List of University of Massachusetts people explained

The following is a partial list that includes graduates, professors, administrators and other notable people associated with the University of Massachusetts Lowell (UMass Lowell).

Alumni

Art, entertainment and music

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference
Jerry Bergonzi	1971	Jazz musician	^[1]
Bonnie Comley		Broadway and film producer
Monica Omodorion Swaida		Nigerian/American singer, actress, movie producer and CEO of an insurance company
John Pinette		Comedian and actor
Evan Roderick		Actor
Markus Sebastiano		Multimedia artist	^[2]
Thelma Todd		Actress
Bob Weston	1988	American musician, producer and recording engineer	^[3] ^[4]
Taniya Nayak		Interior designer and business entrepreneur	^[5]

Business

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference
Marelo Claure		Bolivian-American technology entrepreneur and businessman. Currently chief executive officer (CEO) of SoftBank Group International and chief operating officer (COO) of SoftBank Group Corporation
Roger W. Cressey	1987	Former U.S. National Security Council staff, previous President and Founder of Good Harbor Consulting Group and current Partner with Liberty Group Ventures	^[6]
Edson deCastro		President and founder, Data General Corporation
Renée Elliott	1986	Founder of British organic supermarket chain Planet Organic	^[7]
Martin Fleming	1974	American economist and business executive. IBM's Chief Economist and VP.
Harish Hande	1998 & 2000	Indian social entrepreneur and Co-Founder of SELCO	^[8] ^[9]
Rich Miner		Creator of Wildfire, co-founder of Android Inc., and investment partner on the Google Ventures team
Paula White	1991	American businesswoman and Founder of 600 lb Gorillas Inc.	^[10]

Education

!Name!Class year!Notability!Reference

Bob Bachelder

1954

American orchestra leader and educator

^[11]

Media and writing

!Name!Class year!Notability!Reference

Dianelly Antigua		Dominican American poet
Michael Casey	1968	American poet and writer	^[12]
Paul Maher Jr.		American writer

Military

!Name!Class year!Notability!Reference

Mary Hallaren		Director of the Women's Army Corps
Jack Weinstein		U.S. Air Force Lieutenant general

Politics

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference
Peter Bragdon		American politician	^[13]
Sam Cataldo		American politician
James Costos	1985	American diplomat and former United States Ambassador to Spain and Andorra	^[14]
Donna Cuomo		American politician	^[15]
Steve Court		American politician	^[16]
Brian Dempsey	att. 1985-88	American politician	^[17]
Christopher Fallon		American politician and attorney	^[18]
Kevin L. Finnegan	1996	American politician	^[19]
Sean Garballey	2007	Member of the Mass. House of Representatives (served 2008–present)	^[20]
Colleen Garry		American politician	^[21]
Stéphane Gendron		Canadian politician
Thomas Golden Jr.		American politician
Geoff Hall		American teacher and politician
Corey Lewandowski		Political consultant, former CNN commentator and campaign manager for Donald J. Trump's 2016 presidential campaign	^[22]
Thomas M. McGee		State representative and current mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts
Marty Meehan		Former congressman (served 1993 – 2007), UMass Lowell chancellor (2007–2015), and current University of Massachusetts System president (2015–present)	^[23]
Tolu Obdebiyi		Nigerian politician	^[24]
Alan Solomont	1977	American diplomat and former United States Ambassador to Spain and Andorra	^[25]
Dan Toomey		New Hampshire politician
Francisco Urena		American government official and current Massachusetts Secretary of Veterans' Affairs	^[26]
Jonathan Zlotnik	2012	Massachusetts politician

Science

!Name !Class year!Notability!Reference

Arthur G. Hunt		American plant and soils scientist and Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2017)	^[27]
John Traphagan		American anthropologist	^[28]
Yang Yang		Taiwanese engineering professor	^[29]

