College Mourns Former Board Member, Eileen McEntegart

Eileen F. McEntegart, a former member of Manhattan College’s board of trustees, died on Dec. 29.

Eileen F. McEntegart, a former member of Manhattan College’s board of trustees and retired manager of United States Computer Operations at Mobil Corp., died on Dec. 29. She was 84.

McEntegart, a longtime resident of Katonah, N.Y., served on the College’s board from 1980 to 1990, and was a member of the executive and finance committees.

During her nearly 30-year tenure at Mobil, she held numerous administrative positions, including: supervisor of scientific applications, manager of systems support, manager of computer services, senior industry analyst in the Middle East department, supervising coordinator in corporate planning and economics, controller of the human resources information system and manager of planning and administration for corporate employee relations.

McEntegart began her career at M.W. Kellogg Company as a junior engineer, prior to joining Mobil Corp. in 1962. A graduate of the College of New Rochelle, she earned an M.B.A. from New York University.

Throughout her career, she served on numerous boards, including the Women’s Economic Round Table, the Mobil Political Action Committee as vice chair, and the College of New Rochelle’s President’s Advisory Committee. She was on the board of All Saints Catholic Church in Dallas, Texas, and served as an active volunteer in pastoral work and social ministry to prisoners.

McEntegart is survived by her sisters, Mary McEntegart Welch and Kathleen McEntegart; niece, Mary Christine Welch; nephew-in-law, Daniel Cullen; and grandnieces, Nora and Gwenyth Cullen.

McEntegart will be waked at Clark’s Funeral Home, 2104 Saw Mill River Rd., Yorktown Heights, N.Y., on Friday, Jan. 3, from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday, Jan. 4, at 10 a.m. at St. Patrick's Church, Yorktown Heights, N.Y. Interment will be at Holy Rood Cemetery, Westbury, N.Y., on Jan. 6. 

MC Staff