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This list of Florida International University people includes alumni, faculty, and presidents of Florida International University in Miami, Florida, which includes 26 colleges and schools.

Alumni

With more than 150,500 alumni around the world, the Florida International University Golden Panthers constitute one of the fastest-growing university alumni groups in the state of Florida. FIU graduates more than 8,000 students a year and confers more than half of all degrees awarded by universities in South Florida.

Sports

Baseball

Athlete	Notability
Brad Eldred	Professional MLB Baseball player^[1]
Mike Lowell	Professional MLB Baseball player

Basketball

Athlete	Notability
Carlos Arroyo	Professional NBA Basketball player
Raja Bell	Professional NBA Basketball player^[2]
Andrea Nagy	Professional WNBA Basketball player

Equestrian

Athlete	Notability
Margie Goldstein-Engle	Equestrian

Football

Athlete	Notability
Antwan Barnes	NFL Pro football player San Diego Chargers
Brenda Lowe	Miami Dolphins cheerleader, Survivor contestant
Anthony Gaitor	NFL Pro football player Tampa Bay Buccaneers
T.Y. Hilton	NFL Pro football player Indianapolis Colts

Golf

Athlete	Notability
Pat Bradley	LPGA professional golfer

Soccer

Athlete	Notability
Bobby Boswell	MLS Pro Soccer player Houston Dynamo
Jeff Cassar	MLS Pro Soccer player FC Dallas
Steve Ralston	MLS Pro Soccer player New England Revolution

Authors and Entertainers

Authors, Actors, Television, Musicians

Alumni	Notability
Carlos Alvarado-Larroucau	francophone author, poetry, novel, essay^[3]
Dennis Lehane	author of Mystic River^[4]
Ana Menendez	fiction author and journalist^[5]

Alumni	Notability
Andy García	academy award nominated actor^[6]
Dawn Ostroff	president of entertainment of the CW Network^[7]
Danny Pino	actor, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit on NBC^[8]
Kimberly Leemans	model, America's Next Top Model contestant^[9]
Vijay Yesudas	South Indian singer, Vijay Yesudas^[10]
Kev Marcus	violinist hip-hop, jazz, classical, Black Violin^[11]
Syesha Mercado	singer, American Idol contestant (Season 7)^[12]
Nadia Turner	singer, American Idol contestant (Season 4)^[13]
Henry Vega	award-winning composer, musician

Business

Entertainment

Alumni	Notability
Sherman Bergman	Notable American kickboxer
Dawn Ostroff	President of Entertainment, CW Television Network
Jack Hernández	Founder CEO & Web Entrepreneur, Topmedia Inc;^[14] Acade.me
Phillip Aleman	theatrical press agent, The Producers^[15]

Other companies

Alumni	Notability
Dr. Stephanie Burns	President & Chief Executive Officer, Dow Corning.^[16]^[17]^[18]
Regynald G. Washington	Vice President/General Manager, Disney Regional Entertainment^[19]
Adolfo Henriques	chairman/CEO of Union Planters Bank-Florida^[20]
Edison F. Peres	Is Senior Vice President, Worldwide Channels Go-to-Market at Cisco Systems^[21]
Maria Elena Ibañez	Founder of International Micro Systems, International High-Tech Marketing, and Intermark Foods^[22]

Marc Spiwak

Corporate Executive Hammacher Schlemmer

Law and Politics

House of Representatives/U.S. Court Judge

Alumni	Notability
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	member of the United States House of Representatives and first Hispanic from South Florida^{[citation needed]}
Cecilia Altonaga	U.S. District Court Judge (first Cuban-American woman appointed)^{[citation needed]}
David Rivera	Florida’s 25th Congressional District^{[citation needed]}

Local/Municipal Government

Alumni	Notability
Maria Parodi	Councillor and Deputy Lord Mayor, Dublin, Ireland^[23]

Education

Alumni	Notability
Marcelo Baró Ph.D.	PR Department Chair at UADE, Argentine University of Business^{[citation needed]}
Miguel A. De La Torre	prolific author on Hispanic religiosity and professor of social ethics at Iliff School of Theology^{[citation needed]}
Elsa Murano	Former President of Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas
Donna M. Schaeffer	Associate Professor of Management Information Systems Marymount University in Arlington, Virginia^{[citation needed]}

Science and Space

Alumni	Notability
Omar Baez, Jr.	NASA launch director for Launch Services Program at John F. Kennedy Space Center^[24]
Annette Taberner	Neuroscientist noted for studies in auditory neurophysiology.^[25]
James F. O'Brien	a professor at UC-Berkeley, has patents pending for his explosive computer animation techniques.^[26]

