This list of Florida Atlantic University people includes current students, former students, and graduates of Florida Atlantic University. Since its opening in 1964, Florida Atlantic has awarded degrees to over 185,000 alumni.
Alumni
Athletics
Football Athlete Notability Azeez Al-Shaair Professional football player for the San Francisco 49ers Brandin Bryant Professional football player for the Buffalo Bills Harrison Bryant2019 John Mackey Award Winner and 2019 Unanimous All-American; professional football player for the Cleveland Browns Trevon Coley Professional football player for the New York Jets John Franklin III Professional football player for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, featured in the Netflix documentary series Last Chance U Trey Hendrickson Professional football player for the Cincinnati Bengals Greg Joseph Professional football player for the Minnesota Vikings Mike Lockley Former professional football player for the Jacksonville Jaguars Herb Miller Professional football player for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Alfred Morris Professional football player; currently a free agent Sharrod Neasman Professional football player for the New York Jets Ed Newman National Football League All-Pro football player James Pierre, Jr Professional football player for the Pittsburgh Steelers Keith Reaser Professional football player for the Kansas City Chiefs Devin "Motor" Singletary Professional football player for the Buffalo Bills Rashard Smith Professional football player for the Philadelphia Eagles Rusty Smith Former professional football player for the Tennessee Titans; inducted into the FAU Hall of Fame in 2019 Adarius (Glanton) Taylor Professional football player for the Carolina Panthers Brandon Walton Professional football player for the Pittsburgh Steelers Lucky Whitehead Former professional football player for the New York Jets Kerrith Whyte Professional football player; currently a free agent Trevardo Williams Professional football player; currently a free agent
Major League Baseball
Athlete Notability Carmen Cali Professional MLB pitcher Jeff Fiorentino Professional MLB outfielder Tim Harikkala Professional MLB pitcher David McKay Professional MLB pitcher Tommy Murphy Professional MLB outfielder Robbie Widlansky Professional MLB outfielder Cody Wilson Professional MLB outfielder
Rugby Athlete Notability Mark Zupan Captain of the United States quadriplegic wheelchair rugby team
Other sports Alumni Notability Daniel Bluman Colombian-born Israeli Olympic show jumping rider Brittany Bowe Team USA Olympic long track speedskater medalist; 1,000-meter world record holder Yolanda Griffith Professional basketball player in the WNBAFern "Peachy" Kellymeyer (M.A. 1974)Professional tennis player, administrator, and 1999 ITA Hall of Fame inductee Ben Silverman Professional golferTecia TorresProfessional mixed martial artist, current UFC strawweight Max von Schlebrügge Professional soccer player with 10 caps for the Sweden national team Aleksandar Zečević Serbian basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Business
Alumni NotabilityRafael "Ralph" de la Vega (B.S. 1974)Former vice chairman of AT&T Inc. and CEO of AT&T Business Solutions and AT&T International Mark Dean (M.S.E.E. 1982) Engineering professor at the University of Tennessee; co-developer of the IBM PC; former vice president of the Technical Strategy and Worldwide Operations, IBM Research Richard DiMarchi (B.S. 1974) Former vice president at Eli Lilly and Company, and current chairman in Biomolecular Sciences and professor of Chemistry at Indiana University Patricia McKay (B.B.A. 1978) Executive vice president and chief financial officer of Office Depot Luis Alberto Moreno (B.B.A. 1975) 4th and current president of the Inter-American Development Bank Robert "Skip" Orr(B.A. 1978) Former president of Boeing Japan, and former vice president of Motorola Maynard Webb(B.A.) Member of the board of directors of Salesforce.com,; former chief operating officer and president of Technologies for eBay Phil Zimmermann (B.S. 1978) Creator of Pretty Good Privacy George Zoley(B.A. 1972, M.P.A. 1975) Chairman of the board, chief executive officer, and founder of the GEO Group, Inc., a publicly traded company that became independent from The Wackenhut Corporation
