List of University of Massachusetts Amherst alumni

The University of Massachusetts Amherst alumni number is around 243,628 worldwide.^[1]

Academy Award winners

• William Monahan, for adapted screenplay, The Departed
• Buffy Sainte-Marie, for best song, "Up Where We Belong" from An Officer and a Gentleman

Emmy Award winners

• Ed Christie 1979, BFA, art director/designer for The Jim Henson Company and Sesame Street
• Billy Taylor MA, PhD, musician, music educator

Grammy Award winners

• Natalie Cole 1972, singer
• Yusef Lateef 1975, composer
• Billy Taylor MA, PhD, composer
• Brian Vibberts, audio engineer

Nobel Prize winners

• Russell Hulse 1972G, 1975 Ph.D.

Pulitzer Prize winners

• Herbert Bix 1960, historian
• Paul Harding 1992, author and musician
• Natasha Trethewey 1995, U.S. poet laureate

Royalty and nobility

• Yaduveer Wadiyar, 27th and present titular King of Mysore and head of the former ruling Wadiyar dynasty

Academia

• Janet Abu-Lughod, sociologist, known for contributions to world-systems theory
• Christy Anderson G, professor of Art and Architecture at University of Toronto^[2][3]
• Dorothy Barresi, professor at California State University at Northridge
• Francis A. Bartlett 1905, eminent dendrologist
• Janet Catherine Berlo 1974, art historian
• Michael Blakey, National Endowment for the Humanities Professor at the College of William & Mary^[4]
• Carlton Brown 1972, 1979G, president of Clark Atlanta University
• Lin Chao, professor at University of California, San Diego
• Vicente Cabrera Funes, professor and writer at University of Minnesota Morris
• Gennaro Chierchia, professor and Department Chair of Linguistics at Harvard University^[5]
• Philip R. Day G, former Chancellor of City College of San Francisco and Cape Cod Community College
• Michael Dirr, professor of horticulture at University of Georgia
• Evan Dobelle 19363, 1970G, 1987 Ed.D., president of Westfield State College
• Larry W. Esposito 1977G, planetary astronomer, professor at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado^[6]
• Vera King Farris G, former president of Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
• Richard Feldman, president of the University of Rochester^[7]
• Bertram Forer 1936, psychologist, namesake of the Forer effect
• Michael J. Franklin, professor and chair of Computer Science, at University of Chicago^[8]
• Dennis Hanno, President of Wheaton College^[9]
• Mary Lou Heiss, historian and tea connoisseur
• David Helfand 1977G, Professor of Chair of Astronomy at Columbia University
• Donald F. Hunt, University Professor of Chemistry and Pathology at University of Virginia
• Leonard Katz, professor of Psychology at University of Connecticut
• Joy Ladin, professor at Yeshiva University
• Paul J. LeBlanc, president of Southern New Hampshire University; former president of Marlboro College
• Guy Livingston, food scientist and founder of Phi Tau Sigma
• Dominic W. Massaro, professor of Psychology and Computer Engineering at the UC Santa Cruz
• Kembrew McLeod, Professor of Communication Studies at University of Iowa
• Li Minqi, Associate Professor of Economics at University of Utah
• Dana Mohler-Faria, president of Bridgewater State College
• Joseph B. Moore, president of Lesley University
• Ann C. Noble, professor at UC Davis
• Steven Nock, Commonwealth Professor of Sociology at the University of Virginia
• William Oakland, Professor of Economics
• Alexey A Petrov, 1997, Professor of Physics at Wayne State University, recipient of the National Science Foundation CAREER Award
• Carl Phillips, Professor of English and of African and Afro-American Studies at Washington University in St. Louis
• David Rosner, professor at Columbia University
• Minouche Shafik, 1983, Director of the London School of Economics
• Winthrop E. Stone 1882, former President of Purdue University
• Roger Stritmatter 2001 PhD, professor of humanities; a leading modern-day advocate of the Oxfordian theory of Shakespeare authorship
• Müjde Yüksel, assistant professor at Suffolk University^[10]
• Edward N. Zalta, Principal Editor of the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy^[11]
• Zhi-Li Zhang, Distinguished University Professor of Computer Science at University of Minnesota
• Zhou Qifeng 1983 Ph.D., former President of Peking University
• Jonathan Wilker, Professor of Chemistry at Purdue University
• Donald P. Zingale 1969G, president of the State University of New York at Cobleskill

