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Suffolk University Suffolk University is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. With 7,560 students (includes all campuses, 7,379 at the Boston location alone), it is the eighth-largest university in metropolitan Boston. It was founded as a l ...

in Boston, Massachusetts. This list includes Suffolk alumni, faculty, and honorary degree recipients, as well as students of

Suffolk University Law School Suffolk University Law School (also known as Suffolk Law School) is the private, non-sectarian law school of Suffolk University located in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, across the street from the Boston Common and the Freedom Trail, two block ...

, the Suffolk College of Arts and Sciences,

Sawyer Business School The Sawyer Business School is one of the three schools comprising Suffolk University in Boston, Massachusetts. Suffolk was founded in 1906; the Business School was founded in 1937 by Gleason Leonard Archer. Academics Sawyer Business School of ...

, and the New England School of Art and Design at Suffolk University.

Politics

* Edward M. Augustus Jr., class of 1987, city manager of

Worcester, Massachusetts Worcester ( , ) is a city and county seat of Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. Named after Worcester, England, the city's population was 206,518 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the second-List of cities i ...

(2014–present) * James V. Aukerman, class of 1975, former Rhode Island representative, Attorney, candidate for

Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district in southern and western Rhode Island. The district is currently represented by Democrat James Langevin, who has represented the district since January 2001. Composition T ...

seat in 1982 *

Phillip Brutus Phillip J. Brutus (born November 26, 1957 in Port-au-Prince) is a former member of the Florida House of Representatives. Brutus graduated from Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn, New York. He received his bachelor's degree at the University o ...

, class of 1985, former Florida representative; attorney; seeking

Florida's 17th congressional district Florida's 17th congressional district is an electoral district for the U.S. Congress, located in Southwest Florida. In the 2020 redistricting cycle, the district was shrunk to only include the coastal counties of Sarasota and Charlotte as well ...

seat * James A. Burke,

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from Massachusetts (1959–1979) * David Campbell, New Hampshire State Representative *

David Caprio David A. Caprio (born June 5, 1967) is an American businessman, investor, lawyer, and politician who served as a member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives from District 34. He was first elected on December 21, 1999. In 2010, Caprio was ...

, class of 1992, Legislator,

Rhode Island State Representative The Rhode Island House of Representatives is the lower house of the Rhode Island General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Rhode Island, the upper house being the Rhode Island Senate. It is composed of 75 members, elected ...

(1999–2011) *

Frank T. Caprio Frank T. Caprio (born May 10, 1966) is an American politician and banker from Rhode Island. His twenty-year political career has included being elected as the 29th General Treasurer of Rhode Island from 2007 to 2011. He was the first political ca ...

, class of 1991, General Treasurer of

Rhode Island Rhode Island (, like ''road'') is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is the List of U.S. states by area, smallest U.S. state by area and the List of states and territories of the United States ...

(2006–2011) * Gary Christenson, class of 1990, 1992, and 2003, mayor of

Malden, Massachusetts Malden is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. At the time of the 2020 U.S. Census, the population was 66,263 people. History Malden, a hilly woodland area north of the Mystic River, was settled by Puritans in 1640 on la ...

(2012–present) * Edward J. Clancy, Jr., former member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, Massachusetts State Senate and former mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts. * Michael A. Costello, class of 1996, member of the

Massachusetts House of Representatives The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court, the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is composed of 160 members elected from 14 counties each divided into single-member ...

from Essex's 1st district (2002–2014) * Armand Paul D'Amato, class of 1969, former member of the

New York State Assembly The New York State Assembly is the lower house of the New York State Legislature, with the New York State Senate being the upper house. There are 150 seats in the Assembly. Assembly members serve two-year terms without term limits. The Assem ...

from

New York New York most commonly refers to: * New York City, the most populous city in the United States, located in the state of New York * New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States New York may also refer to: Film and television * '' ...

's 19th district (1973–1987) * Robert A. DeLeo, Speaker of the

from Suffolk's 19th district (1991–present) *

Salvatore DiMasi Salvatore Francis "Sal" DiMasi (born August 11, 1945) is a former Democratic state representative in Massachusetts. The former Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives originally joined the state legislature in 1979, as a member of ...

