- List of Tufts University people
The following is a partial, incomplete list of notable Tufts University people. It includes alumni, professors, and others associated with
Tufts University . See also .Notable alumni
Political leaders
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Kow Nkensen Arkaah ,Vice President ofGhana from 1993 to 1997.
*Jeb Bradley , Republican member of theUnited States House of Representatives from 2003 to 2007.
*Anson Chan Fang On-sang (陳方安生), politician, formerly a prominent and long-standing head of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region'scivil service before and after the territory's handover to thePeople's Republic of China from British colonial rule. She is both the firstwoman and the first Chinese to hold the second-highestgovernment al position in Hong Kong.
*Musa Javed Chohan , formerPakistan i Ambassador toFrance ,Malaysia
*Joe Courtney, U.S. Representative from Connecticut
*Peter DeFazio , U.S. Representative from Oregon
*Jeffrey Feltman , United States Ambassador toLebanon
*Michael E. Festa, member of the Mass. House of Representatives ("served" 1998 - "present")
*James B. Foley, diplomat, U.S.Ambassador toHaiti
*Leslie Gelb , President Emeritus and Senior Board Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations;Pulitzer Prize in Explanatory Journalism (1985)
*Shukri Ghanem , former Prime Minister ofLibya
*Jack Hart , Member of theMassachusetts Senate
*John E. Herbst , US Ambassador toUkraine
*GeneralJoseph P. Hoar , former commander-in-chief ofUnited States Central Command
*Wolfgang Ischinger , diplomat, German Ambassador to the U.S.
*Costas Karamanlis ,prime minister ofGreece
*Thomas Kean, Jr. , unsuccessful U.S. Senate candidate fromNew Jersey in 2006
*Susan Livingstone , Undersecretary of Navy
*Winston Lord , diplomat, Former Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; former President of Council on Foreign Relations
*Terrence McCully, US Ambassador
*Cynthia McKinney , U.S. Representative from Georgia
*William T. Monroe, US Ambassador toBahrain
*Daniel Patrick Moynihan , a four-term U.S. Senator, ambassador, administration official, and academic.
*John Olver , Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1991
*Frank Pallone , Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1988
*Bill Richardson,governor ofNew Mexico , former ambassador to theUnited Nations , formerSecretary of Energy , former 2008 Democratic Presidential candidate
*Simon Rosenberg , founder of theNew Democrat Network , ran for chair of the DNC
*John G. Sargent ,lawyer and statesman,Attorney General of the United States from 1925 to 1929
*Surakiart Sathirathai , the Foreign Minister ofThailand
*Klaus Scharioth , diplomat, German Ambassador to the U.S.
*Carl M. Sciortino , Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
*Warren Silver , Associate Justice on the Maine Supreme Judicial Court
*Laura Denvir Stith , Missouri Supreme Court Judge, Tufts B.A. 1975
*Admiral Patrick M. Walsh, Vice Chief of Naval Operations of Navy
*David Welch , Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs of the United States and previous U.S. Ambassador toEgypt from 2001 to 2005
*Hassan Wirayuda , Foreign Minister of Indonesia
*Philip D. Zelikow , Executive Director of the9/11 Commission
*Edson Zvobgo , founder ofZimbabwe 's ruling partyZanu-PF , post-independence politician
*Sofyan Djalil , State Minister of State Enterprises of IndonesiaEntrepreneurs and business leaders
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Vikram Akula , founder and head of SKS Microfinance
* Greg Altman, Founder and CEO, Serica Technologies
*Stephen Moulton Babcock , developed the "single-grain experiment" (in 1907-11) that would lead to the development of nutrition as a science.
*John Bello, Founder and former CEO,SoBe Beverages, CEO, Original SoupMan, former President,NFL Properties
* Neil Birnberg, President, Mercury Therapeutics.
*Seamus Blackley , game developer, co-creator of Microsoft'sXbox
*Dov Charney (did not finish), CEO and founder of LA-based clothing companyAmerican Apparel
* Ron Croen, founder of Nuance Communications.
*Susan Decker , President ofYahoo !, Inc.
