James Robert Maguire

Bob Maguire (elected April 1977) died April 18, 2021. A lawyer, print collector, and independent scholar, he served two terms as an AAS councilor. Maguire’s farm in Shoreham, Vermont, was the site from which Ethan Allen, Benedict Arnold, and the Green Mountain Boys launched their surprise raid on British-held Fort Ticonderoga in May 1775; he served as a longtime advisor to and board member of the Fort Ticonderoga Museum. Among the other institutions he served as trustee were the Vermont Historical Society and the Vermont Wild Land Foundation. His book Ceremonies of Bravery: Oscar Wilde, Carlos Blacker, and the Dreyfus Affair was published in 2013.