Malcolm A. MacIntyre (January 28, 1908 – May 6, 1992), born in

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, was an American

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and

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lacrosse Lacrosse is a contact team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century. The game w ...

player. He attended

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and

Oxford University The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the second-oldest continuously operating u ...

before returning to

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to receive his

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After receiving his law degree he became a practicing attorney in

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where he specialized in corporate law and performed legal services for

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. During

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he served in the

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where he became acquainted with

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In 1957 Douglas, who was

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, invited MacIntyre to serve as

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. MacIntyre held the Under Secretary position for two years.Federal Records Division, National Archives and Records Administration. ''United States Government Organization Manual, 1957–1958''. Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office. 1957 -1958. p. 126 In 1959 he resigned to become president of

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. In 1964 he became executive vice president of

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Corporation where he worked until he retired in 1973. MacIntyre played four years of lacrosse while at Yale and was a first-team All-American his senior year. He continued to play at Oxford where he won three letters. In 1931, he toured the United States with an Oxford-Cambridge team which defeated both

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and

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. While in England, he was selected three times to the All-Star English team. He coached Yale's lacrosse team when he returned for law school. In 1966, he was inducted into the

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. He was the father of Clare MacIntyre, the woman who was the inspiration for

Harry Chapin Harry Forster Chapin (; December 7, 1942 – July 16, 1981) was an American singer-songwriter, philanthropist, and hunger activist best known for his folk rock and pop rock songs. He achieved worldwide success in the 1970s. Chapin, a Grammy Award- ...

's 1972 song

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. Chapin's relationship with MacIntyre and his daughter also inspired the 1976 song The Mayor of Candor Lied.

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