Passing of Jack McIntosh

[Dan Chure <danchure@easilink.com>]

I have been trying unsuccessfully to post this to these groups since 
this morning, so here's another go at it.  Some of you may have seen my 
posting about Jack's death on Facebook.

Dan

It is with deep regret that I report that John S. McIntosh passed away 
this morning.  He was 92 years old at the time of his death. I will pass 
on information about funeral services, etc. as I become aware of them. 
He was well known, respected, and loved by many on these lists and over 
the years he helped innumerable paleontologists around the world.

Better known as "Jack", he was a theoretical physicist at Weslyan 
University (CT) and also for many, many decades the authority on 
sauropod dinosaurs.  As Jack often told the tale, this was the result 
of, as a senior at Yale University and torn between dinosaur 
paleontology and physics, he went to Richard S. Lull, the then Yale 
dinosaur expert.  Lull told him there was no future in dinosaur 
paleontology so he went into physics!

More info to follow

Dan Chure