- 2006). Michael A. Christ JD'02 - former Deputy Majority Leader of Connecticut House of Representatives. Cheryl A. Coakley-Rivera JD'95, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (served 1999–present). Michael Charles Green JD'86 - District Attorney for Monroe County, New York Curt Hawkins - WWE Wrestler (Did not graduate) Anthony Katagas - Academy Award-winning producer of 12 Years A Slave. Daniel F. Keenan JD - former member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (served 1995–2007) John Kissel JD'84 - member of the Connecticut State Senate. Michael Mori JD'94 - U.S. Marine Corps lawyer. Thomas S. Moorman Jr. MBA'72 - served as Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force. Tim Murray JD'94 - former Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts and former Mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts. Larry O'Brien '42 - Chairman of the Democratic National Committee during the Watergate break-in, former National Basketball Association Commissioner, and former U.S. Postmaster General (then a Cabinet position). O'Brien was campaign manager for John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Hubert Humphrey, George McGovern, and Foster Furcolo. Namesake of the Smithsonian Institution's O'Brien Gallery in Washington, DC and the Lawrence O'Brien Award. Thomas Petrolati - member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (served 1987–present) Angelo Puppolo JD'01 - member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (served 2007–present) and former City Councilor in the city of Springfield, Massachusetts Joseph Rallo JD'76 - president of Angelo State University. Regina Rush-Kittle MS'97 - past deputy commissioner, Connecticut State Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security Rodney Smith - bronze medal winner in the 68-kg division of the Greco-Roman wrestling competition at the 1992 Olympic Games and also competed in the 1996 Olympic Games Thomas L. Stevenson JD'77 - former member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives (served 1997–2006) John E. Sweeney JD'91 - former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from upstate New York and noted conservative legislator Tommy Tallarico - video game music composer and musician Joseph Wagner - member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (served 1991–present) Notable faculty and staff Pearl Abraham - assistant professor of English and an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer who has written four novels: The Romance Reader, Giving Up America, The Seventh Beggar, and American Taliban Anthony S. Caprio - president emeritus of Western New England University and a French language scholar Charles Clason - former dean of the School of Law, former member