Notable Alumni of Suffolk University

Frank Caprio 1936–2025

Providence municipal judge, star of Caught in Providence

Juris Doctor

Also attended: Providence College

Child: David Caprio (Boston College, Suffolk University)

Child: Frank T. Caprio (Harvard University, Suffolk University)

Marty Meehan 1956–

President of the University of Massachusetts

Master in Public Administration, Juris Doctor · Class of 1983

Also attended: Harvard University, University of Massachusetts-Lowell

Bill Keating 1952–

US representative from Massachusetts

Juris Doctor · Class of 1985

Also attended: Boston College

John F. Tierney 1951–

U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1997–2015

Juris Doctor · Class of 1976

Also attended: Salem State University

Bruce Tarr 1964–

Minority Leader of the Massachusetts Senate

Ronald Machtley 1948–

Former congressman and Bryant University president

Also attended: United States Naval Academy

Allan Fung 1970–

Former mayor of Cranston, Rhode Island

Also attended: Rhode Island College

Thomas Joseph Lane 1898–1994

U.S. representative from Massachusetts, 1941–1963

Juris Doctor · Class of 1925

Linda Dorcena Forry 1973–

Former Massachusetts state senator

Also attended: Boston College, Harvard University

Joe Moakley 1927–2001

U.S. Representative from Massachusetts

Bachelor of Laws · Class of 1956

Also attended: University of Miami

Ann-Margaret Ferrante 1972–2025

Democratic member of Massachusetts House of Representatives

Also attended: Harvard University, Tufts University

William L. Uanna 1909–1961

Manhattan Project security officer

Also attended: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Tufts University

Frank T. Caprio 1966–

29th General Treasurer of Rhode Island

Also attended: Harvard University

Father: Frank Caprio (Suffolk University, Providence College)

Althea Garrison 1940–

Boston city councilor and Massachusetts state representative

Also attended: Harvard University, Lesley University

Marc R. Pacheco 1952–

Massachusetts state senator

Also attended: University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Southern New Hampshire University

James Anthony Burke 1910–1983

U.S. representative from Massachusetts

Cheryl Jacques 1962–

Massachusetts state senator, former Human Rights Campaign president

Also attended: Boston College

Andrea Cabral 1959–

Lawyer and former Massachusetts Secretary of Public Safety

Also attended: Boston College

Alice Peisch 1954–

Massachusetts state representative and attorney

Also attended: Harvard University, Smith College

Eileen Donoghue 1954–

Former mayor of Lowell and state senator

Also attended: University of Massachusetts-Amherst

John Bernard Hynes 1897–1970

Mayor of Boston from 1950 to 1960

Ken Gordon 1959–

Attorney and Massachusetts state legislator

Also attended: Northeastern University

Brian A. Joyce 1962–2018

Massachusetts Democratic state senator

Also attended: Boston College

Colleen Garry 1962–

Massachusetts state representative

Also attended: University of Massachusetts-Lowell

Steven C. Panagiotakos 1959–

Former Massachusetts state senator

Also attended: Harvard University

John Frederick Collins 1919–1995

Mayor of Boston from 1960 to 1968

Dick Stevenson 1945–

Former Pennsylvania state representative

Also attended: St. Francis College

Edward J. Clancy, Jr. 1950–2021

55th mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts

Also attended: Providence College

Marsha Kazarosian 1956–

Massachusetts attorney handling high-profile cases

Also attended: University of Massachusetts-Amherst

Michael Sullivan 1954–

Lawyer, former US Attorney for Massachusetts

Also attended: Boston College

James Arciero 1974–

Massachusetts state representative, Democrat

Also attended: University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth

Salvatore DiMasi 1945–

Former Speaker of the Massachusetts House

Also attended: Boston College

Michael McCaffrey 1963–

Former Rhode Island Senate Majority Leader

Also attended: Providence College

James Brett 1949–

President of New England Council, former state legislator

Also attended: American University, Harvard University

Robert DeLeo 1950–

Former Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Also attended: Northeastern University

Marian Walsh 1954–

Former Massachusetts state senator and lawyer

Also attended: Boston College, Harvard University

John Velis 1979–

Massachusetts state senator

Also attended: University of South Florida-Main Campus

William F. Galvin 1950–

Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth since 1995

Also attended: Boston College

Alejandro Betancourt 1980–

Venezuelan businessman

Alexandra Bech Gjørv 1965–

Norwegian lawyer and SINTEF chief executive

Attended until 1991

Maktoum Hasher Maktoum Al Maktoum

Member of Dubai's ruling family and businessman

Gleason Archer 1916–2004

Biblical scholar and theologian

Also attended: Harvard University, Princeton Theological Seminary

Father: Gleason Archer, Sr. (Boston University)

Virág Blazsek 1980–

Hungarian legal scholar of financial regulation

Also attended: George Washington University

Eliza Dushku 1980–

Actress, known for Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Also attended: George Washington University, Lesley University

Spouse: Peter Palandjian (Harvard University)

Jenna Marbles 1986–

Comedian and former YouTube personality

Psychology

Also attended: Boston University

Paul Benedict 1938–2008

Actor known for The Jeffersons

James Bamford 1946–

Author and journalist on the NSA

Gabriela Rodriguez 1980–

Film producer, Best Picture nominee for Roma

Also attended: New York University

Joe DiPietro 1961–

Playwright, Tony winner for musical Memphis

Stephen Kurkjian 1943–

Journalist and two-time Pulitzer Prize winner

Attended until 1970

Harry Zohn 1923–2001

Austrian-American literary historian and translator

Also attended: Clark University, Harvard University

Ernie Anderson 1923–1997

Cleveland horror host Ghoulardi and ABC announcer

Child: Paul Thomas Anderson (Santa Monica College, Emerson College)

John Loftus 1950–

Author, radio host and former government prosecutor

Also attended: Boston College

Roland Merullo 1953–

Novelist, author of Breakfast with Buddha

Also attended: Brown University

Heather King 1952–

Los Angeles-based writer and blogger

Also attended: University of New Hampshire-Main Campus

Joan Vennochi 1953–

Boston Globe columnist

Also attended: Boston University

Roger Turner 1901–1993

Figure skater

Nick Buoniconti 1940–2019

NFL middle linebacker, Notre Dame alumnus

Anthony Zinno 1981–

Poker player with four WSOP bracelets

Also attended: Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Dan Harrington 1945–

Professional poker player, 1995 WSOP Main Event winner

Howard Sloane 1950–

Lawyer and philanthropist, Heckscher Foundation chairman

Also attended: Ohio Wesleyan University