History

Alexander Frank Makay

  Alexander Frank Makay was born in New York City in 1888 and attended public school there. In 1930, his last name was legally changed to Mackay. He was a graduate of the class of 1909 of New York University and continued a lifelong association with NYU as an alumnus. As an undergraduate, he was a football and track start and later served on the Athletic Council. To him belongs much of the credit for NYU's days of gridiron greatness.

Despite a busy practice in the accounting firm bearing his name, he was active in several clubs in and around New York. Of his many interests, it is likely that none was closer to him that his fraternity. He was one of the quartet which founded Delta Sigma Pi and maintained fraternal friendship for more than 40 years until his death.

In the early days of the fraternity, he was a member of several national committees and served on the Board of Directors for six years. On the day of his death he was to have hosted a fraternity function at his home at Sea Cliff, Long Island, New York.

He and his wife, Marion, had one daughter. His brother, William J. Makay, was later a member of Alpha Chapter.