University of Vermont - Notable Alumni and Graduates

Notable Alumni and Graduates

• Ben Affleck, actor, writer, and film director; dropped out after one semester.
• Trey Anastasio, Guitarist from the band Phish; did not graduate (transferred to Goddard College).
• Jack Arute, ABC and ESPN sideline reporter.
• Consuelo Northrup Bailey, first woman admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court; first woman to serve as speaker of the Vermont House; and the first woman in the nation to be elected Lieutenant Governor (1955–1959). Vice-chair of the Republican National Committee from 1952 to 1956.
• Donald H. Balch, U.S. Air Force general
• Dierks Bentley, country music artist (attended UVM one year; graduated from Vanderbilt University)
• Frank M. Bryan, Professor of Political Science
• Daniel Burke, former President of the American Broadcasting Company (ABC), engineered the $3.5 billion acquisition of ABC by Capital Cities in 1986.; was the founder and original owner of the Portland Sea Dogs minor league baseball team.
• Pedro Albizu Campos (1912–1913), Puerto Rican political leader, orator, lawyer and humanist; was either President or Honorary President of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party from 1930 until his death in 1965.
• Barbara Cochran, Class of 1978; alpine ski racer, who won the gold medal in the slalom in the 1972 Winter Olympics.
• Ray Collins, Class of 1909, Boston Red Sox pitcher (1909–15) and later coached for UVM. Started the first World Series game at Fenway Park in 1912. Indoor track facility named for him and Larry Gardner.
• Grace Coolidge, First Lady of the United States 1923-1929.
• Brigadier General Thomas E. Drew, Adjutant General of Vermont, August, 2012 to Present.
• John Dewey, Class of 1879, Pragmatist philosopher and educator.
• Julius Yemans Dewey, Physician, Founder of the National Life Insurance Company. Father of the only Admiral of the Navy in US history, George Dewey.
• Lieutenant Governor Brian Dubie; Vermont's 85th Lieutenant Governor, 2002-2010.
• Lieutenant General Michael Dubie, Deputy Commander of United States Northern Command and former Vermont Adjutant General.
• David Franzoni, an Academy Award-winning screenwriter.
• Larry Gardner, Class of 1909; Major League third baseman for 17 years (1908–24) for the Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Athletics and Cleveland Indians. Played on four World Champions, twice drove in the winning run in the deciding game of the World Series, and later coached and served as the athletic director at UVM. Indoor track facility named for him and Ray Collins.
• Mike Gordon, bass player from the band Phish
• Albert Gutterson, Gold medal winner in long jump in 1912 Summer Olympics. Hockey facility, Gutterson Fieldhouse is named after him.
• Brian Halligan, CEO and co-founder of HubSpot and author
• Rohan Heath, Guyanese dance/house/techno musician and producer, founding member of the British Dance group Urban Cookie Collective and the son of writer/author Roy Heath.
• Louisa Hodge, Award winning Emmy Winner Meteorologist/Weather Anchor/General Assignment Reporter for KCBS-2/KCAL-9 CBS Broadcasting Studio Center, Los Angeles, California.
• H. H. Holmes, American serial killer, dropped out after one year
• Abdul W. Haqiqi, Afghan American economist.
• Billy Kidd, alpine ski racer, 1964 Olympic silver medalist, raced for UVM before joining the U.S. Ski Team.
• Madeleine Kunin, former Governor of Vermont; former US Ambassador to Switzerland; former Deputy Secretary of Education, US Dept. of Education
• Jack Lamabe, Major League pitcher for several different teams over seven seasons including the 1967 World Champion St. Louis Cardinals.
• John LeClair, member of the 1992-93 Stanley Cup winning Montreal Canadiens. Has three 50 goals seasons in the NHL. Former member of the Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins.
• Rollie Massimino, Class of 1956. Longtime college basketball coach who led the Villanova University Men's Basketball team to the 1985 NCAA Championship.
• Kirk McCaskill, Major League pitcher for the California Angels and Chicago White Sox.
• Torrey Mitchell, NHL center for the San Jose Sharks.
• James O'Halloran, Canadian politician
• John Eugene Osborne, Third Governor of Wyoming and United States Representative from Wyoming
• Geri Pavlowski, Environmental Engineer
• Henry Farnham Perkins (1877–1956) was an American zoologist and eugenicist.
• Éric Perrin, an NHL forward for the Tampa Bay Lightning when they won the Stanley Cup in 2004.
• Susan Powers, American folk artist.
• E. Annie Proulx, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Shipping News and Brokeback Mountain.
• Henry Jarvis Raymond, Co-Founder of the New York Times and Harper's New Monthly Magazine
• Ryen Russillo, ESPN radio
• Martin St. Louis, three-time NCAA All-American winger. Four-time NHL All-Star and NHL Hart Trophy and Lady Byng Trophy winner. Won the Stanley Cup with the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 2003-04 Season.
• Jessica Seinfeld, author and cook
• Patrick Sharp, hockey player for the Chicago Blackhawks (attended UVM but did not graduate)
• Gail Sheehy, author
• Kerr Smith, actor best known for playing Jack McPhee on the television drama Dawson's Creek
• Viktor Stålberg, 2009 NCAA All-American. Winger for the Chicago Blackhawks (attended UVM but did not graduate)
• Tim Thomas, goaltender and two-time Vezina Trophy winner for the Boston Bruins. Won the Stanley Cup with the Bruins in the 2010-11 Season.
• George R. Vincent, physician and Greenback Party politician in Wisconsin
• William Almon Wheeler, Vice-President of the United States, attended for two years
• Jody Williams, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate for leading international action to ban landmines