William J. Sullivan serves as National Chairman of the AOH National Board’s Irish Way Program’s Scholarship and the AOH National Board’s Study Abroad Scholarships, as well as the National Chairman of the AOH National Board’s Hunger Project. The AOH National Board Scholarship initiatives provide opportunities for AOH members children and grandchildren to study in Ireland, while our Hunger Project provides for community outreach by our Divisions to exemplify the AOH motto of “Friendship, Unity and Christian Charity.”

Bill Sullivan, a native of Lawrence, MA and graduate of Central Catholic High School, Salem State University and Cambridge College, retired from the Lawrence Public Schools in 2009 where he served for 35 years as a teacher, Assistant Principal, Principal and District Administrator.

A member of the Rev. James T. O’Reilly OSA Division 8 AOH in his hometown for 47 years, he has served on the AOH National Board, the Massachusetts AOH State Board, the Essex County AOH Board, and Division 8 AOH in a variety of elective and appointive offices, most recently as an AOH National Director.

Besides being a member of the AOH, Bill is a member of the Knights of Columbus, the Irish Cultural Centre of New England, and the Boston Irish Network, just to note a few. He was selected by Division 8 as their Irishman of the Year in 1982 and was the 2014 recipient of the David R. Burke Golden Bridges Award by the Irish Echo Newspaper of New York. In May 2018, he was awarded the Saint Marcellin Champagnat Award for Humanitarian and Community Service by Central Catholic High School in Lawrence, MA.

In December 2009, he was awarded National Life Membership in the Ancient Order of Hibernians. In addition to his other Irish activities and commitments, he serves as the Volunteer Director of Division 8’s Hibernian Irish Collection; a collection of over 20,000 Irish books, Irish media, Irish Exbibits and Irish memorabilia that is housed in the David R. Burke Memorial Room at the South Lawrence Library in Lawrence, MA.