Charlie McNulty, for already 40 years you have been enriching
the lives of everyone who has come in contact with WPI athletics
for as a teacher, coach and administrator you have been a
cornerstone of WPI's fine athletic reputation throughout New
England.
As a football coach from 1945 to 1981, head basketball coach
from 1947 to 1966 and head baseball coach from 1946 to 1983, your
career has had more than its share of success. But records and
statistics don't tell the full story of a coach's ability. Your
greatest successes have been helping WPI students reach their true
potential, both as athletes and as people.
The true barometer of one's abilities as a coach is respect from
one's peers. You have received the highest honors from two
organizations that server the sports for which you were a head
coach. In 1968 you were honored by the Worcester County Basketball
Coaches, Sportswriters, and Sportscasters, for your "Contribution
to Basketball." In 1981 you received the Jack Butterfield Award
from the New England Baseball Coaches Association for your
"Devotion to the Improvement of college baseball and for
outstanding coaching qualities."
You have served WPI for 38 years and you have been a model of
consistency, professionalism and leadership. Throughout your career
you have epitomized the axiom of leading by example.
Charlie McNulty, tonight we honor you for your extraordinary
athletic achievement with your induction as a charter member of the
WPI Athletic Hall of Fame.