Science and technology

• William P. Brooks 1875, agronomist, foreign advisor to the Japanese government in the Meiji period, president of the Massachusetts Agricultural College
• Catherine Coleman 1991, Ph.D., astronaut
• Rebecca Hasson, Associate Professor at University of Michigan
• Devang Vipin Khakhar, chemical engineer, academic, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate
• Dan Riccio, 1986, Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering at Apple
• Cynthia E. Rosenzweig, Senior Research Scientist at NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
• Dorion Sagan 1981, author
• Steven Sinofsky 1989G, president of Windows Division at Microsoft
• Sarah Stewart, first woman to be awarded an MD Degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine^[12]
• Jim Waldo 1980, lead software architect on Jini, CTO of Harvard University

Business

• Tony Barbee (1993), collegiate basketball coach at Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball
• Bruce Berkowitz 1980, Managing Director and Morningstar Domestic-Stock Fund Manager of the Decade (2010) of Fairholme Funds
• J. B. Bernstein, CEO of Access Group and Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of Seven Figures Management
• Wayne Chang, director of product strategy at Twitter
• Ben Cherington (1997), former executive Vice President and General Manager of the Boston Red Sox
• Douglas Cliggott 1978, former Managing Director and Chief Investment Strategist of JPMorgan Chase & Co.
• Chris Daggett, President and CEO of the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation
• Marc Forgione, owner of restaurant Marc Forgione in New York City
• Arturo Guevara, baseball writer
• Neal Huntington (1992), General Manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates
• Anshu Jain (1985), former Global co-CEO of Deutsche Bank
• Dave Jauss, professional baseball coach
• John Legere, CEO and President of T-Mobile US
• Dave Littlefield (1984), Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates
• Agenor Mafra-Neto, CEO of ISCA Technologies^[13]
• James Pallotta (1979), President of A.S. Roma and Chairman and Managing Director of Raptor Group
• Vivek Paul, former CEO of Wipro Technologies
• Gil Penchina, CEO of Wikia, Inc.
• Rudolf Rodríguez, former Minister of Finance and Public Credit of Colombia
• Jay Singh, founder of ViralGains and CEO of PHL Venture Company
• John F. Smith, Jr. (1960), former CEO and Chairman of General Motors Corporation
• Earl W. Stafford, founder of the Stafford Foundation
• Mike Tannenbaum (1991), former general manager of the New York Jets
• Jeff Taylor 2001, founder of Monster.com
• Jack Welch 1957, retired CEO of General Electric
• Jill Whalen, CEO of High Rankings; co-founder of Search Engine Marketing New England

Law and politics

Military

• Frederick Heyliger 1950, officer with Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, in the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army during World War II; featured in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers
• Andrew P. Iosue 1951, retired four-star general of the United States Air Force; Commander of Air Training Command (COMATC), 1983–1986

Film

• Jere Burns, 1980, actor
• Rob Corddry, actor
• Jeffrey Donovan, actor
• Richard Gere, 1971, actor (did not graduate)
• Jonathan Hensleigh, 1981, screenwriter and film director
• Fardeen Khan, Bollywood actor (did not graduate)
• Bridget Moynahan, actress (did not graduate)
• William Monahan, screenwriter, The Departed
• Bill Pullman, 1980 MFA, actor

