Terrier Volume 77, Number 1 - Spring 2013 | Page 10

Frank J. Macchiarola ’62 with wife Mary Macchiarola.

Dr. Mac offering one of the thousands
of hugs he gave to graduates at
commencement.

Frank J. Macchiarola (1941-2012)
There are so many ways to refer to Frank J. Macchiarola ’62 — Chancellor,
President, Dean, professor, husband, father — but so many simply called
him Dr. Mac.

W

hen he returned to his alma mater, St. Francis College,
Deputy Director of the NYS Emergency Financial Control Board for NYC
as its President in 1996, it was a homecoming that
and Chair of the Advisory Committee of the Columbia Business School
benefitted everyone involved. The College flourished under
Community Collaboration.
Dr. Macchiarola’s 12-year tenure and he relished the time he spent
Mayor Michael Bloomberg appointed Dr. Macchiarola as Chair of
with current and former students.
the NYC Charter Revision Commission. He also mediated the 2003
As President, Macchiarola would continually go through student
strike of Local 802 Musicians Union against the League of American
transcripts, looking to help those
Theaters and Producers; chaired
who seemed to be struggling and
the NYC Districting Commission,
to reward others who showed
which drew City Council District
improvements. He was constantly
lines for the 1991 election; and acted
seen in the hallways greeting everyone
as special refe ɕ