List of Northeastern University people
The following is a list of notable alumni and faculty of Northeastern University. This does not mention Northeastern alumni who were foreign students with subsequent careers overseas.
Alumni
Business
- Nikesh Arora – President and Chief Operating Officer of SoftBank
- Jeff Bornstein – CFO, General Electric
- Robert A. Brooks – founder and CEO, Brooks Fiber Properties[1]
- George Chamillard – former CEO, Teradyne, Inc.
- Jeff Clarke – CEO, Kodak
- Jeff Cooper – COO and co-founder, EPOX-Z Corporation
- Bob Davis – CEO and founder, Lycos
- Richard Egan — co-founder, EMC
- Shawn Fanning – founder, Napster
- Jerald G. Fishman – CEO, Analog Devices
- George Kariotis – founder, Alpha Industries
- Amin Khoury – founder and CEO, B/E Aerospace
- Roger Marino – co-founder of EMC; former part-owner of Pittsburgh Penguins[2]
- Alan McKim – CEO and founder, Clean Harbors
- Larry Meyer – CEO, Uniqlo USA
- Srinath Narayanan – principal, Canaccord Adams
- Sy Sternberg — chairman and CEO, New York Life Insurance Company
- Biz Stone – co-founder of Twitter
Government and politics
- Jayson P. Ahern – Deputy Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection
- George F. Archambault – Pharmacy Liaison Officer for the United States Public Health Service
- Demetrius J. Atsalis – member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1998–present)
- Thomas Calter – member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (2007–present)
- Christie Carpino – member of the Connecticut House of Representatives
- Cheryl A. Coakley-Rivera – member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1998–present)
- Mo Cowan – U.S. Senator of Massachusetts
- John O. Pastore – Governor of Rhode Island
- William Delgado – Illinois General Assembly Senator
- Harold Daniel Donohue – member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1947–1974)
- David Chu – member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (1997–2004) and the 9th and 10th National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China[3]
- Patrick Duddy – U.S. Ambassador
- Richard Egan – U.S. Ambassador
- David Ferriero – 10th Archivist of the United States
- Thomas Finneran – former Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1996–2004)
- Gordon D. Fox – Majority Leader of the Rhode Island House of Representatives (1992–present)
- Peter Franchot – Comptroller of Maryland
- Maggie Hassan – Governor of New Hampshire
- Russell Holmes – member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (2011–present)
- Edward Jackamonis – speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- James Franklin Jeffrey – U.S. Ambassador
- Lyndon LaRouche – perennial presidential candidate
- Hadassah Lieberman – wife of Connecticut senator Joseph Lieberman
- Ari Porth – member of the Florida House of Representatives
- Karen Spilka – member of the Massachusetts State Senate
- Wallace Stickney – Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency under President George H. W. Bush
- Leslie Winner – North Carolina State Senator
Judiciary
- Margot Botsford – Justice, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
- Linda Dalianis – Justice, New Hampshire Supreme Court
- Dana Fabe – Chief Justice, Alaska Supreme Court
- Edward Hennessey – Justice, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
- Peter T. Zarella – Justice, Connecticut Supreme Court
Science and technology
- Hans Baumann – inventor and engineer
- George D. Behrakis – inventor of Tylenol
- Amy Bishop – former professor; killer
- Hans R. Camenzind – inventor of the 555 timer IC
- Richard P. Gabriel – expert on the Lisp programming language
- Gregory Jarvis – astronaut
- Eugene F. Lally – aerospace engineer, photographer, entrepreneur
- Alvin Joseph Melveger – scientist specializing in physical chemistry, spectroscopy, biomaterials, and polymers
- Yale Patt – engineer
- Albert Sacco – astronaut
Military
- Mark P. Fitzgerald – Admiral; former Commander, Allied Joint Force Command Naples and Commander, Naval Forces Europe and Naval Forces Africa for the United States Navy
- Richard I. Neal – United States Marine Corps four-star general; Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps from 1996 to 1998
