This is a list of notable faculty members and alumni of

Boston University Boston University (BU) is a Private university, private research university in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. BU was founded in 1839 by a group of Boston Methodism, Methodists with its original campus in Newbury (town), Vermont, Newbur ...

Legend

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Academy Awards

Pulitzer Prize winners

Academia

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Charles Eastman Charles Alexander Eastman (February 19, 1858 – January 8, 1939, born Hakadah and later named Ohíye S'a, sometimes written Ohiyesa) was an American physician, writer, and social reformer. He was among the first Native Americans to be certifie ...

(MED 1890) – first Native American in the

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African American African Americans, also known as Black Americans and formerly also called Afro-Americans, are an Race and ethnicity in the United States, American racial and ethnic group that consists of Americans who have total or partial ancestry from an ...

person, and the first person born a

slave Slavery is the ownership of a person as property, especially in regards to their labour. Slavery typically involves compulsory work, with the slave's location of work and residence dictated by the party that holds them in bondage. Enslavemen ...

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to earn a degree in

theology Theology is the study of religious belief from a Religion, religious perspective, with a focus on the nature of divinity. It is taught as an Discipline (academia), academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itse ...

* Mercy B. Jackson (MED 1860) – physician, one of the first women to receive a

Doctor of Medicine A Doctor of Medicine (abbreviated MD, from the Latin language, Latin ) is a medical degree, the meaning of which varies between different jurisdictions. In the United States, and some other countries, the ''MD'' denotes a professional degree of ph ...

degree, in the United States * Rebecca Lee Crumpler (MED 1864) – first

woman in the

to receive an MD, or

degree, one of first female physician authors in the 19th century * Anna Oliver (STH 1876) – first woman in the

to receive a degree in

* Helen Magill White (GRS 1877) – first woman in the

to earn a Ph.D. * Takeo Kikuchi (LAW 1877) – one of first Japanese to study law in the U.S., founder and president of

Tokyo Tokyo, officially the Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital of Japan, capital and List of cities in Japan, most populous city in Japan. With a population of over 14 million in the city proper in 2023, it is List of largest cities, one of the most ...

Chuo University , commonly referred to as or , is a private research university in Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan. The university finds its roots in a school called Igirisu Hōritsu Gakkō (English Law School), which was founded in 1885, and became a university in 1 ...

* Charles Wesley Emerson (School of Oratory, 1877) – founder of

Emerson College Emerson College is a private college in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It also maintains campuses in Los Angeles and Well, Limburg, Netherlands (Kasteel Well). Founded in 1880 by Charles Wesley Emerson as a "school of Public Speaking, o ...

* Marion Talbot (CAS 1880) – influential leader in the early 20th century higher education of women, fought against efforts to restrict equal access to educational opportunities as

Dean of Women The dean of women at a college or university in the United States is the dean (education), dean with responsibility for student affairs for female students. In early years, the position was also known by other names, including preceptress, lady pri ...

at the

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, or UChi) is a Private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Its main campus is in the Hyde Park, Chicago, Hyde Park neighborhood on Chicago's South Side, Chic ...

(1895–1925), co-founded the

American Association of University Women The American Association of University Women (AAUW), officially founded in 1881, is a non-profit organization that advances Justice, equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, and research. The organization has a nationwide Social net ...

with her mentor Ellen Swallow Richards, the first woman admitted to

MIT The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Established in 1861, MIT has played a significant role in the development of many areas of modern technology and sc ...

* Nathan Abbott (LAW 1881) – founder of

Stanford Law School Stanford Law School (SLS) is the Law school in the United States, law school of Stanford University, a Private university, private research university near Palo Alto, California. Established in 1893, Stanford Law had an acceptance rate of 6.28% i ...

and its first dean * Lelia Robinson Sawtelle (LAW 1881) – first woman admitted to the bar in

Massachusetts Massachusetts ( ; ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode ...

* Solon Irving Bailey (CAS 1881, GRS 1884) –

astronomer An astronomer is a scientist in the field of astronomy who focuses on a specific question or field outside the scope of Earth. Astronomers observe astronomical objects, such as stars, planets, natural satellite, moons, comets and galaxy, galax ...

, elected to

American Academy of Arts and Sciences The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (The Academy) is one of the oldest learned societies in the United States. It was founded in 1780 during the American Revolution by John Adams, John Hancock, James Bowdoin, Andrew Oliver, and other ...

in 1892 *

John Calvin Ferguson John Calvin Ferguson (; 1866–1945) was an American scholar of Chinese art, collector and procurer for American art museums, and a Chinese governmental adviser. Ferguson was the son of John Ferguson and Catherine Matilda Pomeroy (Ferguson). Hi ...

(CAS 1883) – art historian, influential in early 20th century education in

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

, founder of Nanking University, National Chiao Tung University,

Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) is a public university in Shanghai, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Ministry of Education of China. The university is part of Project 211, Project 98 ...

, and

Xi'an Jiaotong University Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU; zh, p=, c=西安交通大学, labels=no) is a public university in Xi'an, Shaanxi, China. It is affiliated with and funded by the Ministry of Education of China. The university is part of Project 211, Project 9 ...

in China * Samuel G. Plantz (STH 1883) – president of Lawrence College * Louisa Holman Richardson (CAS 1883) –

at Ohio Wesleyan University * John W. Bowen (STH 1885, STH 1887) – influential in early civil rights movement, creator of '' The Voice of the Negro'' and the first accredited black high school in St. Louis, second person of African descent, and the first person born a

, to earn a doctorate in the U.S. * James Geddes (CAS 1887) –

linguist Linguistics is the scientific study of language. The areas of linguistic analysis are syntax (rules governing the structure of sentences), semantics (meaning), Morphology (linguistics), morphology (structure of words), phonetics (speech sounds ...

, spearheaded linguistic movement to create a universal alphabet for dictionaries of numerous languages, the precursor to the phonetic alphabet *

(MED 1890) –

physician A physician, medical practitioner (British English), medical doctor, or simply doctor is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through the Medical education, study, Med ...

, one of the first Native Americans to receive an MD in the U.S., prolific author and speaker on

Sioux The Sioux or Oceti Sakowin ( ; Dakota/ Lakota: ) are groups of Native American tribes and First Nations people from the Great Plains of North America. The Sioux have two major linguistic divisions: the Dakota and Lakota peoples (translati ...

ethnohistory and Native American affairs * Mary Kingsbury Simkhovitch (CAS 1890) – pioneering

urban planner An urban planner (also known as town planner) is a professional who practices in the field of town planning, urban planning or city planning. An urban planner may focus on a specific area of practice and have a title such as city planner, tow ...

and

social work Social work is an academic discipline and practice-based profession concerned with meeting the basic needs of individuals, families, groups, communities, and society as a whole to enhance their individual and collective well-being. Social wo ...

er, founder of Greenwich House * Cora Smith Eaton (MED 1892) – suffragist, physician and mountaineer, first woman licensed to practice medicine in

North Dakota North Dakota ( ) is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the indigenous Dakota people, Dakota and Sioux peoples. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north and by the U.S. states of Minneso ...

* Solomon Carter Fuller (MED 1897) – discovered

Alzheimer's disease Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease and the cause of 60–70% of cases of dementia. The most common early symptom is difficulty in remembering recent events. As the disease advances, symptoms can include problems wit ...

through observations of

neurofibrillary tangle Neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) are intracellular aggregates of hyperphosphorylated tau protein that are most commonly known as a primary Biomarker (medicine), biomarker of Alzheimer's disease. Their presence is also found in numerous other disea ...

s and miliary plaques, publishing the first comprehensive review of the disease, noted as the first Black

psychiatrist A psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in psychiatry. Psychiatrists are physicians who evaluate patients to determine whether their symptoms are the result of a physical illness, a combination of physical and mental ailments or strictly ...

in the

* Percy Jewett Burrel (School of Oratory, 1898) – creator of pageantry in the

* Gleason Archer, Sr. (CAS 1904, LAW 1906) – founder of

Suffolk University Suffolk University is a private university, private research university in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. With 7,560 students on all campuses, it is the List of colleges and universities in metropolitan Boston, tenth-largest university ...

and Suffolk University Law School *

Leonard Porter Ayres Leonard Porter Ayres (September 15, 1879 – October 29, 1946) was an American statistician. He played a central role in developing and analyzing large-scale statistical projects, especially for the Russell Sage Foundation. His best-known work de ...

(GRS '10) –

statistician A statistician is a person who works with Theory, theoretical or applied statistics. The profession exists in both the private sector, private and public sectors. It is common to combine statistical knowledge with expertise in other subjects, a ...

, best-known work dealt with comprehensive statistical studies of American casualties in the first and

second The second (symbol: s) is a unit of time derived from the division of the day first into 24 hours, then to 60 minutes, and finally to 60 seconds each (24 × 60 × 60 = 86400). The current and formal definition in the International System of U ...

world wars * Shields Warren (CAS '18) –

pathologist Pathology is the study of disease. The word ''pathology'' also refers to the study of disease in general, incorporating a wide range of biology research fields and medical practices. However, when used in the context of modern medical treatme ...

, helped establish field of

radiobiology Radiobiology (also known as radiation biology, and uncommonly as actinobiology) is a field of clinical and basic medical sciences that involves the study of the effects of radiation on living tissue (including ionizing radiation, ionizing and non- ...

, first to study the pathology of radioactive fallout, discovered that susceptibility to

cancer Cancer is a group of diseases involving Cell growth#Disorders, abnormal cell growth with the potential to Invasion (cancer), invade or Metastasis, spread to other parts of the body. These contrast with benign tumors, which do not spread. Po ...

varied from person to person, mentored Eleanor Josephine Macdonald * Priscilla Fairfield Bok (CAS '18) –

, author, director of Steward Observatory in Arizona, published a textbook "The Milky Way", coining the popular term '

milky way The Milky Way or Milky Way Galaxy is the galaxy that includes the Solar System, with the name describing the #Appearance, galaxy's appearance from Earth: a hazy band of light seen in the night sky formed from stars in other arms of the galax ...

' * Helen Brooke Taussig (CAS '25) – founded the field of pediatric

cardiology Cardiology () is the study of the heart. Cardiology is a branch of medicine that deals with disorders of the heart and the cardiovascular system. The field includes medical diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects, coronary artery di ...

, known for her work in banning

thalidomide Thalidomide, sold under the brand names Contergan and Thalomid among others, is an oral administered medication used to treat a number of cancers (e.g., multiple myeloma), graft-versus-host disease, and many skin disorders (e.g., complication ...

, first woman and first pediatrician to be elected head of the

American Heart Association The American Heart Association (AHA) is a nonprofit organization in the United States that funds cardiovascular medical research, educates consumers on healthy living and fosters appropriate Heart, cardiac care in an effort to reduce disability ...

, awarded a

Presidential Medal of Freedom The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the highest civilian award of the United States, alongside the Congressional Gold Medal. It is an award bestowed by decision of the president of the United States to "any person recommended to the President ...

(1964) * Myrtle Bachelder (WED '39) – chemist noted for her secret work on the

Manhattan Project The Manhattan Project was a research and development program undertaken during World War II to produce the first nuclear weapons. It was led by the United States in collaboration with the United Kingdom and Canada. From 1942 to 1946, the ...

atomic bomb program, contributions to the purification of the rare elements and to

astrochemistry Astrochemistry is the study of the abundance and reactions of molecules in the universe, and their interaction with radiation. The discipline is an overlap of astronomy and chemistry. The word "astrochemistry" may be applied to both the Solar Syst ...

, for her analysis of Moon rocks collected during the Apollo missions * Fe Del Mundo (MED '40) – National Scientist of the Philippines and recipient of the Ramon Magsaysay Award, the

Nobel Prize The Nobel Prizes ( ; ; ) are awards administered by the Nobel Foundation and granted in accordance with the principle of "for the greatest benefit to humankind". The prizes were first awarded in 1901, marking the fifth anniversary of Alfred N ...

of Asia, founded the first pediatric hospital in the Philippines and is known for shaping the modern child healthcare system in the Philippines * Samuel L. Myers Sr. (GRS '42) – economist, former university president, education adviser and civil rights advocate * Esther A. H. Hopkins (CAS '47) – chemist, biophysicist, first

African-American African Americans, also known as Black Americans and formerly also called Afro-Americans, are an American racial and ethnic group that consists of Americans who have total or partial ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa. ...

woman to earn a Ph.D. from

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Stat ...

, attorney for the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection * H. C. Robbins Landon (CFA '47) –

musicologist Musicology is the academic, research-based study of music, as opposed to musical composition or performance. Musicology research combines and intersects with many fields, including psychology, sociology, acoustics, neurology, natural sciences, f ...

, journalist, historian,

BBC The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current sta ...

broadcaster, best known for his work in rediscovering neglected music by

Haydn Franz Joseph Haydn ( ; ; 31 March 173231 May 1809) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the string quartet and piano trio. His contributions ...

, correcting misunderstandings about

Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition and proficiency from an early age ...

* Eldon Hall (GRS '47) –

computer scientist A computer scientist is a scientist who specializes in the academic study of computer science. Computer scientists typically work on the theoretical side of computation. Although computer scientists can also focus their work and research on ...

, leader of hardware design efforts for the Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) at the

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a Private university, private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Established in 1861, MIT has played a significant role in the development of many areas of moder ...

for the

Apollo program The Apollo program, also known as Project Apollo, was the United States human spaceflight program led by NASA, which Moon landing, landed the first humans on the Moon in 1969. Apollo followed Project Mercury that put the first Americans in sp ...

* Georgiana Jagiello (CAS '49) – physician, known for perfecting the technique for

in vitro fertilization In vitro fertilisation (IVF) is a process of fertilisation in which an egg is combined with sperm in vitro ("in glass"). The process involves monitoring and stimulating the ovulatory process, then removing an ovum or ova (egg or eggs) from ...

, first woman appointed to an endowed chair at Columbia University Medical School, first woman appointed to the Institute of Advanced Study at the

UIUC The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC, U of I, Illinois, or University of Illinois) is a public land-grant research university in the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area, Illinois, United States. Established in 1867, it is the f ...

* Rollin Williams (SSW '49) – first

professor at the

University of Connecticut The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land-grant research university system with its main campus in Storrs, Connecticut, United States. It was founded in 1881 as the Storrs Agricultural School, named after two benefactors. In 1893, ...

* Elma Lewis (WED '50) – one of the first women to receive a MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant, fellow of the

, founder of The Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts and National Center of Afro-American Artists, awarded

National Medal of Arts The National Medal of Arts is an award and title created by the United States Congress in 1984, for the purpose of honoring artists and Patronage, patrons of the arts. A prestigious American honor, it is the highest honor given to artists and ar ...

by President Reagan * Ray Hyman (CAS '50) – one of the founders of the modern skeptical movement, noted critic of

parapsychology Parapsychology is the study of alleged psychic phenomena (extrasensory perception, telepathy, teleportation, precognition, clairvoyance, psychokinesis (also called telekinesis), and psychometry (paranormal), psychometry) and other paranormal cla ...

, research on Hick's Law * Gertrude Hunter (MED '50) – doctor and professor of medicine, national director of health services * Nathan Azrin (CAS '51, GRS '52) – psychologist, founder of Token Economics and the

CRAFT A craft or trade is a pastime or an occupation that requires particular skills and knowledge of skilled work. In a historical sense, particularly the Middle Ages and earlier, the term is usually applied to people occupied in small scale pr ...

model * Raymond Coppinger (CAS '59) – biologist, expert in canine behavior and the origin of the domestic dog, professor at

Hampshire College Hampshire College is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts. It was opened in 1970 as an experiment in alternative education, in association with four other colleges ...

* Alan L. Gropman (CAS '59) – professor of history and grand strategy, author and lecturer,

National Defense University National Defence (or Defense) University (or College) may refer to: :''Alphabetical by country'' University * Marshal Fahim National Defense University, Afghanistan * National Defense University (Azerbaijan) * People's Liberation Army National Defe ...

* Jean Briggs (GRS '60) – anthropologist, American expert on

Inuit languages The Inuit languages are a closely related group of Indigenous languages of the Americas, indigenous American languages traditionally spoken across the North American Arctic and the adjacent subarctic regions as far south as Labrador. The Inuit ...

, Lifetime Achievement Award from the

American Anthropological Association The American Anthropological Association (AAA) is an American organization of scholars and practitioners in the field of anthropology. With 10,000 members, the association, based in Arlington, Virginia, includes archaeologists, cultural anthropo ...

, a

Royal Society of Canada The Royal Society of Canada (RSC; , SRC), also known as the Academies of Arts, Humanities, and Sciences of Canada (French: ''Académies des arts, des lettres et des sciences du Canada''), is the senior national, bilingual council of distinguishe ...

fellow A fellow is a title and form of address for distinguished, learned, or skilled individuals in academia, medicine, research, and industry. The exact meaning of the term differs in each field. In learned society, learned or professional society, p ...

