Johnson & Wales University Providence

A starring member of the Johnson & Wales Junior College basketball teams of 1964-65 and 1965-66, Frank Pallotta was a co-captain with another Hall of Famer, Tom Mellor. Pallotta, a sharp-shooting guard, was among the team’s leading scorers in both of his JWU basketball seasons. A two-sport standout, he was also a key to the success of the Johnson & Wales baseball teams of the mid-sixties. After his graduation from Johnson & Wales, he attended Providence College, and then launched a distinguished career in education, eventually earning his doctorate in 1995. An exemplary teacher, administrator, superintendent, and public servant as a member and chairman of the North Providence School Committee, Dr. Pallotta spent over three decades in the development of numerous successful programs for special needs students.