He is a founding member and former president of the Rocky Mountain Map Society. He has been a member of the Philip Lee Phillips Map Society since its inception, and now sits on its steering committee. McGuirk has also been a member of the Society for the History of Discoveries for over thirty years. Additionally, he is a member, in long standing, of the Washington Map Society and the Texas Map Society. A summary of his cartographic publications can be found at: independent.academia.edu/DonMcGuirk