* William E. Doll Jr. (GRS '60) – educator, curriculum theorist, Lifetime Achievement Award by the

American Educational Research Association The American Educational Research Association (AERA, pronounced "A-E-R-A") is a professional organization representing education researchers in the United States and around the world. AERA's mission is to advance knowledge about education and ...

, among first group of scholars to introduce

complexity Complexity characterizes the behavior of a system or model whose components interact in multiple ways and follow local rules, leading to non-linearity, randomness, collective dynamics, hierarchy, and emergence. The term is generally used to c ...

thinking to education in the 1980s * Hugo Bedau (GRS '61) – philosopher, best known for work on

capital punishment Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty and formerly called judicial homicide, is the state-sanctioned killing of a person as punishment for actual or supposed misconduct. The sentence (law), sentence ordering that an offender b ...

* Stanley Awramik (CAS '68) – biogeologist, paleontologist,

Geological Society of America The Geological Society of America (GSA) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of the geosciences. History The society was founded in Ithaca, New York, in 1888 by Alexander Winchell, John J. Stevenson, Charles H. Hi ...

* Gabor Boritt (GRS '68) –

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human species; as well as the ...

, received the National Humanities Medal in 2008 from Bush * Diana Chapman Walsh (CAS '71, UNI '83) – president of

Wellesley College Wellesley College is a Private university, private Women's colleges in the United States, historically women's Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Wellesley, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1870 by Henr ...

(1993–2007) * Lawrence C. Levy (B.S. '72) – executive dean of the National Center for Suburban Studies at

Hofstra University Hofstra University is a Private university, private research university in Hempstead, New York, United States. It originated in 1935 as an extension of New York University and became an independent college in 1939. Comprising ten schools, includ ...

, and journalist * John Nassivera (CAS '72) – author, playwright, Fellow in

Columbia University Columbia University in the City of New York, commonly referred to as Columbia University, is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Churc ...

's Society of Fellows in the Humanities * Theodora J. Kalikow (CAS '74) – president of University of Maine at Farmington (1994–2012) * Dana Mohler-Faria (CAS '74, 75) – president of Bridgewater State College (2002–2015) * David P. Baker (MS '75) – sociologist * Celeste Freytes (SED '77) – interim president of

University of Puerto Rico The University of Puerto Rico (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Universidad de Puerto Rico;'' often shortened to UPR) is the main List of state and territorial universities in the United States, public university system in the Commonwealth (U.S. i ...

(2013, 2016–2017) * Owen Flanagan (GRS '78) – philosopher, James B. Duke University Professor of

Philosophy Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

, Professor of

Neurobiology Neuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system (the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nervous system), its functions, and its disorders. It is a multidisciplinary science that combines physiology, anatomy, molecular biology, ...

Duke University Duke University is a Private university, private research university in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity, North Carolina, Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1 ...

* Ted Landsmark (GRS '78) – president, Boston Architectural College (1997–2014), Professor of Public Policy at

Northeastern University Northeastern University (NU or NEU) is a private university, private research university with its main campus in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It was founded by the Boston Young Men's Christian Association in 1898 as an all-male instit ...

* Cynthia Gómez (CAS '79) –

psychologist A psychologist is a professional who practices psychology and studies mental states, perceptual, cognitive, emotional, and social processes and behavior. Their work often involves the experimentation, observation, and explanation, interpretatio ...

, served on Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS for Bush and Clinton, known for work in field of HIV/

AIDS The HIV, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that attacks the immune system. Without treatment, it can lead to a spectrum of conditions including acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). It is a Preventive healthcare, pr ...

prevention, health care access and health equity for minority groups, founded Health Equity Institute at

SFSU San Francisco State University (San Francisco State, SF State and SFSU) is a Public university, public research university in San Francisco, California, United States. It was established in 1899 as the San Francisco State Normal School and is ...

* Philip Kasinitz (CAS '79) – sociologist, Presidential Professor of Sociology at CUNY Graduate Center, PhD Chair in Sociology (2001–) * I. Michael Leitman (CAS '81, MED '85) – Dean for Graduate Medical Education at

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS or Mount Sinai), formerly the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, is a private medical school in New York City, New York, United States. The school is the academic teaching arm of the Mount Sina ...

* Richard G. Frank (GRS '82) –

economist An economist is a professional and practitioner in the social sciences, social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy. Within this ...

, known for contributions to

health economics Health economics is a branch of economics concerned with issues related to Health care efficiency, efficiency, effectiveness, value and behavior in the production and consumption of health and healthcare. Health economics is important in dete ...

, Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Planning and Evaluation under Obama, Professor at

Harvard University Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma ...

* Kevin J. Tracey (MED '83) – CEO, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, one of the most cited researchers in the world * Donald Tomaskovic-Devey (GRS '84) – sociologist, known for his research on

labor market Labour economics seeks to understand the functioning and dynamics of the Market (economics), markets for wage labour. Labour (human activity), Labour is a commodity that is supplied by labourers, usually in exchange for a wage paid by demanding ...

s and workplace inequality * Ruth Agnes Daly (GRS '84, GRS '87) – astrophysicist, Fellow of the American Physical Society, Professor of Physics at

Penn State University The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State or PSU) is a Public university, public Commonwealth System of Higher Education, state-related Land-grant university, land-grant research university with campuses and facilities throughout Pennsyl ...

, best known for work on the expansion and acceleration histories of the universe * Andres Jaramillo-Botero (ENG '86) –

physicist A physicist is a scientist who specializes in the field of physics, which encompasses the interactions of matter and energy at all length and time scales in the physical universe. Physicists generally are interested in the root or ultimate cau ...

, known for contributions to first-principles based modeling, design and characterization of nanoscale materials and devices, professor at

CalTech The California Institute of Technology (branded as Caltech) is a private university, private research university in Pasadena, California, United States. The university is responsible for many modern scientific advancements and is among a small g ...

* Drew Weissman (MED '87, MED '87) –

-winning researcher, known for development of mRNA vaccines, the best known of which are those for COVID-19 produced by BioNTech/

Pfizer Pfizer Inc. ( ) is an American Multinational corporation, multinational Pharmaceutical industry, pharmaceutical and biotechnology corporation headquartered at The Spiral (New York City), The Spiral in Manhattan, New York City. Founded in 184 ...

and Moderna. Weissman received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2023 "for discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19" * Shoshana Chatfield (CAS '88) – first woman President of the Naval War College (2018–2023) * David Ciardi (CAS '91) – astrophysicist, NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal for his work on

Kepler Johannes Kepler (27 December 1571 – 15 November 1630) was a German astronomer, mathematician, astrologer, natural philosopher and writer on music. He is a key figure in the 17th-century Scientific Revolution, best known for his laws of p ...

and his contributions to the fundamental nature of stellar variability, NASA Silver Achievement Medal as part of the TESS team, staff at

* Morgan James Peters (CFA '91) – Director of Black Studies and associate professor of English, UMass Dartmouth * Saskia Hamilton (GRS '96) – poet, editor, and university administrator at

Barnard College Barnard College is a Private college, private Women's colleges in the United States, women's Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college affiliated with Columbia University in New York City. It was founded in 1889 by a grou ...

* Marie Jean Philip (GRS '96) – pioneering researcher in

American Sign Language American Sign Language (ASL) is a natural language that serves as the predominant sign language of Deaf communities in the United States and most of Anglophone Canadians, Anglophone Canada. ASL is a complete and organized visual language that i ...

and one of first researchers to focus on ASL and

deaf culture Deaf culture is the set of social beliefs, behaviors, art, literary traditions, history, values, and shared institutions of communities that are influenced by deafness and which use sign languages as the main means of communication. When used as ...

, helped establish ASL as a recognized language in the colleges of

(early 1980s) * Richard Bohannon (SAR '93) – highly cited

physiotherapy Physical therapy (PT), also known as physiotherapy, is a healthcare profession, as well as the care provided by physical therapists who promote, maintain, or restore health through patient education, physical intervention, disease preventio ...

researcher, editor-in-chief of two peer-reviewed medical journals, ''Journal of Human Muscle Performance, Journal of Geriatric Physical Therapy'' * Ha Jin (GRS '94) – writer, National Book Award for Fiction and PEN/Faulkner Award for '' Waiting'' (1999),

Guggenheim Fellowship Guggenheim Fellowships are Grant (money), grants that have been awarded annually since by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, endowed by the late Simon Guggenheim, Simon and Olga Hirsh Guggenheim. These awards are bestowed upon indiv ...

(1999),

National Book Award The National Book Awards (NBA) are a set of annual U.S. literary awards. At the final National Book Awards Ceremony every November, the National Book Foundation presents the National Book Awards and two lifetime achievement awards to authors. ...

(1999), elected to the

American Academy of Arts and Letters The American Academy of Arts and Letters is a 300-member honor society whose goal is to "foster, assist, and sustain excellence" in American literature, Music of the United States, music, and Visual art of the United States, art. Its fixed number ...

* Ben Bahan (GRS '96) – influential figure in American Sign Language literature * Jeffrey Docking (CAS '96) – president of Adrian College (2005–present) * Bogdan A. Dobrescu (GRS '97) –

theoretical physicist Theoretical physics is a branch of physics that employs mathematical models and abstractions of physical objects and systems to rationalize, explain, and predict natural phenomena. This is in contrast to experimental physics, which uses experi ...

, expert in

high-energy physics Particle physics or high-energy physics is the study of fundamental particles and forces that constitute matter and radiation. The field also studies combinations of elementary particles up to the scale of protons and neutrons, while the stu ...

, scientist at

Fermilab Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), located in Batavia, Illinois, near Chicago, is a United States Department of Energy United States Department of Energy National Labs, national laboratory specializing in high-energy particle phys ...

* Christopher Nowinski (GRS '17) –

neuroscientist A neuroscientist (or neurobiologist) is a scientist specializing in neuroscience that deals with the anatomy and function of neurons, Biological neural network, neural circuits, and glia, and their Behavior, behavioral, biological, and psycholo ...

, professional wrestler, known for research on

concussions in American football Concussions and play-related head blows in American football have been shown to be the cause of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), which has led to player deaths and other debilitating symptoms after retirement, including memory loss, de ...

and CTE

Activism, clergy

File:Martin Luther King Jr. - I Have A Dream Speech.jpg, link=, Martin Luther King Jr. (STH '55) – leader of the civil rights movement who advanced the

right to vote Suffrage, political franchise, or simply franchise is the right to vote in representative democracy, public, political elections and referendums (although the term is sometimes used for any right to vote). In some languages, and occasionally in ...

, desegregation, and

labor rights Labor rights or workers' rights are both legal rights and human rights relating to labor relations between workers and employers. These rights are codified in national and international labor and employment law. In general, the ...

, recipient of the 1964

Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize (Swedish language, Swedish and ) is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the Will and testament, will of Sweden, Swedish industrialist, inventor, and armaments manufacturer Alfred Nobel, along with the prizes in Nobe ...

, 1977

File:James Lawson - Rally Ralphs 126.jpg, link=, James Lawson (STH '60) – key theoretician, strategist and tactician of

nonviolence Nonviolence is the personal practice of not causing harm to others under any condition. It may come from the belief that hurting people, animals and/or the environment is unnecessary to achieve an outcome and it may refer to a general philosoph ...

within the civil rights movement, develop strategy for the

Freedom Riders Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the Racial segregation in the United States, segregated Southern United States, Southern United States in 1961 and subsequent years to challenge the non-enforcement of t ...

, portrayed by Jesse Williams in '' The Butler'' File:Anna Howard Shaw 1.jpg, link=, Anna Howard Shaw (STH 1878, MED 1886) – leader of the women's suffrage movement in the U.S. and president of National American Woman Suffrage Association (1904–1915), first woman awarded Distinguished Service Medal File:Alice-stone-blackwell1.jpg, link=, Alice Stone Blackwell (CAS 1881) – influential in merging two competing organizations in the women's suffrage movement into the National American Woman Suffrage Association, daughter of suffragettes

Henry Browne Blackwell Henry Browne Blackwell (May 4, 1825 – September 7, 1909), was an American advocate for social and economic reform. He was involved in the nascent Republican Party (United States), Republican Party and the American Woman Suffrage Associatio ...

Lucy Stone Lucy Stone (August 13, 1818 – October 18, 1893) was an American orator, Abolitionism in the United States, abolitionist and Suffrage, suffragist who was a vocal advocate for and organizer of promoting Women's rights, rights for women. In 1847, ...

* Martin Luther King Jr. (STH '55) – civil rights leader, 1964

, 1977

* W. T. Handy, Jr. (STH) – civil rights leader and Bishop of the Missouri Conference of the

United Methodist Church The United Methodist Church (UMC) is a worldwide mainline Protestant Christian denomination, denomination based in the United States, and a major part of Methodism. In the 19th century, its main predecessor, the Methodist Episcopal Church, was ...

* Anna Howard Shaw (STH 1878, MED 1886) – president of National American Woman Suffrage Association (1904–1915), leading figure in the women's suffrage movement in the U.S., first woman awarded Distinguished Service Medal, one of the first ordained female

Methodist Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a Protestant Christianity, Christian Christian tradition, tradition whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley. George Whitefield and John's brother ...

ministers in the

* Alice Stone Blackwell (CAS 1881) – influential in merging two competing organizations in the women's suffrage movement into the National American Woman Suffrage Association, daughter of

and

, niece of

Elizabeth Blackwell Elizabeth Blackwell (3 February 182131 May 1910) was an English-American physician, notable as the first woman to earn a medical degree in the United States, and the first woman on the Medical Register of the General Medical Council for the Un ...

Makarios III Makarios III (born Michael Christodoulou Mouskos; 13 August 1913 – 3 August 1977) was a Greek Cypriots, Greek Cypriot prelate and politician who served as Archbishop of the Church of Cyprus from 1950 to 1977 and as the first president o ...

(STH '48) – 1st and 4th President of Cyprus, a key figure in the island's struggle for independence and a symbol of Cypriot national identity * James Lawson (STH '60) – leading theoretician and tactician of

within the Civil Rights Movement * James Forman (GRS '61) – prominent

leader in the Civil Rights Movement * Ruth Batson (WED '76) – civil rights activist known for critical role in desegregation of

Boston Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and Financial centre, financial center of New England, a region of the Northeas ...

public schools during the 1960s and 1970s * James L. Farmer Sr. (STH '13, STH 16', STH '18) – first Texan African-American to earn a PhD, minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, an academic in early religious history and theology, father of James Farmer * Eugene Callender (CAS '47) – first black pastor in the Christian Reformed Church, active in the civil rights movement alongside Martin Luther King, Jr., pioneers "street academies" for disadvantaged New York City youth * Travis Roy (COM '00) – leading activist for spinal cord injury survivors, founder of the Travis Roy Foundation * Jean Kilbourne (GRS '80) – activist filmmaker, '' Killing Us Softly'', famous for work on the image of women in advertising and her critical studies of alcohol and tobacco advertising, National Women's Hall of Fame inductee * Elizabeth Meyer Glaser (WED '70) – child advocate, AIDS activist and co-founder of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation * Zalman Schachter-Shalomi (STH '56) – founder of the Jewish Renewal movement, innovator in ecumenical dialogue * Carl F. H. Henry (STF '49) – theologian, one of the most influential figures in the development of Neo-Evangelicalism * Roger Blanchard (CAS '32) – American bishop of the Episcopal Church, church's Bishop of Southern Ohio (1959–1970) * Andrew Z. Lopatin (CAS '87) –

Rhodes Scholar The Rhodes Scholarship is an international Postgraduate education, postgraduate award for students to study at the University of Oxford in Oxford, United Kingdom. The scholarship is open to people from all backgrounds around the world. Esta ...

, Orthodox Jewish rabbi and President of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah (1930–1950) * Walter A. Maier (STH '13) – speaker for '' The Lutheran Hour'' radio broadcast (1930–1950) * Richard Joseph Malone (STH '81) – Bishop of Portland (2004–2012), Bishop of Buffalo (2012–2019) * Woodie W. White (STH '61) –

Bishop A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of Episcopal polity, authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance and administration of di ...

of the

North Central region, Bishop-In-Residence at

Emory University Emory University is a private university, private research university in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It was founded in 1836 as Emory College by the Methodist Episcopal Church and named in honor of Methodist bishop John Emory. Its main campu ...

Arts and culture

File:Brice Marden 1975.jpg, link=, Brice Marden (CFA '61), important figure in

Abstract Expressionism Abstract expressionism in the United States emerged as a distinct art movement in the aftermath of World War II and gained mainstream acceptance in the 1950s, a shift from the American social realism of the 1930s influenced by the Great Depressi ...

and

Minimalism In visual arts, music, and other media, minimalism is an art movement that began in the post-war era in western art. The movement is often interpreted as a reaction to abstract expressionism and modernism; it anticipated contemporary post-mi ...

