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The College at the time of Mr. Mclntyre's election to the presi- 

 dency occupied rooms in the old building of the New York University 

 on the east side of Washington Square, between Washington and Wa- 

 verly Place; it greatly needed room for expansion and Mr. Mclntyre 

 believed that in order to secure proper facilities it was necessary for 

 the College to have a home of its own, and with this object in view he 

 called the attention, of the Property Committee from time to time to 

 various pieces of real estate, until in March, 1878, the building which 

 had been occupied by Calvary Chapel on the north side of East 23rd 

 Street (209 and 211) a few doors east of Third Avenue was purchased 

 and part of the increased space afforded by it was at once fitted up to 

 serve as pharmaceutical and chemical laboratories, and from that time 

 practical laboratory work has formed an important part of the College 

 curriculum. The increased facilities for instruction permitted in this 

 building owned by the College, attracted constantly increasing numbers 

 of students and in a comparatively few years, after Mr. Mclntyre's 

 retirement from the presidency, the growth of the institution necessi- 

 tated still larger quarters which resulted in the erection of the building 

 now occupied by the College. 



Mr. Mclntyre's thirteenth term as President of the College closed 

 in 1889; he was elected Trustee in 1890, but retired at the end of his 

 three-year term. Whether occupying official position or not, however, 

 his interest in his Alma Mater continued unabated, and upon the com- 

 pletion of the building in 68th Street, he served as Chairman of a 

 Committee which collected in comparatively small sums some eighteen 

 thousand dollars to reduce the indebtedness caused by the construction 

 of the new College building, and during the balance of his life he never 

 missed an opportunity of commending the College and its work to 

 people of wealth, as being eminently worthy of support or endowment. 



Mr. Mclntyre was elected Honorary President of the College in 

 1904 and as such from time to time on frequently attended the monthly 

 meetings of Trustees, taking an active part in the discussions where 

 his practical common sense and intimate knowledge of men and affairs 

 and the past history of the College were of great value. 



Few men were more widely and favorably known in American 

 pharmacy than Mr. Mclntyre, and his work for the advancement of 

 pharmaceutical education as evidenced by his services to this College 

 was recognized by the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy in 1912 



