Dr. William O’Neill
Dr. William O’Neill received his undergraduate BS degree in 1967 from FDU and his DDS degree in 1970 from the FDU School of Dentistry. He served as President of the Alumni Association Board of Governors from 1988 to 1990, and as a member on the Board of Trustees for 15 years, where he served as Vice Chairman in 2003. O'Neill was recently invited to return to the Board of Trustees in 2008 and continues as a member to date.
As chair of the Trustees Facilities and Planning Committee, O'Neill provided, through the Facilities Master Plan, plans for six major buildings on FDU campuses: the reconfigured Dickinson Hall and the construction of the Roberta Chiaviello Ferguson and Thomas G. Ferguson Recreation Center; the Martin F. Stadler, Patrick J. Zenner, Hoffmann-La Roche Academic Building; the Park Avenue Residence Hall; the Rutherford Residence Hall; and the Northpointe residence hall; as well as for the Fitness Center.
O’Neill is co-founder of Knights of the Roundtable Booster Club at the Metropolitan Campus. He has been honored by the University and has received the FDU Alumni Award, the FDU Pinnacle Award and the FDU Elia G. Stratis Service Award.
O'Neill served as a member on the committee responsible for the development and construction of the Rothman Center, was an active supporter of the FDU “NOW” Athletic Campaign and served on the steering committee for an NCAA certification cycle. For many years he has become a friend and mentor to the members of the FDU athletic department.
O'Neill is an active member of the American Dental Association, New Jersey Dental Society and Bergen County Dental Society and practices dentistry in his office located in Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
He and his wife, Fran, live in Alpine, N.J. and have two daughters, Jennifer and Allison.