, member of

, in 2020 an abstract painting, ''Complements'', sold at

Christie's Christie's is a British auction house founded in 1766 by James Christie (auctioneer), James Christie. Its main premises are on King Street, St James's in London, and it has additional salerooms in New York, Paris, Hong Kong, Milan, Geneva, Shan ...

for $30.9 million, eclipsing

Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (; ; 15 July 1606 – 4 October 1669), mononymously known as Rembrandt was a Dutch Golden Age painter, printmaker, and Drawing, draughtsman. He is generally considered one of the greatest visual artists in ...

File:Pat Steir.JPG, link=, Pat Steir (CFA '60), painter and figure in

movement,

(1982), member of

File:Aesop Rock Mezzanine San Francisco 2007.jpg, link=, Aesop Rock (CFA '98), leading

hip hop Hip-hop or hip hop (originally disco rap) is a popular music genre that emerged in the early 1970s from the African-American community of New York City. The style is characterized by its synthesis of a wide range of musical techniques. Hip- ...

figure of underground and alternative hip hop acts that emerged during the late 1990s and early 2000s File:Matt Squire.jpg, link=, Matt Squire (CAS '99), platinum music producer for

Ariana Grande Ariana Grande-Butera ( ; born June 26, 1993) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Regarded as a pop icon and an influential figure in popular music, Grande is known for her four-octave vocal range, which extends into the whistle re ...

Demi Lovato Demetria Devonne "Demi" Lovato ( ; born August 20, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. After appearing on the children's television series ''Barney & Friends'' (2002–2004), she starred in the Disney Channel short series ...

Selena Gomez Selena Marie Gomez ( ; born July 22, 1992) is an American actress, singer, songwriter, producer, and businesswoman. Gomez began her career as a child actress, appearing on the children's television series ''Barney & Friends'' (2002–2004), a ...

Kesha Kesha Rose Sebert (born March 1, 1987), formerly stylized as Ke$ha, is an American singer and songwriter. Her first major success came in 2009 when she was featured on rapper Flo Rida's number-one single, "Right Round". Kesha's music and ima ...

One Direction One Direction, often shortened to 1D, were an English-Irish pop boy band formed in London in 2010. The group consisted of Niall Horan, Zayn Malik (until his departure in 2015), Liam Payne, Harry Styles, and Louis Tomlinson. The group sold o ...

Art

* Bernard Berenson (CAS 1887*) – prominent art historian of the early 20th century and major figure in the attribution of

Old Master In art history, "Old Master" (or "old master")Old Masters De ...

s * Franz Kline (CFA '35) – painter, important figure in

, part of the New York School with

Pollock Pollock or pollack (pronounced ) is the common name used for either of the two species of North Atlantic ocean, marine fish in the genus ''Pollachius''. ''Pollachius pollachius'' is referred to as "pollock" in North America, Ireland and the Unit ...

, de Kooning,

Motherwell Motherwell (, ) is a List of towns and cities in Scotland by population, town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, south east of Glasgow. It has a population of around 32,120. Shires of Scotland, Historically in the p ...

, a 1957 untitled painting sold at

for $40.4 million * Cyrus Dallin (CFA '37) – sculptor of iconic sculptures including Paul Revere, Appeal to the Great Spirit and Angel Maroni (honorary degree) * Paul Caponigro (CFA '50) – two

s, three grants from the NEA * Calvin Burnett (CFA '60) – artist, exhibited extensively at the Smithsonian and

Brooklyn Museum The Brooklyn Museum is an art museum in the New York City borough (New York City), borough of Brooklyn. At , the museum is New York City's second largest and contains an art collection with around 500,000 objects. Located near the Prospect Heig ...

* Pat Steir (CFA '60) – painter,

(1982), member of

* Arnold Glimcher (CFA '61) – founder of Pace Gallery, which sells more than $400 million in art annually * Lorraine Shemesh (CFA '61) – artist,

, elected to the National Academy of Design * Brice Marden (CFA '61) – painter, known for his paintings that fuse

and

, member of

, in 2020 an abstract painting, ''Complements'' (2004–2007) sold at

for $30.9 million, eclipsing old masters like

* Richard Yarde (CFA '62, '64) – artist and professor, specialized in watercolor painting * Rick Meyerowitz (CFA '65) – illustrator, best known for '' National Lampoon'' cover-art, creator of poster for the comedy film ''

Animal House ''National Lampoon's Animal House'' is a 1978 American comedy film directed by John Landis and written by Harold Ramis, Douglas Kenney and Chris Miller (writer), Chris Miller. It stars John Belushi, Tim Matheson, John Vernon, Verna Bloom, Tom ...

'' * Jane Aaron (CFA '69) – illustrator,

(1985), ''

Sesame Street ''Sesame Street'' is an American educational television, 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 Worksh ...

'', '' Between the Lions'' * Mark Rosewater (COM '69) – head designer for '' Magic: The Gathering'', the first trading card game (2003–present) * Jon Imber (CFA '77) – painter, important figure in Boston Expressionism * Andrew Raftery (CFA '84) – painter,

(2008) * Alexi Worth (CFA '93) – painter,

(2009) * Jennifer Guidi (CFA '94) – painter, in collections of the Hammer Museum, Guggenheim Museum, and Marciano Art Foundation * Sedrick Huckaby (CFA '97) – artist,

(2008) * Robert T. Freeman (CFA '97) – painter, member of the Boston Arts Commission * Lizet Benrey – painter * Ida Lorentzen – American-born Norwegian artist

Music

* Miriam Gideon (CAS '26) –

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and def ...

, first woman to write a complete synagogue service, among most recorded female composers of her era, second woman inducted into American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters in 1975 * Samuel Adler (CFA '48) – composer, American Classical Music Hall of Fame, founder and conductor of the Seventh Army Symphony Orchestra, member of the

* George Wein (CAS '50) –

Grammy Award The Grammy Awards, stylized as GRAMMY, and often referred to as The Grammys, are awards presented by The Recording Academy of the United States to recognize outstanding achievements in music. They are regarded by many as the most prestigious ...

-winning jazz musician, promoter, founder of the

Newport Jazz Festival The Newport Jazz Festival is an annual American multi-day jazz music festival held every summer in Newport, Rhode Island. Elaine Lorillard established the festival in 1954, and she and husband Louis Lorillard financed it for many years. They hire ...

, the Newport Folk Festival, and the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival * Don Ellis (CFA '56) – trumpeter, jazz composer *

Joan Baez Joan Chandos Baez (, ; born January 9, 1941) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and activist. Her contemporary folk music often includes songs of protest and social justice. Baez has performed publicly for over 60 years, releasing mo ...

(CFA 1958*) – folk singer,

Grammy The Grammy Awards, stylized as GRAMMY, and often referred to as The Grammys, are awards presented by The Recording Academy of the United States to recognize outstanding achievements in music. They are regarded by many as the most prestigious a ...

's Lifetime Achievement Award (2007), one of ''

Rolling Stone ''Rolling Stone'' is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture. It was founded in San Francisco, California, in 1967 by Jann Wenner and the music critic Ralph J. Gleason. The magazine was first known fo ...

'' 200 Greatest Singers of All Time * James Billings (CFA '57) – operatic baritone, opera librettist, opera director, member of the

New York City Opera The New York City Opera (NYCO) is an American opera company located in Manhattan in New York City. The company has been active from 1943 through its 2013 bankruptcy, and again since 2016 when it was revived. The opera company, dubbed "the peopl ...

* Alan Wilson (CFA '64*) – co-founder, leader, co-lead singer, and primary composer of the

blues Blues is a music genre and musical form that originated among African Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues has incorporated spiritual (music), spirituals, work songs, field hollers, Ring shout, shouts, cha ...

band

Canned Heat Canned Heat is an American blues rock band that was formed in Los Angeles in 1965. The group has been noted for its efforts to promote interest in blues music and its original artists. It was launched by two blues enthusiasts, Alan Wilson and ...

, known for hits " On the Road Again" and " Going Up the Country" * Doug Yule (CFA 1966*) – musician, member of

the Velvet Underground The Velvet Underground were an American Rock music, rock band formed in New York City in 1964. Its classic lineup consisted of singer and guitarist Lou Reed, Welsh multi-instrumentalist John Cale, guitarist Sterling Morrison, and percussionis ...

(1968–1973), ranked number 19 on ''

''s list of the " 100 Greatest Artists of All Time" (2004),

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (RRHOF), also simply referred to as the Rock Hall, is a museum and hall of fame located in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, United States, on the shore of Lake Erie. The museum documents the history of rock music and the ...

inductee * Anthony & Joseph Paratore (CFA '66; CFA '70) – piano duo * Norman Greenbaum (CFA '67*) – musician, " Spirit in the Sky", amongst best-selling one hit-wonders of all time * Kate Pierson (COM '70) – singer, lyricist, and founding member of the B-52's * Jeff Baxter (CAS '71*) – guitarist, Steely Dan,

Doobie Brothers The Doobie Brothers are an American rock music, rock band formed in San Jose, California in 1970. Known for their flexibility in performing across numerous genres and their Vocal harmony, vocal harmonies, the band has been active for over five d ...

, Spirit;

* James Montgomery (CAS '71) –

musician, The James Montgomery Blues Band * David de Berry (CFA '76) – theater composer, known for 1987 score of

Charles Dickens Charles John Huffam Dickens (; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English novelist, journalist, short story writer and Social criticism, social critic. He created some of literature's best-known fictional characters, and is regarded by ...

's ''

A Christmas Carol ''A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas'', commonly known as ''A Christmas Carol'', is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843 and illustrated by John Leech. It recounts the ...

'' * Anthony Tommasini (CFA '82) – chief classical music critic for ''

The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of ...

'' (2000–2021) * Mwalim (CAS '91, COM '93) – composer, pianist, conductor, singer, playwright, director, actor * Mary Timony (CAS '92) –

indie rock Indie rock is a Music subgenre, subgenre of rock music that originated in the United Kingdom, United States and New Zealand in the early to mid-1980s. Although the term was originally used to describe rock music released through independent reco ...

musician * Joan Wasser (CFA '92) –

musician * Paula Kelley (CAS '93) –

indie pop Indie pop (also typeset as indie-pop or indiepop) is a music genre and subculture that combines guitar pop with a DIY ethic in opposition to the style and tone of mainstream pop music. It originated from British post-punk in the late 1970s and s ...

singer-songwriter * Justine Susanna Gamache (CFA '94, CFA '99) – indie

synth-pop Synth-pop (short for synthesizer pop; also called techno-pop; ) is a music genre that first became prominent in the late 1970s and features the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s b ...

musician, lead singer of Freezepop * Valerie Coleman (CFA '95) – composer, named "one of the Top 35 Women Composers" by ''

The Washington Post ''The Washington Post'', locally known as ''The'' ''Post'' and, informally, ''WaPo'' or ''WP'', is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital. It is the most widely circulated newspaper in the Washington m ...

'' *

PSY Park Jae-sang (; born December 31, 1977), better known by his stage name Psy ( ; ), is a South Korean rapper and singer-songwriter, known domestically for his humorous music videos and stage performances and internationally for his hit singl ...

(QST 1996*) – Korean rapper best known for "

Gangnam Style "Gangnam Style" () is a K-pop song by South Korean singer Psy, released on July 15, 2012, by YG Entertainment as the lead single of his sixth studio album, ''Psy 6 (Six Rules), Part 1'' (''Ssai Yukgap Part 1''). The term "Gangnam Style" is a n ...

" * Noah Lennox (STH 1997*) – experimental musician, founding member of Animal Collective * Brian Fair (CAS '97) –

-nominated lead vocalist of Shadows Fall * Aesop Rock (CFA '98) –

musician * Matt Squire (CAS '99) – platinum music producer for

* Morris Robinson (CFA '01) – opera singer, first African-American artist to sign with a major classical record label * Alexandra Fol (CFA '02) – Canadian composer * Edwin Barker – principal double bass, Boston Symphony Orchestra * William Waterhouse – violinist, Boston Symphony Orchestra (1975–1987), principal 2nd violin, Boston Pops * Eugene Izotov – principal oboe,

Chicago Symphony Orchestra The Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) is an American symphony orchestra based in Chicago, Illinois. Founded by Theodore Thomas in 1891, the ensemble has been based in the Symphony Center since 1904 and plays a summer season at the Ravinia F ...

* Lan Shui – music director, Singapore Symphony Orchestra * David Daniels – music director, Warren Symphony Orchestra (Michigan) 1974–2010

Popular culture

Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy Carolyn Jeanne Bessette-Kennedy (née Bessette; January 7, 1966 – July 16, 1999) was an American fashion publicist. She worked for Calvin Klein until her 1996 marriage to attorney and publisher John F. Kennedy Jr. Her life and fashion sense ...

(WED '88) – socialite, publicist, wife of

John F. Kennedy Jr. John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr. (November 25, 1960 – July 16, 1999), often referred to as John-John or JFK Jr., was an American socialite, attorney, magazine publisher, and journalist. He was a son of 35th United States president John F. K ...

* Jenna Mourey (WED '10) – the most popular female personality on

YouTube YouTube is an American social media and online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim who were three former employees of PayPal. Headquartered in ...

with 1.8 billion video views and 20 million subscribers * Judy Smith (COM '80) – crisis manager who inspired ''

Scandal A scandal can be broadly defined as the strong social reactions of outrage, anger, or surprise, when accusations or rumours circulate or appear for some reason, regarding a person or persons who are perceived to have transgressed in some way a ...

s Olivia Pope, played by

Kerry Washington Kerry Marisa Washington (born January 31, 1977) SidebarCertificate of Live Birth: Isabelle Amarachi Asomugha(County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health). Gives Kerry Washington birth dateArchivedfrom the original on May 2, 2016.Note: Fil ...

* Elizabeth (Sadie) Holloway Marston (LAW '88) – co-creator of the comic book character

Wonder Woman Wonder Woman is a superheroine who appears in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appeared in ''All Star Comics'' Introducing Wonder Woman, #8, published October 21, 1941, with her first feature in ''Sensation Comic ...

Olivia Culpo Olivia Frances Culpo (born May 8, 1992) is an American model, actress, and media personality. Culpo has won Miss Rhode Island USA, Miss USA 2012, and Miss Universe 2012. Early life and education Olivia Frances Culpo was born on May 8, 1992, ...

– Miss USA 2012 from

Rhode Island Rhode Island ( ) is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Connecticut to its west; Massachusetts to its north and east; and the Atlantic Ocean to its south via Rhode Island Sound and Block Is ...

Miss Universe 2012 Miss Universe 2012 was the 61st Miss Universe pageant, held at the PH Live at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States on December 19, 2012. The contest was won by Olivia Culpo of the United States, who was crow ...

* Olivia Jordan – Miss World United States 2013, Top 20 at Miss World 2013. She is also Miss USA 2015 representing

Oklahoma Oklahoma ( ; Choctaw language, Choctaw: , ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Texas to the south and west, Kansas to the north, Missouri to the northea ...

* Frank Reed Horton (LAW '17) – founder and first national president of Alpha Phi Omega, the largest collegiate fraternity in the

* Wavy Gravy (CFA '61*) – entertainer, peace activist, best known for his role at Woodstock * Joyce Jillson (CFA '67) official astrologer for Twentieth Century Fox Studios, suggesting astrologically favorable dates for film openings, including ''

Star Wars ''Star Wars'' is an American epic film, epic space opera media franchise created by George Lucas, which began with the Star Wars (film), eponymous 1977 film and Cultural impact of Star Wars, quickly became a worldwide popular culture, pop cu ...

'' on May 25, 1977

Business

File:ShariRedstoneCPJ (cropped).jpg, link=, Shari Redstone (LAW '80), President of

National Amusements National Amusements, Inc. is an American privately owned movie theater operator and mass media holding company incorporated in Maryland and based in Norwood, Massachusetts. The company owned 69 theaters and 667 screens throughout the United Stat ...

, which owns CBS,

Comedy Central Comedy Central is an American Cable television in the United States, cable television channel, channel owned by Paramount Global through its Paramount Media Networks, network division's Paramount Media Networks#MTV Entertainment Group, MTV Ente ...

, BET,

Showtime Networks Showtime Networks, Inc. is a subsidiary of American media conglomerate Paramount Global under its networks division that oversees the company's premium cable television channels, including its flagship namesake service. Overview The compan ...

Nickelodeon Nickelodeon (nicknamed Nick) is an American pay television channel and the flagship property of the Nickelodeon Group, a sub-division of the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global. Launched on April 1, 1979, as the first ca ...

MTV MTV (an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable television television channel, channel and the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group sub-division of the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global. Launched on ...

and

Paramount Pictures Paramount Pictures Corporation, commonly known as Paramount Pictures or simply Paramount, is an American film production company, production and Distribution (marketing), distribution company and the flagship namesake subsidiary of Paramount ...

