The University of Massachusetts Amherst alumni number is around 243,628 worldwide, as 2014.

Academy Award The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...
winners

William Monahan William J. Monahan (born November 3, 1960) is an American screenwriter and novelist. His second produced screenplay was ''The Departed'', a film that earned him a Writers Guild of America Award and Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. ...

, for adapted screenplay, ''

The Departed ''The Departed'' is a 2006 American epic crime thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by William Monahan. It is both a remake of the 2002 Hong Kong film '' Infernal Affairs'' and also loosely based on the real-life Boston Win ...

'' *

Buffy Sainte-Marie Buffy Sainte-Marie, (born Beverly Sainte-Marie, February 20, 1941) is an Indigenous Canadian-American ( Piapot Cree Nation) singer-songwriter, musician, composer, visual artist, educator, pacifist, and social activist. While working in these ...

, for best song, "

Up Where We Belong "Up Where We Belong" is a song written by Jack Nitzsche, Buffy Sainte-Marie and Will Jennings that was recorded by Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes for the 1982 film '' An Officer and a Gentleman''. Warnes was recommended to sing a song from the f ...

" from '' An Officer and a Gentleman''

Emmy Award winners

* Ed Christie 1979, BFA, art director/designer for

The Jim Henson Company The Jim Henson Company (formerly known as Muppets, Inc., Henson Associates, Inc., and Jim Henson Productions, Inc.; commonly referred to as Henson) is an American entertainment company located in Los Angeles, California. The company is known for ...

and ''

Sesame Street ''Sesame Street'' is an American educational children's television series that combines live-action, sketch comedy, animation and puppetry. It is produced by Sesame Workshop (known as the Children's Television Workshop until June 2000) ...

.'' *

Billy Taylor Billy Taylor (July 24, 1921 – December 28, 2010) was an American jazz pianist, composer, broadcaster and educator. He was the Robert L. Jones Distinguished Professor of Music at East Carolina University in Greenville, and from 1994 was the a ...

MA, PhD, musician, music educator.

Grammy Award The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most pr ...
winners

Natalie Cole Natalie Maria Cole (February 6, 1950 – December 31, 2015) was an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She was the daughter of American singer and jazz pianist Nat King Cole. She rose to success in the mid-1970s as an R&B singer with the h ...

1972, singer *

Yusef Lateef Yusef Abdul Lateef (born William Emanuel Huddleston; October 9, 1920 – December 23, 2013) was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, and prominent figure among the Ahmadiyya Community in America. Although Lateef's main instruments ...

1975, composer *

MA, PhD, composer *

Brian Vibberts Brian Vibberts is an American audio engineer, a native of Portland, Connecticut, who has been active since 1991. He is a 7-time Grammy Award winner (6x Grammy, 1 Latin Grammy) and has participated in the making of numerous albums that have resul ...

, audio engineer

Nobel Prize winner

Russell Hulse Russell Alan Hulse (born November 28, 1950) is an American physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics, shared with his thesis advisor Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr., "''for the discovery of a new type of pulsar, a discovery that has opened up n ...

1972G, 1975 Ph.D.

Pulitzer Prize winners

Herbert Bix Herbert P. Bix (born 1938) is an American historian. He wrote ''Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan'', an account of the Japanese Emperor and the events which shaped modern Japanese imperialism, which won the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonficti ...

1960, historian * Paul Harding 1992, author and musician *

Natasha Trethewey Natasha Trethewey (born April 26, 1966) is an American poet who was appointed United States Poet Laureate in 2012 and again in 2013. She won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry for her 2006 collection ''Native Guard'', and she is a former Poet L ...

1995, U.S. poet laureate

Royalty and nobility

* Yaduveer Wadiyar, 27th and present titular

King of Mysore The Kingdom of Mysore was a realm in South India, southern India, traditionally believed to have been founded in 1399 in the vicinity of the modern city of Mysore. From 1799 until 1950, it was a princely state, until 1947 in a subsidiary allia ...

and head of the former ruling

Wadiyar dynasty The Wadiyar dynasty (formerly spelt Wodeyer or Odeyer, also referred to as the Wadiyars of Mysore), is a late-medieval/ early-modern South Indian Hindu royal family of former kings of Mysore from the Urs clan originally based in Mysore city. ...

Academia

Janet Abu-Lughod Janet Lippman Abu-Lughod (August 3, 1928 – December 14, 2013) was an American sociologist who made major contributions to world-systems theory and urban sociology. Early life Raised in Newark, New Jersey, she attended Weequahic High School, ...

, sociologist, known for contributions to

world-systems theory World-systems theory (also known as world-systems analysis or the world-systems perspective)Immanuel Wallerstein, (2004), "World-systems Analysis." In ''World System History'', ed. George Modelski, in ''Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems'' (E ...

* Amir Amini (academic),

IEEE The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a 501(c)(3) professional association for electronic engineering and electrical engineering (and associated disciplines) with its corporate office in New York City and its operat ...

fellow * Christy Anderson G, professor of Art and Architecture at

University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public university, public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park (Toronto), Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 ...

Maximilian Auffhammer Maximilian Auffhammer (born 1973) is a University of California, Berkeley, UC-Berkeley based Environmental economics, environmental economist who has produced some important forecasts of People's Republic of China, Chinese carbon dioxide releases. ...

B.S. 1996, George Pardee Jr. Professor of International Sustainable Development,

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...

* Doris E. Abramson, professor and author. * Dorothy Barresi, professor at

California State University at Northridge California State University, Northridge (CSUN or Cal State Northridge) is a public university in the Northridge, Los Angeles, Northridge neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. With a total enrollment of 38,551 students (as of Fall 2021), it h ...

* Francis A. Bartlett 1905, eminent dendrologist * Edwin Bergin 1995 Ph.D., professor of astronomy at the

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

and recipient of the

Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics The Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics is jointly awarded each year by the American Astronomical Society and American Institute of Physics for outstanding work in astrophysics. It is funded by the Heineman Foundation in honour of Dannie Heine ...

* Janet Catherine Berlo 1974, art historian *

Ann Bermingham Ann Cathleen Bermingham (born May 1948) is an American art historian and educator. A specialist on eighteenth- and nineteenth-century British art, Bermingham is Professor of Art History Emeritus at the University of California, Santa Barbara. ...

, art historian * Michael Blakey,

National Endowment for the Humanities The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is an independent federal agency of the U.S. government, established by thNational Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965(), dedicated to supporting research, education, preserv ...

Professor at the

College of William & Mary The College of William & Mary (officially The College of William and Mary in Virginia, abbreviated as William & Mary, W&M) is a public research university in Williamsburg, Virginia. Founded in 1693 by letters patent issued by King William I ...

George Ruffin Bridgeforth George Ruffin Bridgeforth (October 5, 1873 – January 30, 1955) was an American farmer and educator. He was the first African American to attend the University of Massachusetts Amherst (then Massachusetts Agricultural College), graduating in 190 ...

, 1901,

Tuskegee Institute Tuskegee University (Tuskegee or TU), formerly known as the Tuskegee Institute, is a private, historically black land-grant university in Tuskegee, Alabama. It was founded on Independence Day in 1881 by the state legislature. The campus was de ...

agriculturist and first Black graduate of UMass Amherst * Carlton Brown 1972, 1979G, president of Clark Atlanta University *

Lin Chao Lin Chao is a Chinese Brazilian American evolutionary biologist and geneticist. Chao gained his PhD in 1977 from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, as a student of Bruce R. Levin (now at Emory University), and was a NIH postdoctoral fellow ...

, professor at

University of California, San Diego The University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego or colloquially, UCSD) is a public land-grant research university in San Diego, California. Established in 1960 near the pre-existing Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego is t ...

