# List of Northeastern University people

The following is a list of notable alumni and faculty of Northeastern University.

## Alumni
### Business

* Nikesh Arora – chairman and chief executive officer of Palo Alto Networks
* Jeff Bornstein – CFO, General Electric
* Robert A. Brooks – founder and CEO, Brooks Fiber Properties
* George Chamillard – former CEO, Teradyne, Inc.
* Jeff Clarke – Former CEO of 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 former 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 (2007–2018)
* 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)
* Robert DeLeo - former speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (2009-2020)
* 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
* Joseph J. Seymour – Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (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 (20132017) and the current junior United States senator from New Hampshire
* Maura Healey – Governor of Massachusetts (2023–present) and Massachusetts Attorney General (2015–2023)
* 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
* Ron Mariano - Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
* 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
* 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
* Elizabeth Yeampierre – attorney and environmental activist

### Sports

* 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
* Jordan Harris (born 2000) - Montreal Canadiens, 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
* Sarah Levy (born 1995) - Olympic bronze medalist, rugby union and rugby sevens player
* 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
* William F. Crittenden - professor emeritus at the D'Amore-McKim School of Business
* 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