Background
McFarland was born in Boston in 1948.
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Michael McFarland
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McFarland received his bachelor"s degree in physics from Cornell University in 1969. He gained his Master"s degree in 1979 and his doctorate in 1981, both in computer engineering, from Carnegie Mellon University. McFarland joined the Jesuit order in 1975 and studied at the Weston School of Theology and earned a Master"s in divinity and Th.
Master in social ethics.
He was ordained at the College of the Holy Cross in 1984.
Career
He succeeded Acting President Frank Vellaccio on July 1, 2000, and was succeeded by Philip Boroughs, Society of Jesus (Jesuit) Childhood He was raised in Waltham, Massachusetts and for a short time in California. Education McFarland previously worked for American Telephone & Telegraph Company Bell Labs conducting research in computer-aided design of digital systems Before going to Holy Cross, he was a computer science professor and the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Gonzaga University.
President of the College of the Holy Cross McFarland succeeded Acting Holy Cross President Frank Vellaccio on July 1, 2000.
In February 2011, he announced his intention to step down from office. McFarland was succeeded in office by Philip Boroughs, Society of Jesus (Jesuit), who was unanimously elected as the 32nd President of Holy Cross by the board of trustees on May 6, 2011.
McFarland left office on January 9, 2012. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers McFarland has articles published in the Proceedings of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Transactions on Computers, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, Formal Methods for System Design, the Journal of Systems and Software, Computer, and Technology and Society.
Foreign three years he was an associate editor for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems and has participated in numerous program committees for conferences.
Board Memberships In addition to his responsibilities as Holy Cross" president, McFarland serves on the following: The Board of Trustees of The University of Scranton in Scranton, Pennsylvania The Board of Trustees of Saint John"s High School in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts The Board of Trustees of Worcester Catholic Charities The Board of Trustees of The Worcester Municipal Research Bureau The Board of Directors of the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I The Advisory Council for PricewaterhouseCoopers Chairman of the Nativity School of Worcester, Massachusetts.
