List of Boston University people

This is a list of notable faculty members and alumni of Boston University.

Notable alumni or attendees

Pulitzer Prize winners

• Tom Fiedler (MS COM 1971), Executive Editor, Miami Herald, 1991 Pulitzer Prize
• Ethan Forman, 2003 Pulitzer Prize winner
• Daniel Goodrich (COM 1975), Photographer, Newsday, 1997 Pulitzer Prize
• Stan Grossfeld (MS COM 1980), Associate Editor, Boston Globe, 1984 Pulitzer Prize
• Joseph Hallinan (BS COM 1984), Reporter, Wall Street Journal, 1991 Pulitzer Prize
• Kenneth Irby 1992, 1993, and 1995 Pulitzer Prizes
• Stephen Kurkjian (BA COM 1966), Senior Metro Editor, Boston Globe, 1972, 1980, and 2003 Pulitzer Prizes
• Jhumpa Lahiri (MA GRS 1993, MA UNI 1995, PhD UNI 1997), 2000 Pulitzer Prize
• Justin Lane, Freelance Photographer, 2002 Pulitzer Prize
• Patricia Maldonado, former Staff Writer, Miami Herald, 1999 Pulitzer Prize
• Gerald O'Neil, former Reporter, Boston Globe, 1972 Pulitzer Prize
• Michael Rezendes, Reporter, Boston Globe, 2003 Pulitzer Prize
• Sacha Pfeiffer, Reporter, Boston Globe, 2003 Pulitzer Prize
• James Savage, Retired Associate Editor, Miami Herald, 1987 and 1993 news staff Pulitzer Prizes
• William Sherman, Reporter, New York Daily News, Pulitzer Prize, Emmy Award and Peabody Award winner
• Mark Thompson (BS COM 1975), Senior Correspondent, Time Magazine, 1985 Pulitzer Prize
• Don Van Natta, Jr. (BS COM 1986), Correspondent, New York Times, 1993, 1999, and 2002 Pulitzer Prizes
• Joan Vennochi, Columnist, Boston Globe, 1980 Pulitzer Prize
• Helen Ubinas (BS COM 1994), Columnist, Hartford Courant, 1999 Pulitzer Prize
• Susan Walsh (BS COM 1987), Staff Photographer, Associated Press, 1999 Pulitzer Prize
• Meredith Warren, 2003 Pulitzer Prize

Academia

• Gleason Archer, Sr. (BA 1904, JD 1906), founder of Suffolk University and Suffolk University Law School
• John S. Bailey, (BSBA '51) Chancellor, American College of Greece
• Gail Carney, Dean, Lesley College
• Robert A. Chernak, (BSBA '68) Senior VP, Student and Academic Support Services, George Washington University
• Patricia Cormier (B.A.), President, Longwood University
• Charles Wesley Emerson, (School of Oratory, 1877) Founder, Emerson College
• Mary Jane England, President, Regis College
• Nancy Harrington, President, Salem State College, Massachusetts
• Fred A. Leuchter, famous Holocaust denier
• Ruth Linn, former Dean the University of Haifa, Israel
• Dana Mohler-Faria, President, Bridgewater State College
• Janice Stecchi, Dean, University of Massachusetts Lowell
• Thomas Tritton, President, Haverford College
• Kevin J. Tracey, (M.D. '83) President, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research
• Diana Chapman Walsh (M.S., PhD), President, Wellesley College
• J. Brian Atwood (B.A), dean, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota

Business

• J Allard, Vice President, Microsoft
• Supachai Chearavanont, (BSB 1989 SMG), CEO & President, True Corporation (Thailand)
• Nathaniel Baker, CEO, Domestic Bank
• Sarmad Palijo, (BA 2004 CAS), Chief Executive, Josh FM 99 - Pakistan's Premier FM Radio Network
• Norman Barron, Founder, Marshalls Department Stores
• Kirk Bauer, (JD), Executive Director, Disabled Sports USA; Former Member, President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
• Brian Bedol, (COM BA 1980), Founder, Fusient Media Ventures, Creator, Classic Sports Network (which became ESPN Classic), Founder and CEO, CSTV
• Jack Belsito, (BSBA 1982), Group CEO, Voss USA Inc.(formerly President of Snapple)
• Alessandro Benetton (SMG BSB 1988) Chairman of 21 Investimenti S.p. A, and Deuty Chairman of Benetton Group
• John K. Billock, (MBA 1975), Vice Chairman and COO, Time Warner Cable
• Chutinant Bhirom Bhakdi, Board of Directors, Boon Rawd Brewery(Singha Beer)
• Gina R. Boswell, Sr. Vice President and COO, Avon Products
• Ellen Bovarnick, Vice President, Coca-Cola
• David Brand, (BS 1983) Head, Global Technology M&A, Lehman Brothers
• Janice Brandt, Vice Chair, America Online
• Shin Yong-Il, (MBA), CEO, Deutsche Asset Management
• Michael Bronner, (BSBA 1982), Founder & Chairman, Upromise, Digitas
• Fred Bronstein, President, Dallas Symphony Orchestra
• Jay Cashman, CEO, Jay Cashman, Inc., Boston-area construction mogul
• David K. Colapinto, Esquire, partner, Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto, Washington, D.C.
• Ken Danieli, Brand Strategist and Principal, Danieli Consulting, LLC, Pepsi Stuff creator
• Allison Davis, Vice President, CBS Television
• David Dinerstein, Founder, Paramount Classics
• Mickey Drexler, (MBA 1968), Chairman & CEO, J. Crew
• Trung Dung, software billionaire business executive, founder of Fogbreak Software and On Display
• David Edgerton, co-founder of Burger King
• Susan Evans, Co-Founder, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
• Ahmass Fakahany, Executive Vice President and CFO, Merrill Lynch
• Kenneth Feld (SMG 1970 BSB), CEO, Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus
• Sidney Feltenstein, (BA 1962), CEO, A&W and Long John Silvers restaurants
• Bill Fine, President & General Manager, WCVB-TV Boston
• Paul Fireman, founder, Reebok
• Jerald G. Fishman, (MBA), CEO, Analog Devices
• Michael Fricklas, (JD), Executive Vice President & General Counsel, Viacom
• Samuel P. Fried, (JD), Senior Vice President, Secretary & General Counsel, Limited Brands
• Arlen W. Gelbard, (JD) Chief Banking Officer and President, E*TRADE Bank
• Bonnie Hammer, President, Sci-Fi Channel
• Ted Harbert, President, E! Networks
• Edgar J. Helms, founder of Goodwill Industries
• Jeanette Horan, (EMBA 1993), Vice President, IBM
• John P. Howe, III, President & CEO, Project HOPE (USA)
• Frederick Huntsberry, (CGS non-degree prog 1982, BSB SMG 1984) Chief Operating Officer, Paramount Pictures
• Ishrat Husain (PhD) 13th Governor of State Bank of Pakistan
• Paul Irwin, former CEO, The Humane Society of the United States
• Shel Israel (COM, no degree) Author, Entrepreneur and Consultant
• Toshimasa Iue, (MBA 1989), President & COO, Sanyo
• Bruce Karatz, (BA 1967), CEO, KB Home
• Damian Kozlowski, (MS), CEO, Citigroup Global Wealth Management
• Paul LaCamera, (MS), former President & General Manager, WCVB-TV Boston
• Louis Lataif, former President, Ford Motor Company Europe; Dean Emeritus, Boston University School of Management
• Michael Tze Hau Lee, (SMG MBA 1986), Managing Director Hysan Development Company Limited
• Christian F. Martin, CEO, C.F. Martin & Company
• Jessica McClintock, (BA 1950), Founder, President, CEO, Jessica McClintock, Inc.
• James McLamore, co-founder of Burger King
• Dirk Meyer, (MBA 1993) President & COO, Advanced Micro Devices, ACM Maurice Wilkes Award winner for contributions to Alpha and x86 chip designs
• Mitchell Modell, CEO, Modell's Sporting Goods
• Peter J. Moran, (CLA 1986), Co-Founder of ThinkBusiness magazine
• Ellen Parker, Executive Director, Project Bread
• Christine Poon, (MBA 1983), former Vice Chairman, Johnson & Johnson
• Craig S. Prusher, (BA 1985, JD 1988), Vice President, Asst. General Counsel, Burger King Corporation
• Richard D. Reidy, (BS 1982), President, Chief Executive Officer, Progress Software
• Shari Redstone, (JD), Vice Chair, Viacom and CBS
• Michael I. Roth, (JD), Interpublic Group
• Jay Rowe, Sr. Vice President, HBO Films
• Monty Sarhan, CEO, Cracked Entertainment
• J. Michael Schell, (JD), Vice Chairman, Global Banking, Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.
• John F. Smith, Jr. MBA 1965, Honorary Degree 1993, former Chairman and CEO of General Motors
• Patrick Spain (LAW JD 1979), founder of Hoover's and HighBeam Research
• Margaret Stumpp, Senior Vice President, Prudential Financial
• Nina Tassler, President, CBS Entertainment
• Gerald Tsai, Jr., (CAS, GRS 1949), Chairman, Tsai Management, Inc.
• Margaret Wallace, (BS 1989), CEO, Co-Founder, Rebel Monkey
• David Weinstein, (BA 1972), Chief, Administration & Government Affairs, Fidelity Investments
• Joseph Williams, CEO, Hibernia Southcoast Capital Corp.
• Noel Ashman, club owner( veruka, The Plumm, film producer
• Stuart Zakim, (BA 1976, MA 1978), Vice President, Showtime Network
• Edward Zander, (MBA 1975), Chairman & CEO, Motorola, former President Sun Microsystems
• Jason Strauss, CEO of the Strategic Group

Clergy

Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. (STH PhD 1955), 1964 Nobel Peace Prize; Civil Rights Leader
• Andrew Z. Lopatin (BA CAS 1987) Orthodox Jewish Rabbi
• Mihail Christodoulou Mouskos, Makarios III, (no degree STh 1948) archbishop and primate of the Cypriot Orthodox Church and first and fourth President of the Republic of Cyprus
• Woodie W. White (BST STH 1961), bishop of the United Methodist Church

International government, politics, royalty

• Faisal al-Fayez (CAS MA) former Prime Minister of Jordan
• Oscar Arias, (attended, no degree) President, Costa Rica; 1987 Nobel Peace Prize
• Milind Deora, (SMG BSBA '99) member of India's Parliament
• Keiko Fujimori, (SMG BSB 1997) member of Peru's Congress, former first lady of Peru
• Rafic Baha El Deen Al-Hariri, (Board of Trustee 1990-2003, named an Associate Founder of the University,Doctor of Laws and Honorary Trustee) Prime Minister of Lebanon; 1992-1998 & 2000-2004
• Margaret Ng, (STH PhD) member of Hong Kong’s Legislative Council
• Hiroshige Seko, (COM MS 1992) Public Relations Advisor in the Cabinet of Japan
• Gigi Tsereteli, (SPH 2005) Parliament, Georgia

United States government, politics

Governors

• Lincoln Almond, (JD 1961), former Governor of Rhode Island
• John Lewis Bates (CLA A.B. 1882, LAW LL. B. 1885), former Governor of Massachusetts.
• Albert O. Brown, (LL.B. 1884), former Governor of New Hampshire
• Fred H. Brown, (attended LAW 1904/06, no degree), former Governor of New Hampshire, former U.S. Congressman
• Paul Dever, (JD 1926), former Governor of Massachusetts
• Samuel D. Felker, (LL.B. 1887), former Governor of New Hampshire
• Judd Gregg, (JD), U.S. Senator, former Governor of New Hampshire
• Bob McDonnell, (M.S.B.A. 1980), Governor of Virginia
• J. Howard McGrath, (JD 1929), former U.S. Senator, former Governor of Rhode Island
• William Russell, (LL.B. 1879), former Governor of Massachusetts.
• David I. Walsh, (LL.B. 1897), former U.S. Senator, former Governor of Massachusetts

United States Senators

Senators may have served in other capacities, such as a governor. In such cases, the name is left unlinked, but the description will indicate the location of a linked entry.

• Edward Brooke III, (JD), first African-American U.S. Senator since Reconstruction (MA), Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient
• William M. Butler, (LL.B 1884), former U.S. Senator (MA)
• William Cohen, (LL.B. 1965), former U.S. Secretary of Defense, former U.S. Senator, former U.S. Congressman
• J. Howard McGrath, (JD 1929), former U.S. Senator (see Governors)
• Thomas J. McIntyre, (JD 1940), former U.S. Senator (NH)
• Robert Upton, (LL.B. 1907), former U.S. Senator (NH)
• David I. Walsh, (LL.B. 1897), former U.S. Senator (see Governors)

United States House of Representatives

Barbara Jordan, United States Congress, 1973-1979

• Joseph E. Casey, (JD), former U.S. Congressman (MA)
• Antonio Colorado, (BS 1962) Resident Commissioner in US Congress from Puerto Rico
• Paul Cronin, former U.S. Congressman (MA)
• John Crosby, (JD), former U.S. Congressman (MA)
• Emilio Q. Daddario, (law), former U.S. Congressman (CT)
• Norman D'Amours, (JD), former U.S. Congressman (NH)
• Louise Day Hicks, former U.S. Congresswoman (MA)
• Brian J. Donnelly, (BS 1970), former U.S. Congressman (MA), former US Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago,
• Charles Douglas III, (JD), former U.S. Congressman (NH)
• Forrest Goodwin, (JD), former U.S. Congressman (ME)
• Daniel Granger, (JD), former U.S. Congressman (RI)
• Arthur Daniel Healey, (JD), former U.S. Congressman (MA), and U.S. federal judge
• John Patrick Higgins, (JD), former U.S. Congressman (MA)
• Joe Hoeffel, (BS ), former U.S. Congressman (PA)
• Barbara Jordan, (JD), former U.S. Congresswoman (TX)
• Charles Joyce, (Newbury Seminary, pre-1850), former U.S. Congressman (VT)
• Ambrose Kennedy, (JB LAW 1906), former U.S. Congressman (RI)
• James Maloney, (JD), former U.S. Congressman (CT)
• Jim Marshall, (JD), U.S. Congressman (GA)
• Connie Morella, former U.S. Congresswoman (MD), former Maryland State Senator
• Frank Morse, former U.S. Congressman (MA)
• Henry Naphen, (JD), former U.S. Congressman (MA)
• Jeremiah O'Connell, former U.S. Congressman (RI)
• Ernest W. Roberts, (JD), former U.S. Congressman (MA)
• Ferdinand St. Germain, (JD), former U.S. Congressman (RI)
• Charles Sprague, (JD), former U.S. Congressman (MA)
• Robert Stafford, (JD), former U.S. Congressman (VT)
• Walter Stiness, (JD), former U.S. Congressman (RI)
• John Sullivan, (JD), former U.S. Congressman (MA)
• Joseph Walsh, (JD), former U.S. Congressman (MA)
• Edward Wason, (JD), former U.S. Congressman (NH)
• George Williams, (JD), former U.S. Congressman (MA)

United States Executive Departments and Agencies

Gary Locke, United States Secretary of Commerce, 2009-2011

• Michael Carleton, CIO, United States Department of Health and Human Services
• William Cohen, (JD), former U.S. Secretary of Defense, former U.S. Senator, former U.S. Congressman
• Joshua DuBois, (BA 2003), Head of the Office of Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships under President Barack Obama.
• Colleen Graffy, Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of State (P.R.)
• James Franklin Jeffrey, (MBA), Ambassador, U.S. Department of State
• Elizabeth Jones, Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of State
• Gary Locke (JD 1975), current Commerce Secretary and former Governor of Washington (see Governors)
• Louis Wade Sullivan, (MED), former Secretary, Health and Human Services

