15 Notable alumni of Westfield State University
Updated: June 14, 2026 EliteDegrees
Westfield State University is ranked #7,374 in the world and #1,888 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 15 notable alumni from Westfield State University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Westfield State University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Henry Waterman Warren
1838-1919 (aged 81)
politician
Henry Waterman Warren was an American teacher, plantation owner, tanner, judge, and politician. He wrote an account of his time as a carpetbagger.
2. Paula Long
software engineer
Paula Long is an American software engineer and entrepreneur. She was CEO and co-founder of DataGravity and in 2001, she co-founded EqualLogic, which was later sold to Dell.
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3. Christopher Donelan
1964-. (aged 62)
politician
Christopher J. Donelan is an American law enforcement officer and politician who is the former Sheriff of Franklin County, Massachusetts. A Democrat, he served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 2003 to 2011.
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4. Brian Ashe
1963-. (aged 63)
politician
Brian M. Ashe is an American politician who represents the 2nd Hampden District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. A member of the Democratic Party, his district includes all of Hampden and Longmeadow and part of East Longmeadow, Monson, and Springfield.
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5. Marsha Bemko
1955-. (aged 71)
executive producer
television producer
Marsha Bemko is an American television producer. She is the executive producer of the PBS series Antiques Roadshow. In addition to Antiques Roadshow, Bemko is also executive producer for PBS's antiques series Market Warriors.
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6. Todd Smola
1977-. (aged 49)
politician
Todd M. Smola is a Republican member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Smola represents the 1st Hampden District, serving the towns of Brimfield, Holland, Palmer, Sturbridge, Wales, Ware, and Warren.
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7. James T. Welch
1975-. (aged 51)
politician
James T. Welch was a Democratic member of the Massachusetts Senate from the Hampden district, who was first elected to this position in 2010. Prior to this he was the Massachusetts State Representative for the 6th Hampden district, which includes his hometown of West Springfield and parts of Springfield and Chicopee. He served in the House from 2005 to 2011....
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8. Domenic Sarno
1963-. (aged 63)
politician
Domenic J. Sarno is the current mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts. First elected in 2007, Sarno has won re-election five times since and is a member of the Democratic Party. Winning election to a fifth term overall in 2023 and the third four-year term, he is the longest-serving mayor in Springfield's history.
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9. Norman Wait Harris
1846-1916 (aged 70)
banker
philanthropist
investment banker
Norman Wait Harris was an American banker. He founded Chicago-based N.W. Harris & Co., the predecessor of Harris Bank as well as its affiliate Harris, Forbes & Co. and later Harris, Hall & Co.
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10. Eduardo C. Robreno
1945-. (aged 81)
lawyer
judge
Eduardo C. Robreno is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the first Cuban-American to be appointed as a federal judge.
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11. Donald F. Humason
1967-. (aged 59)
politician
Donald F. Humason Jr. is an American politician who served as mayor of Westfield, Massachusetts from 2020 to 2022 and current town administrator of Chester, beginning September 6, 2022. A member of the Republican Party, he previously represented the 2nd Hampden and Hampshire District in the Massachusetts Senate from 2013 to 2020, and as representative for the 4th Hampden District...
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12. Peter Laviolette
1964-. (aged 62)
ice hockey player
ice hockey coach
Peter Philip Laviolette Jr. is an American professional ice hockey coach and former player who most recently served as the head coach for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Originally undrafted by teams in the NHL, he played a total of 12 games with the Rangers in the 1988–89 season. Following retirement from active play, Laviolette...
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13. Jennifer Lafleur
1979-. (aged 47)
film actor
actor
film director
Jennifer Lafleur is an American actress. She is known for appearing in the independent films The Do-Deca-Pentathlon, The Pretty One (2013), The Midnight Swim (2014), MAD (2016) and 6 Years (2015). On television, Lafleur has appeared on the HBO series Big Little Lies, Room 104 and Animals., the Showtime series Billions, American Crime on ABC, Married on FX, Chicago Fire...
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14. George Bruce Cortelyou
1862-1940 (aged 78)
politician
George Bruce Cortelyou was an American cabinet secretary of the early twentieth century. He served in various capacities in the presidential administrations of Grover Cleveland, William McKinley, and Theodore Roosevelt.
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15. Nettie Stevens
1861-1912 (aged 51)
librarian
geneticist
biologist
zoologist
Nettie Maria Stevens was an American geneticist who discovered sex chromosomes. In 1905, soon after the rediscovery of Mendel's paper on genetics in 1900, she observed that male mealworms produced two kinds of sperm, one with a large chromosome and one with a small chromosome. When the sperm with the large chromosome fertilized eggs, they produced female offspring, and when...
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