Johnson & Wales University Providence

Throughout his long career at JWU, when the moniker "The Colonel" was mentioned, everyone knew whom you were taking about. After a highly decorated career in the U.S. Army, McNulty actually came to JWU in the mid-sixties when he answered a newspaper ad. Over the next three decades, he assumed many important duties, often concurrently, including Dean of Students, director of the Veterans Program, and director of Athletics. He built the university's powerful track and cross-country programs of the sixties and seventies, and coached several New England junior college championship teams. An avid runner who participated in the Boston Marathon, Colonel McNulty was a disciplinarian who brought out the best in JWU's students and student-athletes.