Past Superintendents

HISTORY OF CAMBRIDGE SUPERINTENDENTS OF SCHOOLS: 1868 – PRESENT

1868 – 1873 EDWIN B. HALE

1874 – 1905 FRANCIS COGSWELL

1905 – 1909 WILLIAM C. BATES

1909 JOSEPH H. BEALE (Acting Superintendent and School Committee Chair)

1909 – 1912 FRANK E. PARLIN

1912 – 1944 MICHAEL E. FITZGERALD
Prior position: Assistant Superintendent, Cambridge

1945 – 1968 JOHN M. TOBIN
Prior position: Assistant Superintendent, Cambridge

1968 – 1970 EDWARD A. CONLEY
Prior position: Assistant Superintendent, Cambridge

1970 – 1972 FRANK J. FRISOLI
Prior position: Assistant Superintendent, Cambridge

1972 – 1975 ALFLORENCE CHEATHAM
Prior position: District Superintendent, Chicago Public Schools

1975 JOSEPH G. SATERIALE (Acting Superintendent: 3/15/75 – 8/15/75)
Prior position: Assistant Superintendent, Cambridge

1975 – 1984 WILLIAM C. LANNON
Prior position: Assistant Superintendent, Pawtucket Rhode Island

1984 – 1988 ROBERT S. PETERKIN
Prior position: Assistant Superintendent, Boston Public Schools

1988 - 1997 MARY LOU McGRATH
Prior position: Acting Superintendent: 7/1/88 – 12/19/88;
Assistant Superintendent, Cambridge

1997 PATRICK J. MURPHY (Interim Superintendent: 7/1/97 – 9/30/97)
Prior position: Deputy Superintendent, Cambridge

1997 – 2003 BOBBIE J. D’ALESSANDRO (10/1/97 – 2/28/03)
Prior position: Superintendent, Fort Myers, Florida

2003 CAROLYN L. TURK (Interim Superintendent 3/1/03 – 8/20/03)
Prior position: Deputy Superintendent, Cambridge

2003 – 2009 THOMAS FOWLER-FINN (8/21/03 – 2/4/09)
Prior position: Superintendent, Fort Wayne, Indiana