Sigma Nu is pleased to congratulate Mike McGrann ’88 on his September 2013 induction into the Cornell Athletics Hall of Fame!
McGrann was a two-time All-Ivy selection at linebacker, earning second-team accolades as a junior and first-team honors as a senior. A three-year starter, he was a co-captain of the 1988 Ivy League championship team as part of a defense that ranked first in the Ivy League and the East and sixth in the nation. McGrann’s teams went 20-9-1 overall and 16-5 in Ivy League play. He was named team defensive MVP as a senior and also earned the squad’s Defensive Freshman MVP award, the Charles Colucci Award as the senior who made the biggest contribution to the team, and the Coach’s Award. For his career, McGrann posted 188 tackles, including 7.0 for a loss and a sack, forced two fumbles, recovered another, and broke up two passes.
Today, Mike is the director of the Initiative for Family Business and Entrepreneuship at the Erivan K. Haub School of Business at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, teaching undergraduate and MBA students how to make family businesses work. He also runs an outreach program, focusing on helping family businesses in the northeast compete and succeed in the long-term. His other job is as a business consultant, working with large family businesses in the US and abroad.
Other Cornell Sigma Nu brothers in the Hall of Fame include Art Wolcott ’49, Charlie Moore ’51 and Chad Levitt ’97.