Other

• Keith B. Alexander, (MBA), Director, National Security Agency
• Armand Arabian, Retired Justice, California Supreme Court
• Pat Brown, (MBA 2007), Author, criminal profiler, TV commentator
• Jennifer M. Callahan, (B.A., B.S.), member of the Mass. House of Representatives (served 2002 - present)
• Paul C. Casey, (MBA 1998), member of the Mass. House of Representatives (served 1989 - present)
• Martha Coakley, (JD), Massachusetts Attorney General
• Ned DeWire, (M.Div), former General Secretary, United Methodist Church
• Michael F. Flaherty, (JD), President, Boston City Council
• Martha Fuller-Clark, (MA), New Hampshire State Senator
• Elizabeth Meyer Glaser (SED 1970), child advocate, AIDS activits and co-founder of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
• Neva Rockefeller Goodwin, (GRS PhD 1988) Philanthropist
• Don Gorton (CAS B.A. 1982), Commissioner, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Appellate Tax Board
• Stephen Douglas Johnson (LLM 1989), U.S. House Chief Counsel for Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit 1995-98; White House Senior Advisor for the Office of Federal Housing Oversight 2000-03 whose premature death in 2003 was the subject of a wire service obituary written by the late Ronald Reagan confidant Michael Deaver
• Stephen Khanoyan, (CAS B.A. 2008), U.S. Navy Surface Warfare Officer
• Takeo Kikuchi (LLB LAW 1877), one of the first Japanese to study law in the US, founder and second president of Tokyo’s Chuo University
• Rikki Klieman (JD LAW 1975), attorney, TV personality, Court TV
• Benjamin LaGuer, (MET B.L.S. magna cum laude, 1997) Massachusetts inmate who fought a conviction for more than two decades
• Zsolt Limperger, Hungarian football player
• Ida Lorentzen, American born Norwegian Artist
• Joan M. Menard, Massachusetts State Senator
• Markos Moulitsas Zúniga (JD), political consultant
• David Mulford (MA GRS 1962), U.S. Ambassador to India
• Shannon O'Brien, (JD), former Massachusetts State Treasurer
• Barbara Pariente, (COM '70) Chief Justice, Florida Supreme Court (Authored the Terri Schiavo decision)
• Mark Regev, (MS MET 1998), spokesman for the Israeli Prime Minister
• Elizabeth Rhodes, (MBA), Rhode Island State Senator
• Lelia Robinson (Mrs. Sawtelle), (LL.B LAW 1881), first woman admitted to Massachusetts state bar
• Anna Howard Shaw (STH 1878, MED 1886) President, Nat'l Women's Suffrage Assn (1904-1915), first woman awarded Distinguished Service Medal
• Cynthia Stone-Creem, Massachusetts State Senator
• Martha Ware, Massachusetts jurist and politician
• Sumner Whittier, former Lt. Governor of Massachusetts
• Frank J. Williams, Chief Justice, Rhode Island Superior Court
• Jacqueline Bruno, Miss Massachusetts Teen USA 2003, 3rd runner-up at Miss Teen USA 2003 and Miss Massachusetts USA 2008, Top 10 at Miss USA 2008

