John Edward (Jack) Joyce (February 10, 1876 – June 16, 1934) was an American early-20th-century colorful figure in the world of horsemanship and animal training, who had nearly a 10-year career with Buffalo Bill on his Buffalo Bill's Wild West. Joyce toured throughout Europe until the late 1920s. He retired in upstate New York and died June 16, 1934.
Joyce was born February 10, 1876 in Carnegie, Pennsylvania to Patrick J. Joyce and Elizabeth Grimes. Joyce turned from his parents' desire that he enter priesthood to a nearly a 10-year career with Col. Cody on his Buffalo Bill's Wild West. As Early 1896 he was listed in the route book of that show as an assistant in the Cody and Salisbury Horse Department. He eventually became a most daring bronco rider and appeared with Will Rogers in a roping and riding acts in New York theaters. About that time, on the flip of a coin, he decided to go to Europe rather than start a career in Hollywood movies.
Jack Joyce (December 10, 1942 - May 27, 2014) was an American business executive, lawyer and brewer who co-founded Rogue Ales in Ashland, Oregon, in 1988. The Portland Business Journal has called Joyce, "One of the men most responsible for Oregon's reputation as one of the nation's preeminent beer-making regions." Joyce was also one of the original executives at Nike during the company's early years. Rogue Ales was producing 105,000 barrels by 2013, ranking it among the top twenty-five craft breweries in the United States. His son, Brett Joyce, is currently the President of Rogue Ales and Spirits.
Jack Joyce graduated from the University of Oregon, where he was a member of the Theta Chi Fraternity. In 1962, Joyce became friends with one of his fellow fraternity member, Bob Woodell. Joyce and Woodell eventually become executives at Nike. They would also co-found Rogue Ales in 1988.
Joyce began his career as a lawyer and criminal defense attorney. He joined Nike, Inc. around in 1983, where he worked as an executive and attorney for about six years. Joyce, one of the company's first business executives, helped to lay foundations for Nike's future growth. He partnered with another company executive, Rob Strasser, to lower Nike's expenses during the 1980s. Joyce also led Nike's efforts to compete against one of Nike's main rivals, Reebok, which had unexpectedly achieved success with a competing line of aerobics shoes.
I've been drifting along with the same stale shoes
Loose ends tying the noose in the back of my mind
If you thought that you were making your way
To where the puzzles and pagans lay
I'll put it together: it's a strange invitation
When I wake up someone will sweep up my lazy bones
And we will rise in the cool of the evening
I remember the way that she smiled
When the gravity shackles were wild
And something is vacant when I think it's all beginning
I been drifting along with the same stale shoes
Loose ends tying the noose in the back of my mind
If you thought that you were making your way
To where the puzzles and pagans lay
I'll put it together: it's a strange invitation