RE: Passing of Jack McIntosh

["Thomas R. Holtz, Jr." <tholtz@umd.edu>]

Dan,

Thank you for keeping us inform.

Jack was a truly great and gentle man. He always had encouraging words for 
young researchers, and was a phenomenal font of knowledge.

For those who have not read it (or haven't read it lately), here is a wonderful 
interview with Jack by Jeff Wilson & Kristi Curry Rogers from a few years ago:
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~wilsonja/JAW/Publications_files/Wilson&CurryRogers2005b.pdf
 

Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
Email: tholtz@umd.edu         Phone: 301-405-4084
Senior Lecturer, Vertebrate Paleontology
Office: Geology 4106, 8000 Regents Dr., College Park MD 20742
Dept. of Geology, University of Maryland
http://www.geol.umd.edu/~tholtz/
Phone: 301-405-6965
Fax: 301-314-9661              

Faculty Director, Science & Global Change Program, College Park Scholars
Office: Centreville 1216, 4243 Valley Dr., College Park MD 20742
http://www.geol.umd.edu/sgc
Fax: 301-314-9843

Mailing Address:        Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
                        Department of Geology
                        Building 237, Room 1117
                        8000 Regents Drive
                        University of Maryland
                        College Park, MD 20742-4211 USA 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-VRTPALEO@usc.edu [mailto:owner-VRTPALEO@usc.edu] On Behalf Of Dan 
> Chure
> Sent: Monday, December 14, 2015 12:35 AM
> To: DML; Vert Paleo
> Subject: Passing of Jack McIntosh
> 
> 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