There
are 79,438 Arts and Sciences Alumni around
the world, by far Boston University's largest
alumni segment.
To
access the CAS/GRS Alumni Web, for listings
of events and ways to get involved, click
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Alumni Facts and Stats:
College of Arts and Sciences Alumni: 61,625
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Alumni:
17,813
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In fiscal year 2007, total giving
to Arts and Sciences from individuals,
corporations, foundations, and other
private sources was $10,919,937.
Annual giving to the College and Graduate
School by their alumni in fiscal year
2007 totaled $755,680.
Alumni
Support in Action:
Recent
Gifts to Arts and Sciences >>
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Arts and Sciences International Alumni:
5,462
Our alumni live all over the world
– Algeria, Zimbabwe, Thailand, Taiwan,
the Sudan, Greece, Singapore, Korean, Sri
Lanka, Brazil, Hong Kong, Haiti, Honduras,
United Arab Emirates, Israel, Italy, Bangladesh,
China, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, Egypt,
Fiji, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia –
to name a few!
Our largest international populations are
(in order):
Japan
Canada
United Kingdom
France
Korea
Germany/Greece
Taiwan
And others following close behind: Spain,
Hong Kong, India, Israel, China
Arts and Sciences Domestic Alumni: 77,092
More than half of our domestic alumni population
is located in the New England (31,532) and
New York/New Jersey area (13,155) (for a
total of 44,687). Other large concentrations
are in California (5,621), Florida (3,113),
Pennsylvania (2,256), Illinois (1431), Texas
(1,195), and Washington, D.C. (829).
*Please note: alumni
counts include the Class of 2006 and represent
the number of living alumni, as per Boston
University's alumni database.

Collegium
and Academy of Distinguished Alumni
•
2007 Inductees
College and Graduate School of Arts
and Sciences |
Paul Pepe
GRS'87, GRS'92 | bio |
Ajmal M. Qureshi
GRS’78 | bio |
Cornelia H. Sanders
CAS’65, SAR’65, GRS’68
| bio |
| Complete
list of past award winners >> |

| Notable
Arts and Sciences Alumni |
| J
Allard (CAS'91)
Head of Microsoft's Xbox platform
Joan Aruz
(DGE’60, CAS’62)
Near East Curator, Metropolitan Museum
of Art
Louise Bogan
(CAS’19)
Poet and literary critic
Owen Flanagan
(GRS'72, '78)
Philosopher, James B. Duke Professor,
Duke University
Jim Gianopulos
(CAS’73)
Head of Fox Filmed Entertainment
Jussi Hanhimaki
(GRS'88,'93)
Historian, Graduate Institute of International
Studies in Geneva, Switzerland
Ha Jin
(GRS’94)
Two-time PEN/Faulkner Award–winning
author
Stephen Kinzer
(CAS'73)
New York Times correspondent |
Jhumpa
Lahiri (GRS'93, UNI'95, '97)
Pulitzer Prize winning author
Martin Luther
King, Jr. (GRS’55,
Hon. ’59)
Civil rights leader, Nobel Peace Prize
winner
Albert Maysles
(GRS'53)
Documentary filmmaker
Sue Miller
(GRS’80)
Best-selling novelist
John Osher
(CAS'71)
Entrepreneur (inventor of Crest's
SpinBrush toothbrush) and Tony-winning
Broadway producer
Robert B. Parker
(GRS'57, GRS'71)
Mystery writer
Norman Vincent
Peale (GRS’24, STH’24,
Hon. ’86)
Influential clergyman
Emily Rafferty
(CAS'71)
President, Metropolitan Museum
of Art
George Wein
(CAS’50)
Founder of the Newport Jazz Festival |
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