Nationality United States Name Jack McGregor Occupation Attorney | Employer Cohen and Wolf, P.C. Succeeded by Thomas M. Nolan | |
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Board member of Advisory Board of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation Children Douglas Hampton McGregor, Betsey McGregor, Nancy McGregor, Heather McGregor Education University of Pittsburgh School of Law, University of Pittsburgh, Quinnipiac University, Yale University | ||
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Jack Edwin McGregor (born September 22, 1934) is a former Pennsylvania State Senator from Pittsburgh and the founder of the National Hockey League's Pittsburgh Penguins. He currently resides in Bridgeport, Connecticut where he serves as counsel to Cohen and Wolf, P.C. as an advisor to companies looking to create business opportunities in the Bridgeport region. He also serves as a consultant to existing companies wishing to expand their market share in the area.
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- Jack mcgregor highlights
- Jack mcgregor 2014 highlights
- Early life and career
- Politics
- Pittsburgh Penguins
- Amarillo Wranglers
- Bridgeport Bluefish
- Current activities
- Jack McGregor Scholarship
- References
Jack mcgregor 2014 highlights
Early life and career
McGregor was born in Kittanning, Pennsylvania, to parents Leah and Russell McGregor. He studied at various universities and received his B.S. from Yale University in 1956, where he was a member of the Skull and Bones society. He received his J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, where he was named class valedictorian and editor-in-chief of the University of Pittsburgh Law Review. He would later receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Quinnipiac University in 1995. After college, McGregor served as a captain in the United States Marine Corps. He is currently allowed to practice law in Connecticut, Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia.
In the 1960s, McGregor practiced law in the Pittsburgh and Washington offices of the law firm, Reed Smith, LLP (formerly Reed, Smith, Shaw and McClay). In 1965, McGregor became a founder the Pittsburgh Penguins, by helping bring the NHL back to Pittsburgh. In the early 1970s, he held appointive regulatory positions in the federal government, and then became general counsel of a major electric utility. He later served as general counsel and then as chief operating officer of a multinational oil company. Meanwhile, his older brother, James R. McGregor, trailed a similar military to law career path. After a three-year stint in the U.S. Army as a Russian interpreter, before serving as a lawyer, and finally, judge in Allegheny County.
In 1993, he married his second wife, Mary-Jane Foster.
Politics
McGregor is a Republican who served in the