- Frank Brogan
Frank T. Brogan (born September 6, 1953 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is the President of Florida Atlantic University and a former Lieutenant Governor of Florida. Brogan is also a Republican politician, and a longtime educator who served eight years in statewide office.
- Howard Schnellenberger
Howard Schnellenberger (born March 16, 1934) is an American football coach at both the professional and college level. He is currently married to Mrs. Beverlee Schnellenberger and is head coach of Florida Atlantic University. He previously held head coaching positions with the University of Oklahoma, University of Louisville, University of Miami, and the Baltimore Colts. He has also worked extensively as an assistant coach at the college and pro levels, …
- Jim Naugle
James T. Naugle (born 1954) is an American real estate broker, currently serving as the Mayor of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Although a lifelong Democrat, he has never voted for a Democratic presidential candidate and frequently votes for and supports Republican candidates. Elected for the first time in 1991, Naugle is the longest serving Mayor in the history of Fort Lauderdale, serving for six consecutive terms.
- Rex Walters
Rex Andrew Walters (born March 12 1970 in Omaha, Nebraska) is a retired American professional basketball player and current men's basketball coach at Florida Atlantic University. Walters played collegiately at Northwestern University before transferring to Kansas, where he helped lead the Jayhawks to the Final Four in 1993. The 6'4" shooting guard was selected out of the University of Kansas by the New Jersey Nets with the 16th pick in the 1993 NBA Draft.
- Matt Doherty
Matt Doherty (born February 25, 1962) is the head men's basketball coach at Southern Methodist University. Doherty accepted the job in April 2006 after a year as head coach at Florida Atlantic University. He is best known for his tumultuous three-year stint as the head basketball coach at North Carolina from 2000 to 2003.
- J. A. Scott Kelso
J. A. Scott Kelso (born February 27, 1947 in Derry, Northern Ireland) is an Irish born neuroscientist working at Florida Atlantic University (FAU). Kelso holds the Glenwood and Martha Creech Eminent Scholar Chair in Science at (FAU). In 1985 he founded the Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences, an explicitly interdisciplinary academic and research unit that includes neuroscientists, physicists, …
- Richard Shusterman
Richard Shusterman is an American pragmatist philosopher, currently the Dorothy F. Schmidt Eminent Scholar in the Humanities and Professor of Philosophy at Florida Atlantic University. He is internationally known for his contributions to philosophical aesthetics.
- Toni Jennings
Antoinette "Toni" Jennings (born May 17, 1949) was the 16th lieutenant governor of Florida. She was nominated to the office by Governor Jeb Bush in February 2003 to replace Frank Brogan, who resigned to become president of Florida Atlantic University. She was sworn in on March 2 2003, becoming the first woman to hold the office. She declined to run for governor in 2006 even though she was reputed to be Bush's preferred choice as his successor.
- Carrot Top
Carrot Top, born Scott Thompson on February 25, 1965 (though he has claimed in interviews to be born in 1967 and 1969) in Los Angeles, California is an American prop comedian famous for his red hair. According to his official site Carrot Top spends fifteen weeks a year doing live performances in Las Vegas (currently performing at the Luxor Hotel) and does over 100 shows a year on tour. His comedy routine is most known for his comedic use of props.
- Mark Dean
Mark Dean (born March 2, 1957) is an inventor and a computer scientist. He holds three of the nine original IBM patents upon which personal computers were based. He led the team that developed the ISA bus, and he led the design team responsible for creating the first one-gigahertz computer processor chip. Born in Jefferson City, Tennessee, Dean holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Tennessee, …
- Robert P. Watson
Dr. Robert P. Watson is a professor at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) in Boca Raton, Florida. He is an author and frequent national media commentator, and former candidate for the United States House of Representatives.
- R. David Paulison
Robert David Paulison (b. 1947) was a firefighter who is currently serving as the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Paulison was appointed by President George W. Bush on September 12, 2005 to replace the embattled Michael D. Brown, who resigned amid controversy over his handling of disaster relief in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
- Sidney Green
Sidney Green (born January 4 1961, in Brooklyn, New York) is a retired American basketball player and coach. A 6'9" forward/center, Green was an All-American selection at UNLV before being selected by the Chicago Bulls in the first round (5th pick overall) of the 1983 NBA Draft. In his ten-year NBA career, he played for the Bulls, the Detroit Pistons, the New York Knicks, the Orlando Magic, the San Antonio Spurs, and the Charlotte Hornets.
- Robbie Widlansky
Robbie Widlansky (born November 6, 1984, in Coral Springs, FL) is an American baseball outfielder. Projected to be a selection in the 2007 MLB First-Year Player Draft, it is believed Widlansky will forego his final year of eligibility in college baseball at Florida Atlantic University.