* Vicente Cabrera Funes, professor and writer at

University of Minnesota Morris The University of Minnesota Morris (UMN Morris) is a public liberal arts college in Morris, Minnesota. It is part of the University of Minnesota system and was founded in 1960 as a public, co-educational, residential liberal arts college offering ...

* Gennaro Chierchia, professor and Department Chair of Linguistics at

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of high ...

* Philip R. Day G, former Chancellor of

City College of San Francisco City College of San Francisco (CCSF or City College) is a public community college in San Francisco, California. Founded as a junior college in 1935, the college plays an important local role, annually enrolling as many as one in nine San Franci ...

and Cape Cod Community College * Michael Dirr, professor of

horticulture Horticulture is the branch of agriculture that deals with the art, science, technology, and business of plant cultivation. It includes the cultivation of fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, herbs, sprouts, mushrooms, algae, flowers, seaweeds and no ...

University of Georgia , mottoeng = "To teach, to serve, and to inquire into the nature of things.""To serve" was later added to the motto without changing the seal; the Latin motto directly translates as "To teach and to inquire into the nature of things." , establ ...

Evan Dobelle Evan Samuel Dobelle (born April 22, 1945) is a former public official and higher-education administrator, is known for promoting higher-education investment in the Creative Economy, public-private partnerships and the "College Ready" model tha ...

1970G, 1987 Ed.D., president of

Westfield State College Westfield State University (Westfield State) is a public university in Westfield, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1839 by Horace Mann as the first public co-educational college in America without barrier to race, gender, or economic class. Ran ...

* Larry W. Esposito 1977G, planetary

astronomer An astronomer is a scientist in the field of astronomy who focuses their studies on a specific question or field outside the scope of Earth. They observe astronomical objects such as stars, planets, moons, comets and galaxies – in either ...

, professor at the

Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics The Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) is a research organization at the University of Colorado Boulder. LASP is a research institute with over one hundred research scientists ranging in fields from solar influences, to Earth' ...

University of Colorado The University of Colorado (CU) is a system of public universities in Colorado. It consists of four institutions: University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, and the University o ...

* Vera King Farris G, former president of Richard Stockton College of New Jersey *

Bertram Forer Bertram R. Forer (24 October 1914 – 6 April 2000) was an American psychologist best known for describing the Forer effect, sometimes referred to as subjective validation. Biography Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, Forer graduated from Univ ...

1936, psychologist, namesake of the

Forer effect The Barnum effect, also called the Forer effect or, less commonly, the Barnum–Forer effect, is a common psychological phenomenon whereby individuals give high accuracy ratings to descriptions of their personality that supposedly are tailored ...

* Michael J. Franklin, professor and chair of Computer Science, at

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its main campus is located in Chicago's Hyde Park, Chicago, Hyde Park neighborhood. The University of Chic ...

* Dennis Hanno, president of Wheaton College * Mary Lou Heiss, historian and tea connoisseur * David Helfand, 1977 Ph.D., Professor of Astronomy at

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

* Sally Hirsh-Dickinson, New Hampshire Public Radio Producer and Host, professor of English at Rivier University. *

Donald F. Hunt Donald F. Hunt is the University Professor of Chemistry and Pathology at the University of Virginia. He is known for his research in the field of mass spectrometry, he developed electron capture negative ion mass spectrometry. He has received mult ...

, professor of Chemistry and Pathology at

University of Virginia The University of Virginia (UVA) is a public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. Founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson, the university is ranked among the top academic institutions in the United States, with highly selective ad ...

* Leonard Katz, professor of

Psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries between ...

University of Connecticut The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land-grant research university in Storrs, Connecticut, a village in the town of Mansfield. The primary 4,400-acre (17.8 km2) campus is in Storrs, approximately a half hour's drive from H ...

Joy Ladin Joy Ladin (born March 24, 1961) is an American poet and the former David and Ruth Gottesman Chair in English at Stern College for Women at Yeshiva University. She was the first openly transgender professor at an Orthodox Jewish institution. Early ...

, professor at

Yeshiva University Yeshiva University is a private Orthodox Jewish university with four campuses in New York City."About YU
on the Yeshiva Universi ...

* Paul J. LeBlanc, president of

Southern New Hampshire University Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) is a private university between Manchester and Hooksett, New Hampshire. The university is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education, along with national accreditation for some hospita ...

; former president of Marlboro College * Guy Livingston,

food scientist Food science is the basic science and applied science of food; its scope starts at overlap with agricultural science and nutritional science and leads through the scientific aspects of food safety and food processing, informing the development ...

and founder of Phi Tau Sigma * Dominic W. Massaro, professor of Psychology and Computer Engineering at the

UC Santa Cruz The University of California, Santa Cruz (UC Santa Cruz or UCSC) is a public land-grant research university in Santa Cruz, California. It is one of the ten campuses in the University of California system. Located on Monterey Bay, on the edge ...

* Kembrew McLeod, Professor of Communication Studies at

University of Iowa The University of Iowa (UI, U of I, UIowa, or simply Iowa) is a public research university in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Founded in 1847, it is the oldest and largest university in the state. The University of Iowa is organized into 12 col ...

Li Minqi Li Minqi (born 1969) is a Chinese political economist, world-systems analyst, and historical social scientist, currently professor of Economics at the University of Utah. Li is known as an advocate of the Chinese New Left and as a Marxian econom ...

, Associate Professor of Economics at

University of Utah The University of Utah (U of U, UofU, or simply The U) is a public research university in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is the flagship institution of the Utah System of Higher Education. The university was established in 1850 as the University of De ...

Dana Mohler-Faria Dana Mohler-Faria was the eleventh president of Bridgewater State University serving from 2002 until his retirement in 2015. and a member of the Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. He was formerly the Special Advisor for Edu ...

, president of

Bridgewater State College Bridgewater State University is a public university with its main campus in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. It is the largest of nine state universities in Massachusetts. Including its off-campus sites in New Bedford, Attleboro, and Cape Cod, BSU h ...

* Joseph B. Moore, president of

Lesley University Lesley University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education. As of 2018-19 Lesley University enrolled 6,593 students (2,707 undergraduate and 3,886 graduate). History ...

* Ann C. Noble, professor at

UC Davis The University of California, Davis (UC Davis, UCD, or Davis) is a public land-grant research university near Davis, California. Named a Public Ivy, it is the northernmost of the ten campuses of the University of California system. The institut ...

* Steven Nock, Commonwealth Professor of

Sociology Sociology is a social science that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. It uses various methods of empirical investigation an ...

at the

* William Oakland, former Professor of Economics at

Tulane University Tulane University, officially the Tulane University of Louisiana, is a private research university in New Orleans, Louisiana. Founded as the Medical College of Louisiana in 1834 by seven young medical doctors, it turned into a comprehensive pub ...

* Christopher Ober, Ph.D. 1982, Francis Norwood Bard Professor of Materials Engineering at

Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to tea ...

* Alexey A Petrov, 1997, Professor of Physics at

Wayne State University Wayne State University (WSU) is a public research university in Detroit, Michigan. It is Michigan's third-largest university. Founded in 1868, Wayne State consists of 13 schools and colleges offering approximately 350 programs to nearly 25,000 ...

, recipient of the

National Science Foundation The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent agency of the United States government that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National ...

CAREER Award *

Carl Phillips Carl Phillips (born 1959) is an American writer and poet. He is a Professor of English at Washington University in St. Louis. Early life Phillips was born in Everett, Washington. He was born a child of a military family, moving year-by-year unt ...

, Professor of English and of African and Afro-American Studies at

Washington University in St. Louis Washington University in St. Louis (WashU or WUSTL) is a private research university with its main campus in St. Louis County, and Clayton, Missouri. Founded in 1853, the university is named after George Washington. Washington University is r ...

