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Dr. Frank Vellaccio, Ph.D.
Acting President of Holy Cross
1998 - 2000
Provost
Frank Vellaccio served as Acting President of the College of the
Holy Cross from 1998 until 2000.
Vellaccio has worked at Holy Cross since 1974
when he was hired as an assistant professor of chemistry. That same
year, he earned his Ph.D. in organic chemistry from the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology.
A native of West Haven, Conn., Vellaccio earned
a bachelor of science degree from Fordham University where he was
inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. His doctoral thesis, "Synthesis
and Study of New Reagents with Potential Use in Peptide Synthesis,"
began his career as an academic chemist in the area of peptide synthesis.
In addition to articles in scientific journals,
Vellaccio published a textbook, Organic Chemistry, in 1980. Written
with D.S. Kemp, the book became a standard text in many colleges
and universities throughout the country, and has been translated
into Japanese, Italian, and Spanish.
After serving on a number of the College's major
committees, Vellaccio moved into an administrative position in 1986,
becoming Dean of the College. From this office, he oversaw faculty,
academic, and curricular policy. The following year, he became the
College's Academic Vice President. In January 1996, Rev. Reedy named
him the College's first Provost, with dual responsibilities for
both academic affairs and college development.
"I can truly say that, outside of my family,
there is nothing that I love more than Holy Cross. It is a marvelous
gift to be able to say this about the place where you work,"
wrote Vellaccio in the January/February 1998 issue of Holy Cross
Magazine. Vellaccio lives in Worcester with his wife, Cathy, and
their five children, one of whom, Jessica, graduated from Holy Cross
in 1997.
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