Film, performing arts, television, radio, popular culture

Geena Davis, Academy Award winner

Julianne Moore, Emmy Award winner

• PSY, South Korean singer (ranked number 10 in best entertainers in Korea)
• Samuel Adler, composer
• Sylvia Alimena, (CFA 1981), French Horn, National Symphony Orchestra, Conductor, Eclipse Chamber Orchestra
• Jason Alexander (attended SFA 3 years, Hon. 1995), Tony Award winning actor and Seinfeld character George Costanza
• Fred Allen (attended Summer Session), entertainer
• Ian Bavitz (Aesop Rock), (BFA 1998), Hip-hop musician
• Joan Baez (CFA 1962 no degree), folk singer
• Abhishek Bachchan (CAS 1997, no degree) Award-winning Indian actor - husband of actress Aishwarya Rai
• Edwin Barker, Principal Double Bass, Boston Symphony Orchestra
• Craig Bierko, (BA), Actor
• James Billings (CFA 1957 MM), operatic baritone, opera librettist, and opera director
• Ed Bishop, (Deceased) Actor, Fullbright Scholar
• Nicole Blackman, artist, poet, author, vocalist, Goth icon
• Calvin Burnett, (MFA 1960) artist
• Jensen Buchanan, Emmy Award nominated actress
• John Cazale, Golden Globe Award nominated actor, best known for role as "Fredo" in The Godfather
• Michael Chiklis, Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award winning actor
• Valerie Coleman, (SFA '95) Composer, Founder of Grammy-nominated chamber ensemble Imani Winds
• Alexis Cruz, actor
• Geena Davis, (SFA 1979) Academy Award winning actress
• David de Berry, theater composer, actor
• Ron Della Chiesa, (BA 1959) radio personality
• Andy Cohen Bravo TV executive and host
• Emily Deschanel, BFA, American actress, Bones, sister of Zooey Deschanel
• Rocco DiSpirito, Chef, restaurateur, television personality The Restaurant
• Aubrey Dollar, (no degree) actress
• Olympia Dukakis (SAR BS 1953, SFA MFA 1957), Academy Award winning actress
• Bill Duke, actor,
• Faye Dunaway, Academy Award winning actress
• Patrick Dunn (SMG BSB 1985), Hong Kong actor and Television Master of Ceremonies
• Jude Gerard Prest SFA - Television and Film Producer, director and Actor
• Don Ellis, Trumpeter and jazz composer
• Brian Fair Lead vocalist for the band Shadows Fall
• Charles Farrell (SMG 1928 no degree) Film & TV Actor, mayor of Palm Springs, Ca., with two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
• Bruce Feirstein, Screenwriter (3 James Bond movies), and author "Real Men Don't Eat Quiche"
• Peter Filardi, Hollywood screenwriter, Flatliners
• Jason Filardi, Hollywood screenwriter, Bringing Down The House, 17 Again
• Greg Fitzsimmons, comedian
• Connie Fletcher, actress
• Dan Fogler, actor
• Alexandra Fol, composer
• Justine Susanna Gamache (SFA BFA 1994, MFA 1999), Lead Singer, Freezepop
• Nina Garcia, Fashion Director of Elle Magazine, Judge for Project Runway
• David Garrison, (BFA), Tony award nominated actor, Al Bundy's Neighbor on Married with Children
• Paul Michael Glaser, actor (Starsky!)
• Richard N. Gladstein (CGS non-degree program 1981, COM BS 1983), Academy Award nominated film producer
• Elon Gold, comedian
• Jonathan Goldsmith, actor, "The Most Interesting Man in the World"
• Ginnifer Goodwin, actress
• Norman Greenbaum, musician, "Spirit in the Sky"
• Mariel Hemingway, Academy Award nominated actress, granddaughter of Ernest Hemingway
• Michelle Hurd, actress
• Eugene Izotov, Principal Oboe of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
• Jamie Kaler (CAS BA 1987), actor, "My Boys"
• Yunjin Kim, actress, Lost (TV series), "The Korean Julia Roberts"
• Andrew Kriesberg, writer, The Simpsons
• David E. Kelley, (JD), television producer, husband of Michelle Pfeiffer, His father, Jack Kelley, coached BU Hockey
• Paula Kelley, singer
• Jeff Kline, Producer, various children's television shows
• Dominique LaBelle, opera singer
• Vincent Larusso, (BSB 2000 SMG), actor The Mighty Ducks films
• James Kyson Lee, actor Heroes (TV series)
• Erica Leerhsen, (BFA '98), Actress
• Noah Lennox, experimental musician and founding member of the Animal Collective
• Will Lyman, (SFA '71), Narrator, PBS Frontline
• Yan Luo (screenwriter), actress
• Elizabeth (Sadie) Holloway Marston, co-creator of the comic book character, Wonder Woman
• Rob Mariano (CAS BA 1999), better known as Boston Rob, an American reality TV star and husband of Amber Brkich
• Joshua Marvit, (writing under pseudonym Milt Pupique), creator of acrosticdoublespeak
• Megan McCormick, television travel host
• David Metzler, television producer
• Tom Magliozzi, (MBA, PhD) co-host of Car Talk
• Ikuko Mizuno-Spire, violinist, Boston Symphony Orchestra
• Julianne Moore, Academy Award nominated and Emmy Award winning actress
• Russell Morash, (BA '57), Emmy Award winning producer, This Old House, New Yankee Workshop, The Victory Garden
• Leonard Nimoy, (No degree, school of education), Star Trek, Spock
• Michael Niro, producer, writer, celebrity interviewer (HBO) (Barbra Streisand: The Concert) (Sopranos)(Six Feet Under)
• Kevin O'Connor, (GSM MBA '99) host of This Old House
• Rosie O'Donnell (dropout), actress, comedian
• Linda Park, actress
• Peter Paige, actor
• Ethan Phillips, actor
• Paula Plum, actress, director, playwright
• Paul Rachman, (CAS BA '82), Film Director American Hardcore, co-founder Slamdance FIlm Festival
• Kim Raver, (BFA) actress, (Audrey Raines from 24)
• Paul Reubens (dropout), actor.
• Scott Rosenberg, Hollywood screenwriter, Con Air, High Fidelity
• Jeffrey Ross, actor, comedian
• Patti Rothberg, (no degree awarded), singer, songwriter
• Anthony Ruivivar, actor
• Harold Russell, Academy Award winning actor, former National Commander of AMVETS
• Sarah Saltzberg, actress
• Richard Sher, radio and television producer
• Lan Shui, Music Director, Singapore Symphony Orchestra
• Matt Squire, (CAS 1999), Platinum Music Producer
• Eric Stein, castmember on Big Brother 8
• Howard Stern, (CGS non degree program 1974, COM BS 1976), radio host and self-declared "King of All Media"
• Ryan Sypek, actor
• Mary Timony, indie rocker
• Marisa Tomei (attended CFA 1983, Hon. DFA 2002), Academy Award winning actress
• Armand Van Helden, DJ
• Joan Wasser, indie rocker
• William Waterhouse, violinist
• Michaela Watkins, actress, Saturday Night Live
• Cynthia Watros, Emmy Award winning actress
• Ashley Williams, (BA '01) actress, Associated Press 'It Girl', 2003
• Michael Williams, Academy Award winning producer
• Alfre Woodard, Emmy Award winning and Academy Award nominated actress
• David Weinberg, American vocalist, The Suicide File

