List of University of New Hampshire alumni
This is a list of notable alumni of the University of New Hampshire.
Arts
Writers and journalists
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- 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 US reporter killed in the Iraq War
- Jackie MacMullan, sportswriter, columnist, editor and author
- 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), actor, Dog Day Afternoon, Family
- Michael Graziadei (2001), actor, The Young and the Restless
- Peter Jurasik (1972), actor, Babylon 5, Hill Street Blues
- Jennifer Lee (1992), writer, director of 2013 Disney animated feature Frozen
- Mike O'Malley (1988), actor, Yes, Dear, The Mike O'Malley Show
- Michael Ontkean (1970), starred in 1977 movie Slap Shot, TV series Twin Peaks
- Andrew Robinson (transferred), actor, director, author, Dirty Harry, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
- Blanchard Ryan (1989), actress, Open Water
Music
- Barbara Bonney, soprano
- Jeff Coffin, jazz saxophonist, flutist, clarinetist
- Tim Janis (1991), new-age composer
- Spose (transferred), rapper/producer
Visual arts
- James Aponovich (1971), painter, New Hampshire Artist Laureate 2006[2]
- Richard Whitney (1968), painter, Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts (2015)
Television and radio
- Andy Brickley (1982), Bruins color analyst NESN, played in the NHL for 14 years, including four years for the Boston Bruins
- Marcy Carsey (1966), television producer, Carsey-Werner (Mork and Mindy, The Cosby Show, Roseanne, 3rd Rock from the Sun, Men Behaving Badly)
- Jim Colony, sportscaster for Pittsburgh's KDKA-FM, "The Fan"
- Jack Edwards, sportscaster, formerly on Versus, and ESPN; now 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
- Austin Block (2013), ice hockey player
- Derek Bekar (1998), professional ice hockey forward, St. Louis Blues, Los Angeles Kings, New York Islanders
- Kacey Bellamy (2009), two-time Olympic silver medalist, women's ice hockey
- Eric Boguniecki (1997), professional ice hockey forward, New York Islanders, Pittsburgh Penguins, St. Louis Blues, Florida Panthers
- Bobby Butler (2010), professional ice hockey forward, Ottawa Senators
- Ty Conklin (2001), professional ice hockey goaltender, St. Louis Blues, Detroit Red Wings, Pittsburgh Penguins, Buffalo Sabres, Columbus Blue Jackets, Edmonton Oilers
- Ralph Cox (1979), last player cut from famed 1980 Winter Olympics team that won gold at Lake Placid; first-team All-Conference 1978-1979 and ECAC Hockey Player of the Year 1979; team's leading goal-scorer three consecutive years; only UNH player to score 40 goals in two different seasons; inducted into New Hampshire Athletics Hall of Fame 1986[3]
- Kevin Dean (1991), professional ice hockey defenseman, Chicago Blackhawks, Dallas Stars, Atlanta Thrashers, New Jersey Devils, Stanley Cup champion with Devils
- Tricia Dunn-Luoma (1995), three-time Olympian, gold medalist, women's ice hockey
- Samantha "Sam" Faber (2009), professional ice hockey player
- 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, Atlanta Thrashers, Nashville Predators
- Colin Hemingway (2003), professional ice hockey forward, St. Louis Blues
- Jason Krog (1999), professional ice hockey forward, Vancouver Canucks, New York Rangers, Atlanta Thrashers, New York Islanders, Anaheim Ducks, New York Rangers, 1999 Hobey Baker Award winner
- Rod Langway (1977), professional ice hockey defenseman, played for Montreal Canadiens 1979–82, Washington Capitals 1982–93, elected to 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
- Jacob Micflikier (2007), professional ice hockey forward, EHC Biel in the Swiss National League A (NLA)
- Mark Mowers (1998), professional ice hockey forward, Anaheim Ducks, Boston Bruins, Detroit Red Wings, Nashville Predators
- 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 Avalanche
- Eric Nickulas (1997), professional ice hockey forward, Boston Bruins, St. Louis Blues, Chicago Blackhawks
- Trevor Smith (2007), 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, Philadelphia Flyers
- Trevor van Riemsdyk (2014), professional ice hockey defenseman, Carolina Hurricanes, Chicago Blackhawks
- Erin Whitten (1993), first woman to win professional hockey game; replaced Alan Harvey due to injury in second period, stopped 15 of 19 shots in 6–5 win over Dayton in ECHL Toledo Storm
- Daniel Winnik (2006), professional ice hockey forward, San Jose Sharks, Anaheim Ducks, Toronto Maple Leafs, Washington Capitals
Football
- Jerry Azumah (1999), former professional football player, Chicago Bears, 1998 Walter Payton Award winner
