Cancer has caused popular former East High School Principal Milton McPike to resign from the UW System Board of Regents, which honored him today for “his many life achievements” and service to the board.
McPike, a 23-year principal and one-time pro football player, was appointed to the board in 2004 by Gov. Jim Doyle after retiring from East High in 2002. He has missed meetings in the last few months because of his illness.
He was named one of 10 “American Heroes in Education” by Reader’s Digest in 1990, one year after the U.S. Department of Education named East High a National High School of Excellence.