List of Boston University people

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This is a list of notable faculty members and alumni of Boston University.

Contents

[edit] Notable alumni or attendees

[edit] Pulitzer Prize winners

  • Tom Fielder (MS COM 1971), Executive Editor, Miami Herald, 1991 Pulitzer Prize
  • Ethan Forman, 2003 Pulitzer Prize winner
  • Daniel Goodrich (COM 1975), Photographer, Newsday, 1997 Pulitzer Prize
  • Stan Grossfeld (MS COM 1980), Associate Editor, Boston Globe, 1984 Pulitzer Prize
  • Joseph Hallinan (BS COM 1984), Reporter, Wall Street Journal, 1991 Pulitzer Prize
  • Kenneth Irby 1992, 1993, and 1995 Pulitzer Prizes
  • Stephen Kurkjian (BA COM 1966), Senior Metro Editor, Boston Globe, 1972, 1980, and 2003 Pulitzer Prizes
  • Jhumpa Lahiri (MA GRS 1993, MA UNI 1995, PhD UNI 1997), 2000 Pulitzer Prize
  • Justin Lane, Freelance Photographer, 2002 Pulitzer Prize
  • Patricia Maldonado, former Staff Writer, Miami Herald, 1999 Pulitzer Prize
  • Gerald O'Neil, former Reporter, Boston Globe, 1972 Pulitzer Prize
  • Michael Rezendes, Reporter, Boston Globe, 2003 Pulitzer Prize
  • Sacha Pfeiffer, Reporter, Boston Globe, 2003 Pulitzer Prize
  • James Savage, Retired Associate Editor, Boston Globe, 1987 and 1993 Pulitzer Prizes
  • William Sherman, Reporter, New York Daily News, Pulitzer Prize, Emmy Award and Peabody Award winner
  • Mark Thompson (BS COM 1975), Senior Correspondent, Time Magazine, 1985 Pulitzer Prize
  • Don Van Natta, Jr. (BS COM 1986), Correspondent, New York Times, 1993, 1999, and 2002 Pulitzer Prizes
  • Joan Vennochi, Columnist, Boston Globe, 1980 Pulitzer Prize
  • Helen Ubinas (BS COM 1994), Columnist, Hartford Courant, 1999 Pulitzer Prize
  • Susan Walsh (BS COM 1987), Staff Photographer, Associated Press, 1999 Pulitzer Prize
  • Meredith Warren, 2003 Pulitzer Prize

[edit] Academia

[edit] Business

[edit] Government, politics, society, royalty

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

[edit] Governors

[edit] United States Senators

Senators may have served in other capacities, such as a governor. In such cases, the name is left unlinked, but the description will indicate the location of a linked entry.

