Notable Alumni
Brandeis counts among its graduates Pulitzer Prize winners, Emmy Award winners, best-selling authors — even a Nobel laureate. But it doesn't stop there. Brandeis graduates occupy leadership roles in virtually every walk of life. Here are just a few:
| Mitch Albom Best-selling author "Tuesdays with Morrie," "The Five People You Meet in Heaven" |
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| Paula Apsell Emmy Award-winning executive producer "Nova" (PBS) |
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| Angela Davis Author, academician and social activist UC Santa Cruz |
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| Thomas Friedman Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist The New York Times |
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| Geir Haarde Prime minister Iceland |
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| Christie Hefner Chairman and chief executive officer Playboy Enterprises |
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| Margo Jefferson Pulitzer Prize-winning cultural critic The New York Times |
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| Ha Jin Best-selling author "Waiting," "War Trash" |
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| Roderick MacKinnon Nobel laureate in chemistry The Rockefeller University |
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| Debra Messing Emmy Award-winning actor "Will & Grace" (NBC) |
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| Bob Simon Emmy Award-winning reporter CBS News |
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