Carl McCall
| Carl McCall | |
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| Comptroller of New York | |
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In office May 7, 1993 – January 1, 2003 |
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| Governor |
Mario Cuomo George Pataki |
| Preceded by | Ned Regan |
| Succeeded by | Alan Hevesi |
| Member of the New York Senate from the 28th district |
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In office 1975–1980 |
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| Preceded by | Sidney von Luther |
| Succeeded by | Leon Bogues |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
October 17, 1935 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Cecilia McCall (Divorced) Joyce Brown (1983–present) |
| Alma mater |
Dartmouth College Andover Newton Theological School |
| Religion | United Church of Christ |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch |
 United States Army
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| Years of service | 1959 |
Herman Carl McCall (born October 17, 1935) is a former Comptroller of the US state of New York and was the Democratic candidate for state governor in 2002. He is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ, and currently serves on the board of directors of several corporations. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College and was also educated at the University of Edinburgh, received a Master's of Divinity Degree from Andover Newton Theological School. He was the first African-American to be elected comptroller of New York. Since October 17, 2011 he has served as the chairman of the State University of New York Board of Trustees.
McCall was born in the Roxbury section of Boston, the oldest of six children. His father, Herman McCall, moved to Boston from Georgia, and left the family when Carl McCall was eleven. McCall attended church with Edward Brooke. He attended Dartmouth College on private and ROTC scholarships, and graduated in 1958 with a bachelor's degree in government. During the 1960s, McCall worked as a high school teacher and a bank manager. He taught for six months at Jamaica Plain High School on Sumner Hill in Boston, and then joined the Army. He opened a church in the Dorchester neighborhood. By the late 1960s McCall moved to New York City to work for church outreach. He was appointed by New York Mayor John Lindsay to head the Commission Against Poverty.
During the 1970s, McCall, backed by Harlem political power, Percy Sutton, was elected to three terms as a State Senator representing Harlem and other parts of Manhattan. He was a member of the New York State Senate from 1975 to 1980, sitting in the 181st, 182nd and 183rd New York State Legislatures. He left the Senate to accept an appointment from President Jimmy Carter as a member of the U.S. delegation to the United Nations with the rank of Ambassador.
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