- Courses Taught:
- EM-5200: Capstone Advisor
- Education:
- M.S. Emergency Management, Massachusetts Maritime Academy, 2018
- B.S. Marine Transportation, Massachusetts Maritime Academy, 1992
- Courses Taught:
- FM-5180: Capstone Advisor
- Founded-Facilities Management Cadet Training Center, 2021
- Education:
- M.S. Facilities Management, Massachusetts Maritime Academy, 2012
- B.S. Marine Engineering, Massachusetts Maritime Academy, 2004
- Marine License - Second Assistant Engineer, Motor, Unlimited Horsepower
- Third Assistant Engineer, Steam, Motor, & Gas Turbine Unlimited Horsepower
- Construction as Owner:
- Morgan Reinauer Shipyard, 2009
- Gillette Stadium & Patriot-Place Renovations, 2011
- Lt. Timothy Steele Field House, 2013
- Duxbury Middle-High School, 2014
- Regional Old Colony Communications Center, 2019
- Duxbury Senior Center Addition, 2018
- Maritime Conference Center & Emery Rice Hall, 2023
- Company 2 Renovation, 2022
- Fantail Student Center, 2023
- MMA Pier Upgrade for NSMV II, 2024
- MMA STEM Laboratory Building, 2025
- Courses Taught:
- FM-5180: Capstone Advisor
- Education:
- Ed.D Plymouth State University, 2020
- M.S. Facilities Management, Massachusetts Maritime Academy, 2012
- B.S. Marine Engineering, Massachusetts Maritime Academy, 2008
- Marine License - Second Assistant Engineer, Steam, Unlimited Horsepower
- Third Assistant Engineer, Motor and Gas Turbine, Unlimited Horsepower
- Stationary License: Massachusetts Third Class
- Courses Taught:
- EM-5200: Capstone Advisor
- MB-5200: Capstone Advisor
- Education:
- Ed.D, Higher Education Administration, University of Massachusetts Boston, 2000
- M.B.A. University of Chicago, 1992
- B.S. Marine Engineering, Massachusetts Maritime Academy, 1981
Rear Admiral Francis X. McDonald, USMS, is the President of the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, one of six state maritime academies in the country. Founded in 1891, the Academy has been training business leaders, ship captains, engineers, and professional officers in the 19th, 20th, and now the 21st century. Offering seven undergraduate and three graduate majors, the Academy is one of two “special mission” public universities in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Upon graduation from the Academy in 1985, McDonald pursued an engineering career and earned a Master of Science in Management from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He returned to his alma mater in 1995 to serve as Director of Cooperative Education, a role in which he developed and implemented the cooperative education program and dramatically increased placement rates for undergraduate interns and graduating seniors. Appointed as Dean of Enrollment Management in 1999, he led the rebranding of the Academy which resulted in a dramatic increase in numbers and diversity of incoming freshmen. He has since served as Vice President for Operations, heading up a major campus building expansion, and as Executive Vice President. President McDonald holds a Doctor of Law and Policy from Northeastern University and has served as an adjunct professor in the Academy’s emergency management graduate program. He assumed the role of President in August 2015 following unanimous votes of the MMA Board of Trustees and the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education, with the rank of Rear Admiral conferred by the U.S. Maritime Administrator. President McDonald is active in or has served on several community and professional organizations including the Governor’s STEM Advisory Council, Cape Cod Canal Region Chamber of Commerce, Barnstable School Committee, Sturgis Charter School, Cape Cod Collaborative, and the Marine Society at Salem. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, President McDonald now resides in Marstons Mills with his wife Beth and their two children Kathryn and Harrison.
- Courses Taught:
- FM-5100: Operations Management
- MB-5150: Operations Management in Maritime Business
- MB-5200: Capstone Advisor
- Education:
- M.S. Facilities Management, Massachusetts Maritime Academy, 2010
- B.S. Civil Engineering, University of Lowell, 1989