File:Joe Roth at Sounders Victory Rally, 2016.jpg, link=, Joe Roth (COM '71), chairman, Walt Disney Studios, chairman,

20th Century Fox 20th Century Studios, Inc., formerly 20th Century Fox, is an American film studio, film production and Film distributor, distribution company owned by the Walt Disney Studios (division), Walt Disney Studios, the film studios division of the ...

, founder of major American film studio, Morgan Creek Entertainment File:Nancy Dubuc.jpg, link=, Nancy Dubuc (COM '91), CEO,

Vice Media Vice Media Group LLC is a Canadian-American digital media and broadcasting company. Vice Media encompasses four main business areas: Vice Studios Group (film and TV production); Vice TV (a joint venture with A&E Networks, also known as Vicelan ...

, CEO and President, A+E Networks File:Bonnie Hammer.jpg, link=, Bonnie Hammer (COM '71, WED '75), Vice-chairman,

NBCUniversal NBCUniversal Media, LLC (abbreviated as NBCU and Trade name, doing business as NBCUniversal or Comcast NBCUniversal since 2013) is an American Multinational corporation, multinational mass media and Show business, entertainment conglomerate (comp ...

File:Ted Harbert.jpg, link=, Ted Harbert (COM '77), chairman, NBC Broadcasting, President and CEO of the Comcast Entertainment Group, and Chairman of ABC Entertainment File:Brian Bedol at Fortune Brainstorm TECH 2011.jpg, link=, Brian Bedol (COM '80) – creator of

ESPN Classic ESPN Classic was an American multinational pay television television network, network owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (which controlled an 80% stake) and Hearst Communications (which had 20%). The channel was ...

, which became

ESPN ESPN (an initialism of their original name, which was the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by the Walt Disney Company (80% and operational control) and Hearst Commu ...

, founder and CEO,

CBS Sports Network CBS Sports Network (a.k.a. CBSSN) is an American digital cable and satellite television network owned by the CBS Entertainment Group unit of Paramount Global. When it launched in 2002 as the National College Sports Network (later College Sports ...

* Allen Questrom (QST '64) – CEO of Macy's, Neiman Marcus,

Barneys New York Barneys New York is an American brand founded in 1923 by Barney Pressman that operated full-line department stores from 1923 until 2020. Authentic Brands Group acquired Barneys' intellectual property in 2019, and has licensed the brand to Saks F ...

, and

JCPenney Penney OpCo LLC , Trade name, doing business as JCPenney (colloquially Penney's and abbreviated JCP) is an American department store chain store, chain with 649 stores across 49 U.S. states and Puerto Rico. It is managed as part of the Catalys ...

* Karen S. Lynch (QST '99) – CEO,

CVS Health CVS Health Corporation is an American healthcare company that owns CVS Pharmacy, a retail pharmacy chain; CVS Caremark, a pharmacy benefits manager; and Aetna, a health insurance provider, among many other brands. The company is the worl ...

* Reshma Kewalramani (CAS '75, MED '78) – President and CEO, Vertex Pharmaceuticals * Christine Poon (QST '83) – chairman,

Johnson & Johnson Johnson & Johnson (J&J) is an American multinational pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical technologies corporation headquartered in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Its common stock is a c ...

* John F. Smith Jr. (QST '65) – chairman and CEO of

General Motors General Motors Company (GM) is an American Multinational corporation, multinational Automotive industry, automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, United States. The company is most known for owning and manufacturing f ...

* David Zaslav (LAW '85) – CEO and President, Warner Bros., oversaw merger of

Discovery Discovery may refer to: * Discovery (observation), observing or finding something unknown * Discovery (fiction), a character's learning something unknown * Discovery (law), a process in courts of law relating to evidence Discovery, The Discovery ...

and

WarnerMedia Warner Media, LLC (Trade name, doing business as WarnerMedia) was an American multinational corporation, multinational mass media and show business, entertainment conglomerate (company), conglomerate owned by AT&T. It was headquartered at the 30 ...

* Joe Roth (COM '71) – chairman, Walt Disney Studios (1994–2000); chairman,

(1989–1993), Caravan Pictures (1993–1994), and founder of major American film studio, Morgan Creek Entertainment * Nina Tassler (CFA '79) – chairman, CBS * Brian Bedol (COM '80) – creator of

, founder and CEO,

* Shari Redstone (LAW '80) – Vice Chairman, Viacom and CBS, ''

Time Time is the continuous progression of existence that occurs in an apparently irreversible process, irreversible succession from the past, through the present, and into the future. It is a component quantity of various measurements used to sequ ...

''s list of the 100 most influential people in the world, and ''

Forbes ''Forbes'' () is an American business magazine founded by B. C. Forbes in 1917. It has been owned by the Hong Kong–based investment group Integrated Whale Media Investments since 2014. Its chairman and editor-in-chief is Steve Forbes. The co ...

'' list of the World's 100 Most Powerful Women * Bonnie Hammer (COM '71, WED '75) – chairman,

* Ted Harbert (COM '77) – chairman, NBC Broadcasting, President and CEO of the Comcast Entertainment Group, and Chairman of ABC Entertainment * Luca Maestri (QST '91) – CFO,

Apple An apple is a round, edible fruit produced by an apple tree (''Malus'' spp.). Fruit trees of the orchard or domestic apple (''Malus domestica''), the most widely grown in the genus, are agriculture, cultivated worldwide. The tree originated ...

* Tom Szkutak (QST '82) – CFO,

Amazon Amazon most often refers to: * Amazon River, in South America * Amazon rainforest, a rainforest covering most of the Amazon basin * Amazon (company), an American multinational technology company * Amazons, a tribe of female warriors in Greek myth ...

* Edward Zander (QST '75) – chairman and CEO,

Motorola Motorola, Inc. () was an American multinational telecommunications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois. It was founded by brothers Paul and Joseph Galvin in 1928 and had been named Motorola since 1947. Many of Motorola's products had been ...

, President of

Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc., often known as Sun for short, was an American technology company that existed from 1982 to 2010 which developed and sold computers, computer components, software, and information technology services. Sun contributed sig ...

* Dirk Meyer (QST '93) – CEO,

Advanced Micro Devices Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California and maintains significant operations in Austin, Texas. AMD is a Information technology, hardware and F ...

* Warren Albert (CAS '42) – President, Warren Equities, one of the 500 largest privately owned companies,

Brown University Brown University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. It is the List of colonial colleges, seventh-oldest institution of higher education in the US, founded in 1764 as the ' ...

's Warren Alpert Medical School is named after him * Nancy Dubuc (COM '91) – CEO,

, CEO and President, A+E Networks * Steve Broidy (CFA '27*) – President, Monogram Pictures, 1962 Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award from the

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS, often pronounced ; also known as simply the Academy or the Motion Picture Academy) is a professional honorary organization in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., with the stated goal of adva ...

, founding Chairman of

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is a non-profit, Tertiary referral hospital, tertiary, 915-bed teaching hospital and multi-specialty academic health science centre, academic health science center located in Los Angeles, California. Part of the Cedars ...

* Jim Brett (QST '91) – CEO, J.Crew, CEO, West-Elm * Mickey Drexler (QST '68) – CEO, J. Crew * J Allard (CAS '91) – VP,

Microsoft Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company, technology conglomerate headquartered in Redmond, Washington. Founded in 1975, the company became influential in the History of personal computers#The ear ...

, famous for developing the

Xbox Xbox is a video gaming brand that consists of four main home video game console lines, as well as application software, applications (games), the streaming media, streaming service Xbox Cloud Gaming, and online services such as the Xbox networ ...

product family * Jerald G. Fishman (QST) – CEO,

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

* Paul Irwin – CEO, Humane Society * Ken Lin (CAS '98) – founder and CEO, Credit Karma * Jan Brandt – former CMO of AOL and Vice Chair Emeritus of

America Online AOL (formerly a company known as AOL Inc. and originally known as America Online) is an American web portal and online service provider based in New York City, and a brand marketed by Yahoo! Inc. (2017–present), Yahoo! Inc. The service tra ...

Time Warner Warner Media, LLC ( doing business as WarnerMedia) was an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate owned by AT&T. It was headquartered at the 30 Hudson Yards complex in New York City. It was established as Time Warne ...

* Kamal Bahamdan (ENG '94) – Saudi Arabian businessman, CEO, Safanad and five-time Olympic equestrian * Alessandro Benetton (QST '88) – chairman, 21 Investimenti S.p. A, and Deputy Chairman of Benetton Group * Rocco Benetton (QST Chief Executive) – Benetton Formula One Team * Edgar J. Helms (STH 1889*) – founder, Goodwill Industries * Norman Barren (QST '39) – founder, former CEO and President of Marshall's Stores * Marcela Sapone (QST '08, UNI '08) – founder and CEO, Hello Alfred * Stephanie McMahon (COM '98) – EVP, Chief Brand Officer, WWE, member of the McMahon family, owners of WWE * Shane McMahon (COM '93) – EVP, WWE, member of the McMahon family, owners of WWE * John Couris – CEO, Tampa General Hospital 2017

Film, television, and theatre

Film and television

File:BonnieArnoldByPhilKonstantin.jpg, link=, Bonnie Arnold (COM '78), prominent figure in initial wave of computer-animation,

Academy Award The Academy Awards, commonly known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit in film. They are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in the United States in recognition of excellence ...

-nominated producer of ''

Toy Story ''Toy Story'' is a 1995 American animated adventure comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. It is the first installment in the Toy Story (franchise), ''Toy Story'' franchise and the Firsts in animation, firs ...

'' (1995), ''

Tarzan Tarzan (John Clayton, Viscount Greystoke) is a fictional character, a feral child raised in the African jungle by the Mangani great apes; he later experiences civilization, only to reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adventurer. Creat ...

'' (1999), ''

How to Train Your Dragon ''How to Train Your Dragon'' is a media franchise from DreamWorks Animation and loosely based on the book series How to Train Your Dragon (novel series), of the same name by British author Cressida Cowell. It consists of three feature films: '' ...

'' series File:Lauren Shuler Donner SDCC 2013.jpg, link=, Lauren Shuler Donner (COM '71), ''

X-Men The X-Men are a superhero team in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer/editor Stan Lee and artist/co-plotter Jack Kirby, the team first appeared in Uncanny X-Men, ''The X-Men'' #1 (September 1963). Although initial ...

'' film series franchise producer whose films have grossed $5.5 billion File:Michael Williams by Gage Skidmore.jpg, link=, Michael Williams (COM '79),

and

Emmy Award The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the year, each with their own set of rules and award categor ...

-winning producer of '' Queer Eye for the Straight Guy'' and '' Queer Eye'' File:Harold Russell still.jpg, link=,

Harold Russell Harold John Avery Russell (January 14, 1914 – January 29, 2002) was an American World War II veteran and actor. After losing his hands during his military service, Russell was cast in the epic drama film ''The Best Years of Our Lives'' (1946 ...

(QST '49),

-winning actor for ''

The Best Years of Our Lives ''The Best Years of Our Lives'' (also known as ''Glory for Me'' and ''Home Again'') is a 1946 American drama film directed by William Wyler and starring Myrna Loy, Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, Virginia Mayo and Harold Ru ...

'' (1964) the first non-professional actor to win an Oscar for acting File:Faye Dunaway by David Shankbone.jpg, link=,

Faye Dunaway Dorothy Faye Dunaway (born January 14, 1941) is an American actress. She is the recipient of List of awards and nominations received by Faye Dunaway, many accolades, including an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, three Golden Globe Awards, ...

(CFA '62),

-winning actress, '' Bonnie and Clyde'' (1967)'', Network'' (1976), '' Chinatown'' (1974), a powerful emblem of

New Hollywood The New Hollywood, Hollywood Renaissance, American New Wave, or New American Cinema (not to be confused with the New American Cinema of the 1960s that was part of Experimental film, avant-garde underground film, underground cinema), was a movemen ...

File:Geena Davis 2013 (cropped).jpg, link=, Geena Davis (CFA '79),

-winning actress, '' The Accidental Tourist'' (1989), '' Thelma & Louise'' (1992), ''

Beetlejuice ''Beetlejuice'' is a 1988 American Gothic film, gothic dark fantasy comedy horror film directed by Tim Burton from a screenplay by Michael McDowell (author), Michael McDowell and Warren Skaaren based on a story by McDowell and Larry Wilson (sc ...

'' (1988), '' A League of Their Own'' (1992) File:Julianne Moore (15011443428).jpg, link=,

Julianne Moore Julie Anne Smith (born December 3, 1960), known professionally as Julianne Moore, is an American actress and children's author. Prolific in film since the early 1990s, she is known for her portrayals of emotionally troubled women in independent ...

(CFA '83) –

-winning actress, ranked 11th on ''

'' best actors of the 21st century, named to '' Time's'' 100 (2015) File:Alfre Woodard VES3125.jpg, link=, Alfre Woodard (CFA '74) –

-winning actress, ranked 17th on ''

'' best actors of the 21st century File:Olympia Dukakis 2019.jpg, link=, Olympia Dukakis (SAR '53, CFA '57),

-winning actress, ''

Moonstruck ''Moonstruck'' is a 1987 American romantic comedy film directed by Norman Jewison and written by John Patrick Shanley. It stars Cher as a widowed Italian-American woman who falls in love with her fiancé's hot-tempered, estranged younger broth ...

'' (1987), ''

Steel Magnolias ''Steel Magnolias'' is a 1989 American comedy drama film directed by Herbert Ross and starring Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Shirley MacLaine, Daryl Hannah, Olympia Dukakis, and Julia Roberts. The screenplay by Robert Harling is based on hi ...

'' (1989) File:David Kelley.jpg, link=, David E. Kelley (LAW '83),

Peabody Award The George Foster Peabody Awards (or simply Peabody Awards or the Peabodys) program, named for the American businessman and philanthropist George Foster Peabody, George Peabody, honor what are described as the most powerful, enlightening, and in ...

and

-winning producer of ''

L.A. Law ''L.A. Law'' is an American legal drama television series created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher for NBC. It ran for eight seasons and List of L.A. Law episodes, 172 episodes from September 15, 1986, to May 19, 1994. The series cente ...

,'' '' Picket Fences,

The Practice ''The Practice'' is an American legal drama television series created by David E. Kelley centering on partners and associates at a Boston law firm. The show ran for eight seasons on ABC, from March 4, 1997, to May 16, 2004. It won an Emmy i ...

, Ally McBeal, Chicago Hope, Big Little Lies'', '' Boston Legal'' File:Andy Cohen at Digitas NewFront 2012 (7116540321) (cropped).jpg, link=, Andy Cohen (COM '90),

and

-winning host, executive producer of the '' Real Housewives'' franchise File:Safdie Brothers (2010).png, link=,

Safdie brothers Josh Safdie, Joshua Henry Safdie (born April 3, 1984) and Benny Safdie, Benjamin Safdie (born February 24, 1986) are independent American filmmakers and actors based in New York City, who frequently collaborate on their films. They are best know ...

(COM '08, '09) – co-directors of A24's '' Uncut Gems'',

Palme d'Or The (; ) is the highest prize awarded to the director of the Best Feature Film of the Official Competition at the Cannes Film Festival. It was introduced in 1955 by the festival's organizing committee. Previously, from 1939 to 1954, the festiv ...

-nominee ''Good Time'', '' Heaven Knows What,'' co-founders of Elara Pictures File:Uzo Aduba 2014 (cropped).jpg, link=, Uzo Aduba (CFA '05) – three-time

-winning actress in

Netflix Netflix is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service. The service primarily distributes original and acquired films and television shows from various genres, and it is available internationally in multiple lang ...

's '' Orange Is the New Black'' and

Hulu Hulu (, ) is an American Subscription business model, subscription streaming media service owned by Disney Streaming, a subsidiary of the Disney Entertainment segment of the Walt Disney Company. It was launched on October 29, 2007, initially as ...

's '' Mrs. America'' File:Hong Chau, MTV 2018.png, link=, Hong Chau (COM '01) –

-nominated actress, '' The Whale,'' '' The Menu''. '' Asteroid City'', '' Showing Up,'' ''Downsizing'' File:Chiklis.jpg, link=, Michael Chiklis (CFA '86) –

and

Golden Globe Award The Golden Globe Awards are awards presented for excellence in both international film and television. It is an annual award ceremony held since 1944 to honor artists and professionals and their work. The ceremony is normally held every Janua ...

-winning actor, FX's '' The Shield'', The Thing in ''Fantastic Four'' films ''List of notable alumni in the film and television industry listed by graduation year.'' * Samuel Bischoff (CAS '22) – prolific Warner Bros. and RKO Studios producer of

classical Hollywood cinema In film criticism, Classical Hollywood cinema is both a narrative and visual style of filmmaking that first developed in the 1910s to 1920s during the later years of the Silent film#Silent film era, silent film era. It then became characteristi ...

