Distinguished Alumni Award2008 Distinguished Alumni Award Honoree: Prior to joining Citi, McGuire was the Global Co-Head of Mergers & Acquisitions at Morgan Stanley; Managing Director in the Mergers and Acquisitions Group of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.; and one of the original members of Wasserstein Perella & Co., Inc. where he became a Partner/Managing Director in 1991. He started his career in 1984 in the Mergers and Acquisitions Group of The First Boston Corporation. He has had legal experience at the law firms of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom as well as Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler. McGuire attended The Miami Valley School and The Hotchkiss School for his college preparatory education. He continued his education at Harvard College where he earned an AB, cum laude, in 1979, an MBA from Harvard Business School and JD from Harvard Law School in 1984. McGuire also attended the University of Nice, France while on a Rotary Fellowship (1980). Presently, McGuire serves on several boards including: De La Salle Academy (Chairman of the Board), the International Center of Photography (formerly President of the Board Lincoln Center (Trustee), New York-Presbyterian Hospital (Trustee), The New York Public Library (Trustee), the Studio Museum in Harlem (Chairman of the Board), the Alex Hillman Family Foundation (Trustee), Whitney Museum of American Art (Vice President and Chairman of the Nominating Committee). He is also a Director of the Wyeth Corporation (Nominating & Governance Committee). In the past, he has served on the boards of the Joseph & Claire Flom Foundation, the Howard Gilman Foundation, the Hotchkiss School and the San Remo Tenants' Corporation (formerly President of the Board). He has also served on various Visiting Committees at Harvard University, as well as a member of the Overseers/Directors Nominating Committee. Among his many honors of distinction, McGuire was recently bestowed the Frederick Douglas Award by the New York Urban League. He has been recognized by the Make-A-Wish Foundation and Art for Life Foundation. Pratt Institute honored him as its inaugural distinguished "Patron of the Arts." In the past year, McGuire was featured on the cover of Black Enterprise Magazine as one of the most powerful blacks on Wall Street. He was also recognized by Avenue Magazine as one of New York’s “50 Smartest”.
Past Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients: 2007 Honoree 2006 Honorees 2005 Honorees 2004 Honorees |
