Frank A. DeMarco was an educator and administrator who had a central role in the founding of the University of Windsor in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Beginning in 1946, he was the first in that city's history to teach courses in Science and Applied Science in post-secondary degree programs. DeMarco has the distinction of being the first and only one to hold the highest post of Principal of Essex College, which was Windsor's first public institution to receive provincial funding for university education. DeMarco's name figures prominently in the University's history, associated with his four plus decades devoted to higher education in Windsor, as a professor, athletic director, administrator, executive, and Professor Emeritus. Several Commonwealth and national-level awards and honours have given recognition to DeMarco's distinguished career over the many years in which he served and shaped Windsor's institution of higher learning. The University of Windsor came into existence in 1963, after evolving from Essex College where DeMarco was Principal, as well as Dean of Applied Science, from 1959 to 1963.