, class of 1971, former Speaker of the

(1979 - 2009) *

James H. Fagan James H. "Jim" Fagan (born October 13, 1947 in Taunton, Massachusetts) is an American attorney and politician who represented the 3rd Bristol District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1993–2011. Education and career Fagan g ...

, class of 1973, member of the

from Bristol's 3rd district (1993 - 2011) * Christopher Fallon, class of 1981, member of the

from Middlesex's 33rd district (1993–2015) * Linda Dorcena Forry, class of 2004, member of the

from Suffolk's 12th district (2005–2013), member of the

Massachusetts Senate The Massachusetts Senate is the upper house of the Massachusetts General Court, the bicameral state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Senate comprises 40 elected members from 40 single-member senatorial districts in the ...

from Suffolk's 1st district (2013–present) *

Allan Fung Allan Wai-Ket Fung (born February 25, 1970) is an American attorney and politician who served as Mayor of Cranston, Rhode Island from 2009 to 2021. He was the Republican nominee for Governor of Rhode Island in the 2014 and 2018 elections as we ...

, class of 1995, mayor of

Cranston, Rhode Island Cranston, once known as Pawtuxet, is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island. The official population of the city in the 2020 United States Census was 82,934, making it the second largest in the state. The center of population of Rhode Island i ...

(2009-present) *

William F. Galvin William Francis Galvin (born ) is an American politician who serves as the 27th Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth. Early life Galvin was born and raised in the Brighton neighborhood of Boston. He was taught by the Christian Brother ...

, class of 1975, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1995–present) *

Oz Griebel Richard Nelson "Oz" Griebel (June 21, 1949 – July 29, 2020) was an American banker, lawyer, and political candidate. He ran as a Republican primary candidate in the 2010 Connecticut gubernatorial election, and as an independent in the 2018 gub ...

, class of 1977, 2010 Republican candidate for Governor of

Connecticut Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York to the west, and Long Island Sound to the south. Its cap ...

* Tomo Honda, class of 1997, elected Representative of

Fukushima may refer to: Japan * Fukushima Prefecture, Japanese prefecture ** Fukushima, Fukushima, capital city of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan ***Fukushima University, national university in Japan *** Fukushima Station (Fukushima) in Fukushima, Fukushim ...

Prefectural Legislative Assembly, The Honorable Councillor to the Fukushima Government, Japan for

Nihonmatsu is a city in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. , the city has an estimated population of 54,013 in 20,179 households, and a population density of 160 persons per km2. The total area of the city was . The Adachi neighborhood of Nihonmatsu was the bir ...

constituency (2005–present) * John Hynes, class of 1924, 49th

Mayor of Boston The mayor of Boston is the head of the municipal government in Boston, Massachusetts. Boston has a mayor–council government. Boston's mayoral elections are nonpartisan (as are all municipal elections in Boston), and elect a mayor to a four- ...

(1950–1960), namesake of Boston's

Hynes Convention Center The John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center is a convention center located in Boston, Massachusetts. It was built in 1988 from a design by architects Kallmann, McKinnell & Wood. It replaced the John B. Hynes Memorial Auditorium, also ...

* Brian A. Joyce, class of 1990,

Massachusetts State Senator The Massachusetts Senate is the upper house of the Massachusetts General Court, the bicameral state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Senate comprises 40 elected members from 40 single-member senatorial districts in the st ...

from Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth districts (1998–2017) *

Thomas J. Lane Thomas Joseph Lane (July 6, 1898 – June 14, 1994) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts from 1941 to 1963, notable for having been re-elected after serving time in federal prison. Lane was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts on July 6, 1898 ...

, class of 1925,

from Massachusetts (1941–1963) *

Patrick C. Lynch Patrick C. Lynch (born February 4, 1965, Providence, Rhode Island) is an American lawyer who served as Rhode Island's 72nd Attorney General. He oversaw the investigation and prosecution of the second-deadliest fire in Rhode Island history, the ...

, class of 1992, Attorney General of Rhode Island (2003–2011) * William J. Lynch, class of 1982, chairman of the

Rhode Island Democratic Party The Rhode Island Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. Joseph McNamara is the chair of the party. The party has dominated politics in Rhode Island for the past five decades. Democratic Pa ...

