List of University of Massachusetts Amherst Alumni
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University of Massachusetts Amherst Alumni.
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[edit] Academy Award winners
- William Monahan adapted screenplay, The Departed
[edit] Emmy Award winners
- Ed Christie 1979, BFA, Art director/designer for The Jim Henson Company & Sesame Street
- Gordon Fenwick 1997, BA, Editor ESPN, World Figure Skating Championships 2005
[edit] Grammy winners
- Natalie Cole 1972, singer
- Yusef Lateef 1975, composer
[edit] Nobel Prize winners
- Russell Hulse 1972G, 1975 Ph.D.
[edit] Pulitzer Prize winners
- Herbert Bix 1960, historian
[edit] Academics
- Dana Mohler-Faria, President, Bridgewater State College
- Winthrop E. Stone 1882, former president of Purdue University
- Foong Yoke Yeen, former senior lecturer at National Institute of Education, Singapore
[edit] Technology and innovation
- Trung Dung, Bachelors in Computer Science and Math, IT tycoon
[edit] Film
- Richard Gere 1971, actor
- Bill Pullman 1980 MFA, actor
- William Monahan screenwriter The Departed
[edit] Television
- Norm Abram 1972, "America's most famous carpenter"
- Gerry Callahan, Sports writer for the Boston Herald and radio talk show personality for WEEI
- Rob Corddry 1993, former writer and correspondent for The Daily Show, actor on the television series The Winner
- Jeff Corwin 2002, Animal Planet's The Jeff Corwin Experience
- Jim Dadonna, sports producer, director, ESPN
- Joanne Weir, James Beard Award-winning host of PBS' "Joanne Weir's Cooking Class"
- Russ Whinnem 1986, sports producer, writer, associate producer of ESPN's "Wednesday Night Fights"
- Adam Kirshner 2006, sports producer, writer, production assistant for World Wrestling Entertainment and WWE.COM Heat.
[edit] History, literature, art, and music
- Kenny Aronoff 1975, drummer
- David Berman poet, musician
- Frank Black, rock singer in The Pixies
- Jack Canfield 1972G, best-selling author
- Jill Carroll 1999, journalist for Christian Science Monitor kidnapped in Iraq on assignment in January 2006
- Bill Cosby 1972G, 1976 Ed.D., actor, comedian, writer
- John Glynn 1990, editor, statesman, motivational speaker
- Dana Gould, comedian
- Fardeen Khan Bollywood actor
- Peter Laird, co-creator Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Taj Mahal 1963, composer and singer
- Scott Prior 1971, artist
- Buffy Sainte-Marie 1970, singer
- Paul Theroux 1963, travel writer and author
- Panio Gianopoulos, writer, boyfriend of actress Molly Ringwald
[edit] Athletics
- Marcus Camby 1996, professional basketball player
- Gary DiSarcina 1995 MLB All-Star, California Angels
- Julius Erving 1986, professional basketball player (received earned bachelor's and honorary doctorate simultaneously)
- Mike Flanagan 1979 Cy Young Award winner, Baltimore Orioles
- Davey Hearn 1982, U.S. Olympian—whitewater slalom
- Danielle Henderson 1999, Olympic Gold Medal winner—softball
- Brad Norton 1998, professional ice hockey player
- Rick Pitino, 1974 professional/collegiate basketball coach
- Thomas Pock, professional ice hockey player, New York Rangers
- Briana Scurry 1995, Olympic Gold Medal winner—Soccer
- Mike Tannenbaum, general manager, New York Jets
- Al Skinner 1974, basketball coach, Boston College
- Ron Villone 1992, relief pitcher, New York Yankees
- Ray Ellerbrook 1975, UMass Men's Basketball Team Captain, Executive Director of Frank Newhall Look Memorial Park
[edit] Business
- Sheila Bair, Professor, Chair of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
- Douglas Cliggott 1978, former Managing Director and Chief Investment Strategist of JPMorgan Chase & Co.
- John G. Drosdick 1968G, chairman, CEO and president of Sunoco
- Frank Guidara - President and CEO of Au Bon Pain
- Eugene M. Isenberg - BA, 1950 - CEO of Nabors Industries. The Isenberg School of Management is named in his honor.
- Jack Smith 1960, Chairman of the Board of General Motors
- Jeff Taylor 2001, founder of Monster.com
- Jack Welch 1957, retired CEO of General Electric
[edit] Law and politics
- Lewis G. Evangelidis 1984, member of the Mass. House of Representatives (served 2002 - present)
- Paul K. Frost, (attended), member of the Mass. House of Representatives (served 1996 - present)
- Madeleine Kunin 1956, former ambassador to Switzerland and first woman governor of Vermont
- Maura Hennigan 1972, former Boston City Councillor and mayoral candidate
- Jeff Welch 1999, Plymouth County Commissioner
- Allen St. Pierre, 1989, Executive Director of NORML in Washington, DC
[edit] Other
- Phil Buck 1991, explorer
- Catherine Coleman 1991 Ph.D., astronaut
- Betty Shabazz 1975 PhD in Education Administration, widow of Malcom X
