University of Massachusetts Amherst Admitted Student Profiles & Alumni

Prominent individuals who have attended the University of Massachusetts at Amherst include:

• Buffy Sainte-Marie, received recognition for her song "Up Where We Belong" from the movie "An Officer and a Gentleman."
• Betsy Atkins, is a successful entrepreneur and founder of Baja Corporation, having served as CEO in multiple companies.
• Tony Barbee, an alumnus from 1993, is currently a collegiate basketball coach for the Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team.
• Bruce Berkowitz, who graduated in 1980, is a managing director and Morningstar Domestic-Stock Fund Manager of the Decade (2010) at Fairholme Funds.
• J. B. Bernstein, the CEO of Access Group and also the chief marketing officer (CMO) of Seven Figures Management.
• Kang Kyung-wha, who holds an MA and a PhD, is the Foreign Minister of South Korea and has previously served as the United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights.