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Ewen  M clntyre. 
J  Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
\     March,  1913, 
EWEN  McINTYRE.1 
Honorary  President,  College  of  Pharmacy  of  the  City  of 
New  York.2 
In  the  death  of  Mr.  Ewen  M clntyre,  which  occurred  on  W ednes- 
day,  January  8,  at  his  residence,  303  West  74  Street,  the  College 
of  Pharmacy  suffers  ocne  of  the  most  severe  and  painful  losses  in 
its  history.  Mr.  Mclntyre  was  the  oldest  living  graduate  of  this 
School,  being  a  member  of  the  class  of  1847.  He  became  a  trustee 
of  the  College  in  1873,  vice-president  in  1874  and  president  in  1876, 
in  which  office  he  continued  until  1889.  He  then  again  entered  the 
board  of  trustees,  in  which  position  he  continued  until  1892.  In 
1904  he  was  elected  honorary  president  and  continued  to  fill  this 
office  until  the  occurrence  of  his  death. 
Mr.  Mclntyre  was  one  of  the  oldest  living  pharmacists  of  this 
city,  if  not  actually  the  oldest.  When  he  established  his  pharmacy 
at  1 8th  Street  and  Broadway,  his  friends  considered  him  reckless 
in  moving  so  far  out  of  the  city,  where  residents  were  few  and 
scattered.  At  that  time  little  could  be  seen  from'  his  front  door 
except  pasture  fields,  enclosed  by  rail  fences.  During  that  period 
of  small  beginnings,  he  achieved  business  success  by  Hs  bab'ts  of 
economy  and  industry,  and  prepared  himself  to  take  full  advantage 
of  the  larger  opportunities  which  came  with  the  upward  growth  of 
the  city.  He  withstood  successfully  all  financial  storms  and  scored 
a  continuous  success,  retaining  to  the  last  his  ownership  of  the 
valuable  commercial  site  where  he  originally  located,  an  act  that 
well  illustrates  the  habit  oi  persistency  and  permanency  that  charac- 
terized his  entire  life. 
His  high  and  influential  position  in  pharmacy,  national  as  well 
as  local,  did  not  cease  with  his  retirement  from  active  business,  but 
continued  without  intermission  until  his  death,  which  met  him  as 
honorary  president  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association. 
His  commercial  honesty  and  honor  were  of  the  sterling  and 
severe  type  of  a  former  generation.  His  entire  professional  record 
fails  to  disclose  any  act  which  could  be  justly  characterized  as  dis- 
honorable or  unprofessional.    Pie  was  recognized  far  beyond  the 
1  Reprinted  from  Columbia  University  Quarterly,  March,  1913. 
2  A  somewhat  detailed  biographical  sketch  of  Mr.  Mclntyre  appears  in 
the  Druggist's  Circular  for   February,   1913. — Editor. 