Television

• Norm Abram 1972, "America's most famous carpenter"
• Rob Corddry 1993, former writer and correspondent for The Daily Show, actor on television series The Winner
• Bill Cosby 1972G, 1976 Ed.D., actor, comedian, writer, star of The Cosby Show
• Jeff Corwin 2002, Animal Planet's The Jeff Corwin Experience
• Jeffrey Donovan 1991, star of USA original series Burn Notice
• Marc Forgione 2010, competitor on Food Network's Iron Chef America; won season three of "The Next Iron Chef" in 2010; owner of restaurant Marc Forgione in New York City
• Lauren Koslow, actress on Days of Our Lives
• Phil Laak, professional poker player nicknamed "The Unabomber"
• Loretta Long 1973 Ph.D., long-time Sesame Street actress
• Ken Ober 1980, game show host, comedian, and actor
• Nancy Oliver, writer for the series Six Feet Under
• Mark Preston 1994, CNN Senior Political Analyst and Executive Editor, CNN Politics
• Peter Tolan, television producer, director, and screenwriter
• Mark Wilding 1979, lead writer and executive producer of Grey's Anatomy
• Jean Worthley 1948, naturalist; former host of Hodgepodge Lodge; co-host of On Nature's Trail

Journalism

• Deepak Ananthapadmanabha 2006, web-based technology journalist
• Steve Buckley 1978, sportswriter
• Gerry Callahan, sports writer for the Boston Herald and radio talk show personality for WEEI
• Jill Carroll 1999, journalist for Christian Science Monitor, kidnapped in Iraq on assignment in January 2006
• Gail Collins 1970 MA, New York Times columnist and former editorial page editor
• Audie Cornish 2001, National Public Radio host of All Things Considered, former host of Weekend Edition Sunday
• James Foley 2003, freelance journalist and photojournalist of the Syrian Civil War
• Michael C. Moynihan, senior editor of the libertarian magazine Reason
• Wendi Nix, reporter for ESPN
• David Pakman, host of the internationally syndicated television and radio program The David Pakman Show
• Mark Preston, Executive Editor, CNN Politics and CNN Senior Political Analyst
• Carol Rosenberg, senior journalist with the McClatchy News Service known for her coverage of the operation of the Guantanamo Bay detention camps in Cuba
• Dan Wetzel, national columnist, Yahoo! Sports; New York Times best-selling author

History, literature, art, and music

• Kenny Aronoff 1975, drummer
• Alison Aune, artist
• David Berman, poet, musician
• Frank Black, rock singer and guitarist in the Pixies
• Vicente Cabrera Funes 1944, writer
• Jack Canfield 1972G, best-selling author
• Gordon Chandler 1975G, sculptor^[16]
• Constance Congdon 1982, M.F.A., playwright
• Bill Cosby 1972G, 1976 Ed.D., actor, comedian, writer
• Patrick DeCoste 2000, guitarist, composer
• Stephanie Deshpande 1997, painter
• Jason Donati, animator and artist
• Sadie Dupuis, singer and guitarist for Speedy Ortiz
• Harvey Goldman, artist, educator
• Dana Gould 1986, comedian
• James Grinwis, poet
• Peter Hargitai, award-winning novelist, poet and translator
• Airline Inthyrath 2006, drag queen known as Jujubee, performer, TV personality^[17][18]
• Raymond Kennedy, novelist
• Fardeen Khan, Bollywood actor
• Beth Krommes 1980G, children's book illustrator
• Peter Laird, co-creator of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• Taj Mahal 1963, composer and singer
• William Manchester 1946, author, biographer, and recipient of the National Humanities Medal
• J Mascis, rock singer and guitarist in Dinosaur Jr
• Jeff Penalty (b. Jeff Alulis), former lead singer of Dead Kennedys
• Joe Pernice, singer in Pernice Brothers, Scud Mountain Boys, Chappaquiddick Skyline
• Terri Priest, artist
• Jesse Richards, Stuckist painter, filmmaker, Remodernist film
• Louis Ross 1917, architect, designed many of the campus buildings
• Larry Ruttman 1952, author and attorney
• Buffy Sainte-Marie 1970, singer
• Joey Santiago, guitarist in the Pixies
• Flo Steinberg, of Marvel Comics
• Susan Straight 1984, writer, novelist, professor at the University of California, Riverside
• Paul Theroux 1963, travel writer and author
• Natasha Trethewey 1995, U.S. poet laureate
• Jane Yolen, author
• Matthew Zapruder, poet

Athletics

Others

• Julie Robenhymer, former Miss New Jersey

See also

• University of Massachusetts Amherst

References