The permanent address for Donald McIntyre's website is at http://www.mcintyre.me.uk/ .
What a remarkable life that the website recounts. For example: Ma Xingyuan and Donald were fellow graduate students in geology in 1946-1948. On obtaining his doctorate Ma returned to China in 1948. Due to the Communist Revolution and the subsequent tumults, all contact between Ma and Donald were lost. Donald did not even know whether Ma was alive or dead. In March 1985, out of the blue, Donald in Claremont CA. received a phone call from Ma in New York. It turned out that in the intervening years Ma had become the Director of the State Seismological Bureau in Beijing and President of the Geological Society of China, and had been "following" Donald through the geological literature. The reacquaintance of Ma and Donald led to Donald giving a series of lectures and workshops in China on computing and geology. ----- Original Message ----- From: Roger Hui <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, October 25, 2009 20:49 Subject: [Jgeneral] Donald McIntyre To: General forum <[email protected]> > Donald B. McIntyre (1923-08-15 to 2009-10-21) > passed away peacefully in the afternoon of > October 21. Donald was an eminent geologist > who pioneered the use of computers in geology. > He was a gifted and inspiring teacher, an early > and long-time APL and J user, and a friend and > colleague of Ken Iverson and myself. He is > survived by his wife Ann and his son Ewen. > A memorial service will be held in St. John's > Kirk in Perth, Scotland, this coming Friday, > October 30. > > Information about Donald's life and times and > his work can be found at > http://www.dbmcintyre.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
