[3][4][5] In the 1980s, he received national recognition as superintendent through Joe Louis Clark, the notable and controversial former principal of Eastside High School.
[1] In 1972, Napier was appointed Assistant Superintendent of the Paterson school district.
[1] He was also a counselor for the Passaic County Community College EOF Program.
[1] Napier was also a life member of the Paterson branch of the NAACP and the District Chairman of the Passaic Boy Scouts of America.
[1] He was married to Margaret E. Nottingham and they had three children: David, Darren and Dina.