List of Northeastern University alumni

The following is a list of notable alumni of Northeastern University.

Alumni

Business

• Nikesh Arora - SVP and Chief Business Officer, Google
• Daniel Baker – CFO, PlumChoice ^[1]
• David Bannon – co-founder and COO, Headwall Photonics ^[2]
• Robert Brooks – founder and CEO, Brooks Fibre Properties ^[3]
• George Chamillard- former CEO, Teradyne, Inc.
• Jeff Clarke – former EVP, Hewlett-Packard; CEO, Travelport
• Jeff Cooper – VP, mValent
• Richard Egan — co-founder, EMC
• Shawn Fanning – founder, Napster
• Jerald G. Fishman – CEO, Analog Devices
• Bob Graham- former EVP, Sun Microsystems
• Dave House – Chairman, Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
• George Kariotis- founder, Alpha Industries
• Roger Marino – co-founder, EMC and former part-owner, Pittsburgh Penguins ^[4]
• John McEleney – CEO, SolidWorks Corporation
• Edward McMahon – President and CEO, Epec
• Dan Murphy — VP, IKON Office Solutions
• Srinath Narayanan – principal, Canaccord Adams
• Bill Norman – founder and COO, Intellisis
• William O’Shea- EVP, Lucent Technologies
• Brian Perry – President, Bkp Technology
• Kevin Roche – EVP, Getronics
• Michael Sherman – founder, president and CEO, AES Corporation
• Sy Sternberg — chairman and CEO, New York Life Insurance Company
• James Waters- VP, Coveo
• Biz Stone- CEO, Twitter

Government and politics

• David Ferriero – 10th Archivist of the United States
• 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 Mass. House of Representatives (served 1998 – present)
• Thomas Calter – Member of the Mass. House of Representatives (served 2007 – present)
• Cheryl A. Coakley-Rivera – Member of the Mass. House of Representatives (served 1998 – present)
• William Delgado – Illinois General Assembly Senator
• Harold Daniel Donohue – Member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1947–1974)
• Patrick Duddy – U.S. Ambassador
• Richard Egan – U.S. Ambassador
• Thomas Finneran – Former Speaker of the Mass. House of Representatives (served 1996–2004)
• Gordon D. Fox – Majority Leader of the Rhode Island House of Representatives (served 1992 – present)
• Peter Franchot – Comptroller of Maryland
• 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
• John O. Pastore – Governor of Rhode Island
• 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^[5]
• Amy Bishop - Former professor, accused murder suspect
• Richard P. Gabriel – Expert on the Lisp programming language
• Gregory Jarvis – Astronaut
• Yale Patt – Engineer
• Eugene F. Lally - Rocket scientist and inventor of digital photography
• Alvin Joseph Melveger – noted scientist specializing in physical chemistry, spectroscopy, biomaterials, polymers and other disciplines
• Albert Sacco – Astronaut
• Hans R. Camenzind - Inventor of the 555 timer IC

Military

• Mark P. Fitzgerald – Vice Admiral, and Director, Navy Staff for the United States Navy (previously served as the Commander, U.S. 2nd Fleet, from 2004 until 2006)
• Richard I. Neal – United States Marine Corps four star general (served as Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps from 1996 to 1998)
• William Thornton, Colonel, U.S. Air Force, White House Fellow

Journalism and communications

• Eddie Andelman – Sports radio talk show host (MBA Degree)
• Michelle Bonner – ESPNEWS/Sports Center anchor
• Fred Cusick – Sportscaster
• Richard Daniels – former President, The 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
• Dorothy Samuels – Editorialist, New York Times (Northeastern University School of Law)
• Wendy Williams – Syndicated radio host

Arts and entertainment

• Martín Espada — poet
• Jane Curtin — movie actress and founding member of Saturday Night Live
• Damien Fahey — a former host of the MTV program TRL
• Aisha Kahlil — Dancer, singer
• Alex Garcia — Food Network chef
• Patrice O'Neal — Comedian and actor
• Jennifer Toof — "Toastee" from VH1's Flavor of Love, Flavor of Love Girls: Charm School, and I Love Money
• Terry Carter – Actor, Sgt. Joe Broadhurst in McCloud and Colonel Tigh on the original Battlestar Galactica
• David Andelman – CEO, Phantom Gourmet
• Earle Brown – Composer, developed open-form scores
• Barbara Kopple — Documentary filmmaker
• Meredith Garniss – American visual artist and landscape painter
• Peter Orner – American fiction writer
• Carla Cook – Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist
• Diana Lemieux – Freelance photographer
• Jillian Wheeler – American singer/songwriter

Academia and Nonprofit

• William M. Fowler - Author, Professor, and Former Director of the Massachusetts Historical Society
• Marquis Cabrera - President and Founder, Foster Skills, Inc.

Sports

• Ed Barry – 1946–47 Boston Bruins, National Hockey League (NHL)
• Harry Barnes — 1969 San Diego Rockets, NBA
• José Juan Barea — Dallas Mavericks
• Sandy Beadle – 1980–81 Winnipeg Jets, NHL
• Randy Bucyk – 1985–86 Montreal Canadiens, 1987–88 Calgary Flames, NHL
• Art Chisholm – 1960–61 Boston Bruins, NHL
• Joe Callahan – 1939–40 Boston Bees, MLB
• Rob Cowie – 1994–96 Los Angeles Kings, NHL
• Jim Fahey — NHL defenseman, New Jersey Devils
• Fernie Flaman — NHL Hockey Hall of Famer
• Scott Gruhl – 1987–88 Pittsburgh Penguins, NHL
• Amber Ferreira - Professional Triathlete
• "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^[6]
• Sean Jones — National Football League (NFL) Los Angeles Raiders, Houston Oilers, Green Bay Packers
• Steven Langton - 2010 Olympian, Bobsled
• Reggie Lewis — Boston Celtics
• Dave Leitao – college basketball coach
• Dan McGillis — NHL defenseman San Jose Sharks, Philadelphia Flyers, Boston Bruins
• Michael Ryan — NHL left winger, Buffalo Sabres
• Perry Moss — 1986 Washington Bullets, Philadelphia 76ers, 1987 Golden State Warriors
• Chris Nilan — Montreal Canadiens, Boston Bruins, New York Rangers
• 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 Devil Rays
• Bruce Racine — NHL goaltender, St. Louis Blues
• Dan Ross — NFL Cincinnati Bengals and Super Bowl record setter.
• 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
• Kurt Walker – NHL, 1975–78 Toronto Maple Leafs
• Rick Weitzman — 1968, World Champion Boston Celtics
• George Yankowski – MLB, 1942 Philadelphia Athletics, 1949 Chicago White Sox

See also

• List of Northeastern University faculty

References

1. ^ http://www.plumchoice.com/management.asp
2. ^ http://www.headwallphotonics.com/management_holographic_diffraction.asp
3. ^ http://www.stlcommercemagazine.com/archives/march2000/cover.html
4. ^ Forbes. 2000-12-13. http://www.forbes.com/2000/12/13/1213faces.html. 
5. ^ "Automation Founders Circle: Dr. Hans Baumann". ISA. http://www.isa.org/InTechTemplate.cfm?template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=74627. Retrieved 2011-02-23. 
6. ^ [1]