, seeking

Rhode Island's 1st congressional district Rhode Island's 1st congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. It includes all of Bristol and Newport counties, along with parts of Providence County, including most of the city of Providence. The dis ...

seat *

Ian Mackey Ian Dale Mackey (born December 1986) is a Democratic member of the Missouri House of Representatives, representing the 99th House district, which is in St. Louis County. He previously represented the 87th House district. Life and career Mackey ...

, class of 2017, member of the

Missouri General Assembly The Missouri General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Missouri. The bicameral General Assembly is composed of a 34-member Senate and a 163-member House of Representatives. Members of both houses of the General Assembly are ...

* Juana Matias, class of 2014, state representative * Jeannette A. McCarthy, Mayor of the city of

Waltham, MA Waltham ( ) is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States, and was an early center for the labor movement as well as a major contributor to the Technological and industrial history of the United States, American Industrial Revolution ...

(2004–present) *

Joe Moakley John Joseph Moakley (April 27, 1927 – May 28, 2001) was an American politician who served as the United States representative for Massachusetts's 9th congressional district from 1973 until his death in 2001. Moakley won the seat from incumbent L ...

, class of 1956,

from Massachusetts (1973–2001) * Kate Murray, Supervisor of Hempstead,

* Steven C. Panagiotakos, class of 1989,

from 1st Middlesex district (1992–2011) * John F. Quinn, class of 1990, member of the

from Bristol's 9th district (1992–2011) *

John H. Rogers John H. Rogers is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, representing the 12th Norfolk District since 1992, which includes all of Norwood and parts of Walpole. Early life and education Representative Rogers atte ...

, class of 1992, member of the

from Norfolk's 12th district (1992–present) * Nelson D. Simons, class of 1925, Chief of Mashpee tribe, town official *

Bruce Tarr Bruce E. Tarr (born January 2, 1964) is an American politician who serves as a Republican member and Minority Leader of the Massachusetts Senate Since 1995 he has represented the 1st Essex and Middlesex District. He is a member of the United Sta ...

, class of 1989,

from 1st Essex and Middlesex districts (1994–present) *

John F. Tierney John F. Tierney (born September 18, 1951) is an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts from 1997 to 2015. He is a Democrat who represented the state's , which includes the state's North Shore and Cape Ann ...

, class of 1976,

from Massachusetts (1997–2015) * Timothy J. Toomey, Jr., class of 1985, member of the

from Middlesex's 26th district (1992–2016) * Cleon Turner, class of 1992, member of the

from Barnstable's 1st district (2005–2015) *

Marian Walsh Marian Walsh (born July 20, 1954) is an American author, consultant, lawyer and former politician. She is a former State Senator in the Massachusetts Senate where she served nine terms, and a former member of the Massachusetts House of Represe ...

, class of 1984,

from Suffolk and Norfolk districts (1992–2011) * Daniel K. Webster, class of 1994, member of the

from the 6th Plymouth District (2002–2013) * Nina Mitchell Wells, Secretary of State of

New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...

(2006–2010) *

Louis G. Whitcomb Louis G. Whitcomb (July 30, 1903 - October 12, 1984) was an American attorney and political figure from Vermont. A Republican Party (United States), Republican, he was most notable for his service as United States Attorney for the United States ...

, class of 1929, United States Attorney for Vermont

Judicial

* Peter Agnes, class of 1975, associate justice, Massachusetts Appeals Court, Massachusetts * Jonathan W. Blodgett, class of 1983, current district attorney for Essex County, Massachusetts *Marianne B. Bowler, federal magistrate judge for the District of Massachusetts * Frank Caprio, class of 1965, television judge on ''Caught in Providence on ABC'', Chief Judge Providence, RI Municipal Court *

Daniel F. Conley Daniel F. Conley is an American attorney and politician who served as the district attorney for Suffolk County, Massachusetts from 2002 to 2018. Appointed to the office in February 2002, Conley was later elected on November 5, 2002, and again ...

, class of 1983, district attorney for Boston (Suffolk County) * Elspeth B. Cypher, class of 1986, current Justice of the

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) is the court of last resort, highest court in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Although the claim is disputed by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, the SJC claims the di ...

* Linda S. Dalianis, class of 1974, Chief Justice of the

New Hampshire Supreme Court The New Hampshire Supreme Court is the supreme court of the U. S. state of New Hampshire and sole appellate court of the state. The Supreme Court is seated in the state capital, Concord. The Court is composed of a Chief Justice and four Associate ...

(2010–2018) * Frank Donahue, class of 1921, longest-serving justice of the Superior Court of Massachusetts (forty-two years) * Joan N. Feeney, class of 1978, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge, District of Massachusetts (1992–present) *

John E. Fenton John E. Fenton (1898-1974) was a judge and president of Suffolk University in Boston, Massachusetts from 1965 to 1970. John E. Fenton, Sr. was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts in 1898 and graduated the College of the Holy Cross and then from Bos ...

, class of 1924, Chief Justice Massachusetts Land Court 1937-1965 * Francis Flaherty, class of 1975, Justice of

Rhode Island Supreme Court The Rhode Island Supreme Court is the court of last resort in the U.S. State of Rhode Island. The Court consists of a Chief Justice and four Associate Justices, all selected by the Governor of Rhode Island from candidates vetted by the Judicial No ...

Frank Gaziano Frank M. Gaziano (born September 8, 1963) is an associate justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. Early life and education Born in Quincy, Massachusetts, Gaziano received his Bachelor of Arts from Lafayette College in 1986 and his J ...

, class of 1989, Justice of the

Gustavo Gelpí Gustavo Antonio Gelpí Jr. (born December 11, 1965) is an American lawyer who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. He is a former chief United States district judge of the United Stat ...

, class of 1991,

United States District Court The United States district courts are the trial courts of the United States federal judiciary, U.S. federal judiciary. There is one district court for each United States federal judicial district, federal judicial district, which each cover o ...

Judge for the District of Puerto Rico * Serge Georges Jr., class of 1996, Associate Justice of the

* Maureen Goldberg, class of 1978, Justice of

* Timothy S. Hillman, class of 1973,

U.S. District Court The United States district courts are the trial courts of the U.S. federal judiciary. There is one district court for each federal judicial district, which each cover one U.S. state or, in some cases, a portion of a state. Each district cou ...

of Massachusetts, judge (2011–present) Marsha Kazarosian Portrait 2009 2

* Marsha Kazarosian, class of 1982, attorney, handled high-profile cases *

William R. Keating William Richard Keating (born September 6, 1952) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 9th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, he first entered Congress in 2 ...

, class of 1985, United States Congressman, former district attorney for Norfolk County, Massachusetts *

Richard J. Leon Richard J. Leon (born December 3, 1949) is a Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Early life and education Leon was born in South Natick, Massachusetts, in 1949. He is the son of ...

, class of 1974,

of the District of Columbia, judge (2002–present) * Gerard Leone, class of 1989, current district attorney for Middlesex County, Massachusetts * Martin F. Loughlin, class of 1951,

of New Hampshire, judge (1979–1995) * Mary S. McElroy, class of 1992,

of Rhode Island, judge (2019–present) *

Paul Reiber Paul L. Reiber (born June 20, 1947) is the Chief Justice on the Vermont Supreme Court. Reiber graduated from Hampden-Sydney College in 1970 and from Suffolk University Law School in Boston, Massachusetts in 1974. Reiber was in private practice in ...

, class of 1974, Chief Justice of the

Vermont Supreme Court The Vermont Supreme Court is the highest judicial authority of the U.S. state of Vermont. Unlike most other states, the Vermont Supreme Court hears appeals directly from the trial courts, as Vermont has no intermediate appeals court. The Court ...

* Robert Rufo, class of 1975, Superior Court Justice, Massachusetts * Michael Sullivan, United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts *

Paul Suttell Paul Suttell (born January 10, 1949) is the chief justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court. Suttell graduated from the Moses Brown School in Providence, Rhode IslanHe then attended Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, from which he gr ...