David Rosner David Rosner is the Ronald H. Lauterstein Professor of Sociomedical Sciences and professor of history in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Columbia University. He is also Co-Director of the Center for the History and Ethics of Public H ...

, professor at

* Minouche Shafik, 1983, President of

and former Director of the

London School of Economics The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) is a public university, public research university located in London, England and a constituent college of the federal University of London. Founded in 1895 by Fabian Society members Sidn ...

Lawrence Solan Lawrence M. Solan (born 1952) is the Don Forchelli Professor of Law and Director of the Center for the Study of Law, Language and Cognition at Brooklyn Law School.

1978 Ph.D., professor of law at

Brooklyn Law School Brooklyn Law School (BLS) is a private law school in New York City. Founded in 1901, it has approximately 1,100 students. Brooklyn Law School's faculty includes 60 full-time faculty, 15 emeriti faculty, and a number of adjunct faculty. Brookly ...

Winthrop E. Stone Winthrop Ellsworth Stone (June 12, 1862 – July 17, 1921) was a professor of chemistry and served as the president of Purdue University from 1900–1921. Biography Youth and career Born in Chesterfield, New Hampshire, to Frederick L. Stone and ...

1882, former President of

Purdue University Purdue University is a public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana, and the flagship campus of the Purdue University system. The university was founded in 1869 after Lafayette businessman John Purdue donated land and mone ...

Roger Stritmatter Roger A. Stritmatter (born 1958) is a Professor of Humanities at Coppin State University and the former general editor of '' Brief Chronicles'', a delayed open access journal covering the Shakespeare authorship question from 2009 to 2016. He was a ...

2001 PhD, professor of humanities; a leading modern-day advocate of the

Oxfordian theory of Shakespeare authorship The Oxfordian theory of Shakespeare authorship contends that Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, wrote the plays and poems of William Shakespeare. While historians and literary scholars overwhelmingly reject alternative authorship candidate ...

* Edwin Lorimer Thomas 1963 B.S., Ernest Dell Butcher Professor of Engineering at

Rice University William Marsh Rice University (Rice University) is a private research university in Houston, Texas. It is on a 300-acre campus near the Houston Museum District and adjacent to the Texas Medical Center. Rice is ranked among the top universities ...

* David A. Tirrell 1978 Ph.D., provost at

California Institute of Technology The California Institute of Technology (branded as Caltech or CIT)The university itself only spells its short form as "Caltech"; the institution considers other spellings such a"Cal Tech" and "CalTech" incorrect. The institute is also occasional ...

* Matthew Tirrell 1977 Ph.D., founding dean of Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering at the

* Albert E. Waugh 1924 B.S., professor of economics and provost at the

Laura Wright Laura Wright (née Sisk) is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her roles as Ally Rescott on ''Loving'' (1991–1995) and '' The City'' (1995–1997), Cassie Layne Winslow on ''Guiding Light'' (1997–2005) and Carly Corinthos on ...

, founder of academic field of

vegan studies Vegan studies or vegan theory is the study of veganism, within the humanities and social sciences, as an identity and ideology, and the exploration of its depiction in literature, the arts, popular culture, and the media. In a narrower use of th ...

* Müjde Yüksel, assistant professor at Suffolk University *

Edward N. Zalta Edward Nouri Zalta (; born March 16, 1952) is an American philosopher who is a senior research scholar at the Center for the Study of Language and Information at Stanford University. He received his BA at Rice University in 1975 and his PhD fro ...

, principal editor of the '' Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy'' * Zhi-Li Zhang, professor of computer science at

University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public land-grant research university in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. ...

Zhou Qifeng Zhou Qifeng (; born October 1947) is a Chinese chemist and academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He served as President of Peking University from 2008 to 2013.

1983 Ph.D., former president of Peking University * Jonathan Wilker, professor of Chemistry at

* Donald P. Zingale 1969G, president of the

State University of New York at Cobleskill The State University of New York College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill (SUNY Cobleskill) is a public college in Cobleskill, New York. It is part of the State University of New York (SUNY) system. It began as the Schoharie State Sc ...

Science and technology

William P. Brooks William Penn Brooks (November 19, 1851 – March 8, 1938) was an American agricultural scientist, who worked as a oyatoi gaikokujin, foreign advisor in Meiji period Japan during the colonization project for Hokkaidō. He was the eighth president o ...

1875, agronomist, foreign advisor to the Japanese government in the Meiji period, president of the Massachusetts Agricultural College *

Catherine Coleman Catherine Grace "Cady" Coleman (born December 14, 1960) is an American chemist, an engineer, a former United States Air Force colonel, and a retired NASA astronaut. She is a veteran of two Space Shuttle missions, and departed the Internatio ...

1991, Ph.D., astronaut * Helen Cooke 1965 BS, American medical researcher and academic * Fernanda Ferreira 1985 MS

;1986, MA

Linguistics Linguistics is the science, scientific study of human language. It is called a scientific study because it entails a comprehensive, systematic, objective, and precise analysis of all aspects of language, particularly its nature and structure ...

; 1988 PhD Psychology,

Cognitive Psychologist Cognitive psychology is the scientific study of mental processes such as attention, language use, memory, perception, problem solving, creativity, and reasoning. Cognitive psychology originated in the 1960s in a break from behaviorism, which he ...

, Professor at

University of California, Davis The University of California, Davis (UC Davis, UCD, or Davis) is a public land-grant research university near Davis, California. Named a Public Ivy, it is the northernmost of the ten campuses of the University of California system. The inst ...

* Rebecca Hasson, Associate Professor at

* Devang Vipin Khakhar, chemical engineer, academic,

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Sir Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar OBE, FNI, FASc, FRS, FRIC, FInstP (21 February 1894 – 1 January 1955) was an Indian colloid chemist, academic and scientific administrator. The first director-general of the Council of Scientific and Indust ...

laureate * Doina Precup senior fellow at the

Canadian Institute for Advanced Research The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) is a Canadian-based global research organization that brings together teams of top researchers from around the world to address important and complex questions. It was founded in 1982 and is s ...

* Dan Riccio, 1986, Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering at

Apple An apple is an edible fruit produced by an apple tree (''Malus domestica''). Apple trees are cultivated worldwide and are the most widely grown species in the genus ''Malus''. The tree originated in Central Asia, where its wild ancestor, ' ...

Cynthia E. Rosenzweig Cynthia E. Rosenzweig (''née'' Ropes) (born c. 1958) is an American agronomist and climatologist at NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, located at Columbia University, "who helped pioneer the study of climate change and agriculture."Justin ...

, Senior Research Scientist at

NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ) is an independent agencies of the United States government, independent agency of the US federal government responsible for the civil List of government space agencies, space program ...

Goddard Institute for Space Studies The Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) is a laboratory in the Earth Sciences Division of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center affiliated with the Columbia University Earth Institute. The institute is located at Columbia University in N ...

* Dorion Sagan 1981, author * Steven Sinofsky 1989, president of Windows Division at

Microsoft Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology corporation producing computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services headquartered at the Microsoft Redmond campus located in Redmond, Washin ...

* Sarah Stewart, first woman to be awarded an MD Degree from

Georgetown University School of Medicine Georgetown University School of Medicine, a medical school opened in 1851, is one of Georgetown University's five graduate schools. It is located on Reservoir Road in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, DC, adjacent to the University's ...

Biography from gwis.org
* Jim Waldo 1980, lead software architect on

Jini Jini (), also called Apache River, is a network architecture for the construction of distributed systems in the form of modular co-operating services. JavaSpaces is a part of the Jini. Originally developed by Sun Microsystems, Jini was released ...

