scholars includes:
2 Turing Award winners
2 Nobel Prize winners
8 MacArthur Fellows;
2 recipients of the National Medal of Technology and Innovation
9 Pulitzer Prize winners;
20 fellows of the American Physics Society (since 2002);
8 members of National Academy of Engineering
8 members of the National Academy of Sciences
5 members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
7 Rhodes Scholars
5 Gates Cambridge Scholars
=== Alumni ===
As of 2014, there were 243,628 University of Massachusetts Amherst alumni worldwide. Notable UMass Amherst alumni include Greg Landry, Jeff Corwin, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Taj Mahal, Bill Paxton, William Monahan, Kenneth Feinberg, Bill Cosby, Natalie Cole, Julius "Dr. J" Erving, David Pakman, Rick Pitino, Bill Pullman, Betty Shabazz, Briana Scurry, Jack Welch, John F. Smith Jr., Jean Worthley, Jeff Reardon, Mike Flanagan, Lawrence Mestel, and Richard Gere.
=== Faculty and staff ===
Notable faculty have included Robert Epstein, John Wideman, Samuel Bowles, Sheila Bair, the former …