Sports

Hockey

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference
Mark Carlson	1993	Cedar Rapids RoughRiders President, Head Coach and General Manager	^[30]
Craig Charron		Former AHL player
Jeff Daw		Former NHL player with the Colorado Avalanche
Scott Fankhouser		Former NHL player with the Atlanta Thrashers
Christian Folin		NHL player with the Los Angeles Kings
Joe Gambardella		American NHL player with the Edmonton Oilers and current AHL player with Bakersfield Condors
Ron Hainsey		NHL player with the Toronto Maple Leafs	^[31]
Connor Hellebuyck		NHL player with the Winnipeg Jets
Ben Holmstrom		NHL player with the Philadelphia Flyers
Carter Hutton		NHL player with the Nashville Predators
Dean Jenkins		Former NHL player with the Los Angeles Kings
Greg Koehler		Former NHL player with the Carolina Hurricanes
Mark Kumpel		Member of the 1984 U.S. Olympic Hockey team and former NHL player with the Winnipeg Jets
Craig MacTavish		Former NHL player with several teams and former coach of the Edmonton Oilers, where he also served as senior vice president	^[32]
Jon Morris		Former NHL player with the New Jersey Devils
Dwayne Roloson		Former NHL player with several teams, including the Edmonton Oilers	^[33]
Chad Ruhwedel		NHL player with the Pittsburgh Penguins
Ben Walter		Former NHL player with the New Jersey Devils
Scott Wilson		NHL player with the Buffalo Sabres
Andy Wozniewski		NHL player with the Toronto Maple Leafs, St. Louis Blues and Boston Bruins	^[34]

Other

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference
Shelagh Donohoe	1988	Rower and Olympic Silver Medalist	^[35]
Mike LaValliere		Former Major League Baseball catcher and Gold Glove award winner
Harry Lew		First African American Professional Basketball player 1904 and Lowell Textile Institute Basketball Coach 1922 and
Ali Kanaan		Lebanese Canadian basketball player	^[36]

Other

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference
Roger Mark Boisjoly		American mechanical engineer, fluid dynamicist, and aerodynamicist. Known for having raised strenuous objections to the launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger months before the loss of the spacecraft and its crew in January 1986	^[37]
Anthony Braga	1991	American criminologist and the director of the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Northeastern University	^[38]
Christopher J. Coyne		Bishop of Burlington, Vermont
Mark Gardner	1977	American inventor
Taylor von Kriegenbergh		American poker player	^[39]
Michael R. Lane		Former president of Emporia State University and dean of the School of Business at Missouri Western State University
Terrence Masson		American animator and producer
John Ogonowski		Pilot of American Airlines Flight 11 on September 11, 2001
John Traphagan		Professor of religious studies and Mitsubishi Fellow at the University of Texas at Austin and blogger for The Huffington Post

Faculty

Name	Time	Notability	Reference
Eunice Alberts	1970s–1980s	Opera and concert singer	^[40] ^[41]
Arno Rafael Minkkinen	1987–present	Fine art photographer	^[42]
Andre Dubus III		Bestselling author, Writer in Residence at UMass Lowell	^[43]
Jack M. Wilson	2003–today	Educator, entrepreneur, and President emeritus for the UMass system	^[44]
George Chigas	2009 today	Khmer scholar and author of the first English translation of The Story of Tum Teav	^[45] ^[46]
Kay George Roberts	1978- today	Founder and musical director of the New England Orchestra	^[47]
Mary Blewett	1965-1999	American social and labor historian	^[48]
Carol Hay		Canadian philosopher and author	^[49]
Jacqueline Moloney	1994-present	University Chancellor and professor of education	^[50]
Kristin Esterberg		Former Associate Professor of Sociology
Allyssa K. McCabe		Professor Emerita of Psychology in the College of Fine Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Greeley Peace Scholars

!Name!Year!Notability!Reference

Soe Myint	2022	Myanmar Journalist	^[51]
Amber Fletcher	2020	Climate Change	^[52]
Fania Davis	2019 and 2021	Civil Rights Leader	^[53]
Tawakkol Abdel-Salam Khalid Karman	2018	Nobel Prize Winner	^[54]
Noy Thrupkaew	2017	Journalist	^[55]
Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini	2016	Co-founder of International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN)	^[56]
Albie Sachs	2014	South African activist leader	^[57]
John Prendergast	2012/13	Human-rights activist and best-selling author	^[58]
Leymah Gbowee	2011	Liberian peace activist	^[59]
Gavriel Salomon	2010	Psychologist	^[60]
Padraig O’Malley	2009	Irish-American peace activist	^[61]
Linda Biehl	2008	South-African peace activist	^[62]