, CTO of

* Rachel Whitmer, 1995, epidemiologist and Alzheimer's researcher * Sandra Leal, 2013, pharmacist and president of the

American Pharmacists Association The American Pharmacists Association (APhA, previously known as the American Pharmaceutical Association), founded in 1852, is the first-established professional society of pharmacists in the United States. The association consists of more th ...

Business

* Betsy Atkins, 3-time CEO and serial entrepreneur and founder of Baja Corporation * Tony Barbee (1993), collegiate basketball coach at

Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball The Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team is an American college basketball team that represents the University of Kentucky. Kentucky is the most successful NCAA Division I basketball program in history in terms of all-time winning percentag ...

Bruce Berkowitz Bruce R. (Robert) Berkowitz is an American equity fund manager and registered investment adviser. Berkowitz founded Fairholme Capital Management in 1997 and was formerly a senior portfolio manager at Lehman Brothers Holdings and a managing dir ...

1980, Managing director and Morningstar Domestic-Stock Fund Manager of the Decade (2010) of Fairholme Funds * J. B. Bernstein, CEO of Access Group and

chief marketing officer A chief marketing officer (CMO), also called a global marketing officer or marketing director, or chief brand officer, is a corporate executive responsible for managing marketing activities in an organization. Whilst historically these titles may ...

(CMO) of Seven Figures Management *

Wayne Chang Wayne Chang (born August 3, 1983) is an American entrepreneur, angel investor, film producer, and philanthropist. He is best known for founding Crashlytics, a startup acquired by Twitter in 2013, creating a filesharing network called i2hub, maki ...

, director of product strategy at

Twitter Twitter is an online social media and social networking service owned and operated by American company Twitter, Inc., on which users post and interact with 280-character-long messages known as "tweets". Registered users can post, like, and ...

Ben Cherington Benjamin P. Cherington (born July 14, 1974) is an American baseball executive serving as the general manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball (MLB) since November 2019. He previously served as the vice-president of baseball oper ...

(1997), former executive vice president and

general manager A general manager (GM) is an executive who has overall responsibility for managing both the revenue and cost elements of a company's income statement, known as profit & loss (P&L) responsibility. A general manager usually oversees most or all of ...

of the

Boston Red Sox The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston. The Red Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. Founded in as one of the American League's eigh ...

* Douglas Cliggott 1978, former managing director and chief investment strategist of JPMorgan Chase & Co. *

Chris Daggett Christopher Jarvis Daggett (born March 7, 1950) is an American businessman who is the president and CEO of the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, one of the largest foundations in New Jersey. A former regional administrator of the United States En ...

, president and CEO of the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation * Marc Forgione, owner of restaurant Marc Forgione in New York City * Arturo Guevara, baseball writer *

Neal Huntington Neal Alden Huntington (born February 4, 1969) is the former General Manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball and currently works in the front office of the Cleveland Guardians. Background A native of Amherst, New Hampshire, Hun ...

(1992),

of the Pittsburgh Pirates * Anshu Jain (1985), president of

Cantor Fitzgerald Cantor Fitzgerald, L.P. is an American financial services firm that was founded in 1945. It specializes in institutional equity, fixed income sales and trading, and serving the middle market with investment banking services, prime brokerage, an ...

and former global co-CEO of

Deutsche Bank Deutsche Bank AG (), sometimes referred to simply as Deutsche, is a German multinational investment bank and financial services company headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany, and dual-listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and the New York Sto ...

* Dave Jauss,

professional baseball Professional baseball is organized baseball in which players are selected for their talents and are paid to play for a specific team or club system. It is played in leagues and associated farm teams throughout the world. Modern professional ...

coach Coach may refer to: Guidance/instruction * Coach (sport), a director of athletes' training and activities * Coaching, the practice of guiding an individual through a process ** Acting coach, a teacher who trains performers Transportation * Co ...

* John Legere, former CEO and

president President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university * President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ...

T-Mobile US T-Mobile US, Inc. is an American wireless network operator headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas and Bellevue, Washington, U.S. Its largest shareholder is a multinational telecommunications company Deutsche Telekom AG, which , holds 48.4 pe ...

* Dave Littlefield (1984), senior vice president and

of the Pittsburgh Pirates * Agenor Mafra-Neto, CEO of ISCA Technologies *

Lawrence Mestel Lawrence Mestel (born April 2, 1962) is an American music executive and businessman. He is the founder and CEO of Primary Wave. Early life and education Mestel was born in Brooklyn, New York to Zelig and Rita (née Miller) Mestel. Mestel grew ...

(born 1962), music executive and CEO of Primary Wave. * James Pallotta (1979), president of

A.S. Roma ' (''Rome Sport Association''), commonly referred to as Roma (), is a professional football club based in Rome, Italy. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma has participated in the top tier of Italian football for all of its existence, except for ...

and chairman and managing director of Raptor Group *

Vivek Paul Vivek Paul (born 1958) is an Indian-American businessman who has been a strategy consultant at Bain, senior executive at GE, CEO of a public company, Wipro, founder of a tech startup that was successfully sold to BMC, private equity investor at T ...

, former CEO of

Wipro Technologies Wipro Limited (formerly, Western India Palm Refined Oils Limited) is an Indian multinational corporation that provides information technology, consulting and business process services. Thierry Delaporte is serving as CEO and managing director ...

* Gil Penchina, CEO of

Wikia, Inc. Fandom (formerly known as Wikicities before 2007 and later Wikia before 2019) is a wiki hosting service that hosts wikis mainly on entertainment topics (i.e. video games, TV series, movies, entertainers, etc.). Its domain is operated by Fandom, ...

* Rudolf Rodríguez, former Minister of Finance and Public Credit of Colombia * Ryan Salame (2015), former CEO of FTX Digital Markets, the FTX subsidiary based in the Bahamas. * John F. Smith, Jr. (1960), former CEO and chairman of

General Motors Corporation The General Motors Company (GM) is an American multinational automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, United States. It is the largest automaker in the United States and was the largest in the world for 77 years bef ...

* Earl W. Stafford, founder of the Stafford Foundation *

Mike Tannenbaum Mike Tannenbaum (born February 14, 1969) is an American football reporter. He served as the executive vice president of football operations for the Miami Dolphins from 2015 to 2018. Prior to that, he served as the general manager for the New Yor ...

(1991), former general manager of the New York Jets * Jeff Taylor 2001, founder of Monster.com *

Jack Welch John Francis Welch Jr. (November 19, 1935 – March 1, 2020) was an American business executive, chemical engineer, and writer. He was Chairman and CEO of General Electric (GE) between 1981 and 2001. When Welch retired from GE, he receive ...

1957, retired CEO of

General Electric General Electric Company (GE) is an American multinational conglomerate founded in 1892, and incorporated in New York state and headquartered in Boston. The company operated in sectors including healthcare, aviation, power, renewable en ...

Jill Whalen Jill Whalen is an Ashland, Massachusetts based former search engine optimization consultant (SEO), speaker and writer. Whalen was the CEO of High Rankings, and co-founded Search Engine Marketing New England. She was a regular speaker at Search ...

, CEO of High Rankings; co-founder of Search Engine Marketing New England * Nick Zhang, CEO of Wuzhen Institute * Pat Walsh, Co-founder and Chief Impact Officer of Classy

Law and politics

Governors

* Madeleine Kunin 1956, first female

Governor of Vermont The governor of Vermont is the head of government of Vermont. The officeholder is elected in even-numbered years by direct voting for a term of 2 years. Vermont and bordering New Hampshire are the only states to hold gubernatorial elections every ...

and former

United States Ambassador to Switzerland This is a list of United States ambassadors to the Swiss Confederation and the Principality of Liechtenstein. History Since 1997, the U.S. ambassador to Switzerland has also been accredited to the Principality of Liechtenstein. Appointed on Feb ...

