List of Northeastern University people
Introduction The following is a list of notable alumni and faculty of Northeastern University.
Alumni ===Business===Richard Egan* Nikesh Arora – president and chief operating officer of SoftBank* Jeff Bornstein – CFO, General Electric* Robert A. Brooks – founder and CEO, Brooks Fiber Properties* 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* Andrew Left – activist short seller* Roger Marino – co-founder of EMC; former part-owner of Pittsburgh Penguins* Alan McKim – CEO and founder, Clean Harbors* Larry Meyer – CEO, Uniqlo USA* Srinath Narayanan – principal, Canaccord Adams* Marc Raibert – founder and CEO, Boston Dynamics* Jeffrey Rosen – billionaire businessman* Peter W. Smith – investment banker, Republican activist* 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* Olubanke King Akerele – Liberian foreign minister* George F. Archambault – Pharmacy Liaison Officer for the United States Public Health Service* Demetrius J. Atsalis – member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1999–2013)* Thomas Calter – member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (2007–present)* Christie Carpino – member of the Connecticut House of Representatives* 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* Cheryl A. Coakley-Rivera – member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1999–2014)* Mo Cowan – U.S. senator of Massachusetts* Harold Daniel Donohue – member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1947–1974)* 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)* Zandra Flemister – first African American woman to serve as a U.S. Secret Service agent (1974–1978)* Gordon D. Fox – Majority Leader of the Rhode Island House of Representatives (2010–2014)* Peter Franchot – Comptroller of Maryland* Maggie Hassan – governor of New Hampshire (2013–2017) and the current junior United States senator from New Hampshire* Russell Holmes – member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (2011–present)* Roderick L. Ireland – Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice* 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* Adnan Aurangzeb Miangul – former Pakistani parliament member and Prince of Swat, Pakistan* Paul Parks – Massachusetts secretary of education (1975–1979)* John O. Pastore – governor of Rhode Island* Ari Porth – member of the Florida House of Representatives* Theodore Speliotis – member of the Massachusetts 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* Thomas Winkowski – former acting commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP); former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)* 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*Victoria A. Roberts - Senior Judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan*Landya B. McCafferty - Chief Judge, United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire===Science and technology===*Hans Baumann – inventor and engineer*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*Yale Patt – engineer*Albert Sacco – astronaut===Military===*Mark P. Fitzgerald – United States Navy Admiral*Richard I. Neal – United States Marine Corps General===Journalism and communications===* Ernie Anastos – New York City TV news anchorman* Eddie Andelman – sports radio talk show host (MBA)* Bill Barnwell – sportswriter, ESPN, ''Grantland''* Michelle Bonner – ESPN/CNN/FOX Sports anchor, reporter* 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, 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service recipient* Michael Slackman – International Managing Editor, ''The New York Times''* Molly White – technology writer and Wikipedia editor===Arts and entertainment===* Al Barile – singer, guitarist for hardcore punk band SS Decontrol* Earle Brown – composer, developed open-form scores* Joy Browne – radio talk show host* Jose F. Buscaglia – philosopher, historian, social scientist* 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''* Michael J. Epstein – filmmaker and musician* Martín Espada – poet* Damien Fahey – former host of the MTV program ''TRL''* Toby Fox – game designer and developer of ''Undertale'' and ''Deltarune''* Alex Garcia – Food Network chef* Meredith Garniss – visual artist and landscape painter* Sidney Gish – singer/songwriter* Alan Catello Grazioso – Emmy Award winning television producer, director and editor* Mohammed Saeed Harib – creator of ''Freej''* 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* Jillian Wheeler – singer/songwriter* Wendy Williams – radio and television, host of ''The Wendy Williams Show''===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*Michael L. Tushman – organizational theorist, professor at Harvard Business School===Sports===José Juan BareaShawn JamesCarlos PeñaJocko Thompson* Zachary Aston-Reese – NHL, Pittsburgh Penguins* José Juan Barea – Dallas Mavericks, NBA* Harry Barnes – San Diego Rockets, NBA* Ed Barry – Boston Bruins, National Hockey League (NHL)* Sandy Beadle – Winnipeg Jets, NHL* Bruce Bickford – gold medal-winning distance runner* Randy Bucyk – Montreal Canadiens, Calgary Flames, NHL* Joe Callahan – Boston Bees, MLB* Bob Cappadona – former NFL running back* Lynn Chiavaro – basketball player and coach* Art Chisholm – Boston Bruins, NHL* Rob Cowie – Los Angeles Kings, NHL* Kendall Coyne – silver and gold medalist United States women's national ice hockey team* Jerome Daniels – Miami Dolphins, Baltimore Ravens, Arizona Cardinals* Jim Fahey – NHL defenseman, New Jersey Devils* Amber Ferreira – professional triathlete * Tony Fryklund – professional mixed martial arts fighter* Adam Gaudette – Hobey Baker Award recipient, NHL center, Vancouver Canucks* Chelsey Goldberg – ice hockey player, Boston Blades, CWHL* Scott Gruhl – Pittsburgh Penguins, NHL * "Wild" Bill Hunnefield – Major League Baseball (MLB) * Shawn James – professional basketball player for Maccabi Tel Aviv* Sean Jones – National Football League* Reema Juffali – Saudi Arabian racing driver* Saja Kamal – Saudi Arabian footballer* Steven Langton – United States Olympian (bobsled) * Dave Leitao – college basketball coach* Reggie Lewis – Boston Celtics* Madison Mailey – Olympic gold medalist (rowing)* Pat Mason – college baseball coach at Virginia Tech* Dan McGillis – NHL defenseman* Perry Moss – 1986 Washington Bullets, Philadelphia 76ers, 1987 Golden State Warriors* Chris Nilan – Montreal Canadiens, Boston Bruins, New York Rangers* Jamie Oleksiak –NHL, Dallas Stars* Adam Ottavino – 1st-round pick in 2006 MLB draft, pitcher for St. Louis Cardinals (2010), Colorado Rockies (2012–2018), New York Yankees (2019-2020) Boston Red Sox (2021-Present)* Carlos Peña – MLB first baseman/outfielder, Oakland Athletics, Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox, Tampa Bay Rays* David Poile – NHL executive* 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* Dylan Sikura – NHL center, Chicago Blackhawks* Brian Sullivan – NHL, 1992–93 New Jersey Devils* Harry Swartz (born 1996) – soccer player* Josh Heinrich Taves – NFL football player, 2000–02, Oakland Raiders and Carolina Panthers* Brad Thiessen – NHL, Pittsburgh Penguins* Jocko Thompson – MLB pitcher, 1948–51 Philadelphia Phillies* Johnny Tobin – MLB, 1932 New York Giants* Shaun Tomson (born 1955) – South African world champion surfer* Joe Vitale – NHL, center for Pittsburgh Penguins* Jason Vosler (born 1993) – baseball third baseman for the San Francisco Giants * Ashley Wagner (born 1991) – figure skater* Kurt Walker – NHL, 1975–78 Toronto Maple Leafs* Jim Walsh – Buffalo Sabres, NHL* 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
Faculty * M. Shahid Alam* Daniel P. Aldrich – expert on social capital and resilience in disaster* Albert-László Barabási – American Physical Society Fellow, Member of the Academia Europaea and 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 – MLB radio announcer* Rose Laub Coser – sociologist; vice-president of the American Sociological Association; president of the Eastern Sociological Society * Tim Cresswell – human geographer and poet* Nicholas Daniloff – correspondent for UPI and ''U.S. News & World Report''* Richard Deth – 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 – authority on serial killers and hate crimes* Auroop Ratan Ganguly – Water & Climate Science, Data & Network Science, and Infrastructure Resilience* 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 – authority on serial killers and hate crimes* Karl Lieberherr – computer scientist* Peter K. Manning – authority on the occupational culture of policing* Pran Nath – co-developer of the theory of supergravity* Robert B. Parker – author of the "Spenser" novels* Rupal Patel – speech scientist and founder of VOCALiD* Justin B. Ries – marine scientist and inventor* Walter V. Robinson – Pulitzer-winning journalist* Nada Sanders – Distinguished Professor of Supply Chain Management at the D’Amore-McKim School of Business* Mikhail Shubin – member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and mathematician* Justine Siegal – baseball coach and sports educator* Alessandro Vespignani – American Physical Society Fellow, Member of the Academia Europaea* Mitchell Wand – author of ''Essentials of Programming Languages''
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