Biography
Former teacher and carpenter who helped establish community food services. Jailed in 1998 following the School of the Americas protest at Fort Benning.
Birth-year sources
- School of the Americas Watch prisoner roster — identifies Setauket activist Bill McNulty as 62 at the November 17, 1997 action.
- National Catholic Reporter profile — identifies the same Long Island veteran and former SOA prisoner as 88 on January 10, 2024. The two dated ages establish 1935 as his birth year; no unsupported month or day was assigned.
The April 27, 1998 petition by clemency counsel Debra K. Hannula places this defendant among the January 1998 Fort Benning illegal-re-entry convictions before Judge Elliott, carrying six months and a $3,000 fine. Its January 22 trial/sentencing account differs by one day from an earlier January 21 news report, so the new sentencing field uses month precision rather than choosing an unresolved day. The individual biography confirms March 23, 1998 prison entry. The biography describes his former mathematics and history teaching, carpentry work, and role establishing a soup kitchen and food pantry on Long Island. These records concern a request for clemency; they do not establish that a pardon or commutation was granted.
Clinton Presidential Library, individual biography PDF page 42; petition pages 27–32.
