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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.

Contents

Alumni

Olympic show jumping rider Daniel Bluman CHI Geneve 2013 - 20131212 - Daniel Bluman et Cantando Lyngriis.jpg
Olympic show jumping rider Daniel Bluman

Athletics

Football

AthleteNotability
Azeez Al-Shaair Professional football player for the San Francisco 49ers
Brandin Bryant Professional football player for the Buffalo Bills
Harrison Bryant 2019 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 who is 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 who is currently a free agent
Trevardo Williams Profession football player who is currently a free agent
Trevardo Williams Profession football player who is currently a free agent
NASA scientist Christopher McKay Christopher McKay in Antarctica, 2005.jpg
NASA scientist Christopher McKay

Major League Baseball

AthleteNotability
Carmen Cali Professional MLB pitcher [1]
Jeff Fiorentino Professional MLB outfielder [2]
Tim Harikkala Professional MLB pitcher [3]
David McKay Professional MLB pitcher
Tommy Murphy Professional MLB outfielder [4]
Robbie Widlansky Professional MLB outfielder [5]
Cody Wilson Professional MLB outfielder
U.S. Congresswoman Carrie Meek Carrie P. Meek.jpg
U.S. Congresswoman Carrie Meek

Rugby

AthleteNotability
Mark Zupan Captain of the United States quadriplegic wheelchair rugby team [6]

Other sports

AlumniNotability
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 WNBA [7]
Fern "Peachy" Kellymeyer
(M.A. 1974)		Professional tennis player, administrator, and 1999 ITA Hall of Fame inductee [8]
Ben Silverman Professional golfer
Tecia Torres Professional mixed martial artist, current UFC strawweight [9]
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

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Astronaut Steven Swanson
AlumniNotability
Rafael "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 [10]
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 [11]
Dr. Arthur C. Evans

(B.A. 1982, M.A. 1984)

CEO of the American Psychological Association
Joshua Kosoy
(MBA 2015)		Former Senior Business Analyst at Royal Caribbean Group, and current Senior Business Intelligence Analyst in operations/strategy at Citrix Systems, Inc.
Patricia McKay
(B.B.A. 1978)		Executive Vice President, and Chief Financial Officer of Office Depot [12]
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 [13]
Maynard Webb
(B.A.)		Member of the Board of Directors of Salesforce.com, and former Chief Operating Officer, and President of Technologies for eBay [14]
Phil Zimmermann
(B.S. 1978)		Creator of Pretty Good Privacy [15]
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 [16]

Education

AlumniNotability
Wilson G. Bradshaw
(B.S., M.S.)		President of Florida Gulf Coast University [17]
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 [18]
Keith Hamm
(M.A., 1973)		Edwards Professor of Political Science at Rice University
George L. Hanbury
(Ph.D.)		Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Nova Southeastern University [19]
Singer-songwriter Chris Carrabba ChrisCarrabba 2005.jpg
Singer-songwriter Chris Carrabba
Actor/comedian Carrot Top CarrotTop.jpg
Actor/comedian Carrot Top

Entertainment

AlumniNotability
Don Brewer
(B.B.A. 1990)		Drummer and founding member of the band Grand Funk Railroad [20]
Chris Carrabba Singer-songwriter, Dashboard Confessional
Carrot Top (real name Scott Thompson)
(B.A. Marketing)		Actor and stand-up comedian [21]
Scott Henderson
(B.A.)		Jazz, blues, and fusion guitarist, Tribal Tech [22]
Marc Kudisch
(B.F.A. 1988)		 Broadway actor and two-time Tony Award nominee [23]
Marlow Rosado

(B.F.A. 1995)

 Grammy-winning Latin music performer and composer
Shannon Spake
(B.A. Communications)		TV reporter and sports analyst currently hosting NASCAR Race Hub [24]

Government

U.S. senators, governors, and lt. governors

AlumniNotability
Frank Brogan
(M.Ed. 1981)		 Chancellor of the State University System of Florida, former Lieutenant Governor of Florida and President of Florida Atlantic University [25]
R. David Paulison R. David Paulison, official FEMA photo portrait, 2006.jpg
R. David Paulison

Cabinet members and federal officials

AlumniNotability
R. David Paulison
(B.A.)		Former Undersecretary of the Federal Emergency Management Agency [26]

U.S. Congressmen

AlumniNotability
Carrie P. Meek
(Hon Ph.D.)		Former U.S. Congresswoman from Florida's 17th district [27]
Daniel A. Mica
(B.A. 1966, Hon Ph.D.)		Former U.S. Congressman, President and CEO of the Credit Union National Association [28]

Judges, lawyers, and state officials

AlumniNotability
Carol W. Hunstein
(B.S. 1972)		Presiding Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia [29]
Ken Jenne
(B.A. 1968)		Former Sheriff of Broward County, Florida, and former state legislator [30]
Henry Latimer
(M.A.)		First African American circuit court judge in Broward County, Florida [31]
Luis Alberto Moreno, 4th and current President of the Inter-American Development Bank Luis A. Moreno on January 27, 2011.jpg
Luis Alberto Moreno, 4th and current President of the Inter-American Development Bank

Non-U.S. politicians

AlumniCountryNotability
Alexis Jeffers Saint Kitts and Nevis Member of the Nevis Island Assembly, candidate for the National Assembly in the 2010 federal election [32] [33]

Literature

AlumniNotability
Judith Ortiz Cofer
(M.A. 1977)		Puerto Rican author [34]
Kevin Crawford Shakespeare scholar [35]
Charles Ghigna Poet and children's author known as "Father Goose" [36]
Mirta Ojito Cuban-born Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist for the New York Times and professor of journalism at the University of Miami

Medicine, science and technology

AlumniNotability
Christopher McKay
(B.A.)		Planetary scientist at NASA Ames Research Center [37]
Steven Swanson
(M.A. 1986)		 NASA astronaut [38]

Faculty

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