William J. Mulcahy

Bill was born in Darby, PA on May 27, 1949 to Francis and Florence Mulcahy. Growing up he attended the all-boys Catholic school Monsignor Bonner in Pennsylvania. He met his future wife, Cheri at the neighboring all-girls Catholic school Archbishop Prendercast.

He earned his bachelor’s degree in accounting from Philadelphia University and a master’s in healthcare policy and administration from Mercer University.

Bill and Cheri moved to Georgia in 1973. They raised their three daughters in Marietta, GA.

Bill spent the majority of his career as the Chief Audit Executive of Emory University for 15 of his 21 years with Emory until he retired in 2007. During his “retirement”, he did auditing consultation work for cities, not for profits, universities, and healthcare organizations.

Since 2005, Bill was an active board member and former president/chairman of the Board of the Institute of Internal Auditors, Atlanta. He was passionate about mentoring the next generation of auditors and was the founding chair of the Advisory Board of the Internal Audit Center in the School of Accountancy of Kennesaw State University’s Coles College of Business, an Internal Audit Education Partnership.

A quiet man, Bill enjoyed spending time with his family, including his six grandchildren. You could find him most weekends on the sidelines of one of his grandchildren’s activities. He loved reading business books, the Braves, Hilton Head, coffee, sharing his Catholic faith and all things auditing.

Bill is preceded in death by his parents Francis and Florence Mulcahy.

Bill is survived by his wife of 50 years, Cheryl Ann Mulcahy; daughters and sons-in-law, Christine and Jeff Shockley, Karen and Brian Cohen, Megan and Casey Bacica; grandchildren, Kyle and Claire Shockley, Andrew and Tyler Cohen, Austin and Grayson Bacica; brother Frank Mulcahy and sister Anne Quillinan.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to St. Vincent de Paul Georgia https://www.svdpgeorgia.org/get-involved/ways-to-give/donate/.

A Memorial Mass will be Thursday, May 27, 2021 at 11 o’clock at All Saints Catholic Church, 2443 Mount Vernon Rd., Dunwoody, GA 30338. Interment outside the church will be immediately following the mass. Masks are optional.