- William Thornton – Colonel, U.S. Air Force, White House Fellow
Journalism and communications
- Ernie Anastos – New York City TV news anchorman
- Eddie Andelman – sports radio talk show host (MBA)
- Michelle Bonner – ESPNEWS/Sports Center anchor
- Fred Cusick – sportscaster
- Richard Daniels – former President, Boston Globe
- Nat Hentoff — contributing editor, The New Yorker Magazine
- Dan Mason – radio host
- Will McDonough — sportswriter, Boston Globe
- Don Orsillo – TV broadcaster
- Walter V. Robinson – investigative journalist, Boston Globe
- Michael Slackman – International Managing Editor, The New York Times
Arts and entertainment
- David Andelman – CEO, Phantom Gourmet
- Al Barile – singer, guitarist for hardcore punk band SS Decontrol
- Earle Brown – composer, developed open-form scores
- Terry Carter – actor, Sgt. Joe Broadhurst in McCloud and Colonel Tigh in the original Battlestar Galactica
- Carla Cook – Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist
- Jane Curtin — actress, comedian, and founding member of Saturday Night Live
- Martín Espada — poet
- Damien Fahey — former host of the MTV program TRL
- Mohammed Saeed Harib – creator of Freej [4]
- Alex Garcia — Food Network chef
- Meredith Garniss – visual artist and landscape painter
- Courtney Hunt – writer and director, whose film Frozen River was nominated for an Academy Award
- Beverly Johnson – Supermodel and actress
- Aisha Kahlil — dancer, singer
- Barbara Kopple — documentary filmmaker
- Diana Lemieux – freelance photographer
- Patrice O'Neal — comedian and actor
- Peter Orner – fiction writer
- Jennifer Toof — "Toastee" from VH1's Flavor of Love, Flavor of Love Girls: Charm School, and I Love Money
- Jillian Wheeler – singer/songwriter
- Wendy Williams – radio, TV talk show host
Academia and nonprofit
- William M. Fowler – author, professor, and former Director of the Massachusetts Historical Society
- Michael R. Lane – 15th president of Emporia State University
- Dean Tong – author and consultant
Sports
- José Juan Barea — Dallas Mavericks, NBA
- Harry Barnes — 1969 San Diego Rockets, NBA
- Ed Barry – 1946–47 Boston Bruins, National Hockey League (NHL)
- Sandy Beadle – 1980–81 Winnipeg Jets, NHL
- Randy Bucyk – 1985–86 Montreal Canadiens, 1987–88 Calgary Flames, NHL
- Joe Callahan – 1939–40 Boston Bees, MLB
- Art Chisholm – 1960–61 Boston Bruins, NHL
- Rob Cowie – 1994–96 Los Angeles Kings, NHL
- Kendall Coyne – silver medalist on the Sochi 2014 United States Women's National Ice Hockey Team
- Jim Fahey — NHL defenseman, New Jersey Devils
- Amber Ferreira – professional triathlete
- Fernie Flaman — NHL Hockey Hall of Famer
- Tony Fryklund – professional mixed martial arts fighter
- Scott Gruhl – 1987–88 Pittsburgh Penguins, NHL
- "Wild" Bill Hunnefield — Major League Baseball (MLB) 1926–31 Chicago White Sox, 1931 Cleveland Indians, Boston Braves, and New York Giants
- Shawn James, professional basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv[5]
- Sean Jones — National Football League, Los Angeles Raiders, Houston Oilers, Green Bay Packers
- Steven Langton – Olympian, 2010 Vancouver, 2014 Sochi, Bobsled
- Dave Leitao – college basketball coach
- Reggie Lewis — Boston Celtics
- Pat Mason – college baseball coach at Virginia Tech[6]
- Dan McGillis — NHL defenseman San Jose Sharks, Philadelphia Flyers, Boston Bruins
- Perry Moss — 1986 Washington Bullets, Philadelphia 76ers, 1987 Golden State Warriors
- Chris Nilan — Montreal Canadiens, Boston Bruins, New York Rangers
- Adam Ottavino – 1st-round pick in 2006 MLB draft, pitcher for St. Louis Cardinals (2010) and Colorado Rockies (2012–present)
- Charlie Paulk – NBA, 1968–1970 Milwaukee Bucks, 1970–1971 Cincinnati Royals, 1971 Chicago Bulls, 1971–1972 New York Knicks
- Carlos Peña — MLB first baseman/outfielder, Oakland Athletics, Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox, Tampa Bay Rays
- Bruce Racine — NHL goaltender, St. Louis Blues
- Dan Ross — NFL Cincinnati Bengals and Super Bowl record setter
- Michael Ryan — NHL left winger, Buffalo Sabres
