Here are just some of UConn’s many prominent alums who are making a difference. Scroll to browse the full list or use the categories below to jump to a specific section.
Champion
REBECCA LOBO ’95 (CLAS)
Olympic gold medalist, inductee into Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame, ESPN analyst.
DIANA TAURASI ’05 (CLAS)
Olympic gold medalist, winner of three WNBA championships, inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame.
RAY ALLEN
Ten-time NBA All-Star and two-time championship winner; Olympic gold medalist and Basketball Hall of Fame inductee.
Creators
WALLY LAMB ’72 (ED), ’77 MA
Best-selling author and UConn professor who wrote “She’s Come Undone” and “I Know This Much Is True”, among other novels.
UConn Today: Best Selling Author Wally Lamb Heads to the Big Screen
NED KAHN ’82 (CLAS)
Environmental artist known for creating public art sculptures mobilized by air, wind, water, and fog around the world.
Inside UConn Nation: Sculpting with Wind and Fog
ANN BEATTIE ’70 (CLAS)
Award-winning novelist, short story writer, and professor; won the Rea Award for the Short Story and PEN/Malamud Award for excellence in the short story form.
Entertainers
BOBBY MOYNIHAN ’99 (SFA)
Actor, comedian, impressionist; cast member on “Saturday Night Live.”
UConn Alumni: After SNL UConn Alum Bobby Moynihan Begins New Chapter
UConn Magazine: Bobby Moynihan ’99 (SFA)
JACKIE BURNS ’02 (SFA)
Broadway actress, starred as Elphaba in “Wicked.”
UConn Magazine: Jackie Burns ’02 (SFA), Star of the New Musical “If/Then”
CHRIS DONOVAN ’69 (SFA)
TV producer and director; longtime director of the Golden Globe Awards.
UConn Today: Alumni Perspective, Chris Donovan Golden Globe Awards Directory
Innvoators
KARTIK CHANDRAN ’99 PH.D
Kartik Chandran ’99 Ph.D.: MacArthur “Genius Grant” award-winner for groundbreaking work to transform wastewater into valuable resources like fertilizers and energy.
UConn Alumni: UConn Alum Wins Genius Award for Converting Wastewater into Energy Fertilizer
FRANKLIN CHANG-DÍAZ ’73 (ENG), ’90H
Physicist, mechanical engineer, and veteran of seven Space Shuttle missions; founder and CEO of Ad Astra Rocket Co.
UConn Magazine: The Future of Almost Everything: To Infinity
T. SCOTT CASE ’92 (ENG), ’15H
Technologist, entrepreneur, and inventor who co-founded Priceline.com.
UConn Magazine: The Future of Almost Everything: Hunting Unicorns
Leaders
TIMOTHY SHRIVER, ’97 PH.D, ’09 H
Chairman of the Special Olympics, social leader, educator, activist, film producer, and business entrepreneur.
UConn Advance: Fulfill your own dreams, Shriver tells graduates
UConn Magazine: The Future of Almost Everything: Going for Gold
AMY ERRETT ’79 (CLAS)
CEO and founder of Madison Reed, a tech-enabled hair care start-up.
UConn Magazine: Amy Errett ’79 (CLAS)
BOB KAUFMAN ’74 (BUS)
President and co-founder of Bob’s Discount Furniture chain.
UConn Today: No Phony Gimmicks Guy
