Our congratulations and best wishes to the recipient of the
"Amicus Award"
from the Philosophy Faculty
of St. Philip's College
2022 - Jack McGuire
Jack McGuire (left) and Andrew Hill
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2022 Amicus Award from the Philosophy Faculty of St. Philip's College
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Personal Life
The Keith Academy
Columbia University
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Jack was born on December 23, 1939 in Lowell, Massachusetts, and attended the Keith Academy. The school opened in the fall of 1926 staffed by the Xaverian Brothers with only a freshman class, which became the first graduating class in 1930. The school closed in 1970.
Jack then attended Columbia University in New York before launching his business career and starting a family. 
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Business Career
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Jack McGuire is a retired business executive who built and ran Loop Cold Storage, a leading third-party logistics company in south Texas providing refrigerated warehousing, transportation, and repackaging services to the food industry.
Loop Cold Storage was founded in 1981 in McAllen, Texas, but expanded to San Antonio, where it was well positioned to take advantage of the implementation of NAFTA in 1994. NAFTA meant the immediate elimination of tariffs on more than one-half of Mexico's exports to the U.S. and more than one-third of U.S. exports to Mexico. At the time, Loop Cold Storage was receiving frozen vegetables from around the world - peas from Poland, pineapple from Costa Rica - and distributing them to grocery chains in the US. To take advantage of NAFTA, Mr. McGuire formed a joint venture with a cold-storage firm in Mexico City. It offered sophisticated logistics for US food companies, eliminating the duplication and hassle of international trade. By 1999 it operated 5.5 million cubic feet of refrigerated warehouse space on Southton Road on the South Side, with a capacity of storing 40 million pounds of frozen food. By 2011, Mr. McGuire knew that the extra space would come in handy as growers from West Mexico began to see the benefit of shipping through McAllen. “Shippers from West Mexico should benefit from third-party logistics services on offer in the Rio Grande Valley,” he said. “Cold-storage facilities have a high fixed cost to maintain and operate. When shippers contract with a cold storage services provider such as Loop, they gain some flexibility by turning their distribution expenses into a variable cost. This is important in the agriculture sector due to the unpredictable nature of weather and markets. We handle products from different regions of Mexico, allowing us to somewhat diversify this risk.” - from "Loop Cold Storage expands cooler space with rise in traffic from Mexico," The Produce News (11 Feb 2011). |
Many Loop employees have been onboard more than 25 years, including (l-r) Sally Pena (accounts receivable), Jose Alvarado (maintenance) and Oscar Perez (freezer operations manager), who are shown here with Customer Service Supervisor Rhonda Worthington, Customer Service Manager Kristi Salinas and Customer Service Supervisor Brenda Schweikert. (Photos courtesy of Loop)
Forklift operator Armando Perez is one of many employees who have been with Loop more than 25 years. Here, he received an award for that service from President Judson Anderson.
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Rotary Club
After retiring from the business world, Mr. McGuire became active in the civic life of his adopted hometown San Antonio.
He is an active member of the Rotary Club of San Antonio,
He is an active member of the Rotary Club of San Antonio,
Jack McGuire speaking at the Rotary Club of Kerville, Texas
Jack McGuire at the Rotary Club of San Antonio, Texas
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ROTARY CLUB OF SAN ANTONIO: A BRIEF HISTORY The Rotary Club was chartered on November 1, 1912. The club grew to 128 members its first year led by Herbert Hayes. From its inception, the Club has been about service. One of its first projects was to erect a community Christmas tree in Alamo Plaza. As there was no government program for the poor, Rotarians banded together to provide food and gifts for the children. In those early years Rotarians sponsored the hanging of colored lights for the River Walk, supported orphans, raised money for the Boy Scouts, donated funds to fix the roof of the Alamo and acted as volunteer fireman during a strike by the local fire fighters. The Club’s focus shifted to the youth of Bexar County and in 1921 a Student Loan Fund was established. In time the Club decided the community would be better served by providing scholarships and the Youth Education Foundation was formed in 1984. Hundreds of students have been able to pursue their educational goals with the help of YEF. Continuing its dedication to education, in 1991 the Club established the largest dropout prevention program in the nation, the Sam J. Riklin Rotary Diploma Plus Program. Besides providing a monetary incentive for good grades and attendance, the program provides mentors and a path to additional scholarships. In addition to education, our Club provides a safe haven for children through its Kingdom for Kids program. In a hands-on service project in under-served areas of the city, playgrounds are built, landscaping and soccer fields are installed. Thousands of children have benefited from these playgrounds. As a member of Rotary International our Club’s service extends throughout the world aiding in the eradication of polio, providing clean water, equipping literacy and adult education centers, providing medical equipment and much more. In 2001, the Rotary Club of San Antonio was the Host Club for the Rotary International Convention which registered more than 24,000 individuals from 133 countries. Its success established Rotary’s very first District Donor Advised Fund (DAF) which continues in perpetuity to benefit all qualifying District 5840 Club service projects. - https://www.rotarysa.org/about-us/ |
Student Centered
Jack provided support for students to attend
"Nurturing Hope" during July of 2022 in Northern Ireland
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Civic Leadership
Jack and the other Rotarians from Texas provided recognition and support for local Rotary Clubs
during the July 2022 tour of Northern Ireland
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Award Presentation - 17 November 2022
United Nations World Philosophy Day
Jack McGuire (left) and Andrew Hill
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Jack McGuire (left) and Andrew Hill
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UNESCO World Philosophy Day
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Jack McGuire (left) and Andrew Hill
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