, producing over 400 full-length including '' The Roaring Twenties'' (1939), '' The Last Mile'' (1932), '' The Strangler'' (1964) *

(QST '49) –

-winning actor, Best Supporting Actor in ''

,'' the first non-professional actor to win an Oscar for acting, chairman of the President's Commission on Employment of the Handicapped * Albert and David Maysles (CAS '51) –

-winning documentarians, early pioneers of direct cinema genre, known for '' Salesman'' (1969), '' Gimme Shelter'' (1970) and '' Grey Gardens'' (1975), awarded 2013

by President Obama * Olympia Dukakis (SAR '53, CFA '57) –

-winning actress, Best Supporting Actress in ''

'' (1987), ''

'' (1989), feature-length documentary about her life, '' Olympia'' (2018), cousin of U.S. Governor

Michael Dukakis Michael Stanley Dukakis ( ; born November 3, 1933) is an American politician and lawyer who served as governor of Massachusetts from 1975 to 1979 and from 1983 to 1991. He is the longest-serving governor in Massachusetts history and only the s ...

* Russell Morash (CFA '57) – pioneer of lifestyle and how-to television,

-winning director of '' The French Chef,'' starring Julia Child, '' This Old House'', '' New Yankee Workshop'' * Jean Firstenberg (COM '58) – President and CEO of the

American Film Institute The American Film Institute (AFI) is an American nonprofit film organization that educates filmmakers and honors the heritage of the History of cinema in the United States, motion picture arts in the United States. AFI is supported by private fu ...

(1980–2007) and the only woman to serve in the role, awarded the AFI Life Achievement Award, member of the

California State University The California State University (Cal State or CSU) is a Public university, public university system in California, and the List of largest universities and university networks by enrollment, largest public university system in the United States ...

Board of Trustees * Jonathan Goldsmith (CFA '58) – actor, Mamma Mia!, face of

Dos Equis DOS (, ) is a family of disk-based operating systems for IBM PC compatible computers. The DOS family primarily consists of IBM PC DOS and a rebranded version, Microsoft's MS-DOS, both of which were introduced in 1981. Later compatible systems ...

, ' The Most Interesting Man in the World' * John Cazale (CFA '59) – actor, appeared in five films, all of which were nominated for the

Academy Award for Best Picture The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the Academy Awards (also known as Oscars) presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) since the awards debuted in 1929. This award goes to the producers of the film a ...

and were selected for U.S. National Film Registry in the of the Library of Congress: ''

The Godfather ''The Godfather'' is a 1972 American Epic film, epic crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mario Puzo, based on Puzo's best-selling The Godfather (novel), 1969 novel. The film stars an ensemble cast inc ...

'' (1972), '' The Conversation'' (1974), ''

The Godfather Part II ''The Godfather Part II'' is a 1974 American epic film, epic crime film produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola, loosely based on the 1969 novel ''The Godfather (novel), The Godfather'' by Mario Puzo, who co-wrote the screenplay with Cop ...

'' (1974), '' Dog Day Afternoon'' (1975), and '' The Deer Hunter'' (1978), husband of Meryl Streep * Marian Morash (CFA '59) – television personality, on-air chef for '' Crocket's Victory Garden'', author of ''The Victory Garden Cookbook'' * Verna Bloom (CFA '59) – actress, '' Medium Cool'' and '' National Lampoon's Animal House'' * Ed Bishop (CFA '60) – actor, '' UFO'', Captain Blue in '' Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons'', Fulbright Scholar *

(CFA '62) –

-winning actress, regarded as powerful emblem of

* Göksel Kortay (CFA '62) – actress, voice actress, translator, and lecturer * Tobin Bell (CFA '64) – actor, icon of horror genre, John Kramer / Jigsaw in the ''Saw'' franchise, starring in eight of ''

Saw A saw is a tool consisting of a tough blade, Wire saw, wire, or Chainsaw, chain with a hard toothed edge used to cut through material. Various terms are used to describe toothed and abrasive saws. Saws began as serrated materials, and when man ...

'' (2004) sequels * Stanley Kamel (CFA '65) – actor, best known for playing Dr. Charles Kroger on ''

Monk A monk (; from , ''monachos'', "single, solitary" via Latin ) is a man who is a member of a religious order and lives in a monastery. A monk usually lives his life in prayer and contemplation. The concept is ancient and can be seen in many reli ...

'' (2002–2008) * Lenny Baker (CFA '66) –

Tony Award The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award, recognizes excellence in live Broadway theatre. The awards are presented by the American Theatre Wing and The Broadway League at an annual ce ...

-winning and

Golden Globe The Golden Globe Awards are awards presented for excellence in both international film and television. It is an annual award ceremony held since 1944 to honor artists and professionals and their work. The ceremony is normally held every Januar ...

-nominated actor in '' Next Stop, Greenwich Village'' (1976) and '' I Love My Wife'' (1977) * Paul Michael Glaser (CFA '67) – actor, ABC series ''

Starsky & Hutch ''Starsky & Hutch'' is an American action television series, which consisted of a 72-minute pilot movie (originally aired as a '' Movie of the Week'' entry) and 92 episodes of 50 minutes each. The show was created by William Blinn (inspired ...

'' * Trish Vradenburg (CAS '68) – screenwriter, philanthropist, '' Designing Women,'' ''Kate and Allie,'' ''Family Ties'' * Will Lyman (CFA '71) –

-winning narrator of Public Broadcasting Service, PBS series ''Frontline (US TV series), Frontline'' (1984–present) * Lauren Shuler Donner (COM '71) – ''

'' film series franchise producer, films have grossed around $5.5 billion * Robin Bartlett (CFA '73) – actress, NBC's ''The Powers That Be (TV series), The Powers That Be'' and ''Mad About You,'' recurring on ''American Horror Story'' * Alfre Woodard (CFA '74) –

-nominated and

-winning actress, Best Supporting Actress for ''Cross Creek (film), Cross Creek'' (1983), "The 25 Greatest Actors of the 21st Century" by ''

,'' board member of

* Paul Reubens (CFA '74*) –

-winning actor, creating and portraying the character Pee-wee Herman in ''The Pee-wee Herman Show'' and ''Pee-wee's Playhouse,'' ranked in TV Guide's 'Top 10 Cult Shows Ever' * David Garrison (CFA '74) – Tony Awards, Tony Award-nominated actor, Al Bundy's neighbor on ''Married... with Children'' * John Snyder (CFA '74) – actor, voice actor * Bruce Feirstein (COM '75) – screenwriter of three James Bond films ''GoldenEye, Tomorrow Never Dies, The World Is Not Enough'' * Rick Heinrichs (CFA '76) –

-winning production designer, Academy Award for Best Production Design, Best Production Design for ''Sleepy Hollow (film), Sleepy Hollow'' * Reed Birney (COM '76*) – Tony Awards, Tony Award-winning actor, ''Mass (2021 film), Mass'' (2021), '' The Menu'' (2022), recurring roles in ''Gossip Girl,'' ''House of Cards (American TV series), House of Cards'' * Ethan Phillips (CAS '77) – actor, playwright, Neelix on ''Star Trek: Voyager,'' Pete Downey on ''Benson (TV series), Benson'' * Bonnie Arnold (COM '78) – prominent figure in initial wave of computer-animation, producer of ''

'', ''

'' * Geena Davis (CFA '79) –

-winning actress, Best Supporting Actress in '' The Accidental Tourist''(1989), Academy Award for Best Actress, Best Actress nominee for '' Thelma & Louise'' (1992), starred in ''

'', '' A League of Their Own,'' awarded honorary Oscar Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for those "whose humanitarian efforts have brought credit to the industry" * Michael Williams (COM '79) –

and

-winning producer, '' Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, Queer Eye'' * Peter Del Vecho (CFA '80) –

-winning producer, Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, Best Animated Feature film ''Frozen (2013 film), Frozen'' * Jason Alexander (CFA '81) –

and

-winning actor, best known for George Costanza on ''Seinfeld'' * Kevin Burns (COM '81) –

-winning producer of A&E Network, A&E's ''Biography (TV series), Biography'' series, also ''Ancient Aliens, America's Book of Secrets'' * Debbie Liebling, Deborah Liebling (COM '81) –

-nominated producer, President of Production at Universal Pictures, responsible for ''South Park'' *

(CFA '83) –

-winning actress, Academy Award for Best Actress, Best Actress for ''Still Alice'' (2014), Academy Award for Best Actress, Best Actress nominee for ''The End of the Affair (1999 film), The End of the Affair'' (2000) and ''Far from Heaven'' (2003)'','' Best Supporting Actress for ''Boogie Nights''(1998) and ''The Hours (film), The Hours'' (2003)'','' ranked eleventh on ''

'' list of the greatest actors of the 21st century'',''named to '' Time's'' Time 100, 100 most influential people in the world in 2015 * Mariel Hemingway (CFA '83) –

-nominated actress for Woody Allen's ''Manhattan (1979 film), Manhattan,'' granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway * Christopher Cousins (CFA '83) – actor, List of characters in the Breaking Bad franchise#Ted Beneke, Ted Beneke on ''Breaking Bad,'' Cain Rogan on ''One Life to Live,'' also in ''Revolution (TV series), Revolution'' * Richard N. Gladstein, Richard Gladstein (COM '83) –

-nominated producer, ''Pulp Fiction'', ''She's All That, The Bourne Identity (2002 film), The Bourne Identity'' * David E. Kelley (LAW '83) – eleven-time

-winning and four-time

-winning writer-producer of ''

,'' '' Picket Fences,

, Ally McBeal, Chicago Hope, Big Little Lies'', '' Boston Legal'', member of Television Hall of Fame * Jensen Buchanan (CFA '84) –

-nominated actress, Sarah Gordon on ''One Life to Live,'' ''Another World (TV series), Another World'' * David Dinerstein (COM '84) –

-winning director, Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, Best Documentary for ''Summer of Soul'' * Steven Brill (filmmaker), Steven Brill (CFA '84) – director, ''Mr. Deeds'', ''Without a Paddle'', ''Heavyweights'', ''Drillbit Taylor, Little Nicky'' * Scott Rosenberg (COM '85) – writer, producer, ''Con Air,'' ''Gone in 60 Seconds (2000 film), Gone in 60 Seconds'', ''Beautiful Girls (film), Beautiful Girls,'' High Fidelity (film), ''High Fidelity'' * Gary Fleder (COM '85) – director, screenwriter, producer, ''Kiss the Girls (1997 film), Kiss the Girls, Don't Say a Word, Homefront (2013 film), Homefront'' * Michael Chiklis (CFA '86) –

and

-winning actor, '' The Shield'', known for playing The Thing in two ''Fantastic Four'' films (2005–2007) * Marisa Tomei (CFA '86*) –

-winning actress, Best Supporting Actress for ''My Cousin Vinny'' (1993), Best Supporting Actress nominee for ''In the Bedroom'' (2002) and ''The Wrestler (2008 film), The Wrestler'' (2009) * Tatiana S. Riegel (CAS '86) –

-nominated film editor, Academy Award for Best Film Editing, Best Film Editing nominee for ''I, Tonya'' * Marc Maron (CAS '86) – comedian, more than 40 appearances on ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien'' * Jamie Kaler (CAS '87) – actor, comedian, Mike Callahan on ''My Boys,'' Gary on ''Will & Grace'' * Roy Conli (CFA '87) –

-winning producer, Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, Best Animated Feature for ''Big Hero 6 (film), Big Hero 6'' * Jeffrey Ross (COM '87) – actor, comedian, ''Comedy Central Roast'' series,

's ''Historical Roasts'' * Michelle Hurd (CFA '88) – actress, Monique Jeffries in ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The Glades (TV series), The Glades'' * Greg Fitzsimmons (CAS '89) – Daytime Emmy Awards, Emmy Award-winning writer, producer of ''The Ellen DeGeneres Show'' * John Henson (comedian), John Henson (CAS '89) – comedian, co-host of ABC's ''Wipeout (2008 U.S. game show), Wipeout,'' with John Anderson (sportscaster), John Anderson * Andy Cohen (COM '90) –

and

-winning host, executive producer of the '' Real Housewives'' franchise * Rocco DiSpirito (QST '90) – television personality, chef, restaurateur, star of ''The Restaurant (U.S. TV Series), The Restaurant'' * Jennifer Getzinger (COM '90) – director, screen supervisor, ''Mad Men, Sex and the City, The Comeback (TV series), The Comeback, The Sopranos, The Devil Wears Prada (film), The Devil Wears Prada'' * Yan Luo (screenwriter), Yan Luo (CFA '90) – actress, screenwriter, ''Pavilion of Women'', first female Chinese filmmaker to produce, write, and star in a Cinema of the United States, Hollywood film * Esra Dermancıoğlu, Esra Dermancioglu (CFA '90) – actress, Mukaddes Ketenci in popular Turkey, Turkish drama series ''Fatmagül'ün Suçu Ne?'' * Susan Dalian (CFA '90) – voice actress, voice of Haku (Naruto), Haku in the first season of ''Naruto'' and the Screen Gems film The Brothers (2001 film), ''The Brothers'' * Kim Raver (CFA '91) – actress, List of 24 characters, Audrey Raines on ''24 (TV series), 24'', Dr. Teddy Altman on ABC's medical drama ''Grey's Anatomy'' * Peter Paige (CFA '91) – actor, Emmett Honeycutt on Showtime (TV network), Showtime's hit series ''Queer as Folk (U.S. TV series), Queer as Folk'' * Christian Roman (CFA '91) – animator, director and executive producer of The Walt Disney Company, Disney's ''American Dragon: Jake Long'' * Stephen Kijak (COM '91) – filmmaker, ''Stones in Exile'', ''Backstreet Boys: Show 'Em What You're Made Of, Backstreet Boys: Show 'Em, Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed'' * Sam Sokolow (COM '91) – producer on National Geographic (U.S. TV Channel), National Geographic's ''Genius (American TV series), Genius'' series, brother of Alec Sokolow * Fabien Cousteau (CGS'89, MET'91) – documentary filmmaker, Explorer-at-Large for ''National Geographic Society, National Geographic'', grandson of Jacques Cousteau * Anthony Ruivivar (CFA '92) – actor, List of Third Watch characters#Carlos Nieto, Carlos Nieto on ''Third Watch'' * Krista Vernoff (CFA '93) –

-winning co-executive producer of ''Grey's Anatomy'' and ''Shameless (American TV series), Shameless'' * Cynthia Watros (CFA '93) –

-winning actress, Annie Dutton on ''Guiding Light,'' Nina Reeves ''on General Hospital'' * Thomas Golubić (COM '93) – Daytime Emmy Awards, Emmy Award-nominated and

-nominated music supervisor, ''Better Call Saul, Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead (TV series), The Walking Dead,'' founding member and President of the Guild of Music Supervisors Awards, Guild of Music Supervisors from (2017–2019) * Liz Patrick (COM'93) –

-winning director, producer for ''The Ellen DeGeneres Show'', fifth director of ''Saturday Night Live'' (2022–) * Carlos Bardasano (QST '94, COM '97) – president and head of content at W Studios * Michaela Watkins (CFA '94) – actress, featured player on ''Saturday Night Live's'' 34th season'','' star of Hulu, Hulu's Casual (TV series), ''Casual'', ''The Unicorn (TV series), The Unicorn,'' and ''Trophy Wife (TV series), Trophy Wife'' series'','' starred in ''The Back-up Plan'' (2010) * Corinne Marrinan (CFA '95) –

-winning producer, Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject), Best Documentary (Short Subject) for ''A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin, A Note of Triumph'' * Maura West (CFA '95) – Daytime Emmy Awards, Emmy Award-winning actress, Carly Snyder, Carly Tenney on ''As the World Turns,'' Ava Jerome on ''General Hospital'' * Yunjin Kim (CFA '95) – actress, best known for Sun-Hwa Kwon on ''Lost (2004 TV series), Lost'' * Russell Hornsby (CFA '96) – actor, Freeform (TV channel), ABC Family's ''Lincoln Heights (TV series), Lincoln Heights'', HBO's ''In Treatment'', NBC's ''Grimm (TV series), Grimm'' * Camille Guaty (COM '96) – actress, lead in hit movie ''Gotta Kick It Up!'' (2002)'','' recurring roles in ''Prison Break, Scorpion (TV series), Scorpion,'' and ''Cupid (2009 TV series), Cupid'' series * Megan McCormick (CAS '96) – television presenter, main host of British Adventure travel, adventure tourism television series series ''Globe Trekker'' * Dave Shalansky (CFA '96) – television actor, ''Grey's Anatomy, How to Get Away with Murder, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Offer'' * Alex Karpovsky ( UNI '97) – actor, filmmaker, Ray Ploshansky on HBO series ''Girls (TV series), Girls'' * Emily Deschanel (CFA '98) – actress, Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox series ''Bones (TV series), Bones,'' sister of Zooey Deschanel * Erica Leerhsen (CFA '98) – actress, star in the horror hit ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003 film), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'' (2003), known for Woody Allen films ''Hollywood Ending'' (2002), ''Anything Else'' (2003), ''Magic in the Moonlight'' (2014) * Dan Fogler (CFA '98) –