, class of 1976, Chief Justice of

* Peter T. Zarella, class of 1975, Justice of the

Connecticut Supreme Court The Connecticut Supreme Court, formerly known as the Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors, is the supreme court, highest court in the U.S. state of Connecticut. It consists of a Chief Justice and six Associate Justices. The seven justices sit in ...

Samuel Zoll Samuel Edward Zoll (June 20, 1934 – April 26, 2011) was an American lawyer, judge and politician. He began his career as a high school teacher then became a lawyer, politician, then a judge. Later in life he was named to be Chief Justice ...

, class of 1962, Chief Judge of the Massachusetts District Court

Academia and business

Victoria Almeida Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada * Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory * Victoria, Seychelle ...

, class of 1976, president of the

Rhode Island Bar Association The Rhode Island Bar Association (RIBAR or RIBA) is the Bar association#Mandatory, integrated or unified bar associations, unified (mandatory) bar association of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. Organization Founded in 1898, the Rhode Island Bar ...

* Maryellen Barrett, class of 1989, Vice President of the Boston Clergy Funds *

, class of 1924, president of

Suffolk Law School Suffolk University Law School (also known as Suffolk Law School) is the private, non-sectarian law school of Suffolk University located in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, across the street from the Boston Common and the Freedom Trail, two blocks ...

Jerald G. Fishman Jerald G. Fishman (1945 - March 28, 2013) was an American electrical engineer and businessman. He served as Chief Executive Officer and President of Analog Devices since November 1996 until his death in March 2013. He was a 35-year veteran of An ...

, class of 1976, president and CEO,

Analog Devices Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI), also known simply as Analog, is an American multinational semiconductor company specializing in data conversion, signal processing and power management technology, headquartered in Wilmington, Massachusetts. The co ...

* Neil Goldman, class of 1976, chief legal and regulatory officer of

Skype Skype () is a proprietary telecommunications application operated by Skype Technologies, a division of Microsoft, best known for VoIP-based videotelephony, videoconferencing and voice calls. It also has instant messaging, file transfer, deb ...

John Inge John Geoffrey Inge ( ; born 26 February 1955) is a bishop in the Church of England. He is currently the Bishop of Worcester in the Diocese of Worcester. From 2003 to 2007, he was Bishop of Huntingdon, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of El ...

, class of 1974, chief counsel and partner for

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe Orrick is an international law firm founded in San Francisco, California. The firm advises on transactions, litigation and regulatory matters for venture-backed companies, public companies, E&I funds, financial institutions and governments. Histo ...

Ronald Machtley Ronald Keith "Ron" Machtley (born July 13, 1948) is an American politician and former president of Bryant University. Machtley served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from Rhode Island from 1989 to 1995. Fro ...

, class of 1978, president of

Bryant University Bryant University is a private university in Smithfield, Rhode Island. It has two colleges, the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Business, and is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education. History Butler Exc ...

(1996–present), former

from Rhode Island (1989–1995) * Jane W. McCahon, vice president of

Telephone and Data Systems Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. is a Chicago-based telecommunications service company providing wireless products and services; cable and wireline broadband, TV and voice services; and hosted and managed services to approximately 6 million cust ...

* Martin Meehan, class of 1983,

from Massachusetts (1993–2007), current chancellor of

University of Massachusetts Lowell The University of Massachusetts Lowell (UMass Lowell and UML) is a public research university in Lowell, Massachusetts, with a satellite campus in Haverhill, Massachusetts. It is the northernmost member of the University of Massachusetts public u ...

* Irwin Novack, co-owner of

Tampa Bay Lightning The Tampa Bay Lightning (colloquially known as the Bolts) are a professional ice hockey team based in Tampa, Florida. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference. They play th ...

* Hunter O'Hanian, class of 1985, vice president of

Massachusetts College of Art and Design Massachusetts College of Art and Design, branded as MassArt, is a public college of visual and applied art in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1873, it is one of the nation’s oldest art schools, the only publicly funded independent art school ...

