Hall of Fame
Dr. Hagerty served as President at Franklin Pierce University for 14 years from 1995-2009. He led a three-year study into bringing Franklin Pierce into the Northeast-10 Conference in the late 90’s. Under Hagerty’s leadership, Franklin Pierce established graduate studies, new undergraduate majors, new Division II sports and the Grimshaw-Gudewicz Activity Center. President Hagerty was also responsible for leading the college to full recognition as a university in 2007.
Hagerty served as the head of the Northeast-10 Presidents Council from 2007-2008 and was instrumental in helping the conference in its latest expansion to 16 schools. He also served as the head of the NCAA Division II Presidents’ Council from 2005-2006 and was head of the committee which helped institute the initiative “I Chose Division II’ which promotes a fun game environment for student-athletes, parents, family, friends, the student population, local communities and the alumni base.