This is a list of notable alumni and faculty from the University of Connecticut
Academic administrators [ edit ] Scholars and critics of literature, art and ethics[ edit ] Scholars of law and political scientists [ edit ] Scholars of the natural sciences [ edit ] Scholars of the social sciences [ edit ] Arts and entertainment [ edit ] Business and industry [ edit ] Civic leaders and activists [ edit ] Diplomacy, government, law, and politics[ edit ]
Chuck Benedict – Wisconsin State Assemblyman (2004–2010)
Francisco L. Borges – Connecticut State Treasurer (1987–1993)
Natalie Braswell (BA 2000, MPA 2002, JD 2007) – Connecticut State Comptroller (2021–2023)
Thomas W. Bucci – 49th Mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut (1985–1989)
Shari Cantor – Mayor of West Hartford, Connecticut (2016–present)
Eric D. Coleman – former Connecticut State Senator (1995–2017)
Joe Courtney – U.S. Representative for CT-2
Emilio Q. Daddario – former U.S. Representative for CT-1 (1959–1971)
Andy Dinniman – Pennsylvania State Senator for the 19th district (2006–present)
Art Feltman – former Connecticut State Representative (1997–2009)
John Fetterman (MBA 1993) – U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania (2023–present), Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania (2019—2023)
Sam Gejdenson – former U.S. Representative for CT-2 (1981–2001)
Robert Giaimo – former U.S. Representative for CT-3 (1959–1981)
Dorothy Goodwin (PhD 1957) – former Connecticut State Representative (1974–1984)
Bernard F. Grabowski – former U.S. Representative for CT-6 (1963–1967)
Edward M. Kennedy, Jr. – Connecticut State Senator (2015–2019); member of Kennedy Family
Mike Lawlor – former Connecticut State Representative (1987–2011)
Martin Looney – Connecticut State Senator , Pres. pro tem. (1993–present)
Konstantina Lukes – former Mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts (2007–2010)
Shaun McNally – former Connecticut State Representative (1987–1992)
Chris Murphy – U.S. Senator for Connecticut (2013–present)[ 1]
Lewis Rome – Connecticut State Senate leader (1973–1979) and Republican Party nominee in the 1982 Connecticut gubernatorial election
William St. Onge – former U.S. Representative for CT-2 (1963–1970)
Ronald A. Sarasin – former U.S. Representative for CT-5 (1973–1979)
Pedro Segarra – former Mayor of Hartford, Connecticut (2010–2015)
Kevin B. Sullivan – former Connecticut State Senator , Pres. pro tem. (1987–2004)
David J. Valesky – New York State Senator (2005–2018)
Robert Ward – Minority leader of the Connecticut House of Representatives (1995–2007)
Elmer Watson (BS 1929) – Connecticut State Senate majority leader (1957–1959) Judges and attorneys [ edit ] Diplomats, government officials and party leaders[ edit ]
Jalen Adams (born 1995) – basketball player for Hapoel Jerusalem in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Jeff Adrien – power forward for the Charlotte Bobcats
Chuck Aleksinas – former center for the Golden State Warriors
Ray Allen – fifth pick in the 1996 NBA draft [ 1] Inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2018
Hilton Armstrong – 12th pick in 2006 NBA draft , (New Orleans Hornets ) forward/center
Josh Boone – 23rd pick in the 2006 NBA draft (New Jersey Nets )
Denham Brown – 40th pick in the 2006 NBA draft (Seattle SuperSonics )
Scott Burrell – first American draft pick for MLB and NBA , played in the NBA 1995–2001[ 1]
Caron Butler – tenth pick in 2002 NBA draft , (Los Angeles Clippers ) guard[ 1]
Uri Cohen-Mintz (born 1973) – Israeli player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League and for the Israeli national basketball team
Andre Drummond – ninth overall pick in the 2012 NBA draft by the Detroit Pistons
Jerome Dyson (born 1987) – player for Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Khalid El-Amin – former Chicago Bulls guard
Harrison Fitch – UConn's first African American basketball player
Rudy Gay – NBA ; eighth overall pick in 2006 NBA draft , Memphis Grizzlies guard
Tate George – former basketball player for the New Jersey Nets and Milwaukee Bucks
Ben Gordon – third pick in 2004 NBA draft , Charlotte Bobcats guard
Daniel Hamilton – 56th pick in 2016 NBA draft , Oklahoma City Thunder
Richard Hamilton – seventh pick in 1999 NBA draft , Detroit Pistons guard
Toby Kimball – former NBA forward, played for six teams, spent most of his career with the San Diego Rockets
Travis Knight – former NBA player, 29th pick in 1996 NBA draft , center
Bruce Kuczenski – former NBA forward/center
Jeremy Lamb – guard for the Charlotte Hornets
Ater Majok – 58th pick in the 2011 NBA draft by the Los Angeles Lakers
Donyell Marshall – fourth pick in 1994 NBA draft
Shabazz Napier – 24th overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft , Portland Trail Blazers [ 1]
Emeka Okafor – second pick in 2004 NBA draft , center
Kevin Ollie – former NBA guard, former UConn basketball head coach
Worthy Patterson – St. Louis Hawks and Scranton Miners guard
Tom Penders – head men's basketball coach at the University of Houston
A. J. Price – 52nd pick on the 2009 NBA draft , point guard for the Washington Wizards
Rodney Purvis – guard for the Orlando Magic
Clifford Robinson – basketball player for the New Jersey Nets
Stanley Robinson – 59th pick in the 2010 NBA draft by the Orlando Magic
Doron Sheffer – former Israeli basketball superstar
Chris Smith – former Minnesota Timberwolves guard
Bob Staak – former Wake Forest University and NBA coach
Hasheem Thabeet – second pick in the 2009 NBA draft to the Memphis Grizzlies
Corny Thompson – former NBA forward for the Dallas Mavericks
Charlie Villanueva – seventh pick in 2005 NBA draft , (Detroit Pistons ) forward
Christian Vital (born 1997) – player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Jake Voskuhl – center currently playing for the Charlotte Bobcats
Kemba Walker – ninth pick in the 2011 NBA draft by the Charlotte Bobcats
Marcus Williams – 22nd pick in 2006 NBA draft , (New Jersey Nets ) guard
Svetlana Abrosimova – WNBA , Minnesota Lynx , the Connecticut Sun and the Seattle Storm
Ashley Battle – WNBA, New York Liberty
Sue Bird – Retired from the WNBA after a 20-year career with the Seattle Storm ; first overall pick in the 2002 WNBA draft ; five-time Olympic champion[ 26]
Paige Bueckers – Current Huskies player; consensus Division I player of the year in 2021
Swin Cash – WNBA, Seattle Storm ; second overall pick in the 2002 WNBA draft
Tina Charles – WNBA, Connecticut Sun; first overall pick in the 2010 WNBA draft
Kalana Greene – WNBA, Connecticut Sun
Charde Houston – WNBA, Minnesota Lynx
Asjha Jones – WNBA, Connecticut Sun[ 27]
Rebecca Lobo – WNBA player; ESPN analyst[ 1]
Renee Montgomery – former WNBA player; now an executive and part-owner of her final WNBA team, the Atlanta Dream
Jessica Moore – WNBA, Los Angeles Sparks
Maya Moore – first overall pick in the 2011 WNBA draft , WNBA Minnesota Lynx
Shea Ralph – WNBA, Utah Starzz ; current head coach at Vanderbilt University
Jennifer Rizzotti – WNBA; University of Hartford women's head coach
Nykesha Sales – WNBA Connecticut Sun
Kelly Schumacher – WNBA player for the Indiana Fever
Breanna Stewart – WNBA, first overall pick in 2016 WNBA draft, Seattle Storm
Ann Strother – WNBA, Atlanta Dream
Ketia Swanier – WNBA, Phoenix Mercury
Diana Taurasi – first overall pick in the 2004 WNBA draft , five-time Olympic champion, Phoenix Mercury[ 1]
Barbara Turner – Mersin Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K. Women's Basketball
Tamika Williams – WNBA Connecticut Sun; head coach of the Indian National Team
Kara Wolters – WNBA center for the Houston Comets ; analyst for Connecticut radio network Niki Cross – forward for Houston Dash of the National Women's Soccer League
Rachel Hill – forward for Orlando Pride of the NWSL
Stephanie Labbé – Olympic bronze medalist, Canadian goalkeeper
Sara Whalen (born 1976) – Olympic silver medalistNote: Years and official titles are given when possible.
Jamie Homero Arjona – Professor of Romance and Classical Languages (1932–1967)
Alexinia Baldwin – PhD alumna and Professor of Education (1988–2003)
Frank Ballard – puppeteer and Professor of Dramatic Arts (1956–1989)
Ann Beattie – novelist and short story writer
Susan Porter Benson – historian and Professor of History (1993–2005)
Albert Francis Blakeslee – botanist (when it was still Connecticut Agricultural College)
James M. Bobbitt – Professor of Chemistry (1956–1991)
Taylor L. Booth – Professor of Computer Science and Engineering
Weston A. Bousfield – Professor of Psychology (1939–1971)
Arthur Bronwell – Professor of Electrical Engineering (1962–1977); Dean of the School of Engineering (1962–1970)
Roger Buckley – Professor of History and Director of the Asian American Studies Institute
Francelia Butler – author and expert on children's literature (Professor of English, 1968–1992)
Lien Chan – former vice president of the Republic of China (Assistant Professor of Political Science, 1967–1968)
Roger Crossgrove – artist and Professor of Art Emeritus (1968–1988)
Roy D'Andrade – developer of cognitive anthropology
Irving Gilman Davis – Professor of Economics (1919–1939)
Victor Denenberg – developmental psychobiologist
Josephine Dolan – UConn's first professor of nursing (1944–1976)
Richard Eberhart – poet
James C. Faris – anthropologist (Professor of Anthropology and Near Eastern Studies)
Estelle Feinstein – historian at UConn Stamford (Professor of History, 1957–1989)
Harry L. Garrigus – animal scientist (Professor of Animal Husbandry, 1900–1942)
Brison D. Gooch – historian of 19th-century Europe, taught at UC prior to 1973
Alfred Gurdon Gulley – Professor of Horticulture (1894–1917)
Eleanor Krohn Herrmann (1935–2012) – Professor of Nursing (1987–1997)
Evan Hill – Professor of Journalism (1965–1983)
Nafe Katter – Professor of Theatre (1957–1997)
J. A. Scott Kelso – neuroscientist (Professor of Psychology and Biobehavioral Sciences)
Susan Kinsolving – poet
Myron W. Krueger – computer scientist (Professor of Computer Science, 1974–85)
Everett Carll Ladd – political scientist, Director of the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research (1964–1999)
Glenn J. Lesniak – U.S. Army major general
Alvin Liberman – speech scientist (Professor of Psychology)
Jerauld Manter – Professor of Ornithology and Entomology (1912–1953)
Henry Ruthven Monteith – Professor of History and English (1900–1922)
Marilyn Nelson – Professor Emeritus of English (1978–) and 2001–06 poet laureate of the State of Connecticut
Ovide F. Pomerleau – psychologist (Professor of Psychiatry [Psychology], 1979–1985)
Richard Popkin – philosophy historian
Johnnie Hines Watts Prothro – nutritionist (Associate Professor of Home Economics, 1963–1967)
Gideon Rodan – biochemist and osteopath (School of Dental Medicine, 1970–1985)
Charles Schlueter – trumpeter
Harold Seidman – political scientist and public administration expert (Professor of Political Science, 1971–1984)
Edmund Ware Sinnott – botanist and prolific author (Professor of Botany and Genetics, 1915–1928)
James A. Slater – entomologist (Professor of Entomology, 1953–1988)
Hale Smith – composer (Professor of Music, 1970–1984)
Avo Sõmer – composer and music theorist (Professor of Music, 1962–2000)
M. Estella Sprague – Professor of Home Economics (1917–1926); Dean of the Division of Home Economics (1920–1926)
Walter Stemmons – professor of journalism and university editor, 1918–1954
Ian Stewart – mathematician (Visiting Professor of Mathematics, 1977–1978
Lyman Maynard Stowe – physician and first dean of the UConn School of Medicine
George Safford Torrey – botanist (Professor of Botany, 1915–1956)
Harleigh Trecker – Professor of Social Work (1951–1977); Dean, School of Social Work, (1968–1977)
Albert E. Van Dusen – historian; Professor of History (1949–1983) and Connecticut State Historian (1952–1985)
Alexey von Schlippe – painter (Professor of Art, Avery Point campus, 1963–1982)
Charles E. Waring – physical chemist (Professor of Chemistry, 1946–1979)
Rex Warner – author and translator (Professor of Classics, 1962–1973)
Helen Turner Watson – nursing educator (Associate Professor of Nursing, 1965–1983)
Albert E. Waugh – Professor of Economics (1924–1965), Provost of the University (1950–1965)
Sidney Waxman – horticulturist (Professor of Ornamental Horticulture, 1957–1991)
Nathan Whetten – sociologist (Professor of Sociology, 1932–1970; Dean of the Graduate School, 1940–1970)
Edwina Whitney – College Librarian (1900–1934), Assistant Professor of German (1926–1934)
Carolyn Ladd Widmer – Dean of the School of Nursing (1942–1967)
Rollin Williams – Professor of Social Work (1957–1985)
Kenneth G. Wilson – Professor of English (1951–1989)
Wayne Worcester – author and journalist (Professor of Journalism)
Fujia Yang – physicist (Visiting Professor of Physics)
Xiangzhong "Jerry" Yang – world animal cloning leader and director of the Center for Regenerative Biology (Professor of Animal Science)
Feenie Ziner – children's literature writer (Professor of English, 1974–1994) Presidents of the University of Connecticut [ edit ]
Solomon Mead , Principal (1881—1882)[ 30]
Henry P. Armsby , acting principal (1882—1883)
Benjamin F. Koons , 1st president (1883—1898)
George Washington Flint , 2nd president (1898—1901)
Rufus W. Stimson , 3rd president (1901—1908)
Edwin O. Smith , acting president (1908)
Charles L. Beach , 4th president (1908—1928)
Charles B. Gentry , acting president (1928—1929, 1935)
George A. Works , 5th president (1929—1930)
Charles C. McCracken , 6th president (1930—1935)
Albert N. Jorgensen , 7th president (1935—1962)
Homer D. Babbidge, Jr. , 8th president (1962—1972)
Edward V. Gant , acting president (1969, 1972–1973, 1978–1979)
Glenn W. Ferguson , 9th president (1973—1978)
John A. DiBiaggio , 10th president (1979—1985)
John T. Casteen III , 11th president (1985—1990)
Harry J. Hartley , 12th president (1990—1996; acting 1987, 1990)
Philip E. Austin , 13th president (1996—2007; acting 2010—2011)
Michael J. Hogan , 14th president (2007—2010)
Susan Herbst , 15th president (2011—2019)
Thomas C. Katsouleas , 16th president (2019—2021)
Andrew Agwunobi , acting president (2021–2022)
Radenka Maric , 17th president (2022–present)
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