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University of Massachusetts

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

University of Massachusetts System:

Location:
Massachusetts

Founding Date:
1863

Enrollment:
60,000

Official Website:
http://www.massachusetts.edu/

STUDENTS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Betsy S. Atkins
Business
c. 1955   Venture capitalist
Frank Black
Singer/Songwriter
4-Apr-1965   Pixies frontman
Jack Brouillard
Business
c. 1948   CFO of H.E. Butt Grocery Co., 1991-2005
Marcus Camby
Basketball
22-Mar-1974   NBA star
Lenny Clarke
Actor
16-Sep-1953   Uncle Teddy on Rescue Me
Natalie Cole
Singer
6-Feb-1950   Singer-daughter of Nat King Cole
Bill Cosby
Comic
12-Jul-1937   Comedy fixture, pudding industry shill
Charles B. Curtis
Activist
27-Apr-1940   Nuclear Threat Initiative
Jeffrey Davidow
Diplomat
26-Jan-1944   US Ambassador to Mexico, 1998-2001
Fredric Dicker
Journalist
1944   New York Post
George A. Dickerman
Business
c. 1939   President of Spalding, 1976-2000
Julius Erving
Basketball
22-Feb-1950   Forward, Philadelphia 76ers
Patrick R. Gaston
Business
5-Aug-1957   President, Verizon Foundation
Richard Gere
Actor
31-Aug-1949   American Gigolo
Richard A. Goldstein
Business
1942   CEO of International Flavors, 2000-06
Madeleine M. Kunin
Politician
28-Sep-1933   Governor of Vermont, 1985-91
Roderick MacKinnon
Doctor
19-Feb-1956   Ion channels of cell membranes
William Manchester
Author
1-Apr-1922 1-Jun-2004 The Arms of Krupp
Fletcher Prouty
Military
24-Jan-1917 5-Jun-2001 USAF Intelligence Officer
Bill Pullman
Actor
17-Dec-1953   Independence Day
Joey Santiago
Guitarist
10-Jun-1965   The Pixies' lead guitarist
Marvin O. Schlanger
Business
c. 1948   Cherry Hill Chemical Investments, LLC
John F. Smith, Jr.
Business
6-Apr-1938   CEO of General Motors, 1992-2000
Paul Theroux
Novelist
10-Apr-1941   The Mosquito Coast
H. Brian Thompson
Business
c. 1940   Global Telecom & Technology

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Chinua Achebe
Novelist
16-Nov-1930   Things Fall Apart
Craig C. Mello
Scientist
19-Oct-1960   RNA interference
Max Roach
Jazz Musician
10-Jan-1924 16-Aug-2007 Enduring jazz drummer
Vernon L. Smith
Economist
1-Jan-1927   Experimental economics
Christina Hoff Sommers
Author
1950   Who Stole Feminism?
James Tate
Poet
8-Dec-1943   The Lost Pilot
John Edgar Wideman
Novelist
14-Jun-1941   Sent for You Yesterday

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Alan D. Solomont
Business
1957   DNC National Finance Chairman, 1997


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