Notes and References

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2. Web site: SAP BrandVoice: Corporate Art Has A "Powherful" Purpose: Be Disruptive In A Good Way. Galer. Susan. Forbes. en. 2020-03-25.
3. Web site: Shellac drops knowledge, new material, and classic jams at Turner Hall. Hostettler. D. J.. 2020-03-13. Milwaukee Record. en-US. 2020-04-08.
4. Web site: EQ Magazine - Then & Now: Mission of Burma. https://web.archive.org/web/20061112071828/http://www.eqmag.com/story.asp?storycode=9388. dead. 2006-11-12. 2006-11-12. 2020-04-08.
5. Web site: 2015-04-21. About. 2020-10-12. Taniya Nayak. en-US.
6. News: Cybersecurity Consulting Firm Arlington, VA. Liberty Group Ventures. 6 October 2018.
7. Web site: Renee Elliott UMass Lowell. www.uml.edu. 2019-02-26.
8. Web site: Solar crusader - Harish Hande- Business News. www.businesstoday.in. December 23, 2007 . 2020-03-09.
9. Web site: Harish Hande Profiles UMass Lowell. www.uml.edu. 2020-03-09.
10. News: Kandarian. Paul E.. Duxbury businesswoman wins award for 600lb Gorilla frozen treats A 600-pound gorilla of a winner. Boston.com. 2020-03-17.
11. Web site: Bob Bachelder, 89; led dual lives in classroom, on bandstand - The Boston Globe. BostonGlobe.com. en-US. 2020-03-09.
12. Web site: Interview with Poet Michael Casey: From the Mills of Lowell to the Combat Zones of Vietnam. The Somerville Times. en-US. 2020-03-13.
13. Web site: The Voter's Self Defense System. Vote Smart. 2020-03-13.
14. Web site: James Costos UMass Lowell. www.uml.edu. 20 September 2018.
15. Book: Public officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1997–1998. [Boston, Mass. : General Court]. State Library of Massachusetts.
16. Web site: Steve Court: Majority Leader. azleg.gov. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121118144745/http://www.azleg.gov/MembersPage.asp?Member_ID=70&Legislature=50&Session_ID=107. November 18, 2012. December 3, 2012.
17. Book: Public officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1991–1992. [Boston, Mass. : General Court]. State Library of Massachusetts.
18. Book: Public officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 2007–2008. [Boston, Mass. : General Court]. State Library of Massachusetts.
19. Book: Public officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1999–2000. [Boston, Mass. : General Court]. State Library of Massachusetts.
20. News: Sean P. Garballey '07. 20 September 2018.
21. Web site: Representative Colleen M. Garry.
22. News: - The Washington Post. The Washington Post. 20 September 2018.
23. Web site: Marty Meehan University of Massachusetts Office of the President. www.umassp.edu. 20 September 2018.
24. Web site: APC wins Ogun-West Senatorial District election. Punch Newspapers. February 26, 2019 . en-US. 2020-04-08.
25. Web site: Susan and Alan Solomont School of Nursing Naming About the School Nursing UMass Lowell. www.uml.edu. 2020-03-09.
26. News: Harmacinski. Jill. Francisco Urena appointed to state Secretary of Veterans Affairs. January 5, 2015. Eagle-Tribune. January 12, 2015.
27. Web site: UK's Hunt and Palli Named AAAS Fellows. 2017-11-28. UKNow. 2020-03-23.
28. Web site: Quake, tsunami create anxiety among family of Japan victims The Daily Texan. https://web.archive.org/web/20111120025713/http://dailytexanonline.com/news/2011/03/21/quake-tsunami-create-anxiety-among-family-japan-victims. dead. 2011-11-20. 2011-11-20. 2020-04-08.
29. Peckham. Matt. Windows that Generate Electricity from Invisible Light? Is This the Future or What?. 2012-07-24. Time. 2020-04-08. en-US. 0040-781X.
30. Web site: They can always turn to 'Coach'. Johnson. Jeff. The Gazette. en. 2020-03-13.
