CHASS Alumni
Join us for Homecoming
- Friday and Saturday, September 27-28, 2024
Spirit of Detroit Mercy Alumni Achievement Awards
- Learn more at https://udmercy.edu/alumni/events/awards
Notable Alumni
- Michael Martinez ’12, Reporter, Crain's Detroit Business
- Patrick Parsons '98, Information Technologies Consultant, Deloitte & Touche
- David Sampson ’96, CEO of Mariners Inn
- Keegan-Michael Key ’93, Actor, Emmy winner, Comedy Central, Key & Peel Show
- Ryan Irwin '90, District Sales Manager, Dun & Bradstreet Corporation
- Amy Merrill Salowitz '89, National Advertising Manager, Domino's Pizza
- Alison Payne '85, News Anchor, WGN-TV, Chicago
- Marlena Peleo-Laza, '72, Former Chief Creative Officer, McDonald’s Corporation
- Terry Tyler '78, Former Detroit Pistons Basketball Player
- Isiah McKinnon ’75, ’78, Former Deputy Mayor, City of Detroit
- John Smyntek '72, Editor, Special Features, Knight Ridder Inc.
- Arlyce Seibert '71,Director of Cranbrook Schools (retired)
- Thomas Page ’71, ’76, Community Activist
- John P. Hayes ’71, President/Owner Third Avenue Media LLC
- Michael Cavanagh LA '62, LW '66, Justice, Michigan Supreme Court
- Neal Shine '62, Retired Publisher, Detroit Free Press
- Rick Sylvain ’69, Publicity and Public Relations, Walt Disney World Resort, Florida
- Ed McNamara '59, Wayne County Executive
- Elmore "Dutch" Leonard '50, Author/Screenplay writer
- Jerome Horwitz, LA '42, GR '44, Scientist (discovered AZT)
Stay in touch - Send in your class notes
Have you recently been promoted, honored or published? Have you switched employers or career paths? Share the news with fellow Detroit Mercy alumni, parents, friends, faculty and staff. Send your Class Notes to alumni@udmercy.edu
How to obtain a copy of your transcript
The University defines an official transcript as including all aspects of the student's academic coursework at Detroit Mercy. Undergraduate, graduate and professional level coursework is included on the official University transcript. The University does not release portions of the student's transcript and releases the full and complete document only.
Please note that transcripts mailed directly to you will say "Issued to Student" and may not be considered as official by a third party. Find all the transcript information.
Audit Detroit Mercy Courses
Alumni/alumnae may audit classes at or below the level of the degree awarded to them by the University (bachelor's, master's or doctorate). Registration and course fees apply, but the tuition is waived; no course credit is awarded. The class schedule is found here. Alumni audit requests are coordinated through the academic advisors in each college.
The Wall of Honor
About Wall of Honor
Since 2009, the College of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences has formally honored the civic and professional achievements of individuals who also have given their valuable time and resources to the College and the University in many different ways. Photos honoring these individuals hang on a wall of honor in the main hallway of the Briggs Building.
Honorees
- Joseph A. Berkowski, '51, university registrar and director of admissions
- Catherine A. Caraher, Ph.D., '53, '62, professor of history, University of Detroit Mercy
- Reverend Malcolm T. Carron, S.J., '39, president, University of Detroit
- Michael A. Carter, Sr. ’72, ’78, managing partner of Pinnacle Construction Partners, LLC
- Brian D. Cloyd, '73, '76, vice president, Global Corporate Relations, Steelcase Inc
- Beuline Alexander Crawford, '65, social worker, community activist and philanthropist
- Henry G. (Hank) Durkin ’73, technical account manager (ret.), Microsoft Corp
- Gretchen Elliott, '66, senior vice president, mission integration, Trinity Health
- Thomas A. Emmet, Ph.D., '54, consultant, Higher Education Executive Associates
- Margaret A. Farley, RSM, '57,'60
- John P. Hayes '71, president/owner of Third Avenue Media, LLC
- Jerome P. Horwitz, '42,'44, professor emeritus, School of Medicine, Wayne State University
- Charles S. Kassab, '54, chairman, CEO and president, Huntington Bankshares of Michigan
- K. Noreen Keating, '63, president, Enhancing Your Nonprofit
- Elmore (Dutch) J. Leonard, Jr., '50, novelist
- Charles E. Lucas, M.D., '59, professor of surgery, Wayne State University
- Marilyn Fisher Lundy, '46, president and CEO, Matrix Human Services
- Jean Mayday, '62, director of scholarship and grants, Department of Education, State of Michigan
- Susanne B. McMillan, '58, community activist
- John R. Mulroy, '39, vice president of community relations, University of Detroit
- Marlena Peleo-Laza, '72, Former Chief Creative Officer, McDonald’s Corporation
- Peter B. Neydon, '65, president,
- USF Holland Geraldine A. O'Grady-Pershing, '55, educator, community activist and philanthropist
- Tom Page, '71, '76, community activist
- L. Brooks Patterson, '61, '67, county executive, Oakland County, Michigan
- Most Reverend Ricardo Ramirez, C.S.B, D.D., 68, Bishop, Las Cruces, New Mexico
- Reverend Robert J. Scullin, S.J., 68, former provincial, Detroit Province Society of Jesus
- Arlyce Seibert '71, director of Cranbrook Schools (retired)
- Frederick M. Seibert '69, '73, owner and president, Preece, Inc.
- Neal Shine, '52, former managing editor and publisher, Detroit Free Press
- Gilbert L. Stark Professor Emerita of Christian Ethics, Yale
- Ronald J. Thayer, '62, consultant, Continental Dining Services
- Michael D. Ware, '67, managing director, Advance Capital Markets
- Milford E. Woodbeck, Sr. '33,'38, chairman, Overhead Conveyer Co., Inc.
- Dr. James Woodruff, former president, University of Detroit
Make a Gift
Your tax-deductible donation to the College of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences to help fund scholarships, research, recruiting and other essential activities can be made online at our secure donation site. Alternatively, you can contact the Advancement Office or 313-993-1250. Thank you for supporting the College of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences.
