List of University of Maine people

The list of University of Maine people includes notable graduates, former students, faculty, and presidents of the University of Maine.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Arts, literature, humanities, and entertainment

• Doris Twitchell Allen, Children's International Summer Villages founder
• Lawrence Bender, film producer (Pulp Fiction and Good Will Hunting)
• Will Bonsall, American author, seed saver and veganic farmer
• Mary Ellen Chase, Class of 1909, American educator, teacher, scholar, and author
• Donald DePoy, Classes of 1994/1996, bluegrass musician, music educator, and music event organizer.
• Nick Di Paolo, Class of 1984, stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and podcaster
• Biff Elliot, actor and sportscaster
• Chad Finn, sportswriter
• Clarine Coffin Grenfell, Class of 1932, author and poet
• Rick Hautala, Class of 1970, author
• Donald Holder, Class of 1980, Tony-winning Broadway lighting designer ("The Lion King")
• Stephen King, Class of 1970, author
• Tabitha King, Class of 1971, author
• Bruce McMillan, Class of 1969, author, photo-illustrator, poet, watercolor painter
• Judy Pancoast, Class of 1997, children's music singer and songwriter
• Tina Passman, classical scholar
• Mildred Brown Schrumpf, Class of 1925, Maine food educator and columnist
• Timothy Simons, Class of 2001, Actor and comedian best known for his role as Jonah Ryan on the HBO television series Veep
• Brad Sullivan, actor
• Paul Theroux, American author
• Rudy Vallée, Attended 1921–1922, Jazz singer and pop star of the 1920s[1]

Politics

• Albert E. Anderson, Class of 1909, state legislator (1917–1918) and attorney
• John Baldacci, Class of 1986, Governor of Maine (2003–2011)
• Janet Bewley, member of the Wisconsin Legislature
• Joseph E. Brennan, Governor of Maine (1979–1987), member of the United States House of Representatives (1987–1991)
• Styles Bridges, Governor of New Hampshire (1935–1937), U.S. Senator (1937–1961)
• Emily Cain, Class of 2002, State Legislator (2005–2014)
• Ben Chipman, State Representative from Portland
• Patricia M. Collins, two-term mayor of Caribou, Maine, and civic leader
• Samuel Collins, Jr., State Senator (1974–1984) and Maine Supreme Court Associate Justice (1988–1994)
• W. Edward Crockett, Bachelor's 1983, Member of the Maine House of Representatives[2]
• Linda Smith Dyer, J.D. 1980, lawyer, lobbyist, women's rights activist, co-founder of the Maine Women's Lobby
• Matthew Dunlap, Secretary of State of Maine (2005 – 2011; 2013 – current)
• Peter Edgecomb, State Representative from Caribou (2004–2012)
• Keith Farnham, member of the Illinois House of Representatives (2009–2014)
• Wallace Rider Farrington, Class of 1891, Governor of Hawai'i (1921–1929), founder of University of Hawaiʻi
• David Haggan, Class of 1989, member of the Maine House of Representatives (2016-)[3]
• Charles Harlow, member of the Maine House of Representatives (2004–2010)
• Debra Lee Hovey, member of the Connecticut House of Representatives
• Edwin F. Ladd, U.S. Senator from North Dakota (1921–1925)
• Paul LePage, Governor of Maine (2011–2019)
• Kenneth P. MacLeod, Class of 1940, President of the Maine Senate
• Ann Matlack, Member of the Maine House of Representatives
• John R. McKernan, Jr., Governor of Maine (1987–1995), member of the United States House of Representatives (1983–1987)
• DeForest H. Perkins, Class of 1900, Superintendent of Portland Public Schools and Grand Dragon of the Maine Ku Klux Klan (1925–1928)
• Anne C. Perry, Member of the Maine House of Representatives
• Ambureen Rana, Member of the Maine House of Representatives[4]
• Leigh Saufley, Class of 1976, State of Maine Supreme Court Chief Justice (2001–2020)
• Tom Saviello, Member of the Maine Senate (2011–2018)
• David Slagger, Member of the Maine House of Representatives representing the Maliseet people (2012)
• Olympia Snowe, Class of 1969, U.S. Senator from Maine (1995–2013)
• Gregory Swallow, Class of 1981, Member of the Maine House of Representatives[5]

Military

• Dana T. Merrill, United States Army brigadier general

Business, construction, and service

• Colby Chandler, Class of 1950, former CEO, Eastman Kodak
• Francis Clergue, businessman, industrialist
• Lee Dellicker, former CEO, Windover Construction
• Maurice K. Goddard, former secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, a driving force in the creation of 45 Pennsylvania state parks during his 24 years in office.
• Chandler C. Harvey, Classes of 1890/1893, newspaper publisher
• Frank Knight, arborist
• Patrice Oppliger, Assistant Professor of Communication, Boston University College of Communication
• Robert A. Rushworth, Class of 1951, Air Force test pilot
• Harold Allen Fernald, Class of 1954, publishing executive and philanthropist

