List of Northeastern University people
The following is a list of notable alumni and faculty of Northeastern University.
Alumni
Business
- Marc Raibert – founder and CEO, Boston Dynamics
- 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
- Peter W. Smith – investment banker, Republican activist
- Andrew Left – activist short seller
- 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
- 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)
- 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 (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[4]
- 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; convicted murderer
- 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 – 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, 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service recipient
- Michael Slackman – International Managing Editor, The New York Times
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
- 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
- Mohammed Saeed Harib – creator of Freej[5]
- Alex Garcia – Food Network chef
- Meredith Garniss – visual artist and landscape painter
- Alan Catello Grazioso – Emmy Award winning television producer, director and editor[6][7]
- 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 Barea
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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[8]
- Sean Jones – National Football League
- Steven Langton – United States Olympian (Bobsled)
- Dave Leitao – college basketball coach
- Reggie Lewis – Boston Celtics
- Pat Mason – college baseball coach at Virginia Tech[9]
- 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-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
- 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[10]
- Dylan Sikura – NHL center, Chicago Blackhawks
- Brian Sullivan – NHL, 1992–93 New Jersey Devils
- 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
- Jim Walsh - Buffalo Sabres, NHL
- 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[11]
- Reema Juffali – Saudi Arabian racing driver
Faculty
- M. Shahid Alam
- Auroop Ratan Ganguly – Water & Climate Science, Data & Network Science, and Infrastructure Resilience
- Daniel P. Aldrich – expert on social capital and resilience in disaster
- Albert-László Barabási – American Physical Society Fellow 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
- Tim Cresswell – human geographer and poet
- Rose Laub Coser – sociologist; vice-president of the American Sociological Association; president of the Eastern Sociological Society
- 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
- 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
- Justin B. Ries – marine scientist and inventor
- Walter V. Robinson – Pulitzer-winning journalist
- Mikhail Shubin – member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and mathematician
- Justine Siegal – baseball coach and sports educator
- Mitchell Wand – author of Essentials of Programming Languages
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- "Representative Theodore C. Speliotis". Retrieved February 1, 2018.
- "The Q&A: Mohammed Saeed Harib, animator." The Economist. August 10, 2011. Retrieved on March 29, 2012.
- https://www.northeastern.edu/magazine/documenting-desperation/
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- "Shawn James Basketball Player Profile". Eurobasket.com. Retrieved 2015-11-14.
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