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24 notable alumni

Notable Alumni of Salem State University

Notable alumni of Salem State University include Julie McNiven (Actress and singer), Tom Thibodeau (Basketball coach, former New York Knicks head coach) and Charlotte Forten Grimké (African-American abolitionist, poet and educator).

College data and admissions

Alumni list

Politics and law

  • John F. Tierney 1951–

    U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1997–2015

    Bachelor of Arts · Class of 1973

    Also attended: Suffolk University

  • Kimberley Driscoll 1966–

    Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts

    Attended until 1989

    Also attended: Massachusetts School of Law

  • Thomas Walsh 1960–

    Massachusetts state representative

  • Bradford Hill 1967–

    Massachusetts Gaming Commission member, former state representative

  • Donald C. Bolduc 1950–

    Retired Army brigadier general and 2022 Senate nominee

  • Donna Cuomo 1947–

    Former Massachusetts state representative

    Also attended: University of Massachusetts-Lowell

  • Frances F. Alexander 1919–2010

    Politician from Beverly, Massachusetts

  • Geoff Hall 1948–

    Former Massachusetts state representative and teacher

    Also attended: University of Massachusetts-Lowell

  • Dick Hinch 1949–2020

    New Hampshire House of Representatives Republican

  • Arthur Broadhurst 1964–

    Massachusetts state representative from 1993 to 2007

    Also attended: Massachusetts School of Law

  • Joan Lovely

    Massachusetts state senator

    Also attended: Massachusetts School of Law

  • John F. Cox 1955–

    Massachusetts legislator and Lowell city manager

  • Brian Lees 1953–

    Former Massachusetts Senate Minority Leader

Business

  • Walter Day 1949–

    Founder of Twin Galaxies, video game records

Arts and media

  • Julie McNiven 1980–

    Actress and singer

  • Charlotte Forten Grimké 1837–1914

    African-American abolitionist, poet and educator

    Spouse: Francis James Grimké (Lincoln University)

  • Leila Goldkuhl 1991–

    Fashion model from America's Next Top Model

    Also attended: University of Rhode Island

  • Gerphil Flores 1990–

    German-Filipino classical crossover singer

  • Siobhan Magnus 1990–

    Singer, sixth place on American Idol season nine

  • Keith Knight 1966–

    Cartoonist and musician

  • Mark Parisi 1961–

    Cartoonist, creator of Off the Mark

Sports

  • Tom Thibodeau 1958–

    Basketball coach, former New York Knicks head coach

  • Julien Senderos 1980–

    Swiss basketball player

Other fields

From Wikidata “educated at” records (including people who attended without graduating), ordered by the number of Wikipedia language editions. Degrees and years follow Wikidata and are left out where it has none.

Alumni network

Colleges that share the most alumni with Salem State University (people who attended both).