A couple of weeks ago Harvey J. “Jack” McGeorge II passed away. I started writing this right after his funeral. In typical Margo Eve Style, when I write something this deep, I rarely finish it. So, even thought I don’t think this is great, I’m going to post it anyway.

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I would hope that my first post here would be more up-beat, but the moment calls for something more somber. I spent Sunday evening at the funeral service of Jack McGeorge. So many turned out for this service that the entire funeral home was dedicated to seating those who celebrated his life and mourned his passing.

This is a significant loss to 2 very distinct and vastly different communities.

First, the US Intelligence community. We owe a lot of our safety in the US to Jack McGeorge. Listening to his colleagues eulogize him I was struck at how much he sounded like a character out of a Tom Clancy novel… times a thousand. He was the go-to-guy on chemical and biological weapons. He’s been all over the world. He’s been in the Marines, The Special Forces, and the Secret Service. He’s been recognized by Princes, Presidents, and Popes (well, at least one). More over, he taught what he knew to others in the mission of preserving the safety of the USA.

The other community is the BDSM community. The list of his accomplishments in this community are almost as long as his acomplishments in the Intelligence community. He helped found Black Rose in DC. He served as the Chair for the Board of Directors for CARAS. He set the bar for being an educator in the kink community and has be recognized many times over for this. There are very few presenters in the scene now who have not been inspired or influenced somehow by Jack McGeorge.

You may remember back before the second Iraq war started there were weapons inspections. You may also remember that Jack was one of them and that his involvement in the BDSM scene came up as a ruse to discredit the entire search effort. Jack turned this controversy into a lesson for others, in case they ever found themselves in a similar situation. He found the teachable moment even in one of his worst professional moments.

Truly, Jack McGeorge had a teacher’s soul.

You can read more about him, and those who mourn him, at the following links:
Public Safety Group Bio Page
Lolita’s Obituary at LeatherYenta.com (NSFW ads)
Boymeat: My post about Jack
Dr. Cruel: Peace, for Jack and Me
In Memory of Jack
The Enthusiast: Death of the Week