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24 notable alumni

Notable Alumni of Bryant University

Notable alumni of Bryant University include Nicholas Colasanto (Actor known as Ernie Pantusso on Cheers), Earl Tupper (Inventor of Tupperware and founder of its company) and Corey Maynard (Australian former basketball and Australian rules football player).

College data and admissions

Alumni list

Politics and law

  • Alexander V. Acebo 1927–2019

    Vermont State Auditor for over 20 years

  • Frank Ferri 1954–

    Former Rhode Island state representative

  • Douglas H. Fisher 1948–

    New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture

  • Edward F. Coppinger

    Massachusetts state representative

  • Chuck McIlhinney 1967–

    Former Pennsylvania state senator

    Bachelor's degree · Finance

  • John J. Mahoney 1964–

    Massachusetts state representative

  • Philip Travis 1940–

    Massachusetts state representative

    Also attended: University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth

  • David Peters 1954–

    Former Massachusetts House Minority Leader

  • Tunde Sobulo 1957–2015

    Nigerian police officer

    Also attended: Roger Williams University

  • Scott Slater 1975–

    Rhode Island state representative

  • Kevin Poirier 1940–

    Former Massachusetts state representative

Business

  • Earl Tupper 1907–1983

    Inventor of Tupperware and founder of its company

Science and academia

  • Otto Frederick Hunziker 1873–1959

    Dairy industry educator and technical innovator

    Also attended: Cornell University

  • Vanja Dukić

    Applied mathematics professor at CU Boulder

    Also attended: Brown University

Arts and media

Sports

  • Corey Maynard 1991–

    Australian former basketball and Australian rules football player

  • James Karinchak 1995–

    MLB pitcher for the Atlanta Braves

  • Mike da Fonte 1991–

    Professional soccer defender

  • Ben Altit 1993–

    Israeli basketball player

  • Nisré Zouzoua 1996–

    Basketball player for the Ivory Coast national team

    Also attended: University of Nevada-Reno

  • Scott Calabrese 1972–

    Head men's soccer coach at UCF

  • Peter Kiss 1997–

    Professional basketball player

    Also attended: Quinnipiac University

  • Ryan Ward 1998–

    Baseball outfielder for the Chunichi Dragons

    Attended until 2019

From Wikidata “educated at” records (including people who attended without graduating), ordered by the number of Wikipedia language editions. Degrees and years follow Wikidata and are left out where it has none.