Andrew James (Jim) Magill, Ph.D., 85, of San Antonio, TX, died at home on Friday, September 5th, 2014. He was born March 27, 1929 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, to parents James and Catherine Magill. Jim graduated from St. Patrick's Teacher Training College, Dublin, Ireland, and received an M.A. from the University of Windsor, Ontario, and a Ph.D. from the University of Texas, Austin. He was a professor at St. Mary's University, San Antonio, where he taught English Renaissance Literature for over thirty years. Before that, Jim taught at the University of Delaware, Newark; Seattle University, Washington; Xavier Junior College, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia; and the University of Windsor, Ontario. Jim will be remembered as a highly intelligent, unselfish, kind, generous, humble, and content man, who loved his family and friends, daily walks, books, and cat. His children will be forever grateful for the care he took in raising them as a single parent. He was delighted to spend time with his newborn grandson, his namesake, for the last four months of his life. He did not hesitate to speak up for the under-represented, or to defend those who he felt had been wronged. Jim was a member of the ACLU, NAACP, National Urban League, Southern Poverty Law Center, Amnesty International, Anti-Defamation League, National Jewish Congress, and Palestine Children's Relief Fund, as well as MENSA. Jim was preceded in death by his parents; sisters, Molly O'Dea, Sr. Catherine (Kitty) Magill, Sr. Peggy Magill, and Veronica Sheehan; and brother Dan Mac Guill. He is survived by his son, Andrew B. Magill; daughter, Sarah Magill McLornan and husband Paul; grandson, Andrew James McLornan; sister, Eilis Donnelly; and brothers, Bro. Art Magill and Oliver Magill. Memorial Service Thursday, September 11, 6:30pm St. Brigid's Convent Chapel 5118 Loma Linda Dr. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Children's Hospital.