'A truly great man': Milt McPike dies at 68
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McPike Battled Rare Adenocystic Cancer. After battling cancer, popular former Madison East High School principal Milton McPike died on Saturday night.
The Madison Metropolitan School District said that McPike passed away overnight at a hospice care facility, WISC-TV reported.
Family, friends, former staff and students said that they're remembering McPike as a man many called an educational hero.
For 40 years, McPike made his life educating youth. He spent 28 of those years in the Madison school district. For five years, he was an assistant principal at West High School, then as principal at East High School for 23 years.
"I've seen so much success through kids who everybody else has given up on," McPike said in a 1992 interview.
He shared his secrets on building relationships with his students.
Samara Kalk Derby:
Milton McPike, a giant in the Madison educational community, died Saturday night at HospiceCare Center in Fitchburg, surrounded by his family. He was 68.
At 6-foot-4, the former San Francisco 49er cut an imposing figure at East High School, where he served as principal for 23 years.
McPike was diagnosed with adenocystic carcinoma, a rare cancer that attacked his sinus area.
Superintendent Art Rainwater called McPike "a truly great man" and "an icon in our community."
"Milt was first of all a tremendous person. He was obviously extremely well respected and a talented educator," Rainwater said. "He led East for 23 years and really and truly was not only important to East High School, but was also important to our community."
Even after he retired from East in 2002, McPike continued to contribute to the community by being a member of the University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents and recently heading a gang task force in Dane County, Rainwater said. "So his loss will be deeply felt."
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Posted by Jim Zellmer at March 31, 2008 8:59 AM
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