List of Florida International University people

This list of notable Florida International University alumni 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
Garrett Wittels	professional baseball player; 56-game college hitting streak^[2]

Basketball

Athlete	Notability
Oren Aharoni	Israeli basketball coach and former Israeli Basketball Premier League basketball player
Carlos Arroyo	professional NBA and Israeli Basketball Premier League basketball player
Raja Bell	professional NBA basketball player^[3]
Rakeem Buckles	professional Israeli Basketball Premier League basketball player
Andrea Nagy	professional WNBA basketball player

Equestrian

Athlete	Notability
Margie Goldstein-Engle	equestrian

Football

Athlete	Notability
Antwan Barnes	NFL pro football player, free agent
Johnathan Cyprien	NFL pro football player, Tennessee Titans
Anthony Gaitor	NFL pro football player, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
T. Y. Hilton	NFL pro football player, Indianapolis Colts
Nick Turnbull	NFL pro football player, Atlanta Falcons
Tourek Williams	NFL pro football player, San Diego Chargers

Soccer

Athlete	Notability
Bobby Boswell	MLS pro soccer player, Houston Dynamo
Jeff Cassar	MLS pro soccer player, FC Dallas
Juan Francisco Guerra	Venezuelan First Division pro soccer player, New York Cosmos (2010)
Steve Ralston	MLS pro soccer player, New England Revolution

Track & Field

Athlete	Notability
Ronald Forbes	Olympic Athlete 110m Hurdles, Cayman Islands (2008, 2012, 2016)^[4]
Ena Guevara-Mora	Olympic Athlete Marathon, Peru (1984, 1992)^[5]
Tayna Lawrence	Olympic Athlete 100 meters, Jamaica (2000, 2004)^[6]
Aubrey Smith	Olympic Athlete Long Jump, Canada (2016)^[7]

Other sports

David Avellan, electrical engineering graduate, mixed martial artist^[8]
Steve Meister (born 1958), tennis player

Authors and entertainers

Alumnus	Notability
Carlos Alvarado-Larroucau	francophone writer, poet, essayist, professor^[9]
Richard Blanco	inaugural poet, public speaker, author
Dennis Lehane	author of Mystic River^[10]
Ana Menendez	fiction author and journalist^[11]
Amy Serrano	filmmaker, author, public speaker

Authors, actors, television, musicians

Alumnus	Notability
Aimee Carrero	actress, Young & Hungry, Elena of Avalor
Andy García	Academy Award-nominated actor^[12]
Ricki Noel Lander	actress, fashion designer^[13]
Kimberly Leemans	model, America's Next Top Model contestant^[14]
Syesha Mercado	singer, American Idol contestant (Season 7)^[15]
Dawn Ostroff	president of entertainment of the CW Network^[16]
Danny Pino	actor, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit on NBC^[17]
Nadia Turner	singer, American Idol contestant (Season 4)^[18]
Henry Vega	award-winning composer, musician
Natalia Navarro	Miss Colombia 2009, placed 12th at Miss Universe 2010
Vijay Yesudas	South Indian singer

Entertainment

Alumnus	Notability
Dawn Ostroff	President of Entertainment, CW Television Network
Elizabeth Perez	Emmy-winning television journalist and presenter, CNN en Español

Law and politics

House of Representatives, U.S. Court Judges

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

State politics

Alumnus	Notability
Bryan Avila	member of the Florida House of Representatives for District 111
Katie Edwards	member of the Florida House of Representatives for District 98
Anitere Flores	member of the Florida Senate for District 37
Rene Garcia	member of the Florida Senate for District 38
Jeanette Nuñez	member of the Florida House of Representatives for District 119 and Lieutenant Governor of Florida
Mark Pafford	member of the Florida House of Representatives for District 86
Kirill Reznik	member of the Maryland House of Delegates for District 39
Evelyn Sanguinetti	Lt. Governor of Illinois

Foreign governments

Alumnus	Notability
Danny Danon	Israeli politician and chairman of the U.N. Legal Committee

Education

Alumnus	Notability
Elsa Murano	former President of Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas

Science and space

Alumnus	Notability
James F. O'Brien	professor at UC-Berkeley, has patents pending for his explosive computer animation techniques^[19]
Edith Kellnhauser	(1933–2019), German nursing scientist, educator, and writer

Faculty

Irtishad Ahmad, professor and chairperson of Florida International University Department of Construction Management and editor in chief of the Journal of Management in Engineering ASCE
Thomas E. Baker, Professor of Constitutional Law in the College of Law
Lynne Barrett, Professor of English and founder of Gulf Stream Magazine
Rita Buck-Crockett, Assistant Athletic Director and head volleyball and beach volleyball coach
William Darrow, Professor of Public Health
John Dufresne, professor of creative writing, editor of Gulf Stream Magazine, author
Elizabeth Price Foley, Professor of Law in the College of Law
Orlando Jacinto García, Professor of Music and director of the Composition Program for the School of Music
Steven Heine, Professor of Religion and History; Director of the Institute for Asian Studies
Mark Hetzler, Professor of Music and Orchestra
Abraham Lavender, Professor of Sociology; 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
Stewart Robertson, professor of orchestral studies and conductor of the FIU Symphony Orchestra

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
^ "Garrett Wittels - The Baseball Cube". www.thebaseballcube.com. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
^ "Raja Bell". Basketball-Reference.Com. Retrieved November 15, 2012.
^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Forbes
^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ena_Guevara
^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tayna_Lawrence
^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aubrey_Smith_(athlete)
^ "David Avellan Information". Retrieved 1 January 2014.
^ "Carlos Alvarado-Larroucau - Biographie, publications (livres, articles)". www.editions-harmattan.fr. Retrieved 4 March 2019.
^ http://www.bandp-book-dealers-int.com/dennis_lehane Archived 2010-09-22 at the Wayback Machine 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
^ Boston herald: "Meet Robert Kraft's mystery gal" June 8, 2012
^ http://www.buddytv.com/articles/americas-next-top-model/americas-next-top-model-cycle-9878.aspx
^ Syesha Mercado
^ Levin, Gary; Lieberman, David (January 25, 2006). "UPN, WB networks merge". USA Today.
^ https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1809179674/bio
^ Nadia Turner
^ 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] "Garrett Wittels - The Baseball Cube". www.thebaseballcube.com. Retrieved 4 March 2019.

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

[4] ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Forbes

[5] ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ena_Guevara

[6] ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tayna_Lawrence

[7] ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aubrey_Smith_(athlete)

[8] "David Avellan Information". Retrieved 1 January 2014.

[9] "Carlos Alvarado-Larroucau - Biographie, publications (livres, articles)". www.editions-harmattan.fr. Retrieved 4 March 2019.

[10] ttp://www.bandp-book-dealers-int.com/dennis_lehane Archived 2010-09-22 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved July 4, 2010

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

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

[13] Boston herald: "Meet Robert Kraft's mystery gal" June 8, 2012

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

[15] Syesha Mercado

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

[17] ttps://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1809179674/bio

[18] Nadia Turner

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

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