Science and engineering

• Paul André Albert, Class of 1950, engineer and inventor, IBM and founder of ACI Alloys
• Harold Beverage, Class of 1915, inventor, Vice President of R&D at RCA Communications
• Pearce Paul Creasman, Class of 2003, Egyptologist & archaeologist; Director, University of Arizona Egyptian Expedition
• Hugh Hamilton DeWitt, faculty 1969-1995 Ichthyologist, marine biologist and oceanographer
• Francis T. Crowe, Class of 1905, Civil Engineer, chief engineer of the Hoover Dam, namesake of the Francis Crowe Society
• Leslie Glasgow (Class of 1948) – biologist and conservationist who was assistant Secretary of the Interior in the first Nixon administration[6]
• Leslie Holdridge, Class of 1931, botanist
• Ashok Jhunjhunwala, Class of 1979, professor at IIT Madras and Padma Shri recipient
• Louis LaPierre, Class of 1974, former professor of ecology who resigned from the Order of Canada after it was discovered that he had misrepresented his academic credentials
• Bernard Lown, Class of 1942,[7] Nobel Peace Prize winner
• Richard Lutz, Class of 1975 – deep sea vent researcher, director of the Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences[8]
• Francis T. McAndrew, Ph.D. 1981, Psychologist/Professor/Author
• Chuck Peddle, Engineering Physics 1959, main developer of the MOS Technology 6502 microprocessor
• Lore Alford Rogers, Class of 1896, USDA dairy scientist and bacteriologist
• Ronald A. Roy, Engineering Physics 1981, 65th George Eastman Chaired Professor, Head of the Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford
• Robert Slocum, botanist and biologist

Sports

• Bob Beers, NHL player, Boston Bruins, Tampa Bay Lightning, Edmonton Oilers, New York Islanders; color commentator on Bruins radio broadcasts
• Jovan Belcher, former linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs.
• Ben Bishop, NHL goalie, Tampa Bay Lightning
• Cindy Blodgett, basketball player in the WNBA and former women's basketball program head coach at the University of Maine
• Jim Boylen, head coach, Chicago Bulls
• Mike Bordick, former Major League Baseball shortstop
• D'Lo Brown (born Accie Conner), professional wrestler
• Mike Buck, former quarterback for the New Orleans Saints
• Jack Capuano, NHL defenseman; coach of the New York Islanders
• Rick Carlisle, NBA player, Indiana Pacers coach (transferred to University of Virginia)
• Dave Cloutier, former American Football League safety for the Boston Patriots.
• Stephen Cooper, former linebacker for the San Diego Chargers
• Scott Darling, Goalie, won the 2014–15 Stanley Cup with the Chicago Blackhawks
• Niko Dimitrakos, professional ice hockey player
• Mike DeVito, former defensive end for the New York Jets
• Mike Dunham, former NHL player and Olympian (2002)
• Mike Flynn, center, Baltimore Ravens
• Brian Gaine, NFL executive
• Barrett Heisten, ECHL player, Alaska Aces
• Jimmy Howard, NHL goalie, Detroit Red Wings
• Ben Hutton, defenseman Vancouver Canucks
• Martin John, professional soccer player, full back, Cardiff City
• Joe Johnson, baseball player for Atlanta Braves, Toronto Blue Jays
• Paul Kariya, NHL player for St. Louis Blues, eldest Kariya brother
• Steve Kariya, SEL player, Frölunda HC, middle brother of Paul and Martin
• Martin Kariya, KHL player, Dinamo Riga, younger brother of Paul and Steve
• Noam Laish (born 1993), Israeli basketball player
• Jack Leggett, baseball head coach, Clemson University
• Mike Lundin, NHL player, Tampa Bay Lightning
• Brandon McGowan, defensive back, New England Patriots
• Kevin McMahan, wide receiver, 2006 Mr. Irrelevant
• Carl "Stump" Merrill, former manager of the New York Yankees
• Greg Moore, AHL player, Hartford Wolfpack
• Matthew Mulligan, tight end, Detroit Lions
• Gustav Nyquist, NHL player, Detroit Red Wings
• Montell Owens, former fullback for the Jacksonville Jaguars
• Bill Patrick, (AKA Gerard Monteux), NBC, Versus Network announcer and columnist
• Jeremy Peña, MLB player, Houston Astros
• Dustin Penner, NHL player, Anaheim Ducks, Edmonton Oilers, Los Angeles Kings
• Jeff Plympton, MLB, Boston Red Sox
• Teddy Purcell, NHL winger, Edmonton Oilers
• Viktoriya Rybalko, track-and-field long jumper
• Irv Ray, MLB player, Boston Beaneaters, Baltimore Orioles
• Patrick Ricard, American football player for the Baltimore Ravens
• Devin Shore, Anaheim Ducks
• Garth Snow, NHL player, Colorado Avalanche, Philadelphia Flyers, Vancouver Canucks, Pittsburgh Penguins, New York Islanders; general manager of Islanders
• Daren Stone, safety, Atlanta Falcons, Dallas Cowboys, Baltimore Ravens
• Justin Strzelczyk, former offensive lineman for the Pittsburgh Steelers
• Jeremy Swayman, NHL goaltender, Boston Bruins
• Mark Sweeney, Major League Baseball outfielder
• Bill Swift, former Major League Baseball pitcher
• Lofa Tatupu, former NFL player and Pro Bowl linebacker, Seattle Seahawks (transferred to University of Southern California)
• Larry Thomas, former Major League Baseball player
• Gary Thorne ESPN sports analyst and play-by-play announcer
• John Tortorella, NHL head coach, Philadelphia Flyers
• Eric Weinrich, NHL player and 1988 USA Olympic hockey team member
• Jim Montgomery, Head Coach, Boston Bruins
• Ryan Lomberg, NHL Left Winger, Florida Panthers

Faculty and administration

Presidents

The following is a list of presidents of the University of Maine.

	President	Tenure	Events
–	Merritt Caldwell Fernald	July 15, 1868 – August 31,1871	Acting President
1.	Charles Frederick Allen	September 1,1871 – December 31,1878
2.	Merritt Caldwell Fernald	March 1, 1879 – August 31, 1893
3.	Abram W. Harris	September 1, 1893 – December 31, 1901
4.	George Fellows	January 1, 1902 – August 31, 1910
–	James Norris Hart	September 1, 1910 – December 31, 1910	Acting President
5.	Robert Judson Aley	January 1, 1911 – August 5, 1921
–	Joint Committee of the Board of Trustees	August 6, 1921 – April 7, 1922
6.	Clarence Cook Little	April 8, 1922 – August 31, 1925	Resigned to become President of the University of Michigan
– 7.	Harold Boardman	September 1, 1925 – June 30, 1934	Acting President until June 12, 1926
8.	Arthur Hauck	July 1, 1934 – February 28, 1958	Longest serving President
–	Joseph M. Murray	March 1, 1958 – June 30, 1958	Acting President
9.	Lloyd Hartman Elliott	July 1, 1958 – September 30, 1965	Resigned to become President of the George Washington University
10.	Hugh Young	October 1, 1965 – June 30, 1968
– 11.	Winthrop Libby	July 1, 1968 – August 31, 1973	Acting President until April 16, 1969
12.	Howard R. Neville	September 1, 1973 – August 30, 1979
–	Kenneth W. Allen	July 26, 1979 – August 24, 1980	Acting President Tenure overlapped with both his predecessor and successor. He was only outright-Acting President for approximately 7 months.
13	Paul H. Silverman	April 25, 1980 – August 31, 1984
14.	Arthur M. Johnson	July 8, 1984 – August 31, 1986
15.	Dale W. Lick	September 1, 1986 – June 30, 1991
–	Gregory N. Brown	February 24, 1992 – March 30, 1992	Acting President
16.	Frederick E. Hutchinson	April 1, 1992 – June 30, 1997
–	John A. Alexander	July 1, 1997 – July 31, 1997	Acting President
17.	Peter S. Hoff	August 1, 1997 – August 15, 2004
18.	Robert A. Kennedy	April 15, 2005 – June 30, 2011
19.	Paul W. Ferguson	July 1, 2011 – July 6, 2014
20.	Susan J. Hunter	July 7, 2014 – June 30, 2018	First Female President of the University.
21.	Joan Ferrini-Mundy	July 1, 2018 – present

History

• Robert H. Babcock,
• Caroline Colvin
• Clark G. Reynolds, Professor of History (1968-1976)
• David C. Smith

Philosophy

• Douglas Allen

Other

• Alvin C. Eurich, first President of the State University of New York
• Eileen Farrell, opera singer
• Edward D. Ives, folklorist
• Colin Martindale, psychologist and author
• Joanne P. McCallie, coach
• Charles L. Phillips, professor of military science and tactics, U.S. Army brigadier general[9]
• H. A. Pogorzelski, mathematician
• Richard M. Ryckman, psychologist and author
• Alan Shulman, composer and cellist
• Joseph W. Westphal, administrator
• John Franklin Witter, veterinarian specialist in avian medicine

References

1. "Maine". Maine. Retrieved May 30, 2016.
2. "Home". EdCrockettForMaine. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
3. "David Haggan". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
4. "Ambureen Rana". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
5. "Gregory Swallow". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
6. Paul Y. Burns (June 13, 2008). "Leslie L. Glasgow". lsuagcdenter.com. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
7. "Renowned UMaine Graduate Bernard Lown to Give Wednesday Talk; Cardiologist Won 1985 Nobel Peace Prize". University of Maine News. University of Maine News. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
8. "Richard A. Lutz – Professor". Rutgers. Archived from the original on June 18, 2011. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
9. Thayer, Bill (July 4, 2016). "Charles L. Phillips in Biographical Register of the Officers and Graduates of the U.S. Military Academy, Volumes III to VIII". Bill Thayer's Web Site. Chicago, IL: Bill Thayer. Retrieved September 30, 2023.

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