Jack of all trades: McGrory's back, leading SDSU's Mission Valley campaign

John R. McGrory Jr. grew up in a working-class Boston suburb, on a street that had been home to McGrorys since the 1850s. His parents urged all five of their children to attend college, and all five did.

Jack, the eldest, attended Colgate in upstate New York. A classics major, he was schooled in government and politics by his second cousin — Mary McGrory, then a columnist for The Washington Star and later for The Washington Post.

An internship on Sen. Ted Kennedy’s staff ended in 1971, the year he graduated, when he received his draft notice and enlisted in the Marine Corps. Too tall to squeeze into a cockpit — aviation was his first choice — McGrory went to Quantico, Va., to train as an infantry officer.

Attribution: Peter Rowe - sandiegouniontribune.com
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