[edit] United States House of Representatives

  • Joseph E. Casey, (JD), former U.S. Congressman (MA)
  • Antonio Colorado, (BS 1962) Resident Commissioner in US Congress from Puerto Rico
  • Paul Cronin, former U.S. Congressman (MA)
  • John Crosby, (JD), former U.S. Congressman (MA)
  • Emilio Q. Daddario, (law), former U.S. Congressman (CT)
  • Norman D'Amours, (JD), former U.S. Congressman (NH)
  • Louise Day Hicks, former U.S. Congresswoman (MA)
  • Brian J. Donnelly, (BS 1970), former U.S. Congressman (MA), former US Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago,
  • Charles Douglas III, (JD), former U.S. Congressman (NH)
  • Forrest Goodwin, (JD), former U.S. Congressman (ME)
  • Daniel Granger, (JD), former U.S. Congressman (RI)
  • Arthur Healey, (JD), former U.S. Congressman (MA)
  • John Patrick Higgins, (JD), former U.S. Congressman (MA)
  • Barbara Jordan, (JD), former U.S. Congresswoman (TX)
  • Charles Joyce, (Newbury Seminary, pre-1850), former U.S. Congressman (VT)
  • Ambrose Kennedy, (JB LAW 1906), former U.S. Congressman (RI)
  • James Maloney, (JD), former U.S. Congressman (CT)
  • Jim Marshall, (JD), U.S. Congressman (GA)
  • Connie Morella, former U.S. Congresswoman (MD), former Maryland State Senator
  • Frank Morse, former U.S. Congressman (MA)
  • Henry Naphen, (JD), former U.S. Congressman (MA)
  • Jeremiah O'Connell, former U.S. Congressman (RI)
  • Ernest W. Roberts, (JD), former U.S. Congressman (MA)
  • Ferdinand St. Germain, (JD), former U.S. Congressman (RI)
  • Charles Sprague, (JD), former U.S. Congressman (MA)
  • Robert Stafford, (JD), former U.S. Congressman (VT)
  • Walter Stiness, (JD), former U.S. Congressman (RI)
  • John Sullivan, (JD), former U.S. Congressman (MA)
  • Joseph Walsh, (JD), former U.S. Congressman (MA)
  • Edward Wason, (JD), former U.S. Congressman (NH)
  • George Williams, (JD), former U.S. Congressman (MA)

[edit] Other

William Cohen, United States Secretary of Defense, 1997-2001
William Cohen, United States Secretary of Defense, 1997-2001

[edit] Film, performing arts, television, radio, popular culture

[edit] Journalism, non-fiction film and broadcasting

See also: Pulitzer Prize winners

[edit] Literature

[edit] Sports

Mike Eruzione tees up the go-ahead goal in the 1980 Miracle on Ice game against the Soviet Union. Other Boston U alumni who played in this game include Jim Craig, Dave Silk and Jack O'Callahan.
Mike Eruzione tees up the go-ahead goal in the 1980 Miracle on Ice game against the Soviet Union. Other Boston U alumni who played in this game include Jim Craig, Dave Silk and Jack O'Callahan.

[edit] Miscellaneous

[edit] Notable faculty members

[edit] Nobel laureates

Elie Wiesel
Elie Wiesel

[edit] Fulbright Scholars

  • Susan Akram, Fulbright Scholar
  • Paul Barbone, Fulbright Scholar
  • Thomas Barfield, Fulbright Scholar
  • Janice Barrett, Fulbright Scholar
  • Peter Bridgman Benfield, Fulbright Scholar
  • Anne Donahue, Fulbright Scholar
  • Wendy Gordon, Fulbright Scholar
  • Michael Corgan, Fulbright Scholar
  • James Johnson, Fulbright Scholar
  • Sam Kauffman, Fulbright Scholar
  • Tedros Kiros, Fulbright Scholar
  • Mark Kon, Fulbright Scholar
  • Jeanne Ellen Koopman, Fulbright Scholar
  • Victor Manfredi, Fulbright Scholar
  • James Mendelsohn, Fulbright Scholar
  • Frances Miller, Fulbright Scholar
  • Augustus Norton, Fulbright Scholar
  • David S. Palmer, Fulbright Scholar
  • Robert Rosenthal, Fulbright Scholar
  • Vivian Anne Schmidt, Fulbright Scholar
  • Bruce Schulman, Fulbright Scholar
  • Nina Silber, Fulbright Scholar
  • Henry Burke Wend, Fulbright Scholar

