The former president of a college in Rockland has died. The Journal News reports Donald McNelis, who served as president of St. Thomas Aquinas College in Sparkill from 1974 to 1995, passed away last week. During his tenure, the college doubled its enrollment. The school also increased its space, which included an expansion to the south side of Route 340. As the first leader who was not a Dominican nun, McNelis was also the first man in the college’s administration. He also served as director of the Rockland Economic Development Corporation. He was 91.