-winning actor, ''Balls of Fury'' and ''Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (film), Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them'' * Raúl Castillo (actor), Raúl Castillo (CFA '99) – actor best known for his role of Richie Donado Ventura on the HBO series ''Looking (TV series), Looking'' * Brian McLean (visual effects artist), Brian McLean (CFA '99) –

-winning visual effects pioneer of character animation-stop motion * Rob Mariano (CAS '99) – reality television star known as "Boston Rob" on ''Survivor (American TV series), Survivor,'' first contestant to appear on ''Survivor'' six times and play five times, co-host of ''Sci Fi Investigates'' and History (U.S. TV channel), The History Channel's ''Around the World in 80 Ways'' * Kevin O'Connor (television), Kevin O'Connor (QST '99) – host of the PBS home renovation series '' This Old House'' * Warren Kole (CFA '00) – actor, star in Showtime (TV network), Showtime's ''Yellowjackets (TV series), Yellowjackets,'' Wes Mitchell on USA Network, USA's ''Common Law (2012 TV series), Common Law,'' Robert Stahl in NBC's ''Shades of Blue (TV series), Shades of Blue,'' Steven Spielberg, Spielberg's ''Into the West (miniseries), Into the West'' (2005), also in ''Fox Broadcasting Company, FOX's The Following'' * Linda Park (CFA '00) – actress, Hoshi Sato in the television series ''Star Trek: Enterprise'' * Noah Bean (CFA '00) – actor, Ryan Fletcher on The CW action-thriller series ''Nikita (TV series), Nikita,'' David Connor on the FX (TV network), FX legal drama ''Damages (TV series), Damages'' * Gene Farber (CFA '00) – actor, Aleksander Lukin, Vasily Karpov in ''Captain America: Civil War'' (2016) * Vincent Larusso (QST '00) – actor, Adam Banks in ''The Mighty Ducks (film series), The Mighty Ducks'' trilogy * Ginnifer Goodwin (CFA '01) – actress, ABC's Once Upon a Time (TV series), ''Once Upon a Time'', Margene Heffman in HBO's ''Big Love'' * Ashley Williams (actress), Ashley Williams (CFA '01) – actress, Victoria in CBS's ''How I Met Your Mother,'' TV Lands The Jim Gaffigan Show'', ''NBC's Good Morning Miami,'' fixture on The Hallmark Channel, Hallmark Channel, Lifetime Television, Lifetime, Freeform (TV channel), ABC Family * Hong Chau (COM '01) –

-nominated actress, Best Supporting Actress for '' The Whale,'' starred in

's '' The Menu,'' Wes Anderson's '' Asteroid City'', A24's '' Showing Up,'' Ngoc Lan Tran in ''Downsizing'',

's ''The Night Agent'' * Patrick Casey (writer), Patrick Casey (COM '01) – screenwriter, ''Violent Night'' and the ''Sonic the Hedgehog (film), Sonic the Hedgehog'' series * Baron Vaughn (CFA '03) – actor, comedian, Bud Bergstein on

series ''Grace and Frankie'' * Theo Alexander (CFA '03) – actor, List of True Blood characters#Talbot, Talbot in HBO's ''True Blood'' * Ryan Sypek (CFA '04) – actor, co-star of Freeform (TV channel), ABC Family series ''Wildfire (2005 TV series), Wildfire'' * Corinne Brinkerhoff (COM '04) – Daytime Emmy Awards, Emmy Award-nominated producer of ''Jane the Virgin,'' creator and executive producer of ''American Gothic (2016 TV series), American Gothic'', co-producer of ''The Good Wife,'' writer on '' Boston Legal'' * Katya Zamolodchikova (CFA '04*) – actor, comedian, drag queen on ''RuPaul's Drag Race (season 7), RuPaul's Drag Race,'' Viceland series''The Trixie & Katya Show,'' half of Trixie and Katya, a popular comedy duo * Uzo Aduba (CFA '05) – three-time

-winning actress in

's '' Orange Is the New Black'' and

's '' Mrs. America'' * Noureen DeWulf (CFA '05) – actress, known for ''West Bank Story'' (2005), ''Ghosts of Girlfriends Past'' (2009), ''The Back-up Plan'' (2010), Lacey on ''Anger Management (TV series), Anger Management'' (2012–2014) * Nora Grossman (COM '05) –

-nominated producer, Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Picture for ''The Imitation Game'' (2014) * Sara Chase (CFA '05) – actress, Cyndee Pokorny on

's ''Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt'' * Henry Hughes (director), Henry Hughes (COM '06) –

-nominated director, Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film, Best Live Action Short for ''Day One (2015 film), Day One'' (2015) * Tala Ashe (CFA '06) – actress, ''American Odyssey'', ''As the World Turns'', The CW, CW's ''Legends of Tomorrow'' * Katie Kubert (COM '06) – Comic book, comic book editor, DC Comics, related to comic book artists Joe Kubert, Adam Kubert, Andy Kubert * Safdie brothers, Josh Safdie (COM '07) – co-director of A24's '' Uncut Gems'',

-nominee ''Good Time'', '' Heaven Knows What,'' co-founder of Elara Pictures * Benny Safdie, Benjamin Safdie (COM '08) – co-director of A24's '' Uncut Gems'',

-nominee ''Good Time'', '' Heaven Knows What,'' starred in ''Licorice Pizza, Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (film), Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.,'' actor in ''Oppenheimer (film), Oppenheimer,'' co-founder of Elara Pictures * Rob Turbovsky (COM '08) –

-nominated writer, producer of

's ''Only Murders in the Building'' * Jessica Rothe (CFA '09) – actress, Paige in

comedy series ''Mary + Jane,'' La La Land (film), ''La La Land'', ''Happy Death Day'' * Kristine Leahy (COM '09) – host of NBC's ''American Ninja Warrior'', former sports journalist * Jenn Proske (COM '09) – actress, Becca Crane in ''Vampires Suck,'' also ''CSI: NY, House of Lies'' * Jane Schoenbrun (COM '09) – director, screenwriter, producer, ''We're All Going to the World's Fair'', ''I Saw the TV Glow'' * Evan Puschak (COM '10) – creator of The NerdWriter, host of Discovery Channel's ''Seeker Daily'' * Edmund Donovan (CFA '12) – actor, ''Hightown (TV series), Hightown'', ''Betty (TV series), Betty'', ''High Fidelity (TV series), High Fidelity'', '' Orange Is the New Black'' * Sydney Lemmon (CFA '12) – actress, stars as Satana (Marvel Comics), Ana Helstrom in

series ''Helstrom (TV series), Helstrom,'' also in HBO's Succession (TV series), Succession and ''Fear the Walking Dead'' * Ellen Tamaki (CFA '14) – actress, Niko Hamada in ''Charmed (2018 TV series), Charmed'', Drea Mikami in ''Manifest (TV series), Manifest''

Theatre

* Craig Lucas (CFA '73) – Pulitzer Prize-nominated and Tony Awards, Tony Award-nominated, playwright, screenwriter * Stewart F. Lane (CFA '73) – Tony Awards, Tony Award-winning producer, won Tony Award for Best Musical, Best Musical four times * Frederick Zollo, Fred Zollo (CAS '75) –

-nominated, seven-time Tony Awards, Tony Award-winning producer * Moritz von Stuelpnagel (CFA'00) – Tony Awards, Tony Award-nominated producer, Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play, Best Direction of a Play * Bob Avian (CFA '59) – Tony Awards, Tony Award-winning choreographer, won Tony Award for Best Choreography, Award for Best Choreography twice * Martin Sherman (dramatist), Martin Sherman (CFA '60) – Tony Awards, Tony Award-nominated known for ''Bent'' * Jess Goldstein (CFA '72) – Tony Awards, Tony Award-winning costume designer, won Tony Award for Best Costume Design, Best Costume Design for ''The Rivals'' * James L. Nederlander (CGS '80) – Tony Awards, Tony Award-winning Broadway theatre owner, operator * Brad Oscar (CFA '86) – Tony Awards, Tony Award-nominated actor best known for ''The Producers (musical), The Producers,'' ''Big Fish (musical), Big Fish'' * Chay Yew (COM '92) – actor * Amber Gray (CFA '04) – Tony Awards, Tony Award-nominated actress, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, ''Natasha Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812'', ''Hadestown''

Journalism, news broadcasting and radio

''Full list of notable alumni in the journalism, news broadcasting and radio section.'' * Eliza Putnam Heaton (CAS 1880) – journalist, editor * Anne O'Hagan Shinn (CAS 1890) – ''

'' journalist and suffragist, known for detailing the exploitation of young women working as shop clerks in early 20th century America * Edwin Grozier (CAS 1881) – publisher of the ''Boston Post'', ''The Boston Globe'' * Tom Fitzgerald (journalist), Tom Fitzgerald (1929*) – ''The Boston Globe'' sports journalist * Carl Mydans (QST '30) – pioneering photojournalist, joined Life magazine, ''Life'' as one of its earliest staff photographers, from 1936 into the 1950s * Fred Allen – ''The Fred Allen Show'' (1932–1949) made him one of the most popular and forward-looking humorists in the Old-time radio, Golden Age of American radio * Chet Simmons (COM '52) – first

president, ABC Sports executive, NBC Sports president, USFL commissioner, Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame in 2010, helped build ABC Sports into a leader in sports programming, developed ''Wide World of Sports (American TV program), Wide World of Sports'' * Ron Della Chiesa (COM '59) – radio personality * Gordon Hyatt (CFA '56) – producer and writer, CBS documentaries and public broadcasting * Donald Lambro (COM '62) – chief political correspondent of ''The Washington Times'' * Mike Barnicle (CAS '65) – journalist, radio host * Nina Totenberg (COM 65*) – correspondent for National Public Radio, one of NPR's "Founding Mothers" * Stephen Kurkjian (CAS '66) – Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for ''The Boston Globe'', won Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting in 1972 and 1980, won Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in 2003, won George Polk Award in 1982 and 1994 * George Strait (CAS '67) – journalist, founder of the National Association of Black Journalists, known for appearances on ABC World News Tonight, World News Tonight with Peter Jennings * Gerard M. O'Neill (CAS '70) – Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist * David Doubilet (COM '70) – ''National Geographic'' photographer * Tom Magliozzi (QST '71) – Peabody Award-winning co-host of ''Car Talk,'' 2014 inductee into National Radio Hall of Fame * Joseph Nocera (COM '74) – Pulitzer Prize for Commentary finalist, columnist, ''New York Times'' * Bill O'Reilly (commentator), Bill O'Reilly (COM '75) – ''The O'Reilly Factor,'' the highest-rated U.S. cable news show for 16 years * Howard Stern (CGS '74, COM '76) – host of ''The Howard Stern Show'' * Loyd Grossman (CAS '75) – presenter of

's ''MasterChef (UK TV series), MasterChef'' (1990–2000), co-presenter of ''Through the Keyhole'' with David Frost, visiting homes of many United Kingdom, UK and United States of America, US celebrities * Jim Vicevich (COM '77) – radio host of ''Sound Off Connecticut'' * Jim Donovan (sportscaster), Jim Donovan (COM '78) – news anchor, play-by-play announcer for NBC Sports' NFL on NBC, NFL coverage (1987–1997), radio voice of the Cleveland Browns Radio Network since 1999 * Kevin Merida (COM '79) – executive editor of the ''Los Angeles Times,'' senior VP at

, editor-in-chief of ''The Undefeated (sports website), The Undefeated'' * Glenn Consor (COM '80) – NBA and NCAA basketball sports broadcaster * Erica Hill (COM '82) – CNN anchor and national correspondent * Anthony Tommasini (CFA '82) – ''

'' chief music critic * Gary Tuchman (COM '82) – CNN national correspondent * Anthony Radziwill (COM '82) –

-winning NBC anchor and reporter, Peabody Award for an investigation on the resurgence of Nazism in the United States, son of Lee Radziwill, Caroline Lee Bouvier Canfield, nephew of First Lady of the United States, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, spouse of Carole Radziwill, Carole Radziwiłł * Steve Paikin (COM '83) – anchor of TVOntario's, Ontario's Public broadcasting, public broadcaster, flagship current affairs program ''The Agenda with Steve Paikin'' * Joseph Hallinan (COM '84) – Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist * Deena Sheldon (COM '84) –

-winning sports broadcaster, Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame * Don Van Natta Jr. (COM '86) – Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist * Linda Vester (COM '87) – anchor, ''NBC News at Sunrise'', ''DaySide with Linda Vester'' on Fox News * Randi Kaye (COM '89) – CNN correspondent, ''Anderson Cooper 360°, Anderson Cooper 360'' * Sharon Tay (COM '89) –

-winning MSNBC anchor, host of "MSNBC at the Movies," and "MSNBC Entertainment Hot List" * Dana Tyler (QST '90) –

-winning CBS news anchor * Tyler Hicks (COM '93) – Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist for ''

,'' two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography, Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting * Liz Cho (COM '92) – news anchor, WABC-TV, Flagship (broadcasting), flagship of ABC's network in New York City, co-anchored ''Eyewitness News'' * Dave Goucher (COM '93) – National Hockey League, NHL play-by-play broadcaster for the Vegas Golden Knights * Monica Larner (COM '92) – award-winning critic, first Italian wine editor for ''Wine Enthusiast,'' Italian Reviewer for ''The Wine Advocate'' * Elizabeth Cohen (SPH '92) – CNN senior medical correspondent * Bill Simmons (COM '93) –

columnist, CEO of the sports and pop culture website The Ringer (website), The Ringer, ''The Bill Simmons Podcast'' * Michele LaFountain (COM '94) – anchor, ESPN SportsCenter en espanól, first Puerto Rico, Puerto Rican to anchor

's Spanish language, Spanish SportsCenter * Noah Pransky (COM '98) – NBC News national political correspondent * Kimbriell Kelly (COM '98) – Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist * Steve Kornacki (COM '01) – NBC News national political correspondent, cable news' 2016 breakout star * Jeremy Hobson (COM '04) – co-host, NPR's ''Here and Now (Boston), Here and Now'' * Kristin Fisher (COM '05) – Fox News Channel, Fox News, journalist and television news presenter * Alexandra Cooper (COM '17) – radio personality, Host of "Call Her Daddy" podcast * Justin Kutcher – NFL, NCAA, and MLB play-by-play broadcaster for Fox

Literature and poetry

* Jhumpa Lahiri (CAS '93, UNI '95, UNI '97) – Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2000) for ''Interpreter of Maladies'' * Carl Phillips (CAS '93) – Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (2023) * David Grann (GRS '94) – author, ''Killers of the Flower Moon (book), Killers of the Flower Moon'' * Anne Sexton (GRS*) – Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (1967) * Sylvia Plath (GRS*) – Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (1982) * George Starbuck (GRS*) – poet * Ha Jin (GRS '94) – author, member of

* Judy Blume (CAS '60*) – writer, named one of the Time 100, 100 most influential people in the world by ''

'' magazine in 2023 * Robert B. Parker (GRS '57) – most famous works were the 40 novels written about the fictional private detective Spenser (character), Spenser. ABC television network developed the television series ''Spenser: For Hire,'' cited as reviving, changing the detective genre by critics and bestselling authors * Robert Munsch (CAS '71, GRS '73) – poet, children's author, author of ''Love You Forever'', which was listed fourth on the 2001 ''Publishers Weekly'' All-Time Bestselling Children's Books list for paperbacks at 6.97 million copies * Elizabeth George Speare (GRS '82) – children's author, one of Newbery Medal#Multiple award winners, six writers with two Newbery Medals, Educational Paperback Association's top 100 authors * Ellen Bass (1970 M.A.) – poet and author * Percy Jewett Burrell (pre-1900 B.O., School of Oratory) – dramatist * Adam Cesare – horror writer * Hal Clement (WED 1946 M.Ed.) – science fiction author, inducted into EMP Museum#Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame * Kim Stanley Robinson (GRS 1975 M.A.) – science fiction author * Nicholas Gage (DGE 1961, COM B.S. 1963, HON LtD 1985) – author, ''Eleni (book), Eleni'', ''A Place For Us'', ''Greek Fire'' * Peter Guralnick (1971 M.A.) – author focused on twentieth-century American popular music * Younghill Kang – author, Guggenheim Fellow * William Ellery Leonard (1899) – poet * Sue Miller, Susan Miller (SSW 1979 MSS) – author * Stewart O'Nan (ENG 1983 B.S.) – author * Robert B. Parker (GRS 1957 M.A., 1971 Ph.D.) – author, ''Spencer for Hire'' and other mystery novels * Norman Vincent Peale (STh) – minister, author * John Perkins (author), John Perkins (SMG 1968 BSB) – economist, author * Lauren Slater (WED 1995 EDD [Doctor of Education]) – author, psychologist * Neal Stephenson (CLA 1981 B.A.) – science fiction author * Ada Josephine Todd (Ph.D. 1886) – author and educator * Dorothy West – author, member of Harlem Renaissance * Bart Yates (M.M. 1988) – author * Pat Brown (criminal profiler), Pat Brown (MBA 2007) – author, criminal profiler, TV commentator * Casey Sherman * Maureen G. Mulvaney – special education teacher and college psychology instructor * Roger MacBride Allen (CAS '79) – author * Rhea Tregebov (GRS '78) – Canadian poet, children's author * Anne Sexton – Pulitzer Prize–winning poet (deceased) * Nicole Blackman – artist, poet, author, vocalist, Goth icon