[edit] Guggenheim Fellows

  • Henry E. Allison (Professor of Philosophy) 1985
  • Theodore Antoniou (Composer; Professor of Music) 1978
  • David Aronson (Painter; Emeritus Professor of Art) 1960
  • Jelle Atema (Director, Professor of Biology, BU Marine Program at Woods Hole) 1987
  • Millicent Bell (Professor of English)1971
  • Saul Bellow (Novelist; University Professor) 1948 and 1955
  • Peter Anthony Bertocci (Deceased Borden Parker Bowne Professor Emeritus of Philosophy) 1967
  • Robert V. Bruce (Professor Emeritus of History) 1957
  • Alicia Borinsky, (Professor of Latin American and Comparative Literature) 2001 Latin American and Caribbean Fellow
  • Donald Selwyn Carne-Ross (University Professor and Professor of Classics and Modern Languages) 1962
  • Walter D. Connor (Professor of Political Science) 1986
  • Bonnie Costello (Associate Professor of English) 1990
  • Thomas Joseph Cottle (Professor of Education) 1974
  • Patricia Bland Craddock (Professor of English) 1971
  • Robert Dallek (Professor of History) 1973
  • Norman Dello Joio (Composer; University Professor and Professor Emeritus of Music) 1944 and 1945
  • Barbara Diefendorf (Professor of History), 1997 US and Canadian Fellow
  • Leslie D. Epstein (Director, Creative Writing Program) 1977
  • Aaron Moses Fogel (Associate Professor of English) 1987
  • Alfredo Gisholt (Teaching Associate of Art) 2002 US and Canadian Fellow
  • Thomas F. Glick (Professor of History) 1987
  • Merle Goldman (Professor of History) 1987
  • Gennady Gorelik (Research Fellow, Center for Philosophy and History of Science) 1995 US and Canadian Fellow
  • Jeffrey Henderson (Professor of Classical Studies) 1997 US and Canadian Fellow
  • Patricia Hills (Professor of Art History) 1982
  • Jaakko Hintikka (Professor of Philosophy) 1987
  • Arthur Grover Humes (Professor Emeritus of Biology) 1954
  • Caroline Jones (Associate Professor of Art History) 1999 US and Canadian Fellow
  • Howard Clark Kee (William Goodwin Aurelio Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies) 1966
  • Carol Keller (Assistant Professor of Art) 1999 US and Canadian Fellow
  • William R. Keylor (Professor of History) 1976
  • John T. Kirk (Emeritus Professor of Art History) 1986
  • Jon Paul Klancher (Associate Professor of English) 1989
  • Fred S. Kleiner (Professor of Art History and Archaeology) 1988
  • Nancy Kopell (Professor of Mathematics) 1984
  • Aileen S. Kraditor (Professor Emeritus of History) 1975
  • Ralph Lombreglia (Instructor in Creative Writing) 1996 US and Canadian Fellow
  • Susan Mizruchi (Professor of English and American Studies) 2001 US and Canadian Fellow
  • Dilip Mookherjee ( Professor of Economics and Director, Institute of Economic Development) 2001 US and Canadian Fellow
  • Debraj Ray (former Professor of Economics) 1997 US and Canadian Fellow
  • Maureen Raymo (Research Associate Professor of Earth Sciences) 2003 US and Canadian Fellow
  • Abner Shimony (Emeritus Professor of Philosophy and Physics) 1972 US and Canadian Fellow
  • Lawrence Sulak (David M. Myers Distinguished Professor of Physics) 2002 US and Canadian Fellow
  • Julian Zelizer (Professor of History) 2006 US and Canadian Fellow

[edit] MacArthur Fellows

  • Jim Collins, fellow, MacArthur Foundation, Professor of Biomedical Engineering
  • Nancy Kopell, fellow, MacArthur Foundation, Professor of Mathematics

[edit] Rhodes Scholars

  • Jim Collins, Rhodes Scholar, Professor of Biomedical Engineering
  • Robert Grasberger, Rhodes Scholar
  • Michael Hasselmo, Rhodes Scholar, Professor of Psychology
  • Julius Levine, Rhodes Scholar
  • Rick Malins, Rhodes Scholar
  • Jon Westling, Rhodes Scholar, former President of Boston University

[edit] Film, performing arts, television, radio

[edit] Other

Robert Pinsky, U.S. Poet Laureate (1997-2000)
Robert Pinsky, U.S. Poet Laureate (1997-2000)