- Florence Schelling – goaltender for the Switzerland's Women's Ice Hockey Team in 2006, 2010, and 2014; led Swiss team to a bronze medal finish in 2014; named MVP of the tournament[7]
- Brian Sullivan – NHL, 1992–93 New Jersey Devils
- Josh Heinrich Taves – NFL football player, 2000–02, Oakland Raiders and Carolina Panthers
- Jocko Thompson – MLB pitcher, 1948–51 Philadelphia Phillies
- Johnny Tobin — MLB, 1932 New York Giants
- Joe Vitale – NHL, center for Pittsburgh Penguins 2011- Current
- Kurt Walker – NHL, 1975–78 Toronto Maple Leafs
- Rick Weitzman — 1968, World Champion, Boston Celtics
- Keith Willis — NFL, Pittsburgh Steelers
- Hillary Witt – assistant coach for the United States Women's National Ice Hockey Team in the Sochi 2014 Olympics
- George Yankowski – MLB, 1942 Philadelphia Athletics, 1949 Chicago White Sox[8]
- Molly Woodbury - Captain of Vertex Treasury Department Pick-up Basketball Game
Other
- Rezwan Ferdaus – convicted on terrorism charges, currently serving life sentence
Faculty
- M. Shahid Alam
- Daniel P. Aldrich – well known expert on social capital and resilience in disaster
- Albert-László Barabási – American Physical Society Fellow and major contributor to the development of real-world network theory
- Lisa Feldman Barrett – Distinguished Professor of Psychology, fellow of AAAS
- Barry Bluestone – founding director of the Kitty and Michael Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy
- Ed Bullins – playwright and Guggenheim Fellow
- Joe Castiglione – radio announcer for the Boston Red Sox baseball team
- Tim Cresswell – leading human geographer and poet
- Nicholas Daniloff – former foreign correspondent for United Press International and U.S. News & World Report
- Richard Deth – prominent voice in the autism and vaccine controversy
- Michael Dukakis – former Massachusetts State Governor and 1988 Democratic Presidential Candidate
- Matthias Felleisen – author of How to Design Programs
- William M. Fowler – historian, former director of the Massachusetts Historical Society
- James Alan Fox – leading authority on serial killers and hate crimes
- Alexander Gorlov – ASME Thomas A. Edison Award winner; inventor of the Gorlov helical turbine
- Gary Goshgarian – author, uses the pen name Gary Braver
- Nat Hentoff – Guggenheim Fellow, Fulbright Fellow
- M. Whitney Kelting
- Harlan Lane – MacArthur Foundation Genius Award winner
- Jack Levin – leading authority on serial killers and hate crimes
- Karl Lieberherr – computer scientist and co-developer of the theory of P-optimal algorithms for NP-complete MAX-CSP problems
- Peter K. Manning – leading authority on the occupational culture of policing
- Pran Nath – co-developer of the theory of supergravity
- Robert B. Parker – author of the "Spenser" novels
- Walter V. Robinson – Pulitzer-winning journalist
- Mikhail Shubin – member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and an accomplished mathematician
- Mitchell Wand – author of Essentials of Programming Languages
Presidents of Northeastern
- Frank Palmer Speare, 1898–1940[9]
- Carl Stephens Ell, 1940–1959
- Asa Smallidge Knowles, 1959–1975
- Kenneth Gilmore Ryder, 1975–1989
- John Anthony Curry, 1989–1996
- Richard M. Freeland, 1996–2006
- Joseph Aoun, 2006–present
References
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- ^ Theroux, Paul (2001). Fresh Air Fiend: Travel Writings, 1985–2000. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. pp. 256–259. ISBN 9780618126934.
- ^ "The Q&A: Mohammed Saeed Harib, animator." The Economist. August 10, 2011. Retrieved on March 29, 2012.
- ^ "Shawn James Basketball Player Profile". Eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2015-11-14.
- ^ Wood, Norm (July 15, 2013). "Mason Rises to Virginia Tech's Head Baseball Job from Humble New England Roots". DailyPress.com. Archived from the original on July 5, 2014. Retrieved July 5, 2014.
- ^ "Northeastern Huskies". Northeastern University Athletics. Retrieved 2015-11-14.
- ^ Northeastern University (2015). "Hall of Fame". Northeastern University Athletics. Northeastern University. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
- ^ [2] Archived January 23, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
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