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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 Fiedler (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, Miami Herald, 1987 and 1993 news staff 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

Clergy

Martin Luther King, Jr.

International government, politics, royalty

United States government, politics

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

Barbara Jordan, United States Congress, 1973-1979
  • 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 Daniel Healey, (JD), former U.S. Congressman (MA), and U.S. federal judge
  • John Patrick Higgins, (JD), former U.S. Congressman (MA)
  • Joe Hoeffel, (BS ), former U.S. Congressman (PA)
  • 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)

United States Executive Departments and Agencies

Gary Locke, United States Secretary of Commerce, 2009-2011

Other

Geena Davis, Academy Award winner
Julianne Moore, Emmy Award winner

Journalism, non-fiction film and broadcasting

See also: Pulitzer Prize winners

Literature

Sports

Mickey Cochrane, Baseball Hall of Fame
Chris Drury, Stanley Cup Champion

Miscellaneous

Notable faculty members

Nobel laureates

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Elie Wiesel

Fulbright Scholars

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
  • Leonid A. Levin (Professor of Computer Science) 1993
  • 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

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)
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