*Dick Dietrich, Founder, GED Corporation
*Jamie Dimon , CEO ofJP Morgan Chase corporation
*Peter R. Dolan ,CEO Bristol-Myers Squibb
*Daniel E. Doyle, founding director ofInstitute for International Sport
*Andrew Duff,CEO Piper Jaffray
*John Emrich, Investing Guru and Organic Farmer
*Nate Gantcher, Vice Chairman,Goldman Sachs
*Jonathan Greenblatt , social entrepreneur, founder of Ethos Water
*Diane Hessan, CEO, Communispace Corporation
*Richard Hill, retiredChairman Fleet Bank Boston
*Robert Hormats, Vice Chairman,Goldman Sachs International
*Meg Hourihan , co-founder ofPyra Labs , creator of Blogger
*Jeff Kindler , Chief Executive Officer,Pfizer Inc.
*George Charles Kokulis, retired Chairman, President and CEO of Travelers Life & Annuity
*Reed Krakoff, President of Coach Leather
* Laura Lang, CEO, Digitas.
*Mike McConnell, CEO,Brown Brothers Harriman
*Harold McGraw, III, Chairman, President, and CEO of TheMcGraw-Hill Companies
*Pamela McNamara, CEO,Arthur D. Little
*John Martin Mugar, retired Chairman and President of Star Market. Life Trustee atTufts
*Joseph Neubauer, CEOAramark Corporation
*Pamela Omidyar andPierre Omidyar ,billionaire founder of [eBay]
* Mary Puma, Chairman and CEO, Axcelis Technologies.]
*David Puth , former managing director and head of global currency and commodities at JPMorgan Chase
*Shari Redstone , Vice Chairman ofViacom Inc.
*Neal Shapiro former President ofNBC News
*Jeff Stibel - CEO ofWeb.com ,Interland ; Board Member, Founder and General Manager ofThe Search Agency ,Simpli ,Worldwide MediaWorks andUnited Online (NetZero , Juno,Classmates.com )
*Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr. , Publisher ofNew York Times
*Peter Roth, President,Warner Brothers
*Wendy Selig-Prieb ,Milwaukee Brewers CEO
*Ed Tapscott , President and CEO of theCharlotte Bobcats , anNBA team
*Jonathan Tisch , Chairman and CEO ofLoews Hotels , co-owner of theNew York Giants
*Walter Wriston , retired Chairman and CEO ofCiticorp /Citibank from 1967 to 1984
* Bill Gorra, CEO of Simoniz
*Ness Wadia , Indian business Tycoon,Bombay Dyeing heir, businessman . Currently dating Indian actressPreity Zinta since February 2005Actors, film, and media
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William M. Abrams - (B.A.) senior executive and journalist for theNew York Times ,ABC News andThe Wall Street Journal
*Hank Azaria ,actor andvoice actor
*Matt Bai , political reporter for theNew York Times Magazine
*Matt Ballinger , singer and actor
*Jessica Biel (did not finish), actress, "7th Heaven ", "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre"
*Dick Berggren , motorsports announcer and magazine editor
*Rob Burnett , executive producer of "Late Night with David Letterman "
*Tracy Chapman ,musician
*Slaid Cleaves ,folk musician
*Erin Connolly ,TV News Reporter KEYC(CBS) http://www.keyc.tv/biographies
*Paul DeGeorge , rock musician and one-half ofHarry and the Potters
*Will Dunn , actor, "Osmosis Jones " and "Stuck on You"
*David Faber,CNBC anchor and producer
*Adam Felber , author, political satirist, radio personality, and regular panel member onWait Wait... Don't Tell Me! .
*Nicole Fiscella , actress onGossip Girl , model
*Ezra Furman , rock and roll musician, front man of "Ezra Furman and the Harpoons "
*Peter Gallagher , actor, "Mr. Deeds ", "American Beauty", Broadway production "Grease",The O.C.
