John McIntyre, professor emeritus of physics at Texas A&M University, died March 23, 2013. He was 92.
McIntyre received a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Washington in 1943, and during World War II became part of a team that developed airborne radar at Westing-house. In 1948 he earned a master’s degree and, in 1950, a Ph.D. in physics from Princeton.
After being a research assistant at Stanford, McIntyre taught at Yale, first as an assistant professor and then as an associate professor. In 1963, he joined Texas A&M, where he became a full professor and director of the high-energy particle accelerator at the Cyclotron Institute.
McIntyre went from high-energy particle physics to developing several tools for nuclear medicine, as he used physics to help people directly.
A devout Christian, he was always fascinated with the world around him and believed he did not have to suspend intellect to believe in God.
McIntyre was predeceased by his wife, Madeleine, whom he had met at Princeton. He is survived by a son, two grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
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