(2008–present) * Gunnar S. Overstrom, Jr., class of 1968, vice-chair of Fleet Boston and president and chief operating officer of the Shawmut National Corporation. * Thomas J. Ryan, class of 1974,

general counsel A general counsel, also known as chief counsel or chief legal officer (CLO), is the chief in-house lawyer for a company or a governmental department. In a company, the person holding the position typically reports directly to the CEO, and their ...

and vice-president of

PepsiCo PepsiCo, Inc. is an American multinational food, snack, and beverage corporation headquartered in Harrison, New York, in the hamlet of Purchase. PepsiCo's business encompasses all aspects of the food and beverage market. It oversees the manuf ...

* David Sargent, class of 1954, former president of

(1989–2010) * Ken Trevett, class of 1979, CEO and president of

Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research Texas Biomedical Research Institute (Texas Biomed), located in San Antonio, Texas, is an independent, non-profit biomedical research institution, specializing in genetics and in virology and immunology. Texas Biomed is funded by government and cor ...

Léo Valentin Léon Alfred Nicolas Valentin (22 March 1919, Épinal (Vosges), France - 21 May 1956, Liverpool, England) was a French adventurer, who attempted to achieve human flight using bird-like wings. Léo Valentin is widely considered to be the most famou ...

, Class of 1948, inventor of The Bird Man Suit, a predecessor of modern-day

wingsuit flying Wingsuit flying (or wingsuiting) is the sport of skydiving using a webbing-sleeved jumpsuit called a wingsuit to add webbed area to the diver's body and generate increased lift, which allows extended air time by gliding flight rather than just ...

Tranquil Salvador III Tranquil Gervacio S. Salvador III is a Filipino lawyer, educator, civic leader, and media advocate for mainstreaming and popularizing law education in the Philippines. He has served as spokesperson and member of the defense panel for the impeachme ...

, LLM Class of 2009, Filipino lawyer, educator, civic leader, columnis

and media advocate for mainstreaming and popularizing law education in the Philippines.

Arts, entertainment, media, and letters

Gleason Archer Gleason Leonard Archer Jr. (May 22, 1916 – April 27, 2004) was a biblical scholar, theologian, educator and author. Early life Gleason Archer was born in Norwell, Massachusetts in 1916 and became a Christian at a young age through the infl ...

Jr., class of 1939, theologian *

James Bamford James Bamford (born September 15, 1946) is an American author, journalist and documentary producer noted for his writing about United States intelligence agency, intelligence agencies, especially the National Security Agency (NSA). ''The New Y ...

, class of 1975, author *

Paul Benedict Paul Benedict (September 17, 1938 – December 1, 2008) was an American actor who made numerous appearances in television and films, beginning in 1965. He was known for his roles as The Number Painter on the PBS children's show ''Sesame Street' ...

, class of 1960, actor * Cheryl Fiandaca, investigative reporter for WHDH-TV Boston * Jason Hale, class of 2000, CEO, ''Fat City Magazine'' and online publications *

Dan Harrington Dan Harrington (born December 6, 1945) is a professional poker player, best known for winning the Main Event at the 1995 World Series of Poker. He has earned one World Poker Tour title, two WSOP bracelets, and over six million dollars in tourna ...

, professional poker player *

Cheryl Jacques Cheryl Ann Jacques (born February 17, 1962) is an American politician and attorney who served six terms in the Massachusetts Senate, was the president of the Human Rights Campaign for 11 months, and served as an administrative judge in the Massa ...

, class of 1987, former executive director of the

Human Rights Campaign The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) is an American LGBTQ advocacy group. It is the largest LGBTQ political lobbying organization within the United States. Based in Washington, D.C., the organization focuses on protecting and expanding rights for LGB ...

Stephen Kurkjian Stephen A. Kurkjian is an American journalist and author. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Local Investigative Specialized Reporting in 1972 and 1980. Additionally, he contributed to ''The Boston Globe'' Spotlight Team's coverage of the clergy ...

, class of 1970,

Pulitzer Prize The Pulitzer Prize () is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine, online journalism, literature, and musical composition within the United States. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made h ...

-winning investigative journalist * Michelle Leonardo, class of 2013,

Miss New Jersey USA The Miss New Jersey USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the U.S. state, state of New Jersey in the Miss USA pageant. It is produced by D&D Productions. New Jersey has yet to win the Miss USA title, although from ...

2012,

Miss New Jersey Teen USA The Miss New Jersey Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of New Jersey in the Miss Teen USA pageant. New Jersey has had a moderated success at Miss Teen USA, with ten placements. In the first twenty ...