Faculty

Irtishad Ahmad, professor & chairperson of Florida International University Department of Construction Management and editor in chief of the Journal of Management in Engineering ASCE^{[citation needed]}
Mark Allen Weiss, professor of School of Computing and Information Sciences and writer of several books of programming^{[citation needed]}
Thomas E. Baker, professor of Constitutional Law in the College of Law^{[citation needed]}
Lynne Barrett, professor of English and founder of Gulf Stream Magazine
William Darrow, professor of Public Health^{[citation needed]}
Mark Hetzler, professor of Music and Orchestra^{[citation needed]}
Jennifer Smith DeCastroverde, professor of Theatre
Orlando Jacinto García, professor of Music and director of the Composition Program for the School of Music
Steven Heine, professor of Religion and History as well as Director of the Institute for Asian Studies
Abraham Lavender, professor of Sociology and president of the Society for Crypto-Judaic Studies
Stephen Leatherman, director of the FIU Coastal Research Lab, nicknamed "Dr. Beach" for his annual ratings of American beaches (issued every Memorial Day weekend)
Bruce Nissen, professor of labor studies and director of research at the Center for Labor Research and Studies and director of the FIU Research Institute on Social and Economic Policy
Elizabeth Price Foley, professor of Law in the College of Law^{[citation needed]}
Stewart Robertson, professor of orchestral studies and conductor of the FIU Symphony Orchestra
John Dufresne, professor of creative writing, editor of Gulf Stream Magazine and notable author.^{[citation needed]}
Humberto Delgado, professor of television production and broadcasting guru for several productions in the Miami media industry.^{[citation needed]}

University Presidents

President	Tenure
Charles Perry	1965–1976
Harold Crosby	1976–1979
Gregory Baker Wolfe	1979–1986
Modesto A. Maidique	1986–2009
Mark B. Rosenberg	2009–Present

References

^ http://pittsburgh.pirates.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=434660 Brad Eldred Stats, Bio, Photos, Highlights
^ "Raja Bell". Basketball-Reference.Com. Retrieved November 15, 2012.
^ http://www.editions-harmattan.fr/index.asp?navig=auteurs&obj=artiste&no=17021
^ http://www.bandp-book-dealers-int.com/dennis_lehane Retrieved July 4, 2010
^ http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/35036/Ana_Menendez/index.aspx
^ http://www.netglimse.com/celebs/pages/andy_garcia/index.shtml Retrieved July 4, 2010
^ Levin, Gary; Lieberman, David (January 25, 2006). "UPN, WB networks merge". USA Today.
^ http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1809179674/bio
^ http://www.buddytv.com/articles/americas-next-top-model/americas-next-top-model-cycle-9878.aspx
^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vijay_Yesudas
^ http://www.blackviolin.net/
^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syesha_Mercado
^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadia_Turner
^ http://www.topmediainc.com
^ http://www2.fiu.edu/~thedan/theatre/alumni.htm
^ Stephanie Burns
^ Forbes http://www.forbes.com/lists/2005/11/GJSP.html. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ http://www.ranker.com/review/stephanie-a--burns/11746452
^ http://www.cfs.purdue.edu/htm/darden/regynald_washington.htm
^ http://investing.businessweek.com/businessweek/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=567906&privcapId=272911&previousCapId=272911&previousTitle=Florida%20East%20Coast%20Industries,%20Inc.
^ http://www.ranker.com/review/edison-f--peres/11906617
^ "Maria Elena Ibañez builds her third entrepreneurial venture giving El Latino brand regional reach, eyes going national". Miami Today News. September 24, 2009. Retrieved July 22, 2013. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "About Maria", Maria Parodi, retrieved February 9, 2012
^ http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/about/biographies/baez.html
^ http://mit.edu/shbt/people/alumni_profiles/taberner.html
^ https://fiualumni.com/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=313

[1] ttp://pittsburgh.pirates.mlb.com/team/player.jsp?player_id=434660 Brad Eldred Stats, Bio, Photos, Highlights

[2] "Raja Bell". Basketball-Reference.Com. Retrieved November 15, 2012.

[3] ttp://www.editions-harmattan.fr/index.asp?navig=auteurs&obj=artiste&no=17021

[4] ttp://www.bandp-book-dealers-int.com/dennis_lehane Retrieved July 4, 2010

[5] ttp://www.harpercollins.com/authors/35036/Ana_Menendez/index.aspx

[6] ttp://www.netglimse.com/celebs/pages/andy_garcia/index.shtml Retrieved July 4, 2010

[7] Levin, Gary; Lieberman, David (January 25, 2006). "UPN, WB networks merge". USA Today.

[8] ttp://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1809179674/bio

[9] ttp://www.buddytv.com/articles/americas-next-top-model/americas-next-top-model-cycle-9878.aspx

[10] ttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vijay_Yesudas

[11] ttp://www.blackviolin.net/

[12] ttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syesha_Mercado

[13] ttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadia_Turner

[14] ttp://www.topmediainc.com

[15] ttp://www2.fiu.edu/~thedan/theatre/alumni.htm

[16] Stephanie Burns

[17] Forbes http://www.forbes.com/lists/2005/11/GJSP.html. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[18] ttp://www.ranker.com/review/stephanie-a--burns/11746452

[19] ttp://www.cfs.purdue.edu/htm/darden/regynald_washington.htm

[20] ttp://investing.businessweek.com/businessweek/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=567906&privcapId=272911&previousCapId=272911&previousTitle=Florida%20East%20Coast%20Industries,%20Inc.

[21] ttp://www.ranker.com/review/edison-f--peres/11906617

[22] "Maria Elena Ibañez builds her third entrepreneurial venture giving El Latino brand regional reach, eyes going national". Miami Today News. September 24, 2009. Retrieved July 22, 2013. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[23] "About Maria", Maria Parodi, retrieved February 9, 2012

[24] ttp://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/about/biographies/baez.html

[25] ttp://mit.edu/shbt/people/alumni_profiles/taberner.html

[26] ttps://fiualumni.com/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=313

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