*Jeff Greenstein , executive producer of "Will & Grace "
*Jester Hairston , composer, conductor, arranger, choral director, and actor
*Coral Hawthorne , producer, "In Living Color ", "The Hughleys " and "Complete Savages "
*Patrick D. Healy , reporter,New York Times [http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/h/patrick_d_healy/index.html?inline=nyt-per]
*Dan Hedaya , actor, "Blood Simple ", "The Addams Family ", "The Usual Suspects ", "Clueless", "Dick"
*Carola Hoyos , Chief Energy Correspondent, FT Magazine contributor, and award winning journalist,Financial Times
*William Hurt , actor, "The Big Chill", "Kiss of the Spider Woman" (winning the "Academy Award for Best Actor ")
*Brian Koppelman , writer, "Rounders ", "Oceans Thirteen ", and a producer/director of "Tilt" and "Knockaround Guys "
*Christopher Lawford , actor, son of Patricia Kennedy and nephew of former PresidentJohn Fitzgerald Kennedy
*Jim MacMillan , photojournalist,Pulitzer Prize winner for Breaking News Photography, 2005.
*Amisha Patel ,India n actress.
*Oliver Platt , actor, "Huff"
*Sendhil Ramamurthy , actor, "Heroes"
*Kyle Renick , producer/artistic director of the WPA Theatre, originator of "Little Shop of Horrors", "Jeffrey" and "Steel Magnolias "
*Pete Robbins , jazz saxophonist
*Brian Rosenworcel , drummer for the bandGuster
*David Scott, Producer and 2002 Emmy winner for his work on the 9-11 events.
*Neal Shapiro , former President ofNBC News
*Ben Silverman , Co-chairman of NBC Entertainment and NBC Universal Television Studio
*Laura Silverman , actress, "The Sarah Silverman Program ," sister of comedian Sarah Silverman
*Atika Shubert , reporter,CNN
*Meredith Vieira , TV host (formerly of "The View " and currently of "The Today Show")
*Aury Wallington , screenwriter, "Sex and the City ", "Veronica Mars ", playwright, novelist
*Rainn Wilson , actor, "The Office", "Six Feet Under" (attended but never finished)
*Gary Winick , director, producerLiterature and arts
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Cathy Bao Bean ,writer , "The Chopsticks-Fork Principle: A Memoir and Manual"
*Ruben Bolling ,cartoonist , "Tom the Dancing Bug"
*John Ciardi , was a poet, translator, and etymologist
*Cid Corman ,poet , translator and editor who was a key figure in the history of Americanpoetry in the second half of the 20th century.
*Barbara Delinsky ,writer
*Phil Dunlap , cartoonist,Ink Pen nationally syndicated
*Christopher Golden , author of several "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" novels and the "Body of Evidence" mystery series (which takes place at Somerset University, a fictional version of the Tufts campus)
*Adam Gardner, Brian Rosenworcel, and Ryan Miller from the pop/rock bandGuster
*Nancy Holt , contemporary artist
*Maxine Kumin , winner of thePulitzer Prize for Poetry for "Up Country", lifelong friend ofAnne Sexton
*Erik Lindgren , composer and musician.
*Gregory Maguire ,writer , "Wicked"
*Jim Nollman , composer, author, researcher of music to communicate withcetaceans
*Anita Shreve ,writer , "The Pilot's Wife"
*Darin Strauss , Guggenheim-winning novelist and screenwriter, "Chang & Eng," and "The Real McCoy."
*Nathanael West (did not finish),writer
*Ellen Emerson White ,writer , "Life Without Friends", "The Road Home", and "The President's Daughter" quartet
*Tracy Chapman , singer/songwriterAcademic leaders
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Vannevar Bush , scientist
*Ram Dass (formerly known as Richard Alpert), former psychology professor atHarvard University , dismissed in 1963 after his work with Dr.Timothy Leary on theHarvard Psilocybin Project .
*Eugene Fama ,economist particularly known for his work onportfolio theory andasset pricing , both theoretical and empirical.
* Sai Gunturi, Scripps National Spelling Bee Champion
*Carlton H. Hastings , materials scientist, pioneer in the field ofnondestructive testing ; led the team that developed heat shields for all USA reentry vehicles (space vehicles designed to re-enter Earth's atmosphere) through Apollo; developer of the videoX-ray system.