- David Ball (2007), former professional Canadian football player for Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Winnipeg Blue Bombers; broke Division I-AA record for touchdown receptions previously held by Jerry Rice
- Étienne Boulay (2006), Canadian Football League Grey Cup champion
- Dutch Connor (1921), professional football player in the mid-1920s for the Providence Steamrollers and Brooklyn Lions
- Ryan Day (2001), head coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes
- Pat Downey (1998), former professional football player, Washington Redskins
- Phil Estes (1979), football head coach, Brown University
- Corey Graham (2007), professional football player, Philadelphia Eagles, formerly Buffalo Bills, Baltimore Ravens, Chicago Bears
- 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), former head football coach for NFL's San Francisco 49ers and University of Oregon
- Dan Kreider (1999), professional football player, Pittsburgh Steelers, 2006 Super Bowl champion
- George O'Leary (1968), former head football coach for University of Central Florida
- Kamau Peterson (2000), professional football player, Canadian football, Calgary Stampeders, Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Edmonton Eskimos
- Jared Smith (2013), professional football player for Seattle Seahawks, Super Bowl winner over Denver Broncos in 2014
- Cy Wentworth (1924), professional football player in the late 1920s for the Providence Steamrollers and Boston Bulldogs
- Randal Williams (2000), former professional football player, Jacksonville Jaguars, Dallas Cowboys and Oakland Raiders
Other sports
- Baseball
- Del Bissonette (attended), Major League Baseball player, Brooklyn Dodgers
- Carlton Fisk (attended), Major League Baseball player, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox; Baseball Hall of Fame inductee
- Rich Gale, MLB pitcher and coach; New Hampshire Athlete of the Century honorable mention
- 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
- Lou D'Allesandro, member of the New Hampshire Senate; former athletic director and men's basketball coach at Southern New Hampshire University[4]
- Jane Eberle, member of the Maine House of Representatives
- Laura Fortman, deputy administrator, Wage and Hour Division, United States Department of Labor, and former commissioner of the Maine Department of Labor[5]
- 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, US Navy
- Harl Pease (1939), USAAF captain in World War II, posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions over Rabaul in the South Pacific in 1942; namesake of Pease Air Force Base
- Lori Robinson (1981), U.S. Air Force general, first woman ever to head combatant command and now commander, Northern Command
- 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
- Dawn Zimmer (1990), mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey
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
Educators
- Elizabeth Virgil, B.A., first African-American to graduate from a four-year program at the University of New Hampshire in 1926.[6]
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
- Anne Finucane (1974), Vice Chair, Bank of America
- David L. Hallal, B.A. in psychology, president and CEO Alexion Pharmaceuticals,[7] best known for its development of Soliris[7]
- Peter K. Hepler, B.S. in chemistry (1958), plant biologist
- Richard M. Linnehan (1980), astronaut, second veterinarian in space
- John May, B.S. in health information management, CEO of Deere & Company
- Lee Morin (1974), astronaut
- Julie Palais, B.A. in geology/earth science (1978) – Antarctic researcher, glaciologist
- Caitlin Rivers, B.S. in anthropology (2011), assistant professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Senior Scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security
- 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
References
- Plain Dealer guest writer. "Thomas Williams' 'The Hair of Harold Roux' deserves a rousing readership". cleveland.com. Retrieved 2011-07-30.
- James Aponovich Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
- "Former Men's Hockey Standout Ralph Cox Named to ECAC's 50th Anniversary Team". University of New Hampshire Athletics Official Website. Archived from the original on 13 December 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
- "Lou D'Allesandro's Biography". votesmart.org. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
- "Meet Maine's Laura Fortman" (PDF). Prevailing Times. National Alliance for Fair Contracting: 14. Fall 2009.
- "On Ben's Farm". unhmagazine.unh.edu. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
- "David L. Hallal", Bloomberg, April 2015, retrieved 25 June 2015
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