Personal
McCall is the son of Herman McCall and Caroleasa Ray, both deceased. His father was a railroad porter who abandoned the family of six children; the family was supported thereafter primarily by welfare and by relatives, due to his mother's infirmity. McCall graduated from Roxbury Memorial High School in Boston. where he was president of his class, before going on to Dartmouth College. In 1983 McCall married second-wife, Dr. Joyce F. Brown, former psychology professor, NYC deputy mayor in the Dinkins Administration, and current president of SUNY's Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. They have no children. His first marriage to Cecilia McCall, mother of his daughter Marcella (Marci), ended in divorce.
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