21 Notable alumni of
Merrimack College
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Merrimack College is 2492nd in the world, 865th in North America, and 819th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 21 notable alumni from Merrimack College sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Charlie Day
- Occupations
- film actorscreenwritertelevision actorfilm directoractor
- Biography
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Charles Peckham Day is an American actor, writer, and producer. He is best known for playing Charlie Kelly on the FX dark comedy It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005–present), which he stars in with Rob McElhenney, Kaitlin Olson, Glenn Howerton and Danny DeVito, and of which he is also a writer and an executive producer. In 2011, he was nominated for a Critics' Choice Television Award and a Satellite Award for the role. He subsequently co-created the Fox sitcom The Cool Kids (2018–2019) with Paul Fruchbom and the Apple TV+ comedy Mythic Quest (2020–present) with McElhenney and Megan Ganz, and continues to executive-produce the latter.
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Carl Yastrzemski
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Carl Michael Yastrzemski Sr., nicknamed "Yaz", is an American former professional baseball player who played his entire career with the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He started his career primarily as a left fielder, but also played 33 games as a third baseman. Later in his career, he was mainly a first baseman and designated hitter.
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Stéphane Da Costa
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Stéphane Da Costa is a French professional ice hockey player who is currently playing for Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Born in France, Da Costa moved to the United States as a junior to develop as a player. After junior, Da Costa moved on to NCAA collegiate hockey, playing two seasons with Merrimack College. He then signed as a free agent with the National Hockey League (NHL)'s Ottawa Senators in 2011, and played three seasons in the organization, including 47 games with Ottawa. In 2014, he left the organization as a free agent, signing with CSKA Moscow.
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Kelly Lange
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Kelly Lange is an American journalist, most notable for being the first woman to be a nightly news anchor in Los Angeles. Lange, a Shakespeare major in college, is a longtime news anchor in Los Angeles, a veteran radio and TV news reporter, NBC talk show host, former Tournament of Roses parade co-host, and a best-selling mystery author.
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Collin Delia
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Collin Delia is an American professional ice hockey goaltender for the Bakersfield Condors of the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract to the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He previously played in the NHL for the Chicago Blackhawks and Winnipeg Jets.
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T.J. Donovan
- Occupations
- lawyer
- Biography
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Thomas J. "T. J." Donovan Jr. is an American lawyer and politician who served as Vermont Attorney General from 2017 to 2022. He was first elected in 2016 with over 66 percent of the vote. He previously served for ten years as State's Attorney of Chittenden County, the most populous county in Vermont.
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Ryan O'Rourke
- Occupations
- baseball player
- Biography
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Ryan Patrick O'Rourke is a college baseball coach and former American professional baseball pitcher. He is the volunteer assistant and pitching coach at the College of the Holy Cross. He played college baseball at Merrimack College from 2007 to 2010. O'Rourke was drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 13th round of the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft and made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut in 2015. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins and New York Mets.
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Barbara L'Italien
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Barbara A. L'Italien is an American politician from the state of Massachusetts, serving from January 2015 to 2019 as the State Senator from the 2nd Essex and Middlesex District. She was previously the director of government affairs for the Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts, Steve Grossman. From 2003 to January 2011 she was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives representing the 18th Essex District.
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Joe Cannata
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Joe Cannata is an American professional ice hockey goaltender who is currently playing with the Norfolk Admirals in the ECHL. Cannata was selected by the Vancouver Canucks in the sixth round, 173rd overall, of the 2009 NHL Entry Draft after his freshman season at Merrimack where he played in 23 games. Internationally, Cannata has represented the United States at the IIHF World Under-18 Championship in Kazan, Russia.
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Karl Stollery
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Karl Stollery is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He most recently played with HC Bolzano, Italian team of the ICE Hockey League (ICEHL).
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Brett Seney
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Brett Seney is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward and captain for the Rockford IceHogs of the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract to the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL). Seney was drafted by the New Jersey Devils 157th overall in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft.
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Greg Classen
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Gregory Dean "Greg" Classen is a German-Canadian former professional ice hockey centre. Classen played a total of 90 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) all with the Nashville Predators. He also appeared in 321 American Hockey League (AHL) games between six seasons and four different teams. After his career in North America, he moved to Europe and retired after the 2018–19 season in the German Eishockey-Oberliga with the Rostock Piranhas. In total Classen played 21 seasons professionally with 15 different clubs.
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Marc Lombardo
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- politician
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Marc T. Lombardo is an American politician who represents the 22nd Middlesex District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. He is a former member of the Billerica, Massachusetts Board of Selectmen and a former Billerica town meeting member (2004–2010).
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Sally Ann Freedman
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- 1940-2015 (aged 75)
- Occupations
- beauty pageant contestanttelevision presenter
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Sally Ann Freedman is a former beauty queen, professional model, and band vocalist. As Miss Massachusetts USA, she competed in the Miss Universe contest held in Long Beach, California in 1958. Her previous titles included Miss Essex County 1955, Miss Sea Nymph 1956, Miss Hampton Beach 1957, and Miss New England Ballroom 1958. In 1961, she was the talent winner and one of the five finalists in the Miss Sun Fun USA pageant held in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
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Brian C. Mitchell
- Occupations
- academicuniversity teacher
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Brian Christopher Mitchell is the president and managing principal of Academic Innovators. Prior to founding Academic Innovators, he served as president of Brian Mitchell & Associates, LLC. He was previously the president of Bucknell University, serving from 2004 until 2010. From 1998 through 2004, he served as president of Washington & Jefferson College. He is a nationally recognized expert in higher education, especially on private higher education.
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Nolan Godfrey
- Occupations
- athlete
- Biography
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Nolan Patrick Godfrey is an American professional lacrosse player, most recently for the Denver Outlaws of Major League Lacrosse and Uncle Frank LLC. A former All-American at Merrimack College, he has experience in Major League Lacrosse, the National Lacrosse League, Senior A level box lacrosse in the Western Lacrosse Association, and for USA Indoor. Godfrey began playing the sport one month short of his 21st birthday. Four years later he was an NCAA All-American and the year following was drafted to the MLL in the 1st Round.
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Steven Angelo
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Steven V. Angelo is a former state representative and Town Manager.
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Christopher Fallon
- Years
- 1953-.. (age 72)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Christopher G. Fallon is an American politician who represented the 33rd Middlesex District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 2003 to 2015 and was a member of the Malden School Committee from 1989 to 1997. He declined to seek re-election in 2014 and was succeeded by Steven Ultrino.
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Brian Cresta
- Years
- 1969-.. (age 56)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Brian M. Cresta is an American politician who currently serves on the Middleton, Massachusetts Board of Selectmen. He previously served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1995 to 2001 and as a member of the Wakefield, Massachusetts Board of Selectmen from 1991 to 1994. From 1998 to 2001 he was also the Chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Party.
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Rob Ricci
- Occupations
- ice hockey player
- Biography
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Rob Ricci is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey forward who most recently played for the South Carolina Stingrays of the ECHL.
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Vincent Lozzi
- Occupations
- politician
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Vincent J. Lozzi is an American politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
