BANGOR, Maine — Patrick McCarthy, who served as chancellor of the University of Maine System for 11 years, died last week after suffering a heart attack at his Christmas Cove home, according to his obituary. He was 85.
McCarthy lead the system from 1975 to 1986. Prior to that, he worked in a series of positions with the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education before being appointed in 1972 as Chancellor of Higher Education for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
The Rumford native and U.S. Marine Corps veteran graduated from Bridgton Academy, Dartmouth College, the University of Maine in Orono and Harvard University. He worked as city planner in Boston and lived in Ireland for four years, serving as chief adviser to the United Nations mission for economics planning research.
He died on Oct. 13 at Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick. A funeral Mass was held Monday in Newcastle, and he was buried at the St. Patrick’s Catholic Church Cemetery.
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