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Biography
Cary M. Maguire is an American businessman and philanthropist.
Biography
Early life
He attended the Landon School in Bethesda, Maryland and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania.
Career
He serves as Chair and President of the Maguire Oil Company and Maguire Energy Company, and Chair of the Components Corporation of America and Staco. He has served on the National Petroleum Council and the Executive Committee of Mid-Continental Oil and Gas Association.
Philanthropy
He sat on the Board of Trustees of Southern Methodist University from 1976 to 2000. He also sits on the Board of Directors of the John Goodwin Tower Center for Political Studies at SMU. The Maguire Center for Ethics and the Maguire Energy Institute are named in his honor and he serves on both Advisory Boards. The Cary M. Maguire Chair at SMU is the result of one of his donations to the university. In 1995, he and his wife received the Mustang Award for Philanthropy from SMU.
He is a member of the James Madison Council of the Library of Congress, where he funded the Maguire Chair in Ethics and American History.
Personal life
He is married to Ann Maguire. They live in Dallas, Texas. He enjoys painting and sculpting.