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May 18, 2003

Jack McLeod, 1931-2003

Editorial cartoonist Jack M. McLeod, 72, passed away on Wednesday, April 9, 2003.
By the time he retired in the mid-1990s, he had drawn hundreds of cartoons for several newspapers owned by the Army Times Publishing and the Buffalo Evening News, said Jim Doyle, the retired executive editor for Army Times Publishing, a unit of Gannett Co. Inc. According to the family, McLeod also drew for the Chicago Sun-Times.
Doyle said McLeod had a passion for his work. He and the cartoonist worked together from 1983 to 1996.
"What I most admired about Jack is that he was the consummate professional," Doyle said. "He knew his business and he did it extremely well."
"He did what a good cartoonist does, he did his homework; he did a lot of reading – he did his research. He knew what our issues were."
The native of Cotton Plant, AR, received his training at the Art Institute in Pittsburgh. The U.S. Air Force veteran, who served from 1951-55, found time to teach for about a decade at the Smithsonian and taught at George Washington University, Doyle said.
Doyle said McLeod and his wife, Shirley, moved to South Carolina shortly after McLeod retired. While in the state, he volunteered and taught children though the South Carolina Arts Commission and the Greenville Metropolitan Arts Council, family members said.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by two daughters and two sons; a sister, a brother and several grandchildren.

-- By E. Richard Walton, Greenville News