(1985–1991)

Congressmen

* Peter G. Torkildsen 1980, former member of the

United States House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they ...

from Massachusetts (1993–1997)

U.S. government officials

Kenneth S. Apfel Kenneth S. Apfel (born October 12, 1948) is the 13th Commissioner of Social Security in the United States, filling a four-year term of office that ran from 1997 through 2001. Background Apfel was born in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. A graduate of Un ...

1970, former

Commissioner of Social Security The United States Social Security Administration (SSA) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government that administers Social Security, a social insurance program consisting of retirement, disability and survivor benefits. To qualify for ...

(1997–2001) * Richard A. Baker,

Historian of the United States Senate The Historian of the United States Senate heads the United States Senate Historical Office, which was created in 1975 to record and preserve historical information about the United States Senate. The current Historian of the Senate is Betty K. Ko ...

* Charles B. Curtis 1962, former Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (1977–1981); acting

United States Secretary of Energy The United States secretary of energy is the head of the United States Department of Energy, a member of the Cabinet of the United States, and fifteenth in the presidential line of succession. The position was created on October 1, 1977, when Pr ...

(1997) *

1977 Ed.D, Regional

United States Environmental Protection Agency The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an independent executive agency of the United States federal government tasked with environmental protection matters. President Richard Nixon proposed the establishment of EPA on July 9, 1970; it ...

Administrator, 2009 New Jersey gubernatorial candidate *

Kenneth Feinberg Kenneth Roy Feinberg (born October 23, 1945) is an American attorney specializing in mediation and alternative dispute resolution. He served as the Chief of Staff to Senator Ted Kennedy, Special Master of the U.S. government's September 11th ...

1967, Obama Administration "Compensation Czar" and former Special Master of the U.S. Government's

September 11th Victim Compensation Fund The September 11th Victim Compensation Fund (VCF) was created by an Act of Congress, the Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act (49 USC 40101), shortly after 9/11 to compensate the victims of the attack (or their families) in excha ...

* James Kallstrom 1966, former assistant director of the

FBI The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States and its principal federal law enforcement agency. Operating under the jurisdiction of the United States Department of Justice, t ...

* Jack Ward Thomas 1972 Ph.D, former

Chief of the United States Forest Service The United States Forest Service (USFS) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture that administers the nation's 154 national forests and 20 national grasslands. The Forest Service manages of land. Major divisions of the agency inc ...

(1993–1996)

Diplomats

* Jeffrey Davidow 1965, former United States Ambassador to Zambia,

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

, and

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

; named a

Career Ambassador Career ambassador is a personal rank of Foreign Service Officers within the United States Department of State Senior Foreign Service. The rank of career ambassador is awarded by nomination of the President and confirmation by the United States Se ...

in 2002 * Thomas C. Krajeski, former

United States Ambassador to Yemen This is a list of ambassadors of the United States to Yemen. Before 1990, Yemen had consisted of two states: North Yemen and South Yemen. The United States had diplomatic relations with North Yemen since 1946. Relations with South Yemen had been ...

* Madeleine Kunin 1956, former

and first female

* Stephen A. Seche,

since 2007

Jurists

* Marsha Kazarosian, 1978, attorney who handled high-profile cases * David A. Lowy, Judge of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court * Fred I. Parker 1962, served as a

federal Federal or foederal (archaic) may refer to: Politics General *Federal monarchy, a federation of monarchies *Federation, or ''Federal state'' (federal system), a type of government characterized by both a central (federal) government and states or ...

judge on the

United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (in case citations, 2d Cir.) is one of the thirteen United States Courts of Appeals. Its territory comprises the states of Connecticut, New York and Vermont. The court has appellate ju ...

Eduardo C. Robreno Eduardo C. Robreno (born 1945) is a former United States federal judge, United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the first Cuban-American to be appointed as a federal judge. Edu ...

1967 MA, federal judge on the

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (in case citations, E.D. Pa.) is one of the original 13 federal judiciary districts created by the Judiciary Act of 1789. It originally sat in Independence Hall in Phil ...

* Erik P. Kimball 1987 BA, federal judge on the United States Bankruptcy Court Southern District of Florida

State legislators and executives

Denise Andrews Denise Andrews (born July 14, 1959) is an American politician from Western Massachusetts. A Democrat, she was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives representing the 2nd Franklin district from 2011 to 2015. The 2nd Franklin distr ...

, 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 ...

(2011–present) * David M. Bartley 1956, former

Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives This is a list of speakers of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. The Speaker of the House presides over the House of Representatives. The Speaker is elected by the majority party caucus followed by confirmation of the full House through ...

(1969–1973) and 1984 candidate for the

United States Senate The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States. The composition and pow ...

Joan Bray Joan Bray (born September 16, 1945) is a former teacher, journalist, and union leader. She was a Democratic member of both the Missouri House of Representatives (1993–2002) and Missouri State Senate (2003–2010). She resides with her husband ...

, former member of

Missouri State Senate The Missouri Senate is the upper chamber of the Missouri General Assembly. It has 34 members, representing districts with an average population of 174,000. Its members serve four-year terms, with half the seats being up for election every two yea ...

(2003–2010) and

Missouri House of Representatives The Missouri House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the Missouri General Assembly. It has 163 members, representing districts with an average size of 37,000 residents. House members are elected for two-year terms during general elections ...

(1993–2002) *

Stephen Brewer Stephen Brewer is an American politician who served in the Massachusetts Senate from 1997 to 2015. Early life Stephen Brewer was born on February 10, 1948, in Worcester, MA. He was raised in the town of Barre, Massachusetts. He received his B ...

1971, member of the

Massachusetts State 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 st ...

(1995–present) *

Linda Dean Campbell Linda Dean Campbell is an American politician from the state of Massachusetts. Since 2007 she has been a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives representing the 15th Essex – consisting Precincts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11 a ...

member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (2007–present) * Reuven Carlyle 1987, member of the

Washington House of Representatives The Washington House of Representatives is the lower house of the Washington State Legislature, and along with the Washington State Senate makes up the legislature of the U.S. state of Washington. It is composed of 98 Representatives from 49 ...

(2009–present) *

Steven D'Amico Steven J. D'Amico (born February 21, 1953, in Providence, Rhode Island) is an American politician who represented the 4th Bristol District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011 and served as town meeting member in Seekon ...

, former member of the

(2007–2011) * Eileen Donoghue 1976, member of the Massachusetts State Senate (2011–present) * Lewis G. Evangelidis 1984, member of the

(2003–present) * Christopher M. Fierro 2002, 2004 MS, former member of the

Rhode Island House of Representatives 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 ...

(2009–2011) * John J. Finnegan, former Massachusetts State Auditor (1981–1987) *

Nancy Flavin Nancy Flavin (born June 26, 1950, in Northampton, Massachusetts) is an American politician who represented the 2nd Hampshire District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower house ...

1986, former member of the

(1993–2003) * Paul K. Frost 1993, member of the

(1997 to present), Asst. House Minority Whip * Thomas N. George, former member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1997–2005) *

Guy Glodis Guy William Glodis (born February 15, 1969 in Worcester, Massachusetts) is an American politician who served as Sheriff of Worcester County, Massachusetts from 2005 to 2011. Prior to becoming Sheriff, Glodis served in the Massachusetts Senate an ...

, former member of the Massachusetts State Senate (1999–2005) and Massachusetts House of Representatives (1997–1999) * Frederick D. Griggs 1913, former member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1925–1928) * Christopher Hodgkins, former member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1983–2003) * Kate Hogan, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (2009–present) * Philip W. Johnston, former Massachusetts Secretary of Human Services * Sally Kerans 1982, former member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1991–1997) *

Stephen Kulik Stephen Kulik (August 3, 1950 – December 18, 2022) was an American politician who represented the 1st Franklin District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1993 to 2019, was a member of the Worthington, Massachusetts Board of Sel ...

, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1993–present) * Patrick Landers, former member of the

(1987–1999) * Gary LeBeau, member of the

Connecticut State Senate The Connecticut State Senate is the upper house of the Connecticut General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The state senate comprises 36 members, each representing a district with around 99,280 inhabitants. Sen ...

(1997–present) *

Paul Mark Paul W. Mark is an American politician serving as a Democratic member of the Massachusetts Senate. He represents the Berkshire, Hampden, Franklin and Hampshire District, which includes 57 cities and towns throughout Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden ...

, member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (2011–present) * Michael W. Morrissey, District Attorney of

Norfolk County, Massachusetts Norfolk County is located in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. At the 2020 census, the population was 725,981. Its county seat is Dedham. It is the fourth most populous county in the United States whose county seat is neither a city nor a bor ...

(2011–present) *

Betty Jo Nelsen Betty Jo Nelsen (born October 11, 1935) is a retired American politician and former Minority Leader of the Wisconsin State Assembly. A Republican, she represented the northeastern suburbs of Milwaukee from 1979 until 1990 in the Assembly. She le ...

, former member of the

Wisconsin State Assembly The Wisconsin State Assembly is the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature. Together with the smaller Wisconsin Senate, the two constitute the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Representatives are elected for two-year terms, ...

(1979–1990) * Arthur D. Norcross 1871, former member of the Massachusetts State Senate (1908–1909) and Massachusetts House of Representatives (1904–1906) * Andrea F. Nuciforo, Jr. 1986, former member of the Massachusetts State Senate (1997–2007) * Carmen Hooker Odom, former secretary of the

North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS or DHHS) is a large state government agency in the U.S. state of North Carolina, somewhat analogous to the United States Department of Health and Human Services. The NCDHHS has mo ...

* David Poisson, former member of the

Virginia House of Delegates The Virginia House of Delegates is one of the two parts of the Virginia General Assembly, the other being the Senate of Virginia. It has 100 members elected for terms of two years; unlike most states, these elections take place during odd-number ...

(2006–2010) * Ruth Provost, former member of the

(1997–2003) * Stanley C. Rosenberg 1977, openly gay member of the

(1986–present) * Marie St. Fleur, former member of the

(1999–2011) * Barry Trahan, former member of the

(1987–1989) * Joseph Wagner, former member of the

(1991–present) * Rachel Weston 2003, member of the Vermont House of Representatives (2007–present)

International figures

Hau Lung-pin Hau Lung-pin (; born 22 August 1952) is a Taiwanese politician. As a member of the New Party, he was elected to the Legislative Yuan in 1995, and resigned his seat to lead the Environmental Protection Administration in 2001. Hau stepped down f ...

, 1982 Ph.D,

Mayor of Taipei The Mayor of Taipei is the head of the Taipei City Government and is elected to a four-year term. Until the election of Tsai Ing-wen, the office was seen as a stepping stone to the presidency: presidents Lee Teng-hui, Chen Shui-bian and Ma Ying-j ...

, Republic of China (

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

) *

Kang Kyung-wha Kang Kyung-wha (; born April 7, 1955) is a South Korean diplomat and politician who served as the first Foreign Minister of South Korea under President Moon Jae-in from 2017 to 2021 as well as the first woman nominated for and appointed to the ...

MA, Ph.D., Foreign Minister of South Korea, former United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights *

Hina Rabbani Khar Hina Rabbani Khar (Urdu: ; born 19 November 1977) is a Pakistani politician, who is serving as the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs since 19 April 2022. She was previously appointed in July 2011 as the Foreign Minister of Pakistan at the ...

2001, Pakistani Minister of Foreign Affairs (2011–2013), the first female to hold this post *

Makaziwe Mandela Pumla Makaziwe "Maki" Mandela-Amuah (born 1 May 1954) is the daughter of Nelson Mandela and his first wife Evelyn Mase. Early life and education Makaziwe Mandela was born into a family of chieftains. Her father Nelson was a direct descendant o ...

, daughter of Nelson Mandela *

Nemat Shafik Nemat Talaat Shafik, Baroness Shafik, (Arabic: نعمت شفيق; born 13 August 1962), known as Minouche Shafik, is an Egyptian-born British-American economist who has been serving as the President and Vice Chancellor of the London School of ...

, director of the

; former

Deputy Governor of the Bank of England A Deputy Governor of the Bank of England is the holder of one of a small number of senior positions at the Bank of England, reporting directly to the Governor. According to the original charter of 27 July 1694 the Bank's affairs would be supervise ...

; Recipient of Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire *

Mose Penaani Tjitendero Mose Penaani Tjitendero (25 December 1943 – 26 April 2006) was a Namibian politician and educator. He was Namibia's first Speaker of the National Assembly from independence on March 21, 1990, until his retirement in 2004. Early life and exile ...

1977 Ed.D., former Speaker of the

National Assembly of Namibia The National Assembly is the lower chamber of Namibia's bicameral Parliament. Its laws must be approved by the National Council, the upper house. Since 2014, it has a total of 104 members. 96 members are directly elected through a system of clos ...

* Uttama Savanayana ( อุตตม สาวนายน), 1990 Ph.D., Minister of Finance,

Kingdom of Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ...

* Srettha Thavisin, prime minister of thailand,

County and municipal officials

Bonnie Dumanis Bonnie Michelle Dumanis (born December 16, 1951) was the District Attorney of San Diego County, California. She held the office 2003 to 2017. Dumanis is a Republican, though the office she held was officially nonpartisan. She was the first openl ...

(attended), District Attorney of

San Diego County San Diego County (), officially the County of San Diego, is a county in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,298,634, making it California's second-most populous county and the f ...

(2003–present) *

Maura Hennigan Maura A. Hennigan (born 1952) is an American politician who currently serves as the Clerk Magistrate of Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Superior Court Criminal/Business Division. She is a former member of the Boston City Council and was a mayoral ...

1972, former

Boston City Council The Boston City Council is the legislative branch of government for the city of Boston, Massachusetts. It is made up of 13 members: 9 district representatives and 4 at-large members. Councillors are elected to two-year terms and there is no ...

or and first female Clerk-Magistrate of Suffolk County * Billy Kenoi 1993,

Mayor of Hawaii County The Mayor of Hawaii is the chief executive officer of the County of Hawaii in the state of Hawaii Hawaii ( ; haw, Hawaii or ) is a state in the Western United States, located in the Pacific Ocean about from the U.S. mainland. It is ...

Salvatore LaMattina __NOTOC__ Salvatore "Sal" J. LaMattina (born September 8, 1959, in East Boston) is an American politician who is a former member of the Boston City Council. He represented District 1, which includes the North End, East Boston, and Charlestown, se ...

1981, District 1

or * Joseph Sullivan, mayor of

Braintree, Massachusetts Braintree (), officially the Town of Braintree, is a municipality in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. Although officially known as a towBraintree is a city, with a mayor-council government, mayor-council form of government, and ...

Activists

Brian Darling Brian Darling (born 1965) is the president and founder of the firm Liberty Government Affairs. He was Senior Communications Director and Counsel for Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) and a former senior fellow in government studies at The Heritage Foundat ...

1987, conservative activist and senior fellow at

The Heritage Foundation The Heritage Foundation (abbreviated to Heritage) is an American conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C. that is primarily geared toward public policy. The foundation took a leading role in the conservative movement during the presiden ...

Jackson Katz Jackson T. Katz (born May 7, 1960) is an American educator, filmmaker, and author. He has created a gender violence prevention and education program entitled 'Mentors in Violence Prevention', which is used by U.S. military and various sporting or ...