Journalism, non-fiction film and broadcasting

See also: Pulitzer Prize winners

• Elissa Altman, food writer, The Huffington Post, restaurant critic, Hartford Courant
• Mike Barnicle, Journalist, Radio Host
• Peter Botte, (SMG 1990 BSB) Sportswriter, New York Daily News, The Hockey News.
• Liz Cho, WABC-TV News Anchor
• Christine Chubbuck, television reporter who committed suicide on live television in 1974
• Elizabeth Cohen, CNN medical correspondent
• Joe Concannon, (deceased), Sports writer, Boston Globe
• Glenn Consor, (BS '80), Sports Broadcaster, Radio Color Commentary for FM 106.7 Washington DC Washington Wizards broadcasts. Started 4 years for Rick Pitino on BU Basketball Team
• Fabien Cousteau, (BS '91), Aquatic filmmaker, grandson of Jacques Cousteau
• David Doubilet (COM 1970 BS), underwater photographer, National Geographic
• Mark Feinsand, (COM 1996 BS)Sportswriter, New York Daily News.
• Tyler Hicks, photographer, New York Times
• Erica Hill, anchor, CNN Headline News
• Jeremy Hobson, reporter, Marketplace
• Randi Kaye, CNN Correspondent, AC360
• Yunghi Kim (COM 1984 BS) photographer, Pulitzer Prize Finalist, NPPA-POY Magazine Photographer Of The Year
• Michele LaFountain, Anchor, ESPN SportsCenter en espanól
• Albert Maysles, Emmy Award winning documentary filmmaker
• Kevin Merida, Associate Editor, Washington Post
• Carl Mydans, (CBA BS 1930), Photographic journalist with Life Magazine from 1936 into the 1950s
• Joseph Nocera, columnist, New York Times
• Bill O'Reilly, (MS '75), Radio & Television personality
• Melanie Page, Former CNBC employee
• Anthony Radziwill, NBC anchor and reporter
• Jay Severin, commentator, politico
• Casey Sherman, Bestselling author of A Rose for Mary, Black Irish & The Finest Hours
• Bill Simmons, (COM 1993 MS) Podcaster, Writer for ESPN's Page2
• Howard Stern (CGS 1974 NDP, SPC 1976 BS), shock jock, radio personality, "King of all Media"
• Sharon Tay, host, MSNBC
• Anthony Tommasini, Chief Music Critic, New York Times
• Nina Totenberg, (COM 1965) correspondent for National Public Radio
• Susan Tran, reporter, WHDH
• Gary Tuchman, (COM 1982 BS) reporter, CNN
• Dana Tyler, Emmy Award winning news anchor
• Linda Vester, host, Fox News Channel
• Jim Vicevich, Radio Host of Sound Off Connecticut

Literature

• Anthony Bruno, (CAS 1974 BA), Novelist
• Percy Jewett Burrell, (pre-1900 B.O., School of Oratory) American dramatist
• Hal Clement, (SED 1946 M.Ed), science fiction writer
• Nicholas Gage (DGE 1961, COM BS 1963, HON LtD 1985), Author, "Eleni", "A Place For Us", "Greek Fire"
• Peter Guralnick,(1971 MA), author focused on twentieth-century American popular music
• Younghill Kang, author, Guggenheim Fellow
• William Ellery Leonard (1899) Poet
• Susan Miller, (SSW 1979 MSS), author
• Stewart O'Nan, (ENG 1983 BS), author
• Robert B. Parker, (GRS 1957 MA, 1971 PhD), author, "Spencer for Hire" and other mystery novels
• Norman Vincent Peale, (STh) Minister, author
• John Perkins, (SMG 1968 BSB), economist, author
• Kim Stanley Robinson, (GRS 1975 MA) science fiction author
• Lauren Slater, (SED 1995 EDD [Doctor of Education]) author, psychologist
• Anne Sexton, Pulitzer Prize winning poet
• Neal Stephenson, (CLA 1981 BA) science fiction author
• Dorothy West, author, member of Harlem Renaissance
• Scott Whitaker, poet

Sports

Mickey Cochrane, Baseball Hall of Fame

Chris Drury, Stanley Cup Champion

• Carl Adams, current wrestling coach; 3-time NCAA All-American, 2-time National Champion @ 158 lb.
• Harry Agganis, professional baseball player
• Tony Amonte, NHL hockey player
• Shawn Bates, NHL hockey player
• Raja Bell (transferred to Florida International University), NBA basketball player
• Rocco Benetton former chief executive of the Benetton Formula One team.
• Cindy Blodgett, Former WNBA Player, Assistant Basketball Coach
• Billy Brooks, NFL's Buffalo Bills '93-'95
• Tom Burke, (Law LL.B. 1897) Olympic Champion
• Butch Byrd, Professional Football Standout
• Gerardo Mauricio Chavez Montaño, (CAS '02) President and General Manager of Bomberos de Mexicali, Club de Basquetbol, of Mexico's CIBACOPA League
• Glenn Consor, (BS '80), Sports Broadcaster, Radio Color Commentary for FM 106.7 Washington DC Washington Wizards broadcasts. Started 4 years for Rick Pitino on BU Basketball Team
• Mickey Cochrane, Hall of Fame Baseball player
• Jim Craig, 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team
• Jochen Dieckfoss, 4-time America East cross-country champion
• Rick DiPietro, NHL hockey player
• Andy Dorman, Major League Soccer soccer player
• Chris Drury, NHL hockey player, Hobey Baker Award winner
• Tom Dwan, Professional Poker Player
• Michael Emenalo (CAS BA 1989), member of Nigeria's 1994 World Cup soccer team
• Mike Eruzione, Captain, 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team
• Dick Farley, College Football Hall of Fame coach
• Foge Fazio, NCAA football Coach, NFL football coach
• Michael Felger, sports writer for the Boston Herald and sports radio talk show host
• Mike Grier, NHL hockey player
• Cornella Harrington Sanders, Olympic speed skater
• Bill Herrion, NCAA basketball coach
• Karl Hobbs, NCAA basketball coach
• Rick Hoyt, inspirational triathlete
• Mike Jarvis, NCAA Basketball Coach
• Jim "Crash" Jensen, Former NFL football player
• Adam Kagin, Professional Poker Player
• Robyn Kenney, Team USA Field Hockey
• Steven Key, WNBA's CHicago SKy head coach/general manager
• Jeffrey Lurie, ex-owner, Philadelphia Eagles, ex-professor, BU
• Shawn McEachern, NHL hockey player
• Stephanie McMahon, WWE current Executive Vice President of Talent Relations, Live Events and Creative Writing
• Shane McMahon, WWE former Executive Vice President of Global Media
• Freddy Meyer, NHL hockey player
• Jack O'Callahan, 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team
• Jay Pandolfo, NHL hockey player
• Jack Parker, legendary Boston University hockey coach
• Gary Plummer, NBA player
• Rick Pitino, NCAA & NBA Basketball Coach
• Tom Poti, NHL hockey player
• Ed Ronan, NHL hockey player
• Dave Silk, 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team
• Mike Sullivan (hockey), NHL Hockey Player, NHL Coach
• John Thomas (athlete), High Jump World Record Holder
• Keith Tkachuk, NHL hockey player
• Ryan Whitney, NHL hockey player
• Scott Young, retired NHL player