*Rick Hauck, astronaut
*Roderick MacKinnon , 2003Nobel Prize in Chemistry
*Lee Nordan . pioneer inlasik surgery
*Ellery Schempp , physicist and political activist
*William James Sidis , child prodigy and mathematician enrolled at age ten and attend for one year.
*Norbert Wiener , amathematician , known as the founder ofcybernetics
*Matthew A.Howard , Academic Neurosurgeon, inventor, co-founder Stereotaxis Corp.
*John L. Carroll , U.S. Magistrate Judge and Dean ofSamford University 'sCumberland School of Law .Athletes
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Richard Hashim , 1988 US squash champion
*Jim Lonborg , Cy Young Award winning pitcher for Boston Red Sox, graduated from Tufts Dental School
*Peter Wylde , 2004 Olympic Games Silver Medalist, Equestrian Show Jumping Team, Tufts A88 - History and Sociology
*Naeem Webster , Tufts Rugby scoring record holder, and Reserve Winger for United States Rugby 2005-2006
*Jen Toomey , Two-time (04 & 05) USA Indoor 1,500m champion; 2004 USA Indoor 800m champion, 1,000m American Record holder, Graduated from Tufts University 94Criminals
*Elaine Brown, dentist, tax protestor involved in a 5 month standoff in New Hampshire
*Andrew Fastow , ex-Enron CFO
*Lea Fastow "née" Weingarten, a formerEnron assistant treasurer and wife of the company's former chief financial officerAndrew Fastow
*Gina Grant , former high school student known for the murder of her mother.
*Harry Sagansky , organized crime figure in Boston. Oldest organized crime figure to serve a federal prison term at age 91.
*Jon Schillaci , convicted sex offender currently listed as one of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.Notable faculty
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Tadatoshi Akiba , mathematics professor (1972 - 1986), Japanese politician and activist
*Jody Azzouni , logician, philosopher ofmathematics
*Lawrence S. Bacow economist
*Hugo Adam Bedau , ethicist, editor of "Civil Disobedience : Theory and Practice" (1969) and specialist on the ethical implications of thedeath penalty
*Jay Cantor , author, screenwriter
*Lauro Cavazos , former U.S. Secretary of Education and president ofTexas Tech University
*Allan M. Cormack (1924 – 1998), physicist,Nobel Prize recipient, inventor of theCAT scan
*Daniel C. Dennett , philosopher, author of "Darwin's Dangerous Idea " and "Consciousness Explained "
*Lee Edelman , English professor, author of "No Future: Queer Theory and the Death Drive"
*Felipe Fernandez-Armesto , history professor
*Margaret Henderson Floyd , art historian and author of "Henry Hobson Richardson" and other books on architectural history
*Ayesha Jalal , historian of South Asia, MacArthur fellow, Carnegie scholar
*Ray Jackendoff , linguist, author of "Foundations of Language "
*Kenneth I. Kaitin , head of the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development
*David Kaplan, biomedical engineer, leader in the fields of biomaterials and tissue engineering
*Alfred Church Lane , geologist
*Franklin M. Loew , former Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine
*William Moulton Marston , died 1947, taught briefly at Tufts in the 1920s, creator ofWonder Woman
*Haruki Murakami , Japanese author
*Adil Najam , international negotiation and diplomacy
*Chris B. Rogers, father ofRobolab
*Rosalind Shaw , leading anthropologist ontransitional justice , expert onSierra Leone
*Martin Sherwin , Walter S. Dickson professor of English and American History,Pulitzer Prize winner for biography onJ. Robert Oppenheimer
*Robert Sternberg , Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and eminent psychologist, President of the APA
*John H. Sununu , former Dean of the College of Engineering, conservative U.S. politician
*Barry Trimmer , professor of Biology, invented (with David Kaplan) the world's first soft bodied robot
*Loring Tu , world-renowned mathematician
*Alexander Vilenkin , leading theoretical physicist
*Arthur W. Winston ,IEEE President, 2004.IEEE Past-president, 2005
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