List of Boston University people

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

Notable alumni or attendees

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

Academia

Business

Government, politics, society, royalty

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Governors

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.

United States House of Representatives

  • Joseph E. Casey, (JD), former U.S. Congressman (MA)
  • Robert Chipperfield, (JD), former U.S. Congressman (IL)
  • Antonio Colorado, U.S. Congressman (Puerto Rico)
  • Paul Cronin, former U.S. Congressman (MA)
  • John Crosby, (JD), former U.S. Congressman (MA)
  • Emilio 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 Donnelly, former Ambassador to Trinadad, former U.S. Congressman (MA)
  • 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), former U.S. Congressman (VT)
  • Ambrose Kennedy, (JD), 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)

Other

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

Film, performing arts, television, radio, popular culture

Journalism, non-fiction film and broadcasting

See also: Pulitzer Prize winners

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Erica Hill

Literature

Sports

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Mike Eruzione tees up the go-ahead goal in the Miracle on Ice game against the Soviet Union.

Miscellaneous

Notable faculty members

Nobel laureates

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Elie Wiesel

Fulbright Scholars

Guggenheim Fellows

MacArthur Fellows

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

Rhodes Scholars

Film, performing arts, television, radio

Other

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