List of University of New Hampshire alumni

A list of notable alumni of the University of New Hampshire.

Arts

Writers and journalists

John Irving

• Daniel Ford (1954), author/journalist, Resident Scholar at the University of New Hampshire
• Ursula Hegi (1978, MA 1979), novelist, including best-selling Oprah's Book Club novel Stones from the River
• John Irving (1965), Academy Award–winning screenwriter and novelist
• Michael Kelly (1979), Editor-at-Large of the Atlantic Monthly, first U.S. reporter killed in the Iraq War
• Jackie MacMullan, sportswriter, columnist and editor
• Alice McDermott (MA 1978), author, National Book Award winner (1998), Writer-in-Residence at Johns Hopkins University
• Brendan Emmett Quigley, crossword puzzle constructor, author, musician
• Laurel Thatcher Ulrich (Ph.D.), Pulitzer Prize–winning author, professor of history at Harvard University
• Barbara Walsh (1981), Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and author
• Thomas Williams, National Book Award–winning novelist, and teacher at UNH^[1]
• Wayne Worcester, author/journalist, professor of journalism at the University of Connecticut

Film

• James Broderick (1948)
• Michael Graziadei (2001)
• Peter Jurasik (1972)
• Jennifer Lee (1992), writer, director of the 2013 Disney animated feature Frozen
• Mike O'Malley (1988)
• Michael Ontkean (1970), starred in the 1977 movie Slap Shot
• Andrew Robinson (transferred), actor, television director, author
• Blanchard Ryan (1989)

Music

• Barbara Bonney, soprano
• Jeff Coffin, jazz saxophonist, flutist, clarinetist
• Tim Janis (1991), new-age composer

Visual arts

• James Aponovich (1971), painter, New Hampshire Artist Laureate 2006^[2]
• Richard Whitney (1968), painter, Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts (2015)

Television

• Andy Brickley (1982), Bruins color analyst NESN, played in the NHL for 14 years, including four years for the Boston Bruins
• Pat Callaghan, news anchor on WCSH-TV, Portland, Maine
• Marcy Carsey (1966), television producer, Carsey-Werner (Mork and Mindy, The Cosby Show, Roseanne, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Men Behaving Badly and more)
• Jack Edwards, sportscaster, formerly on Versus, and ESPN. Now the current play-by-play announcer for Boston Bruins games on NESN.
• Mary Ann Esposito (MA 1991), TV chef of Ciao! Italia
• Natalie Jacobson (1965), news anchor on WCVB-TV (retired)
• Chris Wragge, news anchor on WCBS-TV

Athletics

Ice hockey

Ty Conklin

Darren Haydar

Bryan Muir

Trevor Smith

• Derek Bekar (1998), professional ice hockey forward, St. Louis Blues (current), Los Angeles Kings, New York Islanders (former)
• Eric Boguniecki (1997), professional ice hockey forward, New York Islanders (current), Pittsburgh Penguins, St. Louis Blues, Florida Panthers (former)
• Bobby Butler (2010), professional ice hockey forward, Ottawa Senators
• Ty Conklin (2001), professional ice hockey goaltender, St. Louis Blues (current), Detroit Red Wings, Pittsburgh Penguins, Buffalo Sabres, Columbus Blue Jackets, Edmonton Oilers (former)
• Ralph Cox (1979), last player cut from the famed Winter Olympic team that won the gold at Lake Placid in 1980. Was First-Team All-Conference in 1978-1979 and ECAC Hockey Player of the Year in 1979. He was the team's leading goal-scorer for three consecutive years and is the only UNH player to ever score 40 goals in two different seasons. He was inducted into the New Hampshire Athletics Hall of Fame in 1986.^[3]
• Kevin Dean (1991), professional ice hockey defenseman, Chicago Blackhawks, Dallas Stars, Atlanta Thrashers, New Jersey Devils, champion with New Jersey Devils
• Tricia Dunn-Luoma (1995), three-time Olympian, Gold Medal winner, women's ice hockey
• Bobby Gould (1979), forward, Atlanta/Calgary Flames, Washington Capitals, Boston Bruins, two-time Selke Trophy nominee
• Darren Haydar (2002), professional ice hockey forward, Detroit Red Wings (current), Atlanta Thrashers, Nashville Predators (former)
• Colin Hemingway (2003), professional ice hockey forward, St. Louis Blues
• Jason Krog (1999), professional ice hockey forward, Vancouver Canucks, (current) New York Rangers, Atlanta Thrashers, New York Islanders, Anaheim Ducks, New York Rangers (former), 1999 Hobey Baker Award winner
• Rod Langway (1977), professional ice hockey defenseman, played for Montreal Canadiens 1979–82, Washington Capitals 1982–93, elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2002, Norris Trophy winner 1982 and 1983
• Dave Lumley (1977), professional ice hockey forward, two-time Stanley Cup champion with Edmonton Oilers
• Mark Mowers (1998), professional ice hockey forward, Anaheim Ducks (current), Boston Bruins, Detroit Red Wings, Nashville Predators (former)
• Bryan Muir (1995), professional ice hockey defenseman, Washington Capitals, Los Angeles Kings, Colorado Avalanche, Tampa Bay Lightning, Chicago Blackhawks, New Jersey Devils, Edmonton Oilers, Stanley Cup champion with Colorado Avalanche
• Eric Nickulas (1997), professional ice hockey forward, Boston Bruins, St. Louis Blues, Chicago Blackhawks
• Trevor Smith, professional ice hockey centre
• Garrett Stafford (2003), professional ice hockey defenseman, Dallas Stars (current), Detroit Red Wings (former)
• Kevin Regan (2008), professional ice hockey goalie, Fife Flyers, finalist for Hobey Baker Award, all time leader in save percentage in Hockey East conference games
• James van Riemsdyk (2009), professional ice hockey left winger, Toronto Maple Leafs (current), Philadelphia Flyers
• Trevor van Riemsdyk (2014), professional ice hockey defenseman, Chicago Blackhawks
• Erin Whitten (1993), first woman to win a professional hockey game. Replaced Alan Harvey due to injury in the second period, and stopped 15 of 19 shots in a 6–5 win over Dayton in the ECHL Toledo Storm
• Daniel Winnik (2006), professional ice hockey forward, San Jose Sharks (former), Anaheim Ducks (former), Toronto Maple Leafs (current).

Football

• Jerry Azumah (1999), former professional football player, Chicago Bears, 1998 Walter Payton Award winner
• David Ball (2007), former professional Canadian football player for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Winnipeg Blue Bombers; broke the Division I-AA record for touchdown receptions that was previously held by Jerry Rice
• Étienne Boulay (2006), Canadian Football League Grey Cup Champion
• Corey Graham (2007), professional football player, Baltimore Ravens (current), Chicago Bears (former)
• Bruce Huther (1976), professional football player, Dallas Cowboys, 1978 Super Bowl champion
• Chad Kackert (2010), professional Canadian Football League player, Toronto Argonauts, most valuable player in 100th Grey Cup game
• Chip Kelly (1990), head football coach for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League; formerly head football coach for the University of Oregon
• Dan Kreider (1999), professional football player, Pittsburgh Steelers, 2006 Super Bowl champion
• George O'Leary (1968), head football coach for the University of Central Florida
• Kamau Peterson (2000), professional football player Canadian Football Calgary Stampeders, Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Edmonton Eskimos (current)
• Jared Smith (2013), professional football player in the National Football League, plays for the Seattle Seahawks (current), on the team during their Super Bowl victory over the Denver Broncos in 2014
• Randal Williams (2000), former professional football player, Jacksonville Jaguars, Dallas Cowboys and Oakland Raiders

Other sports

Baseball

• Del Bissonette (attended), former professional baseball player, Brooklyn Dodgers.
• Carlton Fisk (attended), former professional baseball player, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, and Baseball Hall of Fame inductee.
• Rich Gale, major league pitcher and coach, and New Hampshire Athlete of the Century honorable mention
• Anthony Valentine, local legend and former Mets bullpen catcher

Field hockey

• Barbara Marois, captain, US Women's Field Hockey team

Diplomacy, government, and politics

• Paul L. Ayers, Major General, U.S. Air National Guard
• Robert Caret, Ph.D., President of Towson University
• Christie Carpino, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives
• Tansu Çiller, Turkish economist and politician, Turkey's first female Prime Minister (1993–96) and the first female to head a Muslim country in the Middle East
• Jane Eberle, member of the Maine House of Representatives
• Bill Gardner, New Hampshire Secretary of State, sets date of New Hampshire presidential primary
• Joann Ginal, member of the Colorado State House of Representatives
• Mary A. Legere, Lieutenant General and Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence of the United States Army
• Steven Maviglio, political consultant
• Eoin McKiernan, early scholar in the field of Irish Studies
• Ronald Noble (1979), Secretary General of Interpol
• Kathleen Koehler Paige (1970), Rear Admiral retired, former Senior Engineering Duty Officer, U.S. Navy
• Harl Pease Jr. (1939), USAAF captain in World War II, posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions over Rabaul in the South Pacific in 1942
• Carol Shea-Porter (1974, '79G), congresswoman
• Arthur C. Vailas (1973), President of Idaho State University; former Vice Chancellor of the University of Houston System and Vice President of the University of Houston

Governors of New Hampshire

• John Lynch (1974), former Governor of New Hampshire
• Steve Merrill (1969), former Governor of New Hampshire
• Wesley Powell, former Governor of New Hampshire

Science, business and industry

• Paul S. Anderson, Ph.D., Vice President for Chemistry (retired), Merck and former American Chemical Society president
• Robert V. Bruce, B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (1945), winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History
• David M. Cote (1976), Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Honeywell
• David L. Hallal, B.A. in Psychology, President and CEO Alexion Pharmaceuticals,^[4] best known for its development of Soliris^[4]
• Richard M. Linnehan (1980), astronaut, second veterinarian in space
• Lee Morin (1974), astronaut
• James A. Thomson, B.S. in Physics (1967), S.D. (2007), President and Chief Executive Officer, RAND Corporation
• Richard Valle, former Chairman and President of the Valle's Steak House chain of restaurants

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