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he entered the College of Pharmacy, graduating in 1847. For many 

 years he enjoyed the distinction of being the oldest living graduate 

 of the school, if not the oldest living pharmacist in active service at 

 the time of his retirement from active business in 1897. He was one 

 of the first men engaged in pharmacy to point out the necessity of a 

 law regulating the purity of drugs, such as the present law. which 

 was passed more than half a century after he had by a few simple 

 tests demonstrated the necessity of legal regulation in this important 

 field. The incident as it appears in "A History of the College of 

 I'harmacy, Past and Present," compiled by Dean Rusby some years' 

 ago, is as follows : Mr. Mclntyre in his student days performed some 

 of the tests given by his Professor on the precipitated chalk used in 

 Dr. Coggeshall's store. He found that the substance being sold was 

 nothing more or less than gypsum, without a trace of carbonate. This 

 led to agitation and for a few years the enforcement of the poorly 

 modelled laws then in force. 



After graduation he opened a store and practiced for himself at 

 Broadway and i8th Street. His professional career was highly suc- 

 cessful ; a result of his strict observance of the rectitude of practice 

 and business honor which became synonymous with his name. 



His interest in the College lays chief claim to our attention. His 

 membership and fellowship in the school is a record of unceasing and 

 unselfish devotion. Always helpful, ready with wise council, equal to 

 any emergency calling for aid, financial or otherwise, his association 

 is a pattern for emulation. He was a trustee from 1873 to 1874 and 

 from 1890 to 1892, and served as vice-president from 1875 to 1876, 

 and as president from 1877 to 1889, the longest term of president in 

 the history of the College. He was honorary president for many 

 years after the consolidation of the College with the University. 



In the latter years it was one of his greatest pleasures to visit the 

 school, attend classes and mingle with the students. He took pride in 

 comparing the school as it now is with what it was during his 

 student days, but none have ever heard him say anything about his 

 part in bringing about these changes. Even till near his death he 

 was present at nearly every meeting and function of the College and 

 Association. 



It has often been remarked that our school is defendant for its 

 maintenance upon tuition fees ; that we are not an endowed school. 

 But we are far richer in endowment than some of our sister institu- 



