27 Notable alumni of
Salem State University
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Salem State University is 2344th in the world, 821st in North America, and 775th in the United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 27 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 is 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 basketball team from 2013 to 2016, and helped Team USA win a gold medal at the 2016 Olympic Games.
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Julie McNiven
- Occupations
- actorfilm actortelevision 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, becoming the last eliminated overall.
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Walter Day
- Occupations
- businesspersonhistorian
- Biography
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Walter Aldro Day 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
- comics artistcartoonistmusicianillustrator
- Biography
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Keith Edgar Knight Jr. is an American cartoonist and musician known for his accessible yet subversive 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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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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John F. Tierney
- Enrolled in Salem State University
- In 1973 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- 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. Born and raised in Salem, Massachusetts, Tierney graduated from Salem State College and Suffolk University Law School. He worked in private law and served on the Salem Chamber of Commerce from 1976 to 1997. Tierney first ran for the House of Representatives in 1994 against Republican incumbent Peter G. Torkildsen, losing by a small margin. He defeated Torkildsen in a rematch in 1996.
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Siobhan Magnus
- Years
- 1990-.. (age 34)
- Occupations
- singersinger-songwritercomposer
- 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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Charlotte Forten Grimké
- Occupations
- diaristteacherwritersuffragistessayist
- 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 during the Civil War, to freedmen in South Carolina. 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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Donald C. Bolduc
- Occupations
- politicianconspiracy theoristmilitary officer
- 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 failed to win the primary.
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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 a Democratic member of the Massachusetts Senate, representing the Second Essex district in the Massachusetts Senate since 2013. She previously served on the Salem, Massachusetts City Council from 1998 to 2012 and was Council President in 2001 and 2012.
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Sally Ann Freedman
- Years
- 1940-2015 (aged 75)
- Occupations
- television presenterbeauty pageant contestant
- Biography
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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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Thomas Walsh
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Thomas P. Walsh is an American politician who represented the 12th Essex district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1987–1995 and served as a City Councilor in Peabody, Massachusetts from 1984–1987, and was elected to the same office again in 2014. In 2016, he returned to the Massachusetts House of Representatives by winning a special election to replace Leah Cole in the 12th Essex District.
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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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Michael A. Costello
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Michael A. Costello is a former State Representative for the Massachusetts House of Representatives, who represented the first district of Essex County, Massachusetts. Costello graduated from Salem State University in 1989 with a Bachelor of Science and from Suffolk University Law School with his Juris Doctor in 1996. Costello served in the House from 2003 to 2014.
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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
- screenwriterfilm director
- 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
- politicianrestaurateur
- 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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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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Mary H. 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.
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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
- lobbyistpolitician
- 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 76)
- 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.