31. Web site: Ron Hainsey Signs Three-Year Contract with Carolina Hurricanes. UMass Lowell Athletics. June 25, 2014 . en. 2020-03-09.
32. Web site: Edmonton Oilers Heritage Website - Craig MacTavish. https://archive.today/20040407115020/http://www.oilersheritage.com/history/dynasty_players_craigmactavish.html. dead. 2004-04-07. 2004-04-07. archive.is. 2020-03-09.
33. Web site: Dwayne Roloson (1999) - UMass Lowell Athletics Hall of Fame. UMass Lowell Athletics. en. 2020-03-09.
34. Web site: From Bower to Paiement: The best player to wear every number.... Mirtle. James. The Athletic. 2020-04-08.
35. Web site: Rhode Island. Rhode Island. en. 2020-03-17.
36. Web site: Ali Kanaan Player Profile, UMass Lowell, NCAA Stats, International Stats, Events Stats, Game Logs, Awards - RealGM. basketball.realgm.com. 2020-03-23.
37. Web site: Lowell native who warned of Challenger blast dies at 73. 2012-02-06. Lowell Sun. en-US. 2020-03-11.
38. Web site: Dr Anthony Braga. School of Criminology & Criminal Justice. en-US. 2020-03-11.
39. Web site: World Poker Tour -- Taylor von Kriegenbergh Wins Seminole Hard Rock Showdown. www.cardplayer.com. 2020-04-08.
40. Web site: http://www.uml.edu/grad/pdf/music.pdf. https://web.archive.org/web/20110708135612/http://www.uml.edu/grad/pdf/music.pdf. dead. July 8, 2011. July 8, 2011. 12 September 2018.
41. Web site: UMass Lowell Magazine from 2002.
42. Web site: Arno Rafael Minkkinen Faculty Art & Design UMass Lowell. www.uml.edu. 18 September 2018.
43. Web site: Andre Dubus III Writers in Residence Kerouac Center UMass Lowell. www.uml.edu. 18 September 2018.
44. Web site: Jack Wilson UMass Lowell. www.uml.edu. 18 September 2018.
45. Web site: George Chigas Faculty Peace and Conflict Studies UMass Lowell. www.uml.edu. 18 September 2018.
46. News: Chigas Names Lecturer in Cambodian Language, Culture. 5 October 2018.
47. Book: Bracks, Lean'tin L. African American almanac: 400 years of triumph, courage and excellence. 2012. Visible Ink Press. 9781578593828. Canton, Mich.. English. 787844493.
48. Web site: Mary Blewett UMass Lowell . 2022-03-24 . www.uml.edu.
49. Web site: Carol Hay Philosophy UMass Lowell . 2022-03-24 . www.uml.edu.
50. Web site: Chancellor's Biography UMass Lowell . 2022-03-24 . www.uml.edu.
51. News: Lavery . Trea . March 17, 2022 . UMass Lowell to honor media freedom champion Soe Myint from Myanmar . The Sun (Lowell) . March 24, 2022.
52. Web site: About Greeley Peace Scholar Peace & Conflict Studies Institute Research UMass Lowell . 2022-03-24 . www.uml.edu.
53. Web site: John . Laidler . October 16, 2020 . UMass Lowell launches lectures on racial justice . 2022-03-24 . BostonGlobe.com . en-US.
54. Web site: Tawakkol Abdel-Salam Khalid Karman Greeley Scholar for Peace Studies PACSI UMass Lowell. www.uml.edu. 2019-08-06.
55. Web site: 2017 Greeley Peace Scholar Greeley Scholar for Peace Studies PACSI UMass Lowell. www.uml.edu. 2019-08-06.
56. Web site: 2016 Greeley Scholar for Peace Greeley Scholar for Peace Studies PACSI UMass Lowell. www.uml.edu. 2019-08-06.
57. Web site: 2014 Greeley Peace Scholar Greeley Scholar for Peace Studies PACSI UMass Lowell. www.uml.edu. 2019-08-06.
58. Web site: 2012-13 Greeley Scholar Greeley Scholar for Peace Studies PACSI UMass Lowell. www.uml.edu. 2019-08-06.
59. Web site: 2011 Greeley Peace Scholar Greeley Scholar for Peace Studies PACSI UMass Lowell. www.uml.edu. 2019-08-06.
60. Web site: 2010 Greeley Peace Scholar Greeley Scholar for Peace Studies PACSI UMass Lowell. www.uml.edu. 2019-08-06.
61. Web site: 2009 Greeley Peace Scholar Greeley Scholar for Peace Studies PACSI UMass Lowell. www.uml.edu. 2019-08-06.
62. Web site: 2008 Greeley Peace Scholar Greeley Scholar for Peace Studies PACSI UMass Lowell. www.uml.edu. 2019-08-06.