, social activist * Hugh Loebner, social activist for the decriminalization of prostitution * Ray Rogers, labor rights activist and labor union strategist *

Tony Rudy Tony Charles Rudy (born May 3, 1966) is an American politician. He served in the office of U. S. Representative Tom DeLay ( R- TX) from approximately 1995 to 2001, and rose to be his deputy Chief of Staff. Rudy then began working with Jack Abramo ...

, lobbyist and associate of

Jack Abramoff Jack Allan Abramoff (; born February 28, 1959) is an American lobbyist, businessman, film producer, writer, and convicted felon. He was at the center of an extensive corruption investigation led by Earl Devaney that resulted in his conviction ...

* Allen St. Pierre 1989, Executive Director of

NORML The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML ) is a social welfare organization based in Washington, D.C., that advocates for the reform of marijuana laws in the United States regarding both medical and non-medical use. Acc ...

Betty Shabazz Betty Shabazz (born Betty Dean Sanders; May 28, 1934/1936 – June 23, 1997), also known as Betty X, was an American educator and civil rights advocate. She was married to Malcolm X. Shabazz grew up in Detroit, Michigan, where her foster ...

1975 PhD, widow of

Malcolm X Malcolm X (born Malcolm Little, later Malik el-Shabazz; May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965) was an American Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement. A spokesman for the Nation of I ...

Sue Thrasher Martha Sue Thrasher is an activist, writer and educator known for her work on civil rights and gathering white students into the civil rights movement in the 1960s. Early life and education Thrasher is originally from rural West Tennessee, whe ...

1996 Ed.D, civil rights activist

Military

* Frederick Heyliger 1950, officer with

Easy Company E Company, 2nd Battalion of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, the "Screaming Eagles", is a company in the United States Army. The company was referred to as "Easy" after the radio call for "E" in the p ...

, 2nd

Battalion A battalion is a military unit, typically consisting of 300 to 1,200 soldiers commanded by a lieutenant colonel, and subdivided into a number of companies (usually each commanded by a major or a captain). In some countries, battalions a ...

506th Parachute Infantry Regiment The 506th Infantry Regiment, originally designated the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment (506th PIR) during World War II, is an airborne light infantry regiment of the United States Army. Currently a parent regiment under the U.S. Army Regi ...

, in the 101st Airborne Division of the

United States Army The United States Army (USA) is the land warfare, land military branch, service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight Uniformed services of the United States, U.S. uniformed services, and is designated as the Army o ...

during World War II; featured in the HBO miniseries '' Band of Brothers'' * Andrew P. Iosue 1951 -

General A general officer is an officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry. In some usages the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colonel."general, adj. and n.". OED ...

(R) of the

United States Air Force The United States Air Force (USAF) is the Aerial warfare, air military branch, service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part ...

; Commander of Air Training Command (COMATC), 1983–1986 * Jody Daniels, 34th Chief of Army Reserve * Robert Miller, 24th Surgeon General of the United States Air Force and the United States Space Force *

L. Fletcher Prouty Leroy Fletcher Prouty (January 24, 1917 – June 5, 2001)Carlson, Michael"L Fletcher Prouty: US officer obsessed by the conspiracy theory of President Kennedy's assassination"( obituary). ''The Guardian'' (June 21, 2001). Archived frothe original ...

, Chief of

Special Operations Special operations (S.O.) are military activities conducted, according to NATO, by "specially designated, organized, selected, trained, and equipped forces using unconventional techniques and modes of employment". Special operations may include ...

for the

Joint Chiefs of Staff The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) is the body of the most senior uniformed leaders within the United States Department of Defense, that advises the president of the United States, the secretary of defense, the Homeland Security Council and the ...

* Brian Beaudreault, Commander of II Marine Expeditionary Force * Thomas F. Healy,

U.S. Army The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight U.S. uniformed services, and is designated as the Army of the United States in the U.S. Constitution.Article II, section 2, cl ...

general officer, general and former commandant of the United States Army War College, Army War College * William N. Sullivan * Richard M. Scofield, Lieutenant general (United States), Lieutenant General and Commander of Air Education and Training Command * John B. Hall Jr., Lieutenant general (United States), Lieutenant General and Commander of United States Forces Japan and Fifth Air Force * Franklin M. Davis Jr., major general (United States), Major General in the United States Army * Michael S. Martin (general), Michael S. Martin, major general (United States), Major General in United States Marine Corps * Lee E. Payne, major general (United States), Major General in

Film

* Jere Burns, 1980, actor * Rob Corddry, actor * Jeffrey Donovan, actor * Richard Gere, 1971, actor (did not graduate) * Jonathan Hensleigh, 1981, screenwriter and film director * Fardeen Khan, Bollywood actor (did not graduate) * Bridget Moynahan, actress (did not graduate) *

, screenwriter, ''

'' * Bill Pullman, 1980 MFA, actor *Jason Nash, 1995, actor, director, screenwriter, comedian, YouTube personality

Television

* Norm Abram 1972, "America's most famous carpenter" * Rob Corddry 1993, former writer and correspondent for ''The Daily Show'', actor on television series ''The Winner (TV series), The Winner'' * Bill Cosby 1972G, 1976 Ed.D., actor, comedian, writer, star of ''The Cosby Show'' * Jeff Corwin 2002, Animal Planet's ''The Jeff Corwin Experience'' * Jeffrey Donovan 1991, star of USA original series ''Burn Notice (TV series), Burn Notice'' * Marc Forgione 2010, competitor on Food Network's ''Iron Chef America''; won season three of "The Next Iron Chef" in 2010; owner of restaurant Marc Forgione in New York City * Lauren Koslow, actress on ''Days of Our Lives'' * Phil Laak, professional poker player nicknamed "The Unabomber" * Loretta Long 1973 Ph.D., long-time ''

'' actress * Ken Ober 1980, game show host, comedian, and actor * Nancy Oliver, writer for the series ''Six Feet Under (TV series), Six Feet Under'' * Mark Preston (political analyst), Mark Preston 1994, CNN Senior Political Analyst and Executive Editor, CNN Politics * Peter Tolan, television producer, director, and screenwriter * Mark Wilding 1979, lead writer and executive producer of ''Grey's Anatomy'' * Jean Worthley 1948, naturalist; former host of ''Hodgepodge Lodge''; co-host of ''On Nature's Trail''

Journalism

* Deepak Ananthapadmanabha 1998, web-based technology journalist * Steve Buckley (journalist), Steve Buckley 1978, sportswriter * Gerry Callahan, sports writer for the ''Boston Herald'' and radio talk show personality for WEEI (AM), WEEI * Jill Carroll 1999, journalist for ''Christian Science Monitor'', kidnapped in Iraq on assignment in January 2006 * Gail Collins 1970 MA, ''New York Times'' columnist and former editorial page editor * Audie Cornish 2001, National Public Radio host of ''All Things Considered'', former host of ''Weekend Edition Sunday'' * Jenny Dell 2008, reporter for CBS Sports * James Foley (journalist), James Foley 2003, freelance journalist and Photojournalism, photojournalist of the Syrian Civil War * Matt Malone, S.J., Matt Malone, 1994, Jesuit and journalist; editor in chief of ''America'' magazine * Michael C. Moynihan, senior editor of the Libertarianism, libertarian magazine ''Reason (magazine), Reason'' * Wendi Nix, reporter for ESPN * David Pakman, host of the internationally syndicated television and radio program ''The David Pakman Show'' * Mark Preston (political analyst), Mark Preston, Executive Editor, ''CNN Politics'' and CNN Senior Political Analyst * Carol Rosenberg, senior journalist with the ''McClatchy News Service'' known for her coverage of the operation of the Guantanamo Bay detention camps in Cuba * Dan Wetzel, national columnist, Yahoo! Sports; Netflix executive producer, ''New York Times'' best-selling author