Politics, government, and law

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woman elected to the United States House of Representatives, U.S. House from a Southern United States, Southern state File:William Cohen, official portrait.jpg, link=, William Cohen (LAW '65) – 20th United States Secretary of Defense, U.S. Secretary of Defense, United States Senate, U.S. Senator from Maine File:Ayanna Pressley Portrait (cropped).jpg, link=, Ayanna Pressley (CAS '94*) – the first

woman elected to represent Massachusetts in the U.S. Congress File:Louise Day Hicks (1).jpg, link=, Louise Day Hicks (WED '52) – the first Democratic Party (United States), Democrat woman to represent Massachusetts in the U.S. Congress File:Keith B. Alexander official portrait.jpg, link=, Keith B. Alexander (QST '78) – 1st Commander of United States Cyber Command, 16th Director of the National Security Agency File:James F Jeffrey.jpg, link=, James Franklin Jeffrey (QST '77) – 23rd Deputy National Security Advisor (United States), United States Deputy National Security Advisor, List of ambassadors of the United States to Iraq, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, United States Ambassador to Turkey, Turkey, and United States Ambassador to Albania, Albania File:J. Howard McGrath (RI).png, link=, J. Howard McGrath (LAW '29) – 60th United States Attorney General, 27th Solicitor General of the United States, United States Solicitor General File:UnderSecAF Gina Ortiz Jones portrait.jpg, link=, Gina Ortiz Jones (CAS '03) – 27th United States Under Secretary of the Air Force, U.S. Under Secretary of the Air Force, first woman of color and first open LGBT individual File:Tipper Gore Headshot.jpg, link=, Tipper Gore (CAS '70) – 33rd Second ladies and gentlemen of the United States, Second Lady of the United States File:Virgilio Barco Vargas.jpg, link=, Virgilio Barco Vargas (GRS '54) – List of Presidents of Colombia, 27th President of Colombia, 20th Colombia Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Colombia Ambassador to the U.K., 18th Colombia Ambassador to the United States, 6th Mayor of Bogotá File:Makarios III and Robert F. Wagner NYWTS cropped.jpg, link=,

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U.S. Governors

U.S. Senators

U.S. House of Representatives

U.S. diplomats, federal agencies and appointments

* William Cohen (LAW '65) – 20th United States Secretary of Defense, U.S. Secretary of Defense (see U.S. Governors) * Gary Locke (J.D. 1975) – 36th United States Secretary of Commerce, U.S. Secretary of Commerce (see U.S. Governors) * James Rubin (GRS '86) – 22nd Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs, Chief Spokesman for the State Department (1997–2000) Madeleine Albright's "right-hand man", spouse of Christiane Amanpour * Louis Wade Sullivan (MED) – 17th United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services * Sumner G. Whittier (CAS '36) – 5th Head of United States Department of Veterans Affairs * Keith B. Alexander (MBA) – 1st Commander of United States Cyber Command, 16th Director of the National Security Agency * Gary Locke (LAW '75) – U.S. Ambassador to China (see U.S. Governors) * David Mulford (CAS '62) – List of ambassadors of the United States to India, U.S. Ambassador to India * James Franklin Jeffrey (QST '77) – List of ambassadors of the United States to Iraq, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq, United States Ambassador to Turkey, U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, 23rd Deputy National Security Advisor (United States), United States Deputy National Security Advisor, United States Ambassador to Albania * George F. Williams (LAW '74) – 5th United States Ambassador to Montenegro, U.S. Ambassador to Montenegro, United States Ambassador to Greece, U.S. Ambassador to Greece (see U.S. Representatives) * Brian J. Donnelly (CAS '70) – List of ambassadors of the United States to Trinidad and Tobago, U.S. Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago (see U.S. Representatives) * Connie Morella – United States Ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, United States Ambassador to the OECD (see U.S. Representatives) * David Young (diplomat), David Young (STH '87, CAS '88) – United States Ambassador to Malawi, U.S. Ambassador to Malawi, United States Ambassador to Malawi, U.S. Ambassador to Zambia * Jim Marshall (Georgia politician), Jim Marshall (LAW '77) – President of the United States Institute of Peace (see U.S. Representatives) * Norman D'Amours (LAW '63) – Chairman of the National Credit Union Administration (see U.S. Representatives) * Joshua DuBois (CAS '03) – Head of White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships * Colleen Graffy, Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of State, Public Diplomacy for Europe and Eurasia * Stephen Douglas Johnson (LLM 1989) – U.S. House Chief Counsel for Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit 1995–98 * Antonio Colorado (CAS '62) – 13th Secretary of State of Puerto Rico (see U.S. Representatives)

U.S. judiciary

* Emma Fall Schofield (CAS 1906) – appointed as one of the first female judges in

* J. Howard McGrath (LAW '29) – 60th United States Attorney General, 27th Solicitor General of the United States, United States Solicitor General * Lincoln Almond (LAW '61) – United States Attorney for the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island, District of Rhode Island (see U.S. Governors) * Rebecca C. Lutzko (CAS '93) – United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio * Harrie B. Chase (LAW '12) – Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, Second Circuit, appointed by List of federal judges appointed by Calvin Coolidge, Coolidge (1929–1969) * George W. Anderson (judge), George W. Anderson (LAW '90) – Senior status, Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, First Circuit appointed by List of federal judges appointed by Woodrow Wilson, Wilson (1918–1938) * Edward McEntee (LAW '33) – Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, First Circuit appointed by List of federal judges appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson, Johnson (1965–1976) * Juan R. Torruella (LAW '90) – Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, First Circuit, appointed by List of federal judges appointed by Ronald Reagan, Reagan (1984–2001) * Sandra Lynch (LAW '71) – Senior status, Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, First Circuit, appointed by List of federal judges appointed by Bill Clinton, Clinton, first woman appointed to the First Circuit (2008–) * O. Rogeriee Thompson (LAW '76) – Senior status, Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, First Circuit appointed by List of federal judges appointed by Barack Obama, Obama (2010–) * Frank Freedman (LAW '49, LAW '50) – Chief judge (United States), Chief Judge of United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts appointed by Richard Nixon, Nixon * Elisha Hume Brewster (LAW '96) – Senior status, Senior Judge of United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts appointed by List of federal judges appointed by Warren G. Harding, Harding * William T. McCarthy (LAW '08) – Senior status, Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts appointed by List of federal judges appointed by Harry S. Truman, Truman * Margaret R. Guzman (LAW '92) – Judge of United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts appointed by List of federal judges appointed by Joe Biden, Biden * Arthur Daniel Healey (LAW '13) – Judge of United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts appointed by List of federal judges appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt, Roosevelt * John Milton Younge (CAS '77) – Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania appointed by List of federal judges appointed by Donald Trump, Trump * Frank J. Williams – chief justice, Rhode Island Superior Court * Peter W. Agnes Jr. – associate justice of Massachusetts Appeals Court * Barbara Pariente (COM '70) – Chief Justice, Florida Supreme Court (Authored the Terri Schiavo decision) * Armand Arabian – retired justice, California Supreme Court * Chuck Douglas (LAW '68) – Associate Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court (see U.S. House of Representatives) * Don Gorton (CAS B.A. 1982) – commissioner, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Appellate Tax Board Martha Coakley

U.S. state officials

graduates have been elected to all six

state State constitutional officer, Constitutional offices. Alumni include the first female officers for Massachusetts Attorney General, Attorney General of Massachusetts and Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts, Treasurer of Massachusetts and the first African-American Attorney General of Massachusetts. * Henry Converse Atwill (LAW '97) – 23rd Massachusetts Attorney General, Attorney General of Massachusetts * Jay R. Benton (LAW '10) – 26th Massachusetts Attorney General, Attorney General of Massachusetts * Paul Dever (LAW '26) – 29th Massachusetts Attorney General, Attorney General of Massachusetts (see U.S. Governors) * Edward J. McCormack Jr. (LAW '52) – 34th Attorney General of Massachusetts * Edward Brooke (LAW '48) – 35th Attorney General of Massachusetts, first African-American to serve (see U.S. Senators) * Martha Coakley (LAW '79) – 43rd Massachusetts Attorney General, Attorney General of Massachusetts, first female to serve * Frederick Mansfield (LAW '02) – 38th Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts, Treasurer of Massachusetts * Shannon O'Brien (Massachusetts politician), Shannon O'Brien (LAW '85) – 55th Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts, Treasurer of Massachusetts, first woman to serve * Deb Goldberg (CAS '75) – 58th Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts, Treasurer of Massachusetts * A. Joseph DeNucci (MED '77) – 21st Massachusetts State Auditor, Auditor of Massachusetts, longest-serving Auditor in

history * Barry Locke (CAS '53) – Massachusetts Department of Transportation, Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation and Chairman of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, MBTA * Joseph D. Ward (LAW '76) – 22nd Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth * Sumner G. Whittier (CAS '36) – 58th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (see U.S. diplomats)

U.S. state legislators

* Walt Brown (politician), Walt Brown (GRS '61) – Oregon Senate, Oregon State Senate from the 13th/12th district * Lois Frankel (CAS '70) – List of mayors of West Palm Beach, Florida, Florida House of Representatives * Nancy Hasty Evans (MET '72) – Massachusetts House of Representatives from the Massachusetts House of Representatives' 13th Middlesex district, 13th Middlesex district * Andy Vargas (CAS '15) – Massachusetts House of Representatives from the Massachusetts House of Representatives' 3rd Essex district, 3rd Essex district * Connie Morella (CAS '54) – Maryland House of Delegates from the 16th district * Polly W. Beal – Wisconsin State Assembly * Irving Fishman – Massachusetts State Senate * Russell Holmes – Massachusetts State Representative (6th Suffolk) * Joan M. Menard – Massachusetts State Senator * Martha Ware – Massachusetts jurist and politician * Shaun Filiault – New Hampshire State Representative (Cheshire 7) Carmenyulin

U.S. municipal

* Maynard Jackson (LAW '59*) – 54th and 56th List of mayors of Atlanta, mayor of Atlanta, GA * Frederick Mansfield (LAW '02) – 45th Mayor of Boston, mayor of Boston, MA (see State officials) * Carmen Yulín Cruz (CAS '84) – 29th List of mayors of San Juan, Puerto Rico, mayor of San Juan, PR, capital, most populous city in Puerto Rico (see U.S. Congress) * Edwin D. McGuinness (LAW '79) – 19th List of mayors of Providence, Rhode Island, mayor of Providence, RI, Providence's first Irish Catholic mayor * Daniel L. D. Granger (LAW '77) – 21st Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island, mayor of Providence, RI (see U.S. Representatives) * John F. Collins (mayor of Providence), John F. Collins (LAW '08) – 28th List of mayors of Providence, Rhode Island, mayor of Providence, RI * Dennis Joseph Roberts (LAW '30) – 29th List of mayors of Providence, Rhode Island, mayor of Providence, RI (see U.S. Governors) * Frank Freedman (LAW '49, LAW '50) – 46th Mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts, mayor of Springfield, MA (see U.S. District Courts) * Jim Marshall (LAW '77) – List of mayors of Macon, Georgia, mayor of Macon, GA (see U.S. Representatives) * Lois Frankel (CAS '70) – List of mayors of West Palm Beach, Florida, mayor of West Palm Beach, Florida (see U.S. Representatives) * Samuel J. Tedesco (LAW '38) – 42nd List of mayors of Bridgeport, Connecticut, mayor of Bridgeport, CT, 96th List of lieutenant governors of Connecticut, lieutenant governor of CT * Edward J. Kennedy (CAS '73) – 90th List of mayors and city managers of Lowell, Massachusetts, mayor of Lowell, MA * John C. Mongan (CAS '50) – 42nd & 44th Mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire, mayor of Manchester, NH * Louise Day Hicks (WED '52) – President of the Boston City Council (see U.S. Representatives) * Michael F. Flaherty (JD) – President of the Boston City Council * Ayanna Pressley (CGS '94) – Member of the Boston City Council at-large (see U.S. Representatives)

International government, politics, and royalty

* Virgilio Barco Vargas (GRS '54) – List of Presidents of Colombia, 27th President of Colombia, 20th Colombia Ambassador to the United Kingdom, 18th Colombia Ambassador to the United States, 6th Mayor of Bogotá *

(STH '48) – 1st and 4th President of Cyprus, a key figure in the island's struggle for independence and a symbol of Cypriot national identity * Alfred Sant (QST '76) – 11th Prime Minister of Malta * Fan S. Noli (GRS '45) – 13th Prime Minister of Albania * Faisal al-Fayez (attended CAS 1981) – 34th Prime Minister of Jordan * Tijjani Muhammad-Bande (GRS '81) – President of the United Nations General Assembly, President of the 74th UN General Assembly * Gigi Tsereteli (SPH '05) – 16th President of Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Minister of Ministry of Health, Labour and Social Affairs of Georgia, Health, Labour and Social Affairs of Georgia * Rafic Hariri (Hon.'86) – 43rd Prime Minister of Lebanon, Boston University, BU Board of Trustees (1990–2003) * Oscar Arias (CAS '61*) – President of Costa Rica, winner of the 1987

* John-Paul Marks (GRS '03) – Permanent Secretary to the Scottish Government, the most senior civil servant in Scotland * George Henry Murray (LAW 1883) – 8th Premier of Nova Scotia * Henry Emmerson (LAW 1887) – 9th Premier of New Brunswick * Hiroshige Seko (COM '92) – 14th Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry in Japan * Rizal Ramli (GRS '90) – 29th List of Ministers of Finance of Indonesia, Minister of Finance, 4th Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs (Indonesia), Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs * Mukhriz Mahathir (QST '89) – 11th and 13th Menteri Besar of Kedah, Minister of International Trade and Industry (Malaysia), Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry * Win Gatchalian (QST '95) – Senate of the Philippines, Senator of the Philippines (2016–), Mayor of Valenzuela, Metro Manila, Valenzuela, Philippines, 11th largest city in the Philippines * Kristrún Frostadóttir (CAS '14) – 33rd Prime Minister of Iceland * Keiko Fujimori (QST '97) – President of Peru's Fujimorism, Fujimorist political party, Popular Force (2009–), First Ladies and Gentlemen of Peru, First Lady of Peru (1994–2000), Congress of the Republic of Peru, congresswoman representing the Lima Metropolitan Area (2006–2011), daughter of President of Peru Alberto Fujimori (1990–2000) * Mark Regev (MET '98) – Ambassador of Israel to the United Kingdom * Wilma Pastrana (QST '92) – 13th First Lady of Puerto Rico * Aamer Sarfraz, Baron Sarfraz, Aamer Sarfraz (QST '02) – Member of the House of Lords, Prime Ministerial Trade Envoy to Singapore * Milind Deora (QST '99) – Parliament of India, Minister of State of Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (India), Ministry of Communications and IT, Ministry of Shipping (India), Ministry of Shipping * Attiya Inayatullah (GRS) – Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan * Saki Macozoma (attended) – anti-apartheid activist imprisoned alongside Nelson Mandela * Margaret Ng (STH Ph.D.) – Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (1995–2012) * Christopher O'Neill (CAS '96) – British-American financier; husband of Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland, Princess Madeleine of Sweden * Jafar Hassan – 44th Prime Minister of Jordan

Military, Navy

* B. Chance Saltzman (CAS '91) – 2nd Chief of Space Operations United States Space Force * Gina Ortiz Jones (CAS '03) – 27th United States Under Secretary of the Air Force, U.S. Under Secretary of the Air Force, first woman of color and first open lesbian * Shoshana Chatfield (CAS '88) – first woman President of the Naval War College (2018–2023) * William Francis Buckley (CAS '55) – Beirut Station Chief/Political Officer at the U.S. Embassy, won CIA's Distinguished Intelligence Cross, kidnapped by the group Hezbollah in March 1984 * Francis E. Quinlan, U.S. Marine Corps general * Robert Reimann (United States Navy officer), Robert Reimann, retired U.S. Navy rear admiral

