THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, August 2, 2024 Page 7 SUPERINTENDENT | FROM PAGE 1 verse community made up of talented students, loving families, hard-working educators and staff, and community leaders who want to do right by the city’s young people.” The newly appointed Superintendent, who previously worked in a top-level administrative position in the Worcester Public Schools, told the community the future is bright for this city’s school district. “The Malden Public Schools has all of the ingrediFAREWELL | FROM PAGE 1 Sylvester William “Bill” McCormack was also a much beloved teacher at the Beebe Junior High School on Pleasant Street before his retirement. Bill grew up at 340 Highland Avenue, in the Edgeworth section of Malden. While he eventually moved to Rowley and raised his family there, his family says his heart had never really left Malden. Bill McCormack loved all sports and was a two-sport standout at Malden High School, Class of 1956. He was a captain of the Golden Tornados Varsity Hockey team and pitcher for the Blue Bombers Varsity Baseball team. Though he loved hockey the most, he was of the best pitchers in baseball around, known as “a classy southpaw,” who went on to hurl in the semipro ranks for Ralph Wheeler’s Malden City Club, and for two summers in the late 1950s, the Cape Cod League. Though he received a full baseball scholarship to attend Boston University and played on the Terrier baseball team, he also was one of the few Malden High athletes in all the years to play two collegiate sports. A 1960 graduate of Boston University, Bill McCormack was a three-year letterman for the BU Terriers men’s ice hockey team ents to become a model urban school district, and its journey toward that goal has been underway for many years,” Superintendent Sippel said in his message. “We have the opportunity to work together to ensure that all Malden students thrive in our schools and are fully prepared to succeed in the future they choose to pursue.” “I am committed to leading our district to achieve these goals through a spirit of inclusiveness, collaboration, and continuous improvement,” he added. and its co-captain from 19591960, when he was recognized as the season points leader. That same year, he was on the Beanpot Championship Team. Career-wise, Bill was a popular science teacher at Beebe Junior High School in Malden and the Malden High School Varsity hockey coach. His team won the Greater Boston League Championship in both 1973 and 1974. He coached some of the all-time Tornado hockey greats, such as Matty Marden, from 1971-1985 alongside longtime assistant and great friend Joe Bogan. Bill McCormack was inducted into the Malden High School Golden Tornado Hall of Fame in 1992, in recognition of his outstanding ability as an athlete and coach. His 1973 Tornado Hockey Team was inducted as group into the Malden High Golden Tornado Hall of Fame in 2021. Bill’s son and namesake, William “Bill” McCormack, was, in his own right, an outstanding hockey player, a 10th round draft pick out of the University of Vermont by the Philadelphia Flyers. As fate would have it, Bill Jr. never played in the NHL. Sadly, Bill’s son, his namesake, pride and joy passed away on June 8, 2024, at the age of 60, in Japan, a mere six days before his own passing. During the summer months, Aluminum Everett 10 Everett Ave., Everett 617-389-3839 “Same name, phone number & address for over half a century. 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In retirement, he worked on the grounds of the Ferncroft Country Club, where he enjoyed playing golf every chance he could get. While living in Rowley, he was on a first name basis with those in the town hall, bank, grocery store, gas stations, bakery, automobile repair shop, etc. His neighbors thought the world of him. He brought humor, great conversations and joy to every person he met, stranger and friend alike. Bill had traveled to many places with his late wife Nancy, including Bermuda, Italy and Yugoslavia. His most cherished trip was to Yokohama, Japan, to visit his son and his son’s mother-in-law Shinkosan, wife Shukuko McCormack and their daughters, Aimi and Elena McCormack. Bill McCormack was the beloved father of Kara McCormack of Ludlow, Massachusetts, and Kate McCormack-Reznicek of New Hampshire; the beloved grandfather of Christian Digenova of Ipswich, Massachusetts, Henry Reznicek of New Hampshire, and Aimi and Elena McCormack of Yokohama, Japan. In addition to his son, Bill was members of the Malden Public Schools community; understand both the strengths and challenges of our schools, students, and families; and learn the multiple perspectives held across the community regarding the district’s needs and direction for the future,” Superintendent Sippel explained. The Superintendent, who agreed to a three-year contract shortly after his appointment by a 6-5 Malden School Committee vote on May 23, encouraged members of the Malden High School commupredeceased by his wife, Nancy (Brown) McCormack; by his sisters, Julia Gilligan, Joanne Frahm and Patricia Welch, and by his sister-in-law, Shigeko Brown, all of whom he treasured. He will be missed by his children, grandchildren, daughter-in-law, the Gilligan, Frahm and Lane families, and brothers-in-law Jeffrey Brown and Peter Brown (Trudy), all of whom held a special place in his nity to participate in planning for this school year as well as for the future. “If you would like to participate in any of these conversations, please reach out to me at superintendent@maldenps.org,” Superintendent Sippel said in his introductory message. “At the conclusion of this entry period, I will re-engage with you to share my findings and recommendations, hear your feedback, and collaboratively lead our district into the next chapter of its growth,” he said. heart. He will also be missed by his friends, half siblings, cousins and many former hockey players. Services were held at the Breslin Funeral Home in Malden on June 20. Interment was in Main Street Cemetery in Rowley. 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