Education Alumni Notability Wilson G. Bradshaw (B.S., M.S.) President of Florida Gulf Coast University Arthur C. Brooks (M.A., 1995) Social scientist, economist, professor, author, and professional musician Alberto "Al" Cardenas (B.A. 1969) Attorney, Republican lobbyist, and trustee of Florida A&M Keith Hamm (M.A., 1973) Edwards Professor of Political Science at Rice University George L. Hanbury (Ph.D.) Executive vice president and chief Ooerating officer of Nova Southeastern University
Entertainment Alumni Notability Don Brewer (B.B.A. 1990) Drummer and founding member of the band Grand Funk Railroad Chris Carrabba Singer-songwriter, Dashboard Confessional Carrot Top (real name Scott Thompson)(B.A. Marketing) Actor and stand-up comedian Scott Henderson (B.A.) Jazz, blues, and fusion guitarist, Tribal Tech Marc Kudisch (B.F.A. 1988) Broadway actor and two-time Tony Award nominee Shannon Spake (B.A. Communications) TV reporter and sports analyst currently hosting NASCAR Race Hub
Government
U.S. senators, governors, and lt. governors Alumni Notability Frank Brogan (M.Ed. 1981) Chancellor of the State University System of Florida, former lieutenant governor of Florida and president of Florida Atlantic University
Cabinet members and federal officials Alumni Notability R. David Paulison (B.A.) Former undersecretary of the Federal Emergency Management Agency
U.S. congressmen Alumni Notability Carrie P. Meek (Hon Ph.D.) Former U.S. congresswoman from Florida's 17th district Daniel A. Mica (B.A. 1966, Hon Ph.D.) Former U.S. congressman, president and CEO of the Credit Union National Association
Judges, lawyers, and state officials Alumni Notability Carol W. Hunstein (B.S. 1972) Presiding justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia Ken Jenne (B.A. 1968) Former sheriff of Broward County, Florida, and former state legislator Henry Latimer (M.A.) First African American circuit court judge in Broward County, Florida
Non-U.S. politicians Alumni Country Notability Alexis Jeffers Saint Kitts and Nevis Member of the Nevis Island Assembly, candidate for the National Assembly in the 2010 federal election
Literature Alumni Notability Judith Ortiz Cofer (M.A. 1977) Puerto Rican authorKevin CrawfordShakespeare scholar Charles Ghigna Poet and children's author known as "Father Goose"Mirta OjitoCuban-born Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist for the New York Times and professor of journalism at the University of Miami
Medicine, science and technology Alumni Notability Christopher McKay (B.A.) Planetary scientist at NASA Ames Research Center Steven Swanson(M.A. 1986) NASA astronaut
Faculty David F. Bjorklund, psychology professor, author, pioneer in evolutionary developmental psychology Maria Fadiman, associate professor, ethnobotanist and member of the 2006 National Geographic Emerging Explorers Kenneth A. Jessell, former senior vice president for financial affairs, interim university provost, interim vice president for university advancement and executive director of the FAU Foundation, associate university provost, associate dean in the College of Business Administration, and assistant professor in the Department of Finance and Real Estate Neal Justin, politician and professor of education J. A. Scott Kelso, neuroscientist, founder of the Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences Salvatore D. Morgera, former chair of Electrical Engineering, Fellow of the IEEE, Fellow of the AAAS, Tau Beta Pi Eminent Engineer; pioneer of the highly multidisciplinary Bioengineering Graduate Program at FAU; chair and professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of South Florida Walid Phares, author, national media commentator, and expert on global terrorism and Middle Eastern affairs Richard Shusterman, professor of Philosophy, pragmatist philosopher, Dorothy F. Schmidt Eminent Scholar in the Humanities, and founder and director of the FAU Center for Body, Mind, and Culture Martin K. Solomon, computer science professor, author, assistant chair of the Computer Science Engineering Department, expert on Oracle and databases Robert P. Watson, alumnus of FAU, author, national media commentator, former candidate for the United States House of Representatives; former associate professor of political science at FAU Jie Wu, professor in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, Program Director for the Networking Technology and Systems (NeTS) program of the National Science Foundation
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