2008 and Top 10 at

Miss USA 2012 Miss USA 2012 was the 61st Miss USA pageant, held on June 3, 2012, at The AXIS in Las Vegas, Nevada and it was televised live on NBC. Alyssa Campanella of California crowned her successor Olivia Culpo of Rhode Island at the end of the event. This ...

* John Loftus, class of 1977, author, television commentator *

Jenna Mourey Jenna Nicole Mourey (born September 15, 1986), better known as Jenna Marbles, is an American former YouTuber. Over the span of ten years, her YouTube channel has accumulated approximately 1.7 billion video views and over 20 million subscribers. ...

, class of 2008, YouTube personality known as JennaMarbles * Neil O'Callaghan, class of 2000, actor, writer and theater producer, ''Chicago'', and Starz hit series ''Boss'' *

Gerald Peary Gerald Peary (born October 30, 1944) is an Americans, American film critic, filmmaker, editor of the University Press of Mississippi, and a former curator of the Harvard Film Archive. Early life and education Peary graduated from Rider University ...

, Professor of Communication and Journalism at Suffolk University *

Adam Pellerin Adam; el, Ἀδάμ, Adám; la, Adam is the name given in Genesis 1-5 to the first human. Beyond its use as the name of the first man, ''adam'' is also used in the Bible as a pronoun, individually as "a human" and in a collective sense as ...

, class of 2002, anchor, reporter, and host, New England Sports Network (NESN) *

James Sokolove James G. Sokolove (born October 4, 1944) is an American attorney known for advertising legal services on television. Though he was the largest legal advertiser in the United States in 2007,Francis Storrs, "He's Attorney James Sokolove," ''Boston ...

, class of 1969, television personal injury attorney *

Spose Ryan Michael Peters (born July 1, 1985), better known by the stage name Spose, is an American rapper from Wells, Maine. Early life Peters was born in Portland, Maine. He grew up in Wells, Maine. Although he began rapping in eighth grade, he ...

, rapper * Ryan Bernier, artistic director, The Second City *

Joan Vennochi Joan Elizabeth Vennochi (born January 27, 1953) is an American newspaper columnist. She specializes in local and national politics at ''The Boston Globe''. With Stephen A. Kurkjian, Alexander B. Hawes Jr., Nils Bruzelius, and Robert M. Porterfiel ...

, class of 1984,

-winning investigative journalist *Hayden Voss, contestant on ''Big Brother 16'' *Courtney Yates, '' Survivor: China'' runner-up; contestant on '' Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains''

Presidents of Suffolk University (1906–present)

* Gleason Archer, Sr. (1906–1948) *

Walter Burse Walter M. Burse (1898-1970) served as the second president of Suffolk University in Boston, Massachusetts from 1948 to 1954. Walter Burse graduated from Brown University in 1920 and then Harvard Law School in 1923 and began practicing law that ...

(1948–1954) *

Robert Munce Robert John Munce (1895–1975) served as the third president of Suffolk University in Boston, Massachusetts from 1954 to 1960. Munce was born in Washington, Pennsylvania on January 25, 1895, to Robert John Munce, Sr. and Elizabeth M. Donley. ...

(1954–1960) * Dennis C. Haley (1960–1965) *

(1965–1970) *

Thomas Fulham Thomas A. Fulham (July 18, 1915 – March 30, 1995) was an American businessman and the president of Suffolk University in Boston, Massachusetts from 1970 to 1980. Life Thomas Fulham was born in 1915 in Winthrop, Massachusetts. Fulham graduated ...

(1970–1980) * Daniel Perlman (1980–1989) * David Sargent (1989–2010) * Barry Brown (2010–2012) (interim) * James McCarthy (2012–2014) * Norman Smith (2014–2015) (Interim) * Margaret McKenna (2015–2016)* *

Marisa Kelly Marisa Kelly is an American political scientist and academic administrator who is the current president of Suffolk University in Boston, Massachusetts. Kelly received a B.A. in Government from California State University, Sacramento in 1986 an ...

(2016–present) (current president)

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Suffolk University Alumni
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