Michael McCarthy is a retired Police Investigator from the Rochester Police Department (NY). After his second career, he retired again in June 2013 as the Director of Safety and Security for St. John Fisher College (Rochester, NY) after 15 years of service. Michael has a Master’s Degree in Human Resource Development. Currently he is the President of the Irish American Cultural Institute, Rochester Chapter; member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians; and serves on the Advisory Board for the Irish Studies Program at St. John Fisher College.
In addition to his three books, Mr. McCarthy has published numerous articles for NorthEast Colleges and Universities Security Association’s (NECUSA) The Clipboard and the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators’ (IACLEA) Campus Law Enforcement Journal. He also served as the editor for The Clipboard for six years.
Michael McCarthy became interested in writing historical stories after researching his own family history. After discovering the little known but highly successful Peter Robinson Settlement Project of 1825, he decided this story needed to be told and started layering the historical facts with the likely human drama that challenged the poor and destitute families that needed relief from their sufferings. The culmination resulted in his first book, From Cork to the New World published in 2009.