Law

* Ivan Fisher (LAW '68) – White-collar crime, white-collar lawyer, ''

'' listed him in the top five of criminal attorneys in New York City * Francis Lee Bailey (LAW '60) – considered one of the greatest lawyers of the 20th century, attorney for O. J. Simpson, part of the "Dream Team (law), Dream Team", "Boston Strangler" suspect Albert DeSalvo, heiress Patty Hearst's trial for bank robberies, Ernest Medina for the My Lai Massacre

Other

* Nick Fuentes – far-right political commentator; dropped out after completing his freshman year * Tipper Gore (CAS '70) – 33rd Second ladies and gentlemen of the United States, Second Lady of the United States * J. Howard McGrath (LAW '29) – Chair of the Democratic National Committee (see U.S. Governors) * Hadassah Lieberman (CAS '70) – wife of U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman * John Sasso (CAS '70) – Democratic Party (United States), Democratic political operative who ran the 1988 United States presidential election, 1988 presidential election bid by nominee

* Joe Solmonese (COM '87) – President of the Human Rights Campaign, chief executive officer of EMILY's List, CEO of the 2020 Democratic National Convention * Markos Moulitsas Zúniga (JD) – founder of ''Daily Kos,'' largest liberal political blog in the US * Richard Sugarman (GRS '76) – philosopher, advisor to presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on his Bernie Sanders presidential campaign, 2016, 2016 presidential campaign

Other

* Warren Adelson (born 1942) – art dealer and author * Doris Holmes Blake – entomologist * Anthony W. Case (Ph.D, 2009; born 1980) – developed devices used to measure solar wind on Parker Solar Probe and other uncrewed spacecraft * James Richard Cocke (MD; 1863–1900) – physician, homeopath, pioneer hypnotherapist; first blind medical graduate * DeWitt Sanford Dykes Sr. (Master of Sacred Theology, SMT; 1903–1991) – architect, Methodist minister * William W. Happ (PhD) – silicon transistor pioneer at Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory, and Professor at Arizona State University * Rikki Klieman (JD LAW 1975) – attorney, TV personality, Court TV, named by Time (magazine), ''Time'' magazine as one of the five best female attorneys in the United States in 1983 * Frederick S. Pardee – former economics researcher at the RAND Corporation, real estate investor in Los Angeles, California, philanthropist * Mark Rosewater – '' Magic: The Gathering'' head designer * Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. – State Historian of Maine * Dawn Steel (did not graduate) – first woman to run a major Hollywood studio (deceased) * Trish Vradenburg – playwright, author, television writer, and Alzheimer's Disease advocate * Kate Vrijmoet – artist * Mark Manson – self-help author, blogger and entrepreneur * Warren A. Cole – founder of Lambda Chi Alpha, one of the largest social Fraternities and sororities, fraternities in the US * Susan Heitler - clinical psychologist

Sports

Hockey

U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame

* Tony Amonte * Jim Craig (ice hockey), Jim Craig* * Mike Eruzione* * Jack Garrity * Jack Kelley (ice hockey), Jack Kelley * Jack O'Callahan* * Jack Parker (ice hockey), Jack Parker * Dave Silk* * Keith Tkachuk * Scott Young (ice hockey, born 1967), Scott Young ''*Craig, Eruzione, O'Callahan and Silk were inducted as members of the 1980 Winter Olympics hockey team, known as the 'Miracle on Ice

U.S. Olympians

This is a list of Boston University alumni who have played on an Ice hockey at the Olympic Games, Olympic team.

U.S. National Hockey League

Head Coaches in the NHL * David Quinn (ice hockey), David Quinn, Head Coach, San Jose Sharks (2022–2024); Head Coach, New York Rangers (2018–2021) * Mike Sullivan (ice hockey), Mike Sullivan, Head Coach, Pittsburgh Penguins (2015–2025), only American-born coach to win the Stanley Cup more than once In total, there have been 92 former Terriers to make the NHL, with John Aiken being the first in 1957 and Shane Bowers being the most recent. The Terriers have had 23 players who were chosen in the first round of the NHL Entry Draft as of the 2024–2025 season: * Rick DiPietro – 2000, 1st overall * Macklin Celebrini – 2024, 1st overall * Jack Eichel – 2015, 2nd overall * Scott Lachance – 1991, 4th overall * Brady Tkachuk – 2018, 4th overall * Ryan Whitney (ice hockey), Ryan Whitney – 2002, 5th overall * Colin Wilson (ice hockey), Colin Wilson – 2008, 7th overall * Clayton Keller – 2016, 7th overall * Trevor Zegras – 2019, 9th overall * Tyler Boucher – 2021, 10th overall * Scott Young (ice hockey b. 1967), Scott Young – 1986, 11th overall * David Quinn (ice hockey), David Quinn – 1984, 13th overall * Kevin Shattenkirk – 2007, 14th overall * Joel Farabee – 2018, 14th overall * Charlie McAvoy – 2016, 14th overall * Dante Fabbro – 2016, 17th overall * Keith Tkachuk – 1990, 19th overall * Kieffer Bellows – 2016, 19th overall * Jay O'Brien (ice hockey), Jay O'Brien – 2018, 19th overall * Jeff Kealty – 1994, 22nd overall * Jake Oettinger – 2017, 26th overall * Charlie Coyle – 2010, 28th overall * Shane Bowers (ice hockey), Shane Bowers – 2017, 28th overall

Other athletes

* Carl Adams (wrestler), Carl Adams – current wrestling coach; three-time NCAA All-American, two-time National Champion @ 158 lb * Harry Agganis – professional baseball player * David Hemery (BA) – won 400 metres hurdles at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, won first ever British ''Superstars (British TV programme), Superstars'' competition *Tunji Awojobi (born 1973) – Nigerian former professional basketball player * Raja Bell (transferred to Florida International University) – former NBA basketball player * Rocco Benetton – former chief executive of the Benetton Formula One team (also in Business) * Cindy Blodgett – former WNBA player, assistant basketball coach * Brett Brown – basketball coach * Thomas Burke (athlete), Thomas Burke (Law LL.B. 1897) – Olympic Games, Olympic champion * Butch Byrd – professional football player * Gerardo Mauricio Chavez Montaño (CAS '02) – president and general manager of Bomberos de Mexicali, Club de Basquetbol, of Mexico's CIBACOPA League * Mickey Cochrane – Hall of Fame baseball player * Glenn Consor (BS '80) – sports broadcaster, radio color commentary for FM 106.7 Washington Wizards broadcasts; started four years for Rick Pitino on BU basketball team * Dave DeGuglielmo (WED; BS '90, EdM '91) – former NCAA football coach, professional football coach * Andy Dorman – Major League Soccer soccer player * Tom Dwan (no degree) – professional poker player * Michael Emenalo (CAS BA 1989) – member of Nigeria national football team, Nigeria's 1994 World Cup soccer team * Mike Eruzione – captain, 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team * Dick Farley – College Football Hall of Fame coach * Paul Farren – former NFL player, Cleveland Browns 1983–91 * Foge Fazio – NCAA football coach, NFL football coach * Michael Felger – sportswriter for the ''Boston Herald''; sports radio talk show host * Keith Francis (runner), Keith Francis (MA) – Senior Intelligence Analyst, ATF, world-class track athlete * Tony Gaffney (born 1984) – basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League * Sheila Ford Hamp - Owner of the Detroit Lions * Bill Herrion – NCAA basketball coach * Karl Hobbs – NCAA basketball coach * John Holland (basketball), John Holland (born 1988) – American-Puerto Rican basketball player for Hapoel Tel Aviv B.C., Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Israeli Basketball Premier League * Rick Hoyt – triathlete * Mike Jarvis – NCAA basketball coach * Jim "Crash" Jensen – former NFL football player * İrem Karamete (born 1993) – Turkish Olympic fencer * Robyn Kenney – Team USA field hockey * Steven Key – WNBA's Chicago Sky head coach/general manager * Zsolt Limperger – Hungarian football player * Jeffrey Lurie – owner of the Philadelphia Eagles, former professor, BU * Kelvin Madzongwe – current Zimbabwean international footballer * Charlie McAvoy – current NHL player * Shawn McEachern – retired NHL hockey player * John McKinlay (rower), John McKinlay – BU crew captain, two-time Olympian, rowing, 1952 Helsinki Finland, 1956 Melbourne Australia silver medalist * Kevin Murphy (lineman), Kevin Murphy – 1st Team Associated Press 1-AA Football All-American, former arena football player * Jack Parker (ice hockey), Jack Parker – Boston University hockey coach * Gary Plummer (basketball), Gary Plummer – NBA player * Mary Pratt (baseball), Mary Pratt – women's professional baseball player, Rockford Peaches ("A League of Their Own") * Marie-Philip Poulin – member of Canada women's national ice hockey team, Canadian Women's Olympic Hockey Team; two-time Olympic gold medalist * Reggie Rucker – former NFL player * Peter Schifrin (born 1958) – Olympic fencer and sculptor * Dave Silk – 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team * John Thomas (athlete), John Thomas – high jump world record holder * Jennifer Wakefield – member of Canada women's national ice hockey team, Canadian Women's Olympic Hockey Team; Olympic gold medalist * Catherine Ward – member of Canadian Women's Olympic Hockey Team; two-time Olympic gold medalist * Tara Watchorn – member of Canadian Women's Olympic Hockey Team; Olympic gold medalist * Maurice Watson (born 1993) – basketball player for Maccabi Rishon LeZion (basketball), Maccabi Rishon LeZion of the Israeli Basketball Premier League

Notable faculty members

Nobel laureates

* Saul Bellow – 1976 Nobel Prize for Literature (deceased) * Sheldon Glashow – 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics * Martin Luther King Jr. – 1964 Nobel Peace Prize (deceased) * Osamu Shimomura – 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry * Daniel C. Tsui – 1998 Nobel Prize in Physics * Derek Walcott – 1992 Nobel Prize for Literature; fellow, MacArthur Foundation * Elie Wiesel – 1986 Nobel Peace Prize (deceased) * Louise Glück – 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature (2008–2011)

Fulbright Scholars

* Anne Donahue * Robert Neffson

Guggenheim Fellows

* Bonnie Costello – William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor of English; 1990 * Theodore Antoniou – composer; professor of music; 1978 * David Aronson – painter; emeritus professor of art; 1960 * Saul Bellow – novelist; University Professor; 1948 and 1955 * Alicia Borinsky – professor of Latin American and comparative literature; 2001 Latin American and Caribbean Guggenheim Fellowship, Fellow * Robert V. Bruce – professor emeritus of History; 1957 * Charles Capper – professor of history; 1994 * Robert Dallek – professor of history; 1973 * Norman Dello Joio – composer; university professor and professor emeritus of music; 1944 and 1945 * Leslie Epstein, Leslie D. Epstein – director, Creative Writing Program; 1977 * Thomas F. Glick – professor of history; 1987 * Gennady Gorelik – research fellow, Center for Philosophy and History of Science; 1995 US and Canadian Fellow * Jaakko Hintikka – professor of philosophy; 1987 * Caroline A. Jones – associate professor of Art History; 1999 US and Canadian Fellow * Howard Clark Kee – William Goodwin Aurelio Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies; 1966 * Nancy Kopell – professor of mathematics; 1984 * Leonid Levin, Leonid A. Levin – professor of computer science; 1993 * Ralph Lombreglia – instructor in Creative Writing; 1996 US and Canadian Fellow * Debraj Ray (economist), Debraj Ray – former professor of economics; 1997 US and Canadian Fellow * Maureen Raymo – research associate professor of earth sciences; 2003 US and Canadian Fellow * Abner Shimony – emeritus professor of philosophy and physics; 1972 US and Canadian Fellow * Murad Taqqu – professor of mathematics; 1987 * Ibram X. Kendi – author, director of Center for Antiracist Research; 2019 * Josephine Halvorson – College of Fine Arts professor of art and chair of graduate studies in painting; 2021

MacArthur Fellows

* James Collins (bioengineer), Jim Collins – fellow, MacArthur Foundation, professor of biomedical engineering * Nancy Kopell – fellow, MacArthur Foundation, professor of mathematics

Rhodes Scholars

* James Collins (bioengineer), Jim Collins – Rhodes Scholar, professor of biomedical engineering * Michael Hasselmo – Rhodes Scholar, professor of psychology * Jon Westling – Rhodes Scholar, former president of Boston University

Film, performing arts, television, radio

* Julia Child – cooking show host (deceased) * Harold Dorschug – radio engineer, former faculty member (deceased) * Simon Estes – operatic bass-baritone * Mark Fergus – screenwriter, director * Lukas Foss – composer and conductor (deceased) * Andrea Kremer - multi-time

winning sports journalist * Leslie Parnas – cellist (deceased) * Sumner Redstone – media mogul * Roman Totenberg – violinist (deceased) * Paul Ulanowsky – pianist * Roger Voisin – principal trumpet; Boston Symphony Orchestra (deceased) * John Walker (painter), John Walker – painter * Bob Zelnick – former ABC News correspondent, author

Other

* Loretta Lees – urban geographer and director of the Initiative on Cities * Isaac Asimov – author, best known for his work in writing science and science fiction (deceased) * Warren Ault – William Edwards Huntington, Huntington professor of history * Andrew Bacevich – historian, writer * Alexander Graham Bell – professor, inventor of the telephone (deceased) * Peter L. Berger – contemporary sociologist and theologian (deceased) * Zvi Bodie – professor * Belinda Borrelli – professor and director of the Center for Behavioral Science Research. * Borden Parker Bowne – professor of philosophy, 1876–1910 * Gerald Warner Brace – professor of English; writer known for his novels, fiction and literary works * Lewis E. Braverman – chief of endocrinology 1999–2017 * Robert A. Brown – fellow,

; United States National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, current Boston University president * Robert V. Bruce – winner of the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for History (deceased) * Kathryn Burak – director of the Writing Program in the College of Communications * Caroline Bynum, Caroline Walker Bynum – fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences * Milič Čapek (1909–1997) – philosopher * Ray Carney – film theorist * Aram Chobanian – Lifetime Achievement Award,

, former Boston University president * John T. Clarke – professor of astronomy * Robert Dallek – author, historian, Bancroft Prize winner * Roberta L. DeBiasi, M.D. – head of the Division of Pediatric Diseases at Children's National Hospital * Charles DeLisi – Presidential Citizens Medal recipient; Smithsonian Platinum Technology 21st Century Pioneer Partnership Laureate; Arthur G B Metcalf Professor of Science and Engineering * Mildred S. Dresselhaus – fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; National Academy of Sciences; National Academy of Engineering * Nancy Halliday Ely-Raphel – former associate dean, Boston University School of Law * Leslie Epstein * Henry Giroux – founding theorist of critical pedagogy in the United States *Robert Hess (college president), Robert Hess (1938–1994) – president of Brooklyn College * Geoffrey Hill – fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences *Gene Andrew Jarrett – professor of English and African American studies * Ha Jin – author, National Book Award winner, Faulkner Award winner, Hemingway Award winner * Sir Hans Kornberg – fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; National Academy of Sciences * Thomas Kunz – fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences * Richard Landes – historian, director of the Center for Millennial Studies * Calvin B. T. Lee – dean of the College of Liberal Arts 1968–1970, acting president 1970–1971, executive vice president 1971–1971 * Leonid Levin – co-discoverer of NP-completeness * Robert J. McShea * Adil Najam – dean, Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies * S. Hamid Nawab – professor of electrical and computer engineering, co-author of ''Signals and Systems'' * Norman O'Connor, Father Norman O'Connor (1921–2003) – former BU Catholic chaplain, jazz aficionado, writer, radio and Television program, TV show host * Patrice Oppliger – assistant professor of Communication and media consultant on popular culture * Robert Pinsky – former U.S. Poet Laureate * Anne Sexton – poet (deceased) * Batu Siharulidze – prominent artist, known for his figurative sculptures * John Silber – former president * Whitney Smith – vexillologist * Susanne Sreedhar – assistant professor of philosophy * Charles R Stith – US Ambassador to Tanzania 1998–2001 * Merlin Swartz – scholar of religion * Shanghua Teng – professor of computer science at Boston University; winner of Gödel Prize * Shari Thurer – adjunct associate professor in psychology * Georgia Warnke – distinguished professor of philosophy; director of the Center for Ideas & Society at the University of California, Riverside * Rosanna Warren – fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences * David Wiggins – fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences * Howard Zinn – historian, political activist, best selling author * Markos Moulitsas Zuniga – founder and main author of Daily Kos * Barbara Shinn-Cunningham (born 1964) – professor of biomedical engineering at BU * Randy Barnett * Edward Fredkin * John Cheever * Paul Rosenstein-Rodan – pioneer of postwar development economics

References

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