Boston University - Notable Alumni and Faculty

Notable Alumni and Faculty

Main article: List of Boston University people

There are 285,000 Boston University alumni, representing almost every country in the world. Martin Luther King, Jr. is one of BU's most notable alumni. Three other alumni hold historical importance: Rebecca Lee Crumpler was the first African-American woman and Charles Eastman (first named Ohiyesa) the first American Indian to be certified as doctors, and Helen Magill White was the first woman in the U.S. to earn a PhD. Other well-known alumni include actors Marisa Tomei, Julianne Moore and Geena Davis, former Defense Secretary William Cohen, current Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, former Senator Judd Gregg, radio personality Howard Stern, celebrity chef Rocco DiSpirito, J.Crew CEO and former Gap Inc. CEO Millard Drexler, sports writer Bill Simmons, television personality Bill O'Reilly, Bravo executive Andy Cohen, former Second Lady Tipper Gore and cohost of Project Runway and fashion editor for Marie Claire Magazine Nina Garcia. The former First Vice President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Earle O. Latham. The American painter Franz Kline attended BU. The founder of the Albanian Orthodox Church, Fan S. Noli, received a doctorate from BU. Infosys co-founder S. D. Shibulal did his MS from BU. American YouTube personality Jenna Mourey received a master's degree from Boston University. In addition, the "Craiglist Killer" aka Philip Markoff was attending BU at the time of his killings.

Current and former faculty of BU include Alexander Graham Bell, Elie Wiesel, Andre de Quadros, Howard Zinn, Isaac Asimov, Derek Walcott, Robert Pinsky, Bob Zelnick, Andrew Bacevich and Jhumpa Lahiri.

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