UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS

The 'University of Massachusetts' (officially nicknamed '''UMass''') is the five-campus public university system of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
The system includes UMass Amherst, UMass Boston, UMass Dartmouth (affiliated with Cape Cod Community College), UMass Lowell, and the UMass Medical School. It also has an online school called UMassOnline.

Contents

Campuses

UMass Amherst

UMass Boston

UMass Dartmouth

UMass Lowell

UMass Medical

University President

Notable alumni

Trivia

References

External links

Campuses

UMass Amherst

UMass Amherst is the flagship and the largest of the UMass campuses. It was also the first campus established. Like many colleges and universities, 'Massachusetts Agricultural College' (as it was called) the Amherst campus was founded as a land-grant college in 1863, receiving initial start-up funding as part of the Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act. It is part of the Five College consortium in the Pioneer Valley region. It became 'Massachusetts State College' in 1937, and 'University of Massachusetts' in 1947.

UMass Boston

On the Columbia Point peninsula of Boston's Dorchester neighborhood, UMass Boston is the youngest of the campuses, beginning in 1964.

UMass Dartmouth

Located in southeastern Massachusetts, UMass Dartmouth started in 1895 as the 'New Bedford Textile School' and the 'Bradford Durfee Textile School'.

UMass Lowell

Located in the Merrimack Region, UMass Lowell started in 1894 as the 'Lowell Normal School' and in 1895 as the 'Lowell Textile School'.

UMass Medical

Located in Worcester, Massachusetts, UMass Medical was founded in 1962 and is affiliated with the UMass Memorial Health Care system.

University President

From 1996 to 2003, the President of the University was William Bulger, president of the Massachusetts State Senate for seventeen years, and prominent and influential Democratic politician with roots in South Boston. Bulger became involved in court testimony about his notorious brother, Whitey Bulger. He was forced to resign after a sustained campaign for his ouster by former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney.
The President of the University from the Fall of 2004 has been Jack Wilson, former CEO of UMassOnline and interim President of the University after the departure of William Bulger.^[1]. For his work at UMassOnline, Mr. Wilson was inducted into the United States Distance Learning Association Hall of Fame in October 2004.^[2]

Notable alumni

:''Listed in alphabetical order''

★ Joseph Abboud (fashion designer)

★ Norm Abram (carpenter on This Old House)

★ David Branch (commissioner of the Canadian Hockey League)

★ Rob Burger (keyboard player for Nora Jones, Lucinda Williams, Bill Frisell)

★ Pat Cadigan (science fiction author)

★ Marcus Camby (basketball player for Denver Nuggets)

★ Jill Carroll (journalist for Christian Science Monitor)

★ Natalie Cole (singer)

★ Catherine Coleman (astronaut)

★ Rob Corddry (comedian)

★ Jeff Corwin (actor, Jeff Corwin Experience)

★ Bill Cosby (comedian and actor)

★ Gary DiSarcina (professional baseball player)

★ Trung Dung (information technology guru)

★ Julius Erving (professional basketball player for 76ers)

★ Mike Flanagan (professional baseball player)

★ Richard Gere (actor)

★ Russell Alan Hulse (physics Nobelist)

★ Bill Janovitz (musician, Buffalo Tom)

★ Stephen Kellogg (musician, Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers)

★ Fardeen Khan (Bollywood actor)

★ Madeleine Kunin (Governor of Vermont)

★ Peter Laird

★ Keith Langsdale (actor - father on Ghostwriter)

★ Jay Leonard (musician, economist)

★ Hugh Loebner (demographer, social activist)

★ Taj Mahal (musician)

★ William Manchester (historian, biographer)

★ J. Mascis (musician Dinosaur Jr.)

★ Marty Meehan (politician)

★ Thomas Menino (mayor of Boston)

★ Sean Nelson (musician,kavorkaking),

★ Kelly Overton (Writer and founder of People Protecting Animals & Their Habitats)

★ Rick Pitino (basketball coach)

★ Bill Pullman (actor)

★ Jeff Reardon (professional baseball player)

★ Buffy Sainte-Marie (musician, artist, educator, and social activist)

★ Joseph Hooton Taylor, Jr. (physics Nobelist)

★ Clifford Schochat (professional all-star)

★ Jack Smith (former CEO of General Motors)

★ James Sherman (musician)

★ Marcel Shipp American football running back for the Arizona Cardinals

★ Al Skinner (professional basketball player, Boston College basketball coach)

★ Mike Tannenbaum (general manager NFL New York Jets)

★ Paul Theroux author

★ Ron Villone (professional baseball player for New York Yankees)

★ Jack Welch (former CEO of General Electric)

★ Ben Fathi (vice president of Microsoft)

★ Jeff Taylor (founder of Monster.com)

★ Frank Black (Frontman of the band, Pixies)

Trivia

"'U-Mass'" is also the name of a song by the Pixies off their album ''Trompe le Monde''. It was named after the university where band member Frank Black attended (but dropped out).

References

1. Campus News (2004). ''UMass Lowell Magazine'', Fall 2004, 13.] Retrieved February 152005, http://www.umass.edu/senate/minutes623-wilson.pdf Address by Jack M. Wilson, Interim President, University of Massachusetts at the 63rd Regular Meeting of the Faculty Senate on October 16, 2003.] Retrieved February 152005
2. Wilson inducted into distance learning hall of fame (18 Oct 2004). ''In the Loop: News for Staff & Faculty.'' Retrieved February 152005.

External links

Official sites:

★ University of Massachusetts

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★ University of Massachusetts Amherst

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★ University of Massachusetts Boston

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★ University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

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★ University of Massachusetts Lowell

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★ University of Massachusetts Medical School

★ UMassOnline

★ Massachusetts Board of Higher Education

★ Massachusetts Community Colleges