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Roderick Hughes Mac Donald Roderick Hughes Mac Donald, 77, a retired public relations director, died Monday, August 20, 2001 at the Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, MA after a brief illness. Rod was born in South Boston and educated in Malden schools. In 1942, when WW II broke out, he left school and enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corp serving in the Asian - Pacific Theater and landing in Guam during W.W. II when he was discharged in 1946 he had attained the rank of Corporal. He returned to Malden after his discharge and entered Cheshire Academy in CT. where he received his high school diploma. He then entered Boston University where he received his Bachelors Degree in Journalism in 1951. He then became a reporter for the Boston Post where he was employed for ten years before becoming a Political Columnist for the Boston Traveler where he wrote a column under the name of Lafayette Mullagan for over ten years. It was during this period that he was recruited by the Prudential Insurance Co of Boston and became their manager of Public Relations He was employed there for over twenty years and at his retirement in 1985 he was their Director of Public Relations. When he retired he continued to work as a consultant for Clark & Co. a public relations firm on Boylston St. Boston. Mr. Mac Donald lived in Melrose, MA for the past forty-one years and was previously from Malden, MA . He was a member of Sigma Delta Chi of Boston and served on
the Board of Director of; Catholic Charities of Boston, The Boston Marathon ,
The Back Bay Association, Boston
Chamber of Commerce, The Massachusetts Taxpayers Association and served as
Governor of the Boston Athletic Association. He is survived by his daughter, Rev. Jean A. MacDonald and her life partner Meg Powden of VT, his brother, Andrew D. Mac Donald of CI, his sister, Jean A. Mac Donald of Malden, and his grandchildren, Cory and Burke Mac Donald-Powden of VT and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his wife, Virginia A. (Berg) Mac Donald of Melrose and his brother John D. Mac Donald of Malden. He was born September 10, 1923 in South Boston, MA, the son of the late Roderick and Jennie (Palmer) Mac Donald. Condolence calls may be made at the Weir MacCuish Funeral Home, 144 Salem St., Malden, on Thursday from 7-9 PM Memorial Funeral Services will be held Friday, August 24, 2001 at 11:00 A.M. at Trinity Episcopal Church, 131West Foster St., Melrose with the Rev. Miriam Gelfer and Rev. Ann Hockridge officiating. Cremation will be in the Woodlawn Crematory in Everett.
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