John F. Stack Jr. (July 8, 1950 – June 23, 2022)[1][2] was an American professor of politics, international relations, and law at Florida International University, where he held a joint appointment as founding dean of the Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs, and as a professor of law at the Florida International University College of Law.

Originally from Brockton, Massachusetts,[1] and later a Bostonian,[3] Stack received an A.B. with highest honors graduated from Stonehill College in Easton, Massachusetts in 1972,[1] followed by an M.A. from the Graduate School of International Studies of the University of Denver in 1974, and a Ph.D. from the same institution in 1977. He received a J.D. from the University of Miami School of Law,[1] in 1989.

In 1976, Stack moved to South Florida and became one of the first instructors in the Florida International University Department of Political Science,[1] thereafter becoming a full professor and department chair. He chaired the effort to develop the FIU College of Law from 2000 to 2001,[2] and became a member of the law faculty from the initiation of the law school in 2002,[4] serving until his death.[2] In 2010, Stack was one of two FIU professors who signed a letter asking FIU employees to donate to the congressional campaign of Republican David Rivera, who was lauded in the letter for support for FIU. The letter drew a response from the university's provost reminding employees to avoid using public resources for political activities.[5] Stack was also the faculty advisor to the FIU Model United Nations team, which was named first in the country in 2019.[1][2]

Stack died on June 23, 2022, at the age of 71.[1][2] Among those remarking on Stack's death was Senator Marco Rubio, who had also taught at FIU.[1] Stack was interred in Doral, Florida.[1]

Publications

Stack was an author or coauthor of 13 books, including:

  • Globalization: Debunking the Myths (with Lui Hebron; 2016)
  • Courts and Terrorism: Nine Nations Balance Rights and Security (with Mary L. Volcansek; 2010)
  • The New Deal in South Florida: Design, Policy, and Community Building, 1933–1940 (with John A. Stuart; 2008)[6]
  • At War with Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (editor with Thomas E. Baker; Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2006)
  • Congress Confronts the Court: The Struggle for Legitimacy and Authority in Lawmaking (with C.C. Campbell; 2002)
  • The International Politics of Quebec Secession (with D. Carment and F. Harvey; 2001)
  • The Ethnic Entanglement: Conflict and Intervention in World Politics (with Lui Hebron; 1999)
  • International Conflict in an American City: Boston's Irish, Italians, and Jews, 1935-1944 (1979)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Tavel, Jimena (June 24, 2022). "'The world has lost an icon': Beloved FIU professor, dean dies". Miami Herald.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "John F. Stack Jr., founding dean of FIU's Steven J. Green School of International and Public Affairs, has passed away". FIU News. June 23, 2022.
  3. ↑ Tom Fiedler, "Florida voices: Though frustrated, votes care deeply", Miami Herald (May 24, 1992), p. 4C.
  4. ↑ "FIU law school's founding faculty hired", Miami Herald (March 6, 2002, p. 3B.
  5. ↑ Beth Reinhard and Carrie Wells, "Rivera asks FIU employees for cash", The Miami Herald (July 9, 2010), p. 3B.
  6. ↑ Noll, Steven G. (November 2008). "When Government Really Mattered". H-Florida.
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