Science, Technology, and Medicine
- Arthur L. Beaudet, M.D. 1963, Henry and Emma Meyer Professor and Chair, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, who is a world-leader for his pioneering work in gene therapy, in particular, the muscular dystrophy gene.
- Edward Bove, M.D. 1968, Professor of Surgery at the University of Michigan School of Medicine, who is recognized for his contributions to the repair of congenital heart defects
- Richard Cambria, M.D. 1973, Chief, Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery and Co-Director, Thoracic Aortic Center at Massachusetts General Hospital
- Rick Casten, Ph.D. 1963, 2011 Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics.
- James J. Collins, Ph.D. 1987, Rhodes Scholar, 2003 MacArthur Fellow and Boston University Professor of Biomedical Engineering
- Michael F. Collins, M.D. 1977, Chancellor and senior vice president for health sciences at the University of Massachusetts Medical School
- Joseph T. Coyle, M.D. 1965, Director of the Harvard Medical School Consolidated Department of Psychiatry and President of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology
- William F. Crowley Jr., M.D. 1965, discovered the GPR54 gene which plays a key role in regulating the onset of puberty
- John P. Donohue, M.D. 1954, pioneered the development of chemotherapy and nerve sparing surgical techniques for testicular cancer
- John Fallon, M.D., M.B.A. 1969, serves as Senior Vice President and Chief Physician Executive of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Inc. Also, a former CEO for the entire clinical enterprise at the SUNY Downstate Medical Center
- Anthony Fauci, M.D. 1962, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health
- John T. Harrington, M.D. 1958, former Dean of the Tufts University School of Medicine
- Thomas W. Hungerford, 1959, mathematician and author of many textbooks including Abstract algebra:
- Joseph P. Kerwin, M.D. 1953, astronaut who spent 28 days in space for the Skylab 2 mission
- Mark Maybury Ph.D. 1986, the chief scientist of the U.S. Air Force in Washington, D.C.
- David McDowell, B.A., M.A., M.D. 1985, psychiatrist and author who is an expert on substance abuse treatment
- Eugene McMahon, M.D., M.B.A. 1984, president and CEO of Provena Saint Joseph Hospital in Illinois
- Richard A. Murphy, Ph.D. 1966 former President and CEO of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies
- Joseph E. Murray, M.D. 1940, Nobel Prize in Medicine for the first successful kidney transplant
- William Nolen, M.D. 1950, notable surgeon and author
- Ralph A. O'Connell, M.D. 1959, Dean and Provost of New York Medical College
- Richard J. O'Reilly, M.D. 1964, first to conduct a successful marrow transplant from an unrelated, compatible donor.
- Robert Scully, M.D. 1940, editor of weekly clinicopathological exercises from MGH published in the New England Journal of Medicine
- Joyce O'Shaughnessy, M.D. 1978, prominent oncologist and breast cancer researcher
- James Augustine Shannon, M.D. 1925, first Director of the National Institutes of Health
- Anthony V. Stankus 1973, the nation's most published science librarian
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