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1954 John F. "Jack" Reilly, Jr., a lifelong resident of Lowell, Massachusetts passed away on November 9, 2009. Jack, a graduate of Lowell High School, where he was a member of the undefeated 1948 and 1949 football teams that were invited to the Memorial Bowl in Jackson, Michigan in 1948 and the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Florida in 1949. At Dartmouth, where he also played football, Jack majored in Economics. After two years' army service, he joined Fred C. Church as a salesman in October of 1956. He became president and CEO in 1980 and continued until 2007, when he reduced his role to chairman. Under his leadership, Fred C. Church grew to become one of the largest privately owned insurance agencies in New England. A director and vice chairman of Merrimack AAA, former director of Colonial Gas Co., Lowell, as well as Massachusetts Electric Company, Westboro, he also served as director and Executive Committee member of Family Bank, Haverhill, and trustee, member of the Board of Investment at Central Savings Bank, Lowell. Jack served as secretary and director of the Lowell Revitalization Corp., co-founder and director of The Friends of Lowell High School, chairman of St. John's Hospital (Saints Medical Center) Lowell; president of the Greater Lowell Chamber of Commerce, chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Lowell Memorial Auditorium, director, Lowell Boys Club and director of Greater Lowell United Fund. Among the honors he received were the Boys Club of America Bronze Keystone Award, the Demoulas Philanthropy Award and the Elkin and Donna McCallum Red Cross Humanitarian Award. Jack is survived by wife of 54 years, Elaine Ganem, four children and 19 grandchildren.
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