Notable Alumni of Rhode Island College

Jim Langevin 1964–

Former US Representative from Rhode Island

Bachelor of Arts · Class of 1990

Also attended: Harvard University

Sabina Matos 1974–

Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island

Bachelor of Arts · Marketing · Class of 2001

Allan Fung 1970–

Former mayor of Cranston, Rhode Island

Also attended: Suffolk University

Gordon D. Fox 1961–

Former Speaker of the Rhode Island House

Also attended: Providence College

Alice Locke Park 1861–1961

California suffragist and women's rights defender

Robert J. Healey 1957–2016

Attorney, businessman and political activist

Also attended: Northwestern University, Boston University, New England Law-Boston

Pete Gaynor 1958–

Acting Homeland Security Secretary, former FEMA administrator

Bachelor of Arts · History

Patricia Morgan 1950–

Rhode Island Republican state representative

Also attended: Mississippi State University, Kent State University at Kent, Providence College

Maryellen Goodwin 1964–2023

Democratic member of the Rhode Island Senate

Robert Salesses

Former acting U.S. Secretary of Defense in 2025

Josephine Silone Yates 1859–1912

Chemist and one of Lincoln University's first black professors

Inez Whipple Wilder 1871–1929

Herpetologist and anatomist at Smith College

Also attended: Smith College, Brown University

Spouse: Harris Hawthorne Wilder (Amherst College)

Mary Tucker Thorp 1899–1974

Teacher, educator and school principal

Lois Holzman 1946–

Psychologist and co-founder of the East Side Institute

Also attended: Columbia University in the City of New York, Teachers College at Columbia University, Brown University

Viola Davis 1965–

Actress, Triple Crown of Acting and EGOT winner

Also attended: Circle in the Square Theatre School, The Juilliard School

Ron McLarty 1947–2020

Actor, playwright and novelist

Jennifer Mudge 1978–

Television and stage actress

Spouse: Chris Henry Coffey (Yale University)

Peter Boyer 1970–

Composer and conductor

Also attended: University of Southern California, University of Hartford

Patricia Cronin 1963–

New York-based feminist cross-disciplinary artist

Also attended: CUNY Brooklyn College

Danny Smith 1959–

Family Guy writer, executive producer and voice actor

Emeline S. Burlingame 1836–1923

Editor, evangelist and suffragist

Sharon Ellen Burtman 1968–

Chess player and U.S. Women's Champion

Tyrell Burgess 1986–

Bermudian footballer

Also attended: Lynn University

Annie Smith Peck 1850–1935

Mountaineer, adventurer and professor

Also attended: University of Michigan-Ann Arbor