University of Massachusetts

The University of Massachusetts (commonly referred to as UMass) is the five-campus public university system of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The five campuses are Amherst, Boston, Dartmouth, Lowell, and the Medical School. It also has an online school called UMassOnline.

Notable Alumni

• Frank Black (musician)
• Pat Cadigan (science fiction author)
• Catherine Coleman (astronaut)
• Bill Cosby (comedian and actor)
• Trung Dung
• Julius Erving (basketball player)
• Richard Gere (actor)
• Russell Alan Hulse (Physics Nobelist)
• Madeleine Kunin (governor of Vermont)
• Hugh Loebner (demographer, social activist)
• Taj Mahal (musician)
• William Manchester (historian, biographer)
• Rick Pitino (basketball coach)
• Bill Pullman (actor)
• Buffy Sainte-Marie (musician, artist, educator, and social activist)
• Joseph Hooton Taylor, Jr. (Physics Nobelist)
• Jack Smith (former CEO of General Motors)
• Jack Welch (former CEO of General Electric)
• Marty Meehan (politician)