George L. Ackerman was born in Paterson, NJ in 1905.  The son of Wilbur and Olive Ackerman, he had two brothers and one sister.  He graduated from paterson high School and attended Springfield College located in Springfield Massachusetts with the class of 1930.  He participated in a variety of sports in College including, football, basketball, track, lacrosse, and gymnastics.  He received his Masters Degree from Columbia State.

He married Marion Stevens in 1933 and became the proud father of three sons: F. Randle, Steven harry and John Ramsey Ackerman.  Each of his sons became athletes during their high school and college careers.

Upon graduation from Springfield College, George was retained by Bard College in New York State.  In 1940, he was hired as a health and physical education teacher at Trenton State College, now know as the College of New Jersey.  During his tenure at that institution he coached football, baseball and basketball while teaching classes.  The baseball field at the College was named for George and was redeicated on his 100th birthday in April 2005.  During the summers he and his brother Ivan, worked in many boys camps in maine where he served as Camp Director.
Ackkie, as he was known in college, started a Pee Wee baseball league in Pennington, NJ while his sons were young.  He was also instrumental in forming a basketball officials group for Central Jersey.  His undefeated 1951 football team at TSC was honored as a memorable team was inducted into that institution's Hall of Fame for 2005. In1957, George and his son Randy moved to Southern Regional High School in Manahawkin to continue their careers in sports.  George served as Athletic Director at his high school and Randy became a baseball and basketball coach.  His younger son, John, became a three-letter sports person.  Upon the inception of the Franklin Township High School, George moved to Somerset to again work with Dr. Sampson G. Smith, Superintendent of his new facility.  He died suddenly in the summer of 1971, while preparing to go on an ambulance run with the Long Beach Township First Aid Squad.  He maintained a life long interest in sports and medicine.  The olf franklin High School athletic stadium was named in honor of Geroge L. Ackerman.