Art & Literature

Jack Canfield '72 MEd
Author, Chicken Soup for the Soul

Paul Harding '92
Author, 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Tinkers

Brett Lott '84 MFA
Author, Jewel (Oprah's Book Club)

Valerie Martin '74 MFA
Author, 2003 Orange Prize for Property

Scott Prior '71
Painter

Paul Theroux '63
Author, The Great Railway Bazaar, The Mosquito Coast

Natasha Trethewey '95 MFA
Poet, 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Native Guard, 19th Poet Laureate of the United States

Athletics

George "Trigger" Burke '56
Forward, Boston Celtics 1956-57

Marcus Camby '96
Professional Basketball Player

Victor Cruz '09
Wide Receiver, NY Giants

Gary DiSarcina '90
Boston Red Sox

Julius Erving '86
Forward, Philadelphia 76ers, inducted into Basketball Hall of Fame in 1993

Danielle Henderson '99
Olympic softball player and UMass Softball Head Coach

James Ihedigbo '07
Multiple NFL teams, including 2013 Super Bowl Champion Baltimore Ravens

Heather MacLean '17, '19MEd
2021 Olympic runner 

Robert Meers '66
Football Player, Minnesota Vikings, San Diego Chargers, CEO Reebok & Lululemon

Rick Pitino '75
Head basketball coach at St John's University

Jonathan Quick '09
Goalie for NY Rangers and U.S. Olympic Hockey Team

Briana Scurry '95
Former goalie, US Women's National Soccer Team

Business & Industry

George Ditomassi '57
Former CEO of  Milton Bradley

John Jacobs '90
Founder of Life is Good

Karen Kaplan '82
President of Hill Holiday

Richard Kelleher '73
Principal and CEO of Pyramid Hotel Group

Richard Mahoney '55, '83H
Former chairman and CEO of Monsanto Company

Ed Shirley '78
Former president and CEO of Bacardi Ltd.  

Jack Smith '60
Former CEO of General Motors

Jack Welch '57
Former chairman and CEO of General Electric

Science & Technology

Cady Coleman '91 PhD
Astronaut

Dan Riccio '86
Vice President, Engineering of Apple, Inc.

Mark Russell '85 MS, '12H
SVP, Technology & Global Engineering of Raytheon Technologies, Corp