List of University of New Hampshire alumni

This is a list of notable alumni of the University of New Hampshire.

Arts[]

Writers and journalists[]

• 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
• 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
• Sally Hirsh-Dickinson, New Hampshire Public Radio Producer and Host, Professor of English at Rivier University.

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), head coach UCLA. Former head football coach for NFL's San Francisco 49ers, Philadelphia Eagles and 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

Track & field

• Elle Purrier St. Pierre, middle-distance runner, 11-time All-American^[4]

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^[5]
• 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^[6]
• 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
• Hajiji Noor, Malaysian politician, 16th and current Chief Minister of Sabah

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[]

• , B.A., first African-American to graduate from a four-year program at the University of New Hampshire in 1926.^[7]

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
• 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

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