Senior Operating Principal of Bridge Growth Partners and Former Vice Chairman of EMC Corporation John F. Thero 1983, President and CEO, Amarin Corporation during the landmark REDUCE-IT trial and on Board of Directors at Chiasma, Inc. Maggie Wilderotter 1977, former president and CEO, Frontier Communications and DocuSign; as of 2012 had been named one of the "Fifty Most Powerful Women in Business" by Fortune for four years in a row Education Professors and researchers Arts and Entertainment Dick Cusack 1950, actor, director and producer Neil Donohoe 1978, former Chair and Director of the Musical Theater Division at Boston Conservatory Ann Dowd 1978, Broadway, movie, and television actress; received the National Board of Review award and an Emmy award. Brian Gallivan 1991, improvisational actor and executive producer of CBS TV show The McCarthys Thomas Ian Griffith 1982, actor and screenwriter. Brian Gunn 1992, screenwriter Mark Gunn (screenwriter) 1993 Dave Holmes 1994, MTV host Neil Hopkins 1999, television and film actor and writer Peter Jankowski 1986, executive producer, Law & Order Douglas Netter 1942, founder, Netter Digital Entertainment and executive producer of Babylon 5 Kevin O'Connor 1990, host of PBS's This Old House Thomas F. O'Neil 1937, former Chairman of RKO General Studios, who brought movies to television and experimented with an early coin-operated pay TV system Bartlett Sher 1981, director of Tony Award-winning Broadway musicals South Pacific and The Light in the Piazza Stephen Tkowski 2011, professional wrestling champion Bob Wright 1965, Chairman of the Board and former CEO of NBC Universal; Vice Chairman of General Electric; co-founder of Autism Speaks Law, politics, and public service United States federal and state court justices Executive branch and United States Cabinet members Joseph A. Califano Jr. 1952, former U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and Chairman of the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse Broderick D. Johnson 1978, White House Cabinet Secretary for President Obama John William Middendorf II 1945, former U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands and Secretary of the Navy Members of the United States Congress Senators Representatives United States governors Bob Casey Sr. 1953, Governor of Pennsylvania 1987–1995 Edward D. DiPrete 1955, Governor of Rhode Island 1985–1991 David I. Walsh 1893, first Irish Catholic Governor and U.S. Senator for Massachusetts Ambassadors and other diplomats from the United States Kevin J. McGuire, 1964 U.S. Ambassador to Namibia John William Middendorf II 1945, former U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands and Secretary