History, literature, art, and music

* Kenny Aronoff 1975, drummer * Alison Aune, artist * Phillip Barron, poet and philosopher * David Berman (musician), David Berman, poet, musician * Frank Black, rock singer and guitarist in the Pixies (band), Pixies * Kathryn Burak, novelist * Vicente Cabrera Funes 1944, writer * Jack Canfield 1972G, best-selling author * Gordon Chandler 1975G, sculptor * Constance Congdon 1982, M.F.A., playwright * Bill Cosby 1972G, 1976 Ed.D., actor, comedian, writer * Patrick DeCoste 2000, guitarist, composer * Stephanie Deshpande 1997, painter * Jason Donati, animator and artist * Sadie Dupuis, singer and guitarist for Speedy Ortiz * Jason Fettig, Jason K. Fettig, 28th director of the United States Marine Band * Harvey Goldman, artist, educator * Dana Gould 1986, comedian * James Grinwis, poet * Peter Hargitai, award-winning novelist, poet and translator * Airline Inthyrath 2006, drag queen known as ''Jujubee (drag queen), Jujubee'', performer, TV personality * Raymond Kennedy (novelist), Raymond Kennedy, novelist * Fardeen Khan, Bollywood actor * Beth Krommes 1980G, children's book illustrator * Peter Laird, co-creator of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles * Taj Mahal (musician), Taj Mahal 1963, composer and singer * William Manchester 1946, author, biographer, and recipient of the National Humanities Medal * Valerie Martin 1974, novelist * J Mascis, rock singer and guitarist in Dinosaur Jr * Matthew Minicucci, poet * Jeff Penalty (b. Jeff Alulis), former lead singer of Dead Kennedys * Joe Pernice, singer in Pernice Brothers, Scud Mountain Boys, Chappaquiddick Skyline * Terri Priest, artist * Jesse Richards, Stuckist painter, filmmaker, Remodernist film * Louis Ross 1917, architect, designed many of the campus buildings * Larry Ruttman 1952, author and attorney *

1970, singer * Joey Santiago, guitarist in the Pixies * Flo Steinberg, of Marvel Comics * Susan Straight 1984, writer, novelist, professor at the University of California, Riverside * Paul Theroux 1963, travel writer and author *

1995, U.S. poet laureate * Jane Yolen, author * Matthew Zapruder, poet

Athletics

Baseball

1998G, executive Vice President and

of the

* Chick Davies 1914, pitcher and outfielder with the Philadelphia Athletics and New York Giants (NL), New York Giants * Gary DiSarcina 1995, MLB All-Star, California Angels * Mike Flanagan (baseball), Mike Flanagan 1975, 1979 Cy Young Award winner, Baltimore Orioles * Nick Gorneault 2001, outfielder, Los Angeles Angels * Bob Hansen (baseball), Bob Hansen, first baseman, Milwaukee Brewers *

MA, General Manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates * Dave Littlefield 1984, Senior Vice President and

of the Pittsburgh Pirates * Chad Paronto, relief pitcher, Houston Astros * Jeff Reardon 1977, relief pitcher Minnesota Twins, Montreal Expos,

* Mike Stone (baseball), Mike Stone 1981, Vermont and UMass baseball coach * Dave Telgheder, starting pitcher, New York Mets * Ron Villone 1992, relief pitcher, St. Louis Cardinals

Basketball

* Tony Barbee 1993, collegiate basketball coach, Central Michigan Chippewas men's basketball, Central Michigan University * Bill Bayno (did not graduate), Division 1 collegiate coach and professional assistant coach * Marcus Camby, 1996 Naismith College Player of the Year and retired professional basketball player * Julius Erving 1972, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Hall of Fame professional basketball player (received earned bachelor's and honorary doctorate simultaneously) * Gary Forbes 2008, professional basketball player, Toronto Raptors * Derek Kellogg 1995, collegiate basketball coach UMass Minutemen basketball, University of Massachusetts Amherst * Stéphane Lasme 2007, professional basketball player, Miami Heat * Gloria Nevarez 1993, sports administrator and commissioner of the Mountain West Conference (2023–present) * Rick Pitino 1974, professional and collegiate basketball coach *Raphiael Putney (born 1990), basketball player for Maccabi Haifa B.C., Maccabi Haifa of the Liga Leumit (basketball), Israeli National League * Lou Roe 1995, professional basketball player, Detroit Pistons and Golden State Warriors * Al Skinner 1974, basketball coach, Boston College Eagles men's basketball, Boston College

Football

* Neal Brown, Texas Tech Red Raiders football, Texas Tech Red Raiders offensive coordinator * Liam Coen 2008, offensive coordinator, Los Angeles Rams * Victor Cruz (American football), Victor Cruz 2010, professional football player and 2012 Super Bowl Champion, New York Giants; second-team All-Pro (2011 All-Pro Team, 2011) Pro Bowl (2013 Pro Bowl, 2012) * Vladimir Ducasse, professional football player, Buffalo Bills * Tom Gilson (American football), Tom Gilson, American football player * Chris Grier, general manager of the Miami Dolphins since 2016 * Jeremy Horne, professional football player, Kansas City Chiefs * James Ihedigbo professional football player, Buffalo Bills * Andy Isabella, wide receiver, Arizona Cardinals * Greg Landry 1968, quarterback, Detroit Lions * Brandon London 2006, professional football player, Miami Dolphins * John McCormick (American football), John McCormick 1961, professional football quarterback/Punter (football), punter, Minnesota Vikings, Denver Broncos * Jeromy Miles, professional football player, Cincinnati Bengals * Milt Morin 1966, tight end, All-Pro, Cleveland Browns * Tajae Sharpe 2016, professional football player, Atlanta Falcons * Marcel Shipp, running back, Arizona Cardinals (former team), 2009 United Football League (2009), UFL Champions Las Vegas Locomotives *

, former general manager of the New York Jets

Hockey

* David Branch (ice hockey), David Branch, president of the Canadian Hockey League * Justin Braun (ice hockey), Justin Braun, professional ice hockey player, San Jose Sharks * Matt Irwin, professional ice hockey player, Nashville Predators * John Lyons (ice hockey), John Lyons, Olympic ice hockey player, 1924 Olympic silver medalist * James Marcou, professional ice hockey player, San Jose Sharks * Brad Norton 1998, professional ice hockey player * Thomas Pock, professional ice hockey player, New York Islanders * Jonathan Quick, professional ice hockey player; 2010 Olympic silver medalist; 2012 NHL All-Star; 2012 Conn Smythe winner; 2014 Stanley Cup Champion, Los Angeles Kings * Conor Sheary, professional ice hockey player, 2016 Stanley Cup Champion, Pittsburgh Penguins * Frank Vatrano, professional ice hockey player, Florida Panthers * Casey Wellman, professional ice hockey player, Washington Capitals * Cale Makar, professional ice hockey player, 2022 Conn Smythe winner, Colorado Avalanche

Lacrosse

* Sal LoCascio, retired professional lacrosse goaltender * Doc Schneider, professional lacrosse player, Toronto Nationals (lacrosse), Toronto Nationals

Other sports

* Gideon Ariel (born 1939), Israeli Olympic competitor in the shot put and discus throw * Danielle Henderson 1999, Olympic gold medal winner, softball * Roxanne Modafferi, professional mixed martial artist * Chris Sanford, ''The Ultimate Fighter'' Season 1 contestant, retired professional MMA fighter * Briana Scurry 1995, two-time Olympic gold medal winner and women's World Cup champion, soccer * Serena Williams, tennis player, four-time Olympic Gold Medalist and 23-time Grand Slam winner

Others

* Julie Robenhymer, former Miss New Jersey

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Academy Award The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...
winners

Grammy Award The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most pr ...
winners