Miscellaneous

• Francis Lee Bailey, (JD '60) (A.K.A. F. Lee Bailey), Renowned lawyer, Graduated first in class
• Bernard Berenson (attended CLA 1883-84, no degree) prominent Art Historian of the early 20th Century
• Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, wife of John F. Kennedy, Jr.. Killed in an airplane crash on July 16, 1999.
• James Richard Cocke, M.D. (1863–1900), American physician, homeopath, and a pioneer hypnotherapist (the first blind medical graduate)
• Richard A. Cohen, instrumental figure in conversion therapy
• Warren A. Cole, founder of the Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity, which is one of the largest social fraternities in the United States
• Fe Del Mundo (1940), National Scientist of the Philippines. A recipient of the Ramon Magsaysay Award which is considered the Nobel Prize of Asia, she devised an incubator made out of bamboo, designed for use in rural communities without electrical power.
• Paul R. Devlin, Supreme Advocate, Knights of Columbus
• Tom Dwan aka Durrr (no degree), Professional Poker Player
• Tipper Gore, Former 2nd Lady of the United States
• Larry Graham, (JD '70), President, National Confectioners Association
• Jeffrey Guterman, Mental health counselor and counselor educator
• Karen Kwan, skater
• Joyce Jillson, astrologer, 20th Century Fox Studios, Reagan Administration
• Hadassah Lieberman, wife of U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman
• Claudia Nugent, granddaughter of President Lyndon Johnson
• Jeff Roberts, (CFA '99), Fulbright Scholar - Traditional Chinese Music
• Mark Rosewater, Magic: The Gathering Head Designer
• Travis Roy, (COM 2000) a leading activist for spinal cord injury survivors and founder of The Travis Roy Foundation
• Dawn Steel (deceased)(did not graduate), first woman to run a major hollywood studio
• Steven H. Untracht, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S., (CAS BA '75), member of 1999 Nobel Peace Prize winner Doctors Without Borders.
• Trish Vradenburg, playwright, author, television writer, and Alzheimer’s Disease advocate.
• Kate Vrijmoet, artist
• Helen Magill White, first woman to earn a Ph.D.

Notable faculty members

Nobel laureates

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• Saul Bellow, 1976 Nobel Prize for Literature (deceased)
• Sheldon Lee Glashow, 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics
• Martin Luther King Jr., 1964 Nobel Peace Prize (deceased)
• Derek Walcott, 1992 Nobel Prize for Literature; fellow, MacArthur Foundation
• Elie Wiesel, 1986 Nobel Peace Prize
• Osamu Shimomura, 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Fulbright Scholars

• Susan Akram, Fulbright Scholar
• Paul Barbone, Fulbright Scholar
• Thomas Barfield, Fulbright Scholar
• Janice Barrett, Fulbright Scholar
• Peter Bridgman Benfield, Fulbright Scholar
• Anne Donahue, Fulbright Scholar
• Wendy Gordon, Fulbright Scholar
• Michael Corgan, Fulbright Scholar
• James Johnson, Fulbright Scholar
• Sam Kauffman, Fulbright Scholar
• Tedros Kiros, Fulbright Scholar
• Mark Kon, Fulbright Scholar
• Jeanne Ellen Koopman, Fulbright Scholar
• Victor Manfredi, Fulbright Scholar
• James Mendelsohn, Fulbright Scholar
• Frances Miller, Fulbright Scholar
• Robert Neffson, Fulbright Scholar
• Augustus Norton, Fulbright Scholar
• David S. Palmer, Fulbright Scholar
• Robert Rosenthal, Fulbright Scholar
• Vivian Anne Schmidt, Fulbright Scholar
• Bruce Schulman, Fulbright Scholar
• Nina Silber, Fulbright Scholar
• Henry Burke Wend, Fulbright Scholar

Guggenheim Fellows

• Henry E. Allison (Professor of Philosophy) 1985
• Theodore Antoniou (Composer; Professor of Music) 1978
• David Aronson (Painter; Emeritus Professor of Art) 1960
• Jelle Atema (Director, Professor of Biology, BU Marine Program at Woods Hole) 1987
• Millicent Bell (Professor of English)1971
• Saul Bellow (Novelist; University Professor) 1948 and 1955
• Peter Anthony Bertocci (Deceased Borden Parker Bowne Professor Emeritus of Philosophy) 1967
• Robert V. Bruce (Professor Emeritus of History) 1957
• Alicia Borinsky, (Professor of Latin American and Comparative Literature) 2001 Latin American and Caribbean Fellow
• Donald Selwyn Carne-Ross (University Professor and Professor of Classics and Modern Languages) 1962
• Walter D. Connor (Professor of Political Science) 1986
• Bonnie Costello (Associate Professor of English) 1990
• Thomas Joseph Cottle (Professor of Education) 1974
• Patricia Bland Craddock (Professor of English) 1971
• Robert Dallek (Professor of History) 1973
• Norman Dello Joio (Composer; University Professor and Professor Emeritus of Music) 1944 and 1945
• Barbara Diefendorf (Professor of History), 1997 US and Canadian Fellow
• Leslie D. Epstein (Director, Creative Writing Program) 1977
• Aaron Moses Fogel (Associate Professor of English) 1987
• Alfredo Gisholt (Teaching Associate of Art) 2002 US and Canadian Fellow
• Thomas F. Glick (Professor of History) 1987
• Merle Goldman (Professor of History) 1987
• Gennady Gorelik (Research Fellow, Center for Philosophy and History of Science) 1995 US and Canadian Fellow
• Jeffrey Henderson (Professor of Classical Studies) 1997 US and Canadian Fellow
• Patricia Hills (Professor of Art History) 1982
• Jaakko Hintikka (Professor of Philosophy) 1987
• Arthur Grover Humes (Professor Emeritus of Biology) 1954
• Caroline Jones (Associate Professor of Art History) 1999 US and Canadian Fellow
• Howard Clark Kee (William Goodwin Aurelio Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies) 1966
• Carol Keller (Assistant Professor of Art) 1999 US and Canadian Fellow
• William R. Keylor (Professor of History) 1976
• John T. Kirk (Emeritus Professor of Art History) 1986
• Jon Paul Klancher (Associate Professor of English) 1989
• Fred S. Kleiner (Professor of Art History and Archaeology) 1988
• Nancy Kopell (Professor of Mathematics) 1984
• Aileen S. Kraditor (Professor Emeritus of History) 1975
• Leonid A. Levin (Professor of Computer Science) 1993
• Ralph Lombreglia (Instructor in Creative Writing) 1996 US and Canadian Fellow
• Susan Mizruchi (Professor of English and American Studies) 2001 US and Canadian Fellow
• Dilip Mookherjee ( Professor of Economics and Director, Institute of Economic Development) 2001 US and Canadian Fellow
• 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
• Lawrence Sulak (David M. Myers Distinguished Professor of Physics) 2002 US and Canadian Fellow
• Julian Zelizer (Professor of History) 2006 US and Canadian Fellow

MacArthur Fellows

• Jim Collins, fellow, MacArthur Foundation, Professor of Biomedical Engineering
• Nancy Kopell, fellow, MacArthur Foundation, Professor of Mathematics

Rhodes Scholars

• Jim Collins, Rhodes Scholar, Professor of Biomedical Engineering
• Robert Grasberger, Rhodes Scholar
• Michael Hasselmo, Rhodes Scholar, Professor of Psychology
• Julius Levine, Rhodes Scholar
• Rick Malins, Rhodes Scholar
• Jon Westling, Rhodes Scholar, former President of Boston University

Film, performing arts, television, radio

• Julia Child, world famous cooking show host (deceased)
• Harold Dorschug, radio engineer, former faculty member (deceased)
• Simon Estes, Internationally renowned Operatic Bass-Baritone
• Lukas Foss, composer and conductor (deceased)
• Ann Hobson-Pilot, principal harpist; Boston Symphony Orchestra
• Mark Fergus, screenwriter, director
• Sumner Redstone, media mogul
• Mike Roylance, principal tuba, Boston Symphony Orchestra
• James Spruill, actor, founder, New African Company
• Roman Totenberg, violinist
• Roger Voisin, principal trumpet; Boston Symphony Orchestra (deceased)
• Bob Zelnick, former ABC News correspondent, author
• Paul Ulanowsky, pianist

Other

Robert Pinsky, U.S. Poet Laureate (1997-2000)

• Isaac Asimov, author, best known for his work in writing science and science fiction (deceased)
• Warren Ault, Huntington Professor of history
• Andrew Bacevich, historian, writer
• John Baillieul, (Professor) 2006 President of IEEE Control Systems Society
• Alexander Graham Bell, (Professor) inventor of the telephone (deceased)
• Peter L. Berger, contemporary sociologist and theologian
• Margrit Betke, one of two academics in the Top 10 Women to Watch in New England[1]
• Zvi Bodie, Professor
• Gerald Warner Brace, Professor of English was an American writer best known for his novels, fiction andliterary works.
• Robert A. Brown, fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; National Academy of Sciences, current Boston University President
• Caroline Walker Bynum, fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• Ray Carney, film theorist
• Aram Chobanian, Lifetime Achievement Award, American Heart Association, former Boston University President
• Bonnie Costello, fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• Robert Dallek, author, historian, Bancroft Prize winner
• Charles DeLisi, Presidential Citizens Medal; 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
• Leslie Epstein
• Joseph Fewsmith, scholar of Chinese politics and foreign relations
• Henry Giroux, founding theorists of critical pedagogy in the United States.
• Husain Haqqani, Professor & Director of Center of International Relations and Pakistan's Ambassador to the United States of America
• Geoffrey Hill, fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• 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
• Laurance Kotlikoff, fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• Richard Landes historian, Director of the Center for Millennial Studies
• Leonid Levin, co-discoverer of NP-Completeness
• Robert J. McShea
• Thomas Mickey, Smithsonian Fellow
• Father Norman O'Connor (1921-2003), former BU Catholic Chaplain, jazz aficionado, writer, radio and TV show host
• Robert Pinsky, former U.S. Poet Laureate
• Bruce Redford, fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• Anne Sexton, poet
• John Silber, ex-President
• Batu Siharulidze, prominent artist, known for his figurative sculptures
• Whitney Smith, vexillologist
• Charles R Stith, US Ambassador to Tanzania 1998-2001
• Shanghua Teng, Professor of Computer Science at Boston University and winner of Gödel Prize
• 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