Joseph Anthony Fernandez[1] was the Chancellor of the New York City Board of Education, "the nation's largest school,"[2] 1990–1993.
[3] Fernandez was born in Harlem, grew up there, joined the U.S. Air Force, and "earned a high school equivalency diploma;" he then went to Columbia University.
[4] Before graduating, he and his wife moved to Florida to alleviate a son's health problem.
Fernandez had a "stormy three-and-a-half-year tenure as one of the highest-paid school officials in the country.
[8] Following the end of his position in New York City, Fernandez and his wife moved back to Florida.