Ogretta McNeil died on October 5, 2016. McNeil served on the Council at AAS from 2006 to 2013. She was a psychologist and professor of psychology at the College of the Holy Cross for twenty-seven years, where she was an organizing member of the African American concentration and Phi Beta Kappa. She was a founding member of the Jesuit Conference on Minority Affairs and served as president of the New England Psychological Association. In addition to her work at Holy Cross, she dedicated herself to the greater Worcester community, serving for ten years on the Worcester School Committee. Other local board positions included the EcoTarium, the University of Massachusetts Medical Center Foundation, and the University of Massachusetts.
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