26 Notable alumni of
Salem State University
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Salem State University is 2469th in the world, 847th in North America, and 800th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 26 notable alumni from Salem State University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Tom Thibodeau
- Occupations
- basketball coach
- Biography
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Thomas Joseph Thibodeau Jr., nicknamed "Thibs", is an American basketball coach who was most recently the head coach for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He served as an assistant coach for the United States men's national team from 2013 to 2016, and helped them win a gold medal at the 2016 Olympic Games.
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Julie McNiven
- Occupations
- film actoractortelevision actor
- Biography
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Julie McNiven is an American actress and singer. McNiven was born in Amherst, Massachusetts, and got her start in local community theatre productions. She is best known for her recurring roles in Mad Men (2007–2009) and Supernatural (2008–2010). McNiven also had a recurring role in the second season of Stargate: Universe (2010–2011).
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Leila Goldkuhl
- Occupations
- model
- Biography
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Leila Marie Goldkuhl Masterson is an American fashion model. She is known for competing on America's Next Top Model, Cycle 19.
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Kimberley Driscoll
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Kimberley Lord Driscoll is an American politician and lawyer who has served as the 73rd lieutenant governor of Massachusetts since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, Driscoll previously served as the 50th mayor of Salem from 2006 to 2023. Before becoming mayor, Driscoll served as an elected member of the Salem City Council and worked as the deputy city manager and chief legal counsel for the city of Chelsea.
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Walter Day
- Occupations
- historianbusinessperson
- Biography
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Walter Aldro Day Jr. is an American businessman and the founder of Twin Galaxies, an organization that tracks world records for video games and conducts a program of electronic-gaming promotions.
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Keith Knight
- Occupations
- cartoonistcomics artistillustratormusician
- Biography
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Keith Edgar Knight Jr. is an American cartoonist and musician known for his accessible yet subversive satirical comic strips The K Chronicles, (Th)ink, and The Knight Life. While his work is humorous and universal in appeal, he also often deals with political, social, and racial issues. Woke, a television series based on his work, debuted in 2020.
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John F. Tierney
- Enrolled in Salem State University
- In 1973 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- lawyerpolitician
- Biography
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John F. Tierney is an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts from 1997 to 2015. He is a Democrat who represented the state's 6th district, which includes the state's North Shore and Cape Ann.
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Charlotte Forten Grimké
- Occupations
- missionaryjournalistdiaristwriterpoet
- Biography
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Charlotte Louise Bridges Grimké was an African-American anti-slavery activist, poet, and educator. She grew up in a prominent abolitionist family in Philadelphia. She taught school for years, including to freedmen in South Carolina during the Civil War. Later in life, she married Francis James Grimké, a Presbyterian minister who led a major church in Washington, DC, for decades. He was a nephew of the abolitionist Grimké sisters and was active in civil rights.
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Siobhan Magnus
- Years
- 1990-.. (age 36)
- Occupations
- singercomposersinger-songwriter
- Biography
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Siobhan Evelyn Magnus is an American singer-songwriter who was the sixth place finalist on the ninth season of American Idol.
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Donald C. Bolduc
- Occupations
- military officerconspiracy theoristpolitician
- Biography
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Donald C. Bolduc is a retired brigadier general of the United States Army. The Republican nominee in the 2022 U.S. Senate election in New Hampshire, he lost to incumbent Democrat Maggie Hassan. Bolduc was also a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2020, but did not win the primary. Since 2022, Bolduc has been employed as a police officer in Pittsfield, New Hampshire.
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Donna Cuomo
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Donna Fournier Cuomo is an American politician who represented the 14th Essex district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1993 to 1999. She later served as the deputy director of the Department of Public Safety's programs division.
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Bradford Hill
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Bradford R. Hill is an American politician and current member of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission. Before his commission service, Hill represented the 4th Essex district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1999 to 2021. He was the First Assistant Minority Leader.
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Joan Lovely
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Joan Lovely is an American attorney and politician who serves as a member of the Massachusetts Senate for the 2nd Essex district. A member of the Democratic Party, her district includes Beverly, Peabody, Salem, and Danvers.
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Sally Ann Freedman
- Years
- 1940-2015 (aged 75)
- Occupations
- beauty pageant contestanttelevision presenter
- Biography
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Sally Ann Freedman was a former beauty queen, professional model, band vocalist, and educator. 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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Thomas Walsh
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Thomas P. Walsh is an American politician who serves as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives for the 12th Essex district. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously represented the district from 1987 to 1995.
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John F. Cox
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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John F. Cox is an American attorney, politician, and city manager who served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and as City Manager of Lowell, Massachusetts.
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Brian Lees
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Brian Paul Lees is a Massachusetts politician, who served as the Clerk of Courts for Hampden County. Until 2007, he had been the State Senator from the First Hampden and Hampshire District and the Massachusetts Senate Minority Leader.
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Demetrius Atsalis
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Demetrius J. Atsalis is a Democratic Party politician who represented the 2nd Barnstable District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1999 to 2013.
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Sharon Pollard
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sharon M. Pollard is an American politician who represented the Third Essex District in the Massachusetts Senate from 1977 to 1983, served as Massachusetts Secretary of Energy from 1983 to 1989, and was Mayor of Methuen, Massachusetts from 2000 to 2006.
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Heather Connell
- Occupations
- film directorscreenwriter
- Biography
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Heather E. Connell is an American film director. She is best known for directing the award-winning feature documentaries Small Voices: The Stories of Cambodia's Children and Forget Us Not (2013).
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Robert Fennell
- Occupations
- restaurateurpolitician
- Biography
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Robert F. Fennell is an American restaurateur and politician who owns the Capitol Diner and represented the 10th Essex district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1995 to 2016.
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Mary Hannah Graves
- Occupations
- priest
- Biography
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Mary H. Graves was an American Unitarian minister, literary editor, and writer of the long nineteenth century. After Julia Ward Howe, Graves was the second woman to be ordained within this Christian theological movement. Her studies had been guided by Rev. Olympia Brown of the Universalist faith. She was ordained by James Freeman Clarke as a Unitarian minister, and passed years in several pastorates, the earliest of which was at Mansfield, Massachusetts. She preached with acceptance in various places in the west, in Peoria, Illinois, Earlville, Illinois, and Manitou, Colorado. In later years, unable to keep up with the duties of the ministry, her time was filled with literary work. She contributed occasionally to the pages of The Christian Register, and other periodicals. With Julia Ward Howe, Graves edited a volume on the eminent women of New England, Sketches of representative women of New England (1904).
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Arthur Broadhurst
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Arthur J. Broadhurst is an American politician who represented the 15th Essex district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1993 to 2007. He was a candidate for Essex County Register of Deeds in 2006, but lost in the Democratic primary.
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Frances F. Alexander
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Frances Alexander was an American politician from Beverly, Massachusetts.
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Timothy A. Bassett
- Occupations
- politicianlobbyist
- Biography
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Timothy A. Bassett is an American politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
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Geoff Hall
- Years
- 1948-.. (age 78)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Geoffrey D. Hall is an American teacher and politician who represented the 2nd Middlesex District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1991 to 2009. He previously served as a member of the Westford, Massachusetts Housing Authority from 1989 to 1992 and the Westford Board of Selectmen from 1983 to 1989.
