‘Ghost Army’ honoree himself brought honor to public service
I had the privilege of working with John J. “Jack” McGlynn for several years. I knew him to be a forthright administrator and an honest public servant. John J. "Jack" McGlynn, former commissioner of the Commonwealth’s Public Employee Retirement Administration, has been honored for his public service work. McGlynn was known as a forthright administrator and honest public servant who often faced criticism for his role in the disability retirement process. Despite the criticism, McGlynn's perspective helped illuminate his work for nearly 30 years.
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I was delighted to see the March 21 story in the Metro section on the World War II “Ghost Army” soldiers (“Ex-Medford mayor among Ghost Army honorees”). I had the privilege of working with John J. “Jack” McGlynn for several years when he served as commissioner of the Commonwealth’s Public Employee Retirement Administration. I knew him to be a forthright administrator and an honest public servant. We sometimes dealt with contentious issues such as disability retirement fraud and suffered at times what I believed to be undue criticism for our role as guardians of the disability retirement process.
I can remember asking Commissioner McGlynn about some of the slings and arrows shot our way. He responded by saying such criticism was trivial when compared to the bombs shot over his head while deployed in a foxhole in wartime France. His sense of perspective illuminated my service as an employee of the Commonwealth for close to 30 years.