This list of College of the Holy Cross alumni includes graduates and non-graduate, former students at the College of the Holy Cross. Since its founding in 1843 and its first commencement in 1849, Holy Cross has graduated 171 classes of students. As of the 2019-20 academic year, Holy Cross had approximately 38,511 alumni. Artists, poets and authors Vito Acconci 1962, artist and architect Philip Berrigan 1950, author and activist Billy Collins 1963, former Poet Laureate of the United States Leo Cullum 1963, cartoonist best known for his work in The New Yorker Michael Earls 1895, Jesuit priest, writer, poet, teacher, and Holy Cross administrator Michael Harrington 1947, socialist historian and author of The Other America, which is believed to have inspired Lyndon Johnson's Great Society social programs Michael Harvey 1980, author of The Chicago Way and The Fifth Floor; co-creator of the TV program Cold Case Files Jack Higgins 1976, Pulitzer Prize–winning editorial cartoonist for the Chicago Sun Times Kristan Higgins, New York Times bestselling romance author Edward P. Jones 1972, MacArthur Award winner and 2004 Pulitzer Prize Award in Fiction for his novel The Known World Kristyn Kusek 1996, author and magazine editor Paul LeClerc 1963, President Emeritus of the New York Public Library Karen M. McManus 1991, international bestselling author of "One of Us Is Lying", "Two Can Keep a Secret", "One of Us Is Next", and "The Cousins". Joe McGinniss 1964, bestselling author of The Selling of the President, Fatal Vision, and other books Jay O'Callahan 1960, storyteller Josh Pahigian 1996, author of The Ultimate Baseball Road Trip and more than a dozen other books Barry Reed 1949, Boston trial lawyer and author of The Verdict, which was made into the Oscar-nominated 1982 film starring Paul Newman Business Bill Abbott 1984, CEO of GAC Media Douglas M. Baker Jr. 1981, CEO of Ecolab Inc. James E. Burke 1947, former CEO of Johnson & Johnson; named one of the ten greatest CEOs of all time by Fortune Magazine Randall Caudill 1969, president and founder of Dunsford Hill Capital Partners Arthur Ciocca 1959, Chairman and owner, The Wine Group Nicholas D'Agostino Jr. 1960, Chairman, President and CEO, D'Agostino Supermarkets Stephen D'Agostino, 1954, Chairman, President and CEO, D'Agostino Supermarkets. Chairman, President, JTL Corporation. Chairman, Food Marketing Institute Ben Darsney 2004, Senior director, equity capital markets at Drexel Hamilton and former Deutsche Bank Head of Equity Capital Markets Richard A. Davey