). Second, and less obvious is a parallel between the three school's mottos. Mount Saint Mary's in Emmitsburg has the motto 'Spes Nostra' (Latin: Our Hope) similar to Saint Mary's College in Indiana's motto 'Spes Unica' (Latin: the Only/Unique Hope) and Notre Dame's motto 'Vita Dulcedo Spes' (Latin: Life, Sweetness, Hope). Mount Saint Mary's in Emmitsburg, Notre Dame and Saint Mary's in Indiana are all unique in their use of focusing on their patron's attribute of a Catholic's hope.
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