Frank Napier, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Frank Napier

Date of Birth: 08-Aug-1935

Date of Death: 28-Oct-2002

Profession: educator

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Frank Napier Jr., Ed.D.
(August 8, 1935 – October 28, 2002) was an American former superintendent of the Paterson School District in Paterson, New Jersey.
In the 1980s, he received national recognition as superintendent through Joe Louis Clark, the notable and controversial former principal of Eastside High School.
It was Napier who asked Clark to be the principal of Eastside High.
Napier was portrayed by Robert Guillaume in the 1989 film, Lean on Me.