- Anthony J. Catanese
Dr. Anthony James Catanese is a university administrator, author, and the President of the Florida Institute of Technology located in Melbourne, Florida, USA.
- David F. Bjorklund
David F. Bjorklund is a professor of psychology at Florida Atlantic University. His areas of research interest include cognitive development and evolutionary developmental psychology. His works include co-authoring "Origins of Human Nature: Evolutionary Developmental Psychology" and co-editting, "Origins of the social mind: Evolutionary psychology and child development".
- Phil Zimmermann
Philip R. "Phil" Zimmermann Jr. (born February 12, 1954) is the creator of Pretty Good Privacy (PGP), the most widely used email encryption software in the world. He is also known for his work in VoIP encryption protocols, notably ZRTP and Zfone. He was born in Camden, New Jersey. His father was a concrete mixer truck driver. He received a B.S. degree in computer science from Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton in 1978. He was one of the first to make asymmetric, …
- Judith Ortiz Cofer
Judith Ortiz Cofer (born Judith Ortiz in 1952 in Hormigueros, Puerto Rico), is an acclaimed Puerto Rican author. Her works span a range of literary genres including poetry, short stories, autobiography, essays, and Young Adult novels. Cofer came to the United States in 1956 when her family moved to Paterson, New Jersey, though her family often made back-and-forth trips between Paterson and Hormigueros. In 1967, her family moved to Augusta, Georgia, …
- Jeff Fiorentino
Jeff Fiorentino (born April 14, 1983) in Pembroke Pines, Florida is an American baseball player in the Baltimore Orioles organization. During the 2005 season, he played several games for the Orioles after being called up from the Class A Frederick Keys. He was then sent back down after nearly two weeks of action at the major league level. In 2006, he has been playing for the Class AA Bowie Baysox. He attended Florida Atlantic University.
- Carmen Cali
Carmen Cali (born on November 4, 1978 in Cleveland, Ohio) is a Major League relief pitcher for the Minnesota Twins. Cali graduated in 1997 from Naples (Fla.) High School after lettering and starring four years in both football and baseball. He went on to graduate, and letter in baseball, at Florida Atlantic University. He made his major league debut with the St. Louis Cardinals on September 8, 2004. In 2005, Cali spent most of his time with Triple-A Memphis Redbirds, …
- Mirta Ojito
Mirta Ojito is an assistant professor at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, where she teaches a seminar on immigration reporting as well as a reporting and writing class. A newspaper reporter since 1987, Mirta Ojito worked for The Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald for nine years and, from 1996 to 2002, for The New York Times, where she covered immigration, among other beats, for the Metro Desk.
- Tommy Murphy
Thomas Christian Murphy (born August 27 1979, in Suffern, New York, USA) is a Major League Baseball outfielder with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Murphy is a 1997 graduate of Charlotte High School in Punta Gorda, Florida. He is also an alumnus of Florida Atlantic University. Murphy made his Major League Baseball debut with the Angels on May 4, 2006, against the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan.
- Susan Mitchell
Susan Mitchell (born in 1944) is an American poet who wrote the poetry collections "Rapture" and "Erotikon". Mitchell grew up in New York City, New York and now lives in Boca Raton, Florida For her work, Mitchell has been recognized by notable organizations such as the National Endowment for the Arts, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the Lannan Foundation. Her work "Rapture" won the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award and was a National Book Award finalist.
- Mark Zupan
Mark Zupan (born May 20, 1975 in Cleveland, Ohio) is the captain of the United States quadriplegic wheelchair rugby team which competes in the Paralympic Games and the official spokesperson for Team USA. He is best known for his appearance in the 2005 film "Murderball". Mark Zupan was born in Cleveland, Ohio to his parents Thomas and Linda Zupan. He played varsity football and soccer in high school, earning him a scholarship to Florida Atlantic University.
- Michael Koretzky
Michael Koretzky is an American journalist, editor and writer. He is also managing editor of the world's largest jazz magazine, Jazziz. Koretzky attended the University of Florida in the early 1980s, where he worked at the Independent Florida Alligator, UF's student-run newspaper. After several attempts he was selected to become the editor in chief in 1987 of the country's largest student-run newspaper.
- Marc Kudisch
Marc Kudisch (born September 22, 1966) is an American stage actor. A native of Hackensack, New Jersey, Kudisch grew up in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He enrolled at Florida Atlantic University to study political science and switched to theatre. After receiving his degree, Kudisch went to New York City and was cast as Conrad Birdie in the Barry Weissler-produced national tour of "Bye Bye Birdie" with Tommy Tune and Ann Reinking.
- Gary Nord
Gary Nord (born June 12, 1957 in Louisville, Kentucky) is an American football coach, currently serving as offensive coordinator for Florida Atlantic University. Nord spent four years as head coach at UTEP, compiling a 14-34 record before being dismissed after the 2003 season. He has also served as an assistant coach at Louisville, Oklahoma and Pittsburgh.
- Tim Harikkala
Timothy Allan Harikkala (born July 15, 1971, in West Palm Beach, Florida) is a Major League Baseball pitcher. He is an alumnus of Florida Atlantic University. Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 34th round of the 1992 MLB amateur draft, Harikkala would make his Major League Baseball debut with the Seattle Mariners on May 27, 1995.
- Maria Fadiman
Maria Grace Fadiman (born July 4, 1969) is an ethnobotanist and professor of Geosciences at Florida Atlantic University.
- Tony Fossas
Emilio "Tony" Fossas was a left handed Major League Pitcher during the late 1980s and 1990s. He was signed as a 12th round pick by the Texas Rangers during the 1979 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft. The previous year he was drafted by the Minnesota Twins, but decided not to sign with the team, instead finishing his college studies and collegiate career at University of South Florida - Tampa.
- Catherine Hickland
Catherine Hickland (born February 11, 1956 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida) is a singer and an actress best known for roles on soap operas broadcast in the United States. Hickland grew up in Fort Lauderdale and graduated from Fort Lauderdale High School in 1974. She went on to enroll at Florida Atlantic University as a physical education major, but dropped out after two years. She first performed on "Texas" as Dr. Courtney Marshall from 1980 to 1981.
- Sidney Rice
Sidney R. Rice (born September 1, 1986, in Gaffney, South Carolina) is a wide receiver for the Minnesota Vikings and played collegiately for the University of South Carolina.
- Robert D. Parks
Dr. Robert D. "Bob" Parks is a member of the School Board of Broward County, Florida, which overseas the Broward School District, the largest fully-accredited school district and the fifth-largest overall in the United States (based on enrollment). He has been a member of the school board since 1986. He is also the director of the Teaching and Leadership Center (TLC) at Florida Atlantic University. Has served in a number of leadership roles in the Broward County community.
- Erich Goode
Erich Goode is an American sociologist. Goode specializes in the sociology of deviance. He has written a number of books on the field of deviance in general, as well as on specific deviant topics. Erich Goode received a B.A. from Oberlin College (1960) and a Ph.D. in sociology from Columbia University (1966). He has taught at Columbia University, New York University, Florida Atlantic University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, …
- Henry Latimer
Henry Latimer (born in Ocilla, Georgia, January 22, 1938; died in Broward County, Florida, January 24, 2005) was the first African-American circuit court judge in Broward County, and was in line to become the first African-American president of the Florida Bar Association when he was killed in a car accident in South Florida. At the time, he was an attorney for the firm of Greenberg Traurig, a member of the Board of Trustees for the University of Miami, …
- Michael Gavino
Michael Gavino is an American actor, writer, and producer. Growing up in Maryland, he credits long walks in the woods where he would dream of fanciful stories as fueling his desire to act and write. He went to college in Florida earning a Bachelor and Master's of Arts from Florida Atlantic University. He later studied at the New York Film Academy.
- Mark Wade
Mark A. Wade (born October 15 1965, in Torrance, California) is a retired American professional basketball player. A 5'11", 160 lb point guard, Wade played college basketball at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas where in 1986-87 he set the NCAA record for assists in a season, with 406 (in 38 games). He spent the 1987-88 NBA season with the Golden State Warriors, and played one game for the Dallas Mavericks in 1989-90. In 2002, Wade was named assistant coach for the St.
- Peachy Kellmeyer
Fern 'Peachy' Kellmeyer was born February 19, 1944 in West Virginia, USA. As a tennis player she captured numerous titles, and as an administrator she helped change the face of women's tennis. Kellmeyer is an alumnus of Florida Atlantic University. A junior champion in the 1950s, Kellmeyer went on to play No.1 on the University of Miami women's tennis team and became the first woman to compete on a Division 1 men's squad.
- Irina Fredericks
Irina Fredericks (b. February 25, 1975) is a Ukrainian-born jazz vocalist and violinist. Fredericks studied music in Russia before moving to the United States in 1997. She attended Florida Atlantic University, receiving a B.A. in Psychology in 2002. She continues to perform in and around Florida, and has released one album, "Timeless".
- Heath McKnight
Heath McKnight is an independent filmmaker living in Wellington, Florida, who was born in Denver, Colorado on February 2 1976. In 1984, his family moved to Wellington, Florida, in Palm Beach County. While attending film school at the Palm Beach Community College and later Florida Atlantic University, he founded the Palm Beach Film Society with friends and associates.