List of Northeastern University people

The following is a list of notable alumni and faculty of Northeastern University. This does not mention Northeastern alumni who were foreign students with subsequent careers overseas.

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^[1]
• 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
• Roger Marino – co-founder of EMC; former part-owner of Pittsburgh Penguins^[2]
• Alan McKim – CEO and founder, Clean Harbors
• Larry Meyer – CEO, Uniqlo USA
• Srinath Narayanan – principal, Canaccord Adams
• 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
• George F. Archambault – Pharmacy Liaison Officer for the United States Public Health Service
• Demetrius J. Atsalis – member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1998–present)
• Thomas Calter – member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (2007–present)
• Christie Carpino – member of the Connecticut House of Representatives
• Cheryl A. Coakley-Rivera – member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1998–present)
• Mo Cowan – U.S. Senator of Massachusetts
• John O. Pastore – Governor of Rhode Island
• William Delgado – Illinois General Assembly Senator
• Harold Daniel Donohue – member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1947–1974)
• 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^[3]
• 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)
• Gordon D. Fox – Majority Leader of the Rhode Island House of Representatives (1992–present)
• Peter Franchot – Comptroller of Maryland
• Maggie Hassan – Governor of New Hampshire
• Russell Holmes – member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (2011–present)
• 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
• 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
• George D. Behrakis – inventor of Tylenol
• Amy Bishop – former professor; killer
• 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
• Alvin Joseph Melveger – scientist specializing in physical chemistry, spectroscopy, biomaterials, and polymers
• Yale Patt – engineer
• Albert Sacco – astronaut

Military

• Mark P. Fitzgerald – Admiral; former Commander, Allied Joint Force Command Naples and Commander, Naval Forces Europe and Naval Forces Africa for the United States Navy
• Richard I. Neal – United States Marine Corps four-star general; Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps from 1996 to 1998
• William Thornton – Colonel, U.S. Air Force, White House Fellow

Journalism and communications

• Ernie Anastos – New York City TV news anchorman
• Eddie Andelman – sports radio talk show host (MBA)
• Michelle Bonner – ESPNEWS/Sports Center anchor
• 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, Boston Globe
• Michael Slackman – International Managing Editor, The New York Times

Arts and entertainment

• David Andelman – CEO, Phantom Gourmet
• Al Barile – singer, guitarist for hardcore punk band SS Decontrol
• Earle Brown – composer, developed open-form scores
• 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
• Martín Espada — poet
• Damien Fahey — former host of the MTV program TRL
• Mohammed Saeed Harib – creator of Freej ^[4]
• Alex Garcia — Food Network chef
• Meredith Garniss – visual artist and landscape painter
• 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
• Jennifer Toof — "Toastee" from VH1's Flavor of Love, Flavor of Love Girls: Charm School, and I Love Money
• Jillian Wheeler – singer/songwriter
• Wendy Williams – radio, TV talk show host

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

Sports

José Juan Barea

Shawn James

Carlos Peña

Jocko Thompson

• José Juan Barea — Dallas Mavericks, NBA
• Harry Barnes — 1969 San Diego Rockets, NBA
• Ed Barry – 1946–47 Boston Bruins, National Hockey League (NHL)
• Sandy Beadle – 1980–81 Winnipeg Jets, NHL
• Randy Bucyk – 1985–86 Montreal Canadiens, 1987–88 Calgary Flames, NHL
• Joe Callahan – 1939–40 Boston Bees, MLB
• Art Chisholm – 1960–61 Boston Bruins, NHL
• Rob Cowie – 1994–96 Los Angeles Kings, NHL
• Kendall Coyne – silver medalist on the Sochi 2014 United States Women's National Ice Hockey Team
• Jim Fahey — NHL defenseman, New Jersey Devils
• Amber Ferreira – professional triathlete
• Fernie Flaman — NHL Hockey Hall of Famer
• Tony Fryklund – professional mixed martial arts fighter
• Scott Gruhl – 1987–88 Pittsburgh Penguins, NHL
• "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 for Maccabi Tel Aviv^[5]
• Sean Jones — National Football League, Los Angeles Raiders, Houston Oilers, Green Bay Packers
• Steven Langton – Olympian, 2010 Vancouver, 2014 Sochi, Bobsled
• Dave Leitao – college basketball coach
• Reggie Lewis — Boston Celtics
• Pat Mason – college baseball coach at Virginia Tech^[6]
• Dan McGillis — NHL defenseman San Jose Sharks, Philadelphia Flyers, Boston Bruins
• Perry Moss — 1986 Washington Bullets, Philadelphia 76ers, 1987 Golden State Warriors
• Chris Nilan — Montreal Canadiens, Boston Bruins, New York Rangers
• Adam Ottavino – 1st-round pick in 2006 MLB draft, pitcher for St. Louis Cardinals (2010) and Colorado Rockies (2012–present)
• 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 Rays
• 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 in 2006, 2010, and 2014; led Swiss team to a bronze medal finish in 2014; named MVP of the tournament^[7]
• 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
• Joe Vitale – NHL, center for Pittsburgh Penguins 2011- Current
• Kurt Walker – NHL, 1975–78 Toronto Maple Leafs
• 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^[8]
• Molly Woodbury - Captain of Vertex Treasury Department Pick-up Basketball Game

Other

• Rezwan Ferdaus – convicted on terrorism charges, currently serving life sentence

Faculty

• M. Shahid Alam
• Daniel P. Aldrich – well known expert on social capital and resilience in disaster
• Albert-László Barabási – American Physical Society Fellow and major 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 – radio announcer for the Boston Red Sox baseball team
• Tim Cresswell – leading human geographer and poet
• Nicholas Daniloff – former foreign correspondent for United Press International and U.S. News & World Report
• Richard Deth – prominent 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 – leading authority on serial killers and hate crimes
• 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 – leading authority on serial killers and hate crimes
• Karl Lieberherr – computer scientist and co-developer of the theory of P-optimal algorithms for NP-complete MAX-CSP problems
• Peter K. Manning – leading authority on the occupational culture of policing
• Pran Nath – co-developer of the theory of supergravity
• Robert B. Parker – author of the "Spenser" novels
• Walter V. Robinson – Pulitzer-winning journalist
• Mikhail Shubin – member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and an accomplished mathematician
• Mitchell Wand – author of Essentials of Programming Languages

Presidents of Northeastern

1. Frank Palmer Speare, 1898–1940^[9]
2. Carl Stephens Ell, 1940–1959
3. Asa Smallidge Knowles, 1959–1975
4. Kenneth Gilmore Ryder, 1975–1989
5. John Anthony Curry, 1989–1996
6. Richard M. Freeland, 